Every year, the Fujitsu Cup kicks off on the first weekend of April, but this year's first round is early, starting on April Fool's Day and the first round the next day.

On March 29, two days before Li Xiangping's expedition, he was at his home and was making the last preparations before the expedition.

"Haha Ding'an, admit it, I'm afraid that you saw that the game was about to happen, and you deliberately let me, right?"

"No, no, Ding'an has really done his best, but your trick in the middle is too unbelievable, and it ...... completely disrupt my steps."

"Stop, stop, Brother Ding'an."

Well, at this time, of course Li Xiangping knew what he would say, it was nothing more than "the surging river is endless" and the like, and there was nothing new in turning it over and over, so Li Xiangping simply stopped in advance and didn't give Lao Shi a chance to talk nonsense.

Recently, in addition to continuing to study dog tricks, the preparation of the two is nothing more than "fighting left and right".

It's a pity that Li Xiangping and Lao Shi are really tired from playing chess, not only tired, but also very slow, so many days, the two of them only played 3 games.

Lao Shi won the first two sets, plus the game during the Spring Festival, he was already 3-0 ahead of Li Xiangping, and it was the last set, which allowed Li Xiangping to pull back a game.

In fact, it is precisely because this is the last game that Li Xiangping will have the idea just now, he thinks that he is very likely to not do his best, and deliberately let himself win a set before the official match to ensure that he has a good mood.

It's just that Li Xiangping is not a child now, he won't keep dwelling on these side issues, and he will think more about the effect of this training method.

Does this method work? Is it especially helpful for the upcoming official competitions?

The answer to the first question is very clear: of course, this kind of training has an effect, which not only greatly enhances the tacit understanding between the two, but also greatly broadens Li Xiangping's game thinking.

As for the second question, this has to tell the truth, in fact, Li Xiangping has no bottom in his heart. Because of this training method, in fact, it is equivalent to two people flying themselves on the chessboard, and they can come as they come as they want, so whether they can take it back in the official competition and truly "retract and release freely" will of course have to be reviewed in the actual combat later.

Just as Li Xiangping was thinking about this problem, his phone rang, and after seeing the caller ID, he smiled:

"Hey, Painter Zhao."

"I'm done, now are you coming over or am I going to go?"

"You...... No, no, no, I'll come over right away. ”

After a while, Li Xiangping came to Zhao Daokai's house, and after walking into his kennel, he saw at a glance the "gift" that Zhao Daokai had prepared for him------

It is a "still" general work, Fujisawa old god stick poses in a posture of a falling child, his eyes are deep and blurry, and in the place of the falling child, Zhao Daokai also drew a part of a pair of Japanese-style chess sets, and the details are handled very realistically and skillfully.

To tell the truth, Li Xiangping liked this work as soon as he saw it, and at that moment, he even had an idea, hoping to replace the old god stick Fujisawa himself, and when to let Zhao Daokai also paint a similar painting for himself.

Of course, Li Xiangping has no idea about his "level of appreciation", he doesn't know what he likes, whether it is a high-level painting:

"How? Daokai, what do you think? ”

"Alas, it's a pity that the time is too short," Zhao Daokai himself seemed to be not very satisfied:

"There are still a lot of details that haven't been dealt with, a month, no, no, half a month, if you can have more than half a month, then you should still be able to get it, as for this one, I'll give myself a passing grade."

Li Xiangping could only roll his eyes after hearing this, and quietly watched this guy pretending to be there.

"By the way, Daokai, do you know those pants?"

"Pants? The pants? ”

"It's the director who is currently in the limelight."

"Oh, you mean Feng pants, why are you mentioning him?"

"I seem to have heard that his painting skills seem to be quite good, so how do you think you think of him compared to him?"

"Him! You've made me compare to him! Zhao Daokai suddenly jumped up, looking very excited:

"Feng pants are just an artist, and he is still a third-level artist, can his thing be called painting? Who do you look down on? ”

"Do you really think you can draw better than human pants?"

"Cut~~!" Zhao Daokai had a disdainful expression at this time, as if this question did not need to be answered at all.

Seeing Zhao Daokai's appearance, this made Li Xiangping a little relieved, and he remembered that a few years later, a painting of human pants was auctioned for more than 40 million.

Although everyone on the earth knows what is going on with his auction, and his painting is definitely not worth the price, but after all, people dare to take out the work, right?

Thinking that since he is still so cheeky, Li Xiangping really feels that his operation is nothing, such as a fake conscience operation.

"I'm worried about you, you said to give my work to that Mr. Xiuxing, this can really work?"

"Hey, hey."

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything, it's just that I'm too lazy to explain it to you, because I can't explain it clearly, and you may not be able to understand it."

"Get out!"

Of course, Zhao Daokai wronged Li Xiangping, because he really didn't tell a lie just now, and this matter is really not so easy to explain, especially if he can't explain it to the current Zhao Daokai.

One of the reasons why he thought of this operation came from a list he had seen in his previous life, a list of income in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Many people know that the RB entertainment industry is called the "entertainment circle" by themselves, and their practitioners are called "entertainment people".

There are so many employees, so the income is naturally high and low, so in those days, a Japanese TV station did a variety show, they divided the "artists" into eight levels, by calculating the average income of Japanese artists, and then launched a list accordingly.

Here's what a list from around 2010 looks like:

Among them, the first place in income is "Far Mobilization", (Li Xiangping's Japanese is not very good, so I don't know what this "Far Mobilization" means, but since it is ranked first, it is estimated that it means celebrities and celebrities).

The average annual income of this group of people was about 28 million to 30 million yen in that year.

In second place are musicians and cultural people, that is, arrangers, producers, etc., which were about 27 million to 28 million that year.

In third place, they are called "servants" in Japan, and the average income of this group is about 25 million yen.

The fourth place is called "entertainer", which refers to funny artists in Japan, and in China, it probably means variety show hosts, and the average income of these people that year was about 18 million yen.

In fifth place is a model, with an average income of about 16 million yen.

In sixth place is a foreigner with an average income of 10 million yen.

In seventh place is the so-called "female actor", (female actor is a unique image of Japanese variety shows, including both transgender and entertainers who only dress up as women). The average income of this group is about 9 million yen.

At the end of this list, there are Japanese idol stars, and the average income of this group in that year was about 7.8 million yen.

What do you think? After reading this list, will everyone think that this is a fake list? It's like it's just a bunch.

If you really feel this way, then congratulations, because you and Li Xiangping had exactly the same reaction at the beginning, when he first saw this list, Li Xiangping didn't believe it at all, and felt that it was simply wrong.

It's just a pity that this list is really true, because it was precisely because Li Xiangping didn't believe it that he deliberately went over the wall to check it and compared the list for nearly 10 years.

Due to the weakness of Japan's economy in those years, the curve of this list is quite stable, and there have been basically no ups and downs for many years.

So there's nothing to say, everyone should be able to see from this list that the status of Japanese idols is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, the group of "idols" is really a profession with a very low status, and the income is far inferior to other practitioners in the entertainment industry, and it is completely incomparable with the star chess players in the Go world.

Japan's top professional chess player has an easy income of more than 100 million yen.

Please note: The "income" mentioned here is actually different from the "Prize Leaderboard" launched by the Japan Chess Academy.

An example that many chess fans are familiar with: the old god stick Fujisawa, in the 70s of the last century, he once defeated Masao Kato 4-3 to defend the title of "chess saint", and the last game of the tiebreaker was called "worth more than 100 million yen" by the Japanese media------

At that time, the championship prize of Japan's "chess holy war" was actually only 20 million or 30 million, so why can it be said to exceed 100 million?

That's of course, because in addition to the bonus, Fujisawa Old God Stick actually has other benefits, the simplest example, Fujisawa Old God Stick even if he plays chess with others, then there is a difference between having this "chess saint" hat and not having a hat, and the fee standard is huge.

The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure, so the high social status and social influence of Japanese star chess players are definitely beyond the imagination of many people.

At least it was beyond Zhao Daokai's imagination, so Li Xiangping didn't bother to explain it to him, because this kind of thing is difficult to explain clearly.

Just like many ordinary Japanese, it is equally difficult for them to understand: why can a broken painting like Feng pants sell for more than 40 million?

Seeing that the task was completed, Li Xiangping was ready to leave: "That line of Zhao Da painter, I'll leave if I have nothing else to do, you don't have to be impatient, wait patiently for my good news." ”

Zhao Daokai still didn't believe it, he looked disgusted: "Get out of here, delay me for a week to do business." ”

"Oh, you haven't been looking for your drawings these days?"

"Where is the time?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Daokai looked at his watch: "Well, I have a lot of time today, I'm going to take a look later." ”

After hearing this, Li Xiangping immediately couldn't walk:

"Yo, which one are you going to look for? Looking for the young lady who said that the bear is big and small? ”

"Why am I looking for her?"

"Don't you say she's the best?"

Zhao Daokai looked at his watch again, and then sighed and said: "Alas, I would like to, but she is not a student, but a regular professional dancer, and she just happened to meet at the dance academy last time, so wait, I can only go to the affiliated middle school to have a look." ”

"There are two affiliated middle schools, so which one are you going to look for first?"

"Of course I'm looking for that stupid cute guy, oh, I didn't tell you last time, in fact, that Jiang Architect ...... Hey? How do you call her Architect Jiang, in fact, she has graduated from the affiliated middle school, and I heard that she is going to take the exam Yihong Courtyard or Piaoxiang Courtyard, so she may not be able to meet it today. ”

Li Xiangping couldn't help laughing: "Then what about the one you say is stupid and cute?" ”

"She's in her third year of high school now, she should definitely be here at this time, go to Xiangping, why don't we take a look together?"

Li Xiangping laughed: "Haha, okay, I'll accompany you to see that stupid and cute one." ”