After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"Baka! Baka Yalu! How dare he! How dare he say such things on stage! Bastard, this bastard!"

The chairman of the Japan Chess Association, Hasegawa, wishes he could transform himself into the desktop cleaning master Feifan and sweep across the desktop to be himself again.

But unfortunately, when I was angry in the office before, everything on the desk had already been cleared away, and I didn’t even know how to vent my anger.

Several directors looked at the angry chairman and didn't know what to say.

One by one, they turned into puppets and remained silent. After all, nothing they said would be right now.

"This guy is really bad at talking! Normally, everyone would just..."

In this kind of formal occasion, everyone is carrying a decorated sedan chair. If we in Japan belittle ourselves and then boost morale, and you in China praise ourselves, won't everyone be able to get through it peacefully?
Now Zhan Lang has come up with this fatal move! It is directly putting the entire Japanese Go world on the fire!
How to do this?
Now I think that this young man didn't play by the rules! He has caused a lot of trouble for us!
"That's right, it's normal for top-notch players to win and lose. Didn't Zhan Lang defeat all the top-notch players?

Haven’t other top-notch players done it before? Is there any top-notch player who hasn’t beaten all the top-notch players? It’s just something that anyone can do! "

Of course, this is purely the writing style of this Japanese director. The premise for other top-notch people to beat their peers is that they have won and lost against each other, rather than just winning without losing.

Just like Lao Ke, except for a few Chinese 9-dan players of his time who were completely restrained by him and couldn't win a single game, all the others had defeated him, but their winning rate was just a little lower. Doesn't that mean that everyone was number one in the world in Lao Ke's era?

"That's right, that's why Zhan Lang's claim that he is the world's number one is completely nonsense! How can there be a world's number one nowadays?! The gap between the top-notch ones is not that big, it's just a competition among the heroes."

No matter whether Zhan Lang is the best in the world or not, the Japanese Go community will never admit it!

If even the world's number one has nothing to do with Japanese Go, then why is Japan still called the Go Kingdom?
Have you ever seen a kingdom where the emperor is not in your house?

So no matter what, we must never admit that Zhan Lang is the world's number one Go player!
"That's right. Just a few games can't represent much! The sample size is too small, and the accidental factor is too big! There is not much reference value at all!"

"We must contact the Asahi Shimbun. Not only that, we must publish relevant articles in any media or newspaper that reports on this matter to let everyone know the truth! We cannot let Japanese chess fans be deceived by this Chinese kid's big talk!"

"That's right! He didn't win any titles in Japan, so how can he be called the best in the world?

He hasn't even won any high-level cup championship, so he has no right to say that!"

Several people from the Japanese Chess Association decided to use public opinion to remove the title of world number one from Zhan Lang.

Seeing his colleagues who were deceiving themselves as if things would just go away and nothing would happen again, Sakamoto Koichi said helplessly, "To be honest, if we try to whitewash ourselves now, it won't be a big problem. After all, after so many years of accumulation, many people still believe in us! I believe Zhan Lang can only perform at this level in the ring competition.

But the question is, what will happen in a few years? What if Zhanlang keeps winning like this? "

If Zhan Lang can't lose, will anyone believe us even if we say something wonderful?

"We must win the third session! We can't lose again!"

"That's right, if you don't succeed, you will die!"

"Everyone here is one of us. Didn't we say enough harsh words in the first and second sessions? Does that mean we will definitely win? What if we lose again?"

After hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

Because no one dares to say that they will definitely win. After all, if someone stands up and guarantees that they will be in charge of the competition, then if they lose, they will have to take the blame!

After thinking for a while, Taguchi Kiyotaka stood up and said, "If we lose again, we won't hold the competition."

As long as we don’t hold competitions, Zhanlang will never be able to beat us!
It sounds embarrassing, but that's the truth! "Time will smooth out everything. Zhan Lang's good performance has only been a matter of one or two years. He seems to have forgotten that he was able to achieve such success thanks to our Japanese competitions.

If he loses our competition stage in Japan, he will lose the entire world stage. What's the point of talking about being the world's number one?

People tend to forget things. After a few words of sighing, they will forget about this so-called genius!"

We organize the competition ourselves, and the initiative is in our hands!
Even if we are mocked by the people as cowards, it will only be a matter of time. After this period of time, everyone will forget that we in Japan are still the kingdom of Go!

This is the general environment, an environment that China cannot compare to!
Only we in Japan have the power to host world-class competitions and provide chess players with a world-class stage.

"If Zhan Lang loses the China-Japan Go Challenge, he will just be an ordinary Chinese Go player."

No matter how strong you are, if you don’t have a stage to perform, no one will notice you!

No matter how amazing and talented an actor is, if he has no movies to shoot, how many people will remember him?
And this stage is now firmly in our hands!
"So if Zhan Lang wants to develop in the future, he still has to come to Japan! As long as he comes, he will just be the next Wu!

At the same time, can we also inspire everyone in the world to become the world's number one Go player?
Then come to Japan! Only in Japan, the kingdom of Go, can you realize your dream of becoming the world's number one! "

Kiyotaka Taguchi became more and more excited as he spoke. That’s right, we are the ones in charge of this stage. Without our stage, even the most talented people would not have the qualifications to shine in this world!

Seeing Taguchi Kiyotaka almost going insane because of the two defeats, someone nearby raised an objection: "What if China invites our top Japanese players to play a ten-game match with Zhanlang?"

Back then, a Japanese media outlet held several ten-game chess tournaments just to promote a certain person, and helped that person become the number one player in Japan.

What should we do if China is imitating what it did in the past and is doing it again now?
If he pretends to be dead, wouldn't that be directly admitting that he is not as good as Zhan Lang?

Taguchi Kiyotaka was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then waved his hand: "Don't forget how high the top-notch match fee is!

They are now representing Japan in the China-Japan Go Tournament at a friendly price purely out of national sentiment. But if a truly commercial ten-game match doesn't cost twice the market price, why should we agree to it?
If they want to play ten games and challenge all the top players, haven't you ever calculated how much US dollars it will cost?

Are there any powerful companies in China with so much money? Even the government wouldn’t be willing to spend so much! "

China does not have such wealthy companies, and the Chinese government is unlikely to be willing to spend such expensive foreign exchange to promote their already famous Zhanlang.

No one knows what will happen then, but at least now, everyone uses this reason to convince themselves.

"So don't worry, Go depends on the national strength of your country! As long as our Japanese economy continues to soar, we will always be the center of world Go! Only we can be a world-class stage."

Those who play chess can only perform on our stage.

At this point, many people present kept nodding their heads. The Japanese people are now even buying out the United States, so everyone is naturally confident about the future!
Go must be based on a strong national strength! Only in this way can there be a stage for display.

Just like when South Korea's Prince Kim was asked when he would feel ready to retire completely, his answer was when China's Go League A no longer invited him.

This is the power of the stage.

But there is no such thing in China now!

(End of this chapter)