Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Forum Discussion + Playing Chess

[I feel like everyone's state is very strange during this interview]

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Main Building

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When asked if he wanted to form a group, Qiao Sinian actually said he didn’t know. He didn’t even know if he wanted to form a group?

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When asked if they could form a group, Bai You said he didn't know. If it were in the past, he would definitely say yes.

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There was also Qiu Yuge. When asked what he thought about the recent groupings and whether he had anyone he wanted to cooperate with, he actually said that his ideas were useless and the situation was different now.

No, what's the difference?

[1st floor]

After these few assessments, it wasn't noticeable on stage, but it was obvious in these daily videos. Everyone's condition had visibly declined, and their mental states seemed more tense than the other. At the beginning of the quadrant assessment, you could still see them playing around in between practice, but this time it was really just practice. Cong An even cried...

【2nd floor】

Minghui Entertainment is really not human. Why do they have to push them like this? Three months, four concerts, can't they be given more time?

【3rd floor】

I don't know what the dog company is anxious about.

【4th floor】

They feel the pressure too.

[5th ​​floor]

This is also good. They are about to debut and should have a sense of urgency. There is no ranking system in the fifth generation. I think their status in the past few years is really like retirement. They are obviously in their teens, but they have no motivation at all. I am really impressed. Who wants to see a group of quasi-208s eating and drinking spicy food every day, and the only few who are a little motivated are still accused of internal competition. Super male

6th Floor

With Lu Yao soaring up like a plane, how can others not feel pressured? [laughing and crying] Looking at this interview, apart from those in the lower circle, Lu Yao is the most relaxed, smiling the whole time.

7th Floor

Reply [6th floor]

Now, don't you think Lu Yao's state is also strange? Why do I feel like he always smiles like this every time I see him?

8th Floor

No, if I don’t smile you guys say I’m weird and in a bad mood. If I smile you guys also say it’s weird. Why am I so hard to please?

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Lu Yao's ranking rose very quickly

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Main Building

He won't be able to debut, right?

[1st floor]

It's packed, brother.

【2nd floor】

I think it will come out

【3rd floor】

I finally understand why Lu Yao was asked to make a surprise appearance. Can we have more surprise appearances like this?

【4th floor】

If Lu Yao can't publish, I really can't think of anyone else who can.

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【32nd floor】Owner

Oh my God, everyone has so much confidence in Lu Yao?

【33rd Floor】

Reply [32F]

What else? His appearance instantly became viral. Has anyone counted how many times Lu Yao has trended since his public appearance? How many videos have he had over a million views? You don't even need to count; I know it's more than some people have had in the past four years combined. Lu Yao is now a traffic code; just clip a video and upload it to the platform, and the numbers will skyrocket.

【34th Floor】

Lu Yao is still too authoritative

35th Floor

Reply [34th floor]

That's right, the face is authoritative, the singing is authoritative, the dancing is authoritative, and the stage is even more authoritative. I don't know what the rest of the people have practiced in the past four years, how can they be so good.

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49th Floor

The other trainees didn't offend anyone. Everyone has their own strengths. If you praise Lu Yao, just praise Lu Yao. There's no need to step on him.

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66th Floor

Who still remembers when Lu Yao first became public, everyone said he was a royal family member and boycotted him?

67th Floor

Reply [66th floor]

Forgive the villain for not recognizing Mount Tai

68th Floor

There are quite a few people boycotting Lu Yao now.

69th Floor

Reply [68th floor]

Huh? How come?

70th Floor

Weibo is full of them. Only our group has a relatively peaceful atmosphere. I see that other places are already ready for a fight.

[71st floor]

Reply [70th floor]

Huh?? Why???

72nd Floor

Reply [71st floor]

[Link: Bullying fans quit the entertainment industry!] [Link: Minghui Entertainment is secretly manipulating and promoting their idols!] [Link: Return Yin Hongxue's stage and rankings! Do not suppress Yin Hongxue! Do not use Yin Hongxue as a tool to prop up others!] These are the most discussed topics. I took a look and I couldn't tell which companies were affected.

73rd Floor

Reply [72F]

Oh my god... How could this happen?

74th Floor

Because Lu Yao is so outstanding and so outstanding, let's tear off the fig leaf.

If it weren't for Lu Yao, some families would still say that their babies were suppressed and treated differently by Minghui Entertainment, and that passers-by were short-sighted and couldn't see the good in their babies.

But when Lu Yao came out, his data was so good and his ranking rose so fast. Doesn't this mean that if you have the ability, you will definitely be seen and liked?

Doesn't that mean their babies are so unpopular? It's because they are weak, ugly, and unlovable.

Hahahaha it would have been fine if they hadn't jumped out, but once they did I was dying of laughter, it was like they were throwing their own faces on the ground and stepping on them.

75th Floor

Seeing Lu Yao's popularity rise so fast, I panicked. If I were to say, the top four should be the ones to debut this time. It's good for my eyes and ears. The others should go home and be amateurs. Don't come out.

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[94th Floor]

Lu Yao bullied his teammates, and now Minghui Entertainment is pushing him to the top, pushing Yin Hongxue to the top. Minghui Entertainment's intentions to promote the Royal Family are obvious! They parachuted in before their debut, claiming to have practiced for a month. They immediately gave him a major edit, claiming he was a great singer and dancer. They even appointed him as the captain and arranger for this assessment. How could he have arranged music after only practicing for a month? Minghui Entertainment doesn't even know how to act properly. The script is full of loopholes.

This time, his ranking has risen. Who knows where he got all the tickets? Yin Hongxue was there during the concert rehearsal, but she was gone on the day of the concert. Was she sick? Who was he kidding? Those sisters who went to the concert for Yin Hongxue, whose tickets did Minghui Entertainment finally count towards?

Minghui Entertainment has become so disgusting that in order to promote the Royal Family, the trainees who could directly enter the upper circle give way to the Royal Family!

Are you still praising Lu Yao? Are you blind or brainless?

You can say that the Weibo sisters' rights protection is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, but we will never give up! The trainees' four years of hard work must not be maliciously trampled upon by the royal family!

Even if the road ahead is difficult, we must keep moving forward!

[95th Floor]

Yes personally brought him to Jing City... Who else remembers this? The entire Minghui Entertainment is backed by this person. This time, Yin Hongxue was forced to make way for him. What about next time? What about the next time? Who can be sure that the next time Minghui Entertainment sends a big script, it won't be you? Four years of training, just to be cannon fodder for the royal family?

In an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

Your current inaction is condoning Minghui Entertainment’s evil deeds and emboldening its arrogance!

Airborne landings must be resisted! Airborne landings must be withdrawn! Airborne landings must not form a group!

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[133rd floor]

...I just finished speaking and it came

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【243rd floor】

No, I have posted so many stories and am still posting. Is my group popular?

[244th floor]

Reply [243th floor]

The other groups have already fallen [laughing and crying]

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The forum was flooded with comments from fans, and Weibo, the headquarters of fangirls, was naturally no exception. As early as Monday when the voting results came out, there was already a stir.

The first shot was fired by Yin Hongxue's data group's rights protection announcement.

“@Yin Hongxue Data Group:

Please @Minghui Entertainment immediately provide the detailed medical records of your trainee @Yin Hongxue and provide a detailed explanation for his absence from the 10.1 concert.

We at Snowflake reject the company’s previous perfunctory response.

We also demand that Yin Hongxue's voting rights be restored this time, otherwise we will file a complaint against your company for false advertising and sales of concert tickets to protect our consumer rights.

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All snowflakes

October 2nd”

This Weibo post is filled with reposts and comments from Yin Hongxue’s fans.

It is understandable that Yin Hongxue's fans would defend their rights. Not to mention that there were fewer shots of him in the materials on weekdays, fans would still defend their rights. This time, he did not perform at the concert and his name was not on the voting list. Of course, fans could not stand it.

As soon as this Weibo post was released, countless fans focused their attention and put all their focus on Minghui Entertainment.

For a while, every comment section under Minghui Entertainment’s official Weibo was filled with comments from Yin Hongxue’s fans.

Within two days, in addition to the rights protection of Yin Hongxue's fans, discussions about Lu Yao quietly appeared on various platforms.

It's not praise, but criticism.

When Shen Sisi saw the first related comment, she remembered Lu Yao’s negative hot searches after the second quadrant assessment, and she reacted immediately.

It seems that someone is going to attack Lu Yao again.

Sure enough, one day later, these negative posts about Lu Yao suddenly flooded the internet.

In any community, account, video related to the cultivation system, you can see many people leaving messages, listing all of Lu Yao's "evil deeds".

First, bullying.

Second, airborne + royal family.

Third, the company’s big script + big marketing.

This is coupled with the conclusion that ignoring Lu Yao now is tantamount to condoning Minghui Entertainment to produce more big scripts and big marketing in the future.

The wording has undergone a major update.

Regardless of whether these "evil deeds" have any truth to them, or whether the arguments based on false evidence are valid, under the intensive screen-filling, some people actually believed such remarks.

People tend to follow the crowd, and when one voice is loud enough, other voices will gradually be drowned out.

Fortunately, the current Shen Sisi is no longer the Shen Sisi from two months ago.

She had experienced many hardships and was mentally prepared.

When she saw the first post, her radar went up and she immediately shared her views with her colleagues in the data group, and they all agreed with her.

In the second quadrant assessment, Lu Yao's singing became popular, which made other fans so unacceptable. This time, Lu Yao even won a good result of fourth place in the voting. It is impossible for other fans not to take action.

Whether it is slander, abuse, or direct boycott, it is visible to the naked eye that their actions will be very fierce.

So when the number of these posts was still small, Shen Sisi and a group of sisters made many assumptions about a series of activities that were about to be launched, such as the anti-black blank screen rumor-refuting and Amway activities. As soon as these voices grew stronger, they rushed to every battlefield, refuted these rumors one by one in gentle language, and attached beautiful pictures of Lu Yao and stage links.

So during this period, a strange phenomenon appeared in the fan circle of the development system.

Whenever there is a post or video that mentions the cultivation system, you can see many speeches boycotting Lu Yao in the comment section or barrage section below. At the same time, there are more speeches supporting Lu Yao.

Those who boycott may post one, two, three, four, or five comments in one second, while those who support may post ten comments in rebuttal in the next second.

This has led to a surge in the number of posts and videos.

Passersby who didn't know what was going on saw it and saw the incomprehensible comments section below. They all exclaimed in horror and then left.

But sometimes, some people will be attracted by the beautiful pictures with controlled comments, and after curiously clicking on the stage link, they will accidentally get to know this little idol from the training system.

It was a pleasant surprise.

The fans were having serious fights, and the trainees were having a hard time too.

The quadrant assessment was completely over. There were no more concerts to prepare for, and everyone had a long-awaited holiday without having to go to work. They had more time to relax and more energy to think.

I was too busy before, so busy that I wanted to split the 24 hours in a day into two halves. I was so busy that I had no time to sit down and think.

Now, once the busy pace stops, the human brain starts to work involuntarily.

I thought about everything I should and shouldn't think about.

Once I go online again, the ups and downs that come into my sight flood into my mind.

It's a matter of dreams and the future, and the crossroads of life is just around the corner.

Ding Ling is not having a good time at the moment.

Because Lu Yao didn't go to school, out of responsibility for the intern, she specifically called him to the office to discuss his future course arrangements.

Of course, there is no problem with self-study, but how to self-study? Take online classes, hire a tutor, or use other methods?

At the same time, when should the company’s courses be arranged?

These all need to be decided quickly.

As a result, when Lu Yao sat down in front of her, her heart suddenly skipped a beat before she could even say anything.

I always feel that the current scene is familiar, as if it has happened many times.

As expected.

Premonitions are often unreliable when good ones are not, but when bad ones are, they are. After Ding Ling asked the question, she was not surprised at all to see Lu Yao shaking his head.

"I have other plans."

Ding Ling:......

What could Lu Yao possibly plan? Watch a movie on the villa rooftop? Or practice qigong at the community center?

Ding Ling smiled: "What arrangements?"

Lu Yao: "I need to participate in the promotion tournament." (Note ①)

What?

Ding Ling heard an extremely unfamiliar term.

Lu Yao continued, "I'm currently a professional Go 2nd dan, and I want to become a professional 3rd dan this year."

Ding Ling:......

Wow.

She almost forgot that Lu Yao was also a professional chess player.

Ding Ling: "Do you have to participate?"

I thought Lu Yao would give an answer immediately, but I didn't expect Lu Yao to pause for a long time before speaking again.

Lu Yao: "This is a way out."

"If I can't debut, I will become a professional chess player."

OH. MY. GOD.

Ding Ling was confused.

What did she hear?

Retreat?

Is this something that could come out of the mouth of a fourteen-year-old?

If she wasn't in good health, Ding Ling suspected she would have suffered a cardiac arrest.

What else is there to say?

Agree! Agree immediately!

A promotion match? Beat him! Beat him hard!

As soon as Lu Yao left, Ding Ling immediately turned on the computer and searched for information about Go competitions on the Internet. But maybe it was really because it was so difficult to do such a different thing. After reading for a while, she felt overwhelmed and had no choice but to close the webpage.

For someone as smart as Lu Yao, it doesn't seem to make much difference whether he has help from adults or not?

This was the only way she could comfort herself.

So on the day when other trainees went to school, Lu Yao carried his small bag and came to the chess academy in Beijing with Li Qiang driving him.

This is the first time that Li Qiang has come to a place with such a strong cultural atmosphere since graduating from university.

After seeing the people passing by, he became even more restrained and didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

No wonder Lu Yao always feels out of place in the company. He looks much more suitable standing here!

Only after following Lu Yao to deal with a series of things and leave did Li Qiang breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that he had truly seen a different world.

That night, Lu Yao's name appeared on the competition list announced by the chess academy.

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【Is this Lu Yao? 】

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Main Building

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Is there anyone who wants to take a look?

[1st floor]

This hair, this outfit, isn't this Lu Yao? What's wrong, is he going to school? Speaking of which, it's been so long since school started, and Lu Yao hasn't been to school once. He's only in the first year of high school, and even taking a month off, even if he got the first place in the test at the beginning of the school, can't be like this.

【2nd floor】Owner

Reply [1st floor]

No! This was taken outside the chess academy! [Link] This person passed by and said he saw someone who looked very much like Lu Yao go in.

【3rd floor】

Is this really Lu Yao? Why did he go to the chess academy?

【4th floor】

What is the chess academy?

[5th ​​floor]

Reply [4th floor]

The Go Association

6th Floor

The person next to him is Li Qiang, right? So Li Qiang took Lu Yao to the chess academy?

7th Floor

How strange! Lu Yao didn't go to school, but went to the chess academy? Could it be that he still wanted to play chess?

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24th Floor

[Link]Is the Lu Yao in this list the same Lu Yao?

25th Floor

???

26th Floor

!!!!!!

27th Floor

Reply [24th floor]

What is this? I don't understand.

28th Floor

Lu Yao was also a professional chess player? No, is this true?

29th Floor

[Screenshot] Lu Yao, Part 2 (14)

With this name and this age, he must be Lu Yao...

30th Floor

... Professional Go player. Training trainee... How are these two terms connected?

【31st Floor】

No, what on earth did Lu Yao do before? He had no family, no hometown, no school, how could he have nothing? How could he suddenly become a professional Go player, a 2nd Dan at that?

32nd Floor

...I don't know if you still remember that Lu Yao was a member of a minority ethnic group.

【33rd Floor】

Reply [32F]

I remember it so well. His ethnic group is so rare nationwide, I couldn't find any information online. If it weren't for Lu Yao, I wouldn't even know it existed... So, Lu Yao is quite mysterious. How did he join Minghui Entertainment as a trainee? Where did Yes find his people?

【34th Floor】

Looking at this match list, Lu Yao has a match tomorrow. Does anyone plan to go and watch it?

35th Floor

Reply [34th floor]

I'm going

36th Floor

Is Lu Yao not going to go to school? I see that the schedule is very tight.

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In the information age, information spreads at an unimaginable speed. Although Li Qiang tried to be as discreet as possible when he took Lu Yao to the chess academy, he was still very surprised to see two rows of people standing outside the academy when he took Lu Yao there again the next day.

No, with his ability of disguise, can’t he hide with a person for a whole day?

With the help of the security guard, he drove into the gate of the chess academy, parked the car in the parking space, and got out of the car. Then Li Qiang heard exclamations coming from outside.

He even heard the sound of a shutter that didn't exist.

He didn't even need to look back to know that countless cameras had been raised and were shooting in his direction.

Lu Yao got off the bus.

Screams rang out instantly.

Li Qiang quickly closed the car door, then took Lu Yao into the building without looking back.

The fans who stayed outside could not hide their excitement at this moment. They didn't expect that they could actually see Lu Yao just by trying to stake out his position.

Of course, what surprised them even more was that Lu Yao was actually a professional chess player.

So in less than an hour, the topic #Lu Yao Professional Chess Player# became a hot search.

The term "professional chess player" is really new to the trending searches.

Go once had a prominent position, but now it has long since declined, replaced by more simpler and more interesting chess games. If it were not for the filter that has existed since ancient times, Go would probably have disappeared from people's lives.

Now that this topic has become a hot search, no matter whether you are interested or not, you can't help but click in to see which professional chess player can make it to the hot search. Could it be that when the public is unaware, a world champion has quietly emerged in China?

But when I clicked in, I saw a scene completely different from what I had imagined.

Judging from the photo, it is indeed in front of the chess academy, but looking at the content, how come I recognize every word, but when put together, each one seems more unfamiliar than the last?

"Surprise! Training trainee Lu Yao is actually a professional 2nd dan Go player! Lu Yao, the idol with stunning vocals and radiant charm on stage, is also a decisive and decisive player on the Go board in real life, mastering every move and planning carefully. He's so cool!"

[Stage retouching picture][Stage retouching picture]”

What the hell?

Passersby clicked in out of curiosity, and were then shocked by the screen full of retouched photos.

Messy clothes, colorful makeup, where did this little brat come from?

When I looked at the copy again, I couldn't help but open my eyes wide.

Training system, stage, charm, idol?

Decisive in killing, strategizing, and taking every step carefully?

Is this human language?

Why can’t you understand Chinese?

But the fans were so immersed in their own world that they had already forgotten about feelings and didn't care about the opinions of passers-by at all. They were flooding the screen with recommendations and reporting against the black fans. Fans from the other side had already heard the news and were frantically posting the negative comments about Lu Yao that they had been posting these days under the hot search terms.

I can praise and scold at the same time, and I can only say that the passers-by who clicked in had a hard time. They looked for a long time but didn't understand anything, and their left and right brains were fighting each other.

So who is this Lu Yao? How can he play chess, sing, dance, bully, and be a royal?

All these messed up things were done by a fourteen-year-old kid?

Are kids nowadays so amazing?

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The author has something to say: There isn't much chess playing involved and it ends very quickly. It is the blank period before the debut match, and some of the things that happened before can be concluded.

Note: The promotion tournament is a fictitious concept

Currently, the main way for Chinese players to advance is through a points-based promotion system, where players advance based on accumulated wins or points in competitions; a rank skipping mechanism; and a rating point correlation system. (Source: Internet)

For the sake of convenience, this article uses a fictitious promotion method where players participate in promotion tournaments at a fixed time each year and accumulate wins to advance. (Based on a Japanese Otaku tournament)