Chapter 420 More Opportunities to Play Chess

"what?"

Hearing this answer, the girl in front of Lai Chen couldn't help but let out a small sound, seeming very surprised.

Including Lei Yuliai and the other three who were present, they also exchanged glances in surprise. They had never expected that Lai Chen would propose such a condition!
However, this is actually exactly what Pohu team owner Gong Quanzhen wants.

For Mr. Gong, since Shang Chaotian has called him personally hoping to help, he must do his job impeccably.

But his own team finally succeeded in promotion this time, so naturally he couldn't help but take his own team's results seriously.

When Gong Quanzhen received Shang Chaotian's request the day before yesterday, he did not object. But he was inevitably a little worried:
As one of the top female chess players in the world today, Rui Zhao said that she really wants to play in the Chinese Weiqi League, but whether she can play well is still a big question mark.

You know, there is no female chess player in the entire Blue Star who is a long-term main force in the top men's league.

Even the Ice Queen retired from the men's league after two seasons because it took too much energy.

And now, a young girl who has attracted much attention and has outstanding looks suddenly said with such enthusiasm that she wants to play in the Chinese Go League. Gong Quanzhen must of course be on guard against whether the other party is just a flash in the pan and does not know her place, occupying a main position but playing as she pleases.

But how to prevent it...it actually requires some considerations.

First of all, there is no need to consider linking income to wins - because the Weiqi League now completely adopts this set of rules.

In the early years of the Weiqi League (including the Women's Weiqi League), there was actually a game fee for each player, regardless of whether they won or lost, it was just that there were more wins than losses.

But the situation has changed since Choi Sung-seok, a leading South Korean player, came to the Chinese Go League as a foreign aid. Choi Sung-seok directly asked the club to get more money if he won a game and nothing if he lost, and he believed that this would stimulate the players' desire to win.

With Cui Chengshi's precedent, the "match fee" of the Weiqi League and the Women's Weiqi League quickly changed to a "win fee": only if you win you get a bonus, and if you lose you get nothing. So now there is no room to further link income with wins.

However, objectively speaking, it would not be appropriate to directly set a gambling clause requiring Rui Zhao to win a certain number of games or else his qualification as a main chess player would be revoked.

Rui Zhao is now at the edge of the Weiqi League, so it is not too strange to win one or two games in a season. It is easy for Rui Zhao to carry a psychological burden, which will limit his performance.

However, Boss Gong is also a shrewd man.

As for how to ensure Rui Zhao would devote all her heart and soul in the Women's Go League, he quickly thought of an excellent test condition: that is, to require Rui Zhao to join his own women's team which had just been promoted to the Women's Go League.

In Gong Quanzhen's view, this is just right in every aspect:
First of all, I have to give an explanation to Shang Chaotian.

Joining the Pohu men's and women's teams together can greatly reduce the difficulty for Rui Zhao to take into account both the men's and women's leagues at the same time, allowing him to save more energy on the game, which is reasonable.

And if Rui Zhao says that he doesn't want to leave Dongjiang - that only means that your determination to play Weiqi is so strong, and you can't blame me.

Furthermore, this requirement will not directly put pressure on Rui Zhao in terms of his performance in the Weiqi League, and there will not be a situation where Rui Zhao's performance is affected in order to get him to take it seriously.

Thirdly, even if Rui Zhao really starts playing well in the Weiqi League competition, the Pohu team will not lose out at all.

Although the performance of the men's team may have been affected, there is no way Rui Zhao could start in the women's league - this is her base.

As a newly promoted team, the Pohu women's team was able to directly bring this top three female player in the country and recognized as the "future number one female player" into the team, which can be regarded as compensating for the loss of the men's team.

Therefore, when Gong Quanzhen put forward this condition to Lai Chen, the manager and leader of the Pohu team quickly understood his boss's intention and came to Dongjiang with such a negotiation plan.

That’s right... In Lai Chen’s opinion, this condition is totally impossible to be accepted by the other party.

Manager Lai himself is from Hongdu, but he never protects his own people!

The locals in Hongdu City complain every day that their hometown is a "big rural area". Do they want to tie down a girl who grew up in Dongjiang City for long-term training and competitions here?
Even the people in Dajing Pengze might not be interested in a girl from Dongjiang like Rui Zhao! What's more, Pohu is a place that is famous only for dowry!
Therefore, Lai Chen thought that asking for such a condition was actually the same as politely refusing. It was just that out of procedure and courtesy, he had to go to Dongjiang to go through the motions.

Seeing that everyone on Rui Zhao's side fell silent after hearing such a condition, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and then continued without any fluctuation in his tone:
"Ah, of course! Please rest assured! The treatment we give to Rui Zhao 6th Dan on the women's team is absolutely competitive!

"If Miss Rui Zhao joins our Pohu women's team at the same time, the treatment of the two sides will be calculated separately from that of the men's team and added together directly without affecting each other!

"The monthly salary for the women's team is 10,000 yuan, and the winning fee is 12,000 yuan per match... Ah, Yu Jiudan, you should know that this treatment is basically on par with the treatment that Zou Yang, the famous player, receives in the Dongjiang women's team!" Yu Qingguang said nothing after hearing this, but he did not refute it either - because Lai Chen was absolutely right.

With such treatment, the Pohu team can be said to be full of sincerity in any case.

only……

If Rui Zhao were allowed to join both the Pohu men's team and the women's team at the same time, it would mean that she would basically have to be based in Pohu Province for the next six months!

For Rui Zhao, a girl who grew up in Dongjiang and has always lived under the protection of her parents and teachers, this is too...

Yu Qingguang couldn't help but look at his female student who had made rapid progress recently, and planned to see how to help bargain based on his student's reaction.

But at this moment, the girl seemed to have recovered from her initial surprise. She blinked and then asked very seriously:

"If I join the Pohu women's team, I should be... the captain, right?"

...Ah? You're asking this?
Lai Chen was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied:

“That’s for sure!

"With your strength, Miss Rui, you are undoubtedly the candidate for the main commander, except for the two teams of Dongjiang and Suhu, which have both strengths."

Hearing this, Ai Jianan seemed to have realized what was going to happen, and quickly added before the girl spoke again:

"Xiao Zhao, you have to think about it carefully!
"If you choose to join both teams in Pohu, then once the season starts, you may have to prioritize staying in Hongdu for a long time. Do you know what kind of place that is?

"And once you choose to do this, your parents, the teachers, Mr. Qian, your senior sister, and even me, may not be able to take care of you like before. Are you really ready?"

"If it really doesn't work, why don't you wait a while and discuss it with your parents and teachers?"

Miss Ai, who was familiar with Rui Zhao, already understood the inclination of her main character, so she gave him a decisive reminder before Rui Zhao spoke again.

However, her words had little effect.

"Uh... To be honest, I've never been to Hongdu City, so I don't know much about it."

The girl gave an embarrassed smile:

“But now listen.

"There are more opportunities to play chess there."

Having said that, the atmosphere in the training room suddenly took on a subtle flavor.

Almost everyone's eyes widened, but except for Lai Chen, the others had a feeling of "unexpected, but reasonable".

...Huh? Look at this situation...

No, no, right? !
"……Well.

"Ms. Rui, Ms. Gangai is right. You don't have to make a decision in a hurry..."

Lai Chen quickly spoke up, trying to ease the strange atmosphere.

But before he finished speaking, Rui Zhao had already looked over. His words were very gentle, but his eyes were full of determination:

“No problem, Manager Lai.

"I agree to the conditions you set."

(End of this chapter)

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