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

What--?!!!

one……

one million? ! ! !
The moment Deputy Mayor Niu Xianru announced the prize money for the champion, Shang Chaotian felt like he must have gone blind.

Because, this number can no longer be described as outrageous...

All I can say is, this is simply the beginning of outrageousness - it's outrageous to the extreme!!!

You should know that the original Women's Celebrity Tournament, the champion prize money for the title winner was only 250,000 yuan, and the other two women's title events, [Queen] and [Mulan], also had the same standard.

Not to mention the women's competition, even in the unlimited title, the one million championship prize is overwhelming!

There are four major titles: [Celebrity], [Tianyuan], [National Player], and [Yixian], and the prize money for each champion is only 500,000 yuan!
Although the prize money for the first title of China [Chess Saint] is as high as 1.3 million yuan, which is the highest prize money domestic event in China, the Chess Saint Tournament is held every other year! Still, it is at a disadvantage!

A female title overwhelmed the recognized No. 1 title in China?!

This can't be called outrageous, it's completely against the will of heaven!

Even though Lu Wenjie had seen a lot of things and handled countless things, he was still dumbfounded and extremely shocked. He couldn't help but confirm it again:
“Um, um, Deputy Mayor Niu.

"The one million you mentioned... is that the championship prize? Not the total prize money for the tournament?!"

"Of course it's just the first prize! The total prize money should be more than 1.7 million yuan."

Niu Xianru smiled and said:
“Although our city of Oroqen is a poor place, the spiritual and cultural living standards are not high.

"But at least we have some sheep, some coal, some rare earths and some gas! We can still afford this bonus!"

After hearing this, Shang Chaotian didn’t know what to say!

He only felt a sense of tyranny coming over him, and he even seemed to see a piece of cloth on Niu Xianru's head.

How do you say that?

The relevant leaders of Oroqen City may not understand Go as well as the members of the Gezhou City team, but you can tell at a glance that they respect Go!

“That, that’s really…

“That’s really great!”

Shang Chaotian was so excited that he was a little incoherent:

"In fact, one of the main reasons why women's Go has not been at a high level for a long time is that the prize money for women's competitions is average, and the players lack motivation.

"Once the prize money and scale of our competition can be increased to this level, it will surely greatly inspire female players to move forward bravely! It will also improve the overall level of domestic female Go!"

However, although Shang Chaotian's mouth was almost stretched to his ears, Niu Xianru took over the conversation just in time:
"That's right... We have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders to develop the domestic Go industry, and we have no choice but to do so.

"It's just that regarding the event itself, the leaders and cultural and sports workers in our city have a small request. I wonder if you, Chairman Shang, can consider it?"

An unkind request?

Hearing this, the chairman and vice-chairman of the chess association couldn't help but exchange glances with each other.

Although the Chess Association is not a powerful department, after being in the social scene for a long time, they still know that Niu Xianru is probably going to use courtesy first and force later!

All the sweet things mentioned above are naturally gifts, and all the nice things are said in advance.

And what comes next... should be the other party’s core demand.

However, Shang Lu and the others were not bothered by this.

The Chess Association is a low-income government. Even if it wants to "lose power and humiliate the country", it has no qualifications! How far can you go with your troops?

On the contrary, as long as you give us enough money, our chess association can do anything!

Shang Chaotian immediately expressed his opinion:

"Deputy Mayor Niu, if you have any requests, just tell me!

"As long as we can do it, we will definitely cooperate with you!"

"Well, that's right."

Niu Xianru said slowly:

"Didn't our title holder Rui Zhao win glory for the country a few days ago by defeating Liu Shixian in the Nongshim Cup?
"This is a good thing, but some of the public opinion on the Internet before the game...

“To be honest, it doesn’t sound very nice.

"If it's anything else, it's fine. But there are some troublemakers who make jokes online every day about 'female names are also names', making our title tournament seem like a fake one. It's really uncomfortable to hear." Although objectively speaking, there is a gap in strength between male and female chess players, this is a fact.

"But we sponsored the title tournament and also contributed to the development of Chinese Go. But we were ridiculed as fakes. This is still a bit disturbing.

"What's more, the Masters Tournament is sponsored by Pengze City. As a result, our prize money for the 'Li Gui' is higher than their 'Li Kui', which is not quite appropriate, don't you think?
"So, instead of being so entangled with each other, which makes everyone uncomfortable, it's better to...

"Why don't we just change the title of the competition? What do you think?"

"Change the title name?!"

Lu Shang and the other man were both stunned. They never expected that the other party would make such a request!
But now thinking back, Niu Xianru has been using "our title match" and "our title holder" to replace the term "Female Celebrity" from the very beginning, and her desire to change the name is indeed very strong.

To be honest, the Chess Association has always been unsupportive of things like changing titles.

As a sport with strong cultural attributes, Go has always had a very important heritage. The long history of titles is an organic part of culture. It is not appropriate to change them at will.

If the three old titles like [Chess Saint], [Celebrity] and [Tianyuan] want to change their names, the Chess Association will basically refuse.

But the problem is that they obviously came prepared!

The annual prize money of one million yuan for each championship is simply shocking, not to mention in the Chinese women's chess world! Even in the men's chess world, there is no one who can compare with it!

The five-year contract length is the longest single event contract length in recent years!

Offering a high price and a long contract, the other party showed full respect!

Besides, the three titles in the women's competition have little history, and what Niu Xianru said just now makes sense.

In this case, if the Chinese Chess Association still insists on not satisfying the other party's small "name change request", it would be really not very sensible.

After being surprised, Shang Chaotian's deputy glanced over, and Lu Wenjie nodded slightly, indicating that he had no objection.

Shang Chaotian understood, and after a moment's hesitation, he said:
"Uh... I understand what you mean!
“In fact, the title of [Female Celebrity] is the longest-lasting title for women.

"At the beginning, we simply imitated the Japanese in naming titles, without any ideas of our own. So our first female title was copied from the Japanese [Female Celebrity] and created [Female Celebrity].

“I may not have paid much attention to it then, but now I see that this name is indeed not so perfect.

“So as long as the new name is appropriate, we have no objection in principle.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Facing Shang Chaotian's test, Niu Xianru seemed to say very politely:
“Chairman Shang, the city attaches great importance to this new name.

“The name is the signature of the event! In our opinion, the new title must be comprehensive.

“It should be catchy to facilitate brand communication, and well-known enough to make an impression on people at first sight.

"It should have historical connotations and cultural heritage that matches the elegant sport of Go; it should also reflect regional characteristics, so that people can tell at a glance that this is a competition in our border Mongolian region.

"It should reflect national unity and conform to the mainstream social values ​​of our Border Mongolia Autonomous Region; it should also reflect the characteristics of women's events and have a unique identity compared to unrestricted competitions.

"In our Mongolian area, the overall atmosphere of Go is still being cultivated and the level is not high.

"So we'll definitely have to trouble the association with the naming!"

…Oh my god?!

So much to ask? ! ! !

"Party A" made so many demands that Shang Chaotian couldn't help but take a breath.

However, Lu Wenjie was the first to react. This was obviously Or City's way of retreating and being polite! In fact, he was probably already thinking about it, so he just said:
“The title, after all, is the result of discussions between the two parties!

"If you don't give us some advice, we can't make a decision on our own!"

Having said this, Niu Xianru finally stopped beating around the bush:
“I don’t dare to take the suggestion!

"It's just... the city does have a little idea, I wonder if you two could give it some thought?"

"But it doesn't matter!"

After another round of refusing, Niu Xianru revealed the only purpose of his visit to Oroqen City:

"You see, the new title...

"…How about ordering it as [Zhaojun]?"

(End of this chapter)