Lin Mengyu's declaration of sovereignty failed, and after eating, Umezawa Yukari left like a queen. And Li Xiaoqiang also ran away under the pretext of preparing for the game.

After Yukari Umezawa and Li Xiaoqiang left, Li Xiaogang and Zhao Qinqin also left, in front of Liao Qiong and Zhao Dabao, Lin Mengyu finally broke out:

"Vixen, shameless. How can she do that......"

Liao Qiong obviously has the same hatred as Lin Mengyu, she comforted Lin Mengyu over there, and counted Li Xiaoqiang at the same time. And Zhao Dabao next to him was a little bored, seeing that the two of them were like holding a grievance meeting, he really didn't know what to say at this time.

Seeing that the two of them had no intention of stopping, Zhao Dabao finally spoke, and he began to help Li Xiaoqiang speak:

"Okay, okay, Mengyu, I advise you not to go to your heart, in fact, you also saw it today, Xiaopang is still facing you, and the real situation is that the woman took the initiative to chase Xiaopang. If you stand in the perspective of Chubby...... I don't think he really did anything wrong. ”

Lin Mengyu hadn't reacted yet, but Liao Qiong didn't agree first. I saw her glare:

"You also want to learn from Li Xiaoqiang, right?"

Zhao Dabao smiled bitterly: "I want to learn, but Li Xiaoqiang is anyone's learner?" I'm just a mortal, and who is Li Xiaoqiang? He is now a celebrity, the first player in the world chess scene. You still remember how Hideyuki Fujisawa commented on Xiaoqiang when he was a child, saying that he is a treasure of Chinese Go, and now Li Xiaoqiang is not only a treasure of Chinese Go, he is already a treasure of the world chess world. ”

Liao Qiong scoffed at this: "Isn't he just a Go player, even if he becomes the first person, what if he becomes the first person, can he mess around if he becomes the first person?" ”

Hearing Liao Qiong say this, Zhao Dabao, who was usually governed by Liao Qiong, did not choose to go against the grain today, only to see him say solemnly:

"The question is, is Xiaoqiang messing around...... And his extraordinary thing is not only Go, you may not know, do you know why we have been able to progress so smoothly for more than a year? Let me tell you now, several of the key choices are actually the credit of Xiaoqiang. ”

Liao Qiong may not be interested in Go, but she still has a deep feeling for the work she has done in the past year. What Liao Qiong, Zhao Dabao and Hu Yi are doing now is, to put it bluntly, like a financial war, with a large number of international speculators gathering in Southeast Asia. Among them, the deceit, the turbulent waves are really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Liao Qiong herself has this feeling at work, as if her team can always make the most correct choice when facing a major decision, and the timing is also very accurate.

"It's all because of Mr. Hu's ......"

"Mr. Hu is ...... at my level," Zhao Dabao said with a smile: "...... Everyone admires Hu Yi's choices at the most critical moment, let me tell you, many of Hu Yi's choices are indeed correct, because at the most critical time, Hu Yi listens to Xiaoqiang. ”

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang is not so godly, but the advantage of the reborn is that the more critical and important the event, the more clearly the reborn remembers. The reason why his uncle Hu Yi trusts Li Xiaoqiang so much is also a habit that he has developed over the years, because Li Xiaoqiang has never let him down for so many years.

Of course, this is also related to Li Xiaoqiang's calm character, for general things, even if Li Xiaoqiang knows the trend of historical development, he will not speak easily. Therefore, "my nephew either doesn't speak, as long as he speaks, every word will be true" has long been ingrained in Hu Yi's mind.

"I see......"

Compared with Zhao Dabao, Liao Qiong and Hu Yi are not so familiar, so she doesn't know a lot of inside information. Not to mention her, in fact, even Lin Mengyu doesn't know a lot of inside information. Therefore, after listening to Zhao Dabao's words, the two were obviously a little stunned.

After telling about Li Xiaoqiang's "magic", Zhao Dabao said to Lin Mengyu:

"I'm talking to you so much, and I don't really mean anything else. We both grew up with Xiaoqiang, and we both think we know Xiaoqiang very well, but do we really know him very well? I can't see it. Xiaoqiang is not an ordinary person by nature, especially after he chooses to be a professional chess player, his spiritual world, his ups and downs, and the pressure he is under, do you think you really know him......

Zhao Dabao looked at Lin Mengyu meaningfully: "Especially compared to that woman, you have a natural disadvantage in this regard." Chubby has never been the active type when it comes to feelings, and if you treat him with this attitude again, you really don't have to worry about pushing him out......"

Lin Mengyu suddenly panicked, really a little panicked: "Then what should I do." ”

Zhao Dabao silently said in his heart: "Brother, I can only help you here." ”

"So what else can I do? Didn't I just say that, that chubby guy is just a sullen passive ......"

Zhao Dabao didn't know how to help himself, Li Xiaoqiang. It was only then that he found out that after that dinner...... It's as if nothing happened. If there was any change, it seemed that Lin Mengyu suddenly became more enthusiastic, and she became enthusiastic. This made Li Xiaoqiang feel happy and also gave him more energy to devote to the upcoming game.

In late June 1998, the 2nd "Samsung Cup" opened in Shencheng. At the opening ceremony, defending champion Li Xiaoqiang was giving a pre-match speech:

“…… Any chess player who participates in any tournament, as long as he is a real professional chess player, then his goal will only be the championship. There's not much to say, but I'm like everyone else, and for the rest of the races, my goal is to win the championship. And compared to other competitions, the "Samsung Cup" has another meaning for me. Because yesterday a friend of mine told me about something, and he said that since the inception of the World Series, only Mr. Takemiya has won the World Series in a row. After listening to his words, I was deeply touched and full of desire for this "Samsung Cup", and I hope to pay tribute to Mr. Takemiya with the championship of this "Samsung Cup......"

Li Xiaoqiang also has a purpose in talking about Mr. Wugong on this occasion. Because after arriving in Shencheng this time, there are still many reporters asking about the "Samsung Cup" qualifiers not long ago, which makes Li Xiaoqiang very annoyed. Therefore, this "pre-game speech" can also be regarded as a response to the words of those reporters, isn't this topic provoked because Song Taikun won a game of chess against Masaki Takemiya, and what is the great thing about winning a martial palace who is not at the peak. Now even I have to challenge Mr. Takemiya's record, if you want to really make a name for yourself in the world chess world, let's first achieve the achievements of Mr. Takemiya.

In fact, Li Xiaoqiang completely thought too much. Before entering the venue, everyone was still interested in the recent qualifiers. Then after entering the venue, there were no journalists interested in the qualifiers at all. Of course, there is only one thing that everyone is interested in now, and that is the next step in selecting opponents.

The system of selecting opponents is a new trick played by the organizers of the "Samsung Cup" and is also a new thing in the world chess world. Therefore, not only the journalists who came to interview were interested, but also the participating chess players. Especially the 16 seeded players, when will they be picked? It's something that everyone wants to know right now.

While the unseeded players were drawing lots to decide the order of picking, a group of seeded players got together and laughed. Zhao Zhixun and Li Xiaoqiang joked:

"It's hard to say what happened to our people, but the order of Li Sang should be the best guess, either the first to be picked out, or the last one to stay, these are the two most likely scenarios."

"Sir, are you praising me?" Li Xiaoqiang also made a joke with Zhao Zhixun.

"Hahahaha." At this moment, Zhao Zhixun smiled happily.

Zhao Zhixun's words are actually an acknowledgment of Li Xiaoqiang's current status as the number one player in the world chess world.

According to the spirit of orthodox chess, to play chess is to challenge the strongest players. If this spirit is followed, Li Xiaoqiang should be the first to be picked away. And what if according to realism? In order to get a better ranking and earn more bonuses, then Li Xiaoqiang is likely to fall to the last place. This is the meaning of Zhao Zhixun's words, he is complimenting Li Xiaoqiang as the current world No. 1.

Is it the traditional spirit of chess that prevails? Or does realism prevail? To be honest, Li Xiaoqiang's heart is also bottomless.

Because in real history, the "Samsung Cup" implemented the system of selecting opponents after the new century. At least at that time, it seemed that realism had prevailed.

When the opponent selection system was first introduced, who was the last remaining player? It was the ancient power that was in full swing at that time. Who was picked from the bottom 2? It was Chang Rensheng, who had just won his third world championship at that time, and was still at his peak.

Since the world chess scene was mainly a confrontation between China and South Korea at that time, it was South Korea's top players such as Li Shishi and Li Shifo who were picked up by Chinese chess players early.

Of course, by the way, who was the first person to be picked away at that time? It was Keigo Yamashita, the reigning "chess saint" of Japan at that time.

At that time, even South Korea's "Go Emperor" Cao Yanzi couldn't stand this situation, and he wrote an article in a magazine denouncing young Korean chess players for losing their chess spirit.

"Now that the new century is not long away, how much of the spirit of chess is still retained in the world chess arena......

Just when Li Xiaoqiang was thinking nonsense, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly discovered that the world chess world implemented the system of selecting opponents for the first time, and the spirit of chess could not prevail, and realism could not become the mainstream. Most likely ...... Scenario 3.

Because Li Xiaoqiang suddenly saw that Yukari Umezawa was talking to the host of the competition at this time, looking at the host's frequent nodding, Li Xiaoqiang had a premonition that something else would happen.

Sure enough, after a while, the host picked up the microphone:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Umezawa has just given us advice, and he said that we have no gentlemanly manners, and we don't know that ladies come first. We humbly accepted her advice and decided to change our rules on an ad hoc basis so that the two female players would pick their opponents first, and the others would be drawn in the order in which they were drawn. Now we invite two female chess players to participate in our competition, Zhang Xuan 8th dan and Yukari Umezawa 2nd dan to take the stage......"

After Yukari Umezawa came to the stage, he pretended to be humble to Zhang Xuan. But Li Xiaoqiang already knew very well in his heart that he was going to play the next game with Yukari Umezawa. Because of such a thing, Zhang Xuan will definitely not fight with her, and even if Zhang Xuan is allowed to pick first, she will definitely not fight Li Xiaoqiang.

Sure enough, after a few polite words from the two of them, Zhang Xuan still asked Umezawa Yukari to pick first.

Yukari Umezawa found Li Xiaoqiang in the crowd, and as in yesterday's situation, in the crowd, it seemed that there was only Li Xiaoqiang in her eyes.

"I choose...... Li Xiaoqiang ......" (To be continued.) )