"December 31st...?"
At 5:30 in the evening of December 6th, LIG was held at Kunchi Resort.
Ichijo Takuya, who had just finished the game and returned to the Japanese chess academy's temporary seminar room, couldn't help but ponder after hearing the date given by Sato Tadao. :
“The competition...
“It was actually arranged on the Great Sun? ”
For Japanese people, December 31st is called the Great Dark Day. Because Japan celebrates the public New Year, this day is equivalent to the Chinese New Year's Eve, and together with the following New Year's Day, it forms the most important holiday in Japan.
Most people will not be too happy if they are assigned work during the Chinese New Year.
"Well, I'm sorry, Ichijo-kun."
Tadao Sato explained apologetically:
"This is what the chess academy has been working hard to fight for with the Chinese Chess Association, including Chaoying News hopes so too.
"Celebrity Ruizhao has a very outstanding appearance. She is as beautiful as a female star and is very eye-catching! Now she has become a Chinese [celebrity] as a woman. She has attracted a lot of topics and is now very popular on the Internet in our country. Great visibility!
“The competition will attract the most attention and topic when most people are on holiday before the New Year, and it can play the best publicity role! Moreover, Chaoying News also contacted Dongdu TV Station to conduct a special live broadcast, in order to seize the ratings from the afternoon to the evening before the Red and White Song Festival, and it can also serve as an excellent warm-up event for next year's Beijing-China Asian Games!
“For this reason, the Chess Academy and Chaoying News attach great importance to it! Although it is a single game, the prize money is as high as 15 million Yingyuan, which is already higher than Qifanqi and 43 million Yingyuan prize money. The Chess Holy War is even more cost-effective!
"So... I hope you can understand. "
"Ah, I don't have any problem. ”
Hearing the somewhat embarrassed tone in his chairman's words, Ichijo Takuya quickly expressed his stance:
"It is the unshirkable responsibility of the title holder to be able to help the association expand the influence of the project as much as possible! I I will always focus on the overall situation!
“Besides, it’s a good time to go home and relax at the Red and White Song Concert. I think it’s a very good experience!
“Indeed, at the end of December...
“Mr. Rui Zhao, doesn’t she need to participate in the qualifiers of the China Dream Lily Cup?
"Even if you plan to use the wild card to win, you have to participate in the preliminaries first, right?"
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Tadao Sato was a little surprised.
Because of the docking negotiations in the past two days, China has indeed mentioned what happened during the Lily Cup China Qualifiers in Dreams on the 31st of this month, but they did not want to be the first among the four domestic titles in hand. People also know so clearly about a pre-selection in China!
Seeing this, Ichijo Takuya quickly realized why his vice chairman was surprised, and explained with a smile:
"How should I put it...
"I have learned a lot from Rui Zhao, so I have always paid attention to her.
"This time's celebrity competition... To be honest, I'm quite looking forward to it!"
"So that's it..."
Tadao Sato nodded, and then Explain:
"Indeed! In the previous World Championships, celebrities like Rui Zhao had to participate in the preliminaries, and even if they wanted to win, they had to do it after the preliminaries.
"But...this time is different from the past!
“This time she will enter the Dream Lily Cup directly as a seed chess player!”
“Eh?!”
This time it became a surprise. Takuya, but after thinking for a few seconds, he quickly came back to his senses:
"That's right! This time she won the [Celebrity], and 90 points of [International Competition Points] were recorded!
"Coupled with the 90 points from the previous Spring Orchid Cup semi-finals, she is now the [International Competition Points] in China. International competition points] There are 180 points! It can almost be ranked among the top five in China. If you want to redeem it, you can indeed redeem it!
"Ah, I have to say... celebrity Rui Zhao is really a top chess player!
"Chinese female chess players can enter the unlimited world championship by redeeming their seed quota. ...I never thought about it before! ”
“Yes, that’s it. ”
Tadao Sato smiled and nodded again:
“Although I don’t know why, Mr. Rui Zhao seems to be a little reluctant to redeem the points from the international competition for the seed spot of the Dream Lily Cup... But Chairman Shang and After Vice Chairman Lu’s persuasion, we finally agreed.
“Because of this, the final event date can be set at the time we want. "
"Not so willing? ”
I am a little surprised by this statement.
Judging from his understanding of Rui Zhao, since she has withdrawn from the women's competition due to low intensity, it stands to reason that she would not be willing to participate in the qualifiers, which are also not too intense.
But this time, Rui Zhao is unwilling to skip the preliminaries by spending 60 [International Competition Points]?
Hmm...
I guess you want to save more and save it to exchange for Sanshuang Cup or LIG Cup later, right?
After all, the two world championships in South Korea would definitely not take the initiative to give a wild card to Rui Zhao, a "South Korean nemesis". However, even if she overturned in the preliminaries of the Dream Lily Cup, she would most likely be picked up - just like It was like Tong Ge Cup last time.
After briefly inferring the reasonable reasons in his mind, the number one person in Japan did not dwell on the matter anymore and changed the topic:
"Okay, I understand the situation! Thank you for your hard work!"< br>
"Ah! Well...it's my fault!"
Faced with Ichijo's bowed salute, Sato Tadao quickly returned the salute and said:
"This time you have the LIG cup. Reaching the semi-finals again, very hard work!
"As a result, I just lost to Lei Qi in the semifinals today, so I came to you to arrange work for you during the holiday."
"I told you not to worry about it, Vice Chairman!" Ichijo said with a smile:
"As for losing...it's okay, I'm used to it.
"Failure always runs through life - as a winner and loser, this is what I learned from Boguang Things learned from adults and celebrities like Rui Zhao.
"That's right..."
Speaking of this, Ichijo Takuya lowered his eyes and then looked at the big screen in the temporary seminar room.
After the review of another semi-final today, Liu Shixian, who advanced to the final, had left the field to be interviewed, while Sun Yi was still sitting on the edge of the game table, looking at the opponent who had been beaten in some trance. The empty chessboard and a calm expression secretly revealed a sense of loneliness:
"I have already won the world championship, so I can be more open-minded about failure. But for Sun Yi...
“This is a plot repeated again and again, and it may not be that easy to accept. ”
…
…
“…Okay! If you don’t want to take care of me, Xiao Zhaomiao, I will take full responsibility!
“Hi! What are you saying thank you for? I'm your agent!
“I will definitely help you make arrangements and dress you up beautifully when the time comes!
"Huh? What do you mean 'it doesn't matter if you're beautiful or not'?!
"Please! You are now a reigning celebrity in China, and you are going to Japan to participate in the competition on behalf of the country! We must give them islanders a little Zhaojun shock!
"Okay, let's just say that, I won't disturb you and continue preparing for war!"
At three o'clock in the afternoon on December 7, Dongjiang City Southern Times Square.
Ai Jianan, who had just made a phone call to her star and received full authorization, was in a good mood, and even couldn't help but hum a little tune - what could make people happier than choosing clothes for Xiao Zhaomei? Of!
Or on such a high-profile event as the Huaying Celebrity Competition!
——Just this morning, the Chinese Chess Association and the Japanese Chess Academy officially issued a joint statement, announcing that it will be held again on the last day of 2025 in the special game room of the Japanese Chess Academy "Yu Xuan" The news of the "Huaying Celebrity Tournament" quickly aroused widespread attention in the chess circles of the two countries and even the entire sports circle, and even directly became a hot search topic in several major online communities!
Miss Ai is naturally happy to see her own star continue to receive attention - although the controversy caused by the fire is quite annoying, but for media people, this is always better than being cool. Much stronger.
So as soon as the matter was officially announced, Ai Jianan immediately called Rui Zhao. After communicating with him, he was ready to make relevant publicity matters and various logistical arrangements.
But at this moment, Hua Ran, who was standing by, suddenly asked another question:
"Um, Sister An'an...
"On the phone just now, was Sister Rui Zhao in a good mood? "
"...Huh? Feeling? "
Hearing this, Ai Jian'an was a little confused for a moment, but after thinking about it for a moment, she kind of figured it out:
"Hey, if you want to say that...it seems that Xiao Zhao is in a bad mood today. It's a bit low. I usually feel full of energy when I hear that I'm going out to compete!
"What's going on?"
"Ah..."
Hua Ran scratched his head subconsciously, and then said truthfully:
"Yesterday was not Sister Rui Zhao and I, Brother Zeng commented and analyzed the semi-finals of the LIG Cup together.
"In the end, Sun Yi lost in the 9th dan, and I felt that Sister Rui Zhao was not as sad as usual...
"I asked tentatively, and she only said that my senior brother was naturally a little unhappy when he lost, but although they are brother and sister, when Sun Yi lost in other games, Sister Rui Zhao's mood was not that low..."< br>
"Really?"
Ai Jian'an, who had just heard the news, couldn't help but frown, but for a moment she didn't know what was the reason that made this silly pillar of her family become sentimental. .
However, Ai Jianan thought about it and decided to wait and see what happens for the time being:
“...Well, there should be no problem.
"She just recently won a celebrity, and she will be promoted to eight soon. There is also a celebrity competition to compete in, which is a good thing! It is probably because her senior brother Sun Yi has been losing a lot recently, and Xiao Zhao can't bear it! < br>
“That... Ran Ran! Aren’t you going to explain the first two sets of the LIG Cup final with Xiao Zhao tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?
"I have to be busy preparing for the match. Xiao Zhao, please pay more attention to me.
"This time in a match of this level in the LIG Cup final, Xiao Zhao is a fool. I can't control it at all!
“I guess I’ll feel better just watching this game!”
As Ai Jian'an said - although the Huaying Celebrity Tournament officially announced today makes chess fans from both China and Ying look forward to this "year-end drama", the current LIG Cup final is what the world's chess world is most concerned about right now. After three rounds of chess, even the media in the circle dubbed it a "battle for the handover of kingship" as a gimmick!
Of course, this is not too much.
Ryu Se-hyun, the eleventh crown winner and the number one player in the world who has dominated the chess world for five years,
plays against
the triple crown winner who is making an impact that has never been seen in twenty years. Lei Qi, the new generation leader of China's "three consecutive world championships".
No matter how you look at it, this is a battle between Mars and the Earth! Logically speaking, Rui Zhao must be full of expectations!
"Is that so...?"
But despite this, Hua Ran was a little hesitant about Ai Jianan's statement.
Because she has been in contact with Rui Zhao when explaining the game these days, she always feels that her star anchor seems a bit hesitant. It is not like she is just sad for a while, but now it seems that she can only go first So do it.
I hope... this chess game will be wonderful...
I also hope that... Lei Qi 9th Dan can win against Liu Shixian!
This should make Sister Rui Zhao feel better!
Hua Ran could not help but pray secretly for the upcoming third round of the LIG Cup finals, which many people regard as a "battle for succession of kingship". (End of this chapter)