I’m Really a Superstar

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

Outside the Qiyuan.

Firecrackers popped. Nobody knew who had lit them, but several strings of firecrackers went off one after another. It sounded like the new year had come again.

Faint shouts could also be heard.

"Face-smacking Zhang is almighty!"

"Face-smacking Zhang is almighty!"

"Face-smacking Zhang is almighty!"

"Go back home, you Americans!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The crowd waiting at the entrance were in a celebratory mood!

Inside.

Zhang Ye\'s phone was blowing up with calls!

His eldest younger sister\'s call:

"Brother! You were so awesome!"

"Haha, that\'s of course!"

"I would like to learn Go too, teach me."

"Man, you don\'t have the talent, so you should forget about it."

B-list singer Xiaodong\'s call:

"You were incredible!"

"Haha, I guess I wasn\'t too bad."

"Damn, who could have thought that you would really win against the AI! The group of us were all watching the live broadcast. Amy, Xiaoxian, and I were dumbfounded from watching!"

He received over a dozen calls!

His friends and relatives each took turns to bombard his phone with calls!

After hanging up on the last call, Zhang Ye was feeling quite happy. He was suddenly overcome with emotion and sang.

"How lonely it is to be invincible.

"How empty it feels to be invincible.

"Standing alone at the summit, the cold wind continues to blow past.

"Who can understand my loneliness!"

The more he sang, the more excited he became.

"How lonely it is to be invincible.

"How empty it feels to be invincible.

"She who hides beyond the horizon, can you hear what I have to relate!

"My loneliness!

"Endless loneliness!"

Zhang Ye did not even notice that there were still some reporters and cameras nearby. He just sang a song from his previous world called " Invincible 1 "!

The reporters were dumbfounded by what they heard!

A cameraman nearly burst out laughing!

How arrogant!

This fellow was too good at putting on a show!

A middle-aged reporter suddenly looked to the cameraman and asked loudly, "Did you get that? Did you record the singing?"

That cameraman was stunned and quickly checked the camera. "Oh, it was recorded!"

"That\'s great!" The reporters were all excited!

No matter what conduct that was, it was still Zhang Ye\'s new song!

...

At the press conference venue.

Everyone had arrived.

Zhang Ye was led over together with the Qiyuan\'s people, as well as the American team members.

The press conference was about to begin, and it was the largest one held over the span of the three games. Almost all of the media outlets that could attend were present. The mainstream Chinese media, television stations, and quite a number of Japanese and Korean reporters, along with some Caucasian reporters from either Europe or America, were all gathered here.

The sea of reporters took to their seats and stared in anticipation as they waited to ask their questions. Some of the reporters could not wait anymore and shot off a barrage of questions!

Dan Donghe pressed both hands down to quiet the crowd. "Can you please ask one by one?"

An assistant from the Qiyuan pointed at a reporter whose hand was raised.

That person stood up and asked the American team, "Peter has lost, so the AI you claimed would surpass the wisdom and intelligence of humans couldn\'t win in the end. So then, will your side admit that the AI is inferior to the wisdom and intelligence of humanity? Or do you all still insist you are right?"

The American representative said, "I firmly believe that it will be the era of AIs from now on. Today\'s loss was just a minor setback to the long road ahead. It\'s not that big a deal at all. We\'re also very grateful to Professor Zhang for showing us that humans are that skilled. We hadn\'t believed it was possible. Moving on, we will continue to work on and develop our research on Peter\'s artificial intelligence! Peter will only get stronger and stronger from here on out!"

Another reporter asked, "Will you all try to challenge Professor Zhang again?"

The American representative said with a sunken expression, "Yes, we will certainly challenge him again. For example, we are currently developing Peter\'s Xiangqi functionalities and believe that it won\'t be too long before everyone gets to see it. Compared to Go, Xiangqi is also a rather difficult type of strategy board game. If Peter can defeat humanity in that, then…"

He no longer mentioned anything about Go!

The Americans had changed the subject to Xiangqi!

The reporters were surprised by this. Just as they were about to continue questioning, Zhang Ye spoke up!

Zhang Ye undoubtedly lived up to his nickname of Face-smacking Zhang. He interrupted with a laugh, "Sure, I can actually play Xiangqi too."

The American representative almost fainted!

Several of the American team members nearly vomited blood!

Fuck your second uncle!

How the fuck do you know everything!

Why don\'t you just die!

Why don\'t you just go and die!

The Americans were left speechless in the end. They no longer mentioned anything about Xiangqi!

The reporters burst out laughing in their heads

Yu Yingyi was amused in the audience!

Li Qinqin and the others were also in stitches. There was really no one else like Professor Zhang! But there was indeed nothing wrong with what he said. Everyone had witnessed Zhang Ye\'s Xiangqi skill before and it was really quite advanced!

In the cheerful and light-hearted atmosphere of the venue.

A female reporter stood up. "Hello, I\'m a reporter from Xinhua News. Teacher Zhang, you have represented the Go world today and protected its honor by unwaveringly playing out a wonderful game to turn defeat into victory. It left a lot of people covered in cold sweat from watching, but everyone is happy for you. You are indeed worthy of being called the smartest person in the world now!"

Zhang Ye smiled. "Thank you, but you think too highly of me."

A female reporter asked, "What do you think of everyone proclaiming you as a hero?"

Zhang Ye immediately waved it off and kept his smile. He said, "I\'m not a hero, I\'m really not one. There are many heroes in the Go world, some you can see and others that you don\'t know about. Everyone here has a dream and has a sincere passion for Go. It\'s a feeling that most people probably wouldn\'t understand. I couldn\'t understand it either in the past, but after being around the Qiyuan\'s people over the past few days, I\'ve gained a deeper insight." He looked at the Go players from the Qiyuan and said, "There are some people here who retired many years ago but still have the Go world\'s considerations at heart. They would step forward the moment the Go world faced any trouble. Some of the young players here even studied game records at the Qiyuan until 1 AM. Some of them have had glorious pasts, while others have stayed unknown to those outside the world of Go. But it is these people who have supported the Go world to this stage step by step, so if there are any heroes to speak of, it should be them!"

Many of the reporters were stunned.

Zhang Ye pointed to a man. "Dan Donghe. He made his debut at age 16 and became a world champion in 1984 at the International Go Tournament!"

Applause thundered!

Dan Donghe teared up as he stood and bowed.

Zhang Ye pointed at a second person. "Wu Changhe, once the world number one in Go, led the national team to achieve a historic first in claiming three successive championships. He retired in 1995!"

Wu Changhe gave a soft sigh as he stood up and bowed.

All of the audience was applauding!

Zhang Ye said, "Zhao Hui, an 8th dan Go player. With his teammate seriously sick and absent from an international match, he took it upon himself to step up and face the Japanese team and won the match decider. He retired in 1998!"

Zhao Hui was starting to cry, but he held back his tears and stood up ramrod straight!

Zhang Ye said, "Li Qi, a 7th dan player, previously ranked in the top 20 of the world, and retired in 2005. After his divorce, he volunteered to assist in training the national team for over a decade. In that time, he trained many batches of pro Go players who have gone on to excel in the world stage from behind the scenes! Even now, he has not remarried!"

Li Qi slowly stood up with pride!

The audience kept applauding!

Li Qi\'s ex-wife cried as she watched the television.

Li Qi\'s daughter was choking back her tears. "Dad!"

Li Yi.

Xiang Rong.

Chen Ying.

Zhang Ye introduced them one by one.

The reporters were moved. All of them stood up and gave their loudest round of applause! There were many names they had never heard, nor did they know who those people were. But when they listened to Zhang Ye introduce each of their stories, none of the reporters interrupted him nor showed any signs of impatience. They were all very touched, and a few young reporters felt fired up as their emotions surged. There were even two female reporters who could not help but wipe the tears from the corners of their eyes. Their hearts were filled to the brim with emotion!

After he finished introducing them.

Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I\'m only a layman who has played three games, so I\'m really nothing much in comparison. They are the true heroes of the Go world. Please give them a round of applause!"

The reporters gave another thunderous round of applause!

When the viewers watching TV saw, they were all moved!

Well said, that was really well said!

They are the heroes!

No, all of you are the heroes!

1. Invincible - https://youtu.be/-Ijz0TJbsqI