Chapter 1029

Tian Xiaopeng's brow furrowed imperceptibly. Clearly, he was just about to say this, but Chen Hongfu had snatched it away. This showed that his prestige in the Shangjun County government was still somewhat insufficient. He was very dissatisfied with this situation.

However, his brow immediately smoothed out, "Yes, Comrade Xinghui, you go and invite Old Gentleman Hou. If it doesn't work, I can personally go and visit him."

Su Xinghui nodded, "Okay, I will go and see Old Gentleman Hou after the meeting."

Tian Xiaopeng said, "Comrade Xinghui has already introduced some basic situations, so let's discuss the reception work for the World Bank inspection team starting tomorrow."

The county magistrate's office meeting finished after more than an hour. They discussed the reception work for the next day and reached a result, and Su Xinghui then went to Zhuangyuan Lane.

Hou Guangbi was playing chess with Hou Dajun at Hou Dajun's house. Seeing Su Xinghui arrive, he smiled and nodded, signaling Su Xinghui to sit down. Su Xinghui sat down and didn't speak, watching the two play chess.

Until the two finished a game of chess, Hou Guangbi pushed the chess pieces aside and smiled, "Xinghui, is there something?"

Su Xinghui said, "Grandpa Hou, Mr. Hackett, the chief representative of the World Bank's China office, is leading an inspection team to Shangjun County tomorrow."

Hou Guangbi nodded, "This is a good thing. Then the Changjiangdaqiao project will soon be able to start construction."

Su Xinghui said, "I have a request."

Hou Guangbi said, "Is it that you want me to meet Hackett as well?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "Yes, that is the request."

Hou Guangbi nodded very readily, "Okay."

Su Xinghui was overjoyed, "Then thank you, Grandpa Hou!"

Hou Guangbi sighed, "I have also boarded your pirate ship. When the time comes, I will have to invest a portion in this Changjiangdaqiao, so this can also be considered my business. Dealing with the World Bank, I have more experience than your county government."

Su Xinghui said, "Then there shouldn't be any problems with this matter. Tomorrow you just wait at home. When Hackett and the others arrive, we will send a car to pick you up."

Hou Guangbi smiled and nodded, "Good, then you should have time to play a game of chess with me today, right?"

Su Xinghui then remembered that when he was in Jiangcheng, he had promised to accompany Hou Guangbi in a game of chess. However, he had been very busy during this period, always coming and going in a hurry, and never had time to accompany him in this game. He didn't expect Hou Guangbi to have been keeping it in mind all along.

Since Hou Guangbi had agreed to his request so readily today, how could Su Xinghui not agree to his request to play a game of chess? He nodded, "Fine, I will ask for your guidance in a game."

Hou Dajun helped the two separate the black and white chess pieces. Su Xinghui took the initiative to take the black pieces. For his first move, he placed it on the star point in the lower left, and Hou Guangbi placed his on the small eye point on the diagonal. Su Xinghui placed his second move on the star point in the lower right, and Hou Guangbi placed his on the star point on the diagonal.

For his third move, Su Xinghui placed it on the star point in the exact center of the bottom. This move made Hou Guangbi raise his head, look at Su Xinghui, and nod, "Three-star layout, very bold!"

Not many people dare to use a layout like the three-star layout, and even among professional players, they are few and far between, let alone amateur players. Because this layout attaches more importance to external influence and does not attach much importance to actual territory. Those who play it well will certainly use powerful external influence to disintegrate the opponent's offensive, but if the player's skill is insufficient, they will suffer a great loss in actual territory, and if things go wrong, the center they surround will be scraped to pieces by the opponent, and it will end in a miserable defeat.

Su Xinghui smiled without saying a word. He was also very fond of Go in his previous life. When he was learning calligraphy and painting from Yu Maode, he also learned Go from him. The four arts of the Chinese traditional literati—zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting—were things that had to be learned, and Yu Maode naturally also played Go.

And in the 1980s, it was the Go craze in China that made many children obsessed with Go. During that time, Su Xinghui often read Go books, studied game records, and often played chess with people in middle school and university. His skill was considered quite good among amateur players.

What he favored was this kind of style that takes external influence and has great boldness, which is very different from the currently popular style of taking actual territory first.

Hou Guangbi's third move was to point at the 3-3 point in Su Xinghui's lower left corner. He made this move and said, "Then I will fulfill your wish to take external influence."

Su Xinghui then quickly followed a fixed pattern with Hou Guangbi, letting Hou Guangbi live in the corner, while he built up a rather strong external influence in the lower left corner.

After this fixed pattern was finished, Hou Guangbi pointed at the 3-3 point in Su Xinghui's other corner again, and lived according to the fixed pattern again. At this time, Su Xinghui's external influence at the bottom was already overwhelming.

Hou Guangbi then placed a move on the star point in the middle of the left side. This was to invade and eliminate Su Xinghui's external influence. Su Xinghui nodded, "Grandpa Hou, your chess is played well!"

Hou Guangbi said, "I am even more surprised that you play chess so well at such a young age. But it's not strange either. Your calligraphy and painting are so good, and zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting are originally one. A genius can do anything!"

Su Xinghui said, "Grandpa Hou, you flatter me. With your chess skill, I might not necessarily win this game against you."

Hou Guangbi smiled, "That's not necessarily true. Let's play and see. I like this style of yours very much." ===== CHAPTER 1031 =====