After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"Let me lead the team to Korea?"

When Zhan Lang heard this sudden news, he felt a little confused.

Isn't the Chinese delegation going to visit Japan soon? Why are they going to South Korea? Why aren't they going to Japan?

And if I remember correctly, China and South Korea didn't have diplomatic relations yet? Can I go to South Korea through normal channels?

The normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan took place in 1972. Zhan Lang had learned this from history books, both in this life and in the previous one.

The small ball drives the big ball. After the normalization of Sino-US relations, Japan followed its father and came over.

However, Zhan Lang really couldn’t remember the time when China and South Korea established diplomatic relations being written in history books. It’s not that he didn’t value South Korea... Well, he really didn’t value it.

How to put it, in China, the three countries in East Asia are called China, Japan and South Korea, and in Japan they are called Japan, China and South Korea. South Korea has always been at the bottom of the contempt chain of the three countries. Overall, not many people really care about it.

But if we really say that South Korea is not good enough, it seems a bit bullying. If it is placed anywhere else, South Korea can be said to be a significant force in both economy and military, even in Europe.

But he happened to be born in a monster house in East Asia. Looking around, he was the weakest one. He can only blame his bad luck.

The generals in the north are always thinking about going south. There is a huge and old colonial power next door, and the island country next to it has been the victim of countless invasions in history. And further north is the Russian bear.

Several powerful countries serve South Korea at the same time. What kind of blessing is this? There is even a little radiation.

As for South Korea, what Zhan Lang knew was that it later became a Go powerhouse, was also good at e-sports, its prosecutors were very perverted, its movies were very dark, the idols raised by the chaebols were very good, and then the only thing he could think of was Samsung.

A cliché on the internet is that South Korea is the Republic of Samsung, and the one thing Koreans cannot escape from, from birth to death, is Samsung.

But in fact, it is a bit exaggerated. The emperor of South Korea is obviously the United States, so what is Samsung?
As for other iconic features of Korea... we can only mention kimchi, but even kimchi is imported from China.

When it comes to famous historical figures in South Korea, we can only say that the detailed descriptions in film and television dramas are not nonsense, and the adaptations are not random!
As for the historical figures of this time period, Zhan Lang remembers the classic character Quan Xiaojiang in film and television dramas. After all, if this person was put in the Tongliao universe, he could also be the classic material for the weird guy.

But even if we haven't learned about the time when China and South Korea established diplomatic relations in history textbooks, Zhan Lang can at least be sure that during this period of time, China and South Korea definitely did not establish diplomatic relations.

If we don't have diplomatic relations, what's the point of communication? Don't our big brothers in the north have any objections?
Chen Long also saw Zhan Lang’s doubts: “Although it is still an abnormal relationship now, it has begun to promote civil exchanges.

So the Korean Go community invited us this time, and it would be bad if we didn't go. It can be considered a task, but it just happened to coincide with the exchange with Japan.

Moreover, South Korea specifically asked you to go over. After all, this is the first time. We thought that satisfying their wishes would better promote the next step of friendly exchanges between the two sides.”

As the situation in Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula itself develops and changes, the political circles and people of both countries have long felt that the isolation between China and South Korea needs to be changed.

Last year, China began to gradually adjust its policy toward South Korea, breaking the state of comprehensive confrontation and changing its past rigid practices in international multilateral activities and people-to-people exchanges.

And when China applied to host the 1990 Asian Games this year, it clearly promised to invite South Korea to participate.

The Go exchanges between China and South Korea are also part of people-to-people exchanges.

Just like before the restoration of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, there were also exchange activities between the Chinese and Japanese Go circles.

It is not easy to come forward directly at the official level, or the communication has not been fully completed, so we will communicate privately first. "So who else is going with me?"

"What's the point of going to Korea? Why not just bring a few kids over to play? Lu Hao and his kids already have professional skills, right?

There is no one in the Korean Go world who needs attention, except for Cho… Cho Myung-hoon, right! A Korean Go player who studied in Japan and was promoted to 9th dan this year.

There is no one in the Korean Go community who can be called out by name. It is enough for you to bring these kids over. If you bring others over, you will be bullying them.”

Chen Long didn't take the Korean Go community seriously at all. The other side didn't even have a name to call out, so what was there to take seriously?
What needs to be considered in this exchange is just like when Japan faced China, not to hit the other side too hard and to give them some face.

After all, it is a friendly exchange among the people, and friendship is the main focus.

"Let Sister Ye Qing go with us, otherwise I won't be able to take care of those ancestors."

Zhan Lang felt overwhelmed when he thought about his three disciples and probably several other children.

I can’t even bring those three with me, and if I bring any more, I guess the Koreans will tear them down.

Ye Qing has been in charge of the training and life of the national youth team. She can control those ancestors a little.

Chen Long nodded when he heard this, agreeing to Zhan Lang's request: "Remember to be a little more lenient when you go to Korea. You can win all the games, but don't bully others too much. Give in a little."

Although it is a folk exchange, it is after all a mission-based one. Friendship comes first, competition comes second. If you go too far, the other party will lose face.

"Don't worry, I understand. Maybe Korean Go can give us some surprises."

The sudden rise of Korean Go at least means that they still have some talent reserves, otherwise they would not be able to explode in the future.

You can also step on it a little bit this time.

When Chen Long heard this, he just shook his head. He didn't believe that there was anything worth paying attention to about the Koreans.

Zhan Lang seemed to have thought of something at this time: "If I don't go to Japan..."

After the defeat in the China-Japan Tianyuan Tournament and the upcoming China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament, the opponent will certainly try every means to undermine the Chinese team's momentum in this exchange competition.

There are already very few top forces in China, and if I lose one person, this journey doesn't seem to be easy?

Chen Long waved his hand when he heard this and told Zhan Lang not to worry: "Don't worry, all of us 9th dan will go this time. Even if there are top-notch players, the results will be a little bit worse at best, but it won't be that bad."

It has to be said that Zhan Lang's victory over Fujii Hideaki did boost the confidence of Chinese Go.

At least many people on the Chinese team feel that I can do it too!

(End of this chapter)