August 2, Capital International Airport.

"By the way, Xiangping, did you rush to bring a suit when you went to Japan this time?"

Li Xiangping was stunned for a moment, he looked at the questioning reporter Zhang Da like a fool, and said in his heart that on this hot day, I took a suit to Japan to play chess when I was sick.

"Why am I wearing a suit on this hot day?"

Reporter Zhang Da smiled: "Don't forget that the last time you shook hands with Yitian, you could ask them to wear a kimono, what if he really wore it?" ”

Reporter Zhang Da didn't say much, he pointed to the air conditioner in the waiting hall, which was swishing and blowing.

Li Xiangping was stunned, this time he was really stunned.

When he thought about it, it seemed that he was really angry, and if Yida was really crazy this time, he really wore a kimono to compete in this weather, so ...... Then there may be no way, after all, he is the "crown prince" of Japanese Go, and this time it is still someone's home field, so the organizer will probably accommodate him, at least the air conditioning in the game room will be turned on enough.

If you think about it this way, that person Zhang Da reporter is really not stupid, he is the fool, why did he forget to bring a suit this time?

"That'...... Is there a difference between winter and summer clothes in that Japanese kimono? ”

Reporter Zhang Da shook his head, saying that he didn't know very well.

Li Xiangping set his eyes on Lao Nie, who was leading the team this time, Li Xiangping opened his mouth, and after thinking about it, forget it.

He felt that a question like this might be too profound for Lao Nie, and most of the questions were in vain.

Lao Nie obviously misunderstood, and when he saw Li Xiangping's gaze coming over, he smiled and said:

"Hehe, Xiangping, don't worry, isn't it just a suit, wrapped around me."

Li Xiangping looked at Lao Nie suspiciously, reporter Zhang Da looked at Lao Nie suspiciously, and Lao Xie and other accompanying reporters also looked at Lao Nie suspiciously.

With Lao Nie's emotional intelligence, of course he couldn't see this kind of suspicion, but he continued to say with great interest:

"We waited until we arrived in Japan, and we will attend the eve of the finals in the evening, I have seen the arrangements sent by the Japanese side to the chess academy, this eve festival, it is in the hotel of tomorrow's game, so Xiangping, we can step on the point first tonight, if you really need a suit then, then you can rest assured, before the official start of the game at 10 o'clock tomorrow, I promise to send it to you."

Well, if Lao Nie said something else, then Li Xiangping really couldn't rest assured, but when it came to this suit, especially the Japanese suit, then Li Xiangping really put his mind at ease.

You must know that Lao Nie and Japanese suits have a story:

Thinking about it nearly 20 years ago, at the time of the first China-Japan Go Tournament, the Chinese team took the lead due to Jiang Zhujiu's outstanding performance in the sixth section (at that time), but unfortunately when Japan's Kobayashi Koichi played in the ninth section, he rushed directly to Lao Nie's account with a wave of six consecutive victories.

Looking back now, Lao Nie's game against Xiaolin was the beginning of a legendary story, and in the first game of chess at the beginning, Lao Nie did one thing.

One thing seems to be a bit of a middle two in later generations, but in that innocent era back then, it seems to be a very burning and explosive thing:

Lao Nie actually ran to the table tennis team at that time and borrowed a big red sportssuit, with the word "China" printed on the chest of the sportssuit.

Of course, everyone knows the back story, Lao Nie is wearing that "Chinese red", he killed Xiaolin, and then killed Kato, and killed Fujisawa Old God Stick....... It wasn't until the 4th edition of the competition that the saga came to an end.

This story is familiar to everyone, but at the beginning of this story, there is another detail that many people may not be clear.

That is, after Lao Nie wore "Chinese red" to destroy Xiaolin, of course the Chinese people felt that it was very burning and explosive, but the Japanese would not think like this, maybe they really felt that Lao Nie was a bit of a middle two.

Of course, the quality of those who play Go must be a little higher than that of ordinary people, and the Japanese Go community at that time made an unexpected move:

After that game ended, Mr. Otake Hero, the elder brother of Mugu's disciple, came forward, he invited Lao Nie to go shopping, and then without saying anything, he directly customized two sets of high-end suits for Lao Nie.

Because the times are too long, it is difficult to guess what the old-timers' actions mean, but since they are all playing Go, Li Xiangping is still willing to adopt a kind of good guess:

Dazhu actually wanted to say to Lao Nie: It's really inappropriate for you to wear this sportswear, you may not know, these professional chess players in Japan pay great attention to maintaining the compulsion of Go, and pay attention to a sense of ritual everywhere, because we think that only in this way can we ensure the long-term development of this project.

As for you wearing this "China Red", of course we can understand your feelings about representing the country, but to be honest, don't you think this style is too earthy........

So without further ado, I'll give you two suits now, and I hope you can understand our thoughts.

Li Xiangping didn't know whether this was the truth of the matter, but according to Lao Nie himself, he really thought like this at the time, so since then, the suit has become Lao Nie's standard, as long as he appears in public, he wears a suit all year round-------

For example, in real history, Li Xiangping once again saw a public photo of Lao Nie not wearing a suit, and it was not until he had successful cancer surgery that he reappeared in a set of sportswear.

By the way, Lao Nie's sportswear in later generations is much more advanced, casual, and even looks very pleasing to the eye on Lao Nie, so from an aesthetic point of view, it is really much stronger than the one in the eighties of the last century.

Of course, it's already the new century, so for the current Li Xiangping, what the predecessors think is really not the point, the point is that Lao Nie and Japanese suits have this relationship.

Since you have such a relationship, of course you don't have to worry too much about it now.

"Hehe, then trouble Teacher Nie......."

Li Xiangping's kind words haven't finished yet, and the boarding time has come, so everyone has no time to talk nonsense, and they line up to prepare for boarding.

At almost 6 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping and his party arrived at the venue of the finals, the Conrad Hotel in the center of Tokyo.

After arriving at the ground, Li Xiangping looked around, and said in his heart that it was really a match with Yitianjun, and the Japanese really took good care of their "crown prince".

Don't look at the reputation of this hotel is not very big, it can't be compared with the Tokyo Imperial Hotel, the Ritz-Carlton and the like, but it is not inferior.

It is a luxury hotel that blends modern luxury with Japanese tradition, and the design is very much in line with the two main concepts of Japanese architecture: traditional Japanese black and white painting, ink painting, and doors.

In particular, the swimming pool of this hotel is very famous, the name of the pool is "Water Moon", it learns the ink style of our country, and the swimming pool minimizes the lines and shows the charm of simplicity. The whole space is presented as simple and powerful as an ink painting.

Yida almost drowned in the pool when he was a child, but when he grew up, he especially loved to swim in the pool, which is something that many people in the Go world know.

But that's not all, the real point is this: this hotel is just a short walk from Japan's famous Ginza, and that place is Ita-kun's favorite.

Needless to say, just from these details, you can see how much care the Japanese side has put into the arrangement of this final.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping, accompanied by Lao Nie, attended the "Eve Sacrifice" of the finals.

Well, although Li Xiangping is the defending champion of the "Fujitsu Cup", and as long as he continues to defend the title this time, he will be able to achieve an unprecedented "three consecutive championships", but it is obvious that in today's Eve Festival, it seems that Yida Kudan is the only protagonist.

Although according to the urine nature of the Japanese, they naturally worship the strong, so in front of Li Xiangping, all the Japanese are polite, and they are all humble and polite, but despite this, he still does not play the leading role on this occasion today.

Looking at the high-spirited Yitian, looking at the stars holding the moon------

To be honest, in fact, in the past, Li Xiangping didn't understand why Yitian was so sought after in Japan, after all, the kind of stalk of "Luo Quanjiao" can't be fully believed, and Yitian's record in their country is not outstanding, he has only won 4 "celebrities" in his entire career, and he has not even won the "chess saint", and in the Japanese chess world, only if he gets the "chess saint", then he can be regarded as the first person in Japanese Go.

But isn't this to prepare for this final, Li Xiangping also went to look at some of Yitian's chess games.

After looking at it, Li Xiangping understood a situation: it turned out that Yitian seemed to be the same as Chen Xiaoqiang's classmate, and he also had a little attribute of "specializing in all kinds of disobedience".

In the heyday of the "Korean Wave" in the past ten years, in the face of the famous "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Korean chess world at that time, no matter from Lao Cao to Lao Xu, and then from Da Liu to Da Li, then looking at their battle records, Li Xiangping was stunned and found a problem:

South Korea's four heavenly kings, there is no one who has a dominant record in the fight, and Yitian is in the lead in an all-round way.

Not only the Korean chess world, but also the Chinese chess world is similar, with several generations of Chinese Go leaders, from Lao Nie to Ma Xiao, and then to Chang Hao and even Gu Dali.

These four also did not take advantage of Yitian, and all the fighting records are also Yitian's advantage!

It was precisely because of this situation that Li Xiangping completely figured it out and understood why Yitian was so popular in Japan-------

Because this is the commonality, you must be more popular as an "expert in foreign wars", which is no exception in any country.

Since there was a game the next day, it was of course impossible to "break up" on the occasion of the "Eve Eve Festival", and before 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping returned to the upstairs room early, ready to recharge for tomorrow's game.

"Little friend Xiangping, how do I feel that you have something on your mind? It is said that this opponent is not worthy of you, by the way, you told me before that what is the attribute of "monopolizing all kinds of disobedience", Xiangping Xiaoyou, let me tell you, you think about this before the game, but it's not good, are you still afraid of this? ”

Li Xiangping said with a smile: "Hehe, Brother Ding'an, you are thinking too much, let's be honest with you, I am not afraid of this attribute, I am not afraid of it at all, but it is another attribute of this person, which may need to be paid more attention to." ”

"Oh, other attributes? What other attributes does this person have? ”

Li Xiangping continued to laugh and said: "Brother Ding'an, you also know that because the way of Go is so profound and complex, if you want to play Go well, you definitely need to have a judgment and thinking ability that is higher than ordinary people, so we and other players should be regarded as "smart people" that everyone often says, Brother Ding'an, you say yes." ”

"Hehe, it does seem like that's the right thing to say."

"However, you must know that smart people and smart people are different, take our Go world as an example, I think smart people can be divided into two kinds."

"Which two?"

"One is to be smart in everything, all-round smart, this kind of person will also become an honor student if he does not play Go to engage in other industries, and will be the kind of outstanding honor student, but there is also a kind of smart person, he seems to be only suitable for playing Go, without Go he is useless, and even to the extent that he can't take care of himself in life."

"Hehe, Xiangping Xiaoyou's words are reasonable, and the reality is true."

Seeing that Lao Shi hadn't understood what he meant, Li Xiangping sighed and said:

"Then Brother Ding'an, what kind of person do you think we, as peers, should be more afraid of among these two kinds of smart people?"

"This ......"

Lao Shi paused for a moment and then continued:

"Hehe, although I thought that with the strength of Xiangping Xiaoyou, you don't have to be afraid of anyone, but if I have to pick one, it must be the latter that is more worthy of fear."

Li Xiangping smiled: "I didn't say that I was jealous, I just had a feeling, you must know that my opponent tomorrow is this type of smart person, and it is the best among such people." ”

"Oh, really?"

Li Xiangping smiled, but he didn't bother to tell him about the glorious deeds of Yitian Jiji.

This guy has had poor grades since his school days, just like a character from a Japanese manga, and the grade book has a score of 1 out of 10.

Even now, he has become a "celebrity" in the Japanese Go world, and he can't even write the kanji he learned in the fourth grade of elementary school, and it is also very difficult to do math in the fourth grade of elementary school.

And in addition to the above, not to mention things that have been ridiculed on the Internet as "Yitian Legend".

For example, when buying something, even the calculation of change is not very large, and it is even more exaggerated that household appliances cannot be opened, and you need to ask friends for help for this.

In addition, the gas stove at home will not turn off after the fire, the tap does not know how to turn off, playing games can sometimes exceed 20 hours a day, there is no concept of the number of money spent, playing chess and can't find the way home, and his wife needs to drive to pick him up, etc......

"Okay, Brother Ding'an, I won't talk to you more, let's tell you the truth, I have now found a simple way to deal with this person."

"Really, can you tell me about it?"

Li Xiangping sold Guanzi: "Hehe, Brother Ding'an, my strategy is not worth mentioning, you will know it tomorrow when you see it......."