……hiss!
This young master really doesn’t give me any face!
When Liu Shixian finished speaking and the audience was buzzing with discussion, Shang Chaotian, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, had an obviously distorted expression.
For this media meeting, the Chinese Chess Association, which has been tossed about by domestic public opinion recently, has decided in advance to prevent any sensitive issues from being raised and making big news. The question came to me - anyway, it just stood out as a friendly atmosphere
But I never expected that during the contestants’ appearance and speeches, the young master of the Liu family would actually ask such a question!
And asking this question in front of the host is undoubtedly a bit over the line.
It is not the turn of players from other countries to dictate the selection of the Chinese team.
Shang Chaotian, who was sitting in the audience, said rather rudely:
"I think the internal affairs of our Chinese team... shouldn't be bothered by Liu Jiuduan, right?"
< br>“That’s the theory.”
Liu Shixian seemed to be completely unable to hear the unhappiness in Shang Chaotian's tone, and still smiled and replied politely:
"But the Nongshim Cup, as the most important team competition in the world of Go, has a profound influence on the event. This point Chairman Shang, you should be very clear.
“Like the Japanese side, because they are not so adapted to the fast chess rules of the Nongshim Cup, their results are not ideal.
“Despite this, the Japanese Chess Academy still holds qualifiers every year and sends its best players to compete in order to maintain the influence of this important event.
“ Result This time, China used a wild card to arrange a not so suitable candidate to enter the list...
"Although I don't quite understand the intention, I think it damages the seriousness of the event. So I can't help but take the liberty to express my concern, and I hope Chairman Shang can understand."
Shang Chaotian's eyes He narrowed his eyes and replied coldly:
“We welcome paying more attention to the competition.
“But Liu Jiuduan, how could you decide that this candidate is not suitable? ”
However, Master Liu responded almost instantly:
"If it's suitable...will your association not announce the candidate until now?"
After saying this, Shang Chaotian was speechless.
Because it is true as Liu Shixian said, the reason why the Chess Association has been reluctant to announce the candidate for the substitute player is because this candidate can indeed make the entire Chinese chess world noisy!
Forget about chess fans, I’m afraid there are a lot of chess players who have opinions!
Seeing the whispers among many media at the scene becoming more and more fierce, Shang Chaotian has been unable to step down from the stage by the first person in the world to question him.
At this moment, a very young voice suddenly came from the side, suddenly silencing the current noise:
"...But Liu Jiudan, as a member of the team who is still guarding the ring, I think our chess association There is no problem with the choice."
Liu Shixian and Shang Chaotian were stunned when they heard the words, and then looked along the voice and found that the person speaking was Lei Qi!
After becoming another focus of the audience, the young Huaxia Ranking Number One slowly said:
“In my opinion, Chairman Shang did the best he could. Choice, the replacement is very suitable.
"The reason why I haven't announced the candidates for a long time is just because I am worried that there will be people outside who don't know much about chess who will make unreasonable troubles! It's not that I have any other ideas.
"Liu Jiuduan...you are too worried. "
As soon as these words came out, the scene that had just been quiet because of Lei Qi's intervention suddenly exploded again!
"People who don't know much about chess"...
Lei Qi is totally criticizing Sang and Huai!
And he was the undisputed number one person in the world who was scolding him!
Hearing this, Liu Shixian narrowed his eyes and said calmly:
"Lei Qi 9th Dan...
"I don't understand what you are saying. People who play chess...including me? "
"Please Liu Jiuduan not to take your seat, I don't mean that. ”
Lei Qi smiled and simply replied, seemingly very polite:
"It's just that Liu Jiuduan is a South Korean after all, and may not know much about the situation in China.
"What's more... now I am a member of the Chinese team standing in the ring. It is unclear whether the substitute player needs to play.
"If Liu Jiuduan is eliminated the day after tomorrow... won't these words that are entangled in the selection of subsequent chess players make Liu Jiuduan very embarrassed?
"I am also for Liu Jiuduan For your sake! ”
At this moment, everyone present held their breath.
Facing Lei Qi, who has yet to win against Liu Shixian and is about to achieve Meng Huo's achievements, he actually dares to respond unceremoniously to the world's number one in such a public place!
For a time, Liu Shixian's eyes narrowed even more.
But two seconds later, Master Liu showed his signature smile again.
"...I understand." In this case, I respect the choice of the Chinese Chess Association.
“At the same time, I sincerely look forward to Lei Qi Jiudan being able to bring exciting games to Go fans all over the world.”
After saying this seemingly unsharp statement , Liu Shixian put down the microphone and indicated to the host with his eyes that he had nothing to say.
This made the host who was extremely embarrassed standing on the field feel like he was amnesty. He quickly took over the conversation and made some sweet remarks to smooth things over, which can be regarded as taking over the speech of the contestants during their appearance!
As for the follow-up media interviews, everything went according to plan.
Although because of the verbal exchange between Liu Shixian and Shang and Lei just now, many media wanted to ask further questions.
However, the interviews were all arranged by the Chess Association. Even though some media almost raised their hands to the host’s face, they did not get the chance to ask questions.
As for the question Liu Shixian asked at the beginning...
Please, who is still paying attention to this!
The two countries are ranked number one, and the number one person in the world and the number one person in the future exchange harsh words. This is the explosive point, okay?
...
Half an hour later, the opening ceremony finally ended.
Lei Qi, who was sitting in the contestants' seat, was thinking about something to say. He was about to go to Shang Chaotian, but he didn't expect that it would only take a few seconds. At that time, the chairman of his own chess association actually walked towards him after getting up:
"Lei Qi!"
"Ah, Teacher Shang."
Seeing his teacher walking towards him, Xiaolei Jiuduan bit his lower lip subconsciously, and then said apologetically:
"Well, I'm sorry!
"I just made my own decision on the stage. I said something I shouldn't have said, I hope I didn't cause you any trouble..."
"Hey, what did you say! "
Shang Chaotian walked to Lei Qi, patted the student on the shoulder with great pleasure and said:
"Thanks to you for attracting firepower today, otherwise I would have been unable to step down! The matter of the replacement will probably be a hot topic again!
"You have grown a lot in the past two years, both on and off the court. ! "
However, after praising the student, Shang Chaotian said worriedly:
"Well, Xiaolei, don't be too stressed. In this match, it doesn't matter even if he can't kill Liu Shixian.
"Although Lin Ruixin is a bit difficult to persuade, if it is really necessary, the association can still force him to go first through some tough measures.
"If we take another 10,000 steps back, it will only be a matter of one Nongshim Cup!" Where is it? ”
The reason why Shang Chaotian said this was because he was worried that the students would be burdened with too much burden after taking action for themselves today.
Especially since Lei Qi had been carrying the burden to clear the air before. The task of "miscellaneous fish" and now there is a war of words with Liu Shixian. Shang Chaotian is naturally worried that the student will worry about too many things and will perform abnormally.
But who knows, Lei Qi will listen to his teacher. He was stunned for a moment at this, but then he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Teacher Shang, the pressure... it's not bad!"
"Although it may not be easy to win against Ryu Shi-hyun in the Nongshim Cup, I experienced it once in the last competition, and it was still Not so exaggerated as to scare me away.
"As for the extra Lao Li and Rabbit...ha!"
Lei Qi chuckled and shook his head slightly:
"...and that one It’s nothing compared to the oppression brought by Zhao Tianhou!”
…
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In this way, amidst a wave of verbal exchanges between South Korea and China, the two top ranked players, at the opening ceremony, the final stage of the 26th Nongshim Cup The curtain opens here.
On February 7, in the first match of the third stage, South Korea’s five-time champion Lee Jung-yeon took the stage to attack.
But facing his teammates in the Dajing team, Lei Qi used his strength to tell the world why he was the unbeatable leader in the regular season of the past season.
Xiaolei Jiuduan, who was playing white, took advantage of Li Tingyan's slightly excessive two moves in the lower right corner during the layout stage, seized the opportunity to counterattack, and established an advantage in one fell swoop.
After that, although Li Tingyan tried his best to disrupt the situation, Lei Qi performed better in the mid-belly hand-to-hand combat.
At move 282, seeing that it was difficult for him to win the central calamity of life and death, Li Tingyan gave up.
The Chinese backbone has won three consecutive victories, and both Japan and South Korea have only their main generals left!
…
On February 8, Takuya Ichijo, the Japanese general who won one championship and one runner-up last year, took the stage to attack.
This game had some ups and downs. In the 64th move at the beginning, Lei Qi, who was holding white, penetrated too deep when he invaded the black chess pattern on the right side. He was attacked by the number one Japanese player and fell behind for a while.
But at the critical moment, Lei Qi withstood the test.
As the situation continued to deepen, the quality of a tuozai move after entering the countdown declined. On the contrary, Lei Qi became more courageous as he fought, constantly closing the gap in the melee on the left side of the chessboard, and finally took advantage of the tribulation. Turn the situation around in one fell swoop.
Seeing the reversal of offense and defense, Ichijo Takuya began to release his final winning move, and forcibly invaded the white corner in an attempt to close the gap in numbers. However, the overall chess shape was too thin and Lei Qi seized the opportunity to entangle and attack, and successfully trapped the outside. Big dragon.
Reaching the 186th move, I saw that the black dragon below had no life left, and Ichigo Takuya made a move.
At this point, the classic scene of the last Nongshim Cup is repeated again:
After the future No. 1 man stood on the ring in the Nongshim Cup, he defeated the powerful all the way and once again reached the top of the world. In front of the first seat. (End of this chapter)