Chapter 544 Who is it?

“…Okay, Vice Chairman, I’ll be leaving first.

"I'm so sorry for causing trouble to the chess academy! I will reflect on it!"

January 1, South Korea’s capital city, South Korea Chess Institute.

Liu Shixian walked out of the vice-chairman's office and expressed his apologies very humbly before leaving. His every move and gesture did not show any airs of being the best in the world.

This is indeed what makes Young Master Liu so likable - he always sticks to the facts and would never use his own performance and family background as capital to demand any privileges from the chess academy.

It's just that, for some things, he reflects on them...

But I will dare next time.

Just as Master Liu stretched his muscles and prepared to return to the apartment to continue training, he suddenly discovered that an acquaintance was waiting for him outside the office of Vice Chairman Zhao Libo.

"Hmm? Good morning, Sister Youen!"

After a moment of hesitation, Young Master Liu smiled and greeted:

"Is this...waiting for me?"

The Ice Queen nodded without further ado:

"Xiao Liu, why did you say that in the interview after the league yesterday? That's not like your style!"

"Ah... that just means that Sister Youen, you may have always misunderstood me a little."

Liu Shixian smiled and said:
"The Nongshim Cup has always been the competition I value the most, but Huaxia actually arranged such an unexpected substitute player. I am very disappointed...

“Isn’t this normal?”

"..."

Hearing this, Jin Youen was speechless for a moment.

Most chess players in the chess world always hope that their opponents are weaker overall, so that they have a better chance of achieving good results. Only the young master of the Liu family has such a demonic mentality!
But...he does have the capital!
Three world championships in one year, 16 consecutive wins in the Nongshim Cup...

With these terrifying results in front of them, people are indeed qualified to "fill it out very easily next time."

However, this is not what Kim Youen is concerned about.

The Ice Queen pursed her lips and asked in a deep voice:
"Who exactly was it that Huaxia arranged?
“Your interview yesterday caused a huge uproar in China!

"Every Go forum in China is discussing this right now! Even our domestic forums are basically discussing who the replacement player will be."

"I can't say that."

Liu Shixian spread his hands and said:

"When Huaxia reported the substitute candidates to the Chess Institute the day before yesterday, they requested that they only inform the remaining Nongshim Cup participants and not disclose them to the outside world."

"But you yesterday..."

"So I just said yesterday that I was very disappointed with Hua Xia's Nongshim Cup lineup and hoped that they would reconsider it carefully. I didn't say who it was."

"..."

Young Master Liu's words once again left Jin Youen speechless for a long time.

Indeed, when a reporter happened to ask Master Liu yesterday about his opinion on the Nongshim Cup in early February, Liu Shixian did not directly mention the name of the opposing player.

However, he expressed "some disappointment" with China's personnel selection, which is very rare in the chess circle where the overall atmosphere is still harmonious.

As for Liu Shixian's "skirting the line" approach, the South Korean Chess Institute naturally knew that it would definitely lead to dissatisfaction and protests from the Chinese side, so it had no choice but to apologize while arresting Young Master Liu for a lecture.

But what can we do...the young master of the Liu family is too obedient.

Compared to Cui Chengshi, the leader of the previous generation who loved to criticize the chess academy, Liu Shixian not only had dominant performance on the board, but also did everything flawlessly outside the board. He never embarrassed the chess academy and never asked for any privileges.

Therefore, in the face of Young Master Liu's slight willfulness this time, Zhao Libo, Vice Chairman of the South Korean Chess Institute, could only "advise" him in a gentle tone as a warning, otherwise it would be the South Korean Chess Institute's own ignorance.

Seeing Jin Youen's unembarrassed look, Young Master Liu smiled softly and said:

"However, since Sister Youen came to ask me this question in such a hurry, it means...

"Sister Youen, you should have noticed something, right?

"…Then I'll take my leave first, Sister Youen!"

After saying this, Liu Shixian bowed slightly and strode away.

Jin Youen was left with his eyes wide open, too surprised to make any other movements.

...

...

[No Prize Guessing Competition - Who will replace Ni Jue in the Nongshim Cup?]

[As the title says, from what Master Liu said in today's interview, Ni Jue will definitely not be able to play in the Nongshim Cup, and the Chess Association has already submitted replacement candidates to Japan and South Korea.]

[But Master Liu felt that this new guy was not very good, so he said that.]

【So... the question is here! 】

[Which Haojie did the Chess Association choose? Even Young Master Liu, who is always as steady as an old dog, couldn't help but complain! Here are eight options:]

[The immortal water snake of Dongjiang River, the prodigal son Haishen]

[Yuzhou's willow treasure, human-shaped dog Dai Ran]

[The dormant scorpion, the official Shangguan Sheng]

[The Killer King Falling into Purgatory, Smiling Tiger Lele]

[A warrior with muscles in his head, a silly, black and sweet little bear]

[Pengze's fierce honey badger, ruthless brother Tang Guansheng]

[The overlord of the floor, Yuanzhu Zhu Yuanjun]

[The slow snail of the layout, the shy white zero little girl]

————【Damn, it’s getting better and better! 】

[We Go also have our own "Eight Gods"! 】

[Please don't give the dog card a boost, otherwise I will go and give good reviews for the game you hate! ]

[Hey, isn't it bad to criticize the national players like this? ]

[What's wrong with that? With the dismal performance in the past year or so, I'm afraid that even the top 9 players will have to take the blame! What's wrong with being a "waste player"?]

[Well, it’s true that they all look bad at first glance. They all look more like experienced babies than the other…]

[Except for the recent one in which Dai Gong stopped Young Master Liu, the rest of the past year and a half have been suppressed by Young Master Liu, but Dai's fast chess moves are hard to describe.]

[Well, I think it wouldn't be too strange to choose anyone from the two. At least it wouldn't be something that Young Master Liu would complain about, right? ]

[I feel like the person the Chess Association finally chooses might not even be as good as these eight...]

[What?! Not even as good as these eight?!]

[Is that Li Zhaokai, the runner-up? Or is it Cai Niao and Zhuang Zheng, who have only been promoted to the ninth level for two years? Could it be that Man Jiageng and Ji Wen, two ninth-dan masters, are also possible? ]

[It can't be the 91 four elders or Elder Du, right?! They look more useless than the other! ]

[In fact, I think that if Ni Jue is confirmed not to play, the others will not make much difference. ]

……

Well……

who can that be?

At the same time, in Yuzhou City, China.

Dai Ran has already entered the holiday state and rarely goes online to check the rhythm.

In fact, objectively speaking, the taciturn Dai Gong is not very willing to get involved in other rhythms.

But unfortunately, this matter has caused too much trouble in the Chinese chess world.

The situation that had been temporarily suppressed by Ni Jue's updates suddenly revived and even intensified!
Even the fans of each chess player were frantically asking the real owner whether their own giegie was selected by the chess association. So much so that Bian Lele even started a survey in the active 9th dan group.

But after investigating for quite a while and questioning all the nine-dan masters in the group one by one, they all swore that it was definitely not them. Lin Ruixin and Lei Qi also said that they didn't know the final candidate, which made the high-dan players themselves confused!

Who should this association arrange to go up?
Therefore, Dai Ran, who usually doesn't like to join in the fun, couldn't help but eat this melon this time. He really wanted to know who the chess association chose to cause such a big storm...

...Hey wait!

The whole city was in an uproar because of guessing “who it was”…

Last time I came out to join in the fun...

It seems that everyone in the circle is "guessing", right? !
Thinking of this, Dai Ran suddenly had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

Hiss——wait a moment!
Last time...I remember it was...

Everyone is guessing who is "Yizhao Qiyi" who can move Mr. Jin, Chairman Shang and Vice Chairman Lu to play chess against each other.

And finally the answer is revealed...

...? ? ? ! ! !

For a moment, Dai Ran was stunned.

No way? !!!

As a name that seemed impossible no matter how he thought about it suddenly popped up in Dai Ran's mind, he suddenly became restless!

Because, if it was her...

It seems like everything abnormal can be explained!

But...she won the Nongshim Cup? ! ! !
real or fake? ! !

Oh no!
I remember she beat Guan Ye in the last round of Weiqi fast chess!
And she is Ni Jue's junior sister, it's impossible...

Dai Ran was shocked and confused when he discovered an "unexpected path". He quickly picked up his phone and planned to call Ni Jue to find out what was going on.

Unexpectedly, when he just picked up the phone, another call came in!
【Caller: Lu Wenjie】

Vice Chairman Lu?

Dai Ran frowned when he saw this, but still answered the call:

"Hello, Vice Chairman Lu."

"Dai Ran, I'm sorry to bother you."

The voice of the vice chairman of the Chess Association came from the other end of the phone.

"Have you returned home yet?"

"Well, tell me something."

"Uh, that's it, what's up with the New Year?"

"Uh, nothing."

Dai Gong considered it for a moment and said:

"That's right. I've been reading some gossip online lately and want to see who will be the finalist for our Nongshim Cup."

This reply was obviously a little unexpected to Lu Wenjie. After a brief silence, a voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Then... I'll give you a chance to know in advance. Are you willing to try?"

"……Chance?"

Dai Ran was somewhat puzzled by this statement.

"Ah."

Lu Wenjie continued:
“Would you be willing to be a coach and analyst for our last Nongshim Cup player?
"The sparring partner she originally found has been squeezed out of her until there is not a penny left."

(End of this chapter)

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