Gao Dian ignored the man's sluggishness and incomprehension, got into the car, and drove away.

The deal proposed by the man did sound good, and he only needed to put a little water in it to get a secret recipe.

Why not?

It's a pity that Gao Dian doesn't want to, he thinks it's disrespectful to the game.

A secret recipe can indeed make him excited, but it is not enough for him to break his bottom line.

People, you have to stick to something.

The man didn't understand, but this was Gao Dian's persistence, and for this he could give up the opportunity to easily get a secret recipe.

In fact, he doesn't care much about the ranking of the selection competition, whether it's the first place or the second place, he can enter the later competitions anyway, right?

Only in the later races will that position be meaningful.

It's just a tryout, and the ranking itself doesn't mean anything.

For Gao Dian, something that is not important, but for Wang Pinkui, it is of great significance.

He looked at the taillights of Gao Dian's departure, his hands were clenched, and his joints were a little white.

Wang Pinkui is also a pastry chef and a first-class pastry chef.

Among the first-class pastry chefs, he is also at the top level, and he is only one step away from the first-class pastry chef.

However, he already knew that he could not become a special first-class pastry chef, so he gave up the idea of continuing to break through.

Wang Pinkui's personality is strong, and he doesn't like to work in other people's hands, so he opened a restaurant by himself.

is different from the Dianxin Building opened by Gao Dian, and the hotel opened by Wang Pinkui can only be regarded as a mid-range hotel.

He doesn't have any management skills, so the restaurant is not big, similar to private dishes.

Of course, the business of his restaurant is still very good, and it can bring him considerable income every year.

Wang Pinkui's age is not too young, he is forty-nine this year, and he will be fifty years old in another year.

He came to participate in the National Pastry Chef Contest not to win the final championship.

He knows very well that his cooking skills are not bad in terms of the general environment, but in this competition, it is really not enough.

In this game, it is often a battle between the first-class pastry chef and the first-class pastry chef, and even if the first-class pastry chef can enter the later games, he will be eliminated quickly.

Even if you are a first-class pastry chef, the result is the same.

He has long passed the age of blood, and all he sees is reality.

He competes for a purpose.

This year, his restaurant's business has declined a bit compared to previous years.

He participates in the competition for the ranking of the tryouts, and he doesn't care if he can enter the later competitions, but in the tryouts, he wants to be the first.

The gold content of the National Pastry Chef Competition is very high, and the gold content of the selection competition, although it is not as high as the gold content of the official competition, it is still possible to bluff people.

As long as he wins the first place, he can use this name as publicity to make the restaurant's business better.

For many diners, they can't tell the difference between the top, middle and bottom of the first-class pastry chef, and they don't know the gap.

This kind of ranking is the most intuitive way to publicize.

Wang Pinkui had learned in advance through his own relationship that in their area, there were only two top-level first-class pastry chefs who participated in the selection competition.

One is himself, and the other is Gao Dian, a young man who has only recently risen.

There are only two top-notch pastry chefs in one region participating in the tryouts, which seems to be very few, but in fact it is not a few.

The top level is a statement that exceeds the general upstream level, and it is only one step away from the super first level.

Such pastry chefs are very rare, and it is not a small number to have two people in a region participate in the competition.

And not everyone will participate in this competition.

At the beginning, Wang Pinkui didn't take Gao Dian seriously.

Even if they are at the top level, there is still a gap between people. He is a veteran pastry chef, is it possible that he can still lose to a young man?

But in two consecutive rounds, Wang Pinkui was the second place, which made him a little panicked.

He doesn't care if he can't get into the later competition, but this first place can't be lost!

Especially the first place in the final round, that's the most important thing.

As for before, it wasn't that important.

Gao Dian's strength now is stronger than him, and after thinking about it, he decided to come to Gao Dian.

Of course, he can't look for it openly, he is also a person with a head and a face, if this matter is discovered, he will really lose his reputation and lose his reputation.

In order to talk about Gao Dian, Wang Pinkui is also well prepared.

He prepared 200,000 and a secret recipe!

The 200,000 yuan is the most money he can come up with, and no matter how much he has, not only does he not have so much cash, but he is also distressed.

Although the value of the formula is higher than 200,000, he is not out of the formula when it is given. And, in his opinion, the formula is a bargaining chip that Gao Dian can't refuse.

For a young genius like this, the temptation of secret recipes is much more than money.

In fact, the situation is just as Wang Pinkui thought.

Wang Pinkui is very sure, except for the temptation of the secret formula, this transaction is not harmful to Gao Dian.

For such a young genius, Wang Pinkui knows too well, and the other party's goal is definitely not the ranking of the selection competition. His goal is to play the next game, and the tryouts are simply to enter the later games.

He understands it this way because Wang Pinkui was once such a genius.

When he grew old, many cognitions and concepts also changed.

At first, he asked Gao Dian to go to a teahouse, but after waiting for a long time, Gao Dian didn't go. He personally came to the Dianxin Building to wait.

Waiting for Takaori to get off work.

What he didn't expect was that there were other people around Gao Dian, and he didn't dare to appear for a while.

Just when he thought that he couldn't see Gao Dian alone, the people around him suddenly left, and Wang Pinkui was overjoyed.

He successfully met Gao Dian and successfully made Gao Dian's heart move.

The results were beyond his expectations.

He can't understand Gao Dian's refusal, just as Gao Dian doesn't understand his persistence.

Wang Pinkui gritted his teeth, he was ruthless in his heart, he didn't believe that a hairy boy could really beat him!

Round 3...... We'll see!

Gao Dian didn't know what Wang Pinkui was thinking, of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

………………

Guo Chen returned home, and his parents supervised him to complete today's exercises.

Guo Chen said with a bitter face: "Parents, can you let me rest for a day, and I will continue to practice tomorrow." Today I was really tired and my arm hurts. ”

A trace of distress flashed in Guo Chen's mother's eyes, but her husband had done ideological work with her, and she had completely figured it out.

A moment of connivance may ruin Guo Chen's life.

She attributed Guo Chen's lack of reading now to her connivance at the beginning.

She said sternly: "No! You have to finish today's practice before you can rest! Pastry is a craft that requires consistent practice, and you are still in the testing stage, if you are lazy, what if you can't pass the test? ”

Guo Chen's father also said: "That's right, this is the path you have chosen, and you have to stick to it." You don't like to study, your mother and I don't force you, but if you like this path, you can't give up halfway. ”

Guo Chen wanted to refute, but he couldn't find the words to refute.

This path was indeed chosen by himself, and he tried all kinds of methods to win it.

In the end, no matter how Guo Chen said that he was working hard or that he was very tired, his parents insisted that he could not rest until he finished practicing.

Guo Chen had no choice, he came to his kitchen and finished today's exercise.

…………

In the third round of the competition, Gao Dian and Li Dongyang still went together.

The two of them each prepared the ingredients and kitchenware for today's competition.

On the way, Li Dongyang suddenly said: "Gao Dian, I may not be able to enter the later game." ”

"It doesn't seem like it came out of your mouth." Gao Dian Road.

Li Dongyang has always been very confident, and his self-confidence makes people seem a little conceited.

However, Li Dongyang said today that he may not be able to enter the later games.

"I know what I'm capable of." Li Dongyang said.

Gao Dian said: "I believe you can, come on!" ”

When Li Dongyang heard this, he shook his head and did not speak.

He didn't say anything frustrating easily, but he felt that he really couldn't get into the rest of the game.

What he didn't say was that the pastry he used yesterday was already his second best pastry, and the result was also worthy of promotion.

There are too many masters in the selection competition, and there are many first-class pastry chefs like him.

Once, Li Dongyang thought he was very powerful, but after really competing with other veteran first-class pastry chefs, he found that he was still too immature.

According to his level of strength, he has a chance to enter the list of later competitions, but he is too immature to compare with those veteran first-class pastry chefs.

At the same time, Li Dongyang also admired Gao Dian a little.

As far as he knew, Gao Dian had not lost much in the competition with the veteran first-class pastry chef.

The atmosphere along the way was slightly solemn, and both of them were silent.

Coming to the rest area, the two waited quietly.

There are only 100 players competing today, all of which are scheduled in the morning, and it only takes half a day to complete.

The tryouts didn't extend the competition, thinking that it would be done as soon as possible.

For example, if there are only 100 people left, there will be no group in the morning and one group in the afternoon. It's all scheduled for the morning and completed together.

As for the day in the middle of each round, there is no way to do it, and many chefs don't have time to prepare ingredients if they compete in a row.

The rest area has suddenly become much more empty than 400 people at the beginning to 100 people now.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the game to start.

As Gao Dian looked around, he suddenly found a familiar face.

He saw in the crowd the man he had traded with yesterday.

That person was Wang Pinkui.

At the same time, Wang Pinkui also saw Gao Dian.

The two glanced at each other, and Wang Pinkui had a smile on his face, with a kind look.

and yesterday's gloomy look, judging like two people.

If Gao Dian hadn't remembered his appearance clearly, Gao Dian would have almost felt that he had recognized the wrong person.

Wang Pinkui was one of the contestants, and Gao Dian was not surprised.

Based on the deal he proposed last night, it's no surprise that he's one of the players.

Soon, the game began.

On the screen, the list of the first group of players scrolled, a total of fifty people.

Among them, Li Dongyang's is impressively listed.

Li Dongyang got up and said, "I'll go first." ”

"Well, come on!" Gao Dian said.

Li Dongyang answered, and strode towards the arena.

Gao Dian looked at the situation of the playing field through the screen in the rest area.

Suddenly, a voice sounded beside him.

"Chef Gao is young and promising."

Gao Dian turned his head, Wang Pinkui was next to him, and he said the same thing.

"It's better to be famous than to meet, I've always heard that Chef Gao is the brightest new star in our pastry chefs, and now I look at it, if that's the case. When we first met, my name was Wang Pinkui. He laughs.

Hearing this, Gao Dian smiled and said, "First time! Meet! Fortunately. ”

He bit the word "first" very hard.

Wang Pinkui smiled, he knew what Gao Dian meant.

Gao Dian was not interested in debunking him, he had no evidence of what happened last night.

"I don't know what Chef Wang is looking for me?" Gao Dian asked.

Wang Pinkui said with a smile: "Hehe, it's just that when I saw Chef Gao, I came over to make friends with Chef Gao, Chef Gao won't dislike it, right?" ”

Gao Dian said: "Chef Wang is really good at laughing. ”

"Chef Gao, we should be a group competition." Wang Pinkui said with a smile.

Gao Dian ignored Wang Pinkui's nonsense, the first group entered the competition, and the rest must be a group of competitions.

"It just so happened that I took advantage of this rare opportunity to try it out with Chef Gao." Wang Pinkui said.

Wang Pinkui came here and said these words, which made Gao Dian confused.

He didn't understand why Wang Pinkui came to say these words to himself.

"Chef Wang, we're all competing together." Gao Dian said.

What took advantage of this opportunity to compete, all of them, every round of the game is a competition.

It's as if there was no competition before.

Wang Pinkui said "suddenly": "Chef Gao is right, I also want to compete for the first place this time." ”

Saying what's wrong, Wang Pinkui smiled and turned to leave.

Gao Dian instantly understood that Wang Pinkui was talking nonsense in front of him, just nonsense to keep others from wondering, and only this last sentence was the real purpose of his special visit.

Gao Dian suddenly felt a little funny.

Wang Pinkui doesn't look young, and he deliberately came to find himself to write a war letter.

He wants to make himself understand that even if he doesn't release the water, he can compete for the first place.

Gao Dian didn't care about this.

The first is not the first, if you have the ability, take it.

He will not break his original plan because of Wang Pinkui's provocation.

Others have really competed, so why not give it to him first?

Of course, Gao Dian will not release water.

Wang Pinkui glanced at Gao Dian from a distance, and then closed his eyes to recuperate.

He wants to let this hairy boy understand that your first, even if you don't let it, I can get it!

Li Dongyang walked out, he couldn't see his face, and the first group of games was also coming to an end.

"Li ......" Gao Dian just said a word.

Li Dongyang said: "I want to be quiet alone, I'm embarrassed." ”

Gao Dian immediately closed his mouth and did not say any more.