After saying that, Lin Cheng picked up the liquefied gas at hand and delivered it to the owner of the scrap yard.
…
When Lin Cheng came out after changing the gas tank, Lin Momo was still standing obediently at the door of the scrap station.
Seeing Lin Cheng coming out, Lin Momo subconsciously stood at attention.
The owner of the scrap yard nearby looked at Lin Cheng, then at Lin Momo, with a strange look on his face.
"Do you know each other?" asked the boss.
"Yes..." Lin Momo nodded and whispered, "This is my father."
After hearing Lin Momo's explanation, the boss suddenly understood.
"So they are father and daughter."
After that, the boss looked at Lin Cheng and suddenly frowned, saying with a hint of accusation: "You are an adult too, why do you let such a young child sell waste by himself?"
"That's right. Not to mention it's not easy to drag such a large pile of stuff over here, it's so dangerous with all the cars coming and going on this road." The proprietress also echoed.
Although the two people's "condemnation" was well-intentioned, they did indeed wrongly accuse Lin Cheng.
Lin Momo looked up at Lin Cheng guiltily.
"No..." Lin Momo was about to explain but was interrupted by Lin Cheng.
"Thank you for the reminder. I will pay attention next time." Although Lin Cheng's expression was not very good, he did not refute the words of the couple at the scrap yard.
Seeing that Lin Cheng admitted his mistake with a good attitude, the boss and his wife nodded reluctantly.
“No matter how hard life is, we should not let our children suffer. Since they are our own children, we should take good care of them.”
"Yeah." Lin Cheng responded again, then took Lin Momo away.
…
Only after they walked out of the scrap yard did Lin Cheng stop, lowering his head and glancing at Lin Momo who was jogging beside him.
At this moment, the girl's face was full of tension and anxiety.
Seeing this, Lin Cheng's expression relaxed a little, but he still asked Lin Momo seriously: "What are you doing here?"
"Sell, sell scrap," Lin Momo whispered, hesitated for a few seconds, and added: "You can get more money by selling it here."
After saying that, Lin Momo handed the 12.5 yuan that she was holding tightly in her hand to Lin Cheng.
—This is the money she earned today, excluding the share for Old Lady Zhang.
Looking at the gleam in the girl's eyes and the ball of change in her hand that was already sweating from being squeezed, Lin Cheng felt a vague thought in his mind, and he couldn't find a way to make the harsh remarks he had prepared.
In the end, Lin Cheng could only helplessly say "Let's go" with a straight face, and did not blame Lin Momo.
The comments in the live broadcast room became lively.
that's all
I thought that since the father was so fierce, he would scold his daughter.
Or it could be the calm before the storm.
…
The truth is, Lin Cheng thought that this was not his child, so he had not found a reason to scold him.
Lin Cheng took Lin Momo to the electric tricycle pulling the liquefied gas tank outside the alley and put the small trailer she brought into the cargo box of the tricycle.
Seeing that Lin Momo was still standing there, Lin Cheng said again: "Come up."
"Oh, okay." Lin Momo, feeling guilty as a thief, did not dare to ask any more questions. She climbed onto the cargo box of the tricycle swiftly and sat in the corner.
The can that was just sent to the scrap yard happened to be the last can of liquefied gas in Lin Cheng's truck.
Although today's guaranteed mission was not completed, Lin Cheng did not return to the distribution station, but took Lin Momo directly back to their residence.
Along the way, the father and daughter did not exchange any words.
—
On the other side, in the main office of the program group, the chief director stared at the live broadcast screen with a frown.
"I remember that Lin Cheng didn't seem to have this part in the script this time?" the chief director asked several other people in the office.
"No," said the leader of Lin Cheng's team, and explained, "This part should be their own behavior."
After a pause, the team leader added: "From the feedback from the on-site recording team, it seems that Lin Cheng and his daughter met by coincidence."
"Coincidence?" Upon hearing this, the chief director stared at the live broadcast screen with an unpredictable look and sneered, "It's quite lucky."
As the make-up group and control group for this show, Lin Cheng's group originally had no 'exciting' plots prepared in advance.
Unexpectedly, after the two of them performed freely, the popularity of the live broadcast room more than doubled, and the actual number of online viewers directly increased from less than 30,000 to 40,000.
However, compared with the popularity of other groups, the number of viewers in Lin Cheng’s live broadcast room is still pitifully small.
The chief director didn't care, waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, "Let's leave it at that for now. Next time there is a similar emergency, let the people on the scene report it in time."
After hearing the director's words, the team leader looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.
"Any other questions?" asked the director.
"There is a rather troublesome situation," the team leader paused, and then said, "There are many viewers in the live broadcast room who are scolding our production team."
Hearing this, the director's face darkened.
"Scold the production team?"
"Yes, and the insults are quite loud. You'd better come and see it for yourself." The staff member said as he used his mobile phone to pull up the screen of the front-end live broadcast room and handed it to the chief director.
The director's eyes fell on the screen.
At this time, except for a few comments discussing whether Lin Momo would be beaten by Lin Cheng, the rest were almost all scolding the program crew.
If this is a script, isn't it a bit too much
It's disgusting that the production team let a child walk so far just for the show effect.
The program crew is so shameless.
Boycott the show!
…
Looking at the increasingly fierce accusations in the barrage, the director's face became increasingly gloomy.
"If this continues, it will be very disadvantageous to our program team. Both the reputation of the program team and the reputation of the program may be affected." Another assistant director came over and said.
The team leader nodded in agreement, thought for a moment, and asked, "How about we issue a statement to tell the audience directly that this segment of Lin Cheng and the others was not arranged by the program team?"
This proposal was immediately rejected by the director.
"This is even worse. If we issue a statement directly, the audience might think we are trying to cover up something."
The chief director narrowed his eyes, tapped the table and whispered, "It would be best if we could think of a way to shift the blame to Lin Cheng and the others."
…
On the other side, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo had no idea what countermeasures the director and others had discussed.
However, when the father and daughter returned to their residence and were about to enter the house, they were stopped by the staff of the on-site director team.
"Please wait a moment, both of you."
"Is there any problem?" Lin Cheng asked.
Generally speaking, after the program starts recording, the director team will not easily appear on camera or interrupt the recording.
"It's like this. According to the rules of our program, during the one-week life experience, the celebrity dads and their children need the dads to earn money to support the family. Lin Momo's purchase of scraps at the scrap station just now did not comply with the program's rules. Therefore, the 28.5 yuan she earned at the scrap station is considered 'illegal' income, and the program team will temporarily confiscate it."
Twenty-something dollars is nothing, let alone for a star like Lin Cheng, even for an ordinary adult. It is not a big deal for the program crew to temporarily confiscate the money from them.
However, through such a process, the audience in front of the screen can know that selling scrap is a personal act of Lin Cheng and his daughter, not a planned living arrangement. Any adverse effects or malicious comments in the future have nothing to do with their program team.
"!" When Lin Momo heard the staff's words, it was like a bolt from the blue.
—She had worked so hard to earn money, and now she was going to lose it?!
Lin Momo looked at the serious-looking staff, then raised her head to glance at Lin Cheng, thinking that Lin Cheng probably wouldn't care about that little bit of money, and she suddenly fell into depression.
"Out of the 28.5 yuan, 16 yuan is for Grandma Zhang, so can we only pay 12.5 yuan?" Lin Momo discussed with the staff.
After hearing this, the staff member thought that Lin Momo's request was reasonable, and that a dozen yuan more or less would not make any difference in essence, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
"Okay then." Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng with pain in her heart.
Lin Momo originally thought that Lin Cheng would hand the money to the staff in the next second.
However, Lin Cheng did not do so.
"I don't think we need to hand over this money to the program team." Lin Cheng said to the director team, with an expression on his face that didn't sound like he was joking or acting.
Hearing this, the directors were dumbfounded: they thought it would be easy to take away a dozen dollars, but they didn't expect Lin Cheng to be uncooperative.
Even if he is a has-been star, he shouldn't be doing so badly that he would worry about even a dozen dollars, right
Everyone in the director's crew complained in their hearts.
"This income of yours is an unreasonable income item in the program, so it needs to be confiscated. And it is only confiscated temporarily. It will be returned after the filming is over." The staff member coughed lightly and said.
"What's unreasonable about that?" Lin Cheng asked back.
"Well, this income does not comply with the regulations of the program team, so it is unreasonable." The staff member continued with a stiff upper lip.
"I've read the contract and the program team's rules, and there doesn't seem to be this clause in it." After a pause, Lin Cheng continued, "The contract notes say that during the recording of the program, in order to ensure the authenticity of the experience, celebrities are not allowed to earn income through illegal means or by using the celebrity effect. The money she earned from buying scraps does not violate these two provisions."
"This..." The staff was speechless after hearing Lin Cheng's words and could only look to the director team behind them for help.
The people in the director team looked at each other, and finally they simply took out the contract template and read it. Sure enough, the content stipulated in it was exactly the same as what Lin Cheng said.
Everyone looked at Lin Cheng with surprise.
Who would have thought that Lin Cheng actually read the contract himself and wrote it down in full! Most importantly, he even found a bug in it!
At this time, Lin Cheng softened his tone and said, "Although this money is not much, it means a lot to the children. Let us keep it."
He saw Lin Momo's 'bankrupt' expression just now. Although Lin Cheng did not participate in the whole process, he could imagine how much effort Lin Momo had to drag the waste to a place more than ten stations away to sell it and earn the money.
Unable to find a reason to refute, and after hearing what Lin Cheng said, the directors could only nod and "let go" of the money.
Lin Momo didn't expect that Lin Cheng would argue with the director team for the dozen dollars, and he even won. At this time, Lin Momo looked at the other party with eyes full of admiration and gratitude.
—
On the other side, in front of the computer, Chen Yu and others were also moved by Lin Cheng's performance.
"It turns out that Brother Cheng was fighting with the production team because of Lin Momo!"
"Brother Cheng's move is great, the comments are full of support."
Listening to Wang Xi and Zhou Qi's sighs, Chen Yu nodded in agreement, but muttered a little depressedly: "I remember Lin Cheng's EQ is not that high..."
A few years ago, when Lin Cheng was not so obscure, he was a judge in a children's talent show. His inhumane comments could make 9 out of 10 children cry.
I don't know if Lin Cheng has "grown up" in the past few years, or if he is simply extra tolerant towards this child who looks very much like him.
Facing the girl's grateful smile, Lin Cheng's expression softened a little.
However, the next second, Lin Cheng frowned and said, "There won't be a next time."
"Ah?" Lin Momo was puzzled.
Seeing this, Lin Cheng patiently explained: "I will earn the money needed for the show, you don't have to think too much, and it's dangerous for you to go out."
"But,"
Lin Momo originally wanted to fight for her "money-making plan", but when she met Lin Cheng's serious and stern eyes, Lin Momo immediately backed down.
"Have you finished your work today?" Lin Momo asked Lin Cheng.
Lin Cheng: “…”
Lin Cheng still needs 4 orders for today's guaranteed order, and because he brought Lin Momo back early, he did not return to the site to settle today's salary.
Looking at the time, it was almost 7 o'clock in the afternoon, so Lin Cheng called the distribution station directly and did not go back.
"Let's go, have dinner."
"good."
"It's my treat today!" Lin Momo said excitedly.
Hearing this, Lin Cheng just glanced at Lin Momo calmly, and then asked: "Would you like to eat buns?"
Lin Momo: “…” It seems like the money she earned today is only enough to buy buns
—
Lin Cheng took Lin Momo to a nearby restaurant that looked cleaner for dinner. On the way home, the two of them carried two roasted sweet potatoes that they bought with the money Lin Momo earned.
After returning home, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo continued to sit on each side of the room, minding their own business.
Lin Cheng was holding his work phone, planning the delivery routes for tomorrow's 30 pre-ordered orders, and grabbing some orders in the process.
Lin Momo continued to hold her little notebook, and wrote down today's account with a 'serious' face.
The father and daughter did not communicate with each other throughout the whole process, but the whole scene was unexpectedly harmonious.
At night, the two of them slept in their own rooms.
After a burst of lightning and thunder in the middle of the night, it suddenly started to rain.
Lin Momo suddenly sat up from the bed, then jumped off the bed quickly.
Then there was a series of 'bang bang' sounds.
Hearing the noise outside, Lin Cheng, who was sleeping inside, woke up. When he came out, he saw Lin Momo squatting among the pile of sundries in the room, rustling around and making no one knew what she was doing.
"What are you doing?" Lin Cheng asked.
Seeing Lin Momo stand up, Lin Cheng asked again: "Are you scared by the thunder?"
"no."
Lin Momo was not awakened by the thunder just now, but by a drop of water falling on her forehead.
After that, Lin Momo pointed at the roof and said to Lin Cheng: "Our house seems to be leaking."
The old buildings are all made of brick and tile structures and have fallen into disrepair over the years. It is common for water to leak from the top floor to the first floor on rainy days. This is also the case with the house where Lin Momo and her grandmother live.