Chapter 154 Mud Under the Flowers
“Hey, this little girl is real too!
“How can she cry like this when she is obviously doing good things! ”
On the same day, at eight o’clock in the evening, Tongge Hotel.
Shang Chaotian, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, who had just visited the new female champion in the scheduled competition, left the room with a look of helplessness.
He just stopped here half an hour ago. After briefly taking a look at the students who were preparing for the competition, he originally planned to congratulate Rui Zhao, but he didn't expect that the girl hadn't completely calmed down yet and couldn't speak properly.
In desperation, Shang Chaotian could only give a few simple instructions, and then headed to his third destination tonight - the "Cui Zhuxuan" tea room located in the corner of the hotel.
According to the schedule, Shang Chaotian would just arrive at Tongge Mountain tomorrow.
After all, he doesn’t want to leave the game, so he will be tired if he is tired.
However, tonight’s small gathering was brought to him a day early—because it was an invitation from Cao Yuan, the deputy mayor of Gezhou City who is in charge of culture, sports and tourism.
As a nominal non-governmental organization, the Chinese Go Association does not have any level status as its chairman.
Besides controlling the small amount of funds, the chairman of the Chess Association has no other actual power.
So, even though Shang Chaotian had face-to-face discussions with quite high-level leaders, he did not dare to show any slightest indifference when facing local leaders with real power.
Not to mention prefecture-level cities like Gezhou that are willing to elevate Go culture to the level of the city's cultural tourism strategy. Maybe there will be no such store after this village, so it needs to be paid more attention to.
…
Walking into the tea room, I saw Cao Yuan, the deputy mayor of Gezhou City, and his secretary, and Kong Zhiyong, the vice chairman of the Chess Association, was also accompanying him.
"Sorry, Vice Mayor Cao! I'm late!"
Shang Chaotian immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
Vice Mayor Cao and Kong Zhiyong also stood up immediately and exchanged pleasantries with Shang Chaotian.
After a while of talking, several people sat down again.
Vice Mayor Cao first started talking about the upcoming fifth game of the Chess Holy War:
“Chairman Shang, first of all I want to express my gratitude!
“The Chess Association is willing to play the Chess Holy War. The fifth game was held in Tonggeshan, Gezhou, and our city is very grateful..."
...Huh?
Although his face remained calm, Shang Chaotian felt sad in his heart. I was confused for a while, thinking that the other party was just being polite.
He naturally understood that although Lu Wenjie tried every means to save money and even held a special meeting to get the association's top management to unanimously agree to spend part of the publicity funds on this chess holy war, the first four games were held in one of the most high-end venues in China. Extremely high. After four games, the chess association's funds have reached the bottom, and there is no money left for the fifth game.
Under such circumstances, Gezhou City's willingness to host the fifth chess holy war completely free of charge can be said to be a great help.
He was looking for an opportunity to express his gratitude, but the other party actually thanked him first?
While Shang Chaotian didn't know the reason, Vice Mayor Cao explained the reason naturally.
“… Our family does not speak the same language. Although the scenery of Tongge Mountain in our city is quite beautiful, in the final analysis it is just a man-made scenic spot, and its style has never improved.< br>
"Looking at your selection of points in the first four games of the chess holy war, the style is so high that I don't know where it is! But in the end, the most important fifth game was willing to give us a chance!
"Can we compete with the previous four games? The top attractions in China are on par with each other, and it is also the birthplace of China’s new [Chess Saint]... Our cultural and tourism promotion will be easy to do! "
"Oh...ah!
"This... this is what it should be. At the same time, we also want to thank the leaders at all levels of Zhejiang and Hangzhou Province and Gezhou City..."
Shang Chaotian then realized and hurriedly responded. Thank you in return.
At the same time, I nodded secretly in my heart and agreed more with Lu Wenjie's philosophy that "if you want others to take you seriously, you must first take yourself seriously."
After another round of conversation, Vice Mayor Cao gradually began to get to the point.
"Chairman Shang, this is the third year that our two countries have cooperated. But to tell you the truth, I didn't know how to play Go at all.
"At that time, the secretary said that we should develop a Go culture I support the brigade, but I thought it was just a man-made gimmick to put money on my own face.
“But now it seems that the leaders still stand tall! Now the tourism in Tongge Mountain has just begun to take shape, and you have always created space for us to further promote it.
"Take Rui Zhao, who was just determined today, for example. This is really a treasure! She is beautiful, strong in chess, and can also create gimmicks!
"You don't know that if you get her, you may win everything today. For news of scheduled segments in advance, reporters from Zhejiang-Hangzhou Daily and Provincial Satellite TV were sent over! I even heard that many central media outlets are on the way and will arrive tomorrow, waiting to report on Rui Zhao's teaching!
"Let me help the media come up with a title... [The 18-year-old star-level beauty anchor became the top scorer in the Go "College Entrance Examination" with a perfect victory]. When I put this on the portal, I don't know. Who can resist clicking in! And our efforts in Gezhou over the years can be publicized through Go!"
"Yes, yes!" Shang Chaotian, who was not good at words, responded hurriedly.
Vice Mayor Cao continued:
"Before you arrived, Vice Chairman Kong and I were chatting, saying that the Chess Association had so many ideas. Vice Chairman Kong replied, this is natural. Can people who play Go be smart?
< br>"I thought, hey, that's right! It makes me look stupid! "
"No, no, no, Vice Mayor Cao, I don't mean that! "Kong Zhi on the side joked smoothly.
"Hey! Is there anything that cannot be said about the facts? Everyone who plays Go is smart, who doesn’t know this! "
Deputy Mayor Cao continued to joke at first, and then his tone became a little more serious.
"So, there was a meeting in the city this morning, and the team also formed a preliminary opinion, planning to hold the first 'Tongge Cup' World Go Open in June next year! It will be held every year from now on!" "Once a year. ? ”
Hearing this, Shang Chaotian couldn’t help but be surprised.
Although he had long known that Gezhou City would host its own world championship sooner or later to expand its influence, he never expected that Gezhou City actually planned to host it once a year!
You must know that there are currently six world championships that are still held regularly around the world: China mainland’s [Dream Lily Cup], [Spring Orchid Cup], [Miaojia Bailing Cup], China Taiwan Strait The province’s [Yingyi Cup], South Korea’s [Sanshuang Cup] and [LIG Cup].
Don't ask why the Japanese people, who have so many clever ideas, don't do something about it - I have already said that people have already enclosed the territory after their level has dropped!
Although China seems to have more World Championship games, there is a key problem:
[Sanshuang Cup] and [LIG Cup] are both held every year, and China None of the games here can do this!
[Dream Lily Cup] and [Spring Orchid Cup] are held in odd years, while [Miao Lily Cup] is held in even years.
[Yingyi Cup] is even more outrageous. Although the prize money is high, it only takes place once every four years. It is directly regarded as the "Go Olympics".
The frequency of competitions has a direct impact on the influence of the competition, so the three existing competitions in China Mainland are lacking in this aspect.
Holding a competition is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive. Domestic companies that are willing to sponsor Go competitions are far less than giants like South Korea's Samshuang and LIG. It would be great if the funder's father is willing to sponsor. The Chess Association Naturally, it’s not good to force anything more.
As for the world championship event that Gezhou is planning to host, the Chess Association thought it would definitely be held every two years - after all, ordinary prefecture-level municipal governments don't have much money left.
But today Shang Chaotian never expected that Gezhou City would actually decide to hold it every year! This made him overjoyed!
Vice Mayor Cao heard the surprise in Shang Chaotian’s tone and smiled:
"Don't be surprised, Chairman Shang!
"The Chess Association has created so many opportunities for us, so naturally we have to reciprocate the favor!
“Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. The ‘Bai Yinhua Incident’ you caused in May actually made us quite nervous.
“ At that time, we received news that many outside media were paying attention to the development of the incident, and would take decisive action once there was enough reporting value.
“After working together in the past few years, our city’s cultural tourism strategy has been highly tied to Go. If you make big news, our cultural tourism strategy will probably be affected, including the World Series. We may have to discuss whether we should rush into the matter or not!”
Shang Chaotian was shocked and immediately stood up to apologize:
“Ah, Deputy Mayor Cao, this, this is because we didn’t do a good enough job...”
Vice Mayor Cao smiled. He pressed Shang Chaotian down and said:
"Hey, hey, hey! Chairman Shang, what are you doing! What we were worried about didn't happen in the end!
"And because the Chess Association and the Go community are extremely suitable In the end, this matter even turned a crisis into an opportunity, which greatly promoted the overall image of unity and improvement in the Go community, and also gave us a reassurance to continue to develop Go culture and tourism!
"In addition, it seems that a star player like Rui Zhao is about to appear in the Go world. Naturally, our city must seize the opportunity to make big bets!"
"Ashamed, ashamed..."
Hearing this, Shang Chaotian said repeatedly.
Although these words sounded like ordinary politeness, he was really a little embarrassed.
Deputy Mayor Ren Cao said that he was talking about the entire Go world, but Shang Chaotian didn’t know that nine of the successes were attributed to Rui Zhao himself!
At the beginning, he was prepared to deal with Bai Yinhua's matter if it didn't work out.
The little girl Keren was really practicing chess with all her strength, which impressed Ni Jue and made him give her all his money. In the end, he defeated Bai Yinhua in one fell swoop, which was a big help to China Go.
As for the current ability to attract traffic, people are born with beauty, and their chess skills are practiced by themselves. Even the fans in the early stage of the live broadcast found ways to slowly accumulate while practicing chess desperately, and then they slowly started to do it. How much does it have to do with the Chess Association?
I am talking about the chairman of the Chess Association, a generational chess champion, and holds seven world championships.
But when it comes to his recent contribution to Chinese Go, how can he compare to Rui Zhao!
…
The two parties later discussed some details of the subsequent competition. At nine o'clock, seeing that everything that needed to be talked about was almost done, Vice Mayor Cao took the opportunity to say goodbye, and Shang and Kong sent each other off warmly.
After the car had driven far away, when Shang Chaotian was about to go back to his room to rest, Kong Zhiyong, who was not thinking about it, took the initiative to talk to him:
"Chairman Shang... I really admire you. Where did you come from?" To dig out such a girl?”
Shang Chaotian had always had a bad impression of Kong Zhiyong, and subconsciously frowned:
"What? What advice does Vice Chairman Kong have?"
Seeing Shang Chaotian's behavior, Kong Zhiyong laughed:
"Chairman Shang, I don't think you should be so prejudiced against me. .
“I have always been responsible for things like this in Gezhou. If I don’t get any credit this time, it’s considered hard work, right? "
Shang Chaotian was silent for two seconds and lowered his head slightly: "Lao Kong, thank you for your hard work. ”
Kong Zhiyong had no polite words and just accepted it. He continued to talk:
“I know that you and Lu Wenjie have always had some thoughts about me, a bureaucrat who doesn’t know much about Go.
“However, our goals are actually the same—— Do a good job at Go. "
"...Really? "
Kong Zhiyong said confidently: "Isn't it? What good will it do me if I mess up at Go? ”
Shang Chaotian narrowed his eyes: "Well, what do you want to talk about today?"
Kong Zhiyong said directly: "It's very simple. I was opposed to many of your practices. I think it's affirmative. It’s futile and thankless work.
“But... on the matter of creating a star that can draw attention, I think we can seek common ground while reserving differences. "
Hey, there will be a problem if the stall is too spread out... I always feel that there are many things to explain, and it would be a long chapter to write...
(End of this chapter)