Chapter 452: Winning depends not only on luck but also on strength!

After the culinary big shots and their relatives and friends finished eating Shengzai's shumai and left a pile of business cards, they left.

Soon, Shengzai welcomed even more guests.

The reason was also very simple. As mentioned before, people who eat at buffets all have a certain herd mentality.

There were countless delicacies at the venue, so why did those culinary big shots have a soft spot for Shengzai's "Three-Egg Shumai"?

The delicacies that big shots who were used to eating mountain and sea delicacies praised must be truly delicious.

After the ordinary people at the venue had such thoughts, the situation naturally began to get out of control.

In less than a few minutes, a long line formed directly in front of Shengzai's cooking station.

Even the length of the line broke the 100-meter mark, and the length continued to grow as time passed.

It's a simple truth: the more people in line, the more passersby will naturally think that the food here has a better reputation and is more delicious.

If it weren't for Shengzai's own rule of limiting each person to one portion, plus his off-the-charts physical fitness and his years of high-intensity work in the restaurant, he wouldn't have been able to handle so many guests this time.

Looking at the long line in front of Shengzai's cooking station, the other Totsuki students taking the assessment at the venue had different expressions.

Takumi and Alice, who regarded Shengzai as an opponent, naturally had ugly expressions, as their results were originally similar to Shengzai's.

But now, after this wave of operations, Shengzai's results were definitely enough to throw them to Java.

Tian Suohui, Roumei, and Ryoko, Shengzai's friends, had long since lost the desire to compete with Shengzai, so while sighing at Shengzai's monster-like strength, they were also happy for him to achieve good results.

As for Yukihira Soma, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad at this moment.

He also regarded Shengzai as a competitor this time, and looking at Shengzai's rising results, he was undoubtedly as unwilling as Alice and the others.

But because his cooking station was close to Shengzai's, he benefited from Shengzai's light, and there were many more guests than before, so he finally didn't have to worry about failing this assessment.

Honestly speaking, the taste of Yukihira Soma's "Omelet Soufflé" wasn't bad, but he exerted his strength too late. It was obviously impossible to catch up with Shengzai, Erina, and the others now.

And if Yukihira Soma's side was emotionally complex, then Erina was definitely the most unwilling person at the venue.

Her "Eggs Benedict" had been far ahead in the first hour and a half, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was already riding on Shengzai's face in this assessment.

But no one expected that just as the assessment was about to end, a group young master and the president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce would suddenly pop up!

And it was fine for the two of them to call friends to help Shengzai stuff the ballot box, but the subsequent wave of operations made all the guests at the venue curious about Shengzai's cooking, so Shengzai completed a comeback against her.

He directly pressed her, who had originally been riding on his face, back under him!

The two-hour assessment ended, and when Dojima Gin finally announced the results, everyone at the venue was not surprised at all.

Shengzai won first place with an overwhelming advantage, and there was a gap between him and Erina, who was in second place.

"Hmph, this time it was just your good luck. This young lady won't lose next time. You better remember that!"

Erina's breadth of mind was much broader than Shengzai had imagined.

Regarding the results finally announced by Dojima Gin, she didn't question or refuse to accept them, but left a few harsh words in front of Shengzai and turned to leave with Secretary-ko.

Being able to beat Erina this time was indeed a fluke. After all, if it weren't for the commotion caused by Ma Like and Yue Jian Guang, it would have been very difficult for Shengzai to complete the final comeback.

Shengzai had originally thought that with Erina's unyielding personality, she would be dissatisfied with this result and even question if Shengzai had found a shill.

But it turned out that Erina was able to hold up and let go; losing is losing, and there was no entanglement. After leaving harsh words, she turned and left.

Honestly, if Shengzai had really won by playing tricks, she naturally wouldn't have let it go so easily.

But Erina knew very well that Shengzai was able to beat everyone in this assessment not just by luck, but by real strength.

Cheating was impossible; who Dojima Gin and the others would invite was completely confidential before.

As for Shengzai's ability to make a comeback, it relied on the celebrity effect of Yue Jian Guang and Ma Like. Erina had nothing to say about this; after all, her title of "God's Tongue" also attracted many guests for her this time.

Erina had paid attention to Shengzai before and knew that he had been to the camp near the Gourmet World, and it was probably at that time that he got to know the president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce and the eldest young master of the Ma Like Group.

Why Ma Like and Yue Jian Guang respected Shengzai so much, Erina didn't know.

But as she said before, Shengzai's winning this assessment was not just a matter of luck; his own solid strength was also one of the main reasons for winning.

If the taste of Shengzai's "Three-Egg Shumai" was ordinary, would he still have attracted so many guests after Ma Like and Yue Jian Guang left?

It is true that people have a herd mentality, but once someone reflects that Shengzai's cooking taste is ordinary, would other people in the long line give up other delicacies at the venue for this ordinary-tasting food?

Obviously not. The reason why he could maintain the hot situation of a long line was because Shengzai's shumai was delicious.

And even if each person was limited to one portion, with such a terrifying passenger flow, did an ordinary chef really have the physical strength and endurance to handle it?

You know, her "Eggs Benedict" was far ahead before. Even if there were enough guests, if Shengzai's speed and physical strength couldn't keep up within the limited time, he wouldn't have been able to catch up with her at the last moment.

Luck is one thing, but wanting to grasp such luck also requires enough strength.

So for this assessment, Erina was convinced... well, but only for this time.

After this buffet assessment ended, the accommodation training for the 92nd generation of Totsuki students was completely declared over.

There were about 800 people when they came, but only about 500 people successfully passed the assessment in the end.

In other words, more than 300 people were expelled because they were unqualified in this accommodation training.

And every year, Totsuki has more than just this one project activity like accommodation training. It can be seen that wanting to finish three years at Totsuki and successfully graduate is indeed not a simple matter.

At the end of the accommodation training, Totsuki also prepared a banquet for the students who successfully stayed, and the food at the banquet was prepared by Totsuki's Ten Masters graduates.

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