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Chapter 442 Met Cao Sheng's fans?

This evening.

Badu.

As the capital of Anhui Province, Badao also has rural areas.

Song Chao's hometown is a rural area on the outskirts of Badu, about 30 kilometers away from the city center, so it is not convenient for him to go to the city.

He also went home for the Spring Festival this year.

Before going home, he never dreamed that his family would arrange a blind date for him.

When I told him about this, his dad said, "When I was your age, you were already running around everywhere, so it's time for you to get married!"

His mother said to him, "Most of the people in the village who are about your age are married. Erdan from the village entrance got married in the second half of last year. You've gone to university, you can't be worse off than them, right? Anyway, we've already found you a girl. She's a teacher at our village's primary school. She has a great job and isn't bad-looking. You absolutely have to meet her, otherwise your sister won't be able to meet that female teacher at school. Don't you think so?"

Yes, Song Chao has a younger sister who is 11 years old and in the fourth grade. She attends the primary school in their village.

Song Chao: "..."

Upon hearing this, Song Chao subconsciously looked at his younger sister beside him.

The younger sister was sitting next to him, eating her rice. When she saw her brother looking over, she smiled and urged, "Brother! Go and see him! Teacher Zhang has really long legs."

Song Chao couldn't describe his feelings at that moment.

On the one hand, he was quite resistant to blind dates.

I thought to myself: I've already graduated from university, why do I still need to go on blind dates? If word gets out, how will I ever face anyone?

On the other hand, the mother said that the girl was a teacher at their village primary school, and that her job was indeed good.

My sister said that teacher Zhang has long legs, which are indeed a bit tempting to him.

So, so that his younger sister wouldn't feel awkward when she saw Teacher Zhang at school in the future, he asked, "When are we meeting?"

Mother: "You'll have to contact Teacher Zhang yourself. I've already gotten Teacher Zhang's phone number for you, just wait a moment!"

After saying that, the mother went to the side room next door and returned a moment later with a note with the female teacher's name and a phone number written on it.

Zhang Zhihua?
The name "Teacher Zhang" surprised Song Chao. He felt that this style of name should belong to the older generation. He wondered if young people these days still had such names.
"Okay! I get it."

He put away the sticky notes.

After dinner, he made an excuse to go for a walk. He walked all the way to the vicinity of the village school. He stood on a mound, looked at the village school not far away, and silently watched for a moment. He took out the candybar phone he had just bought before the New Year, and also took out the note his mother had given him. He entered the number on the note into his phone and dialed it.

……

The next morning around 10 a.m.

Song Chao took a bus to the city center of Badu.

Yesterday evening, he made an appointment with that teacher, Mr. Zhang, to meet in the city today.

Although Teacher Zhang works at their village primary school, she is not from their village; her home is only a dozen kilometers away from the city.

So Song Chao simply arranged to meet her in the city.

As someone who had attended university, he didn't want to go on blind dates like the villagers at the village entrance or exit.

If you're going on a blind date in the city, you can do it like college students dating: watch a movie, have coffee, or go out for a meal. It might feel a little better that way.

That's what he thinks anyway.

After getting off the bus, there is a pedestrian street right across from the bus stop.

Song Chao walked over and waited at the entrance of the pedestrian street.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, his phone rang. He answered the call, and Zhang Zhihua's voice came from both his phone and nearby, "Hello? Have you arrived yet? I've arrived."

Song Chao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young woman with indeed long legs, wearing a pair of fitted jeans and a short blue down jacket.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked over, smiled, and asked, "Teacher Zhang?"

Zhang Zhihua put down her phone, looked him over, and asked, "Song Chao?"

Song Chao nodded, secretly sizing her up as he said, "Yes! It's me. You just arrived?"

Zhang Zhihua hummed in agreement, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly, because Song Chao's appearance didn't quite fit her aesthetic.

Or rather, I didn't feel anything.

Or rather—his air of poverty was a bit too strong.

Whether a man is doing well or not, whether he has money or not, can be roughly judged at a glance from his clothing and demeanor.

Except for a very small number of wealthy people who are accustomed to frugality, most wealthy people can be identified by their appearance.

And what about Song Chao?

Although he wasn't ugly, all his clothes and shoes looked like they cost no more than 200 yuan. Moreover, his skin was a bit dark, and his eyes were somewhat lifeless due to long hours of writing. Because his job was mediocre and he hadn't earned any money from writing, he lacked confidence.

However, Zhang Zhihua was, after all, a teacher, and she did not show her dissatisfaction; she simply relaxed.

With a natural smile, she said, "Well, I just arrived. Shall we find a place to sit? It's not really appropriate to chat standing here, what do you think?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the passersby.

Song Chao looked around and pointed to a movie theater not far away. "How about we go see a movie?"

He had already developed feelings for Zhang Zhihua.

I really like her cheerful smile.

Little do people know that when a man and a woman meet for the first time, if either of them smiles naturally and appears very relaxed, it often means that they are not interested in the other.

If you have a crush on someone, you'll subconsciously want to show your best side to them, but because of this mindset, you end up acting unnaturally.

Zhang Zhihua: "Okay! Shall we go?"

Song Chao: "Let's go!"

……

The two went into the movie theater.

When choosing a movie in the ticket hall.

Song Chao was a little surprised to see "Drishyam" because he knew it was a film written by Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng was his college roommate.

He never expected that his first blind date, at the movie theater, would lead him to see a movie written by Cao Sheng playing.

After a slight hesitation, he turned to Zhang Zhihua and asked, "Hey! What do you think of 'The Deception of a Shepherd'? Do you want to read it?"

Zhang Zhihua smiled. "Oh, this is a movie written by Zhongyuan Yidianhui, right?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the poster on the wall and saw the images of Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung. She exclaimed in surprise, "It's starring Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung again? That's great! Shall we watch this one?"

Song Chao: "Okay!"

After a while.

The two entered the screening room after having their tickets checked.

One person was holding a bucket of popcorn and they sat side by side in the back row of the screening room. Song Chao was a little surprised by the occupancy rate of the screening room, which was almost full.

He had never seen a movie with such a high attendance rate before.

Of course, his attention was mainly on Zhang Zhihua beside him.

Although less than an hour has passed since they met, he has already accepted Ms. Zhang in his heart. He thinks her appearance, temperament, job, conversation, smile, and so on are all quite good, and she is his type.

Therefore, he wanted to show off in front of her.

He leaned slightly towards her and whispered in her ear, "Teacher Zhang, do you know what Zhongyuan Yidianhui's real name is?"

Although Zhang Zhihua teaches at a rural primary school, she was a college student before last year.

I had heard of and was quite familiar with Zhongyuan Yidianhui, which has become rapidly popular in recent years.

So, she subconsciously increased the distance between herself and Song Chao slightly, and smiled, "I know! His real name is Cao Sheng, right?"

Song Chao smiled. "Do you know the name of the university he attended?"

Zhang Zhihua, unaware of his purpose in asking, looked at him with some curiosity and said, "Of course I know! Huizhou Teachers College! What's wrong?"

Song Chao's smile deepened. "I'm also from Huizhou Teachers College."

Zhang Zhihua: "???"

This makes you proud?

She was a little speechless, but out of politeness, she nodded and said, "Not bad! Not bad! Have you seen him at school?"

At this time, the movie had not yet started, and the entire screening room was noisy, which made it convenient for the two of them to chat.

Song Chao leaned closer to her and smiled, "Of course! He used to sleep in the bunk above me; he was my roommate."

This time, Zhang Zhihua was genuinely surprised. She looked him up and down a few times and asked in astonishment, "Really? You two are classmates?"

Song Chao nodded, "They're still roommates!"

Zhang Zhihua: "???"

At that moment, the movie began to play.

Over the next few days, Song Chao tried to strike up a conversation with her and talk about other topics.

But every time, she would suggest that I watch a movie.

This happened several times, and Song Chao's attention gradually shifted to the movie.

I was even more satisfied with Teacher Zhang. I felt that she was indeed worthy of being a teacher. Even when watching a movie, she was so serious, unlike those disreputable women in society who could not concentrate on anything.

But he forgot that he himself was not very attentive while watching the movie.

but……

As the movie's plot unfolded, his attention gradually became focused on the film, and the storyline surprised him time and time again.

The movie's plot progressed quickly, and the storyline kept surprising him.

The plot twists and turns made it hard for him to keep up.

Is the male lead played by Andy Lau really that intelligent?
When Song Chao realized that the script for this movie was written by Cao Sheng, he suddenly understood that the intelligence displayed by the male protagonist played by Andy Lau was actually a manifestation of Cao Sheng's intelligence.

If Cao Sheng's IQ were even slightly lower, he wouldn't have been able to write such a mind-bending plot.

When the ending of the movie came out, Song Chao and everyone in the theater were stunned.

The male protagonist actually managed to exonerate his wife and daughter who had killed someone?

Are movies like this allowed to be shown in China?
How dare Cao Sheng write such an ending?

How did this movie pass censorship?
Despite the surprise, I felt an overwhelming sense of exhilaration.

It's a satisfying feeling of reason prevailing over law, and also a rebellious feeling stemming from the common perception that the police always win big in the end.

Like all the viewers, Song Chao identified with the male protagonist while watching this movie, but the male protagonist's wife and daughter killed the son of an official who had raped his daughter.

The traditional cultural upbringing instilled in everyone from childhood has instilled in them a simple belief: as a father, one must protect one's wife and children at all costs. Those corrupt officials' children deserve to be killed.

Therefore, from the audience's perspective, everyone hopes that the male protagonist's family can win.

This is the truth in everyone's heart!
However, everyone also knows that modern laws do not allow ordinary people to kill; if someone kills, they will be tried.

Even if the male protagonist's wife and daughter committed murder, it would still be considered legitimate self-defense.

Even so, the murderer must be judged by law, and only if the law finds you innocent will you be innocent.

The female prosecutor in this movie is actually the murdered mother of a high-ranking official's son.

The father of that official's son is a top politician in the entire city.

In this situation, everyone believed that the male protagonist's wife and daughter would be convicted of murder if they were to face legal judgment, with almost no chance of being acquitted.

And this movie...

The male protagonist, however, used his wisdom to successfully help his wife and daughter escape legal judgment.

Is this the right ending?

From a legal perspective, it is definitely wrong.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, such an ending is absolutely gratifying.

To sum it up in one sentence: He broke the law, but he didn't do anything wrong.

……

Song Chao walked out of the screening room with Zhang Zhihua, whom he had met on a blind date, in a daze.

Even after leaving the screening room, he still couldn't believe that Cao Sheng had written such a movie script.

How dare Cao Sheng write such a script? How dare he handle the ending like that? The key point is that not only was this kind of film script made, but it was also successfully released in mainland China?
Has Cao Sheng's influence reached this level?
Thinking back on the plot of the movie, Song Chao suddenly felt a sense of awe towards Cao Sheng's intelligence.

He just couldn't understand it—how could Cao Sheng, with such a high IQ, not get into a university back then? Instead, he ended up at Huizhou Teachers College, just like him?
"Hey! Is Zhongyuan Yidianhui really your college roommate?"

Suddenly, Zhang Zhihua asked from beside him.

Pulling Song Chao back to reality, he turned to look at her and nodded slightly, "Yes, the real deal!"

Zhang Zhihua looked at him in surprise, opened her mouth, and asked, "So what's your relationship like with him? Is he easy to get along with? Is he really as handsome in person as he is in his online photos?"

Song Chao smiled silently, "I get along with him quite well! As for whether he's easy to get along with? I think he's alright. He's very generous, and he's treated our whole dorm to meals a few times before!"

Zhang Zhihua then asked, "Is he as handsome in real life as he is in his online photos?"

Song Chao noticed the curiosity in her eyes. "He's alright! How should I put it? He doesn't usually dress up much, but he always seems to dress up a little when he's on TV. So, in real life, he's probably not as handsome as he looks in his online photos."

Zhang Zhihua blinked and asked again, "Are you still in contact?"

Song Chao: "Yeah, we talked on the phone before the Lunar New Year! By the way, how about we find a place to eat? We can chat while we eat?"

Zhang Zhihua originally planned that after watching the movie, everyone would go home.

But now, after hesitating for a moment, she nodded in agreement.

only……

When eating with him, she always asked questions related to Cao Sheng.

Gradually, Song Chao realized that her interest in Cao Sheng was far greater than her interest in him, Song Chao.

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

It felt like I was on a blind date and ended up meeting a fan of Cao Sheng.

This fan, taking advantage of the blind date, kept asking him about Cao Sheng.

(End of this chapter)