He had become one of the judges this time and had paid what he considered no small price for it. Of course, he had not come all this way just to indulge his desire to be a judge.
According to the agreement between him and that old man Zhang Pengfei, as long as the Trainers who chose Grass-type Pokémon for the assessment achieved decent results, the academy would officially transfer the site of his restaurant and the vacant lot beside it into Ye Lan's name.
In the past, when Forest Flavor Restaurant had still been the Zhang Shuling Institute, this area had merely been leased by Huaxia Academy to his master.
Huaxia Academy had never set a precedent of giving academy property to outsiders. Once such a precedent was set, it would become impossible to contain. Therefore, even though the old principal had wanted to help, their branch had no intention of breaking this rule and had only rented the place under the title of visiting professors.
But Ye Lan was different. He was a student of Huaxia Academy, so he could reasonably be considered one of their own. That gave him a chance to gain ownership of this area.
Ye Lan understood this perfectly well. President Zhang clearly did not have the authority to make such a decision alone; the academy was testing whether his restaurant was worth keeping.
According to the conclusions reached by several professors from the Breeding Department, his Pokémon cuisine could subtly improve the growth of Grass-type Pokémon.
If actual evidence could prove this, Huaxia Academy would treat his restaurant as an important academy facility and help it develop. Moreover, because he was a Huaxia Academy student, the old principal's requirements for him were not particularly strict.
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