Chapter 358 Award Ceremony
"Sister Wang, Jingjing...is she okay?"

On the same day, at 6:45 pm, at the Shangli Sky Hotel.

Liu Yuhong was standing outside Yang Manjing's room. When he saw Wang Haocheng coming out, he couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Wang Haocheng sighed:

“To be honest, it’s not very good…

"Originally, Jingjing had always regarded Rui Zhao as her imaginary enemy, and had been trying hard to defeat her.

"You should also be able to feel that Jingjing has been much more diligent in the past six months. She has spent a lot of time on chess and has made significant progress. She is just waiting for an opportunity to prove herself...

“As a result, in such an important game, she was defeated by Rui Zhao in a dragon-slaying way. It is really unacceptable.

"Just now she was crying in the room and kept mumbling, saying that she tried so hard, but why she couldn't beat Sister Rui. I didn't know how to comfort her..."

"Hey……

"It's not that Jingjing didn't work hard, it's just that Rui Zhao was too unlucky."

Liu Yuhong smiled bitterly and said:

"Sister Wang, who do you think works harder, Jingjing or Ruizhao?"

Wang Haocheng hesitated for two seconds and replied:
“…This must be Rui Zhao.

"Although Jingjing has been working hard recently, he still looks like a human. But Rui Zhao... uh...

“It’s still a bit too extreme!

"You said that it's okay to do this on a normal day! I heard from Xuefei that she came to play chess with her on the night of her seventh consecutive victory in the competition, saying that she wanted to maintain her form. But after losing to Xia Chuankuai, she came to play chess with Xuefei again, saying that she needed to find her shortcomings after losing the game... Anyway, you have to practice anyway, right?

"In the end, Xue Fei couldn't stand it anymore, and found an excuse to refuse the night before she returned home. As a result, when I looked back, I saw her going to Yiguo to summon Fatty Zeng despite the network delay, and she was unwilling to take a rest...

"It feels like... Go is the only thing in her life, and she doesn't have any other hobbies at all.

"Don't even mention Jingjing. Even in the professional Go community, she is undoubtedly the most competitive one..."

"……really.

"It's rare for me to see a kid who practices chess even harder than I did when I was young!"

"...Eh?"×2
As a kind voice came from the other end of the corridor, Wang and Liu couldn't help but look over at the same time.

Wu Yueyun had already come to their side quietly without the two of them noticing at all.

"Mr. Wu!" ×2
The two of them exclaimed slightly, but Wu Yueyun still had that calm smile on his face.

"...Don't get me wrong, I'm not here as your opponent this time.

“It’s just that I just saw that this kid Man Jing seemed to be crying very sadly, so I thought of coming over to take a look.

"Originally, Chaotian and Wenjie were going to come over as well. But they were busy judging the awards, so they couldn't get away right away."

Liu Yuhong immediately explained:

"Ah, it's okay. Jingjing just suffered a big blow temporarily. She just needs to calm down a bit!"

But who would have thought that Wu Yueyun would shake his head and smile helplessly:

“If it’s just a temporary thing… then that’s fine.

"The problem is that Man Jing might encounter this kind of blow from time to time in the future..."

"Uh……"

After Mr. Wu said this, Empress Mulan was a little confused.

Wu Yueyun did not wait for Liu Yuhong to respond and said straight to the point:

"... Including, Yu Hong, I'm afraid you also need to be mentally prepared.

"In terms of talent alone, Rui Zhao is probably better than all of us. But in terms of effort... the gap seems to be even bigger than talent!
“People who are more talented than you work even harder than you do. This is also the despair I often felt when I was competing with some old guys.

"Honestly, Yu Hong. Although you are still better than her in chess now, it won't be long before she surpasses you...

"Zou Yang has been mentally prepared for this after half a season. I'm not sure if you have this expectation."

Liu Yuhong blinked when he heard this, then nodded and said:

"Mr. Wu, as a chess player, there will always be a day when you will decline. Even if you are as strong as you are, it is impossible to stay at the top forever.

"I... after all, there's nothing special about me, but facing the challenge of those who come after me, I will always try my best to hold on for a little longer!"

...

...

[Women's Weiqi League ends! The queen returns to her faithful championship throne! ]

[This game of chess is over. Congratulations to Queen Zhaotian for adding another person to her favorites of "Walking Fifty Moves"! ]

[The little witch should have just accepted the reality of defeat! She insisted on struggling, and ended up losing more and more! ]

[Rui Zhaozhen is so cruel that he doesn't give any chances! The little witch didn't react well, and the Queen of Heaven immediately seized the opportunity to kill the dragon.]

[I heard that the Little Witch’s fan group originally planned to celebrate together if she won the championship today, and if she didn’t win, they would celebrate alone to comfort the Little Witch] [In the end, they lost like this. According to the news on the scene, the Little Witch cried so much that she shut herself up. She is still in her room now, and all the fans in the group are confused...]

[In that case, the “Queen’s Cute Little Slug” collection can also be liked +1]

[To be honest, the little witch has made great progress in the past six months. I originally thought that she could at least compete with Queen Zhaotian, not to mention winning... But the Queen Zhaotian really showed no mercy at all? ]

[I think so too... Wait, she treated the little witch like a weakling. Could it be that she will directly win the Rookie of the Year award next year as Hou Zhenyong said?]

[Oh my god! I wouldn't have reacted if you hadn't told me!]

[Unconsciously, I found that Queen Zhaotian could really win the Rookie King title? I feel that the quality of her chess is really not worse than Chu Jun, and her stability is better than Xiao Chu! ]

[Hey! She's going to win the Rookie of the Year award... She's not really going to challenge Lin Ruixin for a duel, is she?]

[Originally, everyone in the industry thought that the Queen's comments were just the result of a newbie's ignorance, but now it has become something that is completely possible! ]

[Support Queen Zhao Tian to win the Rookie of the Year award. I want to see a river of blood! ]

[Uh, no, Rookie of the Year? Why do I feel so unreal? ]

[Chu Jun is not like Sun Yi back then! Sun Yi was only a 4th dan back then, and only after losing to Shuang Bi did he learn from his mistakes and become stronger! ]

[In the past few years, Chu Jun was suppressed by the little monster Xiao Lei. Last year, Xiao Lei did not participate and he won the Rookie of the Year title directly! ]

[As a result... we are now discussing whether a female chess player who has just been promoted to professional chess for half a year can defeat a top rookie like Chu Jun and win the title of Rookie of the Year? ]

[Empress Zhaotian usually never does anything abstract...but is she actually so abstract? ]

Tsk, it's quite abstract...

She... is actually being discussed as to whether she can win the Rookie of the Year award? !
At the same time, Quancheng Hotel in Liquan City.

Lei Qi, who had just returned to the chess players' lounge not long after the game ended, saw the relevant discussions on the Yiguo platform and his expression became complicated.

Although... there had been precedents of female chess players winning the Rookie King Contest before, the men at that time (referring to a certain monkey) were generally recognized as not being able to do well, which allowed the two players to achieve this achievement one after another.

Facing a strong newcomer like Chu Jun who is already a 6th dan, and pulling in two stars who were not even 20 years old at the time, the two of them definitely had no confidence in winning!
Can……

Now people are seriously discussing Rui Zhao's chances of winning the Best Newcomer Award online? !

Lei Qi couldn't help but frown, and then he prepared to reopen the game in which Rui Zhao won against Yang Manjing today, intending to analyze it carefully.

But at this moment, a new post appeared.

[Stop discussing this! The award ceremony has already started! ]

【All Zhao fans, hurry up and go to the official live broadcast room to cheer for the queen! 】

Hmm, has the award ceremony started?

Lei Qi hesitated for a moment, then turned to the official live broadcast of the Women's Go League.

Sure enough, the award ceremony had already begun - even Shang Chaotian's brief speech had already been finished.

It is well known in the circle that the current chairman of the chess association does not like to make long speeches.

Soon, the scene entered the stage of announcing the major awards.

First of all, the dust has settled - the champion of this league, Dongjiang team!
Shao Hui, manager of the Dongjiang team, took three team members to the stage to receive the award. Zou Yang's eyes filled with tears when he received the trophy.

Next, the runner-up Su Hu team and the third-place Jin Fen team took turns to come on stage to receive their own honors.

However, the Jinfen team, which won the third place, seemed quite relaxed and happy, while the Suhu team, which had just been reversed by the Dongjiang team in the last round, was obviously forcing smiles - not to mention that one team member directly missed the award ceremony.

After the group awards are announced, the individual awards are next.

The two major honors of [Most Valuable Chess Player] and [Most Winning Games Award] were both won by Zou Yang of the Dongjiang team.

This is naturally indisputable - this year Zou Yang has played a dominant performance in the Women's Go League, and her undefeated performance throughout the season is the best proof of this.

Although I won both games against my old rival Liu Yuhong with white pieces, luck played a role in that. But if someone really dwells on this, it would be too embarrassing.

The winner of the [Best Fighting Award] is Wang Haocheng, a veteran of the Su Hu team.

In this competition, Wang Haocheng also had a very high winning rate of 17 wins and 1 loss. She will temporarily retire next year, and it is still unknown whether she will return in the future.

This award, which is more of a spiritual recognition, is given to a leading figure who has worked for the Chinese women's Go career for many years, which is reasonable and appropriate.

The [Most Improved Award] was given to Yang Manjing, a young player from the Suhu team.

Although Yang Manjing's record has only improved from 16 wins and 2 losses last year to 17 wins and 1 loss this year, considering that the little witch has indeed made significant progress in strength in the past six months, and has maintained her suppressive power after being promoted to the second stage at the end of the season, this award is well deserved for her.

It’s just that Yang Manjing himself did not come to the ceremony due to personal reasons, so Wang Haocheng had to help lead the ceremony on his behalf - these were his words again.

All other awards have been presented, and only one award remains:
Best Newcomer

Everyone present knew who would win the award; there was no other candidate.

As Shang Chaotian read out a name that everyone expected, a fool who was working on a life and death problem on his phone in the audience looked up blankly, and then, at the urging of his teammates, walked towards the center of the stage a little stiffly.

Actually, there is still some finishing touches, but I will write it tomorrow.

Well, my wife is going to take me to Suzhou to have fun and watch a concert during the Dragon Boat Festival. So if there is a delay in the update or I have to take leave (I will try not to, but I am a little panicked because I don’t have any manuscripts saved), please forgive me.
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(End of this chapter)

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