Chapter Ninety-Nine: Differing Views Between the Three Kingdoms
After the 50 million championship prize money was disseminated by FIDE.
It aroused heated discussions among the three major countries of Go.
Most Chinese chess players think that the qualifications for the Go Hope Cup are too harsh, and only the champion has a bonus, and other players have no bonus, and they have objections to these two points, and think that it should be popularized, just like the traditional Go competition.
Although such a voice was made, most of them were players who were not strong enough to play Go, and the top players in China did not speak, but just silently prepared to face South Korea's Samsung Cup and LG Cup to win the championship and qualify for the Hope Cup.
And the Korean media, who danced the most, thought that the championship was none other than their Korean chess player, and thought that Lee Sedol would definitely be able to win the championship. And he doubts Li Cai's defender, thinking that Li Cai has not played Go for several years and is not qualified to be a defender, and Li Sedol, who has the world's No. 1 Go points, should be the one.
Anyway, he praised Lee Sedol infinitely, thinking that Li Cai was not qualified, and said it everywhere, asking for a convincing reason to come out.
The cheeky Koreans simply give them a little sunshine and they will shine, give them some color, they will want to open a dye house, give them a ladder and they will want to fly to the sky.
For the selective amnesia of Koreans, Li Cai feels really pitiful!
It seems that if South Korea stops clamoring and has to be beaten hard, they will remember who ruled the Go world two years ago.
The FIDE side announced the reasons after consulting with the sponsor Wancai Group.
When I learned that the sponsor Wancai Group was Li Cai's father, Li's father sponsored a Go tournament specially held for his son.
The South Korean media was dumbfounded, and did not dare to say anything about Li Cai's qualifications, but said sourly: "Hmph, the 50 million prize will definitely be won by our Korean chess player Lee Sedol, our Korean chess player is the most powerful, and you won't be able to cry when the time comes." ”
After the South Korean media stopped, the Chinese media blew up.
As for Li Cai as the defender, because it was said by the sponsor, the Chinese media naturally would not find fault, and Li Cai's dominance in Go two years ago also made them optimistic about Li Cai as the defender and thought that they would win the championship.
But they never expected that the competition would be sponsored by Li Cai's father, and the Chinese media, who originally only cared about the competition, dug deep into Li Cai's relationship and background.
After knowing that Li Cai is the prince of Wancai Group, and the Li family couple, who ranked eighth in the Huaguo Rich List, are Li Cai's parents, they have reported that they have done a lot of publicity for Li's father's Wancai Group, saving at least tens of millions of publicity costs.
On the Huaguo Internet, in addition to the Go Hope Cup, Li Cai's family of three occupies the hot search.
Seeing that Li's father and mother are all successful people, Li is a proper rich second generation.
In this regard, Li Cai's achievements in other aspects have been covered up, and Li Cai is only remembered as a rich second generation.
This made Li Cai very unhappy, and felt that he didn't care about the Go game, but gossiped about his life, putting the cart before the horse, which made him unhappy.
This is not the main thing, the most important thing is that some people think that they can achieve such a great achievement because they have rich parents, which is what makes Li Cai angry the most.
completely denied his hard work and hard work, and took it for granted that the rich second generation was a sentence.
In this regard, Li Cai just wants to say, have you ever seen a rich second generation as good as me, able to achieve so many honors and achievements in the field of Go and tennis.
You see, most of the rich second generation, in addition to showing off their wealth, playing with women, eating and waiting for death, how can they compare with Li Cai, which is also the reason why Li Cai is angry about this.
The current Li Cai, who is dressed in the title of a rich second generation, has made many people forget his success in the fields of Go, singing and tennis.
Li Cai thought to himself, why are these people's focus on money, can't there be anything other than money?
I can't pay attention to the sport of Go, I have to gossip about my family background, it's really a group of uninformed dicks.
In addition to the mainstream media, Huaguo is hotly discussing the identity of Li Caifu's second generation, and has left the 50 million prize money Go Hope Cup behind.
In the media of Neon Country, it is believed that this is a cross-era Go competition, which has greatly improved the international status and influence of Go, and it is very pertinent to evaluate this competition.
Moreover, they began to hype Go again, trying to change the dilemma of the top Go players in the Three Kingdoms, so that they could compete for the world championship and qualify for the competition.
In the Neon Nation, chess players are a respected profession.
What's more, after the emergence of the 50 million prize money Go competition, it set off a wave of enthusiasm for learning Go, and the government of the Neon Country also strongly supported it, and the welfare of Shogi players was also increased, and it was subsidized.
The older generation of chess players in the neon country chess world feel very familiar, and they feel that the competition held by Li Cai this time is very similar to the style of Master Wu Qingyuan back then, and it also reminds them of the unbearable years.
After Master Wu Qingyuan found out, he was very happy and looked forward to this Hope Cup Go Competition.
After all, in the world, Go is not as good as chess in Europe and the United States, which also makes Master Wu Qingyuan, who promotes the international status of Go, feel very regretful.
And this Hope Cup allowed Master Wu Qingyuan to see the improvement of Go's status in the world.
For Li Cai, Master Wu Qingyuan has always paid attention to it, thinking that he is the most talented chess player among Huaguo chess players, and even he is inferior to him.
After all, when he was a teenager, he was just a little famous, far less than Li Cai had already ruled the Go world.
And Li Cai was not participating in the Go competition, which surprised Master Wu Qingyuan and thought it was reasonable.
Master Wu Qingyuan looked at the chessboard and recalled his life deeds.
From 1941 to 1956, it was called the "Wu Qingyuan era".
At the same time as the devil invaded China and the East Asian continent, the chess player Wu Qingyuan fought alone on the land of the neon country, and only with his own strength, he defeated the top seven super chess players in the whole neon country in the unprecedented ten times of chess, and beat all the opponents to relegation, forcing the loser to change the identity of the opponent to show that the weak did not have the ability to compete fairly with the strong.
This also makes Master Wu Qingyuan known as the "Showa Chess Saint", and his popularity in the Neon Country is second only to the Emperor of the Neon Country.
It also made the right-wingers of the Neon State at that time very angry, revoked Wu Qingyuan's chess player qualifications, and did not allow Wu Qingyuan to participate in the Go competition and get bonuses, so he could only make a living by relying on ten rounds a year.
So in the next ten years, there was an extremely funny state in the neon country chess world - the professional chess players of the neon country fought for each other, killed each other, and decided the strongest master, and then this master was sent to play ten chess games with Wu Qingyuan, and then was killed by Wu Qingyuan, and he will definitely be killed and demoted. The neon people saw that this was not good, and then picked, picked out new ones and sent them to play ten chess, and then was killed by Wu Qingyuan, and the cycle began again and again, 10 times.
Part of the reason why Li Cai held the Go Hope Cup this time is to keep up with and surpass Master Wu Qingyuan.
Li Cai's current Go ability value is only 97 points, which is still a little short of Master Wu Qingyuan at his peak.
Although there is only one point, the difference in the strength of Go is one realm.
And Li Cai also has to put some pressure on himself to face the artificial intelligence that will appear in the future - Alpha Dog.
Li Cai estimated that Alpha Dog's Go strength was between 98~99, which was stronger than his current self.
Therefore, the holding of the Hope Cup is to make Li Cai vigilant, and he must not forget his original intention and improve his Go strength.