Chapter 87 I really like Go!
Chapter 87 I really like Go!
"Eh?"
Hearing his wife's words, Ni Jue couldn't help but stop and turned around to ask.
"How... do you know Rui Zhao?"
Xiao Mingran is not a member of the Go circle. He works in a joint venture in Qiantang City on weekdays, doing publicity and planning work.
Unlike Qin Xiaoxue, who has a deep understanding of the Go circle, she can be said to be a complete Go amateur and knows little about the Go world.
Even though her husband is a famous Tianyuan, to her it only means "being able to directly enter the finals of two competitions and get a relatively high prize money."
As for his wife's "indifference", Ni Jue had no opinion: after all, he was too lazy to ask about his wife's work.
Both parties are considerate of each other in life and maintain sufficient sense of boundaries in their careers. He quite likes this state.
But such a person who knows almost nothing about the Go circle would actually ask about Rui Zhao?
Seeing her husband's reaction, Xiao Mingran knew the answer and smiled:
"Ah! Even someone like you who stays at home doing research every day knows about it. It seems like she's quite famous in your place!"
"Well, you said she was famous, but I don't know if she is famous..."
Ni Jue was a little embarrassed for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
Although Rui Zhao is famous, I'm afraid few people in the circle have heard of her real name.
But if you say she is not famous...
Please, now [Yizhaoqiyi] is considered the number one internet celebrity on the Yiguo platform, and everyone knows her!
"...Let's not talk about this for now. How do you know her?"
"Huh? Of course I saw it on Bilibili!"
Xiao Mingran changed her shoes, walked to the sofa and sat down, seeming a little confused by her husband's question.
Ni Jue was stunned again: "Bilibili?"
Noticing her husband's doubts, Xiao Mingran also became confused:
"Eh? Why are you so surprised? Isn't she a UP host and anchor of Bilibili?"
"UP host? Anchor?"
"You do not know?"
Xiao Mingran was surprised and quickly took out his mobile phone. He found the [Go Xiaozhao] he had just followed today from his follow list, and randomly selected a video under his name and clicked it.
"Look, is this the girl you are talking about, Rui Zhao?"
Ni Jue took a closer look and wondered who else could it be but Rui Zhao?
"Yes, that's her!
"She... is still a UP host and anchor?!"
He was shocked.
Since Rui Zhao now spends a full time practicing chess every day, how can she find time for live streaming?
"Hmm? What do you mean by 'actually'? From what you said... isn't she mainly engaged in the promotion of Go?"
"Go promotion?" Ni Jue became more and more confused.
"Yes! She herself said it in the live broadcast and video. She hopes that more people can understand and like Go through her.
"To be honest, I think it's quite effective. She has only live-streamed four times so far, but she already has more than 10,000 followers! This beautiful and good-looking girl is really eye-catching!
"I have two colleagues who didn't know anything about Go. They were pushed to her videos, so they asked me if I knew her... Hey, from what you said, you, an insider, didn't know she was a live streamer? So what did she do originally?"
Ni Jue blinked continuously and replied, "She, she is an amateur chess player who is planning to get promoted to a professional chess player."
"Are you going for the dan?"
Xiao Mingran still knows the most basic common sense in the Go world.
"Does she have a chance to get there? Usually pretty girls like this aren't very strong..."
However, Ni Jue no longer had the intention to answer his wife's question.
Rui Zhao was practicing Go so frantically, and he actually used his weekend time to do Go live broadcasts? !
If someone else said that they were doing a live broadcast to "promote Go", he would just listen.
Like Lin Ruixin, although to the outside world his main purpose of live streaming is to promote Go, and it has actually attracted considerable attention, but Ni Jue naturally won't believe whatever others say.
But if it was Rui Zhao who was always out of touch with the world at this time... then maybe he really thought so!
Do I really have to squeeze every bit of my time out to play Go?
Seeing her husband in a daze, Xiao Mingran tilted her head slightly, without urging him, and simply said:
"I saw in her personal space that she will continue to live broadcast the semi-finals of the 'City Cup' tomorrow morning. I also want to watch it. Do you want to watch it together?"
Upon hearing this, Ni Jue said without hesitation:
"want!"
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May 5th, the first day of the “Urban Cup” rematch.
As an amateur competition for a niche event, although the prize money for each division of the "Metropolitan Cup" has increased significantly with subsidies from the Chess Association, the funding for organizing the competition is still very tight.
Therefore, except for the last two days of the main competition which will be held at the Huamei International Hotel, the rest of the auditions, preliminaries and semi-finals will be held at Yanbei Middle School.
Early that morning, Ai Jianan took Rui Zhao to Yanbei Middle School as usual.
However, unlike the previous times, this time they were delayed a little longer in the car.
"Xiao Zhao, meow! Have you had a good rest recently?"
Ai Jianan asked worriedly while using her makeup bag to touch up Rui Zhao's makeup to cover up her dark circles.
"When we were broadcasting the preliminaries last week, I felt that you had some dark circles under your eyes, but they weren't obvious so I didn't pay much attention to them...but today I can see them at a glance!"
The girl said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Sister An An! I haven't looked in the mirror much recently, and I didn't pay attention to the dark circles under my eyes. I'm sorry for affecting the live broadcast..."
"Hey! Why are you apologizing for this!
"You have a good foundation, so if you want to be on camera, you can just put on some makeup to cover it up! The main thing is your body! Do you get enough sleep every day?"
Rui Zhao hurriedly explained: "Yes, yes, I sleep for almost five hours every day!"
"Only five hours?!" Ai Jianan opened his eyes wide: "Then where did you spend all your time? Did you practice chess?"
The girl nodded: "Of course I'm practicing chess! Didn't I tell you, Sister An An, during the last preliminaries that I wanted to beat Bai Yinhua?
"But he was a professional 7th dan before, and his strength is really strong. If you don't practice hard, you won't have any chance..."
"But even if you practice hard, it won't work! The gap in strength is too big!"
When Ai Jianan heard this, she exclaimed that it was outrageous.
When she heard this during the preliminaries last week, she thought Rui Zhao was just speaking casually. The competition had to go on anyway, so there was nothing wrong in setting an outrageous goal.
But who would have thought that this kid would actually compress his own rest time to practice chess!
How can you be so reckless!
Unexpectedly, the girl shook her head and said, "It's not like there's no chance at all! I clearly feel that I'm getting better and better recently! I can even occasionally win a game against a good professional chess player!
"Although the chances of winning are still slim, as long as we work harder, we will definitely have more chances!"
"But you also need to pay attention to combining work and rest!"
Ai Jianan frowned after hearing this.
"You should rest more and practice chess after getting seven to eight hours of sleep every day. This will achieve the best results!"
But Rui Zhao shook his head and said:
"Sister An An, this is not necessarily true!
"If this is the best way to learn, then all high school students in the country will not go to bed late and get up early just to prepare for the college entrance examination!"
Hearing this, Ai Jianan was speechless for a moment.
Indeed, the ironclad evidence of countless high school students across the country is here!
Even when she was in her third year of high school, she worked very hard...
Anyway, the sleep time per day is definitely far from seven hours.
"…Besides, my situation is definitely much better than those of my peers in the third year of high school!"
Seeing that Ai Jianan still looked worried, Rui Zhao smiled and comforted her.
“They may not really like doing homework in class, but…
“…I really like Go!”
(End of this chapter)