"...I'm sorry! Rui Zhao!
"In Tiangang, things on the field caused trouble to you. I'm really sorry! "
"Ah! That, that...
"Chairman Shang, please don't do this! I, I have nothing to worry about..."
At 4:30 pm on March 18, near Wanyuan Times Community in Dongjiang City in a coffee shop.
Faced with the Chairman of the Chess Association who came to Dongjiang today to apologize, Zhaojun, a celebrity who is not good at socializing, was obviously a little flustered.
Especially when Shang Chaotian bowed his head and apologized to her in a serious manner, Queen Zhao Tian couldn't sit still:
"...that moment when the chess piece was suddenly overturned. Son, I may be a little confused, but it actually doesn’t affect anything...
“Even at that time, I originally wanted to imitate the first round of the first round, forcing Lin Jiuduan to admit defeat quickly to boost the morale of our team. !
“The fact that he ended the game so early was just what I wanted - it just didn’t work in the end!
"Besides... this matter has nothing to do with you!"
"As the leader of the association, I must have my responsibilities."
Seeing that Rui Zhao is still well-behaved What a coincidence, Shang Chaotian said rather remorsefully:
"Although what happened in Tiangang Although it was caused by Lin Ruixin's failure to control his emotions for a while, in the final analysis, the association neglected to educate the chess players in terms of ideology and morality.
"Especially Lin Ruixin, he has good grades and is very outstanding. Circle, before you brought a lot of attention to our project from outside the circle.
"So for a long time in the past, the management staff of the association, including myself, have somewhat protected and condoned some of his outrageous behaviors, and as a result, he developed such a temper.
“It’s even come to this point, and he actually refuses to publicly apologize to you! It’s simply unreasonable! "
Speaking of this, Shang Chaotian got angry and slapped the table angrily. It was obvious that he had great opinions on Lin Ruixin's stubbornness.
"Ah...I, I don't actually. What apology do you need? "
Seeing Shang Chaotian's angry face, Rui Zhao quickly comforted him.
"Stop speaking for him, you kid is just too kind!"
Shang Chaotian waved his hand and said:
"I reminded him when the incident first happened. You must sincerely admit your mistake. Who knows that he still persists in his obsession and is still very hostile to you!
"I just finished a meeting at the association this morning before coming to Dongjiang, mainly to discuss this matter. The vast majority of executive members feel that Lin Ruixin must be taught a lesson this time!
“And the final result that set the tone was... to suspend him for half a year.
"The penalty decision is already going through the process now, and it is estimated that it will be officially announced tomorrow morning!"
"Suspended, suspended for half a year?!"
Rui Zhao was slightly surprised:< br>
“Wouldn’t this mean that he wouldn’t be able to qualify for the Sanshuang Cup, Tongge Cup, Miaojia Bailing Cup and Asian Games qualifiers?
“This would be too...”
"It can only be said that he got the hammer he asked for!"
Shang Chaotian sighed softly and said:
"Actually, this result has already been given to one side!
"Some executive members who were not used to his words and deeds before even proposed an 'indefinite ban until he truly repented'..."
Hearing what Shang Chaotian said, Rui Zhao then reconsidered Swallowed the words back.
However, it can be seen that the live broadcast empress Zhao Tianhou, who was supposed to be the "dead enemy", did not seem happy at all about Lin Ruixin's serious incident, and even seemed to be worried about her.
Hey...how kind-hearted this girl must be!
Shang Chaotian couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw this, and wanted to persuade him again.
But when he thought about what happened with Bai Yinhua back then, Rui Zhao agreed to meet and have a long talk with him after defeating him in the City Cup, so he finally decided to stop for the time being and not create any new ones. Bo Lang, it’s hard for me to say that there is something wrong with Rui Zhao’s idea...
Thinking of this, the chairman of the Chess Association frowned slightly, changed the subject and said:
"Okay, that's the end of this topic.
"There are two other things that I would like to take this opportunity to mention to you today. "
"...Two things? "
Hearing this amount, Zhaojun, who had never asked much about foreign affairs, was slightly startled, but he nodded calmly and said:
" Please tell me. ”
"First...it's about the pre-selection of the new Lakeside Cup and Asian Games women's teams.
"The association has discussed internally. Although you are not exempt from the qualifications for these two team competitions, Everyone knows that you are indispensable in both competitions.
“We also discussed this matter at this morning’s meeting. We will write into the relevant regulations that ‘those who have achieved second place in the unrestricted national competition or semi-finals of the World Go Championship in the past year will be directly exempted’ , so you don’t have to worry about These two have been pre-selected!”
“Ah...that’s the best!”
“The second thing may be a bit embarrassing, but recently we have coordinated with various parties. , indeed only coordinated to this point...
"That's it: the Lakeside Cup and the Dragon Stars match have schedule conflicts."
"A conflict?"
"Yes."
"Because of the late Chinese New Year this year, In addition, due to the Asian Games and the selection of Asian Games within each country, some international and domestic competitions The arrangement is very tight, and...it is inevitable that there will be some conflicts that are difficult to coordinate.
"For example, this time the Lakeside Cup was forced to be rescheduled from May 6th to 12th, and 14th to 20th, half a month. All the competitions have been completed - and this is the time in previous years when the Dragon Star Battle and the King of Kings Tournament were held.
"Originally, the women's side holds the Lakeside Cup, and the men's side holds the Dragon Star War and King of Kings. They don't affect each other, but the problem right now is..."
Speaking of this, Shang Chao Tianchao's own Celebrity Zhaojun glanced at it, and the meaning was obvious.
Although Rui Zhao was naive, he thought about it for two seconds after seeing this look:
"Ah...
"Is it because...I am confused on both sides? Want to participate? "Well, yes." ”
Shang Chaotian showed a wry smile:
“This time the King of Kings Tournament, Shengjiang agreed to postpone it to June, after the first phase of the Asian Games preliminaries.
“But because the Dragon Stars Battle is the last large-scale competition to calculate ratings before the selection for the Asian Games, it really can’t be postponed any longer. The final preselection is scheduled for May 17th and will be held from May 19th to June 2nd.
“This is completely stuck before the first phase of the Asian Games qualifiers on June 4, and there is no room for it.
"But when this happens, trouble comes...
"After winning these recent Siege games, your level score has reached the 24th place in the country, and you are in the range to participate in the Dragon Star Battle preliminaries. ——And based on your style, you will definitely sign up to participate, right? "
"Well, that's for sure. "
"But...you also have the task of serving as the captain in the Lakeside Cup. ”
King Shang Qi stated truthfully:
"If this Lakeside Cup is like the last one, everyone will be happy to win the championship without you having to do anything. But as long as the Ice Queen is still in South Korea's formation, we can't be careless."
"Then, then you It means..."
"I have two ideas."
Now that this topic has been discussed, Shang Chaotian naturally came with a plan:
"First, you participate in both sides. But if you really have a schedule conflict between the two sides and you have to make a choice, , you must put the national honor first and give up the Dragon Star Battle.
"Whether it is for the association or the country, it is intolerable to register for an international team competition like the Lakeside Cup but end up missing the competition.
"But in this case, it is very likely that you will compete with the Dragon Stars. If you give up halfway, including your current grade, you should be on the verge of participating in the Asian Games men's selection. It would be really hurtful if they were to lose one more game inexplicably in the Dragon Star War.
“So, I discussed it with Wen Jie and Lao Kong. The second plan is that if you think the Dragon Star War is more important this time, we can completely understand not participating in the Lakeside Cup!”
"Although it is estimated that there will be There is some gossip, but after all, you are also a major contributor to our country in the arena competition, and we have won the Lakeside Cup twice in a row, so there is not much pressure from public opinion.
"If you decide not to participate, the association will do it. Will fully support you. ”
"Look...which plan are you considering?"
"Ah...I'm not afraid of rumors. I basically don't care what people say on the Internet."
Rui Zhao said softly. He answered, blinking his eyes as if thinking about something.
Hearing what Rui Zhao said, Shang Chaotian couldn't help but ask:
"Then...is your plan to withdraw from the Lakeside Cup?
"If you are sure, then the association will implement it this way."
However, at this time, Rui Zhao shook his head and asked a question that seemed slightly unrelated to the topic:
"That , Chairman Shang.
"Dragon Star Battle... I remember it is usually played in the afternoon, right? ”
Hearing this question, Shang Chaotian was a little confused as to why this silly girl suddenly asked this, but he still answered truthfully:
"Well, in the past, every game started at two o'clock in the afternoon, including the qualifiers this time."
"That's OK!"
Rui Zhao subconsciously tapped his hand, his eyes He also lit up and seemed to have made up his mind:
"In this case...
"It seems that the two sides do not have to choose one from the other, right? ”
“…Eh?”
…
…
Three days later, the Chinese Go Association officially announced the specific schedule of this year’s Lakeside Cup trials and main tournament.
Yang Manjing, who won six consecutive games last year, and Rui Zhao, who holds the title of [Celebrity], were exempted from selection and confirmed to participate in the competition. Naturally, only three people were left in the pre-selection quota.
Because the association announced the new exemption rules for women's team competitions two days ago, but has not yet announced the specific schedule of the Dragon Star Battle, so the vast majority of chess fans did not notice anything unusual about the selection of Rui and Yang. .
On the contrary, the heavy penalty of half-year suspension for generation leader Lin Ruixin, announced two days ago, aroused widespread heated discussion in the chess community.
A large number of Xin fans expressed extreme dissatisfaction with their idol’s missed opportunity to participate in three world championships and the Asian Games, causing a lot of noise in many Go communities.
But once the punishment is announced, how can it be easily changed because of some public opinion turmoil!
So a group of smart people can only vent their emotions on the Internet, and get nothing except attracting ridicule from fans, so they have to pretend to be dead. Waiting for his brother's suspension to expire before he can "clean up the past".
With Lin Ruixin suspended, Rui Zhao has no games to participate in or games to play in the near future. Two of the biggest celebrities in the industry are inactive. After the heated discussion on Lin Ruixin's punishment passed, various Go forum communities seemed much duller.
Even Lei Qi led the Dajing team to successfully defend the siege championship through a victory over Qiantang, without making any waves.
The focus of everyone is still the Sanshuang Cup that started in early April.
Everyone is waiting to see whether the Chinese Legion can stop the young master of the Liu family who has been extremely powerful in the past six months. And whether Ryu Se-hyun, who has just turned 26 and is at his peak, can complete three consecutive world championships, occupy the second place in the historical world championship list, and then follow another miracle of the best Choi Myung-ho in history - the world championship. Launched an attack on the fourth consecutive championship.
Until March 27, such a seemingly ordinary day.
A rather shocking news came out suddenly without any warning:
Rei Uesaka, who has been growing rapidly since she was determined to be a tier-one player, played the second round of the air-fan battle this year. A masterpiece in the competition.
Taking advantage of the Ice Queen's mistakes in the middle game, he narrowly defeated Kim Woo-eun with a half-eye after 258 fierce battles and advanced to the semi-finals!
The Ice Queen's absolute dominance in the Women's World Championships lasted for four full years...
This was the end. (End of chapter)