Chapter 167: Let's go first
Seeing Lee Sedol finally walking out of the room, Lee Sang-hoon hurriedly asked, "It's okay, brother, or let's give up the game!"
During these three days, Lee Sedol was locked in his room alone, and even had his meals brought in.
This made Lee Sang-hoon very worried, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get off, and felt that he had to find a short-term view if he lost the game.
It wasn't until Lee Sedol came out that Lee Sang-hoon was relieved.
Although Lee Sedol's face was haggard, his state was quite passable, and it seemed that in the past three days, Lee Sedol had thought about it for a long time, and he had thought for a long time about whether to let him go first, and he had made up his mind and made a choice.
On the first day of staying in the room, Lee Sedol was still depressed, he didn't want to compete anymore, and wanted to retire and go back.
But Lee Sedol thought about it carefully, if he withdrew from the competition like this, wouldn't it be equivalent to thinking that he was inferior to Li Cai, and he would definitely be scolded to death when he returned to China, which would also make many people think that he had lost his face in South Korea, and it was estimated that there were a lot of anti to send him blades, making him uneasy.
Therefore, chess still has to be played, and you can't just quit the game.
However, in the first five games, Lee Sedol was easily won five games in a row by Li Cai, and did not win a single game of chess, which also made him not confident that he would be able to win all the next five games and get a draw.
But if you let Dingxian say it, this means that you are not as good as Li Cai, and your Go strength is weaker than him.
This made Lee Sedol, who has always praised himself as "the world's No. 1 in Go", feel that he can't afford to lose this face and can't let go of the self-esteem of the most chess player.
You know, Lee Sedol has always thought that he is the best chess player in the world, and he has been working hard for it, even in the peak period of Lee Chang-ho, when he can't win or beat Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol still said unruly: "I am stronger than Lee Chang-ho, I am the number one in the world." "It's crazy.
If there was no appearance of Lee Chae, when Lee Chang-ho was old and slipped to the peak, it would also be the period of Lee Sedol's rise, and he also took over from Lee Chang-ho and became the world's No. 1.
It's a pity that Lee Sedol was occupied by Li Cai for three years at his peak, even now he is still the world's first Go player, and is praised by the Korean media as "the world's first Go player".
But in fact, the honor and status are not as good as Lee Chang-ho and Lee Cai, but the Korean media only has Lee Sedol's shot, so naturally they can only support Lee Sedol, and Lee Sedol is becoming more and more popular in the Korean media.
On the second day of staying in the room, Lee Sedol remembered the new rules that Lee had said.
Although he didn't want to agree, Lee Sedol knew that he was no longer Li Cai's opponent in the game of splitting first.
If you go to play the first chess, you will bow your head and admit that you are weaker than Li Cai, which makes Lee Sedol feel unwilling.
But thinking that he could get 25 million in a draw, Lee Sedol was very moved, and when he got this money, he could retire directly, not go to the game, and enjoy his old age in peace.
"Assiba, how could Li Cai be so powerful. ”
Lee Sedol scolded in the room, feeling that it was Li Cai's fault, so he let himself fall into such a difficult choice.
Money or dignity, that's the question.
Lee Sedol, a primary school student, naturally doesn't know Shakespeare's quotes, but he still knows that he has to make a choice.
Choose dignity, don't play handicap chess, it is estimated that you will lose the next game, so that you will have no money, and you will be regarded as a sinner when you return to China.
Choosing money, that is, to play Dingxian chess, although admitting that it is not as good as Li Cai, but as long as you get this money, and it is a draw, it will not be reported in China to let Dingxian Cai play a draw.
will only know that he Lee Sedol and Li Cai's ten games, with a draw as the result, regardless of the winner or loser, and won half of the bonus, the country will definitely hype it, as for the details of the draw, I will not care.
Just like the football World Cup held by South Korea and Japan in 02, it was the blackest in the World Cup, and the match-fixing incident also allowed South Korea to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup and achieve the best results in Asian countries.
Although the world knows about this and looks down on South Korea's behavior, in South Korea, they still talk about it and don't care about these things at all.
Just like Ahn Jung-hwan, who achieved good results in the World Cup, he made a great contribution to the South Korean team's victory over Italy and promotion to the semifinals.
Although he cheated, Ahn Jung-hwan was directly expelled from the Italian team he played for after this game, and even became the public enemy of Italy, and he could not gain a foothold in European football.
But such a person, after returning to China, was treated as a hero, even if he retired later, as the host of the show, he was still popular everywhere, and even when he mentioned the 02 World Cup in the show, he didn't blush, and he was proud.
Anyway, for the sake of results, many athletes in South Korea can do whatever it takes, even if they are despicable and shameless, as long as the final results are good, which is what South Korea advocates.
Therefore, after two days of entanglement, Lee Sedol figured out that as long as he played a draw, got half of the bonus, and returned to China, he would still be treated like a hero.
So, during the three days of the closed door, Lee Sedol also used his unintelligent brain to think clearly about these relationships, and decided to use this rule to play handicap chess.
Looking at his brother Lee Sang-hoon, who was worried about him, Lee Sedol said to him succinctly: "Tell the organizers that I will use the new rules given." ”
Lee Sang-hoon listened and understood the decision made by his younger brother Lee Sedol, and knew that he wanted to understand the powerful relationship between them.
After learning that Lee Sedol was going to use this rule and go to play handicap with Li Cai, the teacher Nie Whirlwind could only sigh: "I was guessed by Li Cai's kid again." ”
After Lee learned that Lee Sedol had used this rule, he naturally revealed the news, but the media knew about it.
The media are waiting for Lee Sedol to make a decision, if Lee Sedol doesn't use this rule and doesn't play handicap chess, then the game will be boring, and the content of the report is that Lee Cai won, there is no suspense, readers don't need to watch it, they all know that Lee Cai will win the game.
When the news was reported, the chess players and media of Huaguo and Neon Kingdom all thought that Li Cai was able to force Lee Sedol to make this decision, and he was already firmly in the identity of the first person in Go.
After all, modern Go doesn't give way to set the first game, not even ten games, only three games and five games.
Therefore, Li Cai forced Lee Sedol to give way to Ding, and the game was naturally expected by everyone.
If Li Cai can still win the game in Handicap Dingxian, then he can be comparable to Master Wu Qingyuan, and he may also become the first person in history.
As for the clamoring South Korean media, there is no sound at all, they are all dumb, and they are all waiting to see if Lee Sedol can play a draw.
If there is a draw, they will twist the facts, saying that Lee Sedol is not weak with Li Cai, that Korean chess players are no worse than Chinese chess players, and that the world's No. 1 chess player still belongs to them.
In anticipation, the sixth game began.