Chapter 258 The Eighth World Championship
At seven o'clock in the evening on September 13th, Dajing City, Longxiang Scenic Villa Community.
After struggling all day, Lin Ruixin finally rushed back to Dajing's home from Dangchao City. Apart from being tired, my mood is hardly happy.
In the quarterfinals of the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament held yesterday, Lin Ruixin unfortunately lost to veteran Huang Bonan and missed the top four.
Although it is not surprising that any unexpected situation occurs in a highly unexpected single defeat fast chess match, in the past two years, Lin Daqi Sage, the number one player in the country, feels that there have been so many surprises that it has become a bit numb. .
This means that the rest of the domestic masters are not strong enough, stable enough, and it is easy for a "little Shang chess king" to appear. Recently, they have failed to recover after the chess holy war. This allows Lin Ruixin to continue to hold the throne of the first person in the country.
What’s more, yesterday’s defeat was not the only thing that made him sad.
Lin Ruixin sighed, threw her luggage aside, then lay down on the big sofa at home, took out her mobile phone, and slowly dialed a number.
Seeing that the call was dialed successfully, he turned on the speakerphone and threw the phone aside, as if he didn't even have the strength to hold it.
Soon, a voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hey, Ruixin, what's wrong?"
The person who spoke was named Mo Wei, who was in his early thirties and was Lin Ruixin's agent. Mainly responsible for daily live broadcast and other commercial operations.
Lin Ruixin took a long breath and said:
“Um...Brother Mo, let me ask you something: Why has the popularity of that little stinky chess basket increased so fast recently?!
“I haven’t looked at it for only two weeks. I took a look before getting on the plane today. Why did it gain almost 200,000 followers? ! Didn't you say earlier that no one would watch her live broadcast mode?
"I haven't had much fan following recently, could it be because I was attracted by her?"
Mo Wei knew who Lin Ruixin was referring to by the "little stinky chess basket". Hearing that Lin Ruixin's tone was obviously a little irritable, he hurriedly comforted:
"No, Ruixin, don't worry about being sucked into her.
"To be honest, from our professional perspective, It seems that the two of them are not on the same track at all. An audience can completely follow you and [Go Xiao Zhao] at the same time.
“I even think that, normally speaking, [Go Xiao Zhao]’s popularity will be helpful to your live broadcast and commercial value...”
"There is a ghost!"
Hearing this, Lin Ruixin couldn't help but cursed:
"Then why haven't my fans increased recently!"
"This... ”
Mo Wei was silent for a moment and then told the truth:
“So I said... it’s ‘normally’.
“Generally, for niche projects like Go, any anchor’s popularity will be beneficial to other anchors of the project, because It is always a good thing to be able to bring traffic from outside the circle into the circle and make the cake bigger first.
“But...I never thought why you and Zhao Tianhou would be so incompatible with each other, and the fans on both sides were so quarrelsome that they almost chose sides. This directly led to the high degree of non-overlapping fans between the two of you.< br>
“Because the users outside the circle who are introduced to the circle by [Go Xiao Zhao] will definitely follow Zhao Tianhou first, and then consider following other anchors in the circle. But once I see that you are the opponent of Queen Zhao, how can I pay attention to you again? ”
Hearing this, Lin Ruixin was speechless for a moment.
Depend on!
It seems that the truth is really true!
But Mo Wei hasn't finished what he said:
"...Ruixin, I've been thinking about it recently.
"Isn't that Rui Zhao just in the chess holy war? Were you a little crazy during the next tutorial? There is no fundamental conflict between you two, right?
"I think we should find an opportunity to have a good chat with Queen Zhao! Let's turn our hostility into friendship.
"Your two styles can complement each other. If you can work together, there will be no problem. Then the business prospects..."
“Impossible! ”
Before Mo Wei finished speaking, Lin Ruixin directly sentenced the proposal to death.
Mo Wei didn’t know the inside story of the chess holy war, so he probably felt that there was nothing that couldn’t be discussed.
But Lin Ruixin himself knew that there was a "fundamental conflict" between him and Rui Zhaona!
With this contradiction, unless I give up the [Chess Saint] in my hand to Lei Qi again, there is no room for maneuver at all!
“Hey, Ruixin! It’s all for rice!
“Let’s have a good talk with Empress Zhao. You are the [Chess Sage], and I won’t let you lose face after all... "
"I said, it's impossible Brother Mo! ”
Hearing that Mo Wei wanted to persuade him again, Lin Ruixin blocked the road directly.
“Furthermore, I don’t understand why I, who is number one in the country, five consecutive [chess masters], and seven-time champion, can’t attract traffic to a little stinky chess basket that has just been determined? This is the designated place. The black fan leader has taken over all my promotion channels!"
Hearing this, Mo Wei Na sighed obviously and continued to persuade:
"...Ruixin, Don’t be so conceited!
“To be honest, from the perspective of those in the media, it’s really not surprising that Queen Zhao Tian is so popular recently.
"You have to know, what is the most important thing to attract traffic? It's something to watch, it's a gimmick, it's something that gives people a sense of expectation and freshness!
"Indeed, you are the number one in the country and the [chess master] 】, is the seven-time champion! But know...
"...you were already two years ago.
"After that, there was nothing new. "
Hearing this, Lin Ruixin narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"...Brother Mo, what do you mean?"
Mo Wei on the other end of the phone seemed to hear the dissatisfaction hidden in Lin Ruixin's words.
But he seemed to feel that sooner or later he would need to clarify something, so he continued:
“Ruixin, in matters like competitive sports, if the overall external conditions of the project do not occur, Changes, there are generally two ways to attract a large number of new fans - either continue to make progress, or stay at the top
"Like Zhao Tianhou, although her starting point and achievements are much lower than you, she is still a person. Not to mention extremely beautiful, the recent increase in performance has been astonishing, and he has made a lot of 'achievements' that are clearly beyond the ability of a new first-level player. This is in line with the first point and naturally attracts fans.
"But in your words, since winning the LIG Cup in 2020 and defending the [Chess Saint] title in 2021, there have been no heavyweight achievements - not even a group achievement such as leading the team to win the Nongshim Cup. .
“It’s easy to defend the [Chess Master] title again this year, which is a good opportunity for publicity.
“But your competitive level in the first three sets was obviously not as good as Xiao Lei’s, and your competitive state after you announced that you wanted to win the eighth championship was not very ideal, which greatly affected your defense of the title. The promotional value of [Chess Master]..."
Mo Weiben was helping Lin Ruixin analyze sentence by sentence, but Lin Ruixin became more and more irritated when he heard these words, and suddenly burst out: "No...Brother Mo, you What do you mean?
“Do you think the championship is something you can get whenever you want? ! ”
The other end of the phone was silent for a moment and continued:
"...Of course not, Ruixin, I will always support you.
"But... I think you should consider whether to calm down and work hard to achieve good results recently? I have been reflecting recently, and maybe I should have reminded you earlier to pay attention to your grades..."
"Brother Mo, I said it! The championship is not something you can just win! ”
Lin Ruixin's tone was gentler than before, but her brows were still furrowed.
However, Mo Wei persisted:
“But a few years ago...it was not difficult for you to win the world championship.”
“This is different... ..."
Lin Ruixin sighed and said:
"I was still young at that time, but now that I am older, I can only let it happen.
"In addition, Master Xiaoliu was not very effective before... Now he is too difficult to deal with..."
< br>However, Mo Wei did not completely agree with his view:
“But Dai Ran is one and a half years older than you, and he also defeated Liu Shixian head-on last year and won the Miao Jia Bailing Cup...”< br>
Hearing this, Lin Ruixin twisted his eyebrows and said sternly:
"Brother Mo! You have to argue with me today, don't you?!
"If you think the championship is easy to win, you can try it yourself! "
After a period of silence, Mo Wei's helpless voice came from the other end of the phone:
"...Ruixin, that's not what I meant.
“I’m not saying you have to win the championship, but we have to try our best.
"You know, the historical status of you and Shang Chess King is highly controversial.
"Although you and he both have seven championships, and the final record of the Nongshim Cup was that you led three to one.
“But there are too many domestic champions and titles in the Shangqi Kingdom, and the five consecutive victories of the deputy captain were too dazzling for China to win the Nongshim Cup for the first time - and your three finishes were all single-handedly by the main commander. Win a game.
“So even though you are very popular among the noble chess kings, people in the circle still think that you are half as good as the noble chess kings.
“But once you can win the eighth crown, the situation will be different!
"With more world championships and the historical achievement of ending the Nongshim Cup three times, you can completely surpass Shangqi King and become the undisputed number one in the history of Chinese Go!
"You still have two hundred A base with thousands of fans. As long as you can win the eighth world championship, then publicity, traffic, and commercial activities will definitely be lining up to come to you!
“With the status of being the first person in the history of Chinese Go, even if there are no other breakthroughs in the future, your reputation and commercial value will be greatly improved in the future.
“I think, Regardless of whether it works out in the end. While you are still in your golden age in the past two years, there is nothing wrong with trying your best! ”
“Try hard? Hehe, Brother Mo, you put it lightly..."
Lin Ruixin slowly shook his head as he spoke, as if the other party could see his movements.
“Do you know how much hard work I put in for [Chess Master] and these world championships? In those years, I really practiced chess day and night, and I practiced so well... I can see for myself I felt like vomiting when I saw the chess pieces!
“As a result, I finally managed to get through, and I looked like a successful person, but then you asked me to practice like you did before for a world championship that I may not be able to fight for! chess? What a joke! "
Mo Wei still advised: "Ke Ruixin, you just need to practice more to get better at Go..."
"I know this! How can I, a chess player, not know this? ”
Lin Ruixin interrupted impatiently:
“Brother Mo, you can stand and talk without back pain!
“Then let me ask you, the more time you spend working on your career, the better it will be. , why don’t you just live in the company and spend all your time working on your career? "
Mo Wei was silent for a while, and then said:
"Ruixin, I didn't mean to ask you to sacrifice your life to fight..."
"But if you want to compete for the world championship in Go, you have to spend enough time to play that will affect your life, do you understand?!"
Lin Ruixin interrupted again:
"You really think you can win the championship by working 9 to 5 every day! But you don't want to live in the company every day, but you ask labor and management to play tricks with your life to earn rice for you?
"Brother Mo, you said it yourself Does your back hurt when you stand and talk? ”
Although Lin Ruixin’s words made Mo Wei unable to argue for a while, these consecutive sentences clearly made Mo Wei a little annoyed on the opposite side:
"Ruixin, what do you mean, what's going on with Liu Shixian and Rui Zhao? How do they find so much time to practice chess?"
"Ha! Don't use them to pressure me!"
Lin Ruixin sneered and said:
"Young Master Liu is a South Korean. Their nation has almost evolved sleep. It’s not like you don’t know! I won’t follow their example and get involved in life and death. !
“As for that little stinky chess basket, he’s just more brainless and one-minded! Wasn't that what I was doing back then? Just practice chess stupidly and win the championship!
"When she gets more grades and experiences the joy of being sought after by others, she won't work so hard!"
At this point, Mo Wei knew that there was nothing more to say, so he He calmed down and said:
"...Hey, okay Ruixin, it was my fault just now.
"As an agent, I just want to make a suggestion. It doesn't matter whether you listen or not. Of course it's up to you, I don't mean to force you.
"I'll be thinking about how to attract traffic and fans recently! You can take charge of Go matters yourself, I won't cross the line."
Hearing that the other party softened his tone, Lin Ruixin didn't mean to make too much of a fuss, and apologized:
"Brother Mo, I just lost to Old Budden yesterday, and I'm not in a good mood either. I just said that." I'm a bit harsh, please forgive me."
"It's okay, I'll hang up this time!"
"Ah, good bye, Brother Mo."
This time. After the phone call, Lin Ruixin felt increasingly tired.
His body, which was originally lying on the sofa, slipped and he lay down on the sofa. He murmured:
"When she gets some results, she won't work so hard... …
“…right? ”
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