Chapter 60: Go Kings

When Li Xiangping heard that Zhang Da wanted to do an interview with her, her first reaction was to refuse. But what kind of group are journalists? If being a chess player requires sensitivity, then the first requirement for being a journalist is of course... being thick-skinned.
Because Zhang Xiaoyong is a Go reporter, his skin is not as thick as that of reporters in other industries, but he is a fairly good reporter after all, so his skin is naturally not that thin.
Reporter Zhang didn't care at all about Li Xiangping's refusal. He continued to persevere in asking for an exclusive interview at the dinner table, and said that when "Jueyi" caused a sensation on the Internet, he intended to do a special issue on "Jueyi" in the magazine, but missed it for various reasons.
Now that "Jueyi" has stepped from the virtual network into reality and has made such remarkable achievements in real life, this special feature in the magazine must be done no matter what. Please, Li Xiangping, do not refuse.
Not only reporter Zhang, but other adults at the table were also urging Li Xiangping to accept this interview. Li Xiangping looked at his old man, and even his old man Li Yuanhu smiled and said nothing.
Li Xiangping understood that, after all, he and others had different ideas. Because there was a cheat in his body, Li Xiangping did not think that his current results were so great. He was still holding back to do a great job in the next competition, so he did not want to accept any interviews at this time.
However, others don't think so.
Others will only think of you as an amateur chess player, a teenager who has failed to become a professional chess player for three consecutive years. Not only have you gained a little fame on the Internet, you have also passed the qualifiers for a world championship. You even defeated a top-notch player in the competition. What else do you want?
Therefore, Li Xiangping believes that when others asked him to accept this interview, it actually meant "making a summary". He was preparing to "just start", but others thought it was "making a summary", and the difference between these two ideas was of course a bit big.
"Let's just make a summary... Well, let's just make a summary of the first stage after my rebirth..."
Li Xiangping said this silently in his mind, and then agreed to accept the exclusive interview with reporter Zhang - in fact, it was impossible for him to not agree, after all, reporter Zhang and his old man were friends, he could not give face to others, but he must give face to his own old man.
So, the day after Li Xiangping returned to China, he accepted an interview with "Go World" reporter and Card Room" because it is close to the Chinese Chess Academy, the Go World magazine, and the school that Li Xiangping will be attending. It can be said that it is convenient in all aspects.
"Xiang Ping, among all the Go masters from ancient times to the present, who do you like the most? Or who do you think is the best?"
When Zhang Da asked the first question, Li Xiangping looked at him with a bit of hostility. It's not that there is anything wrong with this question itself, the key is that Li Xiangping knows that Zhang Da started with such a question, and he obviously treats himself as a child.
Well, in journalism, an opening like that of reporter Zhang is called the "leading" questioning method, which is specifically used for interviewing children.
However, although Li Xiangping was annoyed, he could not show it on his face. After all, he was not very familiar with the person in front of him, so he had no choice but to say that he was treated like a child. However, because he was angry, Li Xiangping simply responded with a blank expression:
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu Qingyuan."
"Oh, then why do you think Mr. Wu is the best?"
Faced with reporter Zhang's question, Li Xiangping did not answer. He deliberately looked at the other person with a strange look.
What I meant was that I think Mr. Wu Qingyuan is the best. Do we need to ask “why”? Don’t most people who know Go think so?
You have to know that now is not the same as 10 years ago. If you asked this question 10 years ago, more than half of the chess fans would probably answer Lao Nie. But this is only limited to China. If it is placed in the global scope, even 10 years ago, Mr. Wu's support rate would probably exceed Lao Nie, right?
Now it is 2000, and the world's number one chess player is Lee Chang-ho of South Korea. Even Lee Chang-ho said, "Even in his dreams, he never thought that he could be on par with Mr. Wu." So, do I need any reason to believe that Mr. Wu Qingyuan is the best in the world, both ancient and modern times?
Perhaps Li Xiangping's contempt was noticed by reporter Zhang. He smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject:
"Hehe, what about the second? If Mr. Wu is the first, then who do you think is the second, Xiangping?"
Upon hearing this question, Li Xiangping's contempt for reporter Zhang became even greater. He thought to himself, as the saying goes, "There is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts." Go is a game of winning and losing. Since it can determine the winner, of course everyone only recognizes the first place. Who cares who is second?
From this question, we can see that this reporter Zhang is really not very capable.
It's a pity that at this time, reporter Zhang didn't know that he was despised by Li Xiangping. When he saw that Li Xiangping didn't reply for a long time, he thought he had stumped Li Xiangping.
"Haha, Xiangping, you can't answer it, but it's not your fault. After all, from ancient times to the present, there have been endless Go masters, such as so-and-so, so-and-so, and so-and-so... So it's normal that no one has chosen it right away..."
Li Xiangping glanced at the other person, then interrupted him:
"In my mind, the second one is Chess Master Huang."
"Hmm? Which Yellow Chess Master ?"
"Who else could it be? Of course it's Chess Master Huang Longshi Huang Yuetian."
Li Xiangping could no longer bear it. Reporter Zhang had just mentioned a long list of so-and-so people, and he actually dared to leave out Huang Yuetian? Huang Longshi, the chess master who was known as "a celestial being transformed into a human being, with absolutely no worldly thoughts", so Li Xiangping could not help but interrupt him.
After announcing Huang Yuetian's name, Li Xiangping had a faint , because he remembered that in real history, when "Go TV" (later "Yizhao Go") was just founded, it held an activity that asked Go fans to select a deck of "Go playing cards". Through voting by the majority of Go fans, the "big and small kings" selected by everyone were exactly Mr. Wu Qingyuan and Go Master Huang Longshi.
Since that event was mainly attended by Chinese chess fans, to be honest, Li Xiangping disagreed with many of the rankings of chess players on that deck of "Go playing cards". He believed that Chinese chess fans were too emotional and that many Chinese chess players were ranked too high.
However, Li Xiangping believes that the title of "Big King and Small King" is well-deserved. It's not to say that it is indisputable, but this is exactly the ranking in Li Xiangping's mind.
"Ah! You think that Chess Master Huang Longshi can be ranked second? Oh, yes, yes, yes, I forgot about you... Jueyi... Hehe... Then Xiangping, let me ask you again, why do you think Chess Master Huang Longshi can be ranked second? I think this requires a reason."
Seeing reporter Zhang suddenly become excited and hearing the word "unique art" come out of his mouth, Li Xiangping smiled bitterly. He certainly knew what this guy associated with "unique art".
"The reason why I think Huang Longshi can be ranked second is because..."
Reporter Zhang's first interview with Li Xiangping started with this pair of "Go kings".
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