Go Legend

   Chapter 88 I think you can ask him

   "Hehe, the other three who made it to the semi-finals were all Koreans."

   After listening to the news brought back by Lao Nie and Zhou Yi, Li Xiangping looked thoughtful, and then said this.

   And when Lao Nie saw him like this, he thought he was afraid, so he quickly said:

   "I said Xiang Ping, although these Koreans are quite powerful, but you don't have to be afraid, let's take care of it when the time comes."

  Li Xiangping gave Old Nie a strange look: "Mr. Nie, what should I be afraid of now, don't you think it should be them who are afraid now?"

  Old Nie was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed. He and Zhou Yi laughed together:

   "Haha, that's right, it's said that people with bare feet are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Then, of course, people who wear shoes are afraid of those who wear shoes. Then Xiangping, what were you feeling just now?"

   "I'm just sighing. In the top 8, Japanese players still occupied half of the country, but in a blink of an eye, they were wiped out. This reminds me of a person's evaluation of Go."

   This time it was Zhou's translator who took Li Xiangping's words: "Yes, yes, Japanese Go seems to be getting worse and worse now, and their decline is already very obvious, eh? Xiangping, what did you think of just now?"

   "I once heard people say: Go is always a person's business. Seeing today's battle situation reminds me of this sentence, Mr. Nie, do you think it makes sense?"

  Old Nie said with a smile: "Hehe, who said this? There is a certain truth to it, but Li Xiangping, let me tell you, you can't talk nonsense in the future."

  Li Xiangping smiled. This was said by the Korean Xiao Li later. As a former hero in the arena and a lonely hero in the Chinese chess world in the past, Li Xiangping believes that Lao Nie must agree with this sentence in his heart.

But how should I put it? This sentence is different from the overall values ​​of our country. Our country emphasizes collectivism. In the Go world, the propaganda is "prosperity in the country and prosperity in chess". To be honest, Li Xiangping thinks this sentence It's just "political correctness", but logically it shouldn't make sense.

To give a very simple example, there was an obvious peak period in medieval chess, from the Bailing era to the Huanglongshi era. Li Xiangping even thought that this should be the golden period of medieval chess, even if it was the later period. The Fan Shi era was not as energetic as this period.

   However, this period coincided with the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a period of great turmoil in the change of dynasties. Of course, it is nonsense to say "national prosperity" during this period, but it happened to be the period when chess was prosperous. How can this be explained?

   "Okay, Xiangping, get ready. Let's go to the dinner hosted by the sponsor. There will definitely be a press conference to interview you later. Remember not to talk nonsense."

  Li Xiangping smiled and said, "Okay, it's a dinner party hosted by the Koreans, so should we eat something to sit at the bottom?"

   These words made both Lao Nie and Zhou Yi laugh, and Lao Nie scolded with a smile:

   "Fuck off!"

  At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping, accompanied by Lao Nie and Zhou Yi, appeared at the dinner hosted by the organizer. In fact, the most important thing was the semi-final drawing ceremony.

   After the three people came to the venue, Li Xiangping immediately became the focus of the audience. From the moment he appeared at the door of the venue, countless eyes were directed at him.

   This situation is of course very normal, and it should be said that this is what Li Xiangping expected.

  Because in the professional Go world, the semi-finals of the World Series have always been regarded as a watershed. Since the birth of the first Go World Tournament in 1988, due to the allocation of participation quotas, you can actually see that the top eight of the Go World Tournament are really nothing. Record.

   However, the semi-finals are different!

   It can be said that in the semi-finals of the World Series, this is already a height that 80% of the world's professional chess players have never reached in their lifetime.

   There are also about 10% of chess players, who may have entered the semi-finals of the World Series once in their lifetime.

   And if a person can become a frequent visitor to the top four of the world competition, then there is no doubt that this must be the standard of a famous chess player in the world chess world and a first-class chess player in the Go world.

Considering Li Xiangping's age, and his current status as an amateur chess player, considering that he has passed so many rounds of pre-selection, and finally considering the composition of the other three finalists If you can't attract attention, then it's really weird.

   "Mr. Nie, please here."

What Li Xiangping didn't expect was that he still saw Lao Cao at the venue today. It can be seen that the organizer of the event is really interested. Think about it, the Korean chess world really can't find other suitable candidates besides Lao Cao. Come to receive old Nie.

   Lao Cao and Lao Nie began to talk. Of course, their communication did not require translation, because Lao Cao studied chess in Japan in his early years, and a group of domestic chess players like Lao Nie basically knew a little Japanese. So it seemed like a strange scene. In a tournament hosted by Koreans, a Korean chess player and a Chinese chess player had a strange conversation in Japanese.

Li Xiangping didn't understand Japanese, so he couldn't understand what they were talking about. He only knew that he must be talking about himself, because when they were chatting, Lao Cao looked at him several times, and Lao Nie was always dancing with his hands. Feet, seeing this situation, Li Xiangping guessed that Lao Cao had been asking about some basic information about himself.

During their chat, Li Xiangping observed the entire venue and found that the entire venue was basically Korean. Ordinarily, the Japanese delegation should also invite a banquet like this. Maybe because the entire army was wiped out, they were eliminated today. None of the four Japanese players saw it, and only the head of the Japanese delegation attended out of courtesy.

   Li Xiangping, the head of the Japanese team, has a bit of an impression. He should be Hiroshi Yamashiro. He participated in the Sino-Japanese Go arena many times in his early years.

Apart from this dude, what attracted Li Xiangping's attention the most in the whole venue was of course the other three players who had entered the semi-finals. The three of them are currently sitting together, and their attention seems to be equally focused on themselves, not to mention the old one. Xu and Da Liu are now, and even Li Canghao, who has been paralyzed for ten thousand years, often turns his attention to himself.

  At the beginning of the banquet, the Korean kimchi banquet is of course nothing to describe. The point is the lottery after the banquet.

The host is a very beautiful young lady. She started the speech with a lot of words. Since she couldn't understand it at all, Li Xiangping had to focus on people. After all, Koreans are famous for their cosmetic techniques. Li Xiang I just want to see if this is a natural beauty or a transformed beauty.

   It's a pity that Li Xiangping is not good enough, he can't see it at all.

   "Xiang Ping, it's your turn."

   In the end, it was Zhou Yi who interrupted Li Xiangping's research, and he only pushed Li Xiangping in the back.

   "Huh? What?"

   "Now the host invites you to go up and draw lots, let's go, I'll go up with you."

   At the semi-final stage, the draw is of course very simple, as long as one person goes up, the situation of the two games can be finalized.

   is also because of its simplicity, so after Li Xiangping finished drawing, the young lady did not let him unfold, but pretended to ask questions.

   "The host asked you, whoever you meet in the next round will be the world champion. He asked you which of the three world champions would you most like to meet?"

   "It doesn't matter, everyone is the same."

   "Ah? Everyone is the same, I said Xiang Ping, wouldn't this answer be too simple."

   Li Xiangping smiled, and he whispered to the translation of Zhou: "Brother Zhou, you can answer like this, anyway, if you want to win the championship, it's not the same who you touch at this time, isn't it?"

  The translator was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he started talking to the Korean lady. Just looking at his expression, Li Xiangping highly doubted that he definitely did not translate it according to his original words.

   Another crackling, Zhou Yi finished the communication with the host, and then motioned Li Xiangping to unfold the small note in his hand.

  Li Xiangping unfolded in front of the crowd, it was Liu Changhe.

   Li Xiangping's opponent in the semifinals is South Korea's "Jade Mask Killer" Liu Changhe!

   "The host asked you again, how do you feel now in the face of last year's double world champion, Mr. Liu Changhe."

After hearing this question, Li Xiangping laughed again. I don't know why. At this moment, he suddenly remembered an allusion in the Go world. It should be that not long ago, when Japan's Ida Jiji was still Li Canghao's "hard hand" At that time, in a certain world competition, Yitian Jiji met Li Canghao, and also at the end of the lottery, Yitian Jiji ended the host interview.

   Maybe the host who interviewed him is a rookie who has just entered the industry and asked the same question as he just thought.

   "About this, I think you can ask my opponent how he feels now."

   This was the answer of Yida Noki at the time.

   is also Li Xiangping's answer now.

   (end of this chapter)