Pinnacle

The next day after the visiting team handed in their schedules, the final was about to begin.

Li Yi sat alone in the room until midnight, Chen Jing failed to come back for dinner, said that something happened to the company, he had to solve it overnight, and he would definitely rush back for the finals tomorrow.

Although Chen Jing didn't seem to know about Chen Songyao's visit, Li Yizhi didn't tell him.

It was in the middle of the night that Li Yizhi stood up and lay down on the bed to sleep. He didn't know what he was thinking about in the first half of the night, and he seemed to be just sitting on the sofa in a daze.

The next morning everyone got together for breakfast, but Li Zhen didn't see Chen Jing, so he said, "Where's Chen Jing?"

Everyone shook their heads, Li Yizhi said: "His company has something to do, there is still some time before the competition, there will be no delay."

Li Zhen just frowned, Ye Li also saw that something was wrong, and neither Chen Songrui nor Mo Chongyuan came today.

When it was time to go to the venue to report, Chen Jing did not show up, and no one picked up the phone. Li Zhen, Li Yizhi, Ye Ran, and Zhao Ying had to go to the venue first. The list for the competition has been submitted and cannot be changed. At this time, I can only be thankful Chen Jing is not the first to play.

After the list was exchanged, the opponent's first player was a seventh-dan professional player. Although powerful, if Ye Li doesn't lose the chain, it's actually not too difficult.

Before the game, Li Zhen glanced at the crowd and said, "If Chen Jing doesn't come, the second stage will be forfeited. If the remaining two rounds cannot be won, then the game will be lost."

The others didn't speak, but just nodded.

Ye Li's first game was not easy. Although there was a distance between the fifth and seventh dans, if they really met in the arena, the outcome might still be uncertain. Ye Li played with a gentle style of chess. But sometimes you can't stabilize your chess style when you are influenced by your emotions.

In fact, everyone was afraid that he would make a mistake due to the high pressure in this round, but after such a game, there was no big villain. He made two small mistakes, but the opponent didn't react. Tone, after the last count, I won a glance.

Ye Li was so excited that he couldn't control himself, this was the first time he didn't lose the chain...

It's just that after the excitement, I saw that everyone's faces were not right. It turned out that Chen Jing hadn't come yet.

In the second round, the opponent was playing against Shangdai's Japanese Kuduan. The game between Chen Jing and him couldn't be sure of the outcome.

The referee asked both chess players to sit down, Chen Jing didn't come, only the Japanese Kudan sat at the chess table.

The official game started on the hour, but Chen Jing still hadn't arrived.

After the time passed, everyone was more nervous than lost. The remaining one was a lottery match, and the suspense was relatively high. They didn't know who would be drawn. If they lost, the whole chess battle would be lost.

Time passed by every minute and every second. Nearly half an hour after the game, there was a sudden commotion outside the venue, and the door of the venue was opened. Chen Jing, dressed in a black suit, hurried in from outside.

When everyone saw Chen Jing, they didn't know whether to be more happy or more worried. Chen Jing's opponent should not be underestimated, but Chen Jing came in a hurry, and his mood and preparation status were not adjusted well. Even the starting line was different. It's a tough game.

There was obvious sweat on Chen Jing's forehead, it was very hot outside, Chen Jing walked over under the gaze of everyone, took off his coat and handed it to Li Yizhi.

Li Yizhi picked it up, and said softly, "Don't mess around, it's fine."

Chen Jing said "hmm" and sat on the side of the chess table.

Because Chen Jing was half an hour late, time was fined. In the time-limited Go game, time is very precious. Now Chen Jing is fined again, and there are too many disadvantages.

The electronic clock is on the white side, Chen Jing is playing white, and the opponent is playing black.

After the opening, Chen Jing spent more than ten minutes thinking about it, which made the others feel even more nervous. Time itself is precious, and when the time penalty was imposed, he still used time to think about the opening.

Chen Jing's chess style has always been known for its fierceness, but this time he met an even fiercer opponent. The white chess did not cause a war, but the black chess began to attack from the beginning, and every time the white chess could barely escape. Out of the claws.

Chen Jing's Zhigu is very beautiful, and the two sides have been evenly divided when it comes to the middle game.

Looking at the chessboard, Li Zhen felt that the situation was actually better than he had imagined. Sure enough, young people are unlimited. Although Chen Jing's chess does not take advantage of it, it is actually a late move, just like the last time the rookie king fought against Li Yizhi. Zombie stream.

Because Chen Jing only used the zombie flow once, the opponent must have not noticed this when studying the replay, and did not pay attention to the chess pieces that Chen Jing sent to death at the beginning.

In the middle of the game, Chen Jing started to pull back. Chen Jing, who had been staring at the chessboard with an expression from the beginning to the end, suddenly raised his head and leaned back against the back of the chair, as if he felt that the game of chess was no longer necessary.

The opponent also stared at the chessboard for a long time, and the piece of white chess that had been sent to death had been revived. It has not yet entered the official stage, and the victory and defeat have been divided, so there is no need to continue the game.

The Japanese pay attention to demeanor when playing chess, and since the winner and loser have already been divided, there is no need to be in the stage of official chess, so they surrendered.

This ending is unexpected.

Because the chess king battle is calculated by points, and winning a game is two points, so although two games have been won, the game still has to continue.

The third game was drawn by the referee, and the result was Li Yizhi playing against Park Hojin.

Li Zhen patted Li Yi on the back and said, "It's okay, we won anyway, this round is the same."

Li Yizhi nodded, Chen Jing came from the field, Li Zhen said with a smile: "No wonder you are late, it turns out that it is very safe."

Li Yizhi said: "Master, don't make fun of Chen Jing."

Li Zhen glared at Li Yizhi, and said angrily, "Water thrown by a married son!"

Chen Jing smiled and said, "I'm late, and Uncle Li should say a few words."

Li Zhen hummed, "Don't flatter me, it's useless."

After the break, the last game is about to start. Although they have already won this game, Li Yizhi still does not want to lose this game. It is his first time to participate in a team game with Chen Jing. Chen Jing is in an unfavorable situation. , played a beautiful game, and I also don't want to fall behind.

Li Yizhi has never played chess against Park Hojin, but he has read the game records and replays many times, and generally understands a lot.

Li Yizhi started the game with the Chinese style, and Park Hojin played the white and played the Xingwuyoujiao. It can be seen that the two of them were very cautious after the start. After testing each other a few times, the No. In the lower corner, Li Yizhi's black chess was attacking from both sides, and the white chess flew to the head.

Then Park Ho Jin took up the power field on the left, and the white piece took the lead to break the peace. In order to prevent the black piece from expanding its strength, the two sides entered into a robbery.

Bai Qi expanded his power to the right all the way, which can be said to be invincible. Li Yizhi did not immediately use the idea of ​​​​killing Bai because of his limited materials, but turned around and launched an offensive in the lower right corner.

Park Haojin's white piece was smooth, and at the time of one hundred moves, the white piece in the lower right corner broke away from the attack of the black piece.

Li Yizhi took this step for a long time, and finally decided to play the upper and right Jie Zheng together. At the 120th move, Park Haojin captured the six black pieces in one go.

In fact, it should have been Park Haojin who dominated the top. After all, this momentum of sweeping thousands of troops can be very bluffing, but Park Haojin blindly attacked and laid out. When he turned around, Li Yizhi had already thickened the black chess in the middle, forming an iron-like The wall makes White unable to invade.

Li Yizhi's counterattack started at move 130. The white chess was arrogant before, but now the black chess takes advantage of the favorable position in the middle abdomen and starts to attack the left side, starting a robbery that spreads to the middle abdomen.

Park Ho Jin also took this step for a long time. Looking at the thick black chess in the middle, he had to play a bit too much. 150 moves of white chess entered the middle, and began to counterattack the black chess in the middle.

This move was right in Li Yizhi's arms. The white chess confronted Li Yizhi in the middle of the abdomen. It was undoubtedly a hand-to-hand fight. Li Yizhi's black chess was full of support because of its thick movement, while the white chess went deep into the enemy's army, isolated and helpless. Li Yizhi can only harvest the four sons on the upper left.

Park Hojin got four pieces in the middle, but everyone knows that the middle piece is not as good as the corner piece. This parting failed to gain benefits, and Park Hojin's white pieces were exhausted all the way.

The black and white strengths are distinct, and suddenly there is a disparity in strength. Park Haojin, a retired ninth-dan player, is not as good as a rookie in the chess world, which shocked everyone.

Black played crisply and swiftly. In the midst of white's early arrogance and arrogance, he did not use his swords and guns in anger. Instead, he accumulated his strength, accumulated a lot of money, and turned back quite beautifully. Nickname - ghost hand.

Although Park Haojin wanted to make up for it later, but the disparity was too great, and Li Yizhi's chess moves were delicate and his calculations were accurate, let alone trying to escape from the official position.

Park Hojin also understood his situation, and he conceded in the middle game.

The last three rounds of the game can be described as thrilling, not only the duel of the peak strength, but also unexpected consecutive games. The Ye Yangyang who lost the chain finally got rid of the nickname of Wen Tun. Chess rookie Li Yizhi even beat Korea's No.1 Go in the middle of the game.

Chess king Li Zhen has not played yet, and the chess world has become a newcomer's world.

The result of the game came out. Li Zhen's team scored 35 points in the game and 59 points in the game, while the opponent fell behind by six points in the game and three points in the game, so they could only come in second.

That night, everyone went out to have dinner together, and they got so drunk that they never returned home.

Chen Jing said that he had already thought up the lines to be used in the award ceremony tomorrow, and everyone laughed at him, saying that Chen Jing must have done too much by the boss and wanted to give a speech.

Some fans on the Weiqi forum watched the game and excitedly posted that Chen Jing's [-]th dan is a briquette!

Now Chen Jing is no longer a third-dan. According to the regulations, if he wins a world-class championship, he can go straight to the ninth-dan.Chen Jing's chess style in this game has a lot of moves that are briquettes. Comparing the replay of the briquette master's online game with the chess game of this game, sharp-eyed chess fans can spot it at a glance.

The second day is the awards ceremony, and the high prize money of Chess King War is also a highlight. The awards ceremony has always attracted people's attention.

Although everyone drank, it did not affect their enthusiasm for participating in the awards ceremony the next day. Everyone got up early and wore formal clothes.

Ye Li joked, "Today Chen Jing is so handsome that he can be the groom."

As investors, Chen Songrui and Mo Chongyuan also participated in the ceremony. These two came back at night after the competition. They both looked exhausted, but they were relieved and said that the company's matter had been resolved.

The awards ceremony hadn't even started yet. As soon as they entered the venue, flashlights and reporters rushed over, all aimed at Chen Jing.

"Mr. Chen, can you explain the matter of the Chen Group?"

"Mr. Chen, you can be said to have a double harvest in your career and Go, can you say a few words about your thoughts?"

"Mr. Chen, did you specially prepare for the matter of the Chen Group, or was it just an accident?"

Chen Jing glanced at his watch, seemed to be in a very good mood, smiled at the media, and said, "Sorry, the awards ceremony hasn't started yet, and the obligation to receive the media for 15 minutes will have to wait until later."

As soon as a few people entered the table, the meeting began soon.

The organizer first came to give a speech, the sponsor gave a speech, and then announced the start of the award ceremony, the top sixteen began to give awards, followed by the top four, the runner-up, and finally the champion.

Sponsors present awards to the winning teams, followed by a speech from the champion.

Chen Jing delivered a speech on behalf of the championship team. He himself did not say that he was handsome and tall in formal attire. He may have often attended media broadcasts, so he would not be shy in front of the camera.

Chen Jing first said some polite words, thanking the team on behalf of the team.

Afterwards, he changed the subject and said, "Actually, I would like to borrow some time to talk about two personal topics."

When the media heard this, their eyes lit up. They naturally like to explore the personal topics of Chen Jing from the Chen Group.

Sure enough, I heard Chen Jing continue to say, "The first thing is about the Chen Group. The information you have received is indeed correct. After the board meeting of the Chen Group, it was decided that I will be the director... I can only say one thing, Opportunities always come to those who are prepared."

In fact, when Chen Songyao came to find Li Yizhi that day, Chen Jing had expected it a long time ago, so when Chen Songyao sent Chen Jing to the company, Chen Jing took advantage of the situation and held a board meeting in advance.

The reason why Chen Songyao came to find Li Yizhi was also because Chen Jing's strength had grown too fast recently, and he had basically taken over the company. If he didn't take some action, Chen Jing would not be willing to marry Lin Shuhong after accepting the company.

"Second thing."

Chen Jing suddenly smiled, "There is one more person I want to thank."

When he said this, he looked at Li Yizhi, and Li Yizhi's heart skipped a beat.

"This person is my good teacher. Without this person, I would not be able to have a place in the chess world. I can stand here today, all because of chasing this person... At the same time, this person is also my lover. Maybe there are many people I feel that we are not a good match, and some people will even stand up to object and say some nasty words, but it doesn’t matter, I once said that I want the person I like to stand on the same level as myself.”

The media got excited, and finally someone stood up and asked loudly: "Mr. Chen, can you reveal your lover's name?"

Chen Jing nodded, and there was no sound on the court for a while, everyone held their breath and waited for Chen Jing to continue.

"I don't need to hide or cover up."

As he spoke, he took out a small red fluffy box from his suit pocket and opened it. Inside was a pair of rings, a pair of rings for men...

The audio equipment in the venue was very good, and everyone in the venue could clearly hear Chen Jing say, "Li Yizhi."

Chen Jing's voice fell, and the people in the venue first looked at each other in blank dismay, and then there was an uproar. Li Yizhi was also the champion of the [-]th dan.

I don't know who applauded first, followed by thunderous applause.

Chen Songrui saw that the awards ceremony turned into a marriage proposal banquet for directors of the Chen family, and said to Li Zhen with a smile: "Sure enough, young people are fearless, we are old people."

Li Zhen snorted, and Chen Songrui leaned over and said, "Why don't we hold a make-up wedding?"

"What is a make-up, I never thought of doing it with you!"

Ye Li watched Chen Jing put on the ring for Li Yizhi on the stage. He was really nervous before, but he could see some eyebrows. Chen Jing, who has always been indifferent to everything, was so kind to Li Yizhi, even if he was so good to his master. , not so concerned.

Seeing his concentration, Mo Chongyuan smiled and said, "I also bought a pair of rings."

"And, after the fact, I don't have any intentions at all."

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That night, newspapers and forums reported the awards ceremony like crazy. The speeches of the new directors of the Chen Group included disdain, scolding, dirty, and blessings...

Li Yizhi is very fortunate that he is still a ghost in the chess world all his life, and he is called a ghost by chess fans, but he is no longer alone when facing the media, and he will no longer hold his head up because of a so-called "scandal". , although he has no relatives, but at least he has a childhood friend, a master, and a lover who can stand together in an open and honest manner.

The big change in the chess world also shocked all chess fans. All chess players said in the interview that there were no mistakes and no regrets, no matter whether it was the winner or the loser.

Go, the sky is round and moving, and the place is quiet.

This is a pinnacle duel between black and white, where the outcome is within a hair's breadth...