Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 238 Popularity
"We lost."

Yun Linglei took the result from the referee, signed his name on it, and then looked at the chessboard with a headache, feeling that he had been attacked too badly.

Alexander's sudden uprising was unexpected. He was caught off guard and swept away in one fell swoop.

Yun Linglei couldn't help but shake his head. However, the outcome was within his expectations. After all, his opponent was Alexander, which was quite normal.

Meanwhile, Alexander glanced at the result and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "We lost!"

Yun Linglei lost because he lost his own game, while Alexander lost because his team lost directly.

Apart from Alexander, all three members of the England team lost, bringing the score to 1-3 and their total points to 0.

So in the end, Yun Linglei lost for nothing, and Alexander won for nothing.

Alexander was upset to find that his hard-fought victory over Yun Linglei had resulted in an invalid score.

Alexander felt a terrible headache just thinking about it. Although it's not uncommon for strong teams to lose to weak teams, losing in the very first game was really not a good look.

Where is the promised Galactic Battleship? How could they lose like this?

"What the hell."

Alexander really didn't know what to say. Theoretically speaking, the three teammates besides himself were all stronger than the opponents or at least at the same level. Even if the win rate was 50% in every game, the probability of winning by three out of four was so high, but they still all lost.

This is ridiculous! Luckily, this is a round-robin tournament, not the finals. As long as we win a lot of games later on, we can still enter the championship zone. If this happened in the finals, it would be a real disaster.

But when we go out and see the chess fans, I hope no one will yell "Fuck your mother, give me my money back!"

Yun Linglei then realized that all three of his teammates had won, and although he had lost, his team had won the first round. He immediately burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Alexander, watching Yun Linglei laugh out loud, felt his bitterness deepen. "How can you laugh with a result like this?! Can't you at least give me some emotional feedback after losing?! I'm already in so much pain!"
So when they reviewed the game, their expressions were completely different. If you didn't know better, you would think that Yun Linglei had won and Alexander had lost.

"Hahaha! Yi Zheng, well done! Hahahaha! You didn't see Alexander's expression just now, tsk! So happy! So gratifying!"

After Yun Linglei finished reviewing the game, he went out the door and saw Yi Zheng sitting at the door. He immediately hugged him.

Lucky star!
Two kills against Ethan, this record is simply unbelievable!
Honestly, even Yun Linglei himself wasn't confident that he could achieve two consecutive victories against Ethan in such a short time, but Yi Zheng did it.

Could it be that Yi Zheng is Ethan's nemesis? Thinking about it that way, it does seem quite possible! Then let's try having him specialize in catching Ethan from now on.

Yi Zheng said somewhat speechlessly, "Senior brother, there's no need for this. It's just one win."

It's just a victory; there's nothing to be surprised about.

"You make it sound so easy, kid. When I went to watch you play before, I thought you were about to give up again, but you won again. I feel like there's no need to watch your games anymore. After I finish playing, it's another victory for me."

Yun Linglei couldn't help but sigh, Yi Zheng was truly a walking landmine. He seemed ordinary, but whoever stepped on him would be blown up.

Yun Linglei felt that he could no longer estimate Yi Zheng's level. He couldn't figure out what level this guy was at.

Yi Zheng was playing a fast chess game, so he was already waiting outside about an hour earlier than the others.

But the end of the competition doesn't mean the end. There will be a fan meeting after the competition, and there will be interviews with reporters after dinner.

It's said that tickets were sold for each team's match, and large numbers of people traveled from all over the world to buy tickets and watch the commentary. This was because there was a meet-and-greet with the players after the match.

For example, if you buy a ticket for the match between the two teams, you can use that ticket to get an autograph from one of the players from each team.

"They even had autograph sessions, acting like celebrities."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ke couldn't help but sigh, realizing that only celebrities used to have autograph sessions, but with the advent of the internet age, online celebrities also started having these kinds of events at anime conventions.

However, later on, as the internet completely overwhelmed traditional media, the popularity of most new generation celebrities was far less than that of internet celebrities.

To put it bluntly, several of the new generation of famous male celebrities in the entertainment industry started as internet celebrities. Almost everyone knows that the most famous one, Mr. Ding, gained fame online through his innocent charm.

Not to mention male celebrities born around 00, most of whom are not as well-known as a guy who runs a bar in Lin'an.

Even a number of celebrities have become online influencers and livestream sellers, and they're really making money from it!

"He was originally a celebrity, just a sports star."

Yi Zheng didn't find anything strange about it; it was precisely because of the high profile of Go and the high profile of Go players that they could earn such high incomes.

Otherwise, Yun Linglei wouldn't have been able to date so many minor celebrities. With just a handsome face, most of the time, the only path he could take was being kept by a sugar daddy.

This wasn't the first time Yi Zheng had done something like this; he had done it before when he was in the second division, though less often.

The longest queue was for Yun Linglei, and most of the people in the queue were women, which was expected, given Yun Linglei's immense popularity.

Despite consistently ranking high in the ratings, he often falls short in the finals of various world championships, much to the regret of many.

She was even given the title of "beautiful, strong, and tragic." Of course, to be given this title, you first have to be beautiful. If you're not beautiful, no one will watch you no matter how tragic you are.

It's precisely because of his high popularity that Muye Fox made him its global spokesperson. He even angered a certain chess master in China, who kept asking others, "Am I not handsome enough?"

Everyone else's answer was, "Your chess skills are exceptionally strong!"

However, what Yi Zheng did not expect was that the number of people in his line was less than Yun Linglei's, and even more than Ethan's next door.

Theoretically speaking, Ethan, as a star chess player promoted by Amelica, should have a considerable number of fans.

But thinking about it, the opening ceremony was held in Singapore, which is relatively close to China, and most of the attendees were Chinese chess fans, so this situation is quite normal.

While signing autographs, Yi Zheng occasionally received fans who wanted to shake his hand. Yi Zheng didn't mind, but he felt that it was more tiring than playing chess.

Others have gotten used to it; after all, if you want more money, you have to work more.

Yi Zheng didn't expect that the fans would be divided into all sorts of things like team fans and solo fans, and that someone would even say to his face that they shipped him and Yun Linglei.

Senior and junior brothers are also teammates, it's so sweet to watch.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng's lips twitched involuntarily, and he replied, "Taking all sorts of things will only harm you."

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(End of this chapter)