In the summer of 2018, Jinling City, on the banks of the famous Qinhuai River.

Located on the bank of the Qinhuai River, a young man of about 30 years old is hesitating alone, looking around. He walked to a private river house building and stood still, and when he saw the plaque on the building, "Mei Xiang Lou", the young man had a smile on his face.

Just then, his phone rang, and the young man answered it, and another young man's voice came from the phone:

"Xiangping, have you arrived?"

"When I arrived, I had already seen the plaque of Meixianglou, hey Daokai, I said that your kid should not be fooling me, right? This broken place is the famous ten-mile Qinhuai? What about Qin Huai Bayan? ”

There was a burst of laughter on the phone: "Haha Qin Huai Bayan? In the past few years, I was in DG, but in the past few years, I have become a young model Internet celebrity. What's the matter, your kid came to Jinling this time to visit Qin Huai Bayan? Changed the path of nostalgia? ”

"Nostalgia? Haha, you said that well......" The young man laughed:

“...... Isn't there a saying that says this, it's called not a straight man in Qinhuai, so this time, I'm going to leave the first night of Jinling in Qinhuai's old courtyard, how about Daokai? It's rare for me to come to your territory, do you want to entertain me? ......”

Just when this young man named "Xiangping" had been talking nonsense, the person on the other end of the phone became impatient:

"Okay, okay, your first night was lost more than ten years ago, and you told me that you stayed in the old courtyard of Qinhuai, don't talk nonsense, where are you now, I'll come and pick you up."

The young man looked left and right, and then told the phone where he was. After hanging up the phone, the young man stood silently, waiting for his friend to pick him up.

The young man's name is Li Xiangping, and he is in his thirties this year.

Well, if you follow the standards of the Chinese people, he is already past the age of establishment. However, I'm ashamed to say that although this guy looks good, his parents gave him a pretty good skin, but he can't get along with the "erli" god horse. If you want a career without a career, if you want a family without a family, you will not achieve anything until now.

But fortunately, although your guy doesn't have any skills, his reincarnation skills are good. He was born in a fairly solid family, the old man Li Yuanhu is the CEO of a listed company, so although Li Xiangping is a little gentlemanly, he can be regarded as having the qualifications to eat and wait for death.

He came to Jinling this time, but the old man of his family saw that he was not young, and it was not a matter to be idle all day long, so he wanted to find something serious for him to do.

But what should he do? The old man thought about it for a while.

Because Li Yuanhu was born as a contractor, the listed company he got was basically engaged in business related to construction and real estate. , so after thinking about it, the old man thought that he still had an antique construction company in his hand, the scale of this subsidiary is not large, and it is suitable to hand it over to his son to practice, it is for this reason that Li Xiangping came to Jinling this time.

Because Li Yuan told him, don't look at the scale of this subsidiary, it is not so easy to take care of it, since it is to take the road of "antique", of course, you must have a certain understanding of ancient Chinese architecture. So in this way, in the recent period, Li Xiangping has been running around Gusu, Beijing, Chang'an, Jinling, and other cities with many ancient buildings, and inspecting ancient buildings in accordance with the old man's will. Jinling was his last stop.

"Xiangping, here."

After a while, the person on the phone just now appeared in front of Li Xiangping. This guy's name is Zhao Daokai, he is the same as Li Xiangping, he is also a gentleman, because the Zhao and Li families are world friends, the two families have a deep friendship since their grandfathers, and these two have grown up together since childhood, which is the kind of legendary small and dead friends.

After the two met, Zhao Daokai punched Li Xiangping with a smile:

"I've heard Uncle Li say that you want to come to Jinling, why are you here now?"

Li Xiangping glanced at his friend: "It's not that you don't know, Jinling is also my sad place, so I don't want to come to this place unless I have to." ”

Hearing Li Xiangping say this, Zhao Daokai was stunned:

"In my impression, you don't seem to have been to Jinling, how can this become a sad place? Oh yes......"

Zhao Daokai made a very fake sudden realization, and then showed a lewd smile that everyone understands: "Could it be that you have been dumped by Jinling Niu before?" Let's hear when that happened. ”

"Fuck off, what do you guys think, I've always been the only one to dump others, when will it be someone else's turn to dump me."

Li Xiangping had a sneering face, and he continued to say to Zhao Daokai:

"Why haven't I been to Jinling, you forgot, ...... eighteen years ago"

The two are only in their early 30s now, 18 years ago it was exactly 2000, and the two were thirteen or four years old at that time, so listening to Li Xiangping say "18 years ago", how to listen to it makes people feel awkward.

However, the two are very familiar after all, and Zhao Daokai immediately understood Li Xiangping's words:

"Oh. I remembered it, I thought about it, it turned out that you were talking about the last time you participated in the fixed-stage competition, and that competition seemed to be under Jinling. How? ”

Zhao Daokai stared at Li Xiangping and said with a smile: "For that game, or for my failure to become a professional chess player in the end, haven't you put it down until now, otherwise what is the sad place." ”

Regarding Zhao Daokai's words, Li Xiangping was noncommittal, neither admitting nor refuting them.

Zhao Daokai is right, Li Xiangping was indeed a young man who rushed to the duan, which can actually be seen from his name: Xiang, Shi Xiangxia is also, Ping, Fan Xiping is also. These two are both famous chess masters in medieval chess. Since he has such a name, of course, it has nothing to do with Go.

Of course, if a person has such a name, it usually does not mean how much he likes Go, but only that his parents may love it very much. For example, Li Xiangping is like this, his old man Li Yuanhu, although he is a contractor, he is not vulgar, and he has a very elegant hobby, that is, Li Yuanhu likes Go.

Not to mention, Li Yuanhu likes Go, that's really not a vassal elegance, that's a real super chess fan, and the level is quite good, he is not only a good level, but also an avid fan of Fan and Shi, it is for this reason that he can give his son such a name.

When Li Xiangping was born, it was just in time for the previous Sino-Japanese Go tournaments to be in full swing, in other words, just in time for the first wave of Go heat in China. Therefore, when Li Xiangping was young, Li Yuanhu really intended to let him take the road of professional Go, sent Li Xiangping to formally study Go for a long time, and also let him participate in the fixed-stage tournament for several years, but in the end it was not successful.

Looking back now, Li Xiangping is sad that he failed to become a professional chess player in the end. He just felt a little pity, or he was faintly unconvinced.

Especially the last time, that is, the one Li Xiangping participated in Jinling when he was 13 years old, and the experience of that competition has made him unable to let go until now.

There were a total of 13 rounds in that competition, and in the first 9 rounds, Li Xiangping won 9 consecutive rounds, and according to the rules of the year's competition, as long as he won the 10th round, he could qualify for the fixed stage in advance.

It's just a pity that he lost in the 10th round.

Originally, it was nothing to lose only one set, but according to the situation that year, as long as he could win one set in the last three rounds, he could also become a professional beginner.

It's a pity that he didn't win a single set in the last three sets.

Therefore, in this way, Li Xiangping finally failed with a score of 9 wins and 4 losses, which was also the last time he rubbed shoulders with professional chess players.

In Li Xiangping's impression, the first nine rounds of nine consecutive wins in the end failed to succeed in the final, for decades it seems that he is the only one, that is, for this reason, Li Xiangping regards this competition as a great shame in his life.

At this time, Zhao Daokai spoke again:

"I'm strange, if you want to say that your psychological quality is poor, but according to your level back then, if you continue to participate in the next year, you may really be able to become a professional chess player, but why doesn't Uncle Li let you continue to play?"

Hearing Zhao Daokai say this, Li Xiangping pouted:

"It's not that you don't know my old man, that is, he is an old stubborn, and he is deeply poisoned by Japanese Go, I remember that there was a saying in the Japanese chess world at that time, that the best age for a person is before the age of 13, if you exceed this age, even if you can become a professional chess player in the end, then it will not be very productive in the end. And just like that, my Go journey came to an end. ”

"Oh? So that's the case, hehehe......"

Seeing that Li Xiangping's face was a little unkind, Zhao Daokai hurriedly stopped:

"Okay, okay, I don't think you should complain about Uncle Li, if you want me to say, it's good that you didn't become a professional chess player, this is actually a good thing, otherwise you look at now, since the "alpha dog" was born, I don't think it's interesting to be a professional chess player. ”

Li Xiangping stopped talking, thinking that the current Go game is already the world of "dogs". Human beings have no resistance at all in front of all kinds of big dogs, small dogs, foreign dogs, and earth dogs, and Li Xiangping feels bored when he thinks about it.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangping cleaned up his mood and didn't dwell on what happened 18 years ago, he smiled at Zhao Daokai and said:

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, by the way, Daokai, I came here this time and greeted you a long time ago, how about it, this time I came to your territory, did you want to entertain me?"

Zhao Daokai smiled: "Of course, since it is to treat you Li Dagongzi, how dare I slack off the little one, I have already been ready, come with me." ”

"Where are you going?"

"To entertain you, I have specially ordered a painting boat."

"Painting boats?" Li Xiangping was surprised:

"Jinling's entertainment industry is still keeping pace with the times? Even the painting boat has been made out by you? ”

"Of course!" Zhao Daokai laughed:

"Originally, there was none, but since it's you guy who is coming, then why don't I have to give you Zhang Luo, what did you talk to me about Qin Huai Bayan just now, don't you just want to take the path of nostalgia for Sichun, that's okay, I'll fulfill your wish now and give you a chance to be nostalgic for Sichun."

Hearing Zhao Daokai say this, Li Xiangping, who is used to messing with young model Internet celebrities, became interested:

"Okay, I'm really going to see it today."

The two walked forward while talking and laughing, Zhao Daokai led Li Xiangping to a dock, Li Xiangping saw an antique painting boat appear in front of him, and at the same time, a beautiful woman in ancient costume walked out of the painting boat, and she greeted her:

"Hello two, welcome."