"Hello Rui Zhao, thank you for accepting our interview!

"First of all, congratulations on your victory over Zhuang Zheng, 9th Dan, on the third board. This is a great start for the team! And it is especially noteworthy that this game only took two hours and twenty minutes, which was even faster than the game on the fast board. It can be said that you defeated the enemy at the first sign of victory with a cup of warm wine. Do you feel very relaxed?"

"Ah? No, no!

"I was actually very focused in the beginning. After all, the strategy I made before the game was very aggressive, so I had to control it carefully. But fortunately, I won in the end! I am lucky to have accomplished my mission!"

"Fortunately, fortunately I have fulfilled my mission?
"Um...can I ask: why do you insist on using such an aggressive chess strategy?

"Don't you know that this plate is so extreme that it's easy to get a spoon?"

“Ah… it’s like this:

"At the pre-match mobilization meeting yesterday, Brother Du...ah, Du Weichen 9th Dan expressed his hope that I could quickly defeat my opponent like I did in last year's Weiqi relegation battle, and it would be best if the battle could be resolved within two hours to boost everyone's morale!

“But, but Zhuang Zheng, 9th Dan, is a national champion and a top four player in the world championships after all. His overall strength may still be stronger than Fu Yu, 8th Dan, who he defeated last year.

"I felt it was a bit difficult when I saw my opponent was Zhuang Zheng. But since Du Jiudan had already given me the task, as the incumbent celebrity and the leader of the team, I had to find a way to shoulder my responsibilities! So I played a bit more extreme today, but luckily I managed to control it in the end!

"It's just... in the end, even though the outcome was clearly decided, Zhuang Zheng Nine Dan still refused to admit defeat, so I didn't achieve my two-hour goal, so I was forced to slay the dragon...

"I hope these extra twenty minutes won't have any impact on Brother Du's strategy!"

"...

"Um... Rui Zhao 8th Dan, let me ask you a small question...

“Is there a possibility that…

"Elder Du might just be joking with you to liven up the atmosphere. He doesn't really expect you to win within two hours, right?"

“…Eh?! Are you kidding?”

"Yes!

"Normally, you wouldn't ask your team members to win a slow game of 'two hours, one minute' within two hours before the game, right? That's too unrealistic!"

"But, but I almost did it today?

"And if Zhuang Zheng had just recognized his defeat earlier... maybe he would have done it!"

"Ah this..."

……

"Oh my god! When did Rui Zhao become so pretentious?!

"I finally understand why Liu Shixian recognized her so much. Their style of killing people and destroying their hearts is exactly the same!"

At 3 p.m. on March 4, Xuanwu International Hotel, Jinling City.

As the reporter in the mobile phone video fell into a long silence, Chu Jun, who was in the chess players' rest area, watched the post-match interview video of Rui Zhao that was just released an hour ago on Bilibili, and he couldn't help but get emotional!

Because... this game of chess is so explosive!!!
This was clearly a game that focused on eliminating isolated pieces, but as the moves went on, not only did the isolated piece that the black piece pushed in remain safe and sound, but the entire thick white piece in the upper right corner was also killed!
You know, this game is not a life-and-death duel where both sides have no way out. In the 84th move, White has clearly made a concession!
As a result, it was Rui Zhao who was attacked who refused to give in and kept chasing Zhuang Zheng until he died! In the end, this 9th dan master who was in his prime was forced to surrender early!

If I have to give a more well-known example to describe how Chu Jun felt about this game of chess... you know about the story of Guan Erye going to a meeting alone, right?
This is equivalent to knowing that the other side is heavily armed, but Er Ye still goes to the meeting alone. And under heavy siege, he moves flexibly, making the opponent afraid to act and helpless.

Seeing that Guan Erye's defenses were impervious and his plan to kill him could not succeed, Dongwu had already prepared a boat to send Guan Erye back. But Guan Erye glanced at the prepared boat and said strangely:
"I came here intending to kill you all by myself. How can I go back before I've killed everyone?"

Then, he used his invincible skills, killing his opponents seven times in and seven times in the Dongwu formation, and frightened their opponents into death!

Even after the opponent had been defeated, he still sighed heartlessly, "Instead of surrendering quickly, the enemy even dared to fight back against me!"

It's against the will of heaven, okay? ! !

After watching Rui Zhao's interview video, Chu Jun couldn't help but glance at the comments below the video.

In just one hour, the number of comments under the video exceeded 3,000! Among them, there were countless people who were blindingly amazed and incoherent, all of whom were immersed in the peerless beauty of the contemporary Zhaojun!
Just when Chu Jun couldn't help wanting to take a few more glances at everyone's various expressions of surprise and praise for the contemporary Zhaojun, his phone suddenly received two WeChat messages:
【Chu Jun, congratulations! 】

[I just won the game against Xiao Nie beautifully! ]

Chu Jun took a look at the sender and found that it was the little witch Yang Manjing!
I guess the opponent’s game ended early and he had been watching me, so he sent me a WeChat message to congratulate me at the time when I finished.

Hey, you came just in time!

When Chu Jun saw the little witch sending a WeChat message, he immediately put aside his plan to read the comments and quickly replied to the little witch:

【Thanks! 】

[By the way, I just watched Rui Zhao's post-match interview. I want to ask, did Elder Du really say in your team's pre-match meeting that Rui Zhao should beat the opponent in two hours? ]

[Is it intentional or a joke? Or is it an intentional joke? ]

After sending these WeChat messages, Chu Jun did not switch back to the Bilibili app. He just stared at the WeChat screen and waited.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chu's excited wait was met with a series of complaints from his friends:
[No! I see you beat Xiao Nie, so I sent you a special WeChat message.]

[As a result... all you asked was about Sister Rui? ! ! ! ]

【Do you have any conscience? ! 】

...Huh?! What's going on? I'm just asking casually. What's wrong?

Chu Jun was stunned, and then quickly explained:

[Hmm? Have you not watched Rui Zhao's game yet? Her game was simply amazing!]

[Hey, answer me first, what did Elder Du say in your pre-match meeting yesterday? ]

Chu Jun originally thought that everything had been explained clearly, but he had no idea that the Queen Mulan on the opposite side became even more unhappy!
[You're still asking! I'm ignoring you! ]

Chu Jun saw that something was wrong and wanted to continue explaining, but the message he didn't want to send was directly highlighted with a red exclamation mark - "The message has been sent, but was rejected by the other party."

???????

At this moment, Chu Jun's mind was full of question marks.

No, what's going on?!

How come he was so friendly and congratulating me on winning the game just a minute ago, but suddenly turned hostile to me?

Didn't I just ask about Rui Zhao? Didn't she promise me before that she would keep me updated on Rui Zhao's latest information so that I could catch up?
Why are you suddenly so angry?
...

...

"Sorry, Coach Shan! Don't be angry!

"Today it's my fault that I didn't hold on, which affected Jingyou and Xige's performance, and they lost to the little witch and that little dog!

"This time...it's really all my fault!"

At 7:30 p.m. on the same day, in a private room of a Cantonese restaurant near Tengjiangge Xihuan Hotel.

Seeing that the time was right, Zhuang Zheng apologized to coach Shan Gang in a low voice before serving the dish.

"At that time, I saw that her move was so profound, so I thought, no matter how good you are, you want to learn how to play chess from me, Lang Ge, so I just competed with her!
"I didn't expect that she was so good at treating me! I even feel that she is better than Brother Lang... better..."

"...Okay, Zhuang Zheng, this is not your fault.

"And who would have thought that this little girl who usually looks so innocent and naive would actually learn bad things from the old-fashioned Du Weichen!"

Seeing that the team members were about to say something that was detrimental to morale, Shan Gang waved his hand and tried to put on a kind and tolerant expression.

"…As for today's game, Rui Zhao was lucky and didn't make a mistake. Normally, if she had played like this, she would have been defeated! Wasn't it the same thing in the middle of last year?
"Xiao Zhuang, stop blaming yourself and have confidence in your own abilities!"

After encouraging Zhuang Zheng and finding a plausible excuse for today's disastrous defeat, Shan Gang cleared his throat and spoke in a more serious tone:
"But... we lost 1-3 away from home today, so we have to fight a desperate battle at home!

"Xiao Zhuang, the battle between the two generals the day after tomorrow is your chance for revenge! You must seize it!"

"Uh, Coach Shan!"

Hearing Shan Gang say this, Zhuang Zheng hurriedly replied:

"We lost so badly today, I feel like I may not be in good shape recently...

"Let Brother Lang take charge of the main battle at home! Don't let my condition drag down the entire team..."

"..."×N
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was suddenly filled with an awkward atmosphere, and Shan Gang, as a coach, didn't know how to respond.

Under unfavorable circumstances, not only was the designated main general eliminated quickly today, but he even dared not to fight as the main general in the next round. This was undoubtedly a severe blow to morale.

However, everyone also knew that it was difficult to blame Zhuang Zheng.

It was clearly an extremely isolated game, but in the end, not only did Rui Zhao succeed in eliminating the isolated piece, but he also used a series of extremely full and not over-full choices to kill the white chess piece! It was a murderous move!
Judging from the content of the chess game, Queen Zhaotian's game was enough to send chills down the spine even for bystanders, let alone Zhuang Zheng, the person involved!
Seeing that the scene had become extremely cold, a calm and mature voice suddenly came:
"In that case... I'll be the main commander in the next round!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and who else could it be if not the always-in-command Lang Haishen?

At this critical moment, the usually quiet prodigal son took the initiative to speak up:
"Coach Shan, although we have an overall advantage in strength, we have a great chance of turning defeat into victory in the second round at home. But today's result is not too good after all. There can be no mistakes in the second round. The young players may not be able to withstand the psychological pressure!
"Look... should I come first?"

“…Yeah, okay.

"I'll leave it to you, Xiaolang!"

Without much thought, Shan Gang agreed to Lang Haishen's request.

At such a critical juncture, it is extremely important to stabilize the team's morale if someone is willing to take the initiative to stand up and confront the Queen Zhaotian, who gives people a strong sense of oppression.

In comparison, some possible differences in chess skills are completely out of consideration.

The prodigal son nodded after receiving the appointment, then clapped his hands and said to the team members, saying:

"Alright! Everyone, have more confidence in the second round!

“Although we didn’t perform well today, the opponent still has two weaknesses: the Little Witch and Elder Du. As long as we can defeat them both and win the main battle, we can continue to advance to the next round!
"From what I felt today, Elder Du has declined seriously. As long as we play seriously, it won't be a problem to win! If the little witch can't draw a fast chess table, she may still have some problems with her physical strength in the second half of the game, and it will be difficult for her to hold on. These two wins are not a big problem!

“And now that I’m sitting on the podium, there’s nothing to worry about!

"Don't forget, my record against Rui Zhao is 3-0 so far...

"Where is the 'Legendary Naizhao Man'?" (End of this chapter)

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