[Soul of Chess] What if

"Ah." After a brief whisper, a little apology appeared on Masao's face, "I didn't expect Mr. Ogata to be so respected by the chairman at such a young age. I really disrespected him before."

"You're flattering me, I just happen to share the same philosophy as the chairman." Ogata replied with a little restraint.

Hearing Ogata's words, Masao shook his head disapprovingly: "You don't have to be so humble. Being able to be appreciated by people at that level shows that you have extraordinary qualifications."

The other party's unsparing praise did not make Ogata feel the slightest sense of ecstasy, but instead made him secretly vigilant.

Because he didn't think that the person in front of him who always gave people the impression of being rigorous and serious would change his style of painting into a sycophant.

Sure enough, in the next sentence, he heard the other party sigh and say: "I guess part of the reason for your coming this time is the instruction of the chairman. I'm really sorry, I trouble you to come here specially."

It was this sentence that made Ogata understand the meaning of the other party at once.

When Masao asked whose idea this project was before, in order to increase the weight of his words, Ogata deliberately brought out the chairman.Because this can reduce the probability of being questioned or rejected by the other party to a certain extent, and it will bring a lot of convenience to myself.

It's just that he didn't expect the other party to see through his intentions at a glance.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, his words that seemed to be compliments were actually just implying that he was bullying others.

It is inevitable that people will feel this way.

Under normal circumstances, if you sincerely ask for help from the other party, you should sincerely ask for advice when the matter has just taken shape, instead of waiting for the plan to be finalized and implemented immediately. ask a question.

In Zhengfu's eyes, my own visit now not only lacked the slightest sincerity, but even seemed extremely arrogant.

Because this plan has been approved, and it was just admitted by himself.Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, his visit this time is no longer to ask for opinions, but can only be regarded as an announcement.In addition, when someone tried to ask, he deliberately said the name of the chairman, obviously intending to use the identity of the chairman to force the other party not to continue asking.

Although he said it bluntly this time, he just informed Jindo, but now the guardian of the other party is also present. If he can't pass the guardian's test smoothly, his previous efforts may have to be in vain. Before Shindo gave a clear answer, he had to restrain himself anyway.

However, because of his inappropriate answer just now, he left a rather rude impression on the other party.Originally, the other party was wary of himself, so it was even more difficult for him to pass the test.

Now Ogata finally realized what it means to shoot himself in the foot.

"I think you must have misunderstood." Ogata held his glasses with his hand, and said slowly, as calmly as possible, "I didn't intend to get an immediate answer this time, after all, the matter is very important. It takes time to think about coming to Sai, so I proposed to leave just now."

"Actually, I personally handed over the competition plan to your child ten days ago. However, after so many days, I still haven't received any reply. I have no choice but to come here to bother you again."

"Oh? So there is such a thing?"

As if he didn't notice that Masao looked at Shinto with a questioning gaze, Ogata continued to say in a very helpless tone: "Yes. You may not know that the current operating status of the Kiin is a bit... um, no How good, if it continues, it may not be long before it will completely collapse. In order to change this situation, the council has made many attempts, but unfortunately, all of those efforts ended in failure. And this This competition is the last hope for the Chess Academy to get rid of the crisis."

"In order to restore the Chess Academy to its former glory as soon as possible, we have to implement this competition as soon as possible. However, no matter how eager you are, there are still procedures that must be followed."

He raised his eyes and looked at the other side, seeing that the other side was patiently listening to his narration, and then continued: "If you want to hold this game, you must first complete the preparatory work, especially the back-up for the game. Since we hope This game can be held for a long time like the seven title battles, instead of being reduced to a short-lived chess game, so you can only find big companies or newspapers as sponsors. Although this way, you don’t have to worry about the game anymore There is a back-up problem, but it takes a lot of time to deal with those people alone, let alone the later drafting of the treaty."

"In order for the game to be held smoothly, corporate sponsorship alone is not enough, and the consent of most chess players is also required. And this is also a rather time-consuming task." He couldn't help sighing as he spoke. He breathed a sigh of relief, "First of all, the complete game plan must be announced to the public at the Chess Players Review Conference in October this year. After the majority of the members pass it, this plan will be brought to the General Chess Players Conference in December. The competition can only be held after it is officially approved. The whole process will take at least half a year, which means that the competition will not start until January next year at the earliest. Of course, this is only an ideal state. If If there is any accident in the judging process, the competition may be held at a later date."

"In addition, I must be successfully elected as a director in charge of external affairs at the director election meeting two months later, because only in this way can the preparations for the competition proceed smoothly. In order to get enough votes, I have to hurry up Time to come up with a complete game plan, and then lobby around to get more people's support."

"It is precisely because of this that I come to bother you again and again. If there is any offense, I hope you can forgive me." He looked at the other party sincerely and said apologetically.

"I see……"

Masao nodded sympathetically.Maybe it was because Ogata looked too self-blaming, so he said in a voice of relief: "You are worrying too much. You did this only because you care about the future of the chess academy. I admire it too late, so why would you feel offended?" ?After all, there are very few people nowadays who are as passionate about what they do as you.”

"Since it's about the future of Chess Institute, the competition should be more than just a competition." As if he had just noticed the stack of documents on the table, he looked at Ogata curiously, "This should be the project you mentioned. The project proposal for the competition, can I have a look at it?"

"Of course, you are welcome." Ogata replied with a standard smile.

After getting the answer, Masao lowered his head and read the text on the document very carefully.Since no one made a sound, the whole room seemed extremely quiet, only the occasional slight "rustling" sound of flipping through papers could be heard.

After a while, as if he saw something he was interested in, he went back and looked at one of the pages carefully, then raised his head.

"'The chess player's game fee is set according to the game result', this rule is really ingenious. In this way, the enthusiasm of the chess players is greatly mobilized, and the game will definitely be more attractive." When he said this, Masao's tone was full of praise.

"Let's take the liberty to guess, maybe this is one of the systems that Mr. Ogata has reformed the Kiuin?"

"Exactly." I didn't expect that my plan would be seen through so quickly, although I was surprised in my heart, there was a slightly reserved smile on Ogata's face.

"Sure enough." The other party smiled childishly, "If this system of killing two birds with one stone is implemented on a large scale, the overall atmosphere of the Chess Academy will definitely improve a lot!"

"!" Hearing this, Ogata almost couldn't maintain the already stiff expression on his face.

As if aware of the change in his expression, the other party smiled and said: "Mr. Ogata should have such a plan, otherwise he wouldn't be so troublesome to hold a new competition. Presumably he wants to use this as a reason Let’s test the effect of this system on a trial basis. It’s because my class has played tricks, which makes you laugh.”

Ogata smiled reluctantly, and before he had time to calm down his ups and downs, he heard the other party ask in a confused tone: "It's just that I don't quite understand why this competition is named after Sai instead of What about you, Ogata-san? The entire competition including these very creative rules was obviously planned by you with a lot of energy, didn't you? Why did you give it up like this?"

"Name it after me? Hehe, how can this be possible." Ogata couldn't help laughing, "I'm just a member of the Board of Directors of the Chess Academy, and I'm far inferior to Sai in terms of status and reputation. To make the game more influential, using the name of sai is the best choice."

"It's just that although his name is used, due to the current operating conditions of the Chess Academy, it may not be able to give corresponding remuneration. Therefore, it is more appropriate to call it 'expropriation' rather than 'use'. Although Sai probably doesn’t care about the amount at all, otherwise he wouldn’t donate all the prize money every time.”

"This is indeed a very uneconomical deal for Sai, but I don't think it should be a reason for him to refuse."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Zheng Fu asked curiously.

Ogata deliberately hesitated for a moment, and then said in a slightly embarrassed way: "Well... Although this is not very suitable for me, the reason why Sai can achieve today's achievements is completely inseparable from the chess academy's constant presence. The strong support behind it. Now that the Chess Institute is in trouble, due to emotion and reason, Sai should also lend a helping hand. After all, people must know how to repay kindness, right?"

"Of course, the Chess Academy will not do such a disrespectful thing. Although there is no material reward, the Chess Academy will compensate him in other ways. For example, to celebrate the [-]th anniversary of the Chess Academy, the Chess Academy will build Go on the first floor. At that time, there will be a whole row of display cabinets specially arranged in the palace archives to display items related to Sai, such as his nine-dan grid exemption certificate, the trophies he won, Sai's chess records sorted out by the Chess Academy Publishing Department, etc. "

"In addition, after the game plan is announced to the public, it can be regarded as a more reasonable explanation for the recent disappearance of sai. You must know that sai suddenly disappeared from the Internet recently. While people are anxiously waiting, there are many people who are concerned about sai Unfavorable comments also appeared. That is to say, apart from no material benefits, this plan can be said to be beneficial to Sai and has no harm."

"Well...it sounds quite reasonable, and the conditions offered by the Chess Institute are not bad." Ogata was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard the other party change the subject, "However, this is not completely without any negative impact on Sai."

The author has something to say:

Writing the scene where the two foxes fight is really exhausting Xiaosheng's brain cells...

The chapter of Ogata Fox’s visit is almost coming to an end. In the next chapter, Hikari is about to usher in a holiday, and Sato’s birthday is approaching. In addition, the long-lost Toya is about to appear

Ah, just thinking about it makes me happy