Hearing this, Lei Qi was slightly surprised.
Originally, Shang Chaotian said such emotional words, he thought the teacher would say something like "Forget it, let them be the champion," but he didn't know that Shang Chaotian directly expressed his intention to " Kill them all”!
There seems to be some incoherence between this and the following, right?
Seeing that the student seemed a little surprised by his statement, Shang Chaotian showed a helpless smile and said:
"What? You think we can obviously win, but we have to 'cut the grass and root out the roots', don't you? Too cruel? ”
"Ah, no, no!"
Lei Qi hurriedly shook his head and said:
"As a chess player, since you have stepped onto the field, you must try your best to win.
" It’s just that… based on what you just said, there is indeed some contrast. "
"Haha, actually there is nothing difficult to understand. ”
The chairman of the Chess Association glanced elsewhere subconsciously, and then said helplessly:
"I had a chat with Wen Jie when you were playing, and the two of us had the same opinion:
“South Korea is thinking too much if it relies on Ryu Se-hyun’s Yu Zegou to produce another genius.
“Even if Ryu Se-hyun finally wins the world’s strongest chess player championship and surpasses Choi Myung-ho to become the best in history, after that, the continued decline or even death of South Korean Go is almost inevitable.< br>
“So, instead of letting them work on this useless effort, it is better... let us preserve the hope for the future development of Go to the greatest extent. ”
Hearing this, Lei Qi frowned slightly, slightly confused.
He understood the first half of the teacher's sentence - the new generation in South Korea is generally not interested in "old things" like Go, and now the project is entirely supported by the suppression of the national pride created by China. .
If the performance declines, if we want to keep such a niche project alive only by relying on its glorious achievements in history, although the mood is understandable, in fact it is difficult to say that it is optimistic.
However, the second half of the sentence undoubtedly made Xiaolei Jiuduan a little unable to follow.
Although he has received a lot of care and advice from his teachers since he was a child, what he is talking about now is obviously beyond the scope of what he has received in the past:
"Well...Teacher Shang.
"What you mean by 'preserving the hope for the future development of Go' is..."
Shang Chaotian glanced at the increasingly mature student and said lightly He shook his head slightly and said:
“Hey! to be honest!
“We have made preparations that the main popularity of professional Go in the future may shrink from the three East Asian countries back to our family.
"But...
"Even those of us who are the most motivated for development actually have our own headaches. "
"The Go population of Ying and Han has been shrinking recently. I know this. "
Lei Qi said in a deep voice:
"But for us... it should be fine, right?
"Especially recently, Rui Zhao has continued to be out of the industry, which has actually attracted many outsiders to join the industry."
"Rui Zhao has indeed attracted many domestic fans, and this is indeed true."
Regarding the students' statement, Shang Chaotian did not Denial:
“But projects that are only played by one country are always at risk of collapse at any time.
“Now we can rely on Rui Zhao to increase the domestic base, but we have to talk about international In the final analysis, promotion depends on official support.
"Actually... the country has always attached great importance to our Go game in recent years.
"Whether it was the two Asian Games held in China that included Go as a competition event, or various local governments supported the hosting of related events. All reflect the official support.
“Even... In a previous private discussion, a big leader made it clear to me: The country has always had the idea to officially define our Go as a 'national sport' to promote it to the outside world.
"Also really! Taking into account the origin, history, culture, connotation, and competitiveness, I believe that among competitive sports, there is indeed no more suitable representative of the soft power of my country's sports culture than Go. ”
Hearing this, Lei Qi nodded slightly and agreed.
As a major sports country, China has numerous advantageous projects.
Like table tennis, diving, weightlifting, etc., all participating in the Olympics are called dream teams.
But...these advantageous projects, without exception, all originated in the West.
As an ancient civilization with thousands of years of history, it vigorously promotes projects originating in the West as "national skills" that symbolize cultural soft power. For officials who are determined to realize the great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization, , is naturally absolutely unacceptable.
So, if you have to choose a "national sport" among competitive sports, Go is the best and almost the only candidate.
However, when it came to this fashion, the conversation changed and he asked the students:
"Ke Lei Qi...
"Then you know why the official has not promoted Go to this level for so long. To what extent, are you still promoting Go as an ordinary traditional sport? "
"...Eh? ”
Facing this sudden question, Lei Qi was slightly startled, but after thinking about it for a while, he was smart and quickly guessed the correct answer:
"It's obviously a 'national skill', but all the people in the history of the project are South Koreans, and they are still ahead by a cliff...
"Neither the country nor the people can accept such a result, right? "Yes, that's what it is." "
The Chairman of the Chess Association nodded:
"For us, the performance of domestic chess players in international competitions is related to whether the status of the project can be further achieved. An important part of improvement. ”
"And...we can't just wait for Go to shrink in South Korea and enjoy the results.
"Otherwise, those lousy South Koreans will clamor every day, 'You can only win first place if we don't even play anymore.' , we can’t even lift our heads!
“Compared with twenty years ago, it is difficult to say that our material conditions are worse than those of South Korea.
“Under such circumstances, if South Korea is still allowed to make another breakthrough in Go, Choi Myung Ho was the best in history, and then he bloomed like a summer flower and then died quickly. We didn’t even have a way to take revenge. This is unacceptable to us!
“So...we have no way of watching Ryu Se-hyun become the number one in history before our eyes, and then naturally decline from the top.
"Especially when they also specially launched a battle with the world's strongest chess players with the highest prize money in history, trying to finally crown Ryu Shixian!"
"...Teacher Shang, I understand."
< br>Hearing this, Lei Qi nodded slowly and took the initiative to take over the conversation:
"In the battle between the world's strongest chess players early next year, I will try my best to stop Liu Shixian from winning the championship!
"Including So is the Tong Ge Cup at the end of June! ”
"Ah... don't put too much pressure on me."
Shang Chaotian, who suddenly realized that his heartfelt words may have given the students too much expectations, quickly said:
< br>"It doesn't matter if you don't win the championship! Maybe let Liu Shixian wins the championship, maybe it can really extend the life of South Korean Go!"
"...I will adjust myself, don't worry"
Lei Qi responded first. He passed the teacher and then said with some emotion:
"It's just...it's obviously just for the better development of our country's projects, but as a result, we and South Korea have to fight hard in various world competitions, and it even feels like we can't take a step back... …
“…It really fits the involution style of our three East Asian countries! ”
Hearing this word that he had heard in a turmoil, Shang Chaotian was startled at first, then subconsciously narrowed his eyes and spoke his opinion in a low voice:
“Yeah...this is involution!
“Judging from the overall development situation of the project, other countries will not have any additional interest in this ‘monotonous and boring game’ that is only popular in Confucian cultural circles.
"Unless we really wait until our country replaces the current international status of Western countries and fully controls the international voice, it will be difficult to change this.
"Before that, in the face of this fast-paced era, Go How to develop and save itself from this overall slow-paced project has always been a problem that all Go players have to face.
“Even AI, which has greatly improved Go skills, has had a very counterproductive effect on the promotion of Go – I don’t know how many times I have seen on the Internet that ‘Go in the AI era is This is an outrageous statement, but as soon as you refute it, you will be blocked by "Can you defeat AI?"
"The previous Bai Yinhua incident... is a concentration of these problems. reflect.
“It turns out that the reason why the association has maintained great tolerance for Lin Ruixin’s many deviant behaviors is because as an Internet celebrity, he has indeed attracted a lot of attention and traffic to the Go circle while achieving outstanding results. .
"It's just that it's hard to say whether this attention and traffic is good or bad for the development of the Go project itself.
"After all, there are many statements like 'Go is dead' and 'The last chess master'. It was spread by his fans..."
"It's okay...don't we still have Rui Zhao! "
Hearing that the teacher's tone seemed a little sad, Lei Qi immediately comforted him and said:
"[Go Xiao Zhao] is doing quite well in various live broadcasts and programs now! There is no doubt that she is now the top star in the domestic sports circle.
"A star chess player like her will inevitably set off a new project boom every time she achieves results!
"Although she met Brother Sun earlier in the Tianyuan Tournament this time and did not make any big news, But based on her performance, I believe there will be a new breakthrough soon! ”
“New breakthroughs... and project boom? "
Shang Chaotian looked at the student for two seconds, and then said meaningfully:
"Yes! We also have Rui Zhao!
"And if you say so...then there will indeed be a new breakthrough soon!"
"...Eh?"
…
…
The time soon came to May 5, the day before the Lakeside Cup World Women’s Go Team Tournament officially started.
The Chinese team, led by Lu Wenjie and Jiao Kai, successfully arrived at Injiang International Airport in South Korea.
This is an extremely normal thing - for offline competitions, participating countries will naturally form teams to compete.
However, there are still many South Korean media waiting at the airport for the Chinese team's visit.
As for the reason... it is naturally because of the "Empress Zhao".
In last year's Lakeside Cup, Rui Zhao did not accompany the team in the first stage, but Zhao Tianhou was still there when she might play in the second stage.
Because of the Asian Games and qualifiers this year, all the Lakeside Cup competitions this year will be concentrated in May and completed at one time. Therefore, many media are undoubtedly very interested in whether this Go star who is very popular among the three countries will come directly with the team, so they come to the airport to wait.
It’s just...the final result made all the media present excited at first, and then shocked!
The reason for the excitement is that Empress Zhao did appear directly with the team at Renjiang Airport this time! This suddenly gave this Lakeside Cup another major reporting focus!
The reason why they were so surprised and even followed by an uproar was because among the five members of the Chinese team, only the current Zhaojun...
was the only one who came with the team. (End of chapter)