After Mr. Wang Licheng conceded defeat, because this was the competition hall, the two did not do too long to review, Li Xiangping got up and went to the real viewing room next door.

The first to greet was reporter Zhang Da: "Haha, congratulations, congratulations..... Hey! Xiangping, what's wrong with you, why do you look so excited? ”

"Huh? I'm excited? Have it? ”

"Hehehe," reporter Zhang laughed:

"Delusion, I think it must be my delusion, think about who you are, the dignified master, the youngest four-time champion in history, and now it's only a semi-final, so there's definitely nothing to be excited about."

Li Xiangping smiled slightly, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, how are the other games?" ”

"Except for the sudden death of a colander in Ma Xiao, the other two plates are still unclear, by the way, you are back, come and help us take a look......"

When Li Xiangping came to the viewing room, it was already close to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the game was basically coming to an end.

"Well, no problem, Brother Chang has basically won this game, although the advantage is not very big, but it is very clear, and the official of this chess is relatively simple, as long as Brother Chang does not go crazy in the back, then there is no suspense in this chess."

When I watched Li Canghao's game against Zhao Zhixun again, Li Xiangping was a little uncertain, and he was very vague about the victory or defeat.

Faced with the reporter's question, Li Xiangping smiled bitterly and said honestly:

"I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out about this chess, let's be honest with everyone, if this chess hides the name of the player, then I may be slightly inclined to black, but this game is Da Li Zhibai......"

It turns out that Li Xiangping is a little too superstitious about Da Li this time, half an hour later, the game is over, but the top four lineup this time is Li Xiangping's old Cao Changhao plus Lao Zhao, it seems that more than a month ago, the "LG Cup" final reversal, that still hurt Da Li's vitality, he now even Lao Zhao dares to lose.

After all the matches are over, the next step is naturally the draw for the semi-finals, because there are two Chinese chess players in the semi-finals, so at the draw ceremony that night, the organizer is to let the two veterans of Japan and South Korea go up to draw lots.

"Everyone said that why am I so miserable......" After unfolding the signing in his hand, Lao Zhao joked to everyone in the audience;

"I've played Canghao nine times in official matches before, and I've only won one set, so before I came to China, I was thinking: this is bad, if I still lose today, won't it become a real "nine deaths"? This is an unlucky word, so I must try my best to avoid it, and perhaps it is this belief that sustains me and allows me to show my courage today and actually kill Canghao. I don't know how happy I was at the moment when I confirmed that I had won, and I said to myself in my heart: Zhixun, it seems that you have come to work this time, maybe you have hope to be on the final stage of the World Series, but the reality is so cruel, I just got lucky to pass the Canghao level, but I met a guy who is better than him, everyone please see ......"

After listening to the translator's paraphrase, everyone present laughed and unanimously turned their eyes to Li Xiangping.

Of course, Li Xiangping also laughed, after he came to the stage and shook hands with Lao Zhao, he came to the usual "Mr. Zhao is a senior I respect very much", "I grew up playing Mr. Zhao's chess game when I was young", and then the whole ceremony is over.

Although the opponent of the semi-finals was determined, at this time, the organizers did not determine the date of the semi-finals, which made the reporters present talk a lot, and at the same time had some speculation about the situation of Chunlan Company.

And as a traverser, Li Xiangping of course is also sighing in his heart, to say that in this year, Chunlan company is also very awesome in China, among many white goods brands, its air conditioning sales have remained the first in the country for many years, what "Gree" in this year, what "beauty", in the air conditioning industry is actually the little brother of "Chunlan", not to mention the brand that took the initiative to cause "Gree" to go up and tear up, I have never heard of it in these years.

However, the "Chunlan Cup" has been changed from once a year to every two years, which actually means that the performance of "Chunlan" has begun to decline, and when Li Xiangping crosses that meeting, it seems that it is difficult to see the brand of "Chunlan" in the market.

Of course, Chunlan Company has never gone bankrupt, so the "Chunlan Cup" has always been there. It is reported that they have been in the process of transformation, and later the main product has become a new energy battery.

From the perspective of later generations, this transformation is certainly understandable, and even boasting a sentence of "far-sightedness" is not unavoidable, but no matter what, the momentum of Chunlan Company in later generations is not as good as before, and its popularity cannot be compared with this era at all, which is an irrefutable fact.

After this trip to Jiangsu, Li Xiangping also returned to the capital with the large army.

This time the chess win didn't make much trouble, after all, in the eyes of everyone now, it is simply normal for a dignified master to defeat a Wang Licheng nine-duan.

In fact, not only his game, but also the entire quarterfinals did not have much movement, except for Da Li's loss and was discussed by everyone a few times, the other results were very normal.

When Li Xiangping returned to the capital, it was still early March, and since the schedule for the semifinals had not yet been determined, his next professional match would already be from the end of March to the beginning of April.

Considering the upcoming SARS, this reminded Li Xiangping of online Go again.

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, I haven't played chess for so long, I don't know if you will have itchy hands, or will you have a good time on the Internet?"

"Hehe, that's very good, Xiangping Xiaoyou's words are exactly what I want."

"Hehe, that's okay, Brother Ding'an will wait for a while."

According to the previous habit, Li Xiangping was still the first to land on the "Qingfeng", and he put on a vest at random to land on the Qingfeng, but after landing, he felt a little wrong, the whole "Qingfeng" was deserted, and he basically couldn't see any decent masters.

Li Xiangping then remembered that it was already 2003, and "Qingfeng" was not far from closing, and the next period of time would be the world of "TOM", and after a while, "Yicheng" would replace "TOM" and become the world of "Yicheng".

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, I'll take you to another place to play today."