Boarding the plane, Li Xiangping was in the same row of seats as Lao Nie, and after putting away the luggage and sitting down, Lao Nie suddenly said: "Well, Xiangping's time is set, let's go over the day after tomorrow." ”

Well, although Lao Nie's words seem to be clueless, Li Xiangping can still understand it:

Today's flight is relatively early, so when we arrive in Japan, tonight will be the "Eve Festival" of this year's "Fujitsu Cup" and the draw for the first round of the competition.

Tomorrow is the first round.

Although he is the defending champion and must have a bye in the first round, it is certainly not appropriate to visit people tomorrow, so it is only the day after tomorrow.

Originally, Li Xiangping wanted to ask about the specific arrangements the day after tomorrow, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not necessary. Because what kind of person Lao Nie is, people like him can take the initiative to mention this matter, which proves that the organization has already arranged it, and all his actions will be under the command when he arrives.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangping couldn't help but sigh that he is currently in the Chinese Chess Academy, and because he got the official establishment early because of his status as a world champion, then he can be regarded as an organized person.

Not to mention, it's a lot of the time, it's nice to have an organization.

"By the way, Xiangping, what questions are you going to ask then?"

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard this, although Lao Nie's words were still clueless, but he still understood:

Although the original intention of his visit this time was to help his old friend make a name for himself, it was impossible for him to take a painting and stuff it into someone's arms, and he always had to find a reason during this period.

So what is the best reason to find a reason? Considering that Fujisawa has always been a good teacher, it should be most appropriate to find a reason to "ask for advice" to visit.

Well, the most popular fried chicken in today's chess world, he also "modestly and cautiously" went to a chess veteran who had been kind to Chinese Go to "ask for advice", this character is simply perfect.

Of course, in order to make the character design more perfect, the technical content of this "consultation" is very particular, it is definitely not okay if it is too superficial, this is not worthy of the two of them, whether it is Li Xiangping or Fujisawa Old God Stick, it is not worthy.

Those "dog tricks" that have been circulated don't seem to be appropriate, after all, those things were all made by Li Xiangping, so if you take these things to "consult" others, others will think that you are deliberately pretending.

"Teacher Nie, I have thought about it, this time, I am going to use the last few sets of last year's "Samsung Cup" final to ask the old man for advice. ”

"Oh, is that the stroke you made with a high slap suddenly in the middle of the belly?"

Seeing Lao Nie, he guessed at once, Li Xiangping nodded with a smile, and at the same time couldn't help but feel proud, and said that the move was close to the "high-level dog move", and I personally played the "high-level dog move" in the actual battle, so it must be enough, and even better is that I lost the game of chess in the end, so it is very suitable to ask the old-timers for advice with this method.

"Hahaha, you kid......"

Obviously, this kind of Go technical thing, that person Lao Nie quickly understood Li Xiangping's intentions, so he laughed heartily at this moment, and after laughing, he seemed to think of something:

"Well, if it's this kind of means, I can help you call a few more people, Wu Gong! Then the day after tomorrow, I will also call Wu Gong and let him, the "cosmic flow", judge your move. ”

Li Xiangping didn't squeak when he heard it, but he said in his heart that you should call it at the end, Lao Nie, if you can call all your Japanese friends through your connections, that would be the best, and I will thank you in my heart on behalf of Zhao Daokai.

At this point, the plane began to taxi down the runway, so the two shut up and stopped talking.

In addition to Li Xiangping, there are four other Chinese chess players participating in the competition, namely Zhou Heyang 9 duan, Wang Lei 8 duan, Kong Erjie 7 duan and "Niu Ge" Qiu Jun 6 duan.

To be honest, such a lineup is a bit flat, except for Li Xiangping, there is a lack of chess players like Chang Hao and Gu Dali who have the strength to win the championship, but the 4 people are all played through the selection competition, which makes people have nothing to say.

These four are all going to participate in the first round of the competition, so that night, Li Xiangping and everyone participated in the "Eve Festival" of the game. As the defending champion, before the official draw, Li Xiangping was still invited to the stage and was asked by the host Aunt Mei Ze to "say a few words".

Of course, Li Xiangping will not be unconventional at this time, he behaves in a proper manner, says a few ordinary diplomatic words, and then wishes all the participating chess players to "play good chess".

At less than 9 o'clock in the evening, all the results of the first round came out, and Li Xiangping didn't care about other draws, just cared about the opponents of his four teammates. In the first round, "Brother Niu" drew Taipei's red-faced chess king, Kong Erjie was drawn by South Korea's Song Taikun, and Wang Lei played against Japanese veteran Yoshio Yamada, and Zhou Heyang played against a European amateur chess player.

In all fairness, such a signing is excellent, and Li Xiangping even thinks that it is very likely that all four will be promoted.

On the second day, Li Xiangping didn't go anywhere, he and Lao Nie, Zhang Da reporter, and Lao Xie and others stayed in the viewing room, watching the first round of the game throughout the whole process.

The result was a bit unexpected, first of all, Brother Niu, "Brother Niu" may be due to the lack of participation in the World Series, he did not play his level at all, and was suppressed by the red-faced chess king of Taipei all the way, showing a rout early.

In addition to Brother Niu and Kong Erjie, he never took advantage of the game with the Korean "Young Hero", and because of an inadvertent mistake in the morning, he quickly put himself in a bitter battle.

It is precisely because of these two unfavorable chess games that Li Xiangping has been staying in the research room.

It's just useless, after all, the game is under people, Li Xiangping can't help much, and the game is over at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, these two still lost in the end, and only two of the 4 people in the Chinese team advanced.

After the first round, the draw for the second round will be held that night.

This Li Xiangping needs to participate: Kobayashi Jue! Li Xiangping's opponent in this round is Japanese chess player Satoru Kobayashi Kudan.

Of course, there is nothing to say about such an opponent, the only thing that makes Li Xiangping feel a little strange is: this is his third international match this year, why are all 3 opponents Japanese?

Later, he thought about it and felt that it was nothing, after all, the "Fujitsu Cup" was a Go tournament held in Japan, and Japan had the largest number of participants, so the real coincidence was the previous "Yingshi Cup".

After the opponent was determined, Li Xiangping retreated early, and he had to prepare for the next day's show.

It's just that Rao is Li Xiangping is prepared, and when Lao Nie called him to set off the next day, Li Xiangping was still taken aback by the huge lineup of the Japanese side:

Otake Hero 9 dan, Hayashi Haifeng 9 dan, Takemiya Masaki 9 dan, Ita Kiki 9 dan, and Takao Shinji 9 dan, the only personal disciple of Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki.

In addition, there is Yukari Umezawa 5dan, and behind her, there is even a team of NHK TV cameras, and not only that, but there are also many Japanese reporters with cameras on them......

These people, together with Lao Nie, Lao Xie, reporter Zhang Da and Li Xiangping himself, took a few cars and slaughtered Hao Hao Tang to a suburb of Tokyo Bay----- which is where Lao Shengang now lives.

“....... Zhao Daokai, Zhao Daokai, now that there is such a big formation, if you can't toss the movement, then you can't blame your brother for not helping, you can only blame yourself for not being able to draw, you go back as soon as possible and continue to be your ordinary gentleman......."

On the way, Li Xiangping thought silently.

After arriving at the destination, Li Xiangping was even more shocked, because in addition to these people who came from Tokyo, they were still waiting to help people at the residence of the old god stick, and the old god stick himself was wearing a traditional Japanese kimono and waiting quietly in his yard Li Jing.

First of all, it was naturally an ordinary polite greeting, but when the polite greetings were made, Li Xiangping was a little stunned------

It's not because of anything else, because he saw that he was on the side of the old god stick, and now he has a chessboard, and the chess shape on the chessboard is actually the "advanced dog move" that he is ready to "ask".

“...... Isn't it, what is this old Nie doing? It seems that he is really not wrong to say that he has low emotional intelligence, how can he reveal this kind of thing in advance, this is ...... How do I put on a show......"

Just when Li Xiangping was slightly stunned and blamed Lao Nie's low emotional intelligence, he heard someone speak, it was Aunt Mei Ze, who was now acting as the translator of the old god stick:

“...... Thank you very much Li Sang for coming, the old man was very happy in his heart, alas, I wanted to visit you for a long time, but unfortunately my physical condition did not allow it...... Li Sang, you may not know, I have always felt that I have been able to live until now, largely because of your trust, because you showed me a wonderful world, well, another level of wonderful world in Go, a wonderful world that the old man never dreamed of, which supports me to continue to live, because for your chess, even if you look at it more, I think it is a kind of happiness. ”

"Huh? ....... Ah.......h

Li Xiangping was a little stunned at the time, he didn't know what to say at all, and he was a little shy and blushing, because this script was completely wrong, didn't I come to visit you today to "ask" you? How can this still gain such an old fan?

Then the old gentleman began to chatter.

And Li Xiangping opened his mouth, he seemed a little overwhelmed.

Well, although Li Xiangping felt a little uncomfortable, outsiders were very satisfied with his performance, whether it was the Japanese personnel or Lao Nie, they were very satisfied.

Everyone thought to themselves that this is right, as the first person in the chess world today, he can still be so modest and cautious, he can even be shy and even blush...... Tut-tut, it can be seen that he still has a sense of awe for Go, otherwise how could he be like this.

Fortunately, the old gentleman's health was not very good after all, so his chatter did not last long, taking advantage of this gap, Lao Nie took out the "chess spirit" and asked Li Xiangping to personally deliver it to the old god stick.

The moment he saw the painting, the old gentleman's eyes lit up instantly, and in his eyes, Li Xiangping even saw a trace of remembrance and a trace of embarrassment.

The old gentleman suddenly stopped talking, and he held Li Xiangping's hand and began to stop talking.

This time, Li Xiangping didn't particularly resist, because when the old god stick held his hand, he could clearly feel the remembrance of Mr. And with the remembrance of the other party, Li Xiangping also fell into some kind of remembrance.

He began to remember the old man's career, his pure heart and broad mind, and even his uninhibited and magnificent life------

The old god stick was also a handsome guy when he was young, how debauched was he? Debauched to a young age for a while, he didn't enter his house for nearly 2 years, and then after being picked up by others, he went home with an illegitimate child, but he was like this, and he didn't cause the original partner to complain, and even helped him pay off his gambling debts to raise an illegitimate child.......

Tsk, my generation is a role model! As Li Xiangping, who is also a gentleman, he feels that the old god stick is definitely a model for all gentlemen. Only a superb like him can really deserve the word "chess".

"I must try to live a few more years so that I can see more chess played by Li Sang."

Before leaving, when the old gentleman repeated this sentence again, Li Xiangping also rose with a trace of emotion again.

Because he knew in his heart that with the current physical condition of the old man, it would definitely not be able to support the day when the dog was born.

“....... Then let me show you as much as I can......."

When saying goodbye, Li Xiangping thought silently.