[Soul of Chess] What if

Compared with the busy publishing department, the atmosphere in the chairman's office is much more peaceful.

The annual council election is about to start again. As usual, Li Guangmatsuo, the director of the Chess Institute, sits at his desk. He carefully looks through the candidate's information, marking it from time to time.

"dong dong"

"Please come in."

After hearing the knock on the door, Li Guang put down the signature pen in his hand.Noticing that the visitor was holding a folder in his hand, a smile could not help but appear on his face: "Has the contract been signed?"

"Yes." Ogata said, and handed the document in his hand to the other party.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Guang said sincerely.He flipped through it briefly, then put the document on the side again, and then asked a little curiously: "By the way, Mr. Ogata, is that Fujiwara Sakai really Sai?"

In order to avoid misunderstanding, he added: "It seems that this matter has been discussed on the Internet these days, and I can't help but become curious."

Seeing the other party's innocent appearance, the corners of Ogata's lips raised uncontrollably.

"What do you think?" Ogata didn't answer, but asked back with a smile.

"Huh? Me?" Liguang raised his eyebrows slightly, "Ms. Ogata really likes to joke around. It is precisely because I don't know, that's why I invite you to answer my questions."

"Having said that, in fact, you should have an answer in your heart."

Seeing the other party but smiling without saying a word, the smile on the corner of Ogata's mouth deepened: "So, why do you ask me? Even if what I said is true, I don't think you will believe it."

"What's more..." After a pause, Ogata said with a little helplessness, "I can't be a person who doesn't trust me when I'm entrusted with loyalty."

"Since you've said that, it would seem that I'm being unreasonable if you continue to ask." Li Guang said with a smile.Seeing the screen of the mobile phone on the table light up, he said "sorry" and picked up the phone.

"Then, I'll take my leave."

Ogata was about to leave, but he stopped before taking a few steps.Because he lost his smile when he heard the always calm chairman speak for the first time: "You said, Sai refused to donate the bonus to the Chess Academy?"

At this moment, the staff of the Chess Academy at the venue of the Chunlan Cup final felt as if they were in a furnace, and it was very difficult to bear.

Although the final of the Chunlan Cup was in the form of Sanfanqi, it was expected that Sai would end the game early with a score of [-]-[-], so they waited in the venue early in the morning.

As they expected, Sai already had the chance to win the game before it reached the middle of the game, and it probably won't be long before it ends.

Just when they thought things would go on smoothly as usual, unexpected changes happened suddenly.

The opponent had just conceded defeat when the following words appeared on the screen:

『sai＞Dear competition organizer: If possible, could you please transfer my competition prize money to Mr. Li Linxin, the person in charge of the sai support club in China?Because I really hope that I can contribute a little to the operation of the God of Go website.Thank you so much! 』

After seeing the content on the screen clearly, there was an uproar in the venue.

You know, in the past, sai would donate the prize money to the chess academy after each game, which has almost become a practice.Now Sai suddenly proposed to donate the bonus to other places, and the entrusted party is not a chess academy, no matter how you look at it, it is really interesting.

This situation was so unexpected that several staff members of the Chess Academy were stunned for several seconds. After recovering, they felt an uncontrollable anger rising in their chests.But knowing that there are countless pairs of eyes closely watching their every move, even though their inner emotions are completely disordered, they still have to barely maintain their superficial calm.

Really, since you don't plan to donate the bonus to the Chess Academy, why didn't you say it earlier?It is too much to cause them to come here to embarrass themselves!After reporting the situation here, Furuse Village couldn't help saying angrily in his heart.

Although those people have tried their best to maintain their image, there are still many pictures of chess academy staff losing their composure on the Internet.Because of this, following the great discussion on Sai's identity, the Internet once again became noisy.

Li Guang looked away from the screen, no longer paying attention to the divergent opinions of netizens.After propping his chin and pondering for a moment, he looked up at Ogata: "When I signed the contract with Sai's agent this morning, was there anything unusual about the other party?"

Ogata lowered his eyes and thought about it for a while, then replied: "No."

"Is that so..." Liguang sighed softly, "So, Ogata-sensei, what do you think about this matter?"

After a little thought, Ogata answered carefully: "Only from the picture, not only our side, but also that Mr. Li is also surprised, it seems that he doesn't know anything about this matter."

"But, it's just 'look'."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Li Guang asked.

"Because it happened to appear at the venue at that time, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit too coincidental. Therefore, he should know something in advance instead of acting so innocent. As for how much he knows about the plan , it’s hard to say.”

"The first situation is that he didn't know the inside story, and he just came to the venue under the arrangement of someone; the second situation is that he knew all the arrangements, and his performance in the venue was just acting. If it is the first The situation is fine, but if it's the second type, then we're in a bit of a disadvantage." Ogata said slowly, "Because that means that Sai may have to take some big action."

"However, what is certain is that Sai will not leave the chess academy at least in the near future."

Li Guang was contemplating with lowered eyebrows, when he heard what Ogata said, he couldn't help asking, "Why?"

"Because sai still needs the power of the chess academy." Ogata's tone was full of determination, "sai knows our intention of holding the 'sai cup', and is also very clear about the worst situation he will face. In this case, he Still chose to sign a contract with us, which shows that he has not yet completely broken away from the ability of Qiyuan."

"I think the reason why Sai donated the bonus to other places is to vent his inner dissatisfaction. After all, even a saint would feel displeased if he was so thoroughly used by others."

"Well, it's understandable." Li Guang nodded in agreement, "From this point of view, the first problem we have to solve at present is how to properly handle this matter while maintaining the image of the Chess Academy."

"Exactly." Ogata affirmed.

"Considering what kind of help Sai may need, out of goodwill, Chess Academy specially arranged for us to wait at the venue in advance. As for the bonus, since its owner is Sai, it is Sai's freedom to deal with it. Chess Academy has never asked Sai to Donate the prize money to the Chess Academy.”

"In addition, the Chess Academy just signed a contract with Sai this morning. It is not convenient to disclose the specific content at the moment, but it will not take long for everyone to know."

Looking at the decent smiles on the faces of the chess academy staff on the screen, Ah Guang couldn't help but sneered from the bottom of his heart.

He obviously went there for the bonus, but now he uses these high-sounding words to cover it up, is he treating everyone as fools?

"Hey, Ah Guang, why do you suddenly want to donate the prize money to the website of the God of Go?" After Ah Guang sent that passage, Zuo Wei couldn't help asking after holding back for a long time.

"Why..." Aguang turned around and replied seriously, "When I was browsing the website some time ago, I came across a piece of news that mentioned a website called WGS."

"It is said that this website was jointly launched by some enthusiastic chess fans."

"Eh? It sounds very similar to the God of Go website~" Zuo Wei said with emotion.

A Guang nodded and continued: "Although it appeared very late, due to the successful holding of many activities on the website, its popularity rose sharply for a while, and it even tended to replace the official website. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, due to the lack of website operation The current situation of the website is very difficult, and it is almost impossible to operate.”

Zuo Wei immediately understood what Aguang meant: "That's why you want to change the recipient of the bonus donation, in order to avoid a similar situation encountered by the God of Go website."

"Well, yes." After finishing speaking, Aguang looked at Zuo Wei with some unease, "Donate the prize money without authorization, Zuo Wei, you don't blame me, do you?"

Zuo Wei gently rubbed Ah Guang's head: "How could it be?"

"Thank you, Zuo Wei." Ah Guang bowed his head and thanked softly.

Like Aguang, almost no one believed the words of the Qiyuan.After the official answer, people's speculation and discussion on this matter became more heated.

Just when the staff of the Chess Academy was overwhelmed, a new situation appeared——

Just a week after the Chunlan Cup incident, the God of Go website launched a World Champion Internet Go Challenge called "God of Chess Cup".

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