After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

The speech by the sponsor's President Sekimoto received extremely warm applause. After all, without the sponsorship from the other party, the China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament could not be held.

In particular, the attitude of the Japanese side revealed in the other party's speech made many people who did not know the inside story know that the competition could continue only because of Zhan Lang's victory.

The difference between the two is huge. To some extent, this news makes everyone present even more excited.

Because this competition is not held with the charity of others, but the Chinese people rely on their victory to force the other party to continue holding the competition.

Many people present could not suppress their excitement and could only turn their excitement into warm applause.

The two people who were the most spirited at this cocktail party could be said to be the two most high-spirited people.

One is Hao Qiang, because as an official person related to the competition, he was the first one to go against all objections and insist on holding this competition. Even at that time, no one in the entire sports world was optimistic about this competition, and believed that participating in such a competition now would be purely humiliating.

But now this unexpected victory can be said to have slapped a lot of people in the face, and naturally praised Hao Qiang, who was the only sober person among everyone else, to the sky.

Another person was Mr. Zhan Lang who was also invited to attend. Many of those who attended the closing ceremony were his acquaintances, and many of them were even his old leaders, but anyone who met him would say that he had given birth to a good son.

Zhan Lengfeng was not modest at all and directly said that it was his own seed that was good and that he had educated his children in this and that way.

He was even so overwhelmed by the toasts that he was considering whether he should create another Old Seven when he returned home that night.

Naturally, Zhan Lang couldn't escape either, so he became the focus of everyone's attention.

Until the end of the closing ceremony, when Zhan Lang and his friends were on their way back by car, they could see a large crowd of people celebrating on the street.

Then this news was also reported on the news broadcast that evening.

"Our reporter reports that our famous Chinese Go player Zhan Lang defeated Japan's lifetime Go master Fujii Hideaki in the middle game today and became the champion of the China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament."

On the second day, almost all newspapers published the news that the Chinese team Zhanlang won the first challenge match.

It is not just a matter of making the Chinese people proud. The victory in this Go Challenge Tournament has brought a real and huge boost to Chinese Go, which was unexpected by almost no one before the game.

Zhan Lang became a household name as an "anti-Japanese hero", and most importantly, he attracted a large number of new forces in Go into the Go hall of fame.

Before the competition began, according to unreliable official statistics from the Chinese Go Association, the number of Go players in China was approximately three million.

But during the period from the start of the competition to the current victory, the number of Go players in China has increased by more than four million, more than doubling.

This game directly doubled the size of the Chinese Go pie.

Moreover, most of these new people are college students and young employed people. They can be said to be very dynamic, and their joining also provides a solid foundation for the next generation of Chinese Go.

While the entire capital was setting off firecrackers as if it were Chinese New Year, Zhan Lang was sleeping like a dead pig at home.

The game was finally over, and Zhan Lang finally let go of the burden that had been on his mind for a whole year.

This year, Zhan Lang can really be said to be worried.

To put it bluntly, the game is over when the first player comes on stage, but the later the players are, the more they have to pay attention to the progress of the game.

In this game, Li Yiran had a bad start and gave away a kill.

Then suddenly another big group of people came from Fangyuan, and five of them came straight to the front of the super first-rate.

Under the circumstances at the time, Zhan Lang even thought that Fang Yuan could at least get rid of Sanye Kenichi. In that case, with the remaining Chinese team's human wave tactics, he might not have to go on stage himself.

Rather than worrying about any burden, Zhan Lang hoped that he could win without doing anything.

But who knew that Fang Yuan would suffer another crushing defeat against Mitsuba Kenichi? Although some of the players who came on later had opportunities based on the content, none of them seized them.

The six people were killing each other together, and Sanye Kenichi was waiting to kill them.

Zhan Lang was under tremendous psychological pressure at that time.

There is no way. Fang Yuan’s previous performance was indeed very good, but the better the opponent performs, the greater the pressure on the commander.

If you lose at that time, others will definitely attack you. The situation before was already so good, and you guys are still giving away all your heads!
War criminal!

So, being a commander is not an easy job indeed.

Zhan Lang even thought about not being the main general next time, but this thought was cut off by others before it even came to his mind.

If you fall, we behind you will be even more panicked.

"How much is the prize money for this competition?"

After waking up, the first thing Zhan Lang did was to open the system to check the prize money for this competition.

Theoretically, the prize money for the team competition is not small, but because it needs to be distributed among multiple people, the actual amount allocated to each person is not much.

For example, the prize money for this China-Japan Go Tournament was actually not very high, and it required eight people to share it, so Zhan Lang received less than 10,000 yuan in prize money.

Of course, Zhan Lang got the lion's share, and Fang Yuan's five consecutive wins also got the lion's share. The others basically just received friendly appearance fees, after all, they didn't win a single game.

Nearly ten thousand yuan is a huge sum of money nowadays, and it is said that several units will give Zhan Lang another bonus.

Including but not limited to units at the provincial, municipal, county and capital levels where Zhan Lang was born.

This is a very normal thing. For example, every time a certain Lao Ke wins the world championship, Yunnan will give him a small bonus.

Even if you are admitted to Tsinghua University, your county will come to your home to give you a scholarship.

After all, this is a matter of gaining face for this place, so naturally everyone is willing to give rewards.

But the real big money still comes from the Zhanlang system.

"The total prize money is 2.7 million, and I was given 16,000 yuan for each game. I was also given 50,000 yuan for winning three games in a row."

Looking at the bonus, Zhan Lang guessed that the system was issuing it according to the bonus rules of the later Three Kingdoms Go Tournament.

Sixteen thousand yuan for a game of chess is not considered high, even now. In Japan, the top players can pay up to 40,000 or 50,000 yuan for a game.

In a few decades, the game fee for the top players in all countries except Japan will be more than 100,000 yuan, but the prerequisite is that you can only get the money if you win.

However, later on, the most profitable thing for China was mercenaries, which are simply foreign players or people borrowed from other teams.

But if the association you sign with has its own team, you can only work hard to get the guaranteed salary.

When Lao Ke was invincible in the Weiqi League in 16 and led the Yunnan team to win the runner-up and three major individual awards, his salary was not as high as that of the foreign aid loaned in the same period, Shen Zi, whose winning rate was just over half if the main player did not play a single game in the entire season.

But later, when Yunnan sold the team because it had no sponsors, Lao Ke earned more money as a mercenary outside.

There is no way, it is a seller's market for top chess players, there are plenty of people who want you even if you don't want them!

"What a pity, there are no lottery tickets now, otherwise I would have exchanged them for you all at once.

They are still setting off firecrackers... I really thought it was Chinese New Year..."

Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside the window, Zhan Lang couldn't help but yawn.

If you calculate, the Chinese New Year is still several months away. After the Chinese New Year, I felt bored when I couldn’t hear the sound of firecrackers. Now I feel annoyed when I hear firecrackers every day.

People, really...

On the other side, on the treasure island, Ying Changqi opened a bottle of wine that he had collected for many years, although he thought that the bastard opposite was not worth the bottle of wine.

But today is a good day after all, so I'll just treat it as feeding the wine to the dog.

"Good wine, good wine!"

Wang Xinhao drank the wine that Ying Changqi poured into his glass in one gulp.

Looking at Old Wang, who had no idea how to taste wine and was like a cow chewing a peony, Ying Changqi could only shake his head helplessly.

It's indeed a waste.

"Today, just the victory of the Chinese team is enough to prove it! Not to mention that little guy Zhan Lang defeated three top Japanese teams in a row!
If it was before the game, I would never have thought of it!"

Ying Changqi nodded when he heard this. If it were him before the game, he would never have thought that Zhan Lang could defeat three top-notch Japanese players in a row.

This can no longer be described as a miracle, it is a complete miracle.

It can be said that no one, whether on the Chinese or Japanese side, dares to dream such a dream.

Ying Changqi actually always wanted to organize a competition between China and Japan, but he was always afraid that China was not strong enough and would be unilaterally humiliated by Japan, so he dared not hold it.

The previous China-Japan Tianyuan Tournament was also an attempt by him. Although it achieved a good result, the gap in overall strength still made Ying Changqi dare not act rashly.

But what was unexpected was that the Japanese side would be the first to propose holding a national war competition such as the China-Japan Go Challenge, and what was even more unexpected was that China actually won.

Thinking of this, Ying Changqi couldn't help but drink up the wine in his glass.

Exciting! It's so exciting!

"So can the world competition you wanted to hold before be put on the agenda?"

Hearing what Wang Xinhao said, Ying Changqi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He did want to hold a world Go competition, but he had always kept this matter in his heart and probably hadn't told anyone else about it, right?
How did this wicked and smoking old man know about this?
Looking at Ying Changqi who was full of doubt, Wang Xinhao was also puzzled: "Didn't you tell me that?
Last time, after a few drinks, he dragged me to the rooftop to brag, and said a lot of nonsense, saying that he wanted to hold a world Go championship and make the Chinese the best in the world. "

Hearing this, Ying Changqi couldn't help but reveal a slightly embarrassed look, but he didn't expect that after getting drunk, he would tell everything to others.

Don't drink so much next time...

Fortunately, it wasn't anything important.

Seeing Ying Changqi silent, Wang Xinhao couldn't help but urge her, "Are you going to do it or not? Say something?"

Don’t you want to make a Chinese person the world’s number one in Go? I think this little guy Zhan Lang has the potential and strength to do that! "

When Ying Changqi heard this, he just shook his head and said nothing.

"No, the candidates have already been announced, why are you still scared? Zhan Lang has really brought out the Chinese people's momentum this time!"

"It's not cowardice, but stability."

Ying Changqi couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this: "Zhan Lang is now full of momentum, but how much of it is momentum bonus and how much is strength? Can we tell it clearly?"

“When we first watched the game, Fang Yuan’s performance was so brilliant that we even felt he could end the game early.

But it is unexpected that he was defeated by the top-notch Japanese player in the end.

Can you guarantee that if you defeat three top-notch Japanese warriors in a row, you won’t be the next Fang Yuan?”

"Young people are very motivated, but they may not be very stable. If you want to win the world championship, stability is above all else!"

Ying Changqi couldn't help but shook his head. He wanted to use a single competition to directly help Chinese chess players become the world's number one.

However, if he is not more than 90% sure, Ying Changqi will never do it.

In Go, being more than 90% sure is already high enough; it is impossible to be 100% sure.

Shen Zi has always been considered to be very terrible. It was believed that the insufficient number of world series prevented him from winning the championship. In 2024, there were enough world series, but he was directly eliminated in two of the three world series he had already participated in.

Ying Changqi would never organize this competition unless he had absolute confidence.

If you want to do it, you have to make it final!
Because he prepared a championship prize of $400,000 for this competition.

(End of this chapter)