20 minutes later, the capital "Fangyuan chess and card room".

"Oh, you're talking about him, you know, he has a beard at a young age...... How do you think we can consider signing him? ”

Li Xiangping smiled secretly in his heart, as soon as he heard Lao Cai's tone, he knew that he was definitely not familiar with "Chu Lao", he didn't know what his level was, and it was unlikely that he didn't know what his chess characteristics were.

can let Lao Cai "know" this person, his beard may be the most important reason.

Li Xiangping thinks about it now, and he thinks that this thing is actually normal.

Now more than 20 new beginners are born every year, even if you put aside those children who are not ready to take the road of professional Go, among the remaining group of people, the current "Chu Lao" is inconspicuous.

He hasn't achieved much yet, and he hasn't even shown his characteristics.

He is not like Chen Xiaoqiang and "two meals and one rice", he has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, and has been focused on training by various teams, he is not even as good as Zhou Xiaoyang's classmates------ Zhou Xiaoyang is the first to break into the Internet famous, the "drum urn golden hammer" in recent years is famous, and even the "mastery" has been praised.

And "Chu Lao" is not a famous teacher (his master is Wu Zhaoyi Jiuduan), not from the developed areas of traditional Go (not from Beijing and Shanghai, nor from the Central Plains Province or Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, but from the border Daqing)

So to be honest, it is very difficult for a young chess player like "Chu Lao" to be noticed by various teams at this age!

Even his most eye-catching beard is not a plus for him, but more like a minus--------

In most people's general perception, can a guy with a long beard play Go well? Can style and temperament match? Not to mention a child with a long beard, even those particularly famous beards, such as Su Dongpo, he is a stinky chess basket.

"Hehe, yes, Uncle Cai, I think that kid's chess is still very good, if we sign him, I don't dare to say anything else now, it's definitely no problem to be a substitute first."

"Oh, did Xiangping know him before?"

"Hehe, Uncle Cai, look at what you said, they are all chess players, and with his beard, it's hard to know him or not."

Lao Cai smiled slightly: I'm not talking about his people, but about his chess, Xiangping, do you still know that child's chess? I've never heard you say that before. ”

Li Xiangping was really asked by Lao Cai, because since he came back, today is really the first time to see "Chu Lao", and Lao Cai is not so easy to fool, after all, he has a master of the level of industry 4 or above, so ordinary lies really can't fool him.

"Well, I really didn't know him before, didn't I go to the chess academy today, and I happened to see him participating in the national junior team selection, I took a few looks at it on the side, and I felt that this kid's chess is really good, and it is really worth signing him."

Lao Cai's eyes widened: "You just looked at it a few times, and you think this kid is worth signing?" ”

Seeing Lao Cai's eyes now, Li Xiangping gritted his teeth, thinking that it might be really impossible not to make a big move, because he had seen a fart before, he purely saw that this person was "Chu Lao", one of the "new six supers" in the Chinese chess world in the past 13 years, so he hurriedly came here.

Li Xiangping began to open his eyes and talk nonsense, he nodded and said:

"That's right, although I only watched it for a while, I thought that this kid's chess was very distinctive, and there was an idea that even I was amazed by the shooting, so I hurriedly called you."

"Really!?"

Lao Cai was really moved when he heard it.

You must know that this was said by Li Xiangping, which can be regarded as praise from Li Xiangping.

And Li Xiangping has been debuting for several years, has he praised him as a professional chess player?

Well, he has always been very polite to his predecessors, but Li Xiangping's praise of juniors or peers has never been heard of by Lao Cai.

For example, the child of the Beijing team who has the best relationship with him, Lao Cai has heard Li Xiangping despise him, saying that he is still a toddler in Handan, and he doesn't know a little bit of his own characteristics.

But the kid with the beard ......

Lao Cai made a decision in an instant: since Li Xiangping said so, then this kid is really worth signing, no, it should be signed immediately, as soon as possible.

Lao Cai's expression changes were fully seen by Li Xiangping.

After all, they are all so familiar, and Li Xiangping is still thinking about whether to soak other people's daughters, so Li Xiangping still understands the psychology of a local tyrant like Lao Cai.

To say that the reason why a local tyrant of his type sponsors Go, he basically does not expect any commercial returns, commonly known as generating electricity with love, and in addition to the simple love of Go, there is actually a kind of happiness that cannot be ignored------

The joy of being "Bole"!

This kind of happiness really can't be ignored, especially for a local tyrant like Lao Cai, this may be a very high-level happiness.

There is no need to cite other examples, just take Li Xiangping himself, why was he so concerned about his own affairs back then? Of course, it wasn't that he really regarded Li Xiangping as his son-in-law at that time, in addition to the relationship with Li Da Tuhao, the pleasure of "being a bole" was the other most important reason.

Obviously, after listening to Li Xiangping's words, Comrade Lao Cai seems to have moved his mind again, and he seems to want to be Bole again.

"By the way, Xiangping, you said that the child's master is Wu Zhaoyi Jiuduan, right? I have Wu Jiuduan's phone number here, and I'll call him now. ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, Uncle Cai......."

Seeing that Comrade Lao Cai was so upright, he immediately made a decision because of his own words, which made Li Xiangping hesitate a little.

Of course, his hesitation is not to doubt the talent and talent of "Chu Lao", but compared to other peers, this child's growth rate is really a bit slow, and it can basically be classified as a "late bloomer" type.

In Li Xiangping's memory, the "old man" at this time is really inconspicuous, and the first time he participated in the armor in real history seems to be three or four years later.

And it is also interesting that he was noticed, that is, he participated in the "Advocate Chess Cup" that year, and finally broke into the semi-finals or the finals, which also won a game against Kong Erjie.

In fact, the results are not the point, "Chu Lao" showed a certain trait through that game of chess, especially let people see his super computing power, and then was reported by the "Go World", which is why the Weijia team decided to sign him for a try.

Then this time, I tried to be the main force of a "little leopard generation" and tried a "new six super".

It is precisely because of this attribute of "Chu Lao" that Li Xiangping hesitated, and the more resolute Lao Cai was, the more hesitant he became.

You must know that he really hadn't watched the game of "Chu Lao" just now, he really didn't know what this guy's current level was.

This is really presumptuous to sign, in case this guy is still like in his previous life, he will not officially enter the fast lane of growth until three or four years later-------

Needless to say, in the next three or four years, where will you put your face as a genius?

It is precisely because of this consideration that Li Xiangping feels that he should be cautious, people can not sign, but Li Datiancai's face must not be lost.

"Don't worry, Uncle Cai, I just said it, I just watched it for a while, his chess is indeed quite distinctive, yes, but what level is he, especially whether he has reached the level of the lower armor, I really don't see this clearly, so Uncle Cai, do you think we should be cautious? At least evaluate him in other aspects? ”

Of course, people who like to be Bole like to assess others, so Lao Cai said happily:

"Hehe, okay, okay, then Xiangping, you say, how should we assess him? Or you and Coach Wu ........"

"No, no, don't be so troublesome......." Li Xiangping hurriedly interrupted Comrade Lao Cai, and said in his heart, what are you kidding, I am here to fight dogs, who has time to assess a future star who is destined to become famous.

"Uncle Cai, I don't think it's so troublesome, when it comes to the assessment conditions, isn't there a ready-made one, he is participating in the national youth trials, do you say that we will take this selection as an assessment for him?"

"Okay, good idea, good ......."

So the two began to discuss the clear assessment conditions.

Obviously, if you are only selected for the national junior team, this will definitely not meet the standard of participating in the league, so the assessment requirements must be higher than this. It's just that what are the specific standards? The two discussed it for a while.

Lao Cai said at the beginning that as long as he won the championship in the selection competition, he would sign him immediately, but he soon felt that this standard was too high, so he dropped to the top three.

That is to say, the two discussed: as long as "Chu Lao" can achieve the top three results in this national junior team trial, he will be given a contract for the first team.

It's just that in the end, Li Xiangping felt that there seemed to be something missing, so he gave Lao Cai another idea.

At Li Xiangping's suggestion, Comrade Lao Cai happily dialed Wu Zhaoyi's ninth section.

“....... Yo Mr. Cai! Thank you, thank you, why did you suddenly fall in love with Jiaxi? ”

"Hehe, I won't hide it from you Wu Jiuduan, it's not that I fell in love with him, but Xiangping fell in love with his chess talent, and you don't want to think about it, just my stinky chess basket, if you want to look at it, you have to have that ability."

"Huh?! Xiangping? Xiangping fell in love with Jiaxi's chess talent? ”

"Hehe, that's it, so Wu Jiuduan, I want to congratulate you for teaching a good apprentice, but let me tell you, when Xiangping was here just now, he also put forward an additional condition."

"Additional conditions for Xiangpingti...... Mr. Cai, you say, you say. ”

"Nothing else, it's the same as we said before, as long as Jiaxi wins the championship of this national youth selection tournament, I will give him a contract for the main chess player here, if he only wins the second or third place, then give the substitute contract first, Xiangping's only condition is to let you notify him in advance."

"Inform him in advance?"

"Yes, it means that don't hide this from the child, hasn't he just participated in the selection now, I hope you will find a suitable opportunity to talk to the child about this in the next day or two."

Wu Jiuduan is also a master of Go, so he quickly understood the meaning of this sentence:

"Xiangping means this, in fact, I want to see the child's ability to resist pressure?"

"Haha, that's right, that's what we mean, and Wu Jiuduan, you know, it's inconvenient for us to talk about this kind of thing, it's better to trouble you, who is a master, how about it, it's not troublesome, right?"

"Haha, no trouble, no trouble, Xiangping's opinion is very good, since you want to be a professional chess player, how can you do it without a little psychological capacity, in short, Mr. Cai thank you, no matter how well he compares this time, I sincerely thank you, thank you for giving him the opportunity......."

After the two hung up the phone, Li Xiangping and Comrade Lao Cai looked at each other and smiled, Li Xiangping said silently in his heart, I'm sorry for setting up so many obstacles for you, but I also sincerely hope that you can pass the assessment.

After saying goodbye to Comrade Lao Cai, Li Xiangping remembered other people's daughters again, stood at the door of the chess and card room for a while, Li Xiangping shook his head, and finally decided not to tease her.

No match, no match, no matter what Li Xiangping thinks, she still feels that she and Cai Shanshan are not compatible, she was the kind of "heroic" type of strong woman in her previous life, this is not Li Xiangping's dish at all, anyway, at least so far, Li Xiangping has never thought of looking for this, since this is the case, of course, it is better to be less flirtatious.

Since he can't flirt with his sister, then of course he can only flirt with Go, and after leaving the club, he began to take stock of his next stage of the schedule, especially the next event in October.

First of all, of course, the temporary addition of the "A Han Tongshan Cup", although this competition has just started the preliminaries, it has not yet entered the "competition" stage, so Li Xiangping still does not know the specific time and place of the game.

But the whole game is basically played in October.

Because now, the time of the Sino-Japanese championship match has been determined, and on November 5th, the venue of the competition will be in Kyoto, Japan.

If he really has the opportunity to play chess there, Li Xiangping needs to win at least 5 games in a row, and these 5 games will basically be completed in October.

Compared to this competition, the schedule of the World Series in October is relatively relaxed, with only one "Samsung Cup" quarterfinals and one "LG Cup" quarterfinals.

However, once these two games are passed, Li Xiangping will be very busy.

Next, the semi-finals of the "Toyota Cup", the semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup", the domestic "Celebrity Battle" five-way chess challenge, the "LG Cup" semi-finals, the "Yingshi Cup" finals and so on will follow one after another.

These games are basically fanchess, and each game is more important than the other, which of course can't help but let him relax.

Of course, Li Xiangping never wanted to relax his spirit.

“...... Hehe, don't they all say that winning me is super-first-class, how can there be so many super-first-class ...... in this world?"

With this thought, Li Xiangping returned home and first prepared for the next important game: the quarterfinals of the "Samsung Cup", which will start in early October.

Li Xiangping's opponent in this game is Wang Lei Baduan, although the game itself is nothing, but Li Xiangping has no intention of relaxing-------

For no other reason, the "Samsung Cup" is still alive and well in the South Korean second Lee Du than so far, and this is the first time that the two of them have survived in the same game at the same time in the tournament that has started this year.

In addition, coupled with Gu Dali, the "super first-class" selected by chess fans actually survived three at the same time, which is the reason why Li Xiangping attaches great importance to it.

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, why don't you play for me in this game?"

Li Xiangping never expected that Lao Shi would simply refuse:

"No, if you pass this level, I can think about the next game."

Li Xiangping was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, Lao Shi, this guy, can he be so temperamental when someone else cheats?