“Chairman Tsujimoto is really busy. I finally got to meet him today.”

Zhan Lang saw Tsujimoto Takanori walking into the office, and he quickly stood up to greet him and shook hands with him enthusiastically.

Tsujimoto Takanori also smiled and held Zhan Lang’s hand: “Alas, I’ve been too busy recently and haven’t had the time to treat you properly. Please sit down quickly. I won’t ask others to serve you tea.

I was originally planning to meet you at the closing ceremony, but I don’t know what you two have to talk to me about so urgently.”

“Chairman Tsujimoto, this is about the next China-Japan…”

Seeing Tsujimoto Takanori speaking straight to the point, Fang Yuan impatiently stood up and wanted to explain the situation, but was held down by Zhan Lang.

It’s useless to tell people this directly, and you might even drive them away.

Zhan Lang smiled and said, “Chairman Tsujimoto, I remember you just took office, right?”

“Ha, yes. By the way, the previous chairman also mentioned you to me many times. You are also a Go celebrity in Japan.”

When Tsujimoto Takanori heard this, he laughed awkwardly twice and thought to himself, it’s all thanks to you.

The former chairman Hasegawa couldn’t continue the job and ran away, so I took over this mess myself.

Now, in order to avoid you, the plague god, I naturally have to find a way to isolate you from the Japanese Go world.

You should understand what I mean, right? So it’s no use for you to come to me.

Tsujimoto Takanori doesn’t want to end up like the previous chairman, that would be too embarrassing.

Regardless of how much achievement is achieved, at least it must be implemented safely.

Seeing that Tsujimoto Takanori was unmoved, Zhan Lang said with a smile: “Chairman, you are joking. I feel that under your leadership, Japanese Go is thriving.”

“hehe.”

This session of China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament is basically going to be won again, and the face of Japanese Go has been rubbed on the ground once again.

Takashi Tsujimoto really wanted to say, “I feel you are being sarcastic,” but he had no evidence.

“I’m serious. If I tell you that Japan can win the China-Japan Go Tournament, do you think it’s an achievement for you?”

“what do you mean……”

Takanori Tsujimoto suddenly perked up, looking at Zhan Lang in front of him. This guy was the stumbling block standing in the way of Japanese Go. Could it be that this guy was willing to give in for some purpose?

Seeing the change in Tsujimoto’s expression, Zhan Lang knew that he had misunderstood him, and quickly waved his hand: “As a professional player, I also have ethics. I would never do something that violates the spirit of a professional chess player.”

For example, the match-fixing that Takanori Tsujimoto just imagined.

After all, as long as Zhan Lang raises his hand, or even just wins a few games in a row and pretends to lose in the last game, Japanese Go will naturally win.

And no one can find any fault with it, because there are no obvious mistakes, just a few small flaws for the opponent to catch.

This is also why when South Korea later promoted Go gambling and it was passed, Chinese and Japanese Go players were shocked and said, “South Korea, do you want to drag the Three Kingdoms Go players to hell together?”

Because it is so easy to lose a Go game without making any noise, not to mention that sometimes you can even give it up. After all, even world champions can’t avoid losing big.

For example, during the Lao Ke New Year Cup, he was called a spoon that could not be played once in twenty years, and after the match, Xuan Gong Southwest King said that even amateur 3rd dan could not play chess like him. There are too many similar situations.

Once there is something like lottery that carries the nature of gambling, the spoon that appears on the chess player’s screen will inevitably be questioned and attacked by countless people.

Not to mention, it is difficult for anyone to not be tempted, as Go players are also human beings.

Therefore, we must never use interests to test people’s hearts, because human nature cannot stand the test.

“Then what do you mean?”

Tsujimoto Takanori looked at Zhan Lang who rejected him righteously, and his face instantly turned sour. Could it be that you came here just to make fun of me?

“I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t worry yet.”

Zhan Lang smiled and waved his hands: “Even Japanese professional players cannot accept this kind of thing. Once it is exposed, you know what the consequences will be.

I guess you don’t want to lose the support of the Japanese profession.”

To be honest, the Japanese professional Go community is still quite ethical and treats Go as an art.

If they knew that the official threatened the opponent to continue the game if he lost, many top-notch players would probably rush into the office and smash things the next day in an attempt to force Tsujimoto Takanori out of office.

“So, I think Japanese Go should win fairly.”

“It’s very upright, haha.”

When Tsujimoto Takanori heard this, he almost laughed out of anger. If I could win fairly, would I stop the game?
To put it bluntly, you still want to blackmail me morally, paint a rosy picture for me here, and let the game continue without any effort.

“If you don’t have anything else, you can go back first. I may have some work to do next, so I won’t stay with you for long.”

“Chairman Tsujimoto, why can’t you be flexible? Isn’t there a way to bypass me and win the championship?”

“what?”

When Tsujimoto Takanori heard this, he was stunned. How to go around it?
Zhan Lang was speechless when he saw Tsujimoto Takanori, who didn’t know how to adapt. “China and Japan are communicating frequently now, even at the official level. If the game is interrupted, everyone will be unhappy even at the official level.

Not to mention that I know the sponsors of the tournament also want the tournament to continue.”

The current Chinese market is extremely fertile land for Japan. In the next few decades, Japan will definitely make a huge amount of money in China. As a sponsor, it is natural that Japan does not want to give up.

“So we can change our thinking and just change the competition system. Don’t you think a five-on-five team battle is exciting?”

“A five-on-five team match?”

Tsujimoto Takanori, who had already stood up to see the guest off, sat back down and started thinking after hearing this.

If it is five-on-five, even if Zhan Lang wins, the possibility of Japan winning three of the remaining four games is actually very high.

After all, apart from Zhan Lang, in the view of the current Japanese Chess Institute, there are no very strong Chinese chess players and their levels are generally average.

It may seem like a self-deceiving result of the competition, but in fact someone will definitely accept it.

After all, Japanese Go fans also have their reasons to say that Japanese Go is just thick.

“How about seven to seven?”

“Chairman Tsujimoto, some things cannot be done too much. If they are too obvious, it will cause disgust among chess fans.”

There has to be a limit to self-deception. If it is too obvious, people will not be able to accept it.

“Yeah, that’s right…”

“And are you satisfied with your political achievements with just a China-Japan Go Tournament?”

Zhan Lang looked at Tsujimoto Takanori who was thinking, and started to paint a rosy picture for him again.

“Nowadays, all global sports have professional leagues, so why can’t Go have one?
We can change it gradually and turn the China-Japan Go competition into a world Go league. The influence of this competition can even far exceed the Japanese title competition and become a good story in the history of Go that cannot be skipped. “Hearing this, Tsujimoto Takanori shook his head. This pie is a bit too big and it is not easy.

If you want to set up this kind of super league, you must first have an overall sponsor, and then each team must also have a sponsor, which is not an easy task.

But if it really works…

To put it bluntly, given Japan’s current strength, let alone the fact that China will definitely have several teams, even if all the main players were put together, it would be basically impossible for them to win the championship in this kind of super league.

It will definitely be a hundred benefits and no harm to Japan today.

Takanori Tsujimoto still felt a little itchy in his heart, I really want to improve!
“It doesn’t cost much to support a Go team, and it’s a domestic team supporting domestic players. We can also use the exchange system for foreign players in the future. I have talked to Mr. Ying, who sponsors the Ying Cup, and he is also very interested in this.

I think many Japanese sponsors will be interested in this kind of business that allows them to advertise for a year.”

Listening to Zhan Lang’s devilish whispers, Tsujimoto Takanori was so moved that he couldn’t help but slightly suppressed his inner excitement.

“Let’s take it one step at a time. I think your suggestion is a good one. It’s a team competition, and we can also bring South Korea in.”

In Tsujimoto Takanori’s view, South Korea was just brought in to make up the numbers, and it was inevitable that he would be ranked last.

But this means Japan has two chances to play against the Chinese team, and the margin for error is greater.

If Japanese Go still cannot win under such circumstances, Takashi Tsujimoto feels that he should just resign, as Japanese Go is completely hopeless.

“Hahaha, Zhan Lang Jiudan’s suggestion is very good. I think it won’t be long before you hear about the next Japan-China, no, Japan-China-Korea team competition at the closing ceremony.”

Tsujimoto Takashi looked at Zhan Lang and laughed as he shook his hand. As for the result of this China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament, he had already forgotten about it.

It would be great if there was someone left who could snipe Zhan Lang, but it doesn’t matter if there is no one.

When this round of competition started, I was not even the chairman. What did winning or losing have to do with me? It was obviously because the previous chairman was incompetent, and under my leadership, Japan won one victory after another in the next round.

Hearing the satisfactory answer, Zhan Lang stopped smiling and said, “Then I wish Chairman Takasuke Tsujimoto a smooth future.”

“Happy together.”

After the two sides exchanged false politeness for a while, Zhan Lang left with Fang Yuan.

But on the way, Fang Yuan still felt a little confused: “Isn’t this giving Japan a lot of advantages?! In this case, in the next competition, we…”

Looking at Fang Yuan’s expression, Zhan Lang couldn’t help but sigh: “Don’t you have any confidence? Five to five! I am 90% sure I can win the first round. Don’t you have any confidence in winning even two of the remaining four rounds?”

When did even Fang Yuan seem to lose his spirit? What about other Chinese chess players?

“not me……”

Seeing Zhan Lang’s disappointed look, Fang Yuan even felt speechless for a moment.

Yes, is it really possible that you have no confidence?
“But we can definitely win…”

“Is winning important? We have won many times and many people have confidence.

However, many people are obsessed with false illusions, thinking that Chinese Go has caught up with Japan, but in fact it has not.

Moreover, many players who participate in the China-Japan Go Challenge even feel that it doesn’t matter whether they win or lose, because they have their support behind them. This mentality itself is wrong.

If I lose the desire to win, is there any point in participating in this competition? Then I will just participate alone in the future and change the name to “War Day Go Challenge Tournament”.

Fang Yuan was also stunned when he heard this. He seemed to have no idea when he started to become particularly dependent on Zhan Lang.

Indeed, during the competition, I was thinking that Zhan Lang was behind me anyway. If I think about it carefully, there is indeed something wrong with my mentality.

But if someone can win the game, why not me?

“Phew… I understand. I support you.”

Fang Yuan nodded. Indeed, Chinese Go was not just Zhan Lang’s business. People like him couldn’t allow themselves to degenerate like this!
And it happened without anyone noticing. It’s really time for others to wake up.

“And I think this competition will soon find a way to lead to a super league. Only in this way can the interests of Go in China, Japan and South Korea be combined.

Even if Japanese Go declines by then, it won’t be so easy to just cut ties and leave.”

“It’s not so easy for Japanese Go to decline. The road ahead is long and arduous.”

Looking at Zhan Lang, who was actually worried about the decline of Japanese Go and not playing with China, Fang Yuan felt that he was daydreaming.

There are several top-notch Japanese Go players, and below them are new generation players like Torajiro. Although there are not many of them, it is impossible for them to decline so quickly.

At least in the next thirty to fifty years, this possibility is too small.

Looking at Fang Yuan who didn’t take it seriously at all, Zhan Lang couldn’t help but shook his head. Sometimes things go downhill very quickly.

In another world, after an extremely glorious and world-class era, Japanese Go rapidly declined to the point where it could not even win a world championship in just over a decade.

Even Japan itself cannot find the reason and can only blame it on the lack of talent.

In the end, they started to close the country off from the outside and just played by themselves.

The Super League is one of the ways to prevent Japan from wanting to run away in the future. Once this cake is made, even if the Japan Chess Association wants to close the country’s borders, sponsors and chess players may not be willing to do so.

This is the best solution Zhan Lang can think of. As for if the other party really can’t bear to play the game and runs away, there is nothing he can do about it.

“You really put a lot of thought into this. These are things that the older generation should consider.”

Looking at Zhan Lang, who was playing chess while thinking about the future of Chinese Go, Fang Yuan felt embarrassed.

“Those who eat meat are mean and cannot plan for the long term. Now that I have the right to speak, I will naturally do what I can.”

Zhan Lang wants to do more than that. He wants to formulate unified rules for Go now.

China, Japan and South Korea are now in the initial stage of communication. There is still a huge disparity in power between them, and Japan is even in an advantageous position. Only at this time is it possible to formulate unified rules.

Once the strength of the three countries becomes balanced, or once Chinese Go gradually becomes stronger and even overwhelms the two countries, reform will become more difficult unless they are completely pushed back to their original historical position.

After all, the deep-seated fear of these two countries towards their suzerain will lead them to strongly resist China’s formulation of unified rules.

Although it seems that there is no big problem with different rules now, and everyone is getting along with the differences, who knows what problems will arise in the future? Not to mention that the lack of unified rules in the international arena will also have a negative impact.

Zhan Lang probably never imagined that decades later, there would actually be people who would use “rules” to interfere with the outcome of a chess game.

“Hopefully things will get better in the future.”

Zhan Lang looked towards the horizon and let out a long sigh. All he could say was that he had tried his best.

PS: A new book has been opened!
“Go: Is the portable grandfather the nine-time champion?”

Fallen genius x abstract chess soul! The nine-time champion of another world teaches Go, and his hilarious counterattack subverts the chess world, shocking the Go world with billions of Ai points!

This book will probably be finished in April, and there won’t be much left. I think I will write a lot of extra chapters, at least a dozen chapters, but I will update them slowly. (End of this chapter)