At the end of the first round, some people laughed, while others cried in their hearts.

There are no people who really cry, no matter how sad everyone is, they are just sad in their hearts, and they will not show it too obviously.

The people who can come to participate in the competition, except for Gao Dian and Wei Qiaoyi, the others are not young, can they really cry?

That, of course, is impossible.

No matter how sad you are, you can only hold it in your heart.

After the first round, 24 people were eliminated, compared to 168 players, 24 is really not much.

Early in the morning, Gao Dian came to look for Wei Qiaoyi and prepared to go to the arena with her.

But when I knocked on the door, there was no response.

He froze, then continued to knock.

Until I knocked four or five times, there was still no response.

Gao Dian frowned, did Wei Qiaoyi leave so early?

Why didn't you tell him?

Gao Dian was a little incomprehensible.

He didn't think that something had happened to Wei Qiaoyi, she was such a big person, and she had traveled to various countries, even if he had an accident, Wei Qiaoyi would not have an accident.

Since there was no one inside, the only explanation was that Wei Qiaoyi left the room early.

Gao Dian didn't continue to knock on the door, he walked towards the arena alone.

…………

Rewind the clock to two hours ago.

Wei Qiaoyi went out alone, she stood in front of the Gaodian Gate for a while, and then left.

She came to a door, reached out and knocked on it.

It was Du Dawei who opened the door.

The moment he saw Wei Qiaoyi, Du Dawei was obviously stunned.

"Xiao Yi! What are you doing here? Du Dawei asked.

"Uncle Du, are you free now?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

Du Dawei nodded and said, "Are you free, do you have something?" ”

Wei Qiaoyi said, "Then can you go out for a walk with me?" ”

Du Dawei didn't hesitate, nodded and said, "Okay, you wait for me for a while, I'll go change my clothes." ”

He's still wearing pajamas, so how can he not change his clothes?

Soon, he changed his clothes and came out, and said to Wei Qiaoyi, "Let's go." ”

Wei Qiao responded and walked out of the hotel with him.

In the early morning, the streets are already full of people, and people who go to work have already gone out.

Those who ride battery cars are speeding by on the road, and those who catch the bus are in a hurry.

The two walked on the road, and Du Dawei said, "Xiaoyi, what do you want to say to me?" ”

He watched Wei Qiaoyi grow up, and even when Wei Qiaoyi was young, he studied with him for a while.

For Wei Qiaoyi, Du Dawei can be said to know very well.

"Uncle Shi, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart." Wei Qiaoyi said.

When Du Dawei heard this, he frowned and said, "Who bullied you?" Tell me, I'll call the shots for you! Isn't that kid Gao Dian! ”

As soon as Wei Qiaoyi said that she felt uncomfortable, the first thing Du Dawei thought of was that someone was bullying her.

When Wei Qiaoyi heard this, he smiled bitterly: "No, no one bullied me." I'm just because of the competition. ”

When Du Dawei heard this, he was puzzled: "Because of the competition? Why? ”

Wei Qiaoyi said: "My ranking in this round of the competition is tenth. ”

When Du Dawei heard this, he said: "This ranking is very good, and the tenth place is already very good, why is it sad?" ”

"Because I think it's too low." Wei Qiaoyi said in a low voice.

"Too low?" Du Dawei looked at Wei Qiaoyi.

"Well, according to my thoughts, I should be able to make it to the top five, but I'm only tenth." Wei Qiaoyi said.

Du Dawei said: "It is normal for this game to be a little different from what I expected, don't think there is anything." And the competition itself is not of much significance, as long as you can pass the competition, there is no big problem. ”

"However, the pastry I use is already what I am good at, not the worst." Wei Qiaoyi said.

The strategy she chose was different from Gao Dian's.

Gao Dian chooses a more adventurous way, first using what he is not good at, and then using what he is good at.

But the way Wei Qiaoyi chose was to use what he was better at to pass the first round first.

Because some people will use what they are best at in the first round, she wants to pass the first round of the group stage first, and then use the ones that are not very good in the second round.

That is, in the first round, you will test your own level, and then choose the later pastries according to the specific situation.

Wei Qiaoyi's goal is also the champion.

Her thinking is basically the same as Gao Dian, but the first round is a little different.

According to her thoughts, her pastry is at least the top five in the group.

But when the final result came out, she was disappointed and a little sad at the same time.

Her level was too far from what she expected.

At this level, her hopes of winning the title will be very slim.

This incident made Wei Qiaoyi not sleep well all night, and she was panicked, so she came to Du Dawei to talk about it.

The reason why she didn't go to Gao Dian was because she didn't want to show her cowardly side in Gao Dian.

When Du Dawei heard Wei Qiaoyi's words, he suddenly understood.

He knew why Wei Qiaoyi felt sad.

He pondered for a while and said, "I probably know what you think, do you think that your level is not as high as you imagined?" ”

Wei Qiaoyi was silent for a while and nodded.

Du Dawei sighed, this is one of the common problems of geniuses.

He said: "You have only just entered the level of a special pastry chef, and the other special first level pastry chefs have already reached this level.

Let's put it this way, you can only be regarded as a newcomer in the special first-class pastry chef, and you still have a long way to go.

Those who can become a special first-class pastry chef are not badly talented. People have been on this path for many years, and even if your talent is better than theirs, it is almost impossible to surpass them in such a short period of time. ”

Du Dawei's words were very straightforward, he didn't beat around the bush, because Wei Qiaoyi didn't need it.

Her ability to bear it is not bad, and these words are better for her.

There are some questions that Wei Qiaoyi doesn't understand, it's just that she is too proud.

What Du Dawei is doing now is to break her pride and let him recognize the reality!

What is Reality?

That's the reality!

Hearing Du Dawei's words, Wei Qiaoyi fell silent.

Something in her heart seemed to be broken.

Along the way, Wei Qiaoyi has not experienced many setbacks.

It can be said that before the first-level pastry chef, she was smooth sailing, her progress was extremely fast, and many veteran pastry chefs were left behind by her.

And the biggest passbook she encountered was stuck between the first-class pastry chef and the special first-class pastry chef, and she couldn't break through for a long time.

Now that she has encountered setbacks again, the pride in her heart seems to have been shattered.

That's a good thing.

Pride does not make people progress, break pride and recognize reality, so that we can go further and walk more steadily.

Du Dawei didn't speak, waiting for Wei Qiaoyi to think alone.

He believed that Wei Qiaoyi could figure it out.

Wei Qiaoyi's strength in this competition is not the strongest.

It's just that she's still young and still has enough time and energy to improve.

She may not be unable to achieve first place in the future.

But this time, her hopes were slim.

After a long time, Wei Qiaoyi said, "Uncle Shi, thank you." ”

Du Dawei shook his head and said: "Actually, I don't say that you should understand these things, the reason why you don't understand is probably because you don't want to accept them." But Xiaoyi, you have to understand that the farther you go on this road, the more talented the people you meet.

At this time, talent alone is no longer enough to give you much of an advantage. Time is the biggest advantage. ”

Hearing this, Wei Qiaoyi nodded silently.

Maybe it's like this, the talent is behind, there is no big advantage, and the longer the immersion, the greater the advantage.

Slowly, Wei Qiaoyi also figured it out.

She understands a truth, she has only recently entered the special first-class pastry chef, and she is still too immature compared to those chefs who have been at this level for several years or even more than ten years.

Now she doesn't need to compare with them, it doesn't make much sense.

Of course, she also has an advantage, that is, she is still very young, and her future has infinite possibilities.

After thinking about this, Wei Qiaoyi's heart suddenly felt much easier, and she didn't feel so uncomfortable in her heart.

After figuring it out, Wei Qiaoyi said goodbye to Du Dawei and left briskly.

As soon as Gao Dian walked to the gate of the arena, someone behind him called out: "Gao Dian!" ”

He looked back and saw that it wasn't Wei Qiaoyi?

I saw her holding a hot breakfast in her hand and walked quickly to Gao Dian's side.

"Did you have breakfast?" Wei Qiaoyi said with a smile.

Gao Dian shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

"I knew that, so I brought it to you!" Wei Qiaoyi raised the breakfast in his hand and said.

Looking at the breakfast in her hand, Gao Dian was puzzled: "You left first just to buy breakfast?" ”

Wei Qiaoyi smiled and blinked, "Guess! ”

Gao Dian was a little speechless, how can you guess this?

He didn't know exactly when Wei Qiaoyi left.

Wei Qiaoyi didn't explain either, she didn't want to expose her vulnerability.

In terms of cooking, she has always been Gao Dian's teacher, and she answers many of Gao Dian's cooking questions.

Of course, as time went by, Gao Dian's level became higher and higher, and she, as a teacher, slowly became incompetent.

But her cooking skills have always been better than Gao Dian, there is no doubt about it.

So, she didn't want to expose her vulnerability.

"I'm guessing you're just going to buy breakfast." Gao Dian said.

He didn't want to guess more, preferring to believe that Wei Qiaoyi deliberately got up early to buy breakfast.

In fact, Gao Dian knew in his heart that he was not, and he was not stupid.

Combined with Wei Qiaoyi's state yesterday, he knew that Wei Qiaoyi might not be in a good mood and should have something on his mind.

But since Wei Qiaoyi didn't want to say it, Gao Dian didn't want to dig deeper.

Wei Qiaoyi smiled: "Let's eat together." ”

Gao Dian nodded.

The two of them were next to the arena, found a place to stand, and ate slowly.

Wei Qiaoyi seemed to be in a very good mood, she spoke with a smile and a brisk tone.

Seeing Wei Qiaoyi's mood recover, Gao Dian was also very happy.

After the two finished breakfast, they walked towards the arena.

Today is the second round.

In the second round of the group stage, although one round was eliminated, only twenty-four people were eliminated, and the overall lack was not very obvious.

Like yesterday, today is also four in the morning and four in the afternoon.

…………

"How? Did it pass? ”

In the Dianxin Building, everyone is a little concerned about the National Pastry Chef Competition.

Because their two bosses are one of the contestants.

This highly valuable competition, if it can achieve a corresponding good ranking, then the benefits to Dianxinlou are also very great.

Unlike the contestants like Gao Dian, the others had to wait until the next day to know the results of the competition.

In the group stage, not many people came to watch the game.

At this time, it is not exciting enough, and the really interesting game will have to wait until the confrontation match.

At that time, there was something to see.

If you want to know the results of the competition, you can only look at the announcement of the organizer.

"I'm watching, don't worry!" Yao Jun said.

Now in the kitchen of Dianxin Building, the biggest is Yao Jun.

Because he is a patriarch and a first-class pastry chef.

Although the cooking skills are not the highest, their prestige is the highest except for the two owners.

He took care of the kitchen, and everyone was convinced.

"Lao Yao, hurry up and check, let's see it and start working." Wang Xihua said.

The two are old friends.

"I'm doing it as soon as possible, the internet here isn't very good." Yao Jun said.

"Actually, we don't worry about Chef Wei, she is a first-class pastry chef after all, and the first round of the competition is still very simple for her. What we are really worried about is Mr. Gao. ”

In the kitchen, a chef said.

Suddenly, his words were agreed by everyone.

That's true.

What they can really worry about is Gao Dian, because Gao Dian is only a first-level pastry chef.

Not many people know about Gao Dian's breakthrough through the special first-class pastry master, they don't know, and they think that Gao Dian is just a first-class pastry master.

In this competition, the first-level pastry chefs are all together, and the first-level pastry chefs have no advantage.

The real workhorses are all first-class pastry chefs.

Gao Dian's prestige is very high, which also makes everyone full of worries about Gao Dian.

Finally, the slow network brushed the results out.

"It's out!" Yao Jun shouted.

Everyone hurriedly urged: "Let's see if Mr. Gao has passed?" ”

"Wait, I'll see." Yao Jun said.

He looked over little by little, in the order of one set of two.

The first thing he saw was naturally Wei Qiaoyi.

"Chef Wei has passed." Yao Jun said.

There was a small burst of cheers in the kitchen, although he knew that Chef Wei would definitely pass, but when he was really sure that she had passed, he was still very happy in his heart.

"What about Mr. Gao? Let's see if Mr. Gao has passed! Someone urged.

"Right now, watching." Yao Jun said.

He looked over gradually, and when he reached the sixth group, he finally saw Gao Dian's name.

"Mr. Gao is in twelfth place!" Yao Jun said.

Suddenly, there was a deafening cheer in the kitchen, and everyone was cheering for Gao Dian.

After a while, Yao Jun pressed his hands and said, "Everyone be quiet!" ”

Slowly, the cheering stopped.

Yao Jun said with a smile: "Now that the results of the first round of the competition have been watched, let's go back to our positions and work, Mr. Gao and Chef Wei are competing outside, and we can't hold back here." ”

Everyone responded, returned to their positions, and started today's work.