Chapter 172 "Ice Queen"
On the same day, the capital city of South Korea, the South Korean Chess Academy.
At dusk, a tall, short-haired woman in her twenties walked out of the game room after finishing the afternoon training. He went to the personal belongings storage area and took out the lunch box he had prepared a long time ago. After preparing to unpack it, he went to the rest area to eat it as dinner.
Her appearance is cold, like a pool of still water. There is a bit of alienation between her eyebrows, and there is a faint cold aura, giving people a feeling that it is not easy to get close to her.
"Ice Queen"-her nickname is apt.
But as soon as she started to take action, she heard a panicked voice following the master from far to near, running towards her very quickly:
"Sister Youen! Something big happened——"< br>
The cold woman named Jin Youen raised her head slightly to see who was coming. It turned out to be Quan Shanzhen, a female staff member in her early twenties at the chess academy and also a fan of hers.
"Shanzhen, what's wrong?" Jin Youen responded softly.
Quan Shanzhen, who rushed to the idol, stopped and said hurriedly without even taking a breath:
"Just now, China has just announced the list of participating chess players for this year's 'Wuyue Cup'! Neither of the two wild cards were given to us, South Korea!"
Jin Youen didn't know what to say at once, so he could only say something Looking at each other dumbfounded:
Well...although it's a bit regretful...
But isn't this a normal thing?
After the two sides looked at each other for several seconds, the young female staff member in front of them finally seemed to realize that she seemed to have said useless nonsense, and quickly added:
"Ahh! This is not the point!
"The point is that China gave two wild cards to its own people this time! "
"That's it..."
The number one woman in South Korea frowned slightly, but quickly regained her cool expression and continued to unpack the bento.
Staff Quan Shanzhen couldn’t help but get a little excited when he saw this:
"Sister Youen, don't you feel angry at all? They are so stingy!"
Uh... let's forget about everything else we argue with Huaxia.
It can be said that people are stingy...
Hmm... Yeah.
Jin Youen reluctantly began to correct his crush’s thoughts:
"Shanzhen, don't be so excited.
"You have to know that compared with Shan Kongzhan, the Wu Yue Cup is already very good - even if China gave itself two wild cards. "
"Huh? Ah..."
Kwon Sunjin has nothing to say now.
Fan air battle is the only world competition (also a women's competition) of Japan's popular Go game. ), which can be regarded as his last fig leaf in international Go competitions
But even this last international competition can be said to have brought the spirit of enclosure to the extreme.
The quota for this competition of 24 people is specifically allocated as follows: 3 people from China, 3 people from South Korea, 2 people from Pan Asia (including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), 2 people from Europe, 2 people from the Americas, and 12 people from Japan.
The previous champion and runner-up can also directly enter this competition, but they need to occupy the corresponding regional quota.
Actually, it is not intolerable that Japan holds half of the quota - after all, the proportion of its own players in some competitions in South Korea and China is close to 50%.
But when China and South Korea only have three quotas, what does it mean to give Pan Asia, Europe and the United States so many quotas? !
When the Fan Kong Battle was upgraded from a medium-sized competition to a real world competition three years ago, many people in the Go circle thought that the allocation of quotas should not be too extreme, right?
As a result, I found out later: the current problems are not too extreme, but seem to be too diverse...
Japanese people have a lot of clever ideas after all!
…
Seeing that Quan Shanzhen was silent for a moment, the Ice Queen smiled softly.
The Wuyue Cup is coming soon. As the defending champion, it is most important for her to adjust her condition. She does not want to waste time on unimportant things.
Although you are recognized as the number one woman in the world today, and have won three consecutive women's world championships and a shocking runner-up in the World Series in the past three years, Kim Woo-eun knows that she is not like The male Ryu Se-hyun is quite dominant.
When the state is good, the top male players can also compete, but when the state is bad, the women will overturn abnormally - this is a true portrayal of the Golden Queen's competitive state.
So in domestic women’s competitions, she often gives up strategically to ensure her status in key matches.
The Wuyue Cup is a key competition that requires careful preparation.
However, although she is not too concerned about "Which region has the wild card quota been given to?", she still needs to know the key issue of "Who has the wild card quota been given to?":
"Since China will give the two He was given two wild cards, one must be Yang Manjing, so who is the other one given to?"
Hearing Jin Youen asked, Quan Shanzhen thought of something again and said quickly. :
“Yes! I was just about to say this!
“They actually gave the second wild card to a female anchor who had just been assigned a role for less than a week! ”
Hearing this, Jin Youen's cold expression finally changed significantly:
"Huh? You said, the female anchor who has just been assigned a role?"
Quan Shanzhen nodded vigorously: "Yes! The name is Rui Zhao!
"I searched it as soon as I saw the list! Only then did I realize that she was a female Go anchor who has become popular in China in the past two months!
"But that's all we know for the time being... Because she has never played professional games before, so we don't have much coverage of her in South Korea."
Go... female anchor?
When these two words are combined, Kim Woo-eun’s first reaction is the “vase” female host that must be equipped in Go programs.
Although these female hosts are also professional chess players, they are generally very weak.
No way, after all, Go is a very pure thing.
If you have to spend a lot of time on dressing up, then it will be very difficult to become strong in chess.
Thinking of this, Jin Youen couldn't help but ask:
"Then...isn't this female anchor very beautiful?"
"Ah, yes, yes! She is really beautiful. Here! This is a picture I found on the Chinese Go forum!"
After that, Quan Shanzhen handed over the phone.
Sure enough...
Jin Youen looked at the photos on the screen and felt emotional.
Such a beautiful girl...should be able to attract a lot of attention to the event, right?
However, a beautiful female anchor was directly brought in with a wild card...
Now even the Women's World Series needs to use such a simple and crude way to attract attention...
Jin Youen couldn't help but shook his head, but expressed understanding to a certain extent.
After all, the old game Go is getting less and less attention in South Korea every year.
As a result, Ryu Shi-hyun was only twenty-four years old, and he had to put more burdens on himself every day, for fear that once he defeated South Korean Go, there would be an irreversible decline.
Presumably...
The attention paid to Go in China is not much better, right?
Jin Youen calmed his breathing and continued to unpack the bento in his hand as if nothing had happened.
Seeing Jin Youen's appearance, Quan Shanzhen couldn't help but feel a little anxious:
"Sister Youen! This time you are in this competition, if you meet this female anchor, you must teach her a lesson. Give her a try! Let her know how powerful the best female chess player in history is! I don’t know how high the sky is and how high it is! "
Jin Youen's hand trembled slightly, and he corrected his fan girl:
"How am I the 'first female chess player of all time'? At the very least, I can't compare to that old lady Wu from China..."
"How can I not compare to you!"
Kwon Sunjin rarely refuted her idol:
“Sister Youen is the only female runner-up in the World Series in history!”
“Then Mrs. Wu is also the only one in history. A female holder of unlimited titles.”
Faced with the little fangirl's disapproval, the queen was a little helpless.
“And you have to know that I won the world runner-up through single elimination, which was very random. The national finals were three games.
“I entered the LIG Cup last year. In the final, Xiaoliu's brother almost effortlessly won two sets - I feel this should be the easiest final he has played in these years.
“I really didn’t dare to think about defeating someone of Ryu Shixian’s level in three rounds of chess...but that old lady did it.”
After saying this , Quan Shanzhen is the first woman in his family who is extremely attracted to him, and he has nothing to say at this time, but he is a little unwilling in his heart, so the color on his face is extremely tangled.
Seeing this, Jin Youen changed the subject and said:
"I'm afraid I won't have a chance to teach the other female anchor.
"You forgot, I will definitely get a bye in the first round. "
"Ah! Yes! ”
Quan Shanzhen, who was not very fond of speaking, finally reacted.
Since this competition has 24 players and is not a power of 2, there are eight seeded players in the first round who have a bye, and Jin Youen is among them.
"That, that's really a pity..."
"What's the pity? I don't want to be with such a person!"
Jin Youen shook his head :
“Besides, there is no need to wait for the official competition.
"I'm afraid it will be hard for her to deal with the public opinion in China before the game, right?"
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