Time flies quickly, the end of 03 is coming soon, Li Xiangping is about to go to South Korea, and Li Canghao will start this year's "Samsung Cup" competition.

In Li Xiangping's own opinion, this will be a very interesting series, and the wonder lies in the ------

Before the game, the outside world was one-sidedly optimistic that Li Xiangping could win the championship, thinking that this final was likely to add a footnote to his grand hegemony again.

Considering the pair's previous record of playing each other, especially on the stage of the World Series finals, it is certainly not surprising that such a prediction should be made.

But from Li Xiangping's point of view, well, he himself sees this final as an opportunity, an opportunity to prove himself, to prove that he is not the kind of wastewood, and that he can become a real professional Go world champion with his own efforts.

There is no doubt that the contrast is actually a bit big.

And such a contrast is only known to Li Xiangping and his plug-in, so only Li Xiangping himself knows the taste.

To tell the truth, in fact, it is precisely because of such a contrast that Li Xiangping does not dare to slack off, and after he returned from South Korea, he has begun to prepare for this final.

The day before departure, when Li Xiangping and his plug-in finished their last homework before the game, Lao Shi suddenly said:

"Xiangping Xiaoyou, after watching this person's last few games, how do you feel now?"

"I don't have any special feelings, I don't see anything new from his last few games...... Hey! Brother Ding'an, could it be that you have found something? Then Hugh is going to be cowardly there, hurry up, tell me quickly. ”

It must be mentioned in particular; Li Xiangping said "no new ideas" here, which is not compared with the previous Da Li, but just compared with him a month ago.

You must know that when he played the semi-finals of the "LG Cup" with him in a month, Li Xiangping also made careful preparations, and before that, he studied a large number of opponents' chess games with the plug-in.

Last time, Li Xiangping and Lao Shi always believed that Da Li's chess style had indeed changed, and in his current game of Go, he had integrated a large number of dogs' thoughts. The two even thought at the time that in terms of understanding of dog moves, Da Li was likely to have surpassed other professional chess players, second only to himself and Lao Shi.

There was no time between the preparations this time, so in Li Xiangping's current hands, there are only a few professional games of the opponent in the last 20 days, not only are there few chess games, but also these games of chess are not strong, they are all small games in their country, and the opponent is not well-known.

It is precisely because of this that Li Xiangping really didn't find anything new in this preparation.

For the same reason, when Lao Shi suddenly spoke, Li Xiangping immediately became anxious, thinking that there was something new about his plug-in.

"Hehe, there is no new discovery, but ......"

"Hey, Brother Ding'an, why do you say that you are like this, say it quickly, but what?"

"It's just that Ding'an feels that this person has a deeper understanding of those moves from later generations, and he is becoming more and more skillful in using them, which is amazing, this person is indeed a rare genius in the world, and it is no wonder that the small country of Goryeo, Yi Dao can be carried forward in the hands of this person."

"That's it...... That's it? ”

To tell the truth, when he heard Lao Shi answer himself like this, Li Xiangping was a little disappointed in his heart, because in his opinion, Lao Shi said this is equivalent to not saying it.

Shenma "understands more and more deeply", and Shenma "uses it more and more skillfully", what is this not typical nonsense?

In Li Xiangping's view, there is no way to quantify the "understanding" thing, especially for things like "dog moves", let alone Da Li, even if it is an ordinary amateur master, he saw a step dog move a month ago, so after a month, as long as he has studied this step dog move, his "understanding" can only be deepened, not shallow.

It is precisely because he didn't take Lao Shi's words seriously at all, so at this time, Li Xiangping didn't take the plug-in reminder to heart:

"Hehe, Brother Ding'an, do you also think that this person is an unborn genius? Well, now you can talk about it, if you compare me to him, who do you think is more genius? ”

"This ..... If you only talk about the degree of genius, of course, Xiangping Xiaoyou is much stronger. ”

"Hahahaha," Li Xiangping laughed when he heard this, and then he said to himself in a joking tone:

"That's right, isn't it in Brother Ding'an's mind, if Da Li is a once-in-fifty year, then I am a once-in-a-century encounter, if he is a once-in-a-century encounter, then I must be a once-in-a-hundred encounter."

"This one, this one, hehe......"

Seeing that he was plugged in, he still wanted to speak, but Li Xiangping didn't give him a chance to speak:

"Okay, okay, Brother Ding'an, I think you really are now, it's already used to being a plug-in, you don't have to make a draft anymore, and you don't have to look at the time to shoot a horse's ass, okay, okay, I won't tell you, it's not early, I have to catch a plane tomorrow, if you have anything else, tell me when you get to South Korea."

The next day, Li Xiangping set off again and went to South Korea to participate in the competition.

This time, he went with him, but he was replaced by the Chinese leader of the national team. No, it should be called Vice President Hua now, although the current leader of the national Go team is still surnamed Hua, but it has been replaced by Hua Xueming Qiduan.

"Teacher Hua, I'm sorry for you."

"Hahaha, no trouble, no trouble."

After the rendezvous at the airport, Hua Lao seemed to be in a good mood, and he smiled and said to a group of accompanying reporters:

"Accompany you to the game, it's not troublesome at all, every time the mood is very relaxed, not only that, but after the game, every time the mood is very happy, well, this is like traveling at public expense, everyone says yes."

The reporters laughed and nodded yes, and the "sports" reporter Xie added one more sentence at this time:

"How about Xiangping, this time against Da Li again, there should be no problem, right?"

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard this, he thought that he was not the kind of arrogant person, in the deepest part of his heart, he was actually full of respect for Da Li, and he didn't think that with his current real strength, he would be able to completely crush this former chess overlord.

However, it is still the same sentence, the non-stop victory, the continuous victory has given Li Xiangping enough confidence, especially the victory a month ago, which makes him full of confidence now, so he replied with a smile:

"Lao Xie, your question is a little difficult to answer, if I say that there is no problem at all, then not only do I not believe it, but the outside world will say that I am arrogant, but if I say that there is still a problem, then you people don't believe it, maybe you will call me hypocritical behind your back, then you say, how should I reply now."

"Hahahaha."

The reporters laughed again, and once again brought up the old saying, saying that Li Xiangping is now a real old fritter, and he doesn't look like a teenager under the age of 17 at all.

In such a relaxed atmosphere, the group arrived in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung is not bad this time, not according to their previous habits, the game was held in a rural area in South Korea, but directly in Seoul, which is good, at least let Li Xiangping save more car and horse fatigue.

Everyone arrived at the arena the day before the official competition, which will also be Li Xiangping's 8th time on the stage of the World Series finals.

Quiet and low-key.

Looking at the Korean media of the day, whether it is paper media or online media, of course, there is still news covering the game, but almost all news or articles exist in the form of "newsletters".

All kinds of technical analysis articles are no longer visible, and all kinds of prediction posts are extremely rare this time. Even on the evening of the same day, Li Xiangping and Da Li attended the opening reception of the finals together, and both the host of the opening ceremony and the Korean reporters present were very "polite" to Li Xiangping.

The most common thing that everyone said at the reception was "I wish both parties to play at a high level, and it is best to create a famous pedigree that will last for centuries", and few people mentioned the final victory or defeat.

After coming down from the cocktail party, Zhang Da reporter of "Heaven and Earth" looked elated, and he said to everyone happily:

"Hehe, it's interesting, it's interesting, Xiangping is amazing, you can turn a bunch of Koreans into Japanese, you are the only one."

"Turning Koreans into Japanese? What, what do you mean? ”

In the face of everyone's questions, reporter Zhang Da continued to be smug about his brain, and he explained with a smile:

"Everyone thinks, Shenma "create a famous score" and the like, that is usually the standard configuration of the Japanese, whether it is their chess players or reporters, they all like to say such a sentence before the game, but the Koreans are different, in the past, they only had victory and defeat in their eyes, but today, Koreans everywhere have also learned from the Japanese, only talking about the content and not talking about the victory and defeat, of course, this is not that they don't want to talk, but in the face of our Xiangping, they don't dare to talk about it now, or they have no confidence to talk about it, then everyone said, Is this the power of Xiangping? ”

"Hahahaha......"

"Hehehehehe......."

When everyone was laughing, Li Xiangping was naturally laughing along, but he knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to truly turn Koreans into Japanese, so that they really didn't dare to talk about victory or defeat in front of him, it was far from enough to rely on previous records, and more victories needed to be accumulated.

And tomorrow's match against Da Li will be the first step to accumulate new victories.

Li Xiangping's 8th final, what can he do in the end?

The next morning, he walked onto the field in good spirits.