Chapter 241 Promotional Materials
"Hello Lei Qi Jiudan! It seems that your condition has not fully recovered today!
"Since the chess holy war, your record does not seem to be very satisfactory...except In the first round of the national championship, he defeated Ni Jue in one set and has not won again. Now his real-time rating is estimated to have dropped to sixth.
"And...we have heard some rumors recently. Are the contents of these rumors true? Have you been affected by them?"
"I don't pay much attention to the market. But since they are all rumors, I think they must be just rumors, right?”
"Uh...but your condition is really not very good recently..."
"It is normal for chess players to have ups and downs in a short period of time, and actually I think my condition is pretty good... This The game of chess is actually better than I thought.”
“Huh? But... overall it feels much worse than your state in the first half of the year.”
“Yes. Maybe... I just happened to be in really good shape in the past year!"
"Have I been in good shape for almost a whole year?"
"Well."
"This..."
"That, don't be so entangled!
"I have just turned eighteen now, and the follow-up should also be Can continue to improve!
“As long as you don’t hold me to standards like ‘a genius rarely seen in decades’, I feel that with my current level... I should not be doing too badly. I may not be able to do that in the future either. Can’t reach the level of previous good times again”
"Ah...Okay. Then, thank you Lei Qi Jiudan for accepting our interview."
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September 4, 9 a.m., Chinese Go Association.
After watching the interview video on the computer screen, Shang Chaotian lowered his eyes slightly, and then asked Lu Wenjie on the side:
"Xiao Lei, is this interview quite normal?< br>
"I also watched his chess game yesterday, and it was indeed worse than the previous games of Chess Holy War. But without 'flow', it would have been roughly at this level... Why did he recruit someone to cheat?"
Lu Wenjie squeezed the corner of his mouth and sighed:
"Brother Tian, you have to know that we have not won the Nongshim Cup for three consecutive years, and we also gave Liu Shixian the second-largest crossover in history. Ten consecutive victories and three consecutive victories have ended! Many domestic chess fans are already a little dissatisfied, even..."
At this point, Lu Wenjie paused, and finally finished this sentence in a low voice:
"...Even some big leaders are asking us when we can win the championship again! It's not like you don't know!"
"But Master Liu can't win if he can't win... We've tried our best, what can we do!"
Shang Chaotian shrugged helplessly.
“So, that’s the problem!”
Lu Wenjie said without temper:
“We can’t do it now. At worst, no matter how hard we try, there’s nothing we can do. What to say.
"But Xiaolei is different! Chess fans all regard him as their hope to defeat Liu Shixian!
"Especially since Lin Ruixin is not participating this time, everyone's expectations can be said to be pinned on him.
“In the end, when he lost to Ji Qiufu, he still said that he was in good condition. He simply meant that he thought he was an ordinary ninth-dan person and asked everyone to lower their expectations of him. How can he not be scolded as being heartless?”< br>
Shang Chaotian took a deep breath:
“Hey, leave them alone! It’s not like they are playing chess. It doesn’t hurt to stand and talk!”
Lu Wenjie hesitated for a while and then said:
"Brother Tian, it's convenient for you to come forward, or I'll talk to Xiao Lei and make him speak more positively!"
"Don't!"
Shang Chaotian stopped him and said:
"He can't use the 'flow' now. He can be like this with Ji Qiufu! Don't put any pressure on him, he can adjust easily. The status fluctuates again.
"As he said himself, he is only eighteen years old, and there is still room for improvement in the future. Even if we compare Xiong Siyi, his speed of improvement in strength is not slow at all..."
And said At this point, Shang Chaotian seemed to have thought of something. He paused and said:
"It just so happened that the Pinghu Quick Chess Competition was coming soon. Xiaolei won his first national championship in this competition.
< br>"Let's just think...Xiao Lei is starting again after a year! ”
However, what Shang Chaotian didn’t expect was that his deputy said slightly embarrassed:
"But Brother Tian... I'm really worried that he won't perform well in this competition..."
Shang Chaotian was confused: "Huh? Why?"
"Uh... you You can check out the official website of the event ”
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"Well, Mom! I plan to go back to Dongjiang on the 6th, and then set off for the Pinghu Quick Chess Tournament in Chaoshi on the 7th... Yes, the competition starts on the 8th."
At the same time, Dajing A blood donation point in the city.
Lei Qi, who was resting in the house, was on the phone with his mother, explaining his itinerary.
At this time Lei Qi had already received his own blood donation certificate, but even when he saw the date printed on it, he still felt a little regretful.
After all, it was ten days late.
But... there’s nothing to worry about now!
The young man breathed out softly, feeling that he was in pretty good condition.
Although the game of chess the day before yesterday was seen by the outside world as "another defeat for the genius boy, he is still in a sluggish state."
But only Lei Qi himself knows: Without "flow", he is basically not much better than Cai Shuang. It is quite good to be able to compete with Ji Qiufu, who has been in good form recently.
Just...
It’s still a pity not to win! The young man felt a little annoyed, but he also knew there was no need to rush.
What he has to do now is to start over step by step.
After all, at the age of eighteen, my progress is still not slow.
Lei Qi sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and then began to think about the follow-up arrangements.
In front of him is the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament where he won his first domestic championship last year.
This year's Pinghu Quick Chess Tournament will still be held in Zhejiang-Hangzhou Province and Dangchao City next to Dongjiang City.
The competition begins with three rounds of preliminaries on the 5th and 6th, with one round every half day to select 32 selected players.
These 32 selected players will participate in this competition with 32 people exempted from selection.
As the defending champion, Lei Qi is naturally one of the 32 people exempted from the selection. He does not need to participate in the previous qualifiers.
According to the young man's previous promise to his parents, he should go home as often as possible.
So Lei Qi planned to stay at home during the Pinghu Quick Chess Tournament held in Dangchao City, so he called his mother immediately.
But after receiving a call from her son, Qin Xiaoxue was a little strange:
"No. 8? But I think people's publicity says it will start on the 5th? Son, please don't Wrong time!”
“Huh?”
Lei Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then reacted: "Mom, the qualifiers will be held on the 5th, and this competition will start on the 8th! I have read the schedule many times and I can't remember it wrong. "
" Qualifiers? "
Qin Xiaoxue muttered for a moment.
“But... when professional competitions are promoted to the outside world, don’t the competition dates always start from this competition? Why do you mention the qualifiers! No one will watch the qualifiers...
"Eh! That's right! It turns out to be...well."
As he spoke, Qin Xiaoxue seemed to realize something and suddenly let out a small exclamation.
But after speaking out, he quickly controlled his voice, as if he found something was wrong.
Lei Qi couldn't help but ask:
"Huh? Mom, what's wrong?
"Do you... know the reason?"
"Ah, this... no, it's nothing!"
After a moment of hesitation, Qin Xiaoxue on the other end of the phone laughed awkwardly:
"That...I mean, is there a competition written like this? Haha...
"Okay, son, come back early! Mom will prepare delicious food for you! ”
Hearing his mother's reaction, Lei Qi felt strange for a moment.
My mother has always been vigorous, resolute and capable in speaking and doing things. Why did today's conversation about the game schedule suddenly become hesitant, and even ended up changing the subject...
Is this... what's going on?
After talking to Qin Xiaoxue on the phone, Lei Qi always felt that something was wrong, so he used his mobile phone to enter the official website of the event with confusion, trying to verify something.
As the top domestic chess player and the previous champion, Lei Qi naturally learned about the event information from someone from the chess association. He did not need to go to the official website or various Go platforms to obtain relevant consultations like ordinary chess fans.
So he has never seen this official promotional website.
It's just...it doesn't matter if you don't look at it. The young man was stunned when he saw it.
As the official website of the competition, the front page of the website at this time naturally displays promotional materials for this competition with a very old-fashioned design, including Lei Qi's own photo.
As the previous champion and a popular "niche" in the chess world, Lei Qi is not surprised at all that his photo appears here.
All professional chess players have signed an agreement with the chess association when they registered, allowing the chess association to use their likenesses in event promotions.
——This is a prescribed action and can only be agreed to.
The matter of putting his own portrait in promotional materials has been done in other competitions before, so Lei Qi is not surprised.
What really surprised Lei Qi was that he was not the only player to appear in promotional materials.
Besides him, there is another person.
It was this other person who made Lei Qi suddenly understand why the competition time for the external promotion of the event had to start with the qualifiers...
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At the same time, a private car was driving from Dongjiang City to Dangchao City, Zhejiang and Hangzhou Province.
The beautiful girl who was doing the tetsuji problem suddenly shivered inexplicably:
“Eh... strange.
"The air conditioner isn't very cool..."
After a little doubt, Rui Zhao lowered his head and continued to answer the question.
Free for the latest period.
Good news: The collection is growing rapidly!
Bad news: There are more people criticizing this book in the book circle... When I go into it, I find that they are all criticizing.
Well... ok, anyway, I've basically been lying down and letting myself be laughed at recently, so I'm not afraid anymore.
(End of this chapter)