The time to rest is always short.

A day flies by, and in fact, there is no real rest time, and in the morning, didn't you go to the arena?

Today is the official start of the match.

From today, the difficulty of the competition has really increased.

As in the group stage, you need to report in advance what ingredients you need.

If you do not report in advance, the organizer will not prepare the ingredients.

The ingredients were reported the day before, but the lottery was decided today.

This made Gao Dian feel a little painful.

Because the ingredients are reported in advance, it means that you have to determine the pastry you will cook tomorrow on the day before. But at this time, you don't know who your opponent is.

In this way, it is impossible to flexibly adjust according to the strength of the opponent.

In this way, everyone is a little more cautious about the choice of pastries.

The 72 people who passed the group stage entered the arena together, and as soon as they entered, they lined up to draw lots.

In the first round of the competition, there are a total of 36 numbers, and the one who draws two of the same number is the opponent.

At the same time, the field is arranged in pairs, and the 72 positions are arranged into 36 groups, each group has a corresponding number.

Whoever draws the corresponding number only needs to go to the corresponding position.

That's right, the match is played by 72 people at the same time, regardless of whether it is in the morning or afternoon.

Seventy-two people cooking at the same time have relatively high requirements for the venue, but the venue prepared by the organizer is relatively large, enough to accommodate 72 people cooking at the same time.

There is no limit to the time of this competition, and you can cook all day.

Of course, for the vast majority of people, it doesn't take a day to make a pastry.

Gao Dian and Wei Qiaoyi lined up one after the other, and soon it was their turn to draw lots.

Each reached into the box and pulled out a note.

Gao Dian opened it and saw that the note had the number 20 written on it, and he looked at Wei Qiaoyi's note again, only to see that the number written on her note was 16.

The two did not draw the same number.

Gao Dian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, to be honest, he was reluctant to face Wei Qiaoyi in the first round.

This means that one of the two will definitely leave.

Gao Dian came to the venue, which belonged to the cooking position of 20.

There were already people here, and the moment they saw Gao Dian, they were slightly surprised, and then they were happy.

Gao Dian looked at his opponent, and the person in front of him was white and fat, and he looked a little rich. The wrinkles on his face indicate that he is no longer young.

This man is known to Gao Dian.

Or the remaining 72 people, except for himself, he knows the remaining 71 people.

After all, in the competition, although I don't know what opponent will be drawn, it is inevitable to understand everyone in advance.

The person in front of him is called Shao Zhiqiang, and he belongs to the old pastry chef, but he is not a special first-class pastry chef, just a first-class pastry chef.

Don't underestimate him just because he is just a first-class pastry chef, in fact, Shao Zhiqiang is among the top pastry chefs.

He used to have a nickname, called the strongest pastry chef below the special level.

This statement is a bit of a suspicion of advocacy, after all, Huaguo is so big, and there are too many special first-class pastry chefs and below, how to be sure that Shao Zhiqiang is the strongest?

Maybe there are more powerful ones, but they didn't have a discussion with Shao Zhiqiang.

In any case, this title is enough to show how powerful Shao Zhiqiang is.

You must know that when Gao Dian was still at the level of a first-class pastry chef, he did not give him this kind of nickname.

This is due to the fact that Gao Dian has not been at the level of a first-class pastry chef for a short time.

Although he is known as the strongest, Shao Zhiqiang has not been able to enter the level of a special first-class pastry chef for a long time, which is also a great regret for him.

To take this step, you need not only talent, but also understanding.

When you understand your own path, when will you be able to step into the level of a first-class pastry chef. If you can't comprehend it, then you won't be able to become a first-class pastry chef for the rest of your life.

This threshold has trapped many people, and Shao Zhiqiang is one of them.

When Gao Dian looked at him, Shao Zhiqiang was also looking at Gao Dian.

This young man should not be underestimated.

Those who underestimated him suffered in the end.

Shao Zhiqiang thought to himself.

But he was confident enough to believe he could win the race.

Gao Dian is powerful, but at the level of a first-class pastry chef, he is confident that no one can beat him.

The moment he saw that his opponent was Gao Dian, Shao Zhiqiang was also relieved.

To be honest, he was really afraid of drawing a special first-class pastry chef, and if he fought against the special first-class pastry chef, he would have a better chance of losing.

Those who can pass the group stage account for the majority, and only a small part is the level of the first-level pastry chef.

The draw is very random, according to the probability, the probability of a group with a special first-level pastry chef is greater, and the probability of a group with a first-level pastry chef is smaller.

What Shao Zhiqiang didn't expect was that he had good luck in the first round and was actually assigned to a first-class pastry chef.

Although the young man in front of him was very powerful, Shao Zhiqiang didn't care at all.

No matter how powerful it is, can it be a special level?

As long as it's not at the top level, then he is confident that he can win.

The two had their own thoughts, and then took advantage of the start of the game to exchange a few words in a friendly manner.

The content of the exchange, there is nothing substantial, just mutual greetings and praise.

Although it is an opponent, it is only temporary, and it cannot always be an opponent.

The necessary human feelings and sophistication still have to be taken into account.

After some exchanges, Shao Zhiqiang had a good impression of Gao Dian. He felt that Gao Dian spoke humbly and politely, without the arrogance of a young genius.

Soon, the competition officially began.

Gao Dian arched his hand, and Shao Zhiqiang also responded with a smile.

Then, the expressions of the two changed, and all their expressions were retracted, and they were serious and focused on what they were doing.

The pastry that Gao Dian is going to make today is called Crystal Bun.

When it comes to crystal buns, there are various ways to do it.

The crystal buns of the Gaodian Club are learned from the recipes left by the teacher, which is a more traditional practice.

The taste of a bun is usually determined by its filling.

The name of many steamed buns is also based on the filling.

For example, beef buns, sauce meat buns, sauerkraut buns, and so on.

The name of the crystal bun is not because of the crystal inside, but because the finished product has a crystal clear feeling, so it is described as crystal.

The taste of steamed buns is mainly divided into Jiangda flavors, one is salty and the other is sweet.

Among them, there are more varieties of salty flavors, because the ingredients are more abundant.

And the sweet buns, relatively speaking, have a lot less patterns.

Crystal buns are sweet buns, which of course are more traditional.

Nowadays, there are also salty ones, and the approach is completely different.

Among the recipes left by the teacher, there are a lot of steamed buns, and crystal steamed buns are one of the more special ones.

Gao Dian learned this pastry in order to make up for his shortcomings in the big category of steamed buns.

After all, the buns he knows are all salty, and there are no sweet buns.

Crystal buns just make up for this shortcoming.

The production of crystal buns is actually not very complicated, and the main difficulty lies in kneading the dough.

And this basic skill, Gao Dian is very solid.

In terms of production skills, there is no high level of difficulty. Whether the crystal bun is delicious or not is determined by the quality of its recipe.

The crystal bun is not difficult to make, and the ingredients are quite simple, but the ratio of various ingredients is particularly important.

If this recipe is not good enough, then the steamed buns will naturally not taste good.

Here, Gao Dian is making crystal buns.

On the other side, Shao Zhiqiang is also making his pastries.

The pastry he made this time was Hanamaki!

Steamed buns and flower rolls can be said to be the most common pastry.

There are similarities and differences between the three.

In terms of origin, the three can be said to have the same origin. It's just that later on, with the development of each other, it has become different.

The flower roll has a filling, but the filling is sandwiched in the middle and is not wrapped.

Hanamaki is not particularly difficult to make, after all, it is a common pastry, and it is too difficult to be common.

The focus is on a roll word.

The good roll is the flower roll, and the bad roll is poop.

There are several ways to roll Hanamaki, some of which are complex and some of which are simple.

There's nothing easier than putting it together. It's just that when it's rolled up like this, it doesn't look good.

Hanamaki can be described as Shao Zhiqiang's specialty, one of his best pastries.

In addition to several common rolling methods, Shao Zhiqiang also invented a special rolling method, which can be rolled into a flower.

After Shao Zhiqiang reconciled the dough, he turned around and went to make the filling of the flower rolls.

Like steamed buns, hanamaki are sweet and salty.

The sweet flower rolls are mainly filled with bean paste. The salty flower rolls have many more patterns, and there are peppers and green onions as fillings.

As long as the brain hole is big enough, you can add any filling to it. Of course, how it tastes depends on your own ability.

Elsewhere, all the contestants were busy, and no one was distracted.

Because the pastry is made in different processes, it usually makes a variety of sounds.

It's just that these sounds don't affect the chef who is concentrating on cooking at all.

…………

When it came to the competition, the organizer finally opened the live broadcast function.

In the previous group stage, there was no live broadcast at all, and everything had to be delayed for a day to know.

This tickles the hearts of many people.

Everyone wants to see the real-time situation, who wins and loses, who advances, and who is eliminated, and it is best to know it at the first time.

Because after the time is delayed, the emotions can't keep up.

In the live broadcast room of the National Pastry Chef Competition, the popularity is relatively deserted, there are not tens of millions of people, only tens of thousands of people.

But these popularity, each of which is real, and there is no false popularity.

The live broadcast room is a little shabby, and there is nothing to explain.

There is no way to do this, at this level, there are really not many people who can understand the operation, and people may not be willing to come over to give you a commentary.

Although the number of people in the live broadcast room is small, everyone is very enthusiastic.

The game was actively discussed, and there were even some arguments.

…………

In the kitchen of Dianxin Building, everyone was a little worried.

Gao Dian made it through the group stage, but now he faces a strong opponent.

Worries are worries, and the work still has to go on.

Ma Hailiang has nothing to do, there are not many guests in Dianxin Building now, and he has not ordered his limited dishes.

He didn't need to do any other chores.

Now he is a little idle.

Ma Hailiang held his mobile phone and watched the live broadcast.

The live broadcast in this live broadcast room was filmed from a high place.

Although everyone was filmed, everyone didn't see it clearly, and they could only roughly judge what kind of pastry each person was making.

"You're sitting here watching the live stream?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind Ma Hailiang.

He turned his head and saw that it was Wang Xihua.

Speaking of which, he and Wang Xihua are both newcomers and were recruited by Gao Dian.

Wang Xihua was ahead of him to take Dianxinlou, and he was a few days late.

Although they are both newcomers, the relationship between Ma Hailiang and Wang Xihua is not very good.

The back kitchen of Dianxin Building is a relatively harmonious kitchen, but not everyone has a good relationship.

Regarding Wang Xihua's sudden arrival to talk to him, Ma Hailiang expressed some surprise.

"Hmm...... Right. Ma Hailiang responded.

Wang Xihua took the opportunity to sit down beside him and said, "Do you think there is hope for Mr. Gao?" ”

Hearing this question, Ma Hailiang fell silent.

Shao Zhiqiang's name, they all know it, and it is precisely because they know it that they are worried.

The man who is known as the strongest pastry chef under the special level is not so easy to win.

At least the two of them are not sure that they can win against Shao Zhiqiang, Gao Dian is better than them, but whether they can win is also unknown.

In the live broadcast room, although I don't see it very clearly, the list of lots drawn is in the live broadcast room.

Who is in a group with whom, it is clearly written above.

"I don't know." Ma Hailiang said.

Wang Xihua was silent, this answer was also expected.

Suddenly, he asked, "Why did you choose to worship Mr. Gao as your teacher?" ”

Ma Hailiang looked at Wang Xihua and said seriously: "I didn't worship the teacher as a teacher, I just recognized him as a teacher, not a master." ”

Although Ma Hailiang's master is not high, he is only a second-level pastry master, but for Ma Hailiang, he is the only master in his life.

When Wang Xihua heard this, he said: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I mean, why do you want to be a teacher? ”

Ma Hailiang said: "Why don't I? There is no order to learn, and the master is the teacher. The teacher's cooking skills are higher than mine, and I think he is a teacher, isn't it normal? ”

Hearing this, Wang Xihua admired Ma Hailiang a little in his heart.

Anyone can say this, but very few can do it.

Not to mention anything else, just calling a teacher who is younger than oneself, there are many people who can't get over the psychological hurdle.

But Ma Hailiang screamed very smoothly, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"You're right, I'm superficial." Wang Xihua sighed.

Ma Hailiang shook his head with a smile, and then continued to focus on the live broadcast.

From the live broadcast, it can be seen that his teacher's pastry seems to be finished and has been steamed.

And his opponent is still grinding, and he doesn't know what he's doing.