Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

Chapter 14,Part 2: — Shifting The Blame

Seeing the increasingly fierce accusations against the program team on the bullet screen, the chief director’s face became darker and darker.

“It won’t be good for our program group if things go on like this. It may affect the reputation of the program group, that of the program itself, or both,” another assistant director said.

The team leader nodded in agreement, thought for a while, and then said, “How about we issue a statement and directly tell the audience that Lin Cheng’s segment was not arranged by the program team?”

This proposal was immediately rejected by the chief director. “That’ll just make things worse. The audience might think we’re trying to cover things up when we make a statement directly.”

The chief director squinted his eyes, knocked on the table and whispered, “It’s best to think of a way to throw the blame on Lin Cheng himself.”

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On the other side, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo didn’t know what kind of countermeasures were discussed by the program team.

When the ‘father and daughter’ returned to their temporary residence and were about to enter the house, they were stopped by someone from the on-site team.

“Please wait a moment, both of you.”

“Is there any problem?” Lin Cheng asked.

Generally speaking, after the livestream starts, the on-site team would not easily appear on the scene or interrupt the recording.

“It’s like this. According to the regulations of our program, during the one-week life experience of the celebrity dad and child, the father needs to earn money to support the family through the week’s pre-assigned work. Just now, Lin Momo went to the recycling station to sell scrap materials, which is not in line with the requirements of the program group.

“Therefore, the 28 yuan and 5 jiao she earned from the recycling station are considered ‘illegal’ income, and the program team will temporarily confiscate it.”

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Twenty eight yuan, not to mention for a star like Lin Cheng, even for an ordinary adult, such a small amount was not a big deal for most people, and it’s also not a big deal for the program team to temporarily confiscate that money.

But through this process, the audience watching the livestream will now know: the selling of recyclable materials was Lin Cheng and his daughter’s own doing, not arranged by the program group, and any adverse effects or malicious comments in the future have nothing to do with their program group.

But hearing the staff member’s words, Lin Momo felt like she was struck with lightning from out of a clear sky!!

The money she earned after so much hardship was going to disappear?!

Lin Momo looked at the serious-looking staff, then looked up at Lin Cheng—but thought that Lin Cheng probably wouldn’t care about this little money. Her whole person suddenly drooped, making her seem even smaller than she already was.

“Out of the 28.5 yuan, 16 yuan is for Grandma Zhang. So, is it okay if we only pay you 12.5 yuan?” Lin Momo whispered to the staff.

Hearing this, the staff thought that Lin Momo’s request was reasonable, and there was essentially no difference between more than a dozen yuan and less than a dozen yuan, so they nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Okay then,” Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng, her little heart in pain.

… …

Lin Momo originally thought that Lin Cheng would hand the money over to the staff in the next second.

However, Lin Cheng did not do this.

“I don’t think we need to hand over this money to the program team,” Lin Cheng said to the director team, the expression on his face didn’t look like he was joking or acting.

Hearing this, the director team was dumbfounded: they thought it would be easy to collect this dozen or so yuan—they never expected Lin Cheng to not cooperate!

Even if he’s a has-been star, his life wouldn’t be so miserable that he would even fight for a dozen yuan, right?

Everyone in the director’s team complained in their hearts.

The staff coughed lightly and said, “The income is an illegal earning, so it needs to be confiscated. But it is only temporarily confiscated; it will be returned after the filming is over”

“What’s illegal about it?” Lin Cheng asked back.

“Well, this income does not comply with the regulations of the program group, so it is illegal,” the staff had no choice but to continue with the script given to him by his superiors.

“I’ve read the contract and the rules of the program group, and there doesn’t seem to be such a rule against it.” After a pause, Lin Cheng continued, “The contract stipulates that during the recording process of the program, in order to ensure the authenticity of the experience, stars are not allowed to earn income through illegal channels or by using their star power. The money Lin Momo earned from selling scrap does not violate the two provisions.”

“This…” The staff was made speechless by Lin Cheng’s words, and could only look to the director team behind him for help.

The on-site team looked at each other. In the end, they just dug out a copy of the contract and looked through it. Sure enough, the stipulations in it were exactly as Lin Cheng said.

Everyone looked at Lin Cheng with surprise on their faces.

Who would have thought that Lin Cheng actually read the contract in person and memorized things! The key point was to find a loophole!!

At this time, Lin Cheng lowered his tone again, and said, “Although this money is not much in your eyes, it means something different to the child. Let us keep it.”

He had seen Lin Momo’s pained ‘we’re bankrupt!’ expression. Although Lin Cheng didn’t participate in the process at all, he could imagine how much time Lin Momo spent dragging the materials to a recycling station more than ten bus stops away, just to sell and earn this little money.

Unable to find a reason to refute, and hearing what Lin Cheng said, the director team could only nod in the end and ‘allow’’ the money.

Lin Momo didn’t expect that Lin Cheng would argue with the director team for her ten yuan, and even more, that he would win the fight. At this time, Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng with eyes full of admiration, and her heart filled with gratitude.

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On the other side, in front of the computer, Chen Yu and the others were also moved seeing Lin Cheng’s performance.

“Brother Cheng really fought for Lin Momo, that’s why he argued with the show’s crew!”

“Brother Cheng’s actions right now is very good, and the barrage is full of supportive voices.”

Listening to the emotional cries of Wang Xi and Zhou Qi, Chen Yu nodded in agreement, but then muttered to himself, seeming to have thought of something. “I remember that Lin Cheng’s EQ before was not so high…”

A few years ago, when Lin Cheng’s career was not yet so muddled, he was a judge in a children’s talent show. After some unkind comments, he made 9 out of the 10 children cry.

Chen Yu doesn’t know if Lin Cheng has ‘grown’ in the past few years, or if he was simply being extra tolerant to this child who, uncannily, looks very much like him.

T/N: I wanna take a machete to this program crew… Am I too vicious?