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

Chapter 577 Wind Vane

[Today, Shang Chaotian, Chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, and Niu Xianru, Deputy Mayor of Oroqen City, formally signed a memorandum of cooperation in Oroqen City, changing the original title from [Female Celebrity] to [Zhaojun]. The two sides also reached a five-year cooperation intention and significantly increased the championship prize money! ]

[The total prize money of the tournament exceeds 170 million yuan, of which the champion prize money is million yuan. The champion prize money exceeds all women's tournaments in the world and most domestic men's tournaments. It is now second only to the Chess Saint Tournament and tied for second place with the King of Kings Tournament! ]

Regarding the large investment in women's Go tournaments, Vice Mayor Niu Xianru said that Go is the quintessence of Chinese culture and a competitive sport that is worthy of being listed as a "national skill". It also has extremely high cultural value and artistic beauty.

[But nowadays, the prize money for women's Go is two orders of magnitude lower than that of popular sports such as tennis! This is very regrettable.]

【Therefore, Or'er City hopes to take advantage of the opportunity of Wei Zhaojun and Rui Zhao 7th dan's direct victory over the world's number one Go player Liu Shixian in the Nongshim Cup to strongly support and promote the women's Go project and carry forward the national traditional culture. 】

[When asked whether there were other considerations for the title "Zhaojun" besides the historical allusion, Vice Mayor Niu Xianru directly denied it and hoped that the media and chess fans would not make unwarranted associations.]

[Exclusive article from Yiguo Go platform, we will continue to bring you related Go news reports in the future. ]

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【User comments】:
[What?! Title changed to [Zhaojun]?! Prize money increased to one million? ! ! !]

[E'er City is determined to support Rui Zhao this time! ]

[Shangdu City must be embarrassed now! They sent an open letter to persuade Rui Zhao to "focus on the development of domestic women's Go", but were slapped in the face by Or'er City. ]

[Not only did they raise the champion prize to an inhumane 1 million, they even named the title after Empress Zhaotian! ]

[It's basically just face-to-face attack - there's nothing special about your competition. ]

[Can Shangdu tolerate this? Isn't this going to be a super double? ]

[How is that possible! The GDP per capita in Oro City is more than six times that of Shangdu City. You are a fool if you compete with the rich in spending money! ]

[A prize of one million yuan, the title of [Zhaojun] is undisputed, the title of China's number one woman! It's just a pity that it's not domineering enough...]

[Although "Zhaojun" is a name for a competition held in the Border Mongolian District, it does have its merits in many aspects, but I still think that this name is not suitable for a title.]

[The historical Zhaojun was beautiful and strong, but unfortunately she had no sense of power or strength, and could not be compared with the titles of "Empress" and "Mulan".]

【? ? ? 】

[You think this title isn't impressive enough?! ]

[Let me be frank: I think the biggest problem with this title is not that it is not domineering enough, but that it is too domineering! ]

[Yes! In addition to being taken from a historical allusion, the name [Zhaojun] also has a second meaning that is almost written on the face! ]

[“The Queen with the Name Zhao” – Although the city of Or has always emphasized that the title “Zhaojun” comes only from historical allusions, the double meaning is almost blindingly obvious when you look at who holds the title now! ]

[This can't even be said to be a double entendre. I even feel that this is the main meaning of Ershi City! Otherwise, they wouldn't spend such an outrageous bonus to promote the queen! ]

[“The Lady Named Zhao” – the undisputed number one title for women coupled with such a domineering meaning is so cool! ]

[The last time a title and its holder matched so well were [Yixian] and Sun Wukong...]

[No, no, no, it's completely different! ]

[Sun Wukong's can only be considered a good omen, after all, the title came first and then he became the first chess master. ]

[But this one is completely tailor-made for Empress Zhao! From the name, it is an exclusive title! The saying "quoted from history" is just a cover. ]

[This is the same as the organizers of the Wuyue Cup saying that the name of the event is because the host city is in the ancient Wuyue land - who the hell believes this! ]

[Yes! When I first saw the official name of the Wuyue Cup, I wanted to complain. The ancients just had poor technological level, not crazy! ]

[How dare you mess with Wu Yue in Fuhai Province, a place that is not disputed by military strategists, with "nine mountains, half water and half farmland"? The people of Wu and Yue have nothing better to do than to come to your damn place to open up wasteland! If you want to take advantage of Mr. Wu's reputation, just say so! ]

[Damn! The people of Fuhai Province are furious! ]

[If you continue to slander our Fuhai Province, we will not be used as food for the people in the Bay Area! ]

[The main thing is, it doesn’t matter if the Wu Yue Cup is held by a veteran like Mr. Wu, because Mr. Wu can afford it! ]

[Is Or City really going to directly take advantage of its own title holder? Aren't they worried that Rui Zhao will lose his title and the one million bonus and be embarrassed to the point of digging his toes into the ground? ]

[Uh, that being said…]

[To be honest, since the semi-finals of last year's Mulan Tournament, Queen Zhaotian has never lost to a domestic female chess player, and it is obvious that the gap is getting bigger and bigger! ]

[Just imagining a domestic female chess player winning a game against Queen Zhaotian is enough to rack my brains. To win a game...]

[Sorry, please forgive my lack of imagination, I really can’t lose this…]

[…Hmm, I’m speechless! ]

[But Oro City is really rich! ]

[The bonus has tripled compared to the original amount! It’s over a million dollars now, I’m willing to spend it! ]

[Is it worth it to stand on this stage for Queen Zhaotian...]

……

...Of course it's worth it!

because……

Xiao Zhao Miao is indeed an extremely high-quality idol!

2pm on February 21st, Southern Times Square.

Ai Jianan, who was busy with various publicity and public relations work in the office, glanced at the latest news on Yiguo and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

In her opinion, although Go is a niche sport, the commercial value contained in Rui Zhao is immeasurable!
Or'er City only spends a few million yuan a year to be deeply bound with such a beautiful, strong, and excellent female athlete. It can be said to be very smart! Rui Zhao's [Female Celebrity] became [Zhaojun]. Miss Ai knew about this a long time ago. Lu Wenjie informed Rui Zhao and Ai Jianan at the same time on the day Niu Xianru visited.

However, Rui Zhao hardly cared - it didn't matter what the specific name of the title she held was, as long as it was a Chinese women's Go title.

Ai Jianan, on the other hand, has been very busy these days!

I have to say that Rui Zhao’s news has been one after another recently, and he has almost always been on the comprehensive hot topics after the New Year!

She defeated Liu Shixian in the Nongshim Cup, announced that she would no longer participate in women's competitions, and changed her title of "Female Celebrity" to the more meaningful "Zhaojun"...

These news, some positive and some controversial, have greatly spread the popularity of "Live Broadcast Queen Zhao Tianhou".

At present, Rui Zhao, a Chinese female chess player of 7th dan, has become a veritable national public figure!
As an agent, Miss Ai naturally has to help with public relations and media promotion, so she has been working overtime every day recently.

Under Ai Jianan's public relations guidance, a large number of people outside the circle have become interested in Rui Zhao, a "controversial figure in a niche project."

Almost everyone is waiting for the first game of the contemporary Concubine Zhao after she was crowned, to see how this Queen Zhao, who is officially regarded as a role model for young people but is also criticized by some chess fans and players in the circle as "a hen crowing at dawn", will perform!
Rui Zhao’s next game will be the Pohu team’s relegation battle in the Chinese Weiqi League starting in five days!

It can be predicted that this highly anticipated game will inevitably be the weather vane of public opinion for a long time to come.

If Rui Zhao can give a good performance, he will surely become famous!

But if Rui Zhao performs poorly and the Pohu team is relegated, they will probably be ridiculed in the public opinion field for a long time.

However, Ai Jianan is full of confidence in this game and works hard to create hype, not afraid of backlash at all.

The prerequisite for "backlash" must be "unworthy of the position".

However, Rui Zhao does not have this problem.

Because of this, even if they lost this game, Ai Jianan firmly believed that their mainstay would become stronger and stronger. And the current defeat and the criticism they suffered would surely become accumulated energy, and they would pay it back doubly in the future!
If Xiao Zhao Miao says so...it will definitely work!

Ai Jianan muttered this to herself.

...

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"...Sister Rui Zhao, you will definitely be able to defeat your opponent in this Weiqi League playoffs!"

February 2, 22: p.m., Bachuan County, Qinguan Province.

As the video call with her idol came to an end, Qu Hui happily sent her heartfelt blessings to the contemporary Zhaojun on the other side of the video:
"Teacher Bai said that you will definitely be the number one female chess player in history!
"You beat that extremely powerful Liu Shixian, so you can definitely beat everyone else!"

"Xiaohui, don't talk about irrelevant things..."

Seeing the student mention himself, Bai Yinhua, who was not in front of the camera, felt his face flushed and he quickly corrected him.

However, Rui Zhao on the other end of the line didn't seem to care at all about Qu Hui mentioning "Teacher Bai". He just said a little embarrassedly:

"Ah... that time it was mainly just luck!
"Actually, my level is still quite far behind Liu Jiudan..."

"But you still beat him, didn't you?"

Qu Hui insisted in a babyish voice:

"Teacher Bai also said that as long as I practice as hard as you do, I can be like you in the future..."

"Xiaohui, stop talking about irrelevant things!

"Your sister Rui Zhao's time is precious!"

"what……"

Qu Hui realized that she seemed to have said too much about other things, so she apologized:
"Um, um, I'm sorry Sister Rui Zhao!
"A-Anyway...good luck in the competition!

"You have always been my idol! I will always support you, Sister Rui Zhao!"

"Thank you, Xiaohui, for your good words!"

Rui Zhao smiled very gently during the live broadcast:

"I am really happy to receive your blessing on the last day before I turn 20!
“I really feel that many of the things I have done in the past two years have played a role!

"I will definitely try my best in this competition! Also...

"Please give my regards to your teacher, Mr. Bai! We'll meet offline during your summer vacation!"

"Well! Goodbye, Sister Rui Zhao!"

Qu Hui said goodbye to her idol excitedly and vigorously.

But when the connection was disconnected, she was still savoring the experience of communicating face to face with her idol when she suddenly realized something. She turned her head abruptly and looked at Bai Yinhua and said:

"...Hey, Mr. Bai!

"Just now, Sister Rui Zhao asked me to bring you...

"Did you guys...know each other before?"

"...

"……No."

After a brief silence, Bai Yinhua replied briefly:
"It's just that we have a common friend..."

(End of this chapter)