Pedestrians come and go on the side of the street, vehicles whizzing past the side of the road, and food delivery guys shuttling through the crowd.

Gao Dian sat in a café on the side of the street, looking out the window in a daze.

"By the way, that's how you came in, what's on your mind?"

Opposite Gao Dian, sitting Wei Qiaoyi asked.

"No, I'm just thinking about tomorrow's final." Gao Dian said.

"What's there to think about." Wei Qiaoyi said indifferently.

Gao Dian was silent for a while, then turned his head and looked at the girl who was half-leaning on the back of the chair opposite.

"Have you ever used your real strength since the beginning of the game?" Gao Dian asked.

Wei Qiaoyi smiled: "How did you think to ask this?" ”

"It just occurred to me." Gao Dian shook his head and said.

"Do you want me to tell the truth or lie?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

"Tell the truth." Gao Dian said.

"The truth is no." Wei Qiaoyi said.

Hearing this answer, Gao Dian was not surprised at all, in fact, he had already guessed when Wei Qiaoyi asked the truth or falsehood.

"Sure enough......"

Gao Dian said.

"What? Hit hard? Wei Qiaoyi asked.

There was no smile on her face.

Gao Dian thought for a while and said, "It's a little, after all, you didn't show your real strength, and you easily advanced to the finals." ”

And he, who advanced to the finals, has done his best!

"Actually, you don't have to think too much," Wei Qiaoyi said softly, "Really, I have the level I have today, in fact, it has something to do with the fact that I have been exposed to it since I was a child, and I have been learning pastry for a lot longer than you." ”

Hearing this, Gao Dian's psychology was slightly better.

At this moment, he also understands the people who were hit by Wei Qiaoyi, when you try your best but you find that the level of casual play with others, that kind of blow is really uncomfortable.

"I didn't think about participating in this tournament because it didn't mean much to me." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"What about you...... Why are you here again? Gao Dian asked.

"Because some people are afraid of losing, after all, we are the organizers, and we can't even get a championship, so it's a shame." Wei Qiaoyi said as she stirred the coffee in her cup.

"So...... You were brought in as insurance? Gao Dian asked.

"You're not wrong to say that." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Isn't that a violation? It is equivalent to that the champion has already been decided, and no matter how much we fight, it is only second. Gao Dian said.

"It's not a violation, I'm still at the level of a first-class pastry chef, and my age is also in line with the rules of the competition." Wei Qiaoyi said.

Gao Dian asked with some curiosity: "By the way, I don't know how old you are." ”

Wei Qiaoyi glared at Gao Dian, "Don't you know that age is a girl's secret?" ”

Gao Dian smiled, and took the liberty of asking a girl's age, which was indeed a bit abrupt and impolite.

Wei Qiaoyi sighed and said: "At the beginning, I also said this question, it is actually quite boring for me to participate, not only am I not interesting, but you are also not interesting. But there was no way, the organizer asked me to participate, and I really couldn't shirk it. ”

When Gao Dian heard this, he smiled a little bitterly.

Pastry chefs who are within the required age for the competition probably want to participate, and even Huaguo has also trained, and more than 100 top young pastry chefs have gathered together to compete with each other in order to compete for a few places.

As a result, Wei Qiaoyi didn't want to participate at all, and only agreed to participate after repeated requests from the organizers.

In fact, thinking about it, Gao Dian also understood Wei Qiaoyi a little.

At this time, if he was asked to participate in the previous city's youth pastry chef exchange competition, he would have no interest and would not want to participate.

Because it's not interesting.

It's really not pretending, he has already reached the level of a first-level pastry chef, and then going to compete with a group of second-level pastry chefs not only has nothing to gain, but also wastes time and energy.

Probably because of the different levels in which they are located, the vision is also different.

"It's hard for you." Gao Dian said.

Wei Qiaoyi smiled and did not speak.

Gao Dian took a sip of coffee, it was a little bitter, it was so bitter with sugar, if there was no sugar, how bitter would it be?

"I have a request." Gao Dian said suddenly.

Wei Qiaoyi raised her head and looked at Gao Dian, her eyebrows frowning slightly, "What request?" ”

"Will you be able to use your true level in the final tomorrow?" Gao Dian asked.

"Why?" Wei Qiao was puzzled.

"I want to see how big the gap between me and you is!" Gao Dian said.

Wei Qiaoyi was silent for a while and said, "Not tomorrow." ”

"Why?" Gao Dian asked.

"Because...... The organizer does not allow it. Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Huh? What does this have to do with the organizers? Gao Dian asked.

"I don't want others to lose too ugly." Wei Qiaoyi said.

Gao Dian was speechless for a while, which is in line with the habits of Chinese people.

To win is to win, but it is not too ugly for the opponent to lose.

Immediately, Gao Dian was a little puzzled, "There should be a lot of people who know your true level, right?" Isn't it embarrassing for them to be even more embarrassed by your cover-up? ”

Wei Qiaoyi has traveled abroad and tried against many chefs of the previous generation, so her true level is not a secret.

"I know, but it's not for them." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"It's not them, that's ......"

Before Gao Dian could speak, he suddenly realized what Wei Qiaoyi meant.

There are many people who know Wei Qiaoyi's true level, but they are all in the same circle.

Because Wei Qiaoyi participated in the competition, there was nothing inconsistent, at most, the level was 100 million points high.

The people the organizers really want to see are actually a large number of audiences.

"I see." Gao Dian said with a sigh.

Wei Qiaoyi was silent for a while, and said: "If you really want to know the gap between you and me, then when this competition is over, we will have a private competition, and I will use the real level." ”

When Gao Dian heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

The reason why he wants to know the gap is because, only when he knows the gap, he knows how to catch up. If you don't even know what level the other person is at, how can you catch up? There is no goal.

The two of them sat in the café for some time, and the coffee in the cups was cold, and some of them were not finished.

Gao Dian picked it up and took a sip, which could not be wasted.

"Let's go, let's go back." Gao Dian said.

"Stay a little longer?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

"Nope." Gao Dian replied.

Wei Qiao answered, got up and left with Gao Dian.

Coming to the café was proposed by Gao Dian, he just wanted to ask Wei Qiaoyi about it, and now that the matter is over, he can go back.

Why don't you go back and ask?

Gao Dian was afraid that he would go back and hide in the kitchen to practice, and forgot about it.

On the way, the distance between the two was no more than half a meter.

"By the way, why haven't I seen you make the soup base today?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

"I didn't learn it before." Gao Dian said.

"And when did you learn that? Compound soup base is more difficult than a single soup base, you learned it in such a short time? Wei Qiaoyi asked.

"Actually, it's not that I learned it, I just took a trick, and I haven't really learned it yet." Gao Dian said with a smile.

"Tricky to win Nagashima Akihisa? If Nagashima Akihisa heard this, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood. Wei Qiaoyi said with a smile.

At the same time, she was also amazed by Gao Dian's talent in her heart, you know, even if it is a trick, it is not easy to achieve this level.

"It's okay, it's not that I'm good, it's that the recipes are good." Gao Dian said sincerely.

Shen Shengsheng's knife cut noodle recipe is a bit cowy, and Gao Dian can win, mostly because the recipe of the recipe is powerful.

"You don't have to be presumptuous, no matter how powerful the recipe is, it will die. Besides, don't you think Akihisa Nagashima's recipes are amazing? Wei Qiaoyi said with a smile.

Gao Dian smiled and didn't say anything.

The two went all the way back.

…………

Back home.

Gao Dian immediately walked into the kitchen, and Wei Qiaoyi shook his head helplessly when he saw this.

This guy, the kitchen is his girlfriend can't be? Why every time I come back, I go into the kitchen and stay!

However, Gao Dian's behavior did not arouse Wei Qiaoyi's disgust, but made her feel appreciative.

Only such a person is worthy of such progress.

Wei Qiaoyi said silently in her heart.

Gao Dian looked at the ingredients in the kitchen and fell into deep thought.

He recalls the process of making the compound soup base in the past few days, looking for experience from it.

He wants to really learn, not just take chances.

However, the complex soup base is too difficult to master, and it will be difficult to master for a while.

In Shen Shengsheng's recipes, there are many kinds of soup bases, which are roughly divided into two categories.

One is a single soup base, such as mutton soup, pork bone soup or chicken soup.

The other type is the compound soup base, which is a soup base made with a variety of ingredients, because the combination of ingredients is different, and the compound soup base is also different.

Shen Shengsheng wrote in the book: The compound soup base is ever-changing, and I have exhausted my life, and I can only know one in ten million. I regret that I couldn't find out more.

There are many compound soup bases, which cannot be recorded in one book and one volume, and it needs to be continuously explored by future generations.

In the book, Shen Shengsheng recorded several kinds, most of which were simple compound soup bases, and only one was his most proud work.

That's what Gao Dian learned.

According to Shen Shengsheng, to learn compound soup base, you must start with a simple one.

From simple to complex.

Gao Dian has jumped a lot of steps.

There's no way around it, because he wants to win, and it's a killer trick he's prepared.

In fact, the process of Gao Dian's trick is very simple, and a very stupid method is used.

He used his own plug-in to fine-tune the steps recorded in the recipe. Finally, when it reaches a certain level, Gao Dian memorizes it by rote.

What are the advantages of man and machine?

That is, people are alive, they can think, and they can be flexible.

Depending on the geographical location, the climate and temperature have an impact on cooking.

Therefore, there should be subtle differences in the same recipe in different places, and these subtle adjustments are just to achieve the best state.

Experienced chefs will adjust based on experience.

But Gao Dian hasn't really learned it yet, so he can only use this tricky method to memorize it by rote.

Although the effect is a little worse than what you really learned to make, and it is only suitable for the current place and time, it is also better than the average single soup base.

Relying on this trick, Gao Dian prepared this killer feature, which he originally planned to save for the finals.

As a result, I didn't expect to meet Akihisa Nagashima, and in order not to be used as a stepping stone by him, Takamori could only use it.

Of course, he knew in his heart that this kind of trick was not advisable, and that true learning was the right way.

He decided to stop and meditate, he had already made the decision to learn the simplest of all, which was a compound of two ingredients.

Gao Dian didn't plan to transition from two ingredients to three ingredients, so that one by one was added.

That's too slow, even if he has a plug-in and talent, he won't be fast.

He planned to learn the compound soup base of the two ingredients first, and then go directly to learn Shen Shengsheng's most proud work after understanding it.

This method is not a whim of Gao Dian, but mentioned by Shen Shengsheng in the book.

Shen Shengsheng wrote in the book: Learning should start simple, but there is no need to be entangled in step-by-step, sometimes it should be flexible.

What Gao Dian does is to be flexible.

Shen Shengsheng also wrote in the recipe: People's cognition has boundaries, living in the south, and understanding the ingredients in the south better; Living in the north, you know more about the ingredients in the north. If you don't see it, you can't understand it. I don't have to worry about learning all the ingredients in pairs, and then I have to learn three or four of them. That's something you can't learn in a lifetime, so you can learn to lay a simple foundation first, and then you can learn what you want to learn.

Gao Dian was studying in the kitchen, while Wei Qiaoyi was outside watching TV.

Her second hobby is chasing dramas.

As for the number one hobby, it's definitely pastry.

The reason why I love to chase dramas is actually related to pastries.

Wei Qiaoyi watches dramas from every country, and as long as she is interested, she will watch them.

In the dramas filmed in different places, different food cultures will be presented, and it is not only that kind of food drama, as long as it is normal to eat, drink and Lazar, food culture is essential.

Wei Qiaoyi likes to learn about the food culture of different countries through different dramas.

Over time, a hobby of watching dramas has been formed.

After watching four episodes of the TV series, she glanced at the kitchen, Gao Dian had not come out yet, and was still busy in the kitchen.

Then, Wei Qiaoyi withdrew her gaze and continued to watch TV.

After a while, Wei Qiaoyi stretched her waist, and her beautiful figure was undoubtedly revealed, but unfortunately no one saw it.

"Gao Dian, I'm going to rest first, and you should rest early! Tomorrow's final will be more than just us. Wei Qiaoyi shouted towards the kitchen.

After a while, there was a response from the kitchen: "Okay, I'll go and rest." ”

Gao Dian understood the meaning of Wei Qiaoyi's words, tomorrow's final is three people, and if you can't win the first, you have to get the second.

Hearing Gao Dian's answer, Wei Qiaoyi went back to his room and went to sleep.

In the kitchen.

Gao Dian had some experience, and he felt that with a few more days of practice, he could officially start learning the compound soup base in Shen Shengsheng's recipe.

He wants to practice a little longer, but it's not too early, and there is a final tomorrow, so he should really recuperate.