"Hello Lei Qi 9th Dan!
"First of all, congratulations on your victory in this round of competition. At the same time, you helped the Dajing team defeat their opponents with a total score of three to one and get all three points! "
"...Thank you. "
"Uh...it looks like Lei Qi 9th Dan is a little tired after the battle just now!
“But, but you played this game today very brilliantly. After taking the initiative in the layout, the winning rate increased steadily. In less than eighty moves, Du Weichen’s ninth-level winning rate took over, and there was no obvious bad move in the game!
"Excuse me, how do you evaluate your game today?"
"It's nothing, the opponent is just weaker..."
"Ah this...
" Lei and Lei Qi 9th Dan are worthy of being young talents and recognized as the future number one in the chess world! Full of aura! "
"...Yes, that's right! Today we noticed that you had a very positive interaction with the opponent's chess player Rui Zhao Qidan before the game!
"Rui Zhao Qi Duan is your only student, so the relationship between you two must be very good! Is it because of mutual encouragement that you two performed so wonderfully today?"
"..."
"Uh...Lei, Lei Qi 9th Dan?"
"...No, she and I just exchanged casual greetings before the game.
< br> "I think her performance today was actually just normal. The main reason is that our Liang Qidan was affected by some factors outside the game. And here I am...
"Just play normally, right?
"There is nothing strange about the stronger ones beating the weaker ones.
"Okay, I still have some things to communicate and deal with within the team. Is there anything else?"
"...Okay, okay, Lei Qi 9th Dan, you go ahead and do your business first …”
……
"Hey! It seems that Xiaolei still cares about Rui Zhao! He kept a dark face the whole time!"
July 8, 7 p.m.
Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel, Changchang County, buffet restaurant.
Just after watching the video of Lei Qi’s post-match interview that was released by a certain media on the Internet, Lu Wenjie, vice chairman of the Chess Association, couldn’t help shaking his head and laughing.
Hearing the deputy’s words, Shang Chaotian on the opposite side was not surprised at all, and he could only smile bitterly:
"I told you before: Although Lei Qi realized what he had done wrong before, he still had some difficulties in his heart about Rui Zhao!
"This time he After arranging a 'Tian Ji Horse Racing', I probably didn't want to give Rui Zhao a chance to rise to seven in his own team.
"Who would have known that this allowed Rui Zhao to complete the feat of 'promoting to seven in one year' for his own team, and also added a 'female chess player won the first victory in the main stage of Weijia'. But Don't take it out on Du Weichen!"
Lu Wenjie smiled and nodded:
"But...he played the game very well today!
"Facing the elder's 'mud flow', he made very accurate judgments in all aspects. Although he struck hard and full, he didn't fall into any real traps. It felt like Dai Gong was at his best!"
"...So now I agree with what you said at the beginning: Rui Zhao's incident may not be all bad for Lei Qi."
Shang Chaotian took over and said:
< br>“For him, it does seem that he performs better under certain competition and pressure.
“Last year he was able to win seven consecutive victories in the Nongshim Cup. I estimate that this military achievement I'm afraid Zhang is half as good as Rui Zhao...
"Ah! Don't say this to Xiao Lei!"
"This is natural."
The smile on Lu Wenjie's face did not diminish:
"And objectively speaking: although Xiaolei was probably very angry today, but I think the result was good.
“The Dajing team got the three points they wanted and took a solid step towards their goal of winning the championship. And Rui Zhao broke the record and continued the current wave of popularity outside the circle.
"I see that online discussions are continuing to grow. The number of posts and views on the Yiguo Forum is more than ten times that of before! This will be very beneficial to us in attracting sponsors and promoting Go in the future - even I heard He said that Xia Weina planned to design a mobile phone specially for Rui Zhao! Not only is he a star, but he can also defeat male masters head-on in the Unrestricted League - I can't find another star player like this!
"If Xia Wei wants to ignore this heat, then his sponsorship is not in vain!
"That's right..."
After saying this, the smile on Lu Wenjie's face faded slightly, and his voice lowered a bit:
"Rui Zhao's outing of the circle is really a miracle. Bo is so popular! I think her number of fans on Station B is about to reach 3 million!
"Now, the media in the industry are reporting endlessly, and even a bunch of ignorant media outside the industry are joining in the fun!
“Although this will be very beneficial to our future promotion and sponsorship, some gossips and rumors have also become rampant.
"Especially for Xiao Lei and Rui Zhao, there were a lot of rumors in the past, and now there are even more outrageous speculations. Like the interview just now, the reporter also obviously meant to rely on this aspect...
"Rui Zhao's thoughts are simple and simple, and he basically doesn't pay attention to public opinion. I guess it won't have any impact. But Xiao Lei..."
"There's no need to worry, Wenjie. "
Shang Chaotian interrupted firmly:
"Although Xiao Lei definitely still cares about Rui Zhao, he has grown a lot in the past year. "Taking a step back, even if his mentality is really ups and downs, he has a good enough peer to benchmark himself against, so there will be no problem!
"'We must learn to trust our children' - this is the most valuable lesson taught to me by the previous chess jihad crisis, and I deeply believe it now.
"You must still worry If so, Nongshim Cup preliminaries... you can wait and see! "
Speaking of this, Shang Chaotian was frustrated for a moment, and then said:
"Wenjie, I will go to Gezhou early tomorrow morning to discuss the resumption of the Tongge Cup domestic competition next year. Things, by the way, teach the new junior Dan!
"The Nongshim Cup trials in Dajing in two days... will be left to you!"
After listening to Shang Chaotian's judgment, Lu Wenjie pursed his lips, nodded and said:
"Brother Tian, don't worry!
"All participants have been notified, and the specific schedule will be announced tomorrow morning. "
"Well, thank you for your hard work! ”
Shang Chaotian also nodded slightly, but as if he thought of something, he couldn't help but sigh softly:
"But... time flies so fast! It's been a year!
"I feel It was only a short time ago that I taught Rui Zhao Duan, and she was already promoted to seventh grade today!
“If we look at this trend, China’s first women’s 9th Dan since the new century...
“...should be no problem, right? ”
…
…
On the evening of the same day, the Yiguo Go Forum was held.
After Rui Zhao won his second consecutive victory in the siege, the forum was extremely lively.
Originally, many people were attracted into the trap through [Go Xiao Zhao]’s live broadcast. The recent popularity of Rui Zhao, a beautiful chess player, has naturally added fuel to the fire.
One of the most popular posts is the discussion post about Rui Zhao's feat of "promoting seven in one year":
[The power of the Queen of Heaven, all nations come to court! ——Congratulations to Queen Zhao for setting two more records]
[After the second round of Siege A, Rui Zhao quickly rose to the seventh level again with an astonishing result of 18 responsible games, 16 wins and 2 losses. , while completing the feat of "promoting to Dan in one year", he also significantly refreshed the record of "the fastest to reach seventh dan or above after being determined" with one full year's performance.]
["Defined" The original record holder for "the fastest promotion to 7th dan or above" is "Prodigal Son" Lang Haishen. In 2012, by winning the 7th Yingyi Cup, he was promoted from 3rd dan to 9th dan, just a short distance away from his final dan. Four years and one month.]
[So far, Zhao Tianhou holds the record for the fastest to reach X level (and above) from 2nd dan to 7th dan, leaving only eight and nine. The record of dan is still four years and one month maintained by the prodigal son who won the world championship and was promoted to 9th dan.
【Wow! Did he actually improve so much in one breath? ! This shortens the time by more than 70%! 】
[Zhao Tianhou is indeed outrageous. Even though she is a female chess player, she has to accept this! 】
【Normally, even for top national players, it takes an average of about six years to rise to seventh-dan or above! 】
【For example, Xiaolei’s promotion to seven in five years and two months, and nine in five years and nine months are already considered extraordinary! Who knew that Zhao Tianhou’s rising position was completely unreasonable! 】
【However, Zhao Tianhou danced once in the middle, which actually took a lot of advantage. 】
【You can’t say that! When the queen was just determined to be a dan, she was in the second stage of the women's siege, and she also defeated many masters who were above 4 dan. It can't be considered a responsible match, so how can it be counted? 】
【Okay, let’s make a bolder outlook next: Is it possible for Zhao Tianhou to collect all the fastest two to nine-dan records? 】
【Is this still bold? This is a sure thing! 】
【The suppressive power of Queen Zhao Tian against the opponent is really outrageous, she will not lose at all! 】
【She is now obviously the only one in the women's competition. Shuangbi and the domestic women's sixth-level players will basically become her points-boosting baby! 】
[Even...after she was promoted to seventh dan, she could even defeat the old lady! 】
[Although she is now in the lower tier, she will also participate in the unlimited competition, but her progress in moving up will be delayed because she lost to the men's high tier. 】
【But as long as Mr. Wu is still strong in the past two years and plays a few rounds, the record of being the fastest to reach eight or nine will be within reach! 】
【Wait! So...】
【Is there a chance that Queen Zhao will be promoted to the ninth level? ! 】
[Isn’t this my country’s first nine-dan female chess player since the new century? ! 】
【I heard others say that among the ranks of the Three Kingdoms, only China has the strictest promotion requirements! Let’s say that the Queen of Heaven’s sentence about the ninth stage of a true woman is not too much, right? ]
[Actually, there is still some moisture. After all, it is better to brush up in the women's competition...]
[Oh, why don't you be so picky! 】
【Forget it if you say that the South Korean female chess player was promoted to the ninth dan because of the promotion bonus from the women's tournament champion, not the "real ninth dan"! 】
[How come our country relies on promotion points to reach nine levels? You still have to look at whether male chess players are all-playing during the promotion process...]
...
For a time, inside and outside the chess circle, They are all full of expectations for the future of Rui Zhao, a supernova in the chess world, and have even begun to imagine his blueprint for promotion to ninth dan.
It’s just that... at this time, almost everyone had never thought of it.
The road to becoming the eighth queen of Zhaotian, which seems smooth to the public, is actually so difficult...
...and long. (End of this chapter)