—
The director himself also felt a lot of pressure at this time.
If possible, she doesn't want to cause trouble.
But the interview script was given by the program team, and it was clearly marked on it that this question must be asked.
She could probably guess the purpose of the program team: the program needed some controversial topics to attract attention. Undoubtedly, Lin Cheng and his daughter, who had no background and no fan base, were the best choice.
No matter how Lin Momo answers in this recording, it will eventually be specially edited by the program crew to create public attention.
She even thought of the possible headlines that might appear later: #Ex-stars can’t get any work and can only stay at home to take care of their children? #, #He was once a first-tier singer, but now he is reduced to an eighteen-tier singer, and even his own daughter despises him#, #The sadness of an ex-star: He dare not tell his children that he was once a star#, #An ex-male artist did this without telling his children#…
Faced with this obviously "out-of-scope" question, Lin Momo's mind went blank.
This question is not in the 'question bank', and I can't even find a similar one.
She doesn’t know if Lin Cheng is good or not…
Lin Momo shook her head subconsciously.
"Don't you know?" asked the director.
Lin Momo shook her head again.
"Don't you think your father is a bad person?" Seeing Lin Momo shaking her head, the director guessed what she meant.
"No..." Lin Momo whispered.
Wang Xi and others have said before that during an interview, if you encounter a question you don't know how to answer, you can't just say "I don't know" but you have to find a way to express your true feelings.
After thinking for a while, Lin Momo applied this question to herself and said slowly, "Our family may not be as good as other families, but we are also living very hard."
At this point, Lin Momo thought of her grandmother Liu Cuifang, and said seriously, "She's not bad, she just can't do anything."
Outside the bedroom, Chen Yu's face tightened when he heard Lin Momo start to answer the director's questions.
"We can't let her continue talking."
This was clearly a trap set up deliberately by the program crew, but Lin Momo jumped into it anyway.
After saying that, Chen Yu wanted to step forward and interrupt the filming.
However, before Chen Yu could rush over, he was stopped by Lin Cheng.
"Brother Cheng?"
"Let her speak." Lin Cheng said.
"But will this have a bad impact?" According to Lin Momo's statement, isn't it a disguised admission that Lin Cheng has no ability and cannot make money
Lin Cheng didn't say anything else, but his face showed an indifferent expression.
—
Lin Momo didn't notice the movement here, she lowered her eyes and continued: "Maybe she is not good enough in the eyes of others, but what she gave me is the best she can give..."
"She would save her money every month to send me to school. She would secretly sell her things to save money to buy me a new school uniform, fearing that I would be laughed at by my classmates. She would queue up in a very long line during shopping mall events to get me a new desk lamp and a new alarm clock..."
"She taught me to be polite, clean, and... "
…
The "she" mentioned by Lin Momo was naturally understood by the directors as "he".
They had thought that when faced with this question, Lin Momo's answer might be "I don't know", "My father is very good", or even she might refuse to answer the question, but they never expected that Lin Momo's answer would be like this.
Outside the camera, the director and the assistant director looked at each other and saw the same shock in each other's eyes.
—Are out-of-date celebrities so miserable? Do they have to save money to pay for their children's tuition? Do they have to queue up at the supermarket to get a free desk lamp? !
Why do I feel like I’m living a worse life than ordinary people like them
…
Originally, after this question, the program team also prepared a second question: Would you like your father not to be a star
However, facing the sincere girl in front of him, the director couldn't ask the next question.
As the director shouted "cut", Lin Momo's interview ended.
After putting away the script, the director walked to Lin Cheng and Chen Yu awkwardly. Facing Chen Yu's slightly dissatisfied look, the director smiled at the two of them and said, "That's it for the interview part. Next, we will start recording the next part."
Several people returned to the living room.
The director asked the staff to hand a lottery box to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, and said: "The day of "Living with Daddy" is about to begin. In the next week, daddy and baby will experience a life that is completely different from your past life."
"There are five cards in the box in front of you. They correspond to five different 'family backgrounds'. These are real family situations. The program team selected the five with the highest number of votes from netizens. Now, please draw lots. The information on the card you draw is the life that dad and baby will experience in the next week."
"Are you nervous, dad and baby?" the director asked the two before Lin Cheng drew the lots.
Lin Momo nodded.
I am both curious and nervous about the unknown life in the coming week.
Lin Momo watched Lin Cheng put his hand into the lottery box without blinking, and her whole body tensed up.
—This child is still too naive.
At the side, Lin Cheng glanced at Lin Momo, who seemed to be tense in every cell of her body, and sighed inwardly.
Then, Lin Cheng touched the only card in the box.
Obviously, the so-called lottery was just a show effect. The other groups of stars and their agents probably had already chosen the "family background" that would best showcase their own talents. The ones in the box now were just the ones left over by the other groups.
Lin Cheng took out the card expressionlessly and opened it under Lin Momo's expectant eyes.
There are 6 pieces of information on the card:
Home address: Building 3, Substation Community, Huayuan Road, Huayang District (an old residential building built in the last century, with a floor area of 36 square meters, one bedroom and one living room, and the bathroom and kitchen are shared on one floor).
Dad’s occupation: bottled LPG deliveryman.
Annual family income: 45,000 yuan.
Transportation: Bus.
Financial status: Family savings of 60,000 yuan (regular, cannot be used); external debt of 3,000 yuan due to an accident, with monthly repayments of 500 yuan; social security of approximately 400 yuan per month; rent of 1,500 yuan per month; total monthly fixed expenses of the family of 2,400 yuan (equivalent to 600 yuan per week).
Available funds this week: 200 yuan.
—
"What did Dad draw?" The director asked curiously after Lin Cheng and Lin Momo finished reading the information on the cards.
"Liquefied gas deliveryman." Lin Momo replied.
Lin Cheng simply turned the card over and pointed it at the camera and the director.
The director smiled and said to the father and daughter, "So Dad will be the gas deliveryman next, delivering gas for cooking to every household."
After a pause, the director continued, "Also, let me briefly explain to you the information on the card."
"The disposable funds are equivalent to your living expenses for the next week. According to the cards you drew, this part of the funds is 200 yuan in total, and you can spend it as you like. As for the mandatory expenses, Dad needs to hand over 600 yuan to the program team after working for a week. This is also your task for the first week."
"Teacher Lin, are you confident that you can complete the task?"
"Do your best." Lin Cheng said.
…
After completing the recording of this segment and turning off the video equipment, the director took out a "Statement" and handed it to Lin Cheng. At the same time, he repeated the parts that were not mentioned during the recording to Lin Cheng and Chen Yu, the agent.
"The program will officially begin recording the day after tomorrow morning. At that time, the production team's vehicle will directly send the father and child to the residence marked on the card. This should also be stated in the contract you signed earlier."
"In addition, the broadcast format of the program has been slightly adjusted and will be changed to a recorded broadcast + live broadcast format."
—The edited programs will be broadcast online one week after recording, which is every Sunday at 12:00 noon.
In addition, the program team has opened a VIP live broadcast channel on the iwo video app, which provides 24-hour live broadcast of the lives of fathers and children in the program in the form of interactive on-demand broadcasting for VIP users.
"In order to ensure the authenticity of the entire recording process and the entire experience, once the recording begins, it will not be paused. During the process, the director team will not provide you with any advice or help. All decisions are made by you. Unless it is an emergency, any other problems will also need to be solved by you."
"If there is no problem, please sign this supplementary document."
The director handed Lin Cheng a supplementary statement.
After taking the agreement, Lin Cheng quickly read it through, and after confirming that it was correct, he signed his name at the end.
—
After the director team left, Chen Yu's face completely fell.
"The production team has gone too far!" Chen Yu cursed in dissatisfaction.
Be it the "sensitive" issue during the previous interview or the subsequent adjustments to the broadcast format of the program, these were not mentioned at all in the agreement they signed.
This is obviously the rhythm of using Lin Cheng as a stepping stone and sacrifice for the show!
Compared to Chen Yu's excitement, Lin Cheng seemed much calmer, as if he had expected all this.
"Why else do you think such a good thing would fall into my hands?" Lin Cheng asked back.
Hearing this, Chen Yu fell silent: It seems that this is indeed the truth.
—
Different from the solemnity on Chen Yu's side.
Lin Momo, who was packing her things nearby, seemed to be in a particularly good mood.
When Lin Cheng and Chen Yu approached, they could still hear her squatting on the suitcase, mumbling something to herself.
"What are you happy about?" Lin Cheng asked casually.
Lin Momo stopped and looked at Lin Cheng: "Nothing."
After that, Lin Momo smiled at Lin Cheng again and said, "I just think that Dad, you are quite lucky."
Hear Lin Momo's words from the heart.
Lin Cheng: “…”
Chen Yu: “?!”
—I’m afraid that Lin Momo is the only one in the world who thinks that Lin Cheng is lucky to have drawn such a "family background".
Lin Momo is one of them.
The difference is that she doesn’t have a QR code tag on her chest.
'Gululu.'
An empty beer can was kicked to Lin Momo's feet.
"Hey! Beggar, get away from me."
"It's smelly and dirty. It's ruined my appetite."
"I'm talking to you! Didn't you hear me?"
Then, another half of the sausage was thrown at Lin Momo's feet.
The young woman who threw the sausage said impatiently: "Okay, I've given you your food, go to another table."
Lin Momo didn't move.
At this moment, a can flew towards Lin Momo, and with a "bang", it hit her head exactly.
The remaining beer in the can flowed down Lin Momo's forehead and into her eyes, stinging her eyes with a burning pain.
Lin Momo didn't say a word. She raised her hand, rubbed her eyes hard with her sleeve, and wiped the beer off her face. She still stayed by the table of the yellow-haired young men, unwilling to leave.
The blond young men were angry.
"Md, are you an idiot? Didn't you understand when I told you to get lost?"
"Go away or not! Go away or not!"
"I told you to get out! Why don't you get out!"
While cursing, several young men took the other empty beer cans on the table and threw them at Lin Momo.
During this time, people occasionally laughed and cursed in a joking manner.
After they had thrown all the empty cans away and were about to pick up the glass wine bottles next to them and throw them at Lin Momo, the two young women at the table spoke up to persuade them to stop, and they gave up.
Seeing that it was almost done, Lin Momo squatted on the ground, flattened all the empty cans scattered around, picked them up, and put them into the woven bag behind her.
After picking up the items, Lin Momo bowed to the yellow-haired young men, said "thank you", and then turned and ran away.
The thin figure and the large woven bag on her back quickly disappeared into the night.
…
On the way back, Lin Momo sold the scraps behind her and bought two buns.
"Your grandma's leg hasn't healed yet?" the bun shop owner asked with concern.
"Not yet." Lin Momo shook her head.
Lin Momo has no parents and grew up with her grandmother. The two of them usually make a living by subsidies from the neighborhood committee and selling waste.
Grandma is not my biological grandma.
Lin Momo was abandoned by her biological parents and thrown into a nearby flea market, where she was found by a scavenger hunt.
Last month, grandma broke her leg and it hasn't healed yet, so the job of picking up and selling waste fell on Lin Momo alone.
—
Back in the dim and narrow old building, just as Lin Momo was about to open the door, the movement in the house aroused her vigilance.
"You old man, you dare to lie to me? Don't think I haven't heard that the community distributed holiday condolence money during the holidays in the past two months!"
"Where did you hide the money? Will you tell me? If not, don't blame me for being rude!"
It was Zhang Xiaoqiang's voice.
Lin Momo carefully withdrew her hand, ran downstairs, hid the 10 yuan left from selling the scrap, and then returned.
When Lin Momo opened the door, the room was in a mess. Her grandmother was lying on the ground, and Zhang Xiaoqiang was standing in front of her.
Zhang Xiaoqiang is Liu Cuifang's biological son. He has no proper job and usually spends his time in some questionable places. When he runs out of money, he comes back to ask Liu Cuifang for it.
—
Liu Cuifang in the room saw Lin Momo coming back and quickly waved at her, signaling her to leave.
Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaoqiang had already discovered Lin Momo at the door.
"You want to run away? Can you run away?" Zhang Xiaoqiang sneered, "You old man are so nervous, you must have put your money on this little bastard."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaoqiang stepped forward and dragged Lin Momo into the house, and started searching her body regardless of her struggles.
In the end, nothing was found except 50 cents.
Zhang Xiaoqiang unwillingly pulled the woven bag behind Lin Momo to see what was inside.
There was still nothing inside.
"Where's the rest of the money? Where is it hidden?!"
"No more, they're all there." Lin Momo said, pointing at the 50 cents in Zhang Xiaoqiang's hand.
"Bullshit! How can it be just this little?"
Lin Momo shook her head and said nothing.
Liu Cuifang lamented, "I only have so little money every month. I only got 50 yuan in holiday condolence money. I broke my leg before and spent money on medical treatment and medicine. How can I have money now?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang seemed to believe this, and he spat and cursed: "You old man, you'd better die. How dare you spend money on medical treatment!"
Zhang Xiaoqiang was very unhappy because he came here but didn't get paid.
When glancing at Lin Momo, Zhang Xiaoqiang thought of something, his eyes rolled, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
Seeing Zhang Xiaoqiang walking towards Lin Momo with a strange expression, Liu Cuifang became nervous and a bad premonition came over her.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, what do you want to do?"
"I didn't do anything, but suddenly thought of a good thing." Zhang Xiaoqiang smiled maliciously.
"I haven't looked closely, but this little bastard is getting more and more beautiful." Zhang Xiaoqiang walked in front of Lin Momo, leaned down deliberately, and smiled obscenely.
As Zhang Xiaoqiang spoke, he raised his hand and slapped Lin Momo on the face.
"How about going out with Brother Qiang? I'll take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
"You dare!" Liu Cuifang struggled to crawl over and grabbed Zhang Xiaoqiang's legs: "Zhang Xiaoqiang, you evildoer, if you dare to do anything to her, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"
"Old man, I won't tell you how much money you've wasted by keeping a bastard around. Now it's time for her to repay our family. You'd better not stop her."
After saying that, Zhang Xiaoqiang kicked Liu Cuifang away and pretended to drag Lin Momo away.
At this moment, voices of conversation were heard in the corridor outside the house.
"Aunt."
"Who are you calling auntie!"
"Big sister."
"Who is your elder sister!"
"Miss, may I ask if Liu Cuifang lives here?"
"Are you looking for Aunt Liu?"