Hunter: Start with a prison

Facing Menqi's question, Li En's memory returned to a long time ago.

At that time, he had been working in the hotel as a handyman for four years.

Because the master gave him the hardest and most tiring work, he had deep contact with people from all walks of life.

At that time, Li En knew that although the old chef did not teach him cooking skills.

Just let him do odd jobs and practice knife skills and carving.

But letting him enter the kitchen is already the greatest help.

In a place where cooking is paramount and technology competes, it is the best place to learn.

Lien deeply remembered chatting with one of the old chefs.

The old cook was quite old. He came to the kitchen and was only responsible for making pickles.

However, the old cook only worked for two months.

But an ordinary pickled vegetable became a dish second only to the restaurant's signature dish.

Because at that time, I specialized in cutting vegetables for this old chef.

Therefore, the relationship between the two gradually became closer through contact.

The other party once told him with great emotion: "When you choose a path, you can never see the end."

"Talent will eventually limit everything you have."

"This is luck and misfortune!"

This sentence aroused Li En's interest, and he began to ask questions.

Nowadays, Lien still vividly remembers what the old cook said at that time.

"Talent is something that a person possesses as soon as he is born."

"Xiao Li En, you have to know that there are always only a handful of geniuses in this world!"

"And among this small group of people, very few survive to the end!"

"Do you know why?"

At that time, Li En's heart was already occupied by curiosity. He didn't want to guess, so he directly asked for the answer.

The old cook laughed and cursed: "Young people are so impatient!"

Then, he slowly started talking.

"Geniuses are different from ordinary people. There is always only one way in front of them!"

“Once they make a choice, there’s no such thing as settling for ordinary.”

"Instead of facing my mediocre self, it would be more refreshing to end my life!"

Speaking of this, the old cook had a sad look in his eyes, as if he was thinking of something?

"What geniuses fear most is bottlenecks!"

“Especially when you see yourself reaching the end of the bottle!”

"That's a desperate situation that you know you can't overcome no matter how hard you try!"

Hearing this, Li En fell into silence for a while.

Then, the old cook twitched his sleeve, and a scar appeared on his wrist.

Seeing this scene, Li En's mood became even heavier.

He knew that it was the wound left after cutting his wrist.

The old cook chuckled lightly and said, "Old man, I was a genius when I was young, so don't follow my old path!"

The old cook stood up slowly and just took steps to leave.

Lean said hurriedly: "Why are you saying this to me?"

"Don't you think that I am also a genius?"

At that time, the old cook turned around and said something that was particularly memorable to Lean.

"Genius? It's just the praise of others and self-recognition!"

"Your eyes are very similar to mine, so I'm afraid you will follow my old path!"

"By the way, I'll tell you an experience. When you encounter a bottleneck, you must first return to ordinary life and look for that glimmer of opportunity!"

"Like a carver who's stuck, don't try to carve a lifelike dragon."

"But think about how to carve each knife well!"

Lean's memories gradually faded. This was the last time he saw the old cook.

Later, Lien once asked his old chef, who was the old cook?

At that time, his master, who was the chef of the state banquet, was immediately in awe.

He only said: "That person is an expert who likes to hang out in various kitchens."

After that, Lean began to discover various novel problems through observation.

Especially which person has fallen into the so-called bottleneck.

He also wanted to be like that master, helping others to overcome that hurdle.

By the way, give yourself some experience.

Just when Menqi was making food, Lien had already noticed something was wrong.

Menqi is very strict in cooking, but he always looks dissatisfied when every dish comes out of the pot.

Through this, Li En could easily detect that Menqi was stuck in a bottleneck.

Looking back at Menqi's surprised eyes, Li En laughed softly.

"How do I know? It should be experience!"

"Honestly, looking at your expression while cooking, I know you have stopped moving forward!"

"I've seen that state from many people."

Hearing this, Menqi blurted out: "What can you do?"

“For a long time, I felt like I wasn’t making progress!”

“That feeling of standing still is driving me crazy!”

After thinking for a moment, Lien explained: "It seems that your state should belong to the second type!"

"For you, finding the right way to break through this bottleneck is easy!"

Hearing that Li En had a solution, Menqi said in surprise: "Tell me quickly, I'm going to die of worry!"

Slightly pressing his hand, Li En signaled to Menqi not to worry.

“For me, there are two types of chef’s bottlenecks.”

"The first type is limited by talent and vision, resulting in no possibility of progress."

"This is also the most difficult. You need to find the point that suits you best, so as to achieve a type of specialization!"

After hearing this part of Li En's explanation, Menqi nodded repeatedly.

Menqi knows this very well and has even seen many of them in her career.

Menqi feels helpless when meeting such people, and sometimes can only feel sorry.

After all, when a person's dream is shattered, he will indeed fall into the abyss of despair.

"What about the second one?"

Menqi asked with an expectant look.

She believed that what Lien said was simple, she could definitely do it.

Rean organized his language and slowly explained.

"The second type is that because of the strength of the talent, one has fallen into a bottleneck."

"Once you fall into this state, your psychological self-contradiction will become your biggest enemy!"

"And you are in the second bottleneck!"

Hearing this, Menqi frowned and fell into deep thought.

She knew what Lien said was right, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"Then what? The solution?"

Menqi's tone was a little anxious. Her patience had been worn down to the extreme during this period.

Li En chuckled and said: "The solution is very simple, you need to explore further!"

"Looking down?" Menqi asked doubtfully.

"Yes! That's right!" Lien confirmed: "Look down!"

"What you need now is not to master a deep technology, but to consolidate your own foundation."

"Up, your accumulation and foundation are not enough. Only by completing your own accumulation can you have the possibility of breakthrough!"

Hearing this, Menqi exclaimed, as if his brain had been stabbed, and he suddenly felt enlightened.

"That's right!"

"Lean, you are so amazing!"

"..."

While saying this, Menqi hugged Li En directly, unable to extricate herself with joy.