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

……hiss!

This young master really doesn't give me any face at all!

As soon as Liu Shixian finished speaking, the whole audience was talking about it, and the expression of Shang Chaotian, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, was obviously distorted.

For this media meeting, the Chinese Chess Association, which has been tormented by domestic public opinion recently, has already selected the media that will ask questions and the questions that will be asked in advance in order to prevent any sensitive questions from being raised and causing big news - anyway, the purpose is to highlight the harmony.

But no one expected that during the contestants' appearance and speeches, the young master of the Liu family would directly ask such a question!

And asking this question in front of the host is undoubtedly overstepping the line.

It is not the place for other countries' players to comment on the selection of the Chinese team.

Shang Chaotian, who was sitting in the audience, said rather impolitely:
"I think the internal affairs of our Huaxia team... it's better not for Liu Jiudan to worry about it, right?"

“That’s the theory.”

Liu Shixian seemed to be completely unaware of the unhappiness in Shang Chaotian's tone, and still replied politely with a smile:

“But as the most important team competition in the world of Go, the Nongshim Cup has a profound tournament influence. Chairman Shang, you should be very clear about this.

“For example, the Japanese team was not so used to the fast chess rules of the Nongshim Cup, so the results were not ideal.

"Even so, the Japanese Chess Institute still holds the preliminaries every year and sends its best chess players to participate in order to maintain the influence of this important event.

"As a result, this time, China used a wild card to arrange a not-so-suitable candidate to enter the list...

“Although I don’t quite understand the intention, I think this is a damage to the seriousness of the event. So I can’t help but express my concern presumptuously, and I hope you, Chairman Shang, can understand.”

Shang Chaotian narrowed his eyes and replied coldly:

“We welcome the extra attention paid to the game.

"But how can you be so sure that this person is not suitable, Liu Jiuduan?"

However, Master Liu responded almost immediately:
"If it was appropriate...would your association not announce the candidate until now?"

After saying this, Shang Chaotian was speechless.

Because it is just as Liu Shixian said, the reason why the Chess Association is reluctant to announce the substitute player is because this candidate can indeed cause an uproar in the entire Chinese chess world!

Not to mention chess fans, I'm afraid there are a lot of chess players who have opinions!

Seeing that the many media at the scene were whispering to each other more and more, Shang Chaotian had been embarrassed by the questioning of the world's number one man.

At this moment, a very young voice suddenly came from the side, suddenly stopping the current noise:
"...But Liu Jiudan, as the team member who is still defending the championship, I think there is no problem with our chess association's choice."

Liu Shixian and Shang Chaotian were both stunned when they heard this, then they looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person who was speaking was Lei Qi!
After becoming the focus of the audience, the young Chinese ranked first said slowly:

“In my opinion, Chairman Shang made the best choice he could have made and the replacement is a very suitable one.

"The reason why we haven't announced the candidates yet is simply because we're worried that there will be people out there who don't know much about chess and make trouble! We don't have any other ideas.

"Liu Jiuduan...you are overthinking."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene, which had just become quiet due to Lei Qi's interruption, instantly exploded again!
"People who don't know much about chess"...

Lei Qi is totally making a veiled accusation!

And the person he was scolding was the undisputed number one person in the world!
Hearing this, Liu Shixian narrowed his eyes for a rare moment, and said in a dignified manner:

“雷歧九段……

"Does the person you mentioned who doesn't know much about chess include me?"

"Please don't take it personally, Liu Jiuduan. I don't mean that."

Lei Qi smiled and answered simply, seeming to be very polite:
“However, Liu Jiudan is a South Korean after all, and he may not be very familiar with the situation in China.

"What's more... I am the member of the Chinese team standing on the stage now, so it is still unclear whether the substitute player needs to play.

"If Liu Jiudan is eliminated the day after tomorrow... wouldn't you, Liu Jiudan, be embarrassed by all the talk about the next player selection?

"I'm also thinking about you, Liu Jiuduan!"

At this moment, everyone present held their breath.

Facing Liu Shixian, who had never won a game and was about to achieve the same success as Meng Huo, Lei Qi actually dared to rudely retort to the world's number one in such a public occasion!

For a moment, Liu Shixian's eyes narrowed even more.

But two seconds later, Young Master Liu showed his signature smile again.

"...I understand." In that case, I respect the choice of the Chinese Chess Association.

"At the same time, I sincerely hope that Lei Qi Jiudan can bring exciting games to Go fans all over the world."

After saying these seemingly blunt words, Liu Shixian put down the microphone and signaled to the host with his eyes that he had nothing more to say.

This made the host, who was standing there in great embarrassment, feel as if he had been pardoned. He quickly took over the conversation and made some quick words to smooth things over, finally bringing the contestants' appearance and speech session over!
As for the subsequent media interviews, everything went according to plan.

Although because of the verbal confrontation between Liu Shixian and Shang and Lei just now, many media wanted to ask further questions.

But the interview session was all arranged by the chess association, and even though some media almost raised their hands to the host's face, they did not get the opportunity to ask questions.

As for the question Liu Shixian asked at the beginning...

Come on, who's still paying attention to this!
The top ranked players of the two countries, the current number one player and the future number one player are hurling harsh words at each other. This is the highlight, okay!
……

Half an hour later, the opening ceremony finally ended.

Lei Qi, who was sitting in the player's seat, prepared his words and was about to go find Shang Chaotian. However, within a few seconds, the chairman of his own chess association stood up and walked towards him first:
"Lei Qi!"

"Ah, Mr. Shang."

Seeing his teacher walking towards him, Xiao Lei Jiudan bit his lip subconsciously, and then said apologetically:
"Um, sorry!
"I just said something I shouldn't have said on the stage. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble..."

"Hey, what are you talking about!"

Shang Chaotian walked to Lei Qi's side, patted his student's shoulder with great satisfaction and said:
"Thanks to you for attracting all the attention today, otherwise I would have been unable to step down! The issue of the replacement candidate will probably be a hot topic again!
"In the past two years, you have grown a lot both on and off the court!"

However, after praising the student, Shang Chaotian said with some concern:
"Well, Xiao Lei, don't be too stressed. It doesn't matter if you can't get close to Liu Shixian in this match.

“Although it’s a little difficult to motivate Lin Ruixin, if it’s really necessary, the association still has some strong measures to force him to go first.

“Even if things really don’t work out, it’s just a matter of one Nongshim Cup!
"We survived the seven consecutive Nongshim Cups when South Korea won, but you guys are just getting started now!"

The reason why Shang Chaotian said this was that he was worried that the students would feel too heavy a burden after taking the lead on their side today.

Especially since Lei Qi had previously been tasked with clearing out the "trash", and now there was also the verbal battle between him and Liu Shixian. Shang Chaotian was naturally worried that his student had too many concerns and would not perform normally.

But who would have thought that Lei Qi was slightly stunned when he heard his teacher's words, but then he couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Teacher Shang, the pressure...is not that bad!

“Although it may not be easy to beat Liu Shixian in the Nongshim Cup, I have experienced it once before, and it is not so exaggerated that it scares me.

"As for the extra Old Li and the bunny...ha!"

Lei Qi chuckled and shook his head slightly:

"…Compared to the oppressive feeling brought by that Zhaotian Queen, it's really nothing!"

...

...

Just like that, during the opening ceremony, during a verbal battle between the top-ranked teams from South Korea and China, the curtain of the final stage of the 26th Nongshim Cup was opened.

On February 2, in the first match of the third stage, South Korea's five-time champion Lee Jung-yeon took the stage to challenge.

But facing his teammates in the Dajing team, Lei Qi used his strength to tell the world why he was the unshakable main player in the regular season of the Weiqi League throughout the past season.

Xiao Lei, who played with white, took advantage of Li Tingyan's two slightly excessive moves in the lower right corner during the layout phase, seized the opportunity to counterattack, and established an advantage in one fell swoop.

After that, although Li Tingyan tried his best to disrupt the situation, Lei Qi performed better in the hand-to-hand combat in the midsection.

By the 282nd move, seeing that he could no longer win the central game, Li Tingyan admitted defeat.

China's core players have achieved three consecutive victories, leaving only their main players in both Japan and South Korea!

...

On February 2, Japan's main player, Takuya Ichijo, who won one championship and one runner-up last year, took the stage to challenge.

This game had some ups and downs. At the 64th move, Lei Qi, who was playing with white pieces, went too deep when trying to eliminate the black pieces on the right side. He was attacked fiercely by the number one player in Japan and fell behind for a while.

But at the critical moment, Lei Qi withstood the test.

As the situation continued to deepen, the quality of Takuya Ichijo's moves declined after the countdown. On the contrary, Lei Qi became more and more courageous, constantly narrowing the gap in the melee on the left side of the chessboard, and finally turning the situation around by using a fight for a ko.

Seeing the reversal of offense and defense, Takuya Ichijo began to release the final winning move, forcibly invading the white corner and trying to narrow the point difference, but the overall chess shape was too thin and Lei Qi seized the opportunity to entangle and attack, and successfully trapped and killed the outer dragon.

At the 186th move, seeing that the black dragon below had no chance of survival, Takuya Ichijo resigned.

At this point, the classic scene of the last Nongshim Cup was repeated again:
After the future No. 1 stepped onto the stage at the Nongshim Cup, he defeated strong opponents one after another and once again reached the No. 1 position in the world. (End of this chapter)