Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

Chapter 419 Unkind Invitation
"Hello, Manager Lai!"

3:23 p.m., March , Caiqiao Railway Station, Dongjiang City.

Lai Chen, who had just arrived at the exit, quickly found the "Assistant An An" who used to serve as the "Executive Deputy Anchor" in the [Go Xiao Zhao] live broadcast room among the crowd of people waiting to pick up passengers.

Everyone in the Go circle has watched the live broadcast of [Go Xiaozhao] to some extent, and Lai Chen is no exception.

However, since she stopped serving as Rui Zhao's live broadcast assistant, news soon broke out online: Ai Jianan's real identity is actually Rui Zhao's agent and boss.

Therefore, Lai Chen was not too surprised that Ai Jianan came to greet him.

Of course he didn't come here today for the live broadcast - he came here to discuss serious business.

Ever since he received the news from his boss Gong Quanzhen yesterday, he immediately contacted Ai Jianan, explained his intention to contact her, and planned to talk in person.

The other party’s reply was very straightforward: There is no time to lose, let’s do it today.

This decision is easy to understand - the Mulan Tournament preliminaries will begin tomorrow, and although the main competition will not officially start until the 26th in Zhongyuan Province, if you want to settle things before the Mulan Tournament begins, it is better to do it sooner rather than later.

So, Lai Chen did not delay and immediately booked a high-speed rail ticket for today, and arrived in Dongjiang at 1 pm.

"Hello, Miss Ai!"

Lai Chen responded:

“Although I have seen her many times in [Weiqi Xiaozhao]’s live broadcasts, this is the first time I have seen her in person! She is just as beautiful as in the live broadcasts!

"Now you are also a well-known beauty in our chess circle! I am really flattered that you came to pick me up in person!"

"Ah, Manager Lai, thank you for the compliment! This way, please..."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Ai Jianan took Lai Chen to his private car and headed directly to the location for the afternoon negotiation...

...

...

"Uh... that, Miss Ai...

"We're going to talk here?"

Half an hour later, in a training classroom of Muhu Go Dojo.

Lai Chen took a quick look around and couldn't help but ask first.

According to his expectation, as a business negotiation, even if it is not held in a teahouse or business club, it should at least be held in an office building, right?
But he never expected that after Ai Jianan picked him up, he took him directly to an ordinary training room in the Muhu Go Dojo. There was even a chessboard for studying chess variations and a tablet connected to the cloud AI.

And the "Live Broadcast Queen Zhao Tianhou", who was already considered a big figure in the chess circle, was now sitting stiffly in front of him, without any airs at all, with a bit of a makeshift atmosphere.

"Ah, although I also think that business negotiations should be more formal..."

Ai Jianan shrugged his shoulders, looking somewhat helpless:
"But Xiao Zhao didn't want to waste any training time, so she chose this place.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I'll treat you to a nice place to eat tonight..."

"Oh, Miss Ai, you misunderstood! I think this place is great too!
"It's just different from previous experience, just to confirm it."

Lai Chen quickly made up his mind, but the slightly embarrassed look on his face did not disappear:

"But Rui Zhao 6th dan...

"Let's talk about the contract...do we need so many people?"

After saying this, Lai Chen couldn't help but glance at the three serious-looking elders sitting on both sides of Rui Zhao, and his tone was quite complicated.

Hearing this, Lao Lei Jiudan was not happy and immediately retorted:
"What's so strange about this? What's wrong with the three of us as teachers helping students to check?"

"Ah this..."

"Hey, hey, intelligent and educated people are talking, don't interrupt them like you!"

Coach Yu on the side rolled his eyes at Lei Jingming without hesitation, then said with a smile:
"Manager Lai, please don't mind it!

"We old guys are only here to witness the event entrusted by Rui Zhao's parents. We don't have any other intentions. Just ignore us three!
"As long as everything you propose is reasonable, we will just be three spectators!"

"I, I understand..."

Lai Chen still looked embarrassed, but he knew that today he would have to start the conversation under the eyes of the three elders.

But it was okay. He felt that the treatment and conditions he brought today were completely justified, and he was not too afraid of the three old guys finding fault with him.

"Uh... OK then! Let's officially get started!" I won't talk about anything else and get straight to the point:
"Ms. Rui Zhao, your core demand this time is that if you join our team, you must be a main player, right?
"Ok!"

The girl nodded vigorously, and then said in a slightly dull tone:

"To be precise, I can obey the team's arrangement on the specific dates of my matches, but unless I am willing not to play, the team cannot take me out of the match list.

“This must be written into the contract.”

This formal statement was naturally not something Hanhan came up with on his own, but was taught to him in advance by Ai Jianan.

In front of possible future employers, Miss Ai still hopes that Rui Zhao will appear more independent-minded, so as to avoid being inexplicably manipulated in the future.

At this time, Ai Jianan also added just the right sentence:
"In addition, regarding treatment, if you can agree to our request, we can make appropriate concessions within a reasonable range.

"But as an agent... I still hope it's not too bad, otherwise it will affect Xiao Zhao's value if it gets out."

"Ah, I understand. Please rest assured about this, Miss Ai."

Lai Chen quickly responded:

"Rui Zhao 6th Dan is a rising star among Chinese women and even all young chess players. After evaluation, our team believes that she is fully capable of participating in the Weiqi League.

“The salary we offer is also guaranteed to satisfy Rui Zhao 6th Dan.

"As for monthly salary, we can give 15,000 yuan a month. And the winning fee is 20,000 yuan per game. In the playoffs, it rises to 40,000 yuan per game."

"Huh? That high?!"

Hearing this, Lei Jingming, who was a substitute chess player for the Dongjiang team in the season before, exclaimed in surprise.

Because he naturally knew that such an income was already very, very high for a marginal-level chess player like Rui Zhao!

Although they all play in the same league, the income differences among players in the Weiqi League are very large.

For a top chess player like Lin Ruixin, although the specific salary has not been disclosed, there is no doubt that the winning fee for a single game is more than six figures. Most people speculate that it is between 150,000 and 200,000.

But... there is only one chess player like Lin Ruixin who is treated very well in the Chinese Weiqi League. Most ordinary and even marginal chess players in the League naturally do not have such high income.

In the current market situation, if a chess player like Rui Zhao, who is just at the edge of the main force, plays in the Chinese Go League, his monthly salary is generally only 8,000 yuan, and the winning fee is mostly around 10,000 yuan.

But the Pohu team actually gave a salary that is above average in the entire Weiqi League, which is really insincere!

Lai Chen smiled when he heard Lao Lei's exclamation:
"As expected of a Lei Jiudan who is still in great shape at this age! He also understands the current market situation very well!
"So, please rest assured that our team will never treat Miss Rui Zhao unfairly."

Of course, being praised by your negotiating counterparty is not always good news.

Yu Qingguang, who was standing by, immediately gave Xiao Lei's father another look of contempt for his intelligence, and then asked on behalf of the student very clearly:
"Then... Manager Lai, what do you want?

"Given such good treatment, it can't be that your team is short of vases, right?"

There is a reason why Yu Qingguang asked this question.

In his opinion, Ai Jianan had already said that he could make concessions in terms of treatment, but the other party still gave him a salary and victory fee that was above the standard without hesitation, which meant...

The other party must have other conditions!
"Ah... Yu Jiuduan is indeed worthy of being the master of calculation back then. Nothing can be hidden from you!"

Lai Chen smiled and said something politely, then, according to the predetermined plan, he began to bring up the additional condition that his boss Gong had given him:
"That's right! Actually, it's mainly about Rui Zhao 6th Dan's request for the unconditional right to appear on the stage...

"I have to say, this is actually a very high requirement. As far as I know, there has never been such a precedent in the history of Weiqi League..."

At this time, Ai Jianan frowned and interrupted:
"Can't you do that?"

Hearing this question, Lai Chen smiled slightly:
“I can do it!
“Both our CEO Gong and I admire Miss Rui Zhao’s abilities very much.

“But… we also hope that Miss Rui Zhao can understand that if she wants to agree to this condition, we have made a huge concession.

"Out of fairness and for the sake of closer and more pleasant cooperation between us, in exchange, we also hope that Miss Rui Zhao will agree to our unreasonable request."

"What kind of unreasonable request?" Ai Jianan asked immediately.

Lai Chen continued to speak slowly and calmly:
"It's like this: In fact, in addition to the men's team winning the B-level championship and being promoted to A-level last year, the women's team also won the second place in the women's team, and will also start our first women's A-level journey in May.

"We discussed internally that in order to enhance cooperation between the two sides and to prevent Miss Rui Zhao from wasting energy and affecting her competitive state by traveling back and forth between Dongjiang and Hongdu, we hope that Miss Rui Zhao can join our Pohu women's team at the same time as she joins the men's team.

"This is the best of both worlds. What do you think, Miss Rui Zhao?"

(End of this chapter)