"Hehe, the other 3 who broke into the semi-finals are all Koreans......"

After listening to the news brought back by Lao Nie and Zhou Yiyi, Li Xiangping looked thoughtful, and then said this.

And when Lao Nie saw him like this, he thought he was scared, so he hurriedly said:

"I said Xiangping, although these Koreans are more powerful, you don't have to be afraid, let's take a good look at it then."

Li Xiangping glanced at Lao Nie very strangely: "Teacher Nie, what do I have to be afraid of now, don't you think that they should be afraid now?" ”

Lao Nie was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, and he laughed with Zhou Yi:

"Haha, that's right, it's said that those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, so what about the other way around, of course, those who wear shoes will be afraid of being barefoot, so Xiangping, what were you feeling just now?"

"I'm just sighing, in the top 8, Japanese chess players still occupy half of the country, but in a blink of an eye, they were all wiped out, which reminds me of a person's evaluation of Go."

This time, it was Zhou Translator who picked up Li Xiangping's words: "Yes, yes, the current Japanese Go seems to be getting worse and worse, and their decline is already very obvious... Well? Xiangping, what did you just remember? ”

"I've heard people say: Go is always a person's business, seeing today's battle situation, it reminds me of this sentence, Mr. Nie, do you think this is reasonable?"

Lao Nie smiled: "Hehe, who said this?" There is some truth in the truth, but Li Xiangping, let me tell you, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing in the future. ”

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard this, this was said by the later Korean Xiao Li, as a former hero in the ring, a lonely hero-like role in the Chinese chess world in the past, Li Xiangping believes that Lao Nie must agree with this sentence in his heart.

It's just how to say it, this sentence is different from the overall values of our country, our country emphasizes collectivism, in the Go world, the propaganda is "national fortune, chess fortune", to tell the truth, Li Xiangping thinks that this sentence is just "political correctness", but logically it should not be justified.

To give a very simple example, there is an obvious peak period in ancient chess, that is, the period from the Bailing era to the era of Huanglongshi, Li Xiangping even believes that this should be the golden period of ancient chess, even in the later Fan Shi era, it is not as vibrant as this period.

However, this period happened to be the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and it was a period of great turmoil in the change of dynasty. How can this be explained?

"Okay, Xiangping, you get ready, let's go to the dinner hosted by the sponsor, there will definitely be a press conference to interview you later, remember not to talk nonsense."

Li Xiangping grinned: "Okay... By the way, the Koreans are holding dinner parties, so should we eat something first? ”

These words made Lao Nie and Zhou Translator laugh, and Lao Nie scolded with a smile:

"Fuck off!"

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping, accompanied by Lao Nie and Zhou Yi, appeared at the dinner held by the organizer, in fact, the most important thing was the lottery ceremony for the semi-finals.

After the three people came to the venue, Li Xiangping immediately became the focus of the audience, and from the moment he appeared at the door of the venue, countless eyes were on him.

Of course, this situation is very normal, and it should be said that this is expected by Li Xiangping.

Because in the professional world of Go, the top four of the World Series have always been a watershed. Since the birth of the first Go World Championship in 88, due to the allocation of participation places, you can actually see that the top eight of the Go World Championship are really nothing, and there are many players with average level who have such records.

However, the Final Four is different!

It can be said that at the semi-finals of the World Series, this is a height that 80% of the world's professional chess players have never reached in their lifetime.

In addition, about 10% of chess players may have reached the semi-finals of the World Series once in their lifetime.

And if a person can become a regular participant in the top four of the World Championship, then there is no doubt that this must be the standard for a famous chess player in the world and a first-class player in the Go world.

Considering Li Xiangping's age, his current status as an amateur chess player, and considering that he has passed so many rounds of qualifiers, and finally considering the composition of the other three top four players... Truth be told, if that doesn't catch the eye, that's really weird.

"Mr. Nie, please here."

What Li Xiangping didn't expect was that he actually saw Lao Cao at the venue today, and it could be seen that the organizers of the event really had a heart, and thinking about it, in addition to Lao Cao, the Korean chess world really couldn't find other suitable candidates to receive Lao Nie.

Lao Cao and Lao Nie started talking, of course, their communication did not need a translator, because Lao Cao had learned chess in Japan in his early years, and a group of domestic chess players like Lao Nie basically knew a little Japanese. So it looks very strange that in the tournament hosted by the Koreans, a Korean chess player and a Chinese chess player actually had a strange conversation in Japanese.

Li Xiangping didn't understand Japanese, so he couldn't understand what they were talking about, he only knew that he was definitely talking about himself, because when they were chatting, Lao Cao looked at him several times, and Lao Nie had been dancing with his eyebrows.

During their chat, Li Xiangping observed the entire venue and found that the entire venue was basically Koreans, and it is said that the Japanese delegation should also invite such a banquet, perhaps because of the annihilation of the whole army, none of the four Japanese chess players who were eliminated today were seen, and only the head of the Japanese delegation attended out of politeness.

This Japanese head Li Xiangping is a little impressed, he should be Hiroshi Yamashiro, he participated in the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament many times in his early years, and his strength is good, but he has never won the Japanese title, a standard tragic figure.

In addition to this old man, the most eye-catching thing in the entire venue is of course the other three players who broke into the top four, the three of them are currently sitting together, and their attention seems to be on themselves as well, not to mention Lao Xu and Da Liu, even Li Canghao, who has been paralyzed for 10,000 years, frequently looks at himself.

At the beginning of the banquet, of course, there is nothing to describe the kimchi banquet of the Koreans, and the focus is on the lottery after the banquet.

The host is a very beautiful young lady, she said a lot of words in the opening remarks, because she didn't understand at all, so Li Xiangping had to pay attention to people, after all, Koreans' plastic surgery skills are famous, Li Xiangping wanted to see if this was a natural beauty or a transformation beauty.

It's a pity that Li Xiangping is not good enough, and he can't see it at all.

"Xiangping, it's your turn."

In the end, it was Zhou Yi who interrupted Li Xiangping's research, and he only pushed Li Xiangping in the back.

"Huh? What the? ”

"Now the host asks you to go up and draw lots, go, I'll go up with you."

When it comes to the semi-finals, the draw is of course very simple, as long as one person goes up, the matchup of the two games can be finalized.

It is precisely because of the simplicity that after Li Xiangping finished drawing, the young lady did not let him unfold, but pretended to start asking questions.

"The host asked you, no matter who you meet in the next round, it will be a world champion, and he asked you who among the three world champions would you like to meet the most?"

"It doesn't matter, it's the same for everyone."

"Huh? It's the same for everyone, I said Xiangping, wouldn't it be too simple to answer like this? ”

Li Xiangping smiled, and he whispered to Zhou Yi: "Brother Zhou, you answer like this, anyway, if you want to win the championship, it's not the same for anyone you meet at this time, isn't it?" ”

The translator was obviously stunned for a moment, and then began to talk to the Korean young lady, just looking at his expression, Li Xiangping was highly suspicious, he definitely did not translate according to his original words.

It was another crackling, and Zhou Translator ended the exchange with the host, and then motioned to Li Xiangping to unfold the small note in his hand.

Li Xiangping unfolded in front of everyone, it was Liu Chonghe.

Li Xiangping's opponent in the semifinals is South Korea's "Jade Face Killer" Liu Chonghyuk!

"The host asked you again, how do you feel in the face of last year's double world champion Mr. Liu Chonghe."

After hearing this question, Li Xiangping laughed again, I don't know why, at this moment, he suddenly remembered an allusion in the Go world, that should be not long ago, when Japan's Yitian Kiki was still Li Canghao's "bitter hand", in a certain world competition, Yitian Kiki encountered Li Canghao, and also at the end of the draw, Yitian Kiki ended the host interview.

Maybe the host who interviewed him was a rookie who had just entered the industry, and he also asked the same question as he just thought.

"On that subject, I think you can go and ask my opponent how he is feeling right now."

This was Noriki Ita's answer at the time.

It is also Li Xiangping's answer now.