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

Chapter 432 Differential Treatment
"You played quite well this game, but you shouldn't have focused too much on this particular spot. Obsessing over it caused you to neglect the overall game. You should have decisively sacrificed a piece and made a more flexible turn earlier."

"What's the point of saying all this? In the end, I still won. There's nothing wrong with the bets I placed here. If I don't leave, can you leave? As long as it wins, it's a good method!"

While listening to Kuroki Teruto's reprimands during the debriefing, Jiang Mobai idly started drilling his nostrils with his middle finger.

Despite all that complaining, I still managed to wipe out the area above.

Upon hearing this, Teruto Kuroki rolled his eyes in annoyance, clearly not in a good mood.

According to the schedule, Kuroki Teruto has already lost two consecutive matches and has lost his chance to enter the finals. Regardless of tomorrow's outcome, the final spots are already secured by Jiang Mobai and Li Junhe.

However, Jiang Mobai couldn't help but look towards the door, but still no one came.

The New Year's celebration of the Old Zheng Cup was played in a rapid chess format, and the game ended very quickly.

What Jiang Mobai found strange was that, normally, reporters should have come in as soon as the match ended, and then a bunch of players should have come in to review the game with the players.

But even after so much time spent reviewing the events with Kuroki Teruto, not a single reporter, or even a single person, has come in.

Hell?
Even if this is a China-Japan match held at Silla's home stadium, most of the attendees should be Silla reporters, and there should also be some Chinese and Japanese reporters present. Surely there shouldn't be a single person who hasn't come in to cover the game? When did Kuroki Teruto become so lacking in prestige?
and……

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but glance at the Chinese referee next to him—the other was holding the match result confirmation, swinging his leg and looking restless, his eyes saying, "Why haven't you two finished reviewing the match yet? I'm in a hurry to get off work."

Aside from the Chinese referees, the other two referees from Japan and Silla were completely outrageous, to the point of being utterly absurd.

Even if it's an invitational tournament, it's still officially hosted by your Silla, right? This is so perfunctory; do you have any respect for our players?! If you don't provide a reasonable explanation, I won't be coming next year!

Jiang Mobai couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Aren't there any reporters coming in to interview? I saw a huge throng of reporters rush in after Li Junhe won yesterday! Why did even the referee run away today? This is supposed to be a Lunar New Year Cup match, this is too unprofessional!"

The Chinese referee, looking at Jiang Mobai who seemed to have finally finished reviewing the game and looked up to speak to him, said directly: "All the reporters are too busy to care about this. The game next door has already attracted everyone's attention."

If you two are sure there are no problems with the replay, please sign here. I'm also eager to go watch the game.

"? No! Silla just celebrated the New Year, what competition could be more important than ours? Besides, the year just ended, what competitions are there?"

Jiang Mobai was stunned when he heard this. How did he know there was a Go competition nearby? Could it be some other competition? But that wouldn't be enough to attract so many Go enthusiasts.

The referee handed the result confirmation to Jiang Mobai: "Jiang Jiuduan, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

Please sign the document as soon as possible. I received news during the match that Li Junhe, who was given a two-stone handicap, was already at a disadvantage against Yi Zheng 9-dan. I really want to see what's going on at the scene.

If you two have nothing else to do, please bookmark the match result. I'm in a hurry to get there; I really can't miss this world-class match!

The referee was clearly uninterested in the match, but he was itching to read the messages on his phone. Yi Zheng, 9-dan, had destroyed Silla Go; how could he miss something like this!

Before the era of artificial intelligence, the control of the competition venue was not very strict. Not to mention that referees were allowed to bring mobile phones, some players could even sneak into the commentary room to chat during halftime.

Even in the age of artificial intelligence, it is commonplace for referees to carry mobile phones.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?"

Kuroki Teruto was stunned upon hearing this. You're saying Li Junhe and Yi Zheng are playing chess? And Li Junhe, who was given a two-piece handicap, is still losing?!
No, even though you are Chinese and speaking Chinese, if you don't speak Chinese, please don't speak nonsense. Is this combination of words a sentence? Is it even human language?

I would never even dream of Lee Jun-hyuk being at a disadvantage with his two sons.

It's so hilarious!

The referee looked at the two incredulous people with a sense of embarrassment, which he could understand, since he himself had been just as bewildered when he received a message from someone during the game.

After repeatedly confirming the situation, he would have run away long ago if the referee hadn't prohibited him from leaving the field midway through the match.

The match between Kuroki Teruto and Jiang Mobai seemed utterly insignificant in that historic moment.

The reporters' choices already revealed their intentions; they were already packed tightly into the research room, and no one was paying attention to whether the match had ended.

"Gentlemen, you heard me right, my Chinese is perfectly fine!"
Yi Zheng, a 9-dan player, was playing a game of promotion and demotion against Li Junhe in the research room. Li Junhe had already been reduced to a two-stone handicap, so no one was really paying attention to your match. I received the news during the match.

The two are still playing their game, and I really can't wait to watch! Could you please sign this document as soon as possible? Thank you so much! I'm in a hurry to get there too!

Seeing the referee's serious expression, Kuroki Teruto and Jiang Mobai exchanged an incredulous glance: "Li Junhe, give him a two-stone handicap..."

Is this a word that should appear in real life?
what happened?

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but slap himself in the face. It hurt a little; he wasn't dreaming.

Seeing Jiang Mobai slap himself, Kuroki Teruto pushed his chair aside and immediately ran towards the research lab.

Jiang Mobai immediately realized what was happening and rushed out as well. Who was in the mood to review the situation now?
Playing chess? What a load of rubbish!
"Aren't you guys guys supposed to be buddies? At least sign this before you leave!"

Seeing the two people turn around and run away, the referee was also dumbfounded. But after looking at the empty competition venue, he grabbed the competition result visa and ran outside.

I went to catch up with the two of them to get them to sign the confirmation of the results, not to skip work to go watch the game!
Meanwhile, the corridor outside the research room was already packed with people.

(End of this chapter)