“Coach Shan, Brother Lang!
"We must teach this little girl a lesson this time!"

At 3 pm on March 3, Tengjiang Pavilion Xihuan Hotel, Hongdu City, Pohu Province.

At the preparatory meeting before the first round of the first round of the Weiqi League playoffs, Zhuang Zheng immediately made a statement:
"Otherwise, our team will lose all its dignity!"

"Well……"

Hearing this, Dongjiang team coach Shan Gang, 8th Dan, pretended to be silent, but in fact he was secretly happy that a team member could serve as his substitute.

As for why...

That is of course inseparable from China's another crushing defeat in this year's Nongshim Cup!

The national team players' humiliating defeat has become the biggest topic in the Chinese sports world in the past two days, with comments everywhere on social media.

In fact, Go is a niche sport, and we have lost to South Korea many times in recent years. Although this level of defeat is painful, it shouldn't be as embarrassing as being easily defeated 4-1 by a tiny country in the men's team final of the Asian Games.

But the good thing is: in the past two years or so, because of the continued popularity of Queen Zhaotian, although there are not too many people playing Go now, there are already quite a few Cloud Go fans!

And Zhaojun herself has attracted special attention because of her extremely high popularity and controversy!
In the last Nongshim Cup, the Chinese team finally relied on Rui Zhao's "Pink Miracle" to end many records of the "Nongshim God" in one fell swoop!
As a result, when Queen Zhao Tian did not participate in the Nongshim Cup this time, a group of male chess players were once again defeated by Master Liu, who played as the deputy general. In the post-match interview, their opponents publicly mocked them, saying "without Rui Zhao, it is not the strongest lineup." Naturally, this caused heated discussions in the entire sports community!
Suddenly, Chinese men's Go became as powerful as the Chinese national football team. In Dongjiang, where the tragedy occurred, the Dongjiang men's team received even more criticism!
Firstly, it is because the team's main player, the "Prodigal Son" Lang Haishen, is the backbone of the Chinese team in this Nongshim Cup, so he naturally has to bear some of the blame for the team's annihilation.

Secondly, Dongjiang chess fans were already quite concerned about the fact that Empress Zhao was "exiled". As a result, after the "big devil" wiped out his own team, he also specifically hoped that Rui Zhao could appear in the lineup of the Huaxia team, which triggered Dongjiang chess fans to collectively complain about the home team.

The first to be criticized was Shan Gang, the coach who had refused to accept Rui Zhao into the team and had mocked Zhao Tianhou in the season, saying that he was arrogant because he only made the semi-finals. Lei Jingming even sent him a WeChat message saying, "South Koreans know Dongjiang chess players better than you do!"
So for Shan Gang, both publicly and privately, he urgently hopes that his team, which ranks sixth in the regular season, can defeat the Pohu team led by Rui Zhao in the first round of the Weiqi League playoffs!
Zhuang Zheng’s statement at the moment is just like a pillow when you are sleepy!

"Well, that...

"Although Rui Zhao rejected our team's invitation during the last offseason, this matter actually has nothing to do with Rui Zhao!"

Shan Gang pretended to say:
“…However, the disturbances of the past two days have indeed caused considerable trouble to our team members!

"So I hope you can turn pressure into motivation, and restore the reputation of Chinese men's Go!"

“Okay!” “Okay!”

Tong Jingyou and Xi Muchun, two eighth-dan chess players, responded one after another. Only the main player Lang Haishen sat aside without saying a word, only nodding slightly to show that he had received it.

Seeing that his captain was not in a good mood, Zhuang Zheng thought that he had not yet recovered from the painful defeat in the Nongshim Cup the day before, so he encouraged him a little more:

"Brother Lang! This is your chance to show off your skills!

"Everyone knows that you are the famous 'Legendary Naizhao Man'. You will definitely be able to deal with Rui Zhao easily! This is also a good opportunity for you to prove yourself!
“You know, Brother Lang, you are our true god of war in the Nongshim Cup! You created the first seven-game winning streak in the Nongshim Cup!

"She, Rui Zhao, only won a game of chess. Why is she showing off?"

When hearing the words "Legendary Naizhaoren", the prodigal's expression finally changed a little.

He simply glanced at his junior indifferently, then looked at coach Shan Gang and said simply:
“That…Coach Shan.

"Since Zhuang Zheng is so motivated this time, why not consider letting him be the main general?
"It's almost time!"

"……Eh?"

Hearing this, Shan Gang was stunned at first, but did not seem particularly surprised.

As a veteran world champion and one of the famous young talents born in the 90s, Lang Haishen has long served as the captain of the Dongjiang team.

But time makes people grow old.

In the blink of an eye, the genius who won the world championship four years and one month after being promoted to professional professional is now about to turn thirty years old.

Since last year, Lang Haishen's performance in domestic and international competitions has begun to fall behind Zhuang Zheng. Shan Gang has also been considering replacing the main player, but has not yet found a particularly suitable time.

But who would have thought that at such a critical juncture, the prodigal son would actually bring it up on his own initiative!

Shan Gang blinked, then looked at Zhuang Zheng and said:
"Xiao Zhuang, look at what your brother Lang said...

"Or...you try it this time?"

“Well, that’s fine!
"I will definitely not let Coach Shan and Brother Lang down this time!"

Seeing this, Zhuang Zheng hurriedly responded.

In fact, he has always been eager to take the position of the main general, but he couldn't say it out loud because of his big brother's face.

Now that Lang Haishen was so courteous, he just went along with it.

The prodigal son also gave his junior a polite smile, without any regret at all...

...

...

"Good afternoon, Sister Rui Zhao! You came to our live broadcast room to interact with everyone before the game. You have worked so hard!"

"Ah... it's not that hard...

"After all, this is my own live broadcast room..."

"Hmm? Sister Rui Zhao, have you actually learned how to simply complain?" "Eh, eh?

"What does Tucao mean?"

"Ah this...

"No, don't worry about it!
"Well, enough of the small talk, let me ask a few questions that everyone is very concerned about!
"First of all, after the Nongshim Cup, Liu Shixian publicly expressed at the press conference that 'the Chinese team without you is not the strongest Chinese team.' This statement has also caused heated discussions among chess fans across the country and even the world in the past two or three days.

"Then what do you think of this sentence, Sister Rui Zhao?"

"Well……

"First of all, I am naturally very happy to receive such a high evaluation from Liu Shixian!

“But I think that the lineup for each Nongshim Cup is selected through a fair and open process. Since the process is transparent and reasonable, it is only natural that this is the recognized strongest team that China can send out in that session.

"I personally have great respect for all the players who are playing this time. My record against them is always at a disadvantage!
"On the contrary... the time I played was because Senior Brother Ni retired due to illness, so I was the substitute!

"If I must say, my playing procedure might have been a little flawed, but I just happened to beat Liu Shixian 9th Dan at that time, so he was more impressed!"

"I see……

"Sister Rui Zhao, since Liu Jiudan has made such a public statement, do you have any thoughts on participating in the Nongshim Cup again?

"It can be seen that Liu Jiudan is very much looking forward to fighting with you again in the Nongshim Cup!"

“Of course I do! I am also looking forward to meeting top players like Liu Shixian again in the Nongshim Cup!

“However… I still hope to enter the Nongshim Cup lineup through normal selection. In the next six months, I will also work hard to improve my rating to the top 16!
"So I will also do my best in today's Weiqi League playoffs! I hope everyone will pay more attention to my performance!"

"Okay, Sister Rui Zhao! Xiong Siyi and I are also waiting for your good news!
"Then I won't waste your time. Come on!"

"Come on, Little Bear Two!"

“Yeah, thank you Ranran and Brother Xiong!

"Then I'll leave first!"

At 3:4 am on March th, in the temporary live broadcast room of Tengjiangge Xihuan Hotel and [Go Xiaozhao].

Rui Zhao, who had just finished an interview in his own live studio before the game, walked off the stage, waved goodbye to the chess fans sitting in the audience, and walked straight to Ai Jianan who was standing in a corner of the temporary live studio, and asked in a low voice:

"Sister An An, should my answer just now be okay?"

“Mm-hmm, very good!
"Besides, I didn't expect you to complain..."

Miss Ai gave a thumbs up and complained, then added:

"Well, Xiao Zhao, meow...thank you for your hard work!
“I know you don’t like to waste time on other things, but I still asked you to come here before the game today.

"But since you are being praised so highly by Liu Shixian this time, it is really necessary to clarify some things. Otherwise, some public opinions may not be well guided by public relations, and it may also affect our future development plans..."

"Ah, it's okay! It's only two or three minutes!"

Hanhan showed a silly smile:

"Besides, since you, Sister An An, said that many people who are interested in Go are watching me, then I, Zhaojun, a celebrity who represents the image of Chinese Go, must do my best!

“It’s worth spending a little time on this!
"Ah! But the game is about to start, I have to get to the stadium!"

"Yeah, come on!"

After saying goodbye to Ai Jianan, Rui Zhao quickly hurried towards the chess room.

For Zhaojun of that time, Go was naturally the most important thing.

However, after nearly three years in this world, the naive girl has begun to realize after going through many things:

Things related to Go do not only exist on the chessboard.

As for the part outside the chessboard, although she is not familiar with it, if she is required to do it, she will do her best without hesitation!
after all……

Even the 7th-dan player allowed Xiaohui to continue trying to pursue a career in professional Go!
At the beginning of the new year, the increasingly mature Chinese Go player, with full expectations, officially stepped onto the new year's competition field...

...

...

Fifteen minutes later, the first round of the first round of the championship zone of this China Go League A, the match between Pohu team and Dongjiang team was officially announced, specifically:

Channel 1: [Du Weichen] vs. [Lang Haishen]

Channel 2: [Yang Manjing] vs. [Tong Jingyou] (fast)
Channel 3: [Rui Zhao] vs. [Zhuang Zheng]

Channel 4: [Zeng Guangwen] vs. [Xi Muchun] (End of this chapter)

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