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

"...Coach Shan, this is what Ueno 9th Dan meant.

"Can you please let Ueno Kyudan take the next stage tomorrow?"

At the same time, in another suite of Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel in Changchang County.

Shan Gang, coach of the Dongjiang team of the Weiqi League, was in the pre-match meeting when he was slightly stunned when he heard what the translator conveyed.

The meeting tonight was to finalize the lineup for the first round match against Poyang Lake tomorrow. Ueno Toranoichiro, who did not want to be a foreign aid, suddenly made a "small request" through the translator.

But objectively speaking, in Shan Gang's opinion, this request is not excessive.

Like previous Weiqi League, the first two rounds of this year's Weiqi League will be held at the venue of the opening ceremony.

Since it will be held at the opening ceremony venue, there will be no such thing as "home and away games".

However, the right to select the main general and quick chess positions in the regular season of the Weiqi League belongs to the home team. So although there is no actual home and away concept, from a competition perspective, the first two rounds of concentrated competitions also need to be divided into "home and away" groups.

Like tomorrow, the Dongjiang team will challenge the Pohu team in a "virtual away game", and the main chess table and the rapid chess table order will be determined by the opponent.

The main chessboard, at noon today, the Pohu team had already been notified by the referee: as usual, it was the second chessboard with white pieces from the home team. The choice of the home team for the quick chessboard would need to be officially announced tomorrow.

In the Dongjiang team, the "Prodigal Son" Lang Haishen is the unshakable main general, so he will definitely be in charge of the second table as usual tomorrow.

As for the other three... Zhuang Zheng, Ueno Torachiro, and Tong Jingyou, who will appear tomorrow, are all close in strength, so there is not much to say about how they will be ranked.

At the moment, Ueno took the initiative to ask for the white position, hoping to gain a small advantage. But considering that he took the initiative to reduce the winning fee to come to support his team's opening ceremony, such a small request, there seems to be no reason for his team to refuse.

“I think there’s nothing wrong with that…

"Haishen, what do you think?"

Shan Gang had basically made a decision, but he still sought the opinion of his subordinate Haishen.

"I have no opinion. Coach, you decide."

After Dan Gang nodded, he asked the other two players for their opinions. Seeing that they had no opinions, he said to Ueno and the translator:
"Ueno 9th Dan, it's decided then!
"I'll leave the first one to you. I hope you can keep up the good work tomorrow!"

"Arigadoquosimas!"

After the translator conveyed Shan Gang's meaning, Ueno immediately bowed to express his gratitude, and at the same time couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, what Lu Wenjie and Du Weichen guessed was correct - this time, Ueno Torachichiro really came with the mission of teaching Rui Zhao a lesson from his own chess academy.

After all, what happened in the fan-air battle was too embarrassing, and the Japanese Chess Institute was often criticized by domestic public opinion. Therefore, the Japanese Chess Institute has been holding back its energy to find a place to retaliate, even if it means sending out its own celebrities!

However, even though Japan has already lost face...but if they want to face Rui Zhao, it has to be said that it is a matter of luck.

Even though Ueno had met Rui Zhao once in the second round of the Lily Cup in his dream, he didn’t know when he would be drawn again!
So, seeing that Ueno had signed with the Dongjiang team of the Chinese Weiqi League, the Dongying Qi Academy gave their celebrity a task - to go to the Weiqi League and beat up the Zhaotian Queen, the more miserable the better! For this purpose, they even adjusted the schedule of domestic chess competitions to make time for Naofu!

Ueno Torachichiro himself actually had no ill will towards Queen Akatsuki, and he even liked to watch her live broadcast when he had nothing to do. However, the chess academy had already said this, and as a current celebrity, he had no reason to refuse, so he came here with the mission.

Of course, as mentioned before, although Ueno decided to play in the match against Poyang team, it is still unknown whether he can play against Rui Zhao - because except for the main general platform which is basically the strongest one on both sides, the other platforms are arranged by luck, and it is hard to say whether they can meet or not.

However, it's not like there's no technique involved...

After seeing the lineups of both sides in the first round, Ueno began to think from their perspective:
In this first round, how will the Pohu team, which has a virtual home court, arrange its lineup?

As the obviously weaker side, the optimal strategy of the Pohu team is not difficult to guess:
In addition to the main general duel on the second table, they will most likely let another relatively strong player in the team, Gu Chuxiong, play with white on the fourth table, using the small advantage of playing with white at the beginning under the Chinese rules, strive for victory on the second and fourth tables, and finally take two points through the main general's victory.

Therefore, Rui Zhao is very likely to be placed on one or three platforms.

Considering that this is Rui Zhao's first time playing in the Weiqi League, the attention has been unprecedented. For publicity purposes, the Pohu team is likely to put Rui Zhao in the first position, which sounds better, compared to the third position, which has no meaning (but in fact, there is no difference between the first, third and second positions of the Men's Weiqi League).

After thinking from the perspective of others and analyzing the above, Naofu felt that his thinking was reasonable and convincing, so he followed this idea and directly expressed his hope to play in the first game before the game, and was finally granted.

Up to now, Ueno feels that he has done the best he can, and all he has to do is leave it to fate tomorrow.

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…The next day, July 7th.

On this morning, the 2024 Weiqi League, which has been eagerly awaited by the entire Chinese chess world and chess fans, officially opened at the Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel in Changchang County, Hucheng City, Zhejiang Province.

Because of the big success of a silly player from Pohu team in Tongge Cup, the opening ceremony of this Weiqi League was unprecedented.

Not only did the main leaders of Hucheng City and Changchang County come to the event, but the director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism also came to show his support. The CEO of Xiawei Mobile, the main sponsor of the Weiqi League, also attended, making the event a grand occasion. There was no need to mention the media and fans.

For a moment, the entire Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel was filled with red flags and crowds of people. Shang Chaotian, who claimed to have seen some scenes, was moved and almost shed tears.

It was Lu Wenjie who was standing by who quickly persuaded his boss to go to the bathroom to calm down, so that he did not lose his composure on the spot.

Of course, throughout the opening ceremony, "Live Queen Zhao Tianhou" was undoubtedly the brightest star in the whole venue.

With Ai Jianan's careful matching, Rui Zhao today wore a printed beige Windsor collar shirt and a black knee-length summer skirt, with a bow that looked a bit like cat ears. She looked dignified and bright yet light and beautiful. She attracted countless cameras and the attention of the audience wherever she went.

However, this time the chess association naturally gave extra protection to this "big star" and, at the instruction of Shang Chaotian, politely declined all kinds of messy side activities. Apart from official interviews, Queen Zhaotian did not have to be distracted by other things.

However, it was precisely because she was receiving so much attention that the girl did not notice the complicated looks that some members of other teams gave her during the opening ceremony...

...

...

I won’t go into detail about the various speeches and interviews at the opening ceremony this morning.

After a short break at noon, at 118: pm, in Hall of Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel.

The first round of this year's Weiqi League match between Dongjiang Team and Pohu Team will be held here.

Before the game, as per convention, the referee needs to officially announce the specific matchups to both sides.

At this time, Ueno Torachichiro, who was standing in the Dongjiang team, couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Although he had no obsession with beating Rui Zhao up, he didn't care much whether he could get Rui Zhao's share or not.

But he was worried that if he didn't complete the task, the chess academy would find something to do for him, so the Japanese celebrity still hoped to complete it in one go to avoid any tail issues.

Soon, the big screen in the hall showed the match between the two sides:

Channel 1: [Rui Zhao] vs. [Ueno Toranoichiro]

Channel 2: [Du Weichen] vs. [Lang Haishen]

Channel 3: [Wei Zhenzhong] vs. [Tong Jingyou]

Channel 4: [Gu Chuxiong] vs. [Zhuang Zheng]

...Yeah!

After seeing the match clearly on the big screen, Ueno couldn't help but secretly clench his fist, secretly admiring his own well-thought-out strategy.

What is the Little Zhuge of Japan?

There's nothing we can do. We Go players don't have any other characteristics except being smart!

That's why he is standing now, otherwise the Japanese celebrity would have to perform a tactical fadeaway on the spot!
However, just as Ueno was about to open the champagne and enter the arena, he suddenly noticed that the matchup table on the big screen seemed to have changed a little:
As the referee pressed the remote control again, a circled word "main" appeared in front of the three words "second station" on the match table.

——The second stage is the main general’s stage, which is known to the entire Dongjiang team.

But the problem is that when the word "main" appeared, the word "fast" also appeared before the three words "first channel".

……Eh?

The Japanese celebrity, who had been expressing his joy, now had a slightly frozen smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)