Chapter 80 Relentless Effort
With the announcement of the preliminaries, semi-finals, and main matches of the "City Cup" Dongjiang Division, the news that Bai Yinhua retired from the division to participate in amateur competitions spread throughout the Go circle in an instant.
A large number of chess fans flocked to the official WeChat account of the Chess Association, asking for an explanation. Various sponsors have also stated that they will continue to follow up.
In response to this matter, Chairman Shang Chaotian and Vice Chairman Lu Wenjie of the Chess Association immediately held a small press conference on behalf of the Chess Association.
At the press conference, Shang Chaotian first admitted the relevant loopholes in the ranking management of the Chess Association, and publicly apologized to the majority of chess fans and sponsors on behalf of the Chess Association.
At the same time, Shang Chaotian also said that the chess association has initiated emergency procedures and will improve the rank management rules as quickly as possible to prevent such a situation from happening again.
As for Bai Yinhua's withdrawal from the league to participate in amateur competitions, Shang Chaotian said that the Chess Association has been committed to ensuring that all movements and procedures are standardized in recent years. If the regulations allow it, there is nothing wrong with it, and if the law does not prohibit it, then you can do it.
Although the Chess Association firmly opposes and even condemns such behavior, because all Bai Yinhua's operations complied with the management regulations at the time, the Chess Association has no right to prevent Bai Yinhua from participating in the "City Cup" "The competition in the Dongjiang Division. All competition arrangements will proceed as usual.
Finally, Shang Chaotian still publicly appealed, hoping that Bai Yinhua would focus on the development of Go and voluntarily give up participating in the "City Cup" competition.
And if Bai Yinhua can take the overall situation into consideration, the Chess Association will also show its greatest sincerity to every comrade who is truly committed to the development of Chinese Go.
This press conference of the Chess Association completely demonstrated the official attitude.
Although a considerable number of chess fans have criticized the fact that the Chess Association does not intend to disqualify Bai Yinhua from participating in the "City Cup", "everything follows the rules" is a natural rule in China where various violations and ultra vires operations are common. Politically correct, the vast majority of chess fans and sponsors can understand the decision of the chess association.
So overall, the Chess Association successfully passed the first wave of public relations crisis.
But... Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie knew that the real test was far from coming.
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May 19th, late at night, Chinese Go Association.
Before leaving, Lu Wenjie came to Shang Chaotian's office as usual to summarize the work situation.
“Brother Tian, judging from the past few days, people in the industry generally don’t have any big opinions on our decision regarding Xiaobai’s withdrawal from the tier.
” And the media outside the industry Well, just as we estimated, it seems that now is a good time to report. It is probably better to wait for Xiaobai to make more waves before following up. "
Shang Chaotian sighed after hearing this.
"It's a blessing, not a curse. You can't avoid the curse!"
"For example, Xiaobai's retirement to compete in amateur competitions is just an exception in the final analysis. So what if he actually wins a few games?"
"The real trouble lies in the ideas he told you that night.
"Those ideas should be left to some irresponsible media to add fuel and jealousy to the Chinese Go game. I can’t even imagine the long-term effects! "
Lu Wenjie responded: "Brother Tian, you are right. Even now, I don’t know how to refute the ideas he said..."
"Because to a certain extent, what he said is the truth."
Shang Chaotian said simply and straightforwardly.
Lu Wenjie couldn't help biting his lower lip when he heard this, but finally nodded:
"Yes... That's why I was a little confused when I called you that night.
“If we want to change the status quo, we still need to further expand the number of chess fans, especially the number of chess fans who are willing to pay.
"At the same time, we must also enhance the commercial value of Go and make more companies and enterprises willing to sponsor Go events.
"But none of these require long-term and unremitting efforts. "
"Ah, it's okay, take your time! "
Hearing a hint of fatigue in Lu Wenjie's words, Shang Chaotian immediately offered words of comfort.
"It takes long-term and unremitting efforts to achieve results... The Go game we love is not inherently good. Is this what it is? ”
Lu Wenjie couldn't help laughing.
“Ah! Brother Tian is right!
“Since we can win the world championship in Go, then we can definitely do these things well!
"Just... right now, we still have to find a way to deal with Xiaobai, otherwise the foundation of Chinese Go will be shaken."
"Yes, I understand. .”
Shang Chaotian also smiled bitterly and nodded helplessly.
"After all... Now that the eighteen-year-old girl is risking her life, I have to do my best no matter what!"
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Tuesday, May 23, 7pm.
Dajing City, Longxiang Scenic Villa Community.
"You said...all professional players have been checked, right?"
Hearing the reply from the other party on the phone, Lin Ruixin could be said to be confused. "Yes, Boss Lin, we can say that we have checked all the professional chess players these days and found that so far, all the players have an 'alibi'."
< br>"Are you sure?" Lin Ruixin didn't quite believe this statement: "There are so many professional players, so there is no doubt?"
"Ouch! Boss Lin, you may not have paid much attention to this [Yizhao Qiyi] recently. Do you know how full his schedule is?"
Lin Ruixin was stunned when he heard this.
It is true that after he was angered by [Yizhao Qiyi] last time, he himself never wanted to see this ID again and never paid attention to it.
What the hell, you are actually taunting me in front of this chess master! Do you deserve my attention? !
So, even though he vowed to find out the true identity of [Yi Zhaoqiyi], he directly commissioned a private investigation company and did not do the hard work himself.
Does this mean... is there something new?
"Uh...is his schedule very full?" Lin Ruixin asked following the other person's tone.
"Of course! Since last Sunday, he has been playing chess until 1:30 in the morning every day!"
"What?" Hearing this answer, Lin Ruixin frowned: "Then , Then he is usually not online in the morning? ”
“Where! His first game of chess usually starts at 7:30 in the morning!”
"Ah——?!"
Hearing this answer, Lin Ruixin momentarily suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"Going offline at 1:30 in the morning and starting at early 7 in the morning... Counting the time for washing and tidying up, he only sleeps five hours a day? So is he also online in the afternoon or evening?"
“Also online!”
The other person answered definitely:
"[Yizhao Qiyi] Last week, there was basically a slow chess game in the morning, afternoon, and evening. After the slow chess game in the evening, there was a fast chess game for more than two hours. There were more than 18 online hours throughout the day. Hours!”
Eighteen hours? !
Four games of chess a day, three slow and one fast? !
Hearing these two numbers, Lin Ruixin was a little stupid.
What is this concept?
This has no concept at all, okay?
There is no shortage of hard-working people in the Go world, but practicing for more than eighteen hours a day is almost unheard of!
“…On the weekend, he may have arranged to take a rest and did not show up during the day.
“But the slow and fast games at night and early morning were still the same. Don't miss it.
“With the amount of time he has been online, we don’t need to conduct too many investigations. It is impossible for all active professional chess players not to show up during the day on a weekday, so we will exclude them all after a little investigation. Lost.”
"Could that mean... he is an inactive chess player?" Lin Ruixin considered the possibility.
“How could it be!
“Boss Lin, you should know better than us. Inactive chess players only stop playing when they can't move anymore. Who would play this fate after retiring? "
"...Same. "
"On the contrary... is it possible that he is a young man who is trying to reach Duan this year? After all, it’s only more than a month before the regular stage race in July, so maybe I’m training like crazy! ”
"Young Duan?" Lin Ruixin chuckled: "If you are a Duan boy, with [Yizhao Qiyi's] level, if you want to compete in the final stage now, you will almost have to close your eyes. Why are you playing with your fate?
“It’s because he worked so hard that he damaged his body, which means he really can’t make it. "
"Then...then we can't guess who he is! "The other party's tone was full of helplessness.
"Hey, okay, okay! Continue to help me keep an eye on this [Yizhao Qiyi], and let’s all think about it again! ”
Lin Ruixin hung up the phone impatiently, then sat cross-legged on the sofa and started thinking.
If he is not a professional chess player, what is this [Yizhao Qiyi] trying so hard to do all of a sudden?
Eighteen hours a day, this feeling is obviously preparing to risk one's life for something...
But what could this be? It’s really unexpected!
Lin Ruixin was puzzled for a moment, so he took a piece of paper and wrote down the information he now knew about [Yizhao Qiyi]:
The strength is a low-level strong player , not a profession, the IP address is in Dongjiang, preparing for something desperate, the monk Chaotian seems to have something to do with it...
Eh? !
After arranging this information together, Lin Qisheng suddenly had an idea in his mind.
I communicated with Bacon yesterday. Bacon originally suggested putting it on the shelves at noon today, but after thinking about it a bit suddenly, I still said that I hope to arrange it to be put on the shelves on February 1st.
Mr. Bacon said that it is estimated that the problem is not too big, but he will need to take a look at the data on the 31st for details.
So, no surprise, it will be on the shelves on February 1st. If I confirm specifically that it will go on sale on the 1st, I will post a "launching speech" on the 31st. If you guys don't see the speech, then the launch is delayed~
(End of this chapter)