Chapter 22 Leaders
“Chairman Shang? Chairman Shang!”
Dajing City, Longtan Holiday Hotel.
There was a long-faced man in his thirties standing outside the door of Room 1811. He was knocking on the door with just the right amount of force, with a tangled and confused expression on his face.
“Coming!”
After knocking on the door twice, Shang Chaotian's voice came from inside the door.
Five or six seconds later, the room door opened from the inside.
I saw Shang Chaotian holding a mobile phone in his hand. He smiled immediately when he saw the visitor: "Chairman Mei?! Ah, is it time to present the awards?"
The visitor was Shang Chaotian. We know each other. It is Mei Xianfeng, the chairman of the Dajing Go Association. He is also here as a guest of the tournament today. The resting room is next to him.
"Uh, not yet...Hey! How many times have I told you, just call me Xiaomei!" Mei Xianfeng said modestly: "I have been watching you play chess when I was young! Being called that by your idol , I’m really not used to it!”
"It all depends on the occasion, so be more formal!" Shang Chaotian replied: "Then Chairman Mei has something to ask me for?"
Mei Xianfeng did not answer immediately, he glanced at Shang Chaotian held the mobile phone in his hand and glanced at the desk in the room. He saw that Shang Chaotian's laptop was closed and put aside, but there was a chessboard filled with chess pieces.
He frowned and tried with some uncertainty: "Um... Chairman Shang, where are you now?"
"Oh, I was watching a game of online chess, and then I happened to play it casually. "Stop!"
Mei Xianfeng's face softened slightly, but he still confirmed: "Are you sure you are just looking at it?"
"That's for sure! Look, I haven't turned on my computer yet!" Shang Chaotian chuckled.
Although mobile APPs have been available for playing chess for a long time, because mobile phones are too easy to slide, so under normal circumstances no one will use mobile phones to play chess.
Mei Xianfeng was relieved at this: "Oh, that's good, that's good! It scared me!"
"Huh? What does it mean to be scared? ”
“Oh, that’s what happened”
Mei Xianfeng hurriedly began to explain:
"Now Xiaolei Jiuduan is playing two-piece chess with a 9D named [Youfeng Laiyi] in Yiguo. The board is quite close! Because Xiaolei Jiuduan It's very popular now, and I haven't appeared on Yiguo for a long time, so there are a lot of people watching, so I got the news and went to watch it! 】I haven’t heard of this ID very often. Everyone is guessing who it is. Xiaolei Jiuduan, who has always been low-key, actually appeared in Yiguo! Or just play handicap chess!
"Then there was a so-called 'definite news' from within the Chess Association that went viral in various groups, saying that this account belonged to the Chess Association, and that you specifically requested this account last night, plus it could Let Xiao Lei play in the big game, so many people say it must be you..."
"Ah? Isn't this nonsense!" Shang Chaotian, who has always been steady, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He raised his eyebrows: "I was given two sons by Xiao Lei?! I haven't reached this level yet!"
"Yes! I am also here to retort and say how can you! You are the Optimus Prime of China's Go generation, you will not decline so fast!"
Mei Xianfeng echoed repeatedly.
"But...you haven't played chess in front of everyone for a long time, and everyone can't figure out your strength, so some good people are alarmist..."
This time it's all over the place. It was choked.
One thing is that he has indeed not played chess in public for seven or eight years - including online chess.
"Uh, I understand. I'll find time to play an exhibition match next time..." Shang Chaotian smiled bitterly: "Ah, of course, my strength has indeed declined a lot, but I haven't reached the point where Xiaolei gave up two pieces. That's all!"
"That's great!" When he heard that his idol was about to play again after a long time, Mei Xianfeng suddenly became excited:
"I said! , Anti-Korean legend! If Xiaolei loses two sons to the ninth level, wouldn’t he lose his professional level? "
"Ah..." Shang Chaotian was unconvinced. He pondered, then changed the topic and said: "But why did such a rumor suddenly come out? Are there many people paying attention to this game?"
"More! Of course more!"
Mei Xianfeng replied immediately.
“Originally, a handsome young man like Xiao Lei Jiuduan is very eye-catching. He just won the world championship in South Korea at the beginning of the year, which is even more popular! In addition, he has been in the spotlight all year round. He doesn’t like to show off, but everyone is hungry for him, so he was quickly caught by everyone as soon as he went online!
“If that was all, the rumor came out not long after the game started. Another group of heated discussions about good things!
“Not to mention that Lin Ruixin’s 9th dan also happened to be live broadcasting. As soon as he heard that Xiaolei’s 9th dan was playing online chess, he immediately went to watch and comment on the game! You also know that Lin 9th dan, the number one player in the country, is now popular in the live broadcast circle. It’s so popular, everyone started to follow him when I first watched it!”
"Ah?"
Shang Chaotian couldn't help but frown, and quickly picked up his phone and looked at the lower right corner of the APP. As a result, the [number of viewers] column actually said "1000+"!
Just now he was concentrating on analyzing the board and the level of the two people, and he didn't even notice that there were so many people watching the game!
Looking at the list of people in the game room now, there are many IDs of various colors, among which the one at the top is the golden [Can’t Stop Jumping].
Sort by points, it’s not difficult to find someone!
Shang Chaotian couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw this ID, but he quickly returned to normal.
However, his sudden action of picking up the phone clearly exposed himself. Mei Xianfeng frowned slightly and realized why Shang Chaotian made such an action.
"Chairman Shang, are you also watching this game?"
"Ah...right!" Shang Chaotian straightened his expression: "After all, I haven't seen Xiaolei play for a long time. I'm playing chess online, so come here and take a look!"
"That's it, who do you think will win this game?" Mei Xianfeng asked casually: "Both the previous layout and the middle game of Xiaolei's ninth level can be achieved. It’s very fierce. Black only has an advantage of three or four on the board. I think if Guanzi works harder, it won’t be a big problem for him to win this game.”
Shang Chaotian looked at the screen and blinked: "Indeed, I have seen everything that should be seen in this chess game, and the rest of it is not very interesting..."
He immediately looked at Mei Xianfeng: "Chairman Mei, I think it’s almost time, so let’s go down first! Wait until all the games are over and finish the closing ceremony as soon as possible, so as not to waste the time of the players and sponsors!”
“Well, then? "Okay!" Mei Xianfeng replied hurriedly: "Oh, by the way! Speaking of the closing ceremony, there is something I want to tell you... Your closing ceremony speech is only over two hundred words, isn't it too short? ?”
“Almost, I have to give the sponsor’s vice president more time!”
Shang Chaotian answered unhurriedly, and at the same time turned around and picked up the clothes hanger. suit.
"It's not easy for them to spend money to sponsor a niche sport like ours. We still have to have a good attitude. Not only can we give them the publicity effect that is worth the sponsorship, at least let the leaders of the sponsors feel that they are fully respected. "
"Hey, what kind of leaders are they!" Mei Xianfeng chuckled: "It would be nice to let them go on stage to promote a few words. What do a bunch of businessmen know about Go?"
Shang! Chaotian put on his suit jacket leisurely and smiled bitterly:
"Oh, Chairman Mei! I've been busy with work recently, and my secretary is not very good at it, so I squeezed out time to deal with such a manuscript. It's so easy to think about it. A good excuse, but you have to make it impossible for me to get off the stage, right?”
“Oh, I understand, I understand!”
Mei Xianfeng understood immediately, and at the same time he thought to himself: Should his 1,400-word manuscript just briefly talk about the key points?
Otherwise, if you read it longer than Shang Chaotian... then you are really ignorant.
Thanks to [Xiaoyao Yixi] for voting and supporting!
In recent chapters, there will be more side descriptions about the advancement of the main plot, and it is also to lay the background.
In fact, there is no way to do this. I have tried to write a long paragraph about the battle of wits and courage on the Go board, but I feel that people who don’t understand Go will definitely read it in a fog, and people who understand Go will read it. It probably took a lot of brain cells to conceive of the game. Reading a novel is not that tiring. In the end, I thought it might be more interesting to use side descriptions to advance.
(End of this chapter)