On the evening of the end of the competition, Li Xiangping, accompanied by team leader and Shao Weigang, attended the closing dinner of the semi-finals held by the organizer.

Not long after the banquet began, the host was in Nabalabala, and Li Xiangping heard Team Leader Hua say to himself:

"Xiangping, hurry, hehe, the host asked you to go up and say a few words."

Li Xiangping looked around the venue and saw that while he was getting up, Li Canghao seemed to be getting up at the same time, and the two came to the host at the same time.

The host's microphone was first aimed at Li Xiangping, in fact, at this moment, all the eyes of the entire venue were aimed at Li Xiangping, and it is no exaggeration to say that the current Li Xiangping is the focus of the entire world chess world.

After all, he is still an amateur chess player, after all, he is not yet 14 years old so far, after all, he started from the qualifiers this time, defeated all kinds of strong opponents all the way, and came to this point with a record of 10 consecutive wins.

So compared with the other protagonist of the final, Li Canghao, the first person in the chess world today, who won gold and silver in the world championship as a common thing, he certainly has reason to attract more attention.

"Lee... Congratulations on being on the World Series finals, how do you feel about coming to this point? ”

Maybe it's because Li Xiangping's situation is too special, it is something that has never happened in a professional Go competition, and the host doesn't know what to call Li Xiangping good, and vaguely uses the title of "Li Player".

Li Xiangping made a light appearance: "Hehe, I actually don't feel anything, if I have to say something, then I didn't expect it, hehe didn't expect it......"

It should be said that Li Xiangping's words are half-true, and it must be admitted that when he decided to participate in the qualifiers, he really didn't think that Lao Shi would be able to reach the finals, but I don't know when it started, maybe it started with defeating Lao Cao's game of chess, maybe it was even later, in short, with Lao Shi's progress, Li Xiangping's confidence is getting stronger and stronger----

And the game that just ended was the moment when Li Xiangping was the most confident, and during the game, Li Xiangping never seemed to have thought that Lao Shi would be eliminated by Liu Chonghe.

"Facing the first person in today's chess world in the final, has Player Li ever thought about how to ask his opponent for advice?"

Listening to the host's question and looking at Li Canghao standing beside him, Li Xiangping was in a trance in his heart. Now Da Li is just 25 years old, he is at the peak of his career, since he won his first world championship 9 years ago, he is the number one rival of the entire Chinese Go---- no! It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the nightmare of Chinese Go in this era.

Ma Xiaofei lost N consecutive defeats under him, Chang Hao lost N consecutive defeats under him, and several generations of Chinese Go leaders were suppressed by him and could not move, and in real history, this situation will continue for many years, and it will not be until 5 years later, when the magical Luo Shen Pig will break the myth of Li Canghao.

Li Xiangping smiled slightly, and said to the host, today's host is another beautiful young lady who doesn't know whether it is artificial or natural:

"I noticed that you just used the word "ask for advice", and what I want to correct you now is that I have the opportunity to play five games with Li Jiuduan this time, and I didn't come with the mentality of asking for advice. ”

After passing the translation, the host was obviously stunned: "Oh? Hehe......"

Li Xiangping continued to smile and said: "My words do not mean disrespectful to Li Jiuduan, you know, I am 14 years old this year, from the first contact with Go when I was 6 years old, it has been more than 7 years now, even if I have formally learned Go, it has been nearly 5 years now, I am not afraid to tell you, for so many years, I have practiced the most, played the most, in fact, it is Li Jiuduan's chess, so now, I am bored, I don't want to learn Li Jiuduan's chess anymore, it is for this reason, so I don't want to hear anything "ask for advice" Words like that. ”

"Hehehehe......." Li Xiangping's words caused the entire venue to laugh good-naturedly. Indeed, in today's era, if people of Li Xiangping's age are interested in taking the road of professional Go, how many of them did not grow up playing Li Canghao's chess game?

After Li Xiangping's words were finished, the microphone was handed to Li Canghao:

"This time the opponent is very special, and his chess is also very interesting......"

To be honest, in fact, Li Xiangping really didn't listen to Da Li's words, anyway, with his "stone Buddha" kind of character, he doesn't have to care too much about any diplomatic rhetoric.

The day after the competition, Li Xiangping and the Chinese delegation set off for China. On the plane, everyone began to chat, and Team Leader Hua said first;

"This Samsung Cup finals are all held in Shencheng, the game starts on May 30th, the next day next set, if you can play 5 rounds, the game will end on June 7th, so Xiangping, you should prepare well during this time."

Shao Weigang was surprised: "Huh? This time, the schedule is so tight, didn't it usually be divided into two stages before, a few sets in China and a few sets in South Korea? ”

Team Leader Hua nodded: "I guess it's because of the last finals, the last finals because they modified the schedule without authorization, so Ma Xiao lost the championship, and the Samsung Cup, as you know, they actually attach great importance to the Chinese market, so this time the finals schedule was finalized early." ”

"That's it......" Shao Weigang turned his head and smiled at Li Xiangping: "But it's good, such a tight schedule, I think it's still beneficial to Xiangping, after all, Xiangping is so much younger than him Li Canghao, and being young means being in good health, haha.... Tsk, Xiangping is not yet 14 years old, right? It's amazing to reach the World Series final at the age of 14, and I'll be sure to do my best when the final comes. ”

Team Leader Hua also smiled and said: "Yes, if I'm not mistaken, when Li Canghao won the first championship, he should be Xiangping's current age, but he is only a domestic title, and our Xiangping is now directly competing for the world championship, so Xiangping will play well then, if you really cut him down at that time, you can be regarded as creating a new record in the world chess world." Hehe, you're so good this time, but you have a problem for us......"

Regarding the words of the two of them, Li Xiangping just smiled all the way and did not respond, because he could hear that although the two of them said good things and encouraged themselves, from their tones, even until now, they didn't believe that they could win Li Canghao.

Li Xiangping didn't care about himself, he said to his plug-in:

"Brother Ding'an, do you hear me, do you know now why I put this person before you? This is the deterrent power of the "Ace of Hearts" in the chess world, so you will definitely fight for me at that time. ”

Because he was only thinking about Da Li, Li Xiangping ignored Team Leader Hua's last sentence. When everyone returned to China, Li Xiangping naturally went home when he should go home, but Team Leader Hua was immediately called back for a meeting by the Chess Academy:

"Hua Lao happened to be back, come on, come on, let's discuss Li Xiangping's matter now, nothing else, everyone has now reached the World Series finals, if you are an amateur chess player, it seems a little inappropriate......"