Chapter 208 It’s been two years and I still haven’t made it to the top!

The result is of course obvious. Xia Anruo rejected your request for installment payment and added another month.

Chu Ze vomited blood on the spot.

This is the rhythm of forcing him to become a monk.

Don’t force me, the Great Dragon of Heaven. I will ask you to help me practice some other day!
……

At nine o'clock in the evening, the data of the first day of broadcast of Fights Break Sphere came out.

Forty-five million!
It broke the previous record of 8 million views and topped the hot lists of major video platforms.

There is no doubt that this broke the first-day broadcast record of TV series on the entire network.

For a time, all major film, television and entertainment news media rushed to produce videos and news reports on this news.

Many passers-by looked at it and thought: Wow, how can a TV series adapted from an online novel be so awesome? It must be another crappy drama to fake the numbers. Why should I watch it?

Then once you get in, you can't get out.

Even if your brain tells you that the plot is stupid and you should watch something more nutritious, your body will still be honest and can't stop watching.

This is the magic of cool writing.

The original novel is the ceiling of exciting writing. The TV series perfectly retains the exciting points of the original novel and adds visual impact that the novel does not have. At the same time, with the blessing of music, the sense of excitement is directly raised to several levels.

In the following month, as the series of Fights Break Sphere was updated one after another, the popularity was getting higher and higher. It wasn’t long before the number of views exceeded 1 billion. Many up-loaders rushed to take advantage of the popularity and started commentating on the TV series of Fights Break Sphere, and they all received a high number of views.

The series received widespread acclaim online and was recognized as the best TV series adapted from online literature in many years.

Naturally, there are people who praise it and there are also many people who criticize it. Some people have criticized the plot for being too simple, lacking depth, and not worthy of the position.

"How did such a brainless plot become so popular?"

"He's happy."

"But he's brainless."

“But he’s cool.”

"The plot lacks depth. I guessed the ending after seeing the beginning."

"I guessed that, but he feels great."

"The villains are forced to lower their intelligence, and they keep rescuing people at the right time, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, and pretending to be powerful but getting slapped in the face."

"Don't worry about that. Just tell me whether you feel good or not and that's it."

To put it bluntly, this drama is originally for entertainment. Most people are tired after a day of work and just want to lie down and relax.

Doupo perfectly meets the needs of most people, and that is enough.

Those who want depth and artistry are not the target audience of Doupojing at all, so there is no need to force it.

At least for now, the TV series of Fights Break Sphere has been very successful. The novel was already popular, and with the spread of film and television dramas, the audience has instantly expanded to a terrifying level. It is basically a household name, and even if you haven't seen it, you have heard of this drama.

For a while, Fights Break Sphere became popular all over the country, and Chu Ze, as the original author, is now lying at home making money.

Originally, Chu Ze had the company invest tens of millions of dollars in this drama. Although the people in the marketing department didn't say it outwardly, they were secretly complaining that the investment might not be recovered.

As a result, I didn’t expect the show to become a hit.

Return on investment?

So much money!
Now when Chu Ze comes to the company, the head of the marketing department looks at him with awe.

I didn’t expect that Mr. Chu, at such a young age, is not only good at writing songs and training new talents, but also has such a good eye for investment.

This boy is so terrifying, we must not keep him here for long!
……

It was early July.

Ancheng.

Early in the morning, Chu Mingtao was rummaging through the closet.

"Huiqin, where did you put my suit?"

"I ironed it for you last night and put it on the sofa in the living room."

"Qingqing, are you up yet?"

"I called her a long time ago. She should be washing up in the bathroom now."

"Let Qingqing dress more formally. This is a big event, so we need to dress more formally."

"You don't have to tell me. I've already given the order."

"What time did that brat say he would pick us up?"

"Eight o'clock. It's almost half past seven now. Hurry up."

Jiang Huiqin and Chu Mingtao were in a hurry, not because of anything else, but because today they were going to discuss the engagement with Xia Anruo's family.

We had originally agreed to meet after the Chinese New Year, but Xia Jianjun kept putting it off, saying he had something to do. I don’t know if he was really busy or just pretending to be busy. It has been put off until now, when Xia Jianjun finally nodded and agreed that we could meet for dinner.

I guess it was only after seeing Chu Ze's company's improved performance that Xia Jianjun finally recognized him.

The whole family dressed up, had breakfast, and then waited at the gate of the community. At about seven-fifty, a luxury car slowly drove up, stopped in front of the three of them, rolled down the window, revealing Xia Anruo's pretty face.

"Uncle, aunt, Qingqing, get in the car." She called to Jiang Huiqin and others.

After the whole family sat in the back seat, Jiang Huiqin was a little surprised to see that it was Xia Anruo who came to pick them up.

She looked at Chu Ze in the passenger seat in surprise: "Didn't you come to pick me up? Why did An Ru drive here?"

"It's because she's a good driver that she drives very fast." Chu Ze explained.

"Are you driving slowly?" Jiang Huiqin asked.

"I was driving pretty fast and it was easy to flip over, so I asked her to drive more steadily." Chu Ze said nonsense seriously.

Xia Anruo, who was driving, listened to what he said as if it were true and glanced at him expressionlessly.

Are you driving at a decent speed?

"Then you should drive slowly and leisurely. Safety comes first." Jiang Huiqin reminded with concern.

Xia Anruo thought that Chu Ze had driven her sports car like an old man, so how could she expect him to drive slower?

Chu Ze asked Jiang Huiqin to relax: "Your son has a private car now, so he doesn't have to drive himself."

"By the way, do you think this skirt fits me? It seems a bit too old-fashioned." Jiang Huiqin looked down at her clothes, a little worried.

"How could that be, Auntie? You look good in anything you wear." Xia Anruo glanced at the rearview mirror and said with a smile.

"Really?" Xia Anruo's words made Jiang Huiqin laugh so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. "You are such a good kid. I'm just afraid that if I dress too poorly, I'll look like a country bumpkin and lose face for Aze."

"Mom, you think too much. It's just a meeting and a meal, not a business talk. Why lose face?" Chu Ze turned around and said.

"An Ruo's family is a wealthy family, so they should have a lot of rules." Jiang Huiqin said again.

"There are no rules. My parents don't care about these things. You don't have to worry, Auntie." Xia Anruo also comforted.

"That's right, Mom. You've watched too many TV dramas." Chu Wanqing on the side also complained.

After driving for more than three hours, they finally arrived at the gate of the Xia family's courtyard at eleven o'clock. After passing through the wrought iron gate, a courtyard like a manor appeared in front of the family.

"Wow, this community is so big and beautiful." Chu Wanqing exclaimed as if he had never seen the world before.

"Wow, this community has great greenery. Look at the big lawn, the big pond, the rockery..." Chu Mingtao also praised it. Chu Ze said silently: "Dad, this is An Ruo's yard."

Chu Mingtao: “…”

Why didn’t you tell me earlier? You’ve embarrassed me.

"Yard, yard?!" Chu Wanqing was so frightened that his voice changed.

"Such a big yard?" Jiang Huiqin was shocked.

"It's normal. He's a rich man. There's nothing to be surprised about having a big yard at home." Chu Ze said calmly with a worldly-wise look on his face.

"Didn't you scream even more exaggeratedly than Qingqing the first time you came?" Xia Anruo glanced at him and teased him.

"Will I die if I let you pretend?" Chu Ze glared.

In the back seat, Jiang Huiqin and Chu Mingtao looked at each other.

They knew that Xia Anruo's family owned a company and was rich, but they never thought they were so rich.

Originally, I thought that no matter how rich they were, they would at most be a little richer than Chu Ze is now. I didn't expect that they would be given a show of power as soon as they came into this big yard.

This doesn't seem to be on the same level at all.

Especially when we arrived at the big villa, we felt that even if we sold our property, our son might not be able to afford it.

Jiang Huiqin and Chu Mingtao suddenly felt the pressure was on. Even Chu Wanqing didn't dare to make a noise. She could only hide behind Chu Ze and look around curiously with her little eyes.

Following Xia Anruo and pushing the door open, Wang Yandan was already waiting for her at the door.

"This must be Xiao Chu's parents. I've wanted to meet you for a long time." Wang Yandan extended her hand enthusiastically.

"Hello."

After entering the house, the two families greeted each other. Jiang Huiqin and Chu Mingtao still seemed very reserved. Fortunately, Wang Yandan was very enthusiastic and Xia Jianjun did not put on airs.

The two families exchanged greetings for a while, chatted about family matters, and got to know each other better. Until the nanny prepared a table full of dishes, Wang Yandan invited Jiang Huiqin and others to join them.

After the meal, everyone sat down and started talking about the engagement.

The two families talked for a long time. Because of Xia Anruo's celebrity status, the engagement definitely couldn't be a high-profile one.

Have a small engagement and then consider whether to have a big one when it comes to the wedding.

So the two families decided to hold a simple engagement party this month, and then try to get married by the end of this year or next year.

Xia Jianjun and his family didn't care about the amount of the betrothal gift. Both families were not short of money, so they just needed to ask for a good deal according to the rules in Jiangcheng.

After all the engagement matters were discussed, Xia Anruo sent Chu Ze's family back, and Xia Jianjun sat on the sofa feeling a little melancholy.

This time, my little Baicai is really getting ready to get married.

If she could still deceive herself before and use the so-called test as an excuse to refuse to acknowledge Chu Ze as her son-in-law, but now the engagement has been discussed, it is a foregone conclusion and there is no way to deny it.

"What are you thinking about?" After Wang Yandan sent Chu Ze's family back, she saw Xia Jianjun sitting on the sofa in a daze, so she walked over and patted him.

Xia Jianjun came back to his senses, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Girls can't be kept when they grow up. The girl I raised for so long will eventually get married..."

"What else? Are you planning to tie Ruoruo to you for the rest of her life?" Wang Yandan said.

"What the hell, she's not married and I don't see her staying by my side every day." Xia Jianjun said unhappily.

"That's it. Now that the engagement has been discussed, Ruoruo's lifelong event is finally settled. I also have one less thing to worry about." Wang Yandan did not feel as sad as Xia Jianjun, an old father who was marrying off his daughter.

A mother would be most likely to be happy when she sees her daughter is getting married.

I was worried that my daughter would be like other stars and not get married in her 40s or 50s, but I didn't expect that she would find a home so soon.

"How do you think we should organize an engagement banquet? I've never done one before." Wang Yandan thought of something and asked.

According to Jiangcheng tradition, the engagement banquet must be hosted by the bride's family.

"Just let the engagement banquet be prepared by a wedding planning company. Besides, Xiaohao has been engaged before. Guoqiang and the others have experience, so you can also ask them," said Xia Jianjun.

"Yes, I'll contact Guoqiang."

……

On the way back to Ancheng from Xia's house, Jiang Huiqin and Chu Mingtao both breathed a sigh of relief...

The engagement was finally settled.

"I didn't expect that your parents, An Ruo, are so easy to talk to." Jiang Huiqin is still a little surprised.

I thought these rich people were arrogant and difficult to talk to, but this time they were surprisingly kind.

Chu Ze remained silent, thinking that when things were difficult to discuss, your son had to handle it all, and now it's not easy to discuss it.

"Are you planning to get married this year or next year?" Chu Mingtao asked with a complicated look.

"I have no objection. It depends on what Aze thinks." Xia Anruo looked at Chu Ze with a smile.

"I can't make up my mind now that you're asking me this suddenly. Let's discuss it when we get back." Chu Ze said.

Returned home and finished dinner.

Chu Ze and Xia Anruo were lying on the bed.

"It happened so fast, I can't even react yet. We're getting engaged soon." Chu Ze looked at the ceiling, thinking back to today's events, feeling a little dazed.

"We've been together for two years, how fast is it?" Xia Anruo leaned on him and smiled.

"Two years?" Chu Ze was a little surprised, but after calculating secretly, it seemed that it had really been that long.

"You haven't forgotten when we were together, have you?" Xia Anruo frowned as she looked at Chu Ze's surprised expression.

"How, how is this possible?" Chu Ze suddenly felt guilty.

"Then tell me when we were together." Seeing this, Xia Anruo sat up and stared at him unkindly.

"Uh... two years ago." Chu Ze's eyes were vague and he spoke vaguely.

"The specific time."

"On a starless night."

"?"

"You really don't remember!" Xia Anruo grabbed the collar of this heartless man and shook him hard in anger.

"Stop, stop, stop shaking. How could I not remember it? It was the day when I won the championship of 'Who is the King of Singers'." Chu Ze was shaken by her and his Ren and Du meridians were opened up in his brain. He remembered it instantly and shouted quickly.

"Then why have you been hesitating for so long?" Xia Anruo let go of Chu Ze after hearing this and looked at him suspiciously.

Chu Ze straightened his clothes and said, "I was just wondering when we were considered together. In fact, before that day, we seemed to be no different from a couple."

"What happened before was called the ambiguous period." Xia Anruo said.

"Okay, okay, it's just the ambiguous period, but now that I think about it, we've been together for two years, two whole years!"

As Chu Ze spoke, he suddenly felt heartbroken.

"what happened?"

"It's been two years and I still haven't gotten on base!" Chu Ze cried.

"..."

(End of this chapter)