After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 181 180. Future Opponents

"Congratulations! A hero emerges from youth! When I was a teenager, I was still in the countryside thinking about how to farm the land, and you are already the national champion!

Your future is limitless! I hope you can bring Chinese Go to a higher level! "

Hao Qiang, the head of New Sports magazine, the sponsor of the New Sports Cup, shook Zhan Lang's hand and said with a smile.

Zhan Lang just smiled when he heard this: "I just want to bring Chinese Go back to where it should be."

Before the game started, Hao Qiang still thought that Zhan Lang had a smaller chance of winning. After all, he was a young man. According to long-term historical experience, young people always have to pay some tuition fees.

Since the "New Sports Cup" Go Tournament was founded by New Sports Magazine in 1979, this is the first Go tournament in the history of Chinese Go to be sponsored by the society.

Fang Yuan has won the championship for three consecutive times. This only national competition in China can be said to be Fang Yuan’s private territory, and no one can shake his position.

At the same time, this competition also means that he has consolidated his position as the number one player in China.

Anyone who wants to overthrow the throne will always suffer.

It was just like Fang Yuan’s process of becoming the number one Chinese player. He was tossed around by Chen Long several times, failed in his bid for the championship several times, and paid tuition countless times before he finally succeeded in reaching the top.

Young people lack experience and will always suffer some losses.

But unexpectedly, Zhan Lang didn't suffer any loss and just kicked Fang Yuan down.

This is also the first time that Fangyuan has lost in the New Sports Cup in its three years of dominance.

Perhaps this competition means that it is time for another transition from old to new in the Chinese Go world.

Just like now, Zhan Lang is not yet recognized by everyone as the number one, but the signs of the handover between the old and the new have already appeared, and this trend is difficult to reverse.

But this time it seems to have come a little too fast. Fang Yuan, who is 30 years old and in the prime of his life, seems to have aged a little "prematurely" under the impact of the next wave.

After all, Chen Long abdicated when he was nearly forty. He had just turned thirty and had been in the number one position for less than three or four years. It seemed a bit unreasonable for him to step down at this time.

To a certain extent, Fang Yuan's strength has not actually declined, and is even slowly improving.

But the impact of the new wave is too fast, and the speed of progress is too fast. In comparison, Fangyuan seems to be regressing.

All I can say is that what we learned in high school political science is correct, and movement is relative.

"Do you have time to accept an exclusive interview with New Sports? Many Chinese Go fans are still very curious about the experience of you as a talented young man."

"If you have time you can."

Zhan Lang did not refuse the interview invitation from editor-in-chief Hao Qiang.

After all, the current "New Sports" magazine is already the most authoritative Go magazine in China, and this person is also the head of China Sports Daily and New Sports Magazine.

It can be said that this person is the top propaganda figure in the Chinese sports industry.

"Then I will take care of the arrangements and communicate with the chess academy. I won't disturb your training."

"It's nothing, actually. Just confirm the time. We are quite flexible here."

"Good good!"

Hao Qiang smiled and said, "In fact, I have always wanted to work with the Chinese Go Association to publish a Go magazine. After all, there are too few professional sports magazines in China.

If this application is approved and the magazine is licensed, I think the chess record of this final should be published in the first issue. "

After all, if we look at it from a later perspective, this competition might be another turning point for Chinese Go.

It is of great commemorative significance to put the game records of this competition on the first issue of China's first Go magazine.

Hearing this, Zhan Lang suddenly smiled and said, "No, if it lasts longer, I think this match won't work. I will play a better game and publish it in the first issue of the Go magazine."

"Great! Young people in China should have such ambitions! I have always believed that if athletes are not competitive, they will not achieve good results in anything.

I look forward to your better chess games in the future!"

Hearing this, Hao Qiang couldn't help but shake Zhan Lang's hand and said, "My future performance depends on you!"

"I almost forgot! We are here to present awards."

As Hao Qiang spoke, he handed the trophy and prize money to Zhan Lang: "It's a little small, don't mind it."

After all, Hao Qiang also knew that the young man in front of him was wealthy, with an unknown amount of cash in his hands, and he even organized several competitions.

Eighty yuan may be a lot for other people, but for Zhan Lang, it may really be just pocket money.

"A lot."

Zhan Lang took the eighty yuan the other party handed to him and said with a smile.

Eighty yuan is a lot in this era. Even for workers who eat planned food in this city, it can at least be equivalent to two months' salary. Of course, the most important thing is the bonus from the system.

This is the big one!

[New Sports Cup champion bonus has arrived... 200,000 yuan]

Two hundred thousand was later considered the lowest prize money for a national championship, such as the chess king tournament.

The prize money for champions of other national competitions is basically higher than this figure. Although the prize money for the Ahan Tongshan Cup is 200,000, there is double the prize money to be won.

The prize money for title matches will be a little higher, for example, the Tianyuan prize is 400,000, and the runner-up prize is 200,000.

The prize money for the now-discontinued Chess Master Tournament was as high as 800,000, which is close to the scale of the world championships.

However, reaching the challenger position in a title fight is basically no more difficult than winning a national championship, so it is normal for the runner-up to receive a higher prize money.

However, if we talk about the champion with the highest prize money in domestic competitions in China, it should be the King of Kings.

The prize money is 800,000 yuan, and the requirement for participating is to win the championship title of the year. If the number of champions exceeds the number of participants, they will be ranked according to the prize money of the competition.

This year's King of Kings competition has started again. Guess who didn't receive an invitation?
It seems that because of the comparison with other competitions, the prize money of the New Sports Cup seems a bit low, so the system also gives it according to the lowest standard.

However, two hundred thousand is already an astronomical figure nowadays, and it is almost catching up with the prize money for the Japanese title match.

How can I cash out these two hundred thousand?
Looking at the countless zeros behind him, Zhan Lang began to lose his focus. After shaking hands and taking photos with Hao Qiang on the stage, he went down from the stage.

This is also the last part of the competition, and the runner-up has already been awarded before this.

"Congratulations, I really didn't expect you to win the championship this year.

I thought it would take at least next year or even the year after.”

Looking at Zhan Lang holding the championship trophy in his hand, Chen Long still feels a little incredible, even a little unreal.

A seventeen-year-old champion. I never dared to imagine that such a person would appear.

Zhan Lang has refreshed everyone's cognition time and time again.

At Zhan Lang’s age, even if he had talent, everyone thought he could only be a mid-level player at best.

But later on, his talent was so great that people began to think that he could become the pillar of China.

But in the blink of an eye, he kicked down the pillar of China today.

"too early."

"It's not too early. In the future, you will be number one in the world at the age of seventeen."

"How can it be."

Chen Long smiled and shook his head when he heard this. "A 17-year-old world number one? Do you really dare to think that?"
Who at the age of seventeen can defeat the top-notch players who are now at the peak of their careers?
However, Chen Long thought about it carefully. If Zhan Lang had been exposed to Go since he was a child, maybe he could really reach the level of being the world's number one at the age of seventeen?
It seems like it's possible?

I dare not think about it, it’s really scary when I think about it carefully!

However, Chen Long still shook his head. No matter how much he thought about it, it was a story from another timeline and had nothing to do with the current timeline.

No matter how much you fantasize about better things, it is better to think about how to do things in reality.

It is incredible that Zhan Lang can achieve this achievement at the age of seventeen. Maybe at the age of twenty, he can really become one of Japan's top players.

Then he began to dominate the world chess scene for more than a decade.

Chinese Go will continue to improve with the impact of the battle wave.

"I remembered, there is something else I need to inform you."

Chen Long looked at Zhan Lang holding the trophy and Fang Yuan who seemed a little dejected on the other side, took a deep breath, and straightened his expression.

"Before leaving, Boss Wang told me that he hoped to hold a title match in China, which you all know.

But it is not just a title, he hopes that our officials can communicate with the Japanese Go Association officials to hold a China-Japan Go title competition. "

“The current Tengen is still Toya Masao, but a new Tengen Challenge will be held soon.

But no matter who wins the prize, Japan's seven major titles have been firmly held in the hands of the top-notch players for so many years, and rarely flow outside.

So once someone wins his first title fight, the next opponent he faces is...

Japan's top chess player! "

(End of this chapter)