"Chef Milne, this is Lanji, as the head of the second year of Lanji, of course, I want to come over to see what kind of performance my students can have in world-class competitions. Marcus said aloud.

"Haha, too. Milne nodded, "I took a look, and the three players from your school are all doing well." Bayer has the strength to challenge for the championship. ”

"Catherine is also good, and Teacher Orlens and I are very optimistic about her. Marcus said.

"That's next year, and there are still a lot of great players in the top half. Mills shook his head, "Especially the Oriental player in Group A." ”

"Chef Milne, that player is the Eight Pavilion of the Oriental Academy, of course he is very powerful. Marcus explained.

"Oriental, then it's no wonder. ”

"There are three students from the East and three students from Lanji in this venue. In a way, this is also a competition between the two schools. Marcus said.

"This is also no way, Dongfang, Lanji, has always ranked in the top two, but in recent years, Lanji has won more awards in the world, and it has vaguely surpassed the momentum of Dongfang. Milne said.

"Actually, in addition to Dongfang and Lanji, there are also students from several schools who have good results in the qualifiers. Orlens explained.

"Really? I don't see it. ”

"Yuanyue School Park in this competition,There are also two ...... No, it's three students, and they make it to the top 20. Aren't you surprised that you can match the number of people in the East and the Blue Rim, Chef Milne?"

"Ah, Far Moon Academy, you don't mean the school that's in the midst of a change, right?" said Milne in surprise.

"That's right, that's the school. ”

"Three students made it to the finals?" Milne was still incredulous.

Natalie was also a little surprised, she knew that Zheng Ke was a student of Yuanyue Academy, and as for the other two, she really had no way of knowing.

Marcus walked over to the window and looked condescendingly at the arena.

"Group B's Hata Zhongying,After Nagi Che Ji served as the commander-in-chief,Joined the Far Moon Academy.,The current fourth seat of the Far Moon Ten Heroes.。 Ye Qiuling of Group D, who only graduated from Yuanyue School Park this year, served as the chief of the Ten Masters of Yuanyue. ”

Milne followed Marcus's fingers, moving his gaze.

"Also, Zheng Ke, the fifth seat of the Ten Masters of the Far Moon. By the way, last year, he and your daughter competed in a competition, and I was the judge. To be honest, his dish made me change a little bit about the Far Moon Academy, but I didn't expect him to make it to the The-Blue finals. Marcus touched the stubble that had just emerged and whispered.

"Is he? He was pitiful, and made a beautiful dish, only to lose to Catherine. Milne said assumedly.

"No, no, no, I didn't say he lost, did I?" asked Marcus rhetorically.

"Ahh Milne twisted his head away, "Catherine won't lose to anyone." ”

"Actually, at that time, he was only good at Chinese cuisine, so the cooking he made was also Chinese cuisine. I prefer Catherine's cuisine to the contrary, so I give it a tie. Marcus couldn't help but smile.

"Wait...... You mean, because you like Catherine's food, you're giving it a rating?" Milne's face furrowed.

The meaning of Marcus's words is very obvious, Catherine actually lost the match.

"Don't be nervous, that's because Catherine didn't give her all, and I heard that in the later game, Catherine won again. Marcus waved his hand.

"That's not going to work, Zheng Ke...... Which one is Zheng Ke?" Milne's gaze scanned among the twenty people.

Marcus pointed to Zheng Ke, who was cooking beef, "That's him." ”

Natalie secretly stuck out her tongue, she was also thinking about how to get Milne interested in Zheng Ke. After all, several other people are quite good as well.

Marcus's sudden appearance solves this dilemma, but things seem to be completely opposite to Natalie's vision.

At this moment, Zheng Ke didn't know that above the audience, there were four people who were paying attention to his every move.

He poured the sauce he had just had just had into the sauce boat (a metal container shaped like a boat that could hold the sauce) and flipped over the marinated steak. Waiting for the flavor of the seasoning to enter the beef, Zheng Ke turned on the fire again and poured in the salad oil.

"Is that the player you're talking about?" Milne looked at Zheng Ke, "The basic skills are not bad, it seems that the grasp of the heat is relatively good, but this dish is a relatively common dish." ”

"It's just a group stage, as long as you don't get knocked out. Orlens waved his hand, clearly disagreeing with Milne's statement.

"Mr. Orens, you are not right to say that - the results in the group stage are also a symbol of strength. Milne retorted.

"Chef Milne, let me ask you something, do you think there is a pattern to the grouping of the knockouts?" Orlens suddenly changed the question.

"Players in groups A and C, from the top to the lowest, choose the players from groups B and D, is this the rule?" said Milne with some certainty.

Orlens shook his head, "Chef Milne, I admit you're good at cooking, but sometimes you have to go the extra mile. The grouping of the first round of the knockout round will determine the opponent in the second round. ”

"Of course I do. Milne still didn't understand what Orlens meant.

"The knockout round of the top 16 will be divided into two halves, and the winners of the two halves will meet in the final. In the same way, each half can also be divided into two districts, and the winner of the two districts will meet in the semi-finals. Therefore, if you want to win the championship, the semi-finals are a hurdle, and the finals are another hurdle.

"Let's take the upper half as an example, there are four groups of opponents in the first round of the knockout round, where the winners of the first and second groups meet in the second round, and similarly, the winners of the third and fourth groups also meet in the second round. In order to ensure the excitement of the competition, usually the first and fourth places in Group A will be divided into the first and second groups, and the second and third places in Group A will be assigned to the third and fourth groups. If all goes well, the first and second places in Group A will meet in the third round of the knockout round, which is the semi-finals.

"In order to improve their final position as much as possible, each player must avoid meeting the winners of groups A and C in the second round as soon as possible. So the other players in groups A and C don't want to be fourth. Although the players in groups B and D do not have the right to choose their opponents, they can try to avoid these two people as much as possible.

"Under normal circumstances, the finalists in Groups A and C will pick their opponents in reverse, with the first place picking the weakest opponent, the second place picking the weakest opponent, and so on. In other words, the members of the B and D groups want to get as good results as possible, and getting the first place is not their best choice, because although he avoided the strongest man in the same half in the first round, he will definitely meet in the second round. ”

Milne nodded, "In other words, the most advantageous spots in the two groups B and D are the second and third places. ”

"That's right, that's why the players in Groups A and C are working hard because they don't want to be fourth, while the players in Groups B and D are controlling their own cooking because they don't want to be first and fourth. Orlens wiped her sweat and finally made things clear. 4510