After the Fujitsu Cup Top 8, the most important tournament in June is the Samsung Cup.

This time, there are as many as 11 Chinese chess players who can participate in the "Samsung Cup" competition, and the opening ceremony was held in Shencheng, which is different from the competition abroad. The day of the competition is approaching, and Li Xiaoqiang is ready to go alone and go to Shencheng a day or two in advance.

"Xiaoqiang, this time I want to go to Shencheng with you." In Li Xiaoqiang's dormitory of the Chess Academy, Lin Mengyu said to Li Xiaoqiang with a smile.

"Huh? What are you doing in Shencheng? The Go game is very boring, haven't you always liked to watch Go games, and besides, I'm going to the game this time, so I don't have time to play with you everywhere......" Li Xiaoqiang tried hard to dispel Lin Mengyu's desire to go to Shencheng with him.

"No one wants you to play with me, and I never expected you to play with me. You may not know yet, Liao Qiong has returned to China now, she is in Shencheng now, I mainly want to see her this time, and I can have her to play with me there. ”

"Oh? So that's ......" Li Xiaoqiang was inexplicably relieved.

But Lin Mengyu's next sentence made Li Xiaoqiang seem even more guilty. Lin Mengyu looked at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes and smiled:

"In addition, not only Liao Qiong, but I also want to see Yukari Umezawa, I know that she will come to China to compete this time, and I haven't seen her for several years, I want to see her."

Look, look, this should be your main purpose, Liao Qiong's chess players are all disguises. But since Lin Mengyu opened this mouth, what else can Li Xiaoqiang say. Can he refute or refuse?

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang not only couldn't refute, but he also had to say hypocritically:

"Okay, okay, then let's go together this time, Mengyu, I didn't say you, you should have accompanied me everywhere a long time ago......"

So in this way, Lin Mengyu and Li Xiaoqiang came to Shencheng together.

"Dream Rain, ...... here"

Liao Qiong and Zhao Dabao, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared in front of Li Xiaoqiang and Lin Mengyu together. Everyone is a dead friend who grew up together, and there are not so many politenesses. Liao Qiong and Lin Mengyu haven't seen each other for a long time, and the two have been talking intimately since they met. Liao Qiong talked to Lin Mengyu, and Li Xiaoqiang talked to Zhao Dabao, and he laughed and ridiculed his best friend:

"I said Xiao Hei, what's going on with you, it is said that you are now mixed up with Mr. Zhao, why do you look darker than when you were a child."

Zhao Dabao had a bitter face: "You go to that place in Southeast Asia to stay for a year, don't think that you are fat for nothing, you will still become like me when you get there." ”

"Hahahaha......" Li Xiaoqiang smiled: "...... Even if I go to Africa, I won't be like you. Internal cause, the key is internal cause, do you know, you see that the head of Liao Da has also stayed there for so long, and there has been no change in others, I even feel that it has become more beautiful and more delicate. Everyone said yes. ”

Li Xiaoqiang casually slapped Liao Qiong's ass, but unfortunately his fart attracted Liao Qiong's white eyes:

"Li Xiaoqiang, in fact, I knew you were dishonest since I was a child, but I didn't expect you to become worse the older you get, and now you dare to talk about it. Mengyu, you usually don't care about discipline. ”

Lin Mengyu responded with a smile: "It's time to discipline ...... well"

Everyone laughed for a while and then talked about other topics. Li Xiaoqiang casually asked Zhao Dabao:

"How's it going over there?"

Now is the time when the financial crisis in Southeast Asia is in full swing, and domestic newspapers and television have relevant news every day. Speaking of this, Zhao Dabao's eyebrows danced, and he began to introduce the situation to Li Xiaoqiang in detail. Zhao Dabao talked endlessly there, Li Xiaoqiang actually didn't understand most of the details, and in the end, Li Xiaoqiang only remembered 3 events.

First: Zhao Dabao is trying to brag about how awesome he is, and in his mouth, it seems that Soros is not a problem.

Second, the situation over there is very good, and huge profits can be expected.

Third: Although huge profits can be expected, the war is not over yet, just like a game of chess has not been played, and the real harvest season will have to wait for a while.

"It won't be overturned in the future, right?" Li Xiaoqiang said with a smile.

"How can this be ......" Zhao Dabao slapped his chest loudly: "...... Now it's not a question of whether to win or not, but when. You know that there are countries whose finances have collapsed, and in Go terms, they have thrown in the towel. As for other countries and regions, they are actually no longer good, but they have been dragging there. Inaction dragged on there again......"

"What do you mean they are waiting for the timeout, waiting for the moment when the timeout is lost. That's what it means.

"Yes, yes, that's what it means......" Zhao Dabao laughed: "...... Chubby, your metaphor is very vivid. ”

Li Xiaoqiang is interested in Zhao Dabao's affairs, but Zhao Dabao is interested in Li Xiaoqiang's affairs. The two chatted and chatted, and finally the topic fell back to Go.

Zhao Dabao said to Li Xiaoqiang in a tone of envy and jealousy: "I really didn't expect it, you have become the first person in the world chess world now, why didn't I see that you were so capable when I was a child?" ”

Li Xiaoqiang responded with a smile: "There are many things you don't know, and what did you know when you were a child, did you do anything else when you were a child except that you secretly competed with Liao Qiong." ”

"What are you going to do with the Samsung Cup this time? I think I'll have to defend my title once. No matter how many championships you have, if you haven't been the defending champion, are you embarrassed to call yourself No. 1? ”

Li Xiaoqiang did not respond to this, and it must be admitted that Zhao Dabao's words still touched Li Xiaoqiang. Li Xiaoqiang is true that he has won 6 world championships, but he has not won a single championship. Since the World Series is not a challenge system, it is very difficult to win the championship for a second time. In fact, the only time that the World Series has won the championship so far was when Masaki Matamamiya created it during the first two Fujitsu Cups. In addition, Masaki Takemiya also won 4 consecutive championships in the previous 4 "Asian Cups".

This is actually a very remarkable record, especially the latter, which has not been broken in real history, at least when Li Xiaoqiang was reborn.

What is Legend? Legends are largely made up of a chain of records.

On the second day after Li Xiaoqiang arrived in Shencheng, the Japanese delegation and the South Korean delegation arrived one after another, and other participating chess players also arrived one after another. A new contest soon begins.

After the Japanese delegation arrived in Shencheng, Lin Mengyu really came forward to invite Yukari Umezawa to dinner, and Yukari Umezawa agreed really easily.

How would you describe this meal? Although Lin Mengyu is not short of money now, especially the banquet Yukari Umezawa, the grade must not be low. Although Li Xiaoqiang came out of Liao Qiong and Zhao Dabao in order to divide some embarrassment, he also called his eldest brother and Zhao Qinqin to accompany him.

But there are still only eight words to describe how Li Xiaoqiang feels when he eats. These eight words are: taste the same as chewing wax, like sitting on pins and needles. Especially when Yukari Umezawa talked about a new initiative in this year's "Samsung Cup", Li Xiaoqiang felt this way very much.

"You may not know it, but it is said that this year's Samsung Cup is not going to use an ordinary draw, but a selection system. It is the 16 players who have come up from the qualifiers to take the initiative to choose their opponents. ”

Li Xiaoqiang is not very surprised by this approach. The "Samsung Cup" was originally a world competition that liked "change" the most. In real history, this method has been adopted in several Samsung cups, and Li Xiaoqiang just didn't expect it to be advanced.

Li Xiaoqiang didn't find it strange, but the others were very curious when they heard it, after all, this was the first time that such a method was used in the professional chess world, and everyone was talking about it for a while.

Everyone's discussion was interrupted by Lin Mengyu, because she suddenly asked a question like Yukari Umezawa, a pun on the question:

"So, if you had to choose between Sister Umezawa, which one would you choose?"

In fact, from the time she entered the door, Lin Mengyu has been "sister, sister" constantly, with affection on the surface, and only the two of them know the real meaning.

Just when everyone thought that Yukari Umezawa would have a hard time answering this question. Unexpectedly, Yukari Umezawa was very down-to-earth and generous, and she set her eyes on Li Xiaoqiang. In a room full of people, there seemed to be only Li Xiaoqiang in her eyes.

"If I had a choice, of course I would choose Li Xiaoqiang."

“……”

Li Xiaoqiang's current mood is completely imaginable, he feels that he has never been so sad. (To be continued.) )