Tsk...
Is this the only way to pursue it?
At 5:40 in the evening of the same day, the game room of the Japanese Chess Academy.
Seeing that the finale is coming to an end, the Japanese girl Honinbo has already judged the current situation clearly.
Although this game of chess is complicated, the official Rui Zhao still has room for improvement, and she has recovered a lot of disadvantages...
But Black's mid-game lead is too big!
The follow-up closing is almost the same. It is a foregone conclusion that I will lose this game with a disadvantage of five and a half eyes, and there is no need to persist anymore.
“I lost...”
The game reached 243 moves, and the Japanese women’s leader surrendered.
At this point, all twelve players from the host country participating in this year’s fan-to-air battle have been eliminated. And Rui Zhao also avenged his opponent's winning streak that ended on the lakeside.
After the game, Natsukawa Aoi didn't linger too much and left the scene quickly.
Despite the outcome of this game, Natsukawa Aoi could have foreseen such an outcome to a large extent before the game.
But when the last player of his country was cleanly blocked from the semi-finals by the new Chinese rookie king, the female streamer Honinbo still had some unspeakable emotions in her heart.
Xia Chuan, who walked out of the game room, accepted interviews with the media in a relatively concise manner.
Although on the surface, she still behaves very appropriately and humorously, worthy of the leader of a country.
But those who are familiar with her can see that Xia Chuankui is vaguely disappointed and a little confused at this time.
Indeed...
We can't let her carry this burden all the time.
After all, she is just a thirty-one-year-old "little girl"...
Hiroaki Shindo, who was waiting for the end of the interview not far away and comforting his old friend, looked at the other person's face With this look, I couldn't help but secretly make up my mind.
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“Rui Zhao Liudan, thank you for accepting our interview!
“Today you defeated Natsukawa Onyyu Honinbo with a very clean mid-game battle. , it can be regarded as revenge for the Lakeside Cup. What do you think? ”
“Feelings, thoughts?
"Yeah, I don't have any feelings. If I win, I can continue to the next round, and I can compete in more games. I'm always happy!"
"Ah... But Natsukawa Honinbo stopped you from competing in the women's ring competition." To have the opportunity to win eight consecutive games and tie the historical record, to be able to defeat such an opponent, you should generally have some special emotions, right?"
"No...it's normal for chess players to win or lose!
“If you often play chess with emotions, the quality of chess will decline! "
"Uh...that's to say, you will only be particularly happy if you win the sixth-dan championship, Rui Zhao, right? ”
"Winning the championship...isn't it okay?
"Previously, whether it was the City Cup, the New Preliminary Stage, or the Women's League, or the Bay Area Masters Tournament, compared to the championship itself, I still felt that there was no success. A beautiful chess piece is more important!
“Like the game of Lei Qi Jiuduan in the last game of the second stage of the Nongshim Cup. Although I lost, I felt that the black game was of high quality. If I could play this kind of game even if You can be happy even if you lose!
“Ah, of course! After winning the Rookie King Championship, I thought I could finally challenge Lin Qisheng. At this point, I was still very happy...Eh?
“No, I’m sorry, I just talked nonsense, what I said just now doesn’t count! After I won the Rookie King Championship, I didn’t even think about challenging Lin Qisheng! Please don’t broadcast this episode again!”< br>
"Uh..."
The central media reporter looked at Rui Zhao, who was waving his hand vigorously at him, and his expression was a little awkward for a moment:
"But, but this is a live broadcast. ?”
“Ah?
“It’s over! I messed up again.../(ㄒoㄒ)/~~”
The girl who was originally in a good mood suddenly became depressed, leaving the reporter at a loss.
At the same time, not far from the interview location, Kim Woo-eun, who had finished the game long ago, was observing the girl’s every move in an inconspicuous place:
She has indeed made it to the semi-finals this time Ah...
The Ice Queen sighed secretly in her heart, with a hint of expectation in her serious eyes.
I just don’t know...
Next round...can I meet her?
......
After Rui Zhao completed the media interview for the quarterfinals match that ended at the latest, the Japanese Chess Academy held the semifinal draw session on the spot.
The final draw result is:
[Jin Youen] vs. [Liu Yuhong]
[Zou Yang] vs. [Rui Zhao]
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“…Chairman Shang, this is the situation.
“Wei Jia every year The fee of 10 million is still a bit high, and it is not easy for our board of directors to approve it. Please understand! ”
"Ah... this, that's it!" Then, thank you, Mr. Wei! ”
On the evening of the same day, Dajing City, Chinese Go Association.
Shang Chaotian, who had just watched the quarter-finals of the fan air battle this afternoon, was still in the office at this time , related to a rather troublesome matter:
The sponsorship of the next Weijia
Yes.
This year’s Weijia League was exclusively sponsored by Zhicheng Group, a private heavy industry enterprise in Dongjiang, and the competition for the finals ended a week ago.
Lin Daqi Sage, who has been quite frustrated in the personal competition recently, played bravely in the Wei A playoffs, and finally led the team to defeat the Qiantang team and won the championship of this year's Wei A. Of course, Lin Ruixin was recently selected for the Samsung Cup domestic qualifier. It's so bad that it's hard to describe in words, but that's another story for another time.
In short, some of the aftermath work for this year’s Siege has basically been completed, and the sponsorship issues for the next year’s Siege are directly on the table.
After all, Director Qian had agreed to sponsor only one session a year ago, so there was no reason to ask others for help.
But for Shang Chaotian, this ten million meal... is really hard to come by!
Although Shang Chaotian has been trying to contact various companies for more than half a year, trying to find good people who can take over the next round of siege, the companies contacted either refused directly, or replied that they would wait until the end of this round. Say it again.
It was difficult to wait for the league to be completely over. The bosses who originally said "wait until the siege is over" have become pigeons one after another, saying "definitely next time", which makes Shang Chaotian very entangled.
Just when Shang Chaotian was about to say a few words and hang up the phone, the other party took the initiative to mention something else:
"But... Chairman Shang, although the men's league The expenses are a bit high and there may be nothing we can do to help.
"But for the women's Weijia League, we have discussed with the board of directors and we can still cooperate!
"It just so happens that your five-year contract with Huaxin Heye has just expired! "
Here we go again...
Who is this?
Hearing these words, Shang Chaotian couldn't help but frown, but he still answered politely and truthfully:
"Uh, Mr. Wei, you may not know yet.
"We have just renewed our contract with Huaxin Heye for another five years at Women's Weijia. Thank you for your trouble! ”
The current women’s league is sponsored by Huaxin Heye Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the famous central enterprise Huaxin Group, for long-term public welfare purposes. It has been sponsored for ten years, and the annual sponsorship fee is 2.5 million yuan.< br>
The two parties reached an agreement at the end of the league last year and renewed the contract for another five years. The contract process between the two parties is now going through.
“Ah...that’s it. That's a shame. ”
There was regret in the tone of the other person's voice, but he didn't mention the matter of the man's armor at all.
Soon, both parties exchanged a few polite words and hung up the phone.
Shang Chaotian, who returned without success again, couldn't help but lean on the sofa, raised his head and sighed:
"Well... I really didn't expect it.
"Women's League There is a day when he is more popular than men! ”
Shang Chaotian couldn't help but sigh.
In his understanding and that of most people in the circle, men's football is an event that attracts far more attention than women's football.
When the domestic economic situation was relatively good, it was not too difficult to find sponsorship for men's football. However, the women's Go game is not as enjoyable to watch as many men. When we first planned to find sponsors for the women's Go game, we really worried the leaders of the previous Chess Association.
Fortunately, the overall investment in the women's siege is not large. The chess association mobilized many veterans and smoothed the relationship. Finally, it found a large state-owned enterprise like Huaxin to allow the women's siege to live on the "subsistence allowance" for a long time as its public welfare undertaking. and social contribution, this can be regarded as ensuring the smooth holding of the Women's League in the past ten years.
Ke Shang Chaotian never expected that things would turn around. The men's armors that were able to find sponsors now have to worry a lot about finding a sponsorship. On the contrary, the women's armors that originally relied solely on subsistence allowances now have investment value in the eyes of many companies!
As for the reason...it's not hard to guess.
It’s because a certain popular female anchor with a good image, good grades, positive style, and has been reported by the central media several times is playing chess in the women’s Weijia!
In the second half of last season, the ratings and attention of the Women's Football League have skyrocketed. Therefore, at the end of the season, Shang Chaotian did not even need to take the initiative, as Huaxin Heye came to renew the contract. Sponsorship contract.
Faced with the invitation from Huaxin Heye, the Chess Association, which also knew that the commercial value of the women's league was no longer what it used to be, found it difficult to refuse.
The Huaxin Group has been supporting the women of Weijia for so many years. Now, if it looks like it can finally get some publicity in return, it would be inappropriate to burn bridges. Therefore, Shang Chaotian readily agreed to renew the contract for another five years according to the original conditions.
However, this directly resulted in the embarrassing situation that the women's league, which already had sponsorship, had no worries about selling it, but the men's league had been unable to implement sponsorship.
Hey! ε=(ο｀*)))
It would be great if...Rui Zhao could go to the men's league to play chess.
Shang Chaotian couldn't help but think,
If Rui Zhao could stably play in the siege... it would probably increase the commercial value of the siege a lot, right? I guess this sponsorship will help!
But he also understood: Although Rui Zhao has been able to play players like Chu Jun who have been playing in the armor for a long time, the possibility of Rui Zhao wanting to play in the armor for a long time and stably like Chu Jun is very low.
Hey, don’t count on this child every day. I have too many things to rely on for her help here!
When this chess association encounters difficulties, it relies on a little girl every day. If you tell anyone, you will be laughed to death.
Shang Chaotian immediately collected his thoughts and prepared to make the next "begging call".
However, what Shang Chaotian still doesn’t know at this time is...
Just when such an idea flashed through his mind, Zou Yang, who was far away in Japan, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the question just raised by his junior sister:
"Huh?
"Rui Zhao, what did you say? ! "
"Do you want to play in the men's first division next season? ! "(End of this chapter)