"Rui Zhao Qi Duan! Thank you very much for accepting our interview!
"First of all, congratulations on winning the Huaying Celebrity Competition!
"It's just that you were surrounded by the Japanese media after the game, so the relevant interviews with you can only be put together today, together with the interviews before the opening of the Dream Lily Cup.
"Let me ask you first, how do you evaluate the chess game in which you defeated Ichijo Takuya 9th Dan a few days ago?
“You know, this chess game has been highly recognized by many chess fans and other professional masters at home and abroad.
"Especially the 52nd move, which was rated by national team coach Jiao Kai 9th Dan as 'a combination of in-depth research in the AI era and a flash of inspiration from human thinking'. It can be said to be comparable to Lei Qi's move in the 9th Dan Masters." The brilliant performance of the top players competing for the year!
"What did you think about this move at the time?"
"Ah... Coach Jiao, what he said is too exaggerated! In fact, this is a similar situation I encountered when I was sparring with Senior Brother Sun Yi.
"Although it is not exactly the same as the actual battle that day, the overall idea is the same.
"When I was reviewing the game, I accidentally clicked on the wrong landing point, from the connecting point to the retreating point. Originally, I just wanted to cancel, but after the AI calculated for two seconds, it actually started to think that it was not good to directly break through! < br>
"This extremely anti-human chess judgment made me couldn't help but continue to study, and then I realized how lethal this seemingly inconspicuous piece can be. It is indeed a blind spot in human thinking.
"It just so happens that in the past two years, I have also learned a lot of tips from Teacher Li and Brother Ni on how to dig holes for the opponent in the layout stage and guide myself to an advantageous situation. I am applying it flexibly here!
"So... I'm lucky to win this game!
"I can feel that a famous player also played very well! If I hadn't happened to encounter a familiar layout change and successfully deceived him with that trick, I felt that the day might have been more difficult.
"But in the end...it has fulfilled its mission!
"I need to work harder in the future to live up to the name of [Celebrity]!"
"Ah... Rui Zhao 7th Dan, you are still very humble! We are all very proud of you!
"In addition, you just went to Japan to participate in the celebrity competition on December 31st, and today you rushed to Pheasant Gao to participate in the Dream Lily Cup competition that officially starts tomorrow. It must be very hard!
"This time in the Dream Lily Cup, you have just defeated a celebrity and you are attracting everyone's attention. Everyone is looking forward to your outstanding performance in this competition!
"I wonder what your expectations are for your results this time?"
"Well... let's play one plate at a time!
"As a winner, I naturally want to win as many times as possible.
"But in the final analysis, Go is all about accumulation and persistence. Being able to talk about progress with the world's top players is a blessing in itself!
"So, it would be great if you can play your best!"
"That, that's okay...
"I wish Rui Zhao a good performance in tomorrow's seventh-dan game!"
"Thank you!"
Ah...it's finally over...
At five o'clock in the evening on January 4th, Phegao City, Pheasant Junrui Hotel.
Rui Zhao, who had just finished being interviewed by the media in the media area, bowed his head briefly and saluted, and then hurriedly prepared to sneak to the banquet hall to attend tonight's opening dinner and first-round draw ceremony.
To be honest, Queen Zhao is not very interested in media interviews - attending a dinner party can use her mobile phone to answer questions, but being interviewed is a complete waste of time.
Last month, he went to Japan to participate in a celebrity competition. After the competition, Rui Zhao was immediately besieged by the Japanese media that came in droves, so much so that even the reporters sent by the central media to accompany the team could not squeeze in! The popularity caught the [Go Xiao Zhao] team off guard and troubled Rui Zhao.
Therefore, when he heard that the Dream Lily Cup was attracting a lot of attention this time and that more formal media interviews would be arranged before the opening dinner and after each round, Zhaojun of the time hurriedly appealed to the chess association.
In the end, they succeeded in getting the Chess Association to agree that Rui Zhao could only accept questions from the official media for each interview, with a maximum of three questions. This made Xiaohanhan, who always cherished his time, breathe a sigh of relief.
Well...but...
This time in the Dream Lily Cup, there are a lot more media...
Although Rui Zhao, who had just left the media area, did not want to accept any more interviews, he still sighed slightly in his heart when he thought of the large group of reporters holding microphones against him.
Although there were a lot of people at the opening ceremonies of Spring Orchid Cup and Weijia, this time it felt even better!
Even many media from Japan and South Korea came...
This...
That should be a good thing, right?
Rui Zhao couldn't help but think:
Although...I will definitely not be as powerful as the "Mr. Jordan" that Senior Brother Ni mentioned...
But, if it can play a more publicity role for Go...
Then you are taking on more [celebrity] responsibilities, right?
Thinking of this, Empress Zhaotian cheered herself up secretly.
Um! That’s it Rui Zhao! Keep up the good work!
If the time squeezed out can help promote Go more, it will be valuable!
But just when the Chinese celebrity Zhaojun suddenly clenched his little fist, a familiar voice suddenly stopped her:
"Rui Zhao, you are becoming more and more skilled in interviews!
"You are indeed a big star in our chess circle!"
"...Eh?"
Rui Zhao turned her head following the voice and saw a familiar young man suddenly walked up to her from the side and greeted her naturally.
"Senior Brother Sun!"
Rui Zhao immediately opened his eyes and said hello:
"That, that...
"Did you just finish the interview too?"
"Ah! That's not true." Although he could not be said to be very energetic, Sun Yi still responded in a very decent manner.
Over the past year or so, Sun Hou'er, who has become increasingly mature, still looks a bit monkey-like in appearance, but in actual daily life, his initial impatience has long since faded away, and he appears to be much more stable:
"...that...
"First of all, although I have already sent my congratulations on WeChat, I thought I would still say it in person...
"Congratulations, Rui Zhao! Winning the celebrity competition championship!
"That game of chess was played very beautifully! It earned us China a lot of face!"
"Ah...thank you!"
Rui Zhao said with some embarrassment:
"Yeah, it's also thanks to Senior Brother Sun!
"If it hadn't happened that time when I was sparring with my senior brother and I discovered that there could be a little trap here, it wouldn't have been so easy to win a celebrity this time..."
"Hey, in the final analysis, this is still the result of your own diligence!
"I and Zeng Guangwen practice so much and review games every day. It's not surprising that I can have an advantage in some local research!"
Sun Yi praised again, and then turned directly to the next topic without giving Rui Zhao a chance to be polite:
"Come again...
"I'm also here to say thank you!"
"Thank you?"
"Yes! Haven't you always sent me WeChat messages to encourage me?"
Sun Yi explained:
"Even after you won the Rabbit that day, I think you were confused by the Japanese media! In the end, you even took the time to send me a WeChat message to congratulate you for entering this competition!
"Junior sister takes my senior brother who can't reach the World Championship finals seriously, I have to come and express my gratitude quickly!
"Thanks to you, I feel much better now!"
"Ah, no, no!"
The little fool who was not very good at joking hurriedly waved his hands and said:
"Um...Senior Brother Sun, you have to have confidence in yourself!
"You have always been suppressing me when we were sparring! You are really, really powerful!
"I can even beat one of the celebrities who entered the semi-finals of the LIG Cup this time. Senior Brother Sun, it is definitely only a matter of time before you achieve better results!"
"Well...thank you."
Faced with Rui Zhao's sincere wishes, Sun Hou'er knew that there was no need to be more polite and naturally agreed:
"I definitely have confidence. I was able to do everything in the four rounds of preliminaries this time without any effort!
"Even...
"I'm looking forward to meeting you in this competition!"
"Huh?"
Rui Zhao was stunned for a moment, then said:
"B-but...
“Isn’t there the principle of ‘avoidance of fellow countrymen’?”
"That's what I said! But our China is indeed thick enough!"
Sun Yi explained in a relaxed tone:
"Based on the previous situations of the Spring Orchid Cup and the Tongge Cup, our domestic war started at the top of the 16th round. Starting with the quarterfinals, I estimate that the chance of players from the same country being drawn together is not small!
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"Me... although it's a bit difficult to reach the finals, it's still easy to reach the quarterfinals now!
"It's you, Rui Zhao...
"How about reaching the quarterfinals of the World Championship again in this Dream Lily Cup? Can you do it?"
Hearing this, Rui Zhao, who was also maturing, understood a little bit.
Sun Yi said that he hoped to meet her in this competition, but that was just an introduction.
After all...Senior Brother Sun still wishes her good results in this Dream Lily Cup competition!
"Yeah! No problem!"
Rui Zhao nodded vigorously, looking extremely confident.
"Then Senior Brother Sun...
"See you in the top eight!"
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That night, the draw ceremony for the first round of the 6th Dream Lily Cup was successfully held in the banquet hall of Junrui Hotel in Pheasant Gao.
The results of the first round of draws were uneventful. No matchup was particularly interesting, so the focus of the first round was naturally on several star chess players.
Among them, the most eye-catching ones are naturally the Chinese celebrity Zhaojun and the seventh-dan beauty Ruizhao!
Her opponent in the first round is the current Japanese [Qi Sheng] [10th Dan] double title holder and the second person in the country:
Toraichiro Ueno. (End of chapter)