Chapter 182 Seven Star Cup Competition
The concert started in a hurry and ended just as quickly.
The day before, I was feeling the applause and cheers on a stage in a foreign place, and the next day I returned home and returned to my daily life.
Not to mention the fans having withdrawal symptoms, even the members themselves were having trouble adapting.
When Yin Hongxue got on the bus to go back to school with her schoolbag in the morning, even her face was dazed.
Going back to school right after a concert, is this something a human being would do?
Yin Hongxue, Qiu Yuge, and Zhu Xiangming were promoted to their third year of high school and once again plunged into an endless work-study life. Bai You and Cang Zizhen finally reported to university and started their freshman courses seamlessly after the other students had finished their military training.
As for Lu Yao, the highly anticipated Seven Star Cup has finally begun. As early as the list of contestants was announced on the official website, countless media outlets were lining up to interview him.
In this Seven Star Cup event, there are a total of forty contestants from various countries, and the tournament is a double-elimination format.
Since the list of contestants was finalized in September, this year's Seven Star Cup competition has attracted a lot of discussion.
There are two reasons.
Firstly, since this event is hosted by our country, many people are eager to see their own athletes defeat other countries on their own soil.
Second, Lu Yao is very likely to be one of the contestants this time.
Before the list of contestants was released, there had been rounds of discussion online about whether Lu Yao would participate.
One party vowed that Lu Yao would definitely go.
After all, he had just made his debut and had taken a month off to train abroad. If he was not on the final list of contestants, how could he possibly go?
And no matter how good Lu Yao is at chess, he is indeed an artist, and a fairly well-known one at that.
The competition hasn't even started yet, but so many people are already paying attention to the entry list. Why? Of course, it's because of Lu Yao.
With such a high level of popularity and discussion, it is impossible for the organizers not to see it.
Now that you have seen it, why would you refuse it?
The other side believes that Lu Yao will never participate.
Contrary to the idea that the organizers would never let go of Lu Yao's popularity, they felt that Lu Yao's popularity was the biggest trouble.
The Seven Stars Cup is not some small-scale competition, but a serious international event.
International competitions require seriousness and earnestness!
How can we allow an artist to bring his fans to make noise in a venue?
Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if others saw it?
Each side held its own opinion and there was no conclusion after much discussion.
Some fans of other companies saw this discussion and were curious why no one refuted the latter statement. They were clearly looking at them through tinted glasses, weren't they? If fans had stepped in, how could such comments still be so brazenly trending?
After posting the question, I got the answer.
It turned out that Lu Yao's fans had issued a statement early on that they would never discuss whether Lu Yao would participate in the competition.
Lu Yao will make his own decision.
Whether they participate or not, they just need to support Lu Yao's ideas.
So Lu Yao’s fans really did not join in this discussion.
Whether it's marketing accounts trying to lead the discussion, or Go spectators questioning Lu Yao's level, or fans from other groups secretly praising him... Lu Yao's fans are nowhere to be seen. When you click into their super chats, you can only see a series of beautiful pictures and wonderful video mashups.
Occasionally, some people would join a super topic to watch the fun, but as they scrolled, they couldn’t remember what they were doing there.
The calm demeanor of Lu Yao's fans astonished those trying to watch the fun. In this entertainment industry where fans celebrate with jubilation over the mere mention of someone getting a driver's license, how could there be fans who, upon hearing rumors of their idol's involvement in an international competition, remain silent as a chicken? Even when someone openly disparaged their idol, how could they remain so composed and not refute him?
What kind of calm spirit is this?
How does this support self-insurance?
Not only did the busybodies not get to enjoy the excitement, they couldn't even see any comments under other companies' usual marketing accounts. They were extremely disappointed, so disappointed that even the entertainment group had a post about the matter.
I'm a little curious, does that idol who's not sure whether to participate in the competition have no fans?
Although it didn't say who it was, people who knew a little about it decoded it immediately.
Looking at the number of replies to this post, it can be seen that many people have decoded it.
When I clicked in, I saw that many people were explaining the atmosphere in Lu Yao’s fan circle and the reasons for the development of such an atmosphere.
In a nutshell, I have experienced too much blood and gore, so I no longer pay attention to these obviously provocative remarks and only focus on the real person.
The poster who posted the question was shocked after finishing the lesson.
In short, this Seven Star Cup has attracted a lot of attention since the list of contestants was decided. When the competition was about to begin, the list of contestants was finally announced online. Fans and marketing accounts rushed to the official website as soon as possible, which actually caused this small website that few people would visit on weekdays to freeze.
After waiting for a long time, the list slowly appeared.
Then Lu Yao's name became a hot search.
He is one of the contestants in this competition.
The discussion that lasted for more than half a month came to an end.
But new discussions have emerged.
That's how good Lu Yao is at chess.
Is he qualified to participate in the Seven Star Cup?
What place will he get in the competition?
The second question was the first to produce results.
Although there are different opinions on Lu Yao's chess skills and speculations about his ranking, chess fans are generally unanimous on whether Lu Yao is qualified to participate in the Seven Star Cup.
Lu Yao has the qualifications.
Among the new generation of chess players, Lu Yao is considered to be one of quite good level - at least judging from previous competitions.
Someone pulled out all the games that Lu Yao played since he was promoted to the professional professional level and analyzed them.
When the professional players were first ranked, Lu Yao was the dark horse of that session.
He didn't come from a dojo, but emerged suddenly. He won all the dan ranking tournaments he participated in for the first time, which was a very impressive result.
In the reports that year, Lu Yao was described as a rising star in the Go world, and countless people were looking forward to his future performance.
As a result, after participating in the qualifying tournament, Lu Yao disappeared.
Until the promotion tournament the following year.
After winning all the promotion matches and successfully being promoted from the first dan to the second dan, Lu Yao disappeared again.
The chess fans were not too surprised to see this.
They waited patiently for the promotion tournament the following year.
As a result, Lu Yao did not appear in the promotion tournament the following year.
This is a bit surprising.
Some people also specifically discussed the reason why Lu Yao missed this promotion tournament.
But after discussing for a long time, there was no result.
After all, they had no idea about Lu Yao, the chess player.
We can only tell from his past game records that he does have some strength.
But because he has never lost, it is difficult to judge how strong he is.
All we can say is that his strength is far more than just the second level.
After waiting for another year, Lu Yao showed up in this promotion tournament.
But this time, he brought not only new chess manuals, but also a completely changed identity.
Transformed from a chess player to a training trainee.
Who understands this feeling?
Go fans who have been following Lu Yao since the qualifying tournament felt like the sky was falling.
Two completely different worlds merged together.
The grandfather who went home to watch Lu Yao's competition video met his granddaughter who came to visit, and the two could even chat about the same topics.
This is cause for celebration.
Traditional chess fans were extremely puzzled by Lu Yao's choice, and there were even many criticisms. However, after Lu Yao won all the qualifying tournaments again and was promoted to the third dan, these criticisms decreased a lot.
Lu Yao's record is the same as usual, and his chess playing style is still so effortless. When reviewing his games, chess fans can still appreciate the beautiful chess shapes and marvel at his thinking. However, they are still unsure of his chess skills and can only say that he is at more than three levels.
But more of a feeling of disappointment came over me.
How could he become a trainee when he is so talented?
I actually took such a big wrong path.
Faced with such remarks, Lu Yao’s fans at the time could not accept it at all.
What is Go? It's a thing that has long been on the decline.
But if a trainee successfully debuts, that is a bright future that is visible to the naked eye.
Even if you don't become famous and can't make a lot of money, the money you do make is not something that chess players can earn.
The two sides argued for quite a while at that time, but after Lu Yao disappeared again after the qualifying tournament - at least after he disappeared from the sight of chess fans, such disputes became less frequent.
When Lu Yao went abroad for training in April, this kind of remarks of disappointing someone was brought up again.
But this time Lu Yao has already debuted as a member of an idol group. Even the most pedantic chess fans cannot say that it is better to come back and play chess.
It was only after the chess records of Lu Yao during training were passed on that he sighed and lamented this world where everyone is only concerned about money.
So how good is Lu Yao at Go? There's no definitive answer.
As for whether he is qualified? All I can say is that he has never lost.
And what kind of ranking can be achieved?
Within two days after the list of contestants was announced, someone on the Internet collected the past game records of everyone on the list, and even professional Go anchors started live broadcasts to analyze Lu Yao's level.
No matter what you think of Lu Yao, when they started broadcasting, they still knew very well what the attractive signboard was.
Although Lu Yao's fans did not participate in the rhythm, they could not help but feel curious when they saw such a live analysis, and their fingers clicked in consciously.
The data in the live broadcast room was better than the other, so more and more anchors started broadcasting. Later, even the chess players who had played chess with Lu Yao came out to start broadcasting.
One is an analysis based on Lu Yao's past chess records, and the other is an analysis based on his own feelings when he had played against Lu Yao. It is difficult to say which side's analysis is more accurate. It can only be said that both sides are very attractive, and the data in the live broadcast room is not bad at all.
It was not until the Seven Star Cup officially started that such analysis became less common. Everyone was scrambling to broadcast Lu Yao's games, determined to grab a piece of the cake.
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