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

Chapter 394! Yi Zheng won the MVP!

"The winner of the Best Newcomer Award in this year's World Go League is... Team Kinoko! Yi Zheng, 9-dan! Congratulations!"

After the host finished speaking, the audience and contestants attending the closing ceremony of this awards ceremony burst into enthusiastic applause, and flashes of light went off one after another.

A sponsor sitting at another table couldn't help but whisper to the other sponsors, "We chose the right person, it was totally worth it!"

Yi Zheng winning this award was expected by everyone, and it can no longer be described as well-deserved.

The criteria for winning the Best Newcomer award is to have participated in the Go League for no more than three years. This is Yi Zheng's first year participating, so he definitely meets the criteria.

Players who have participated in the top-tier league within the past three years are no longer on the same level as Yi Zheng, regardless of their strength, commercial value, or win rate.

Yi Zheng is now a star player in the world's top league, and a top-tier star at that. The only thing he lacks is that he hasn't been in the league long enough to accumulate a huge fan base and strong commercial value. However, these things will come naturally.

To put it bluntly, although it feels like this award is not well-deserved for Yi Zheng, if it is not given to Yi Zheng, everyone will feel that there is something fishy going on.

So the organizing committee started discussing it during the semi-finals and finally decided to give it to him anyway, since they wouldn't have to give it to him next year, and the Best Newcomer Award can only be won once.

Yi Zheng bowed as he went on stage. After receiving a small trophy, he habitually said some nonsense, thanking his teachers, teammates, sponsors, and parents.

Before receiving the award, Yi Zheng and his team had already prepared their acceptance speeches, which were quite standard clichés, since there was nothing else to say. After saying their nonsense, they took a group photo and left.

The problem was, Yi Zheng had just sat down with the glass trophy he had won, thinking he could relax a little and have a bite to eat. Before he could even finish pouring his drink, he heard his name called again.

"The player with the longest winning streak in this World Go League is Yi Zheng!"

The additional awards in the top-tier league are divided into several categories, including MVP (Most Valuable Player), Best Captain, Best Newcomer, Most Wins Award, Most Winning Streak Award, Outstanding Contribution Award, Excellent Team Leader, Excellent Coach, Sportsmanship, Excellent Venue, and Moral Conduct.

In addition to the players, there are also funds for the teams, coaches, and sponsors, since many other people besides the participants have also made significant contributions.

Although most viewers won't be able to see them, the competition organizers should still offer some encouragement.

But as one award after another was announced, everyone suddenly realized that Yi Zheng was going to win them all...

As Yi Zheng went up and down the stage repeatedly, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment. It seemed that no one had paid attention to this matter before. Yi Zheng had basically surpassed everyone else in all the award scoring criteria, so these awards should have been won by him alone.

Most wins, most winning streaks...

The MVP award can only be given to players from the championship team. Theoretically speaking, it's a no-brainer who the star player of the Muye Fox team will be and who will win the award.

To put it bluntly, even if you gave this award to Yun Linglei, he wouldn't dare to accept it, for fear of being attacked online if he did a live stream.

Wow! Yi Zheng got the MVP!

Yi Zheng dominated in all situations, while Yun Linglei's win rate was only 60%!

Winning dog!
Yun Linglei is a lazy winner!

Is that how it works?! Why are you so concerned about this rating system?! It will distort people's efforts!
Do you even know what alienation and concretization are?!

Looking at the barrage of comments on the live stream screen, Yun Linglei couldn't help but mutter to himself, "I was clearly the team's star player at the very beginning of the match, but somehow I've become an easy win for them. This time, my rating is 3.0!"

Yi Zheng led his team to a decisive victory, scoring 13.0 – a carry game!

Do you guys think Yun Linglei is just a lazy winner?! Why are you so concerned about this rating system?! Shouldn't we be looking at what a person actually did?!
Don't you guys even look into who recruited Yi Zheng into the team? Who found them training grounds? Who bought them milk tea and coffee?

Still giving ratings here!

However, Yun Linglei only complained to himself. He was still extremely happy to win the championship of the Go League A in his professional career.

After all, their best result before was only reaching the semi-finals; they had never even made it to the finals.

Moreover, he himself knew that he had indeed won the championship by relying on Yi Zheng's help. If it weren't for Yi Zheng's sudden breakthrough, it would have been virtually impossible for this lineup to win the championship this year.

Just as Yun Linglei was still sighing, Yi Zhengren was already numb. He had just taken something downstairs, put it down, and sat down in his seat. Before he could even put his butt on the chair, his name was called again.

Yi Zheng suddenly regrets that he thanked everyone when he won the Best Newcomer Award, and now he doesn't know what to say.

Everyone is numb!

"The winner of this match's Best Player award is Yi Zheng 9-dan from the Kinoko team!"

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but be surprised, because theoretically, this award could be given to Yi Zheng or not.

The best captain requires more than eight wins as captain, which Yi Zheng has definitely exceeded. However, because he played less as captain in the early stages, his total number of wins is still a little less compared to others.

The problem is that Yi Zheng has a 100% win rate as the main general, which no one else has achieved.

The Best Player award can be determined by wins, win percentage, or a combination of these factors. Since Yi Zheng has already won almost all the individual awards, shouldn't we at least give one out to someone else?

The best team leader is actually the best choice, and it is also completely in compliance with the procedures.

The organizers had actually considered this, but since they had already given so much, they decided to just give it all at once, since Yi Zheng wouldn't be able to win the Best Newcomer award next year.

Instead, we should promote a Grand Slam superstar, which would attract more attention.

Oh, no, Yi Zheng is still missing one individual award.

Moral Character Award.

When he heard the award announcement, Yi Zheng instinctively stood up, but the name he heard was not his.

What are you saying! Do you think I have no morals or ethics?!
Yi Zheng couldn't help but pull out his phone and send a message to a friend: "Urgent! Waiting online! How can I get the Moral Conduct Award!"

A short while later, a message pop-up appeared on Yi Zheng's phone, with only four words in reply from the other end.

"I'll go to bed at eight in the morning!"

(End of this chapter)