Chapter 545 Spring Festival Benefits
[Sorry, Li Jingzhe! I really don’t have much time during the Spring Festival this year! ]

[The chess association here helped me find many masters to practice chess with. My schedule is already completely full, so this kind of opportunity is not easy to come by! ]

Well, I’m replying now…

Did you just finish chess practice?

1:25 pm on January th.

Li Jingzhe, who was already lying on the bed and preparing to fall asleep, finally received Rui Zhao's WeChat reply.

This morning, he sent a WeChat message to Rui Zhao.

As he has been conducting more in-depth research on AI recently, he originally wanted to take the opportunity of going home during the winter break to report his research progress to Rui Zhao.

After all...Rui Zhao is also his "research investor" at the moment.

In the last Yingyi Cup, after Li Jingzhe finished chatting with Rui Zhao about AI and watching the fast chess game between Rui Zhao and Kuai Liang, he naturally did not forget his original purpose - to give away the embarrassing 80,000 yuan.

He first apologized for his mishandling of some things, and hoped to return the money to Rui Zhao. But Rui Zhao shook his head like a rattle, saying that it was his own fault and refused to accept it.

The two sides were deadlocked, and finally Huang Baoyang learned that there was a "financial dispute of unknown origin" between the two and gave a suggestion:
This money will be regarded as Rui Zhao's research investment in Li Jingzhe. If Li Jingzhe has any results in the future, they must be provided to Rui Zhao first.

With this step, both sides finally gave up. But in the end, Li Jingzhe, who accepted the money, felt more embarrassed, so he actively hoped to give some feedback on his research results to Rui Zhao.

But... this must be under the premise of not disturbing the other party.

[Well, it's okay. You must be busy with your own things first. ]

[Even if you don’t have time during the Spring Festival, if you have time to come to Beijing in the future, you can always tell me and I will definitely make time for you. ]

【Good luck in the Weiqi League playoffs after the new year! 】

After giving a brief reply, Li Jingzhe sighed, put down his phone, and prepared to fall asleep again.

But at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Eh, isn't that right?

It's Spring Festival now?
Are there really a bunch of experts accompanying Rui Zhao in practicing chess?
Well……

I'm not...still being treated perfunctorily?!
Li Jingzhe couldn't help but feel conflicted, and he couldn't sleep well the whole night.

...

...

"Um, Brother Dai...

"Did you play these three games of chess today by yourself?"

February 2st, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, at 1pm.

Dai Ran’s home in Yuzhou City, China.

Dai Gong had just finished reviewing an online game during a live broadcast, but he didn't expect to be questioned by his teammate Ji Qiujuan from the Yuzhou team.

Hearing this, Dai Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then said calmly:

"It's me, why are you asking?"

"Uh……"

Ji Qiujuan on the opposite side hesitated for a moment, and then her iconic soft and weak voice came over:
“To be honest, the three games today were not very similar to the fast chess games you usually play.

"When you play fast chess normally, you can maintain a very high level of chess moves when you have time, but the problem is that once you run out of time, the quality of your moves starts to decline. This feeling is very typical.

"But today was completely different - the quality of the moves in the first half was obviously not that high, but after the countdown, the quality of the moves did not decline at all. It was completely different from the past.

"In addition, you clearly showed a strong desire to attack in today's games, which is quite different from your previous games that focused on judgment and control of the board."

tsk...

As expected of Qiu Juan, almost all the secrets were exposed after just three rounds!
Dai Gong said this in his heart, but he had no intention of revealing the truth to the other party, and simply replied:
"I just changed my style of playing fast chess recently. I couldn't win if I played slow chess before."

“…Is that so?

"Well, then Brother Dai, your speed chess has indeed improved!"

It was obvious that Ji Qiujuan still had some doubts. After a little thought, he asked a slightly sensitive question:

"Uh, Brother Dai... I want to ask you something:

"Are you going to be the substitute in the Nongshim Cup this time?" Dai Ran frowned and asked:

"I already said no, why are you still asking?"

"But, this time the association said they would help us maintain our status and give us some benefits...

"But the more I look at it, the more I feel like I'm helping you, Brother Dai, practice fast chess!"

--Yes.

The reason why Dai Ran and Ji Qiujuan are still reviewing this game during the Chinese New Year is because during this Spring Festival, the Chess Association gave a small benefit to the top 15 players in the rating:

As long as you can beat Dai Ran in a one-hour, one-minute online fast chess game, you can win 10,000 yuan for each game you win, with no upper limit. This is to reward the top chess players and help them maintain their form during the Spring Festival. But at the same time, it is required that after the game, no matter whether you win or lose, you must review the game to ensure the quality of training.

As soon as this "welfare policy" came out, it immediately attracted many experts to sign up enthusiastically.

Except for Lei Qi who was preparing for the Nongshim Cup, Lin Ruixin who was not short of money, Ni Jue who was absent due to illness, Sun Yi who was busy meeting his parents, and Dai Ran himself, the remaining ten people all participated, and they were deeply saddened that their own stingy person had been plundered!

This is understandable, of course: no one from China won the world championship in the past year. Apart from Lei Qi, who had the best overall performance, and Lin Ruixin, who won the King of Kings competition, without considering side jobs, the income of the rest of the people is estimated to be only 700,000 to 800,000 to 1 million yuan, which is not really that lucrative.

And now, the chess association, which has always been short of funds and stingy, actually took out 300,000 yuan at once to "distribute benefits"!
Dai Gong, who is not good at fast chess, can earn 10,000 yuan for one game, and 30,000 yuan a day if he plays more intensively! This is a great opportunity to earn pocket money anyway!
Although chess players have to visit relatives and friends and have various social engagements during the Spring Festival holiday, the "burden" of making money should not be placed on one person!

Everyone shared the work and in an instant, Dai Ran's time was divided up evenly, so much so that Ji Qiujuan felt a little sorry for Dai Ran because his workload was too heavy.

But now, Ji Qiujuan had already realized that something was wrong, so he expressed his thoughts for verification.

After hearing Ji Qiujuan's question, Dai Ran finally understood why the Chess Association needed to use itself as a cover for this "online welfare tournament".

Such a huge amount of training, combined with the matter of the last player in the Nongshim Cup that has been continuously discussed recently... If the real person is brought up like this, it is likely that people will make reasonable associations in minutes, and it will indeed be easy to make big news.

But what if it was me who was on top of the pole...

That means I am not afraid of these "reasonable doubts".

"Qiu Juan, I told you, it really wasn't me."

Dai Ran replied confidently but concisely:
"Well, it's getting late, you should go and get some rest.

"You only won two games today. That's not good enough!"

Seeing Dai Ran sticking to his words, Ji Qiujuan still felt something was wrong, but she didn't dwell on it any further:
“It’s OK!
"Like Cai Shuang and Man Jiageng both lost two games a few days ago! I am not as good as the best, but better than the worst!

"Then I'll log off first! Brother Dai, see you after the Spring Festival!"

"See you after the Spring Festival."

But even though Ji Qiujuan quit the live broadcast, Dai Ran, who was supposed to log off at this time, did not mean to turn off his phone. Instead, he continued to speak:

"Alright Rui Zhao! Did you hear the review with Qiu Juan just now?
"Any more questions? Ask!"

"Yeah, there are still some!"

The girl's seemingly never-tiring voice came from another microphone:

"Dai Jiuduan, wait a moment. I just remembered them. I'll ask them one by one!"

Also...

Upon hearing this, Dai Ran couldn't help but glance at the time of 11:05 in the lower right corner of his computer, then shook his head and exclaimed:
"From the 26th till now, you have practiced fifteen games of chess.

"But at this rate, you were still able to beat Qiu Juan in one round...Are you really not tired?"

Although Dai Ran has been accompanying his "temporary team member" these days, the degree of hardship is completely different between watching chess and analyzing the game on one side and fighting against top chess players who want to earn extra money on the other.

"Huh? That's nothing? I didn't stay up late that much."

There was nothing unusual in Rui Zhao's voice:

"Go is such an interesting game, I can keep playing it forever!
"It's hard to find an opponent who is strong enough and serious enough. I have someone as good as you, Dai Jiudan, to help me review and analyze the game. I must cherish this opportunity!"

Can you keep going down...

No wonder Ni Jue is willing to pass on everything he has researched to his junior sister!
In this case, perhaps...

After hearing Rui Zhao's words, Dai Ran was thoughtful for a moment.

It was not until Rui Zhao repeatedly reminded him that he finally came to his senses and continued with his "temporary job" during the Spring Festival holiday...

(End of this chapter)

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