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

Chapter 7,Part 2: Livestreaming - No harm without comparison

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At this time, there were still a few discussions about Lin Cheng’s ‘father and daughter’ team floating on the big screen, but most of them were asking ‘Who is Lin Cheng?’.

[Lin Cheng? Never heard of him.]

[Singer? Has anyone heard of his songs?]

[When I saw Yesterday listed as his masterwork, I thought it was Wang Fangqi’s Yesterday.]

[No wonder he looks familiar. I saw this person in my brother’s magazine promotional photos before. I thought he was a model, turns out he’s a singer?]

[He seems to have been popular before, it was when I was in the second year of junior high school or the first year of high school, but it didn’t take long for me to get the years confused (exposing my age). ]

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The few sparse comments in the barrage didn’t stay for long, and were quickly overwhelmed by Duan Bei’s fans.

[Ahhhhhhhhhhh, little brother is so handsome! ]

[Xiao Bei is too cute! ]

[Looking forward to Xiaobei being the baby daddy in charge! 】

[FYI, ‘Xiaobei’ is the fan’s nickname for our little brother. Little brother participated in [Our Group] at the beginning of this year. During the activities, he sprained his ankle in order to protect other participating trainees, so he had to quit the show. But little brother is really super good, good at singing and dancing!]

[Yeah! Xiao Bei is kind and hardworking! ]

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Looking at the comments barrage full of Duan Bei’s support colors, the corner of Chen Yu’s mouth twitched.

No comparison, no harm.

But when compared to Duan Bei’s company’s ‘favored son’ treatment, Lin Cheng was like the son of a mortal enemy.

“Brother Cheng and Momo have so few shots—there’s no way for viewers to become fans,” Wang Xi said worriedly.

Zhou Qi also showed a worried look, and echoed, “This way, Brother Cheng’s livestream click-through rate will definitely be affected.”

Chen Yu: “…”

Seeing that Chen Yu’s face was as black as charcoal, looking like a storm was about to come, Wang Xi laughed nervously. She tried to say some comforting words, “But it’s not necessarily true—if Brother Cheng’s team performs well on the show, maybe they can launch a counterattack!”

Chen Yu didn’t bother to respond.

He no longer dared to think that Lin Cheng would become popular from this. The only thing he hoped for was that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, the not-quite father and daughter, would not make any dire mistakes during the show’s livestream.

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On the other side, in Lin Cheng’s apartment.

Lin Momo didn’t know when the pilot episode of the show would be aired.

Although Lin Cheng knew about it, he didn’t pay it too much attention.

Therefore, neither the ‘father’ nor the ‘daughter’ went to watch the pilot episode of ‘Be Angered To Death, So Not Worth It’.

The next day, early in the morning, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were taken to the shooting location by a car provided by the program crew.

Standing in front of the old-fashioned, residential building where the two will live for a week, a staff member of the program team began to brief the two. “This is the substation community, and it’s also the place where the filming will take place this week.”

With that said, the program staff glanced at the time, and continued, “It’s now 8:49 in the morning, and in 11 minutes, our program will officially start filming at 9 o’clock. It will also be officially launched at the same time on the livestreaming platform.

“There are still some things that we need to brief you with before the filming starts,” the staff member said in a positive tone. “According to the regulations of the program, during the filming period, except for the necessary clothing and personal daily necessities, other items that are unrelated to your ‘family background’ are not allowed to be brought into the show.

“Including your personal cash, mobile phones…” After saying this, the staff member looked at Lin Momo and continued, “Items such as tablets and toys are also not allowed.

“Later, the program team will conduct a ‘search’ and ‘unpacking’ inspection of your persons and the luggage you brought, and all ‘illegal’ items will be confiscated by the program team. Now, you can take time to think about it, if there are some inconvenient items in your luggage, you can deal with them yourself or hand them over to the program team for safekeeping.”

Lin Cheng looked down at Lin Momo, saw her shaking her head, and said to the program team, “There is nothing inconvenient.”

“Okay, then we will start to check.”

The program staff members first took away Lin Cheng’s mobile phone and cash, and then several staff came up and opened the two ‘father and daughter’ suitcases.

Apart from a few sets of simple changes of clothes, Lin Cheng’s suitcase contained no other ‘foul’ items.

In Lin Momo’s suitcase, the staff took out several plush toys

“You are not allowed to bring these,” the staff member said to Lin Momo with a gentle voice, pointing to the plush toys in his hand. “They need to be handed over to our program team for safekeeping.”

“Okay,” Lin Momo nodded and said goodbye to the few plush toys in a cooperative manner.

Even the director team was amazed at the degree of cooperation

However, they didn’t know that these plush toys were deliberately put in by Xu Jia and the others for the purpose of recording, and they didn’t belong to Lin Momo in the first place.

So looking at the plush toys that were taken away, Lin Momo felt nothing in her heart.

At this time, someone in the director’s team noticed a piece of floral cloth in Lin Momo’s hand, his eyes moved, and he asked Lin Momo, “Are there any other items that cannot be brought to the show?”

Lin Momo shook her head, carefully hiding her hands behind her back.

Seeing Lin Momo’s ‘little movement’, the staff member felt embarrassed, and now had to point directly to the thing in her hand and ask, “What is that?”

Lin Momo didn’t speak, and subconsciously grabbed the thing in her hand a little bit tighter.

This was the tuition and living expenses that grandma asked her to keep before coming here. Because she was afraid of losing it, Lin Momo always carried it with her.

The people from the program team came to search her pockets just now, so Lin Momo had no choice but to hold the things in her hands, but she was still found out.

“If it is a toy or cash, it also needs to be handed in,” The program staff reminded.

From the shape of the fabric item in Lin Momo’s hand, it does look like a child’s coin purse.

But this absolutely cannot be handed over!

“…” Lin Momo took half a step back.

Lin Cheng on the side looked down at the thing held tightly in Lin Momo’s hands, and at the same time saw Lin Momo’s small hands trembling due to too much exerted force.

Just when the director team was about to take ‘compulsory measures’ against Lin Momo, Lin Cheng said, “It’s not something prohibited—it’s just a small toy that the child is used to keeping around. It’s useless, and it won’t affect the recording of the program.”

The staff member was taken aback.

Even so, it didn’t work that way. It clearly looked like it might contain money.

The staff member wanted to refute Lin Cheng’s words, but when they looked up, they met Lin Cheng’s cold eyes.

The momentum was a bit scary. Several staff members were also taken aback. They looked at each other and were scared together. Because they didn’t want to affect the normal shooting, the director team could only turn a blind eye and let Lin Momo go.

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The director came out, coughed lightly, and said, “Alright, then. Let’s talk about the second thing your team needs to know.”

He asked a staff member to hand over to Lin Cheng the things prepared in advance, and explained, “First of all, this bag contains Dad’s work ID and work overalls. According to your ‘family background’, Dad’s job is an LPG delivery man.? He works at the Lanchang Street LPG delivery station—which is 5 kilometers away from here. The specific address is in the bag, and Dad needs to go to the work location on his own and report to the boss on time. After that, he can start working. The boss will personally arrange the work content and salary.

“Did Dad understand?”

Seeing Lin Cheng nodding his acknowledgement, the director then took out two other things

“The second thing is the key to your room. There is only one key. In the future, father and baby will live here for a week. Please keep the key safe.”

The director handed the key to Lin Cheng.

“Finally, this envelope contains the 200 yuan you can spend this week, please take it with you.”

After handing over all the supplies to Lin Cheng, the director finally asked, “Before the life experience officially begins, do Dad and Baby have any final questions?”

Lin Momo shook her head.

Lin Cheng said, “No.”

“Then the recording of episode 1, scenario 1 of the 5th group of [Living with Dad] has officially started.”

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With the director saying ‘start’, the week of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo—the fake father and daughter—have also officially started.

T/N: It’s my birthday tomorrow and I may not have time to post the scheduled chapter so, here I am, uploading it in half-a-day in advance. If I do find the time after all, I’ll just upload am extra chapter for funsies.