Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

The animation ended here. Before Lei Qi could sort out the information in his mind, a burst of surprised exclamations suddenly rang out from the audience - there was new movement on the side of the stage!

Lei Qi followed the crowd's gaze and saw that under the leadership of Ai Jianan, the Chinese celebrity Zhaojun, dressed in a white dress with a traditional Chinese style, came on stage with a "Little Zhao Miao" and other human puppets, and waved to the guests and media in the audience! Instantly caught the camera and eyeballs of the whole audience!
It was not until this moment that Lei Qi came to his senses!

There have long been rumors in the circle that Rui Zhao and her boss Ai behind her have always planned to use the personal live broadcast IP [Go Xiaozhao] to hold competitions to expand the influence and commercialization of the IP.

Judging from the current situation, this competition is exactly the professional rookie league that has just been announced!

——After all, the iconic character “Zhao” of the contemporary Zhaojun is directly included in the name of the event “Zhao Miao Cup”!

No wonder...she has to put on makeup specially!

It turns out that he wanted to officially announce his support for his own competition!
As the reigning Chinese celebrity, Concubine Zhaojun, and her little sister Zhao Miao made a grand appearance together, the shutter clicks of the numerous media at the scene suddenly rang out!
Even though Concubine Zhaojun, who usually wore no makeup and looked as beautiful as a lotus emerging from the water, now looked even more charming and stunning with the help of makeup, this recognized beauty among the three East Asian countries. Even Lei Qi felt as if his heart skipped a beat!
If only she could wear cat ears in real life... No!

Lei Qi, what are you thinking about in your mind!!!

Xiao Lei Jiudan realized that his thoughts were a little outrageous, so he quickly knocked his head twice to make his brain, which seemed to be overloaded, return to normal quickly.

Soon, under the gaze of everyone, the two people and the cat walked to the center of the stage.

After greeting the two of them, Shang Chaotian immediately stepped down from the stage and handed the stage to Ai Jianan from [Go Xiaozhao].

After the discussion in the audience calmed down a bit, Boss Ai took a breath to adjust his state, and then calmly began his introduction:
“Hello everyone, I am Ai Jianan from Jianan Network Entertainment Agency Co., Ltd.

"I am honored to be the representative of the organizer and to briefly introduce the new event, the 'Zhao Miao Cup' China Professional Go Rookie League, to everyone at the closing ceremony of the 'Tong Ge Cup' World Go Open.

"In order to enhance the public's understanding of Go, an intangible cultural heritage sport, and promote the sustainable development of this Chinese cultural treasure.

"Under the advocacy of the reigning celebrity Zhaojun Ruizhao 9th dan, our [Weiqi Xiaozhao] online live broadcast channel, Gezhou City and Huaxia Go Association jointly established the 'Zhao Miao Cup' Huaxia Professional Go Newcomer League. It aims to provide a stage for outstanding young professional Go players under the age of 18 who have never appeared on the stage of the Weiqi League to show and train themselves throughout the year and communicate with their peers.

“The competition adopts a league system and is open to underage professional chess players who have never officially appeared in the Weiqi League.

“There are currently 16 teams in the first competition, with each team consisting of at least three and at most four players, and three players are required to play in each round.

“The competition is divided into two parts, the qualifiers and the main tournament.

“The overall format of the preliminaries is similar to the dan ranking tournament. Through 15 rounds of round-robin matches, we select potential players who are eligible to participate in our rookie league every year.

"This tournament consists of thirty rounds of double-round regular seasons and two rounds of elimination playoffs. The year is divided into four seasons: the autumn season, winter season, spring season, and the final summer finals! They will be held during the National Day holiday, winter vacation, May Day holiday, and summer vacation respectively. This ensures that all young rookies participating in the league can get enough training throughout the year! Then...

“In order to further enhance the enthusiasm of young professional chess players to participate in the league, in addition to the awards for each team’s ranking and individual awards, there are also game fees.

"Specifically, for each game, the winner will receive 2,500 yuan, and the loser will receive 1,000 yuan. It is expected that all chess players who can participate in the game for a long time will be able to receive a minimum of 30,000 yuan in game income throughout the season."

When Ai Jianan said this, almost the entire auditorium exclaimed in unison!
three……

Thirty thousand dollars?!

And the minimum is 30,000 yuan? ! ! !
Although this number does not seem to be much, even Lei Qi, who received millions of bonuses last year, now understands why everyone is so surprised!

Because logically speaking, young chess players have to pay to participate in competitions most of the time!

As we all know, in competitive sports, the winner takes all. No one watches a match between weak teams, and it is difficult for it to have commercial value!
Therefore, even in the Go event where "losing money to gain publicity and relying on sentiment to hold competitions" is common, the organizers of each competition have high ranking requirements for the payment of match fees - unlimited competitions basically only have match fees starting from the current competition, while youth competitions mostly pay prize money to the top eight or top sixteen.

Most young professional chess players find it difficult to meet such a requirement, so the families of chess players are taking a complete "investment" or even "gambling" attitude in letting their children pursue a career in professional Go, which is a huge risk.

One of the main reasons why the number of Chinese players born after 00 is declining compared to the golden generation born after 90 is that many parents find that compared to studying, the risk of becoming a professional Go player is high and the benefits are not ideal, so as long as their children do not get good enough results, they will immediately let their children focus on studying. However, there is a youth competition that can accommodate up to 64 people...

They say that everyone can earn at least 30,000 yuan per year?!

Not to mention that this is a lot of money, at least it can cover the travel and accommodation expenses of young chess players who participate in various competitions every year!
Not to mention that the more outstanding ones can even get higher bonus rewards!
This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for young low-level chess players, teenagers striving for professional chess, and their families.

No wonder this competition has received such high attention from the Chinese Chess Association!
There is no doubt that this competition will have a huge impact on the subsequent reserve forces of professional Go!

only……

As a result, the funds required for the competition are also extremely huge!

Suddenly, the guests and media in the audience were all discussing the issue! Some people even raised their hands, obviously wanting to ask some questions.

However, Ai Jianan pressed his palm towards everyone at this time, signaling everyone to stay calm:
"Ah, I know everyone has a lot of questions now! But due to time constraints, I can only give you a brief introduction to our Zhao Miao Cup Rookie League.

"However, for the specific details, we have already established the official website of this Zhao Miao Cup! The website address and QR code link are detailed on the big screen! You can visit it at any time to get information from it.

"In addition, if you still have questions about some details, we will continue to hold a public meeting at the Tongge Hotel on July 7, the night before this year's qualifying tournament. You are very welcome to pay attention and ask questions at that time. Thank you!"

At this point, the big screen in the auditorium quickly displayed the URL and QR code that had been prepared long ago. In an instant, the entire auditorium was filled with the sounds of shutter clicks and code scanning prompts.

When the voices from the audience gradually faded, Ai Jianan turned his gaze to his own pillar at the side and said:
"Then...Xiao Zhao!
"As the original initiator of this event, could you please take this rare opportunity to say a few words to everyone?"

"Ah good."

Although the gorgeous clothes and makeup added a bit of beauty and charm to the Chinese Go queen, when Rui Zhao took over the conversation, it was still that clear, innocent and reassuring voice:

"Hello everyone, I am Rui Zhao!
"The Zhao Miao Cup Newcomer League is an event that Sister An An and I have been working hard to promote and plan. In fact, as early as last year when the Weiqi League relegation battle was just over, I mentioned this matter to Sister An An, and I was thinking whether it could be done last year.

“However, hosting such a large-scale competition requires so much preparation that the Zhao Miao Cup Rookie League was delayed until this year to finally meet with everyone.

"This is all thanks to the hard work of the [Weiqi Xiaozhao] team members, and we are fortunate to have received strong support from Gezhou City, the Huaxia Chess Association, and China Merchants Bank! Thank you again!

“At first… I thought the original intention of holding this competition was very simple:
“Go is really a very, very interesting sport!

"I sincerely hope that more people can truly engage in professional Go and more people can pay attention to professional Go! So I hope that there will be such an event, so that more middle and low-level players can participate in professional competitions! So that the Chinese Go industry can continue to flourish!
"In fact, I have always been quite stupid. I can't do anything well except playing chess...

“Looking back at myself now, I didn’t consider any difficulties and just shouted to hold a competition, which directly surprised Sister An An. It was indeed a bit impulsive!
“But with everyone’s help, I finally took this small first step!
"Although this step is insignificant, I still feel that I should be working hard to make some small contribution to Chinese Go!

“Thank you again to everyone who has helped me! At the same time, I hope that everyone will continue to pay more attention to and support the Zhao Miao Cup in the future! Thank you everyone!”

Rui Zhao's speech was very brief.

As the initiator of the event, she did not use any grand words to describe this competition, which will have a far-reaching impact on the development of Go in China and even the world. She just expressed her gratitude, joy and hope to the world like an ordinary girl next door who had fulfilled a small wish she had always had.

However, although Rui Zhao only described this event as a "small step" for him personally, the significance and impact of this "small step" is so great that anyone in the circle who has a general understanding of the current situation of the entire Go circle knows it very well!
When Rui Zhao finished her speech, the new world champion Sun Yi, who was sitting in the front row, clapped his hands almost instantly, and gave warm applause as the most sincere encouragement and recognition to his junior sister.

This powerful blow was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

The people in the entire auditorium seemed to be drawn by an invisible force and clapped to his rhythm.

The applause went from sparse to dense, and then from dense to an unstoppable torrent, echoing in the auditorium for a long time... (End of this chapter)