On August 2, Capital International Airport.

"By the way, Xiangping, do you remember to bring a suit when you go to Japan this time?"

Li Xiangping was stunned when he heard this. He looked at the questioning reporter Zhang like a fool, thinking that it was a hot day, and I was sick and ran to Japan to play chess with a suit.

"What do I bring a suit on this hot day?"

Zhang Da reporter smiled: "Don't forget that when you shook hands with Yitian last time, you told them to wear a kimono. What if he really wears it?"

Reporter Zhang Da didn't say much. He pointed at the air conditioner in the waiting hall, which was blowing the air conditioner.

Li Xiangping was stunned, this time he was really stunned.

When he thought about it, he seemed to be really humble. If Ida was really crazy this time, he really wore a kimono in such weather, then... there might be nothing he could do. After all, he is the "Crown Prince" of Japanese Go, and this time he is his home court. The organizer will probably accommodate him, and at least turn on the air conditioning in the game room.

If you think about it this way, that person, reporter Zhang, is really not stupid. He is the fool. Why did you forget to bring a suit this time?

"Then... is there any difference between winter and summer clothes in Japan?"

Reporter Zhang Da shook his head and said he was not very clear.

Li Xiangping turned his attention to Lao Nie who led the team this time. Li Xiangping opened his mouth and thought about it and let it go.

He thought that such a question might be too profound for Lao Nie, and it would probably be useless if he asked.

Old Nie obviously misunderstood. When he saw Li Xiangping's eyes coming, he laughed and said:

"Hehe Xiangping, don't worry, isn't it just a suit, wrap it around me."

Li Xiangping looked at Lao Nie suspiciously, and Zhang Da reporter looked at Lao Nie suspiciously, Lao Xie and other accompanying reporters also looked at Lao Nie suspiciously.

With Old Nie's emotional intelligence, of course he could not see such suspicion, and he continued to say with great enthusiasm:

"We will attend the eve festival of the finals in the evening. I have seen the arrangements sent by the Japanese chess institute. This eve festival is in the hotel for tomorrow's competition, so Xiangping, we can take a look at the spot tonight. If you really need a suit, don't worry, I promise to deliver it to you before the competition officially starts at 10 o'clock tomorrow."

Well, if Old Nie said something else, Li Xiangping would be really worried. Only when it comes to this suit, especially Japanese suits, Li Xiangping would be really relieved.

You know, Lao Nie and Japanese suits have a story:

Nearly twenty years ago, just when the first China-Japan Go competition was held, the Chinese team took the lead due to Jiang Zhujiu's outstanding performance (at that time). Unfortunately, when Japan's Kobayashi Kobayashi appeared, he rushed directly to Lao Nie's account with a six-game winning streak.

Looking back now, Lao Nie's game against Xiaolin was the beginning of a legendary story, and in the first game that began, Lao Nie did something.

One thing that seems a bit too second in later generations, but in that innocent era, it seems very exciting:

Lao Nie actually ran to the table tennis team at that time and borrowed a big red sportswear with the big "China" printed on the chest of the sportswear.

Of course everyone knows the story that Lao Nie was wearing the "Chinese Red" and destroyed Kobayashi, then Kato, and Fujisawa Old Goddess... It was not until the 4th competition that this legendary story came to an end.

This story is familiar to everyone, but at the beginning of this story, many people may not know another detail.

That is, after Lao Nie wore the "Chinese Red" and destroyed Kobayashi, the Chinese people certainly felt that it was very ignited and explosive, but the Japanese would not think so. Maybe they really think Lao Nie was a little second-rate.

Of course, people who play Go must have higher quality than ordinary people. At that time, the Japanese Go community made an unexpected move:

After that game, Mr. Heike Otake, the senior brother of Kitani, came forward. He invited Lao Nie to go shopping, and then said nothing, and directly customized two high-end suits for Lao Nie.

Since the times are too long, it is difficult to guess what the old seniors' actions mean. However, since they are all playing Go, Li Xiangping is still willing to use a kind speculation:

Dazhu actually wanted to tell Lao Nie: It's really inappropriate for you to wear this sportswear. You may not know that these professional chess players in Japan pay great attention to maintaining the style of Go. They pay attention to a sense of ritual everywhere, because we believe that only in this way can we ensure the long-term development of this project.

As for your wearing this "Chinese Red", we can certainly understand your feelings for participating in the competition on behalf of the country, but to be honest, don't you think this style is too rustic...

So I won’t say anything anymore. I’ll give you two high-end suits now. I hope you can understand our ideas.

Li Xiangping didn't know whether this was the truth, but according to Lao Nie himself, he really thought so at that time, so after that, a suit became Lao Nie's standard. As long as he showed up in public, he would wear a suit all year round------

For example, in real history, Li Xiangping once again saw public photos of Lao Nie not wearing a suit. He had to wait until he had a cancer surgery before he showed up again in a sports suit.

By the way, the sportswear that Lao Nie's later generations was much more advanced, and it was casual, even when worn on Lao Nie, so from an aesthetic point of view, it was really much better than the one in the 1980s.

Of course, it is already a new century now, so for Li Xiangping now, what the predecessors think is really not the point. The key point is that Lao Nie has this connection with Japanese suits.

Since there is such a relationship, of course I don’t have to worry too much now.

"Hehe, I'll bother Teacher Nie..."

Li Xiangping's polite words were not finished yet, and the boarding time was up, so everyone had no time to talk nonsense and lined up to board the plane.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping and his group arrived at the finals at the Conrad Hotel in the center of Tokyo.

After arriving at the place, Li Xiangping looked around and thought to himself that he was indeed competing with Ida-kun. The Japanese really took great care of their "Crown Prince".

Although this hotel is not very famous, it is completely incomparable to the Tokyo Empire Hotel, Riss Carlton and others, but its quality is not inferior.

This is a luxury hotel that combines modern luxury and Japanese tradition. Its design reflects two main concepts of Japanese architecture: Japanese traditional black and white painting and ink painting and doors.

Especially the swimming pool of this hotel is very famous. The swimming pool is called "Shuiyue". It learns the ink style of our country. The swimming pool minimizes lines and shows the charm of simplicity. It presents the entire space with a streamlined and powerful look like ink paintings.

Ida almost drowned in the swimming pool when she was a child. When she grew up, she loved swimming in the swimming pool. This is something that many people in the Go world know.

However, the above is not the point. The real point is: This hotel is only a few steps away from Japan's famous Ginza, and that place is Ida-kun's favorite.

Needless to say, just from these details, we can see how careful Japan is in the arrangement of this final.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping attended the "Eve Festival" of the finals accompanied by Lao Nie.

Well, although Li Xiangping is the defending champion of the "Fujitsu Cup", and as long as he continues to defend the title this time, he can achieve an unprecedented "three consecutive championships", it is obvious that in today's eve festival, it seems that Ida Jiudan is the only protagonist.

Although according to the Japanese's urinary nature, they naturally admire the strong, so in front of Li Xiangping, all the Japanese were polite and humble and polite. However, despite this, he still did not act as the protagonist on this occasion today.

Looking at the energetic Yitian, looking at the stars holding the moon-----

To be honest, in the past, Li Xiangping did not understand why Ida was so popular in Japan. After all, Ida's meme like "Crocod Legs" cannot be believed in. Ida's record in their country is not outstanding. He has only won "celebrity" four times in his entire career, and he has never even won "chess saint". In the Japanese chess world, only by winning "chess saint" can he be considered the number one player in Japan.

But isn't this for preparing for this final? Li Xiangping went to read some of Yitian's chess recipes.

After looking through this, Li Xiangping learned about a situation: it turned out that Yitian seemed to be like Chen Xiaoqiang, and he also had the attribute of "specializing in treating all kinds of disobediences".

At the heyday of the "Korean Wave" in the past decade, facing the famous "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Korean chess world back then, no matter from Lao Cao to Lao Xu, then from Liu to Da Li, after looking through their battle records, Li Xiangping was shocked to find a problem:

None of the four kings in South Korea had the advantage in the battle record, and Yitian actually took the lead in the whole process.

Not only the Korean chess world, but also the situation in the Chinese chess world is similar. Several generations of Chinese Go leaders, from Lao Nie to Ma Xiao, then to Chang Hao and even Gu Dali.

These four people also did not take any advantage in Ida, and all the battle records were also dominated by Ida!

It is precisely because of understanding this situation that Li Xiangping fully understood why Ida is so popular in Japan-----

Because this is the commonality, if you are a "foreign war and internal expert" you will definitely be more popular, and this will be no exception in any country.

Since there will be competitions the next day, it is certainly impossible to "split up all the fun" on occasions like "Eve Festival". Before 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiangping returned to the room upstairs early to prepare to accumulate strength to welcome tomorrow's competition.

"My friend Xiangping, why do I feel that you have something to do? It's said that this opponent is not worthy of your like this. By the way, you have told me the attribute of "specializing in treating all kinds of disobediences". My friend Xiangping, I told you, it's not good for you to think about this before the game. Are you still afraid of this?"

Li Xiangping smiled and said, "Hehe, Brother Ding'an, you are thinking too much. Tell you the truth. I am not afraid of this attribute, I am not afraid of it at all. But this person has another attribute, so he may need to pay more attention."

"Oh, other attributes? What other attributes do this person have?"

Li Xiangping continued to smile and said, "Brother Ding'an, you also know that since the way of Go is so profound and complex, if you want to play Go well, you definitely need to be more judgmental and thinking than ordinary people. Therefore, we chess players should be considered what everyone often calls "smart people". Brother Ding'an, you said so."

"Hey, it seems that I can say that."

"However, you have to know that smart people are different from smart people. Take our Go world as an example. I think smart people can be divided into two types."

“Which two?”

"One is smart in everything, comprehensive and intelligent. If such a person does not play Go and works in other industries, he will also become a top student and will be the kind of outstanding top student. However, there is also a kind of smart person. He seems to be only suitable for playing Go. Without Go, he will be useless and even to the point where he cannot take care of himself."

"Hehe, this is reasonable for Xiaoyou Xiangping, and the reality is indeed the case."

Seeing that Lao Shi hadn't understood his meaning yet, Li Xiangping sighed and said:

"So Brother Ding'an, among these two smart people, which kind of people do you think we, as colleagues, should we be more afraid of?"

"this......"

Lao Shi paused for a moment and continued:

"Haha, although I think you don't have to be afraid of anyone with the strength of Xiangping's friend, if you insist on letting me choose one, then the latter must be more worthy of fear."

Li Xiangping smiled and said, "I didn't say I was afraid. I just felt it. You know, my opponent tomorrow is a smart person of this type, and the best among these people."

"Oh, really?"

Li Xiangping smiled, but was too lazy to tell his plug-in about the glorious deeds of Ida Kiki.

This guy started his school days and his grades were as poor as those in Japanese comics. The grade book was full of 1 point (out of 10 points).

Even until now, he has become a "celebrity" in the Japanese Go world. He can't even write Chinese characters he learned in the fourth grade of elementary school, and it is also very difficult to do mathematics in the fourth grade of elementary school.

In addition to the above, let alone what is ridiculed as the "Legend of Ida" online.

For example, when buying things, even the calculation of change is not very good. What’s even more exaggerated is that household appliances cannot be opened, and I also need to seek help from friends for this.

In addition, the gas stove at home will not turn off after it is fired, and the tap is not known to turn off. Sometimes you can play games every day for more than 20 hours. You have no idea about the number of money spent. You can't find the way home when playing chess and you need your wife to drive to pick him up, etc.

"Okay, Brother Ding'an, I won't talk to you more. Let me tell you the truth. I have found a simple idea to deal with this person now."

"Really, can you tell me?"

Li Xiangping, however, kept it a secret: "Hehe, Brother Ding'an, my strategy is not worth mentioning, you will know it at a glance tomorrow..."
Chapter completed!