Over at the Lin family’s main house.

Old Master Lin was also watching the livestream on his tablet.

Seeing the netizen’s comments and the word ‘miserable’ all over the barrage, the old man nodded, deep in thought, then looked with dissatisfaction at Zhou Ming standing behind him.

“What’s going on? Why can Zheng and his son stay at his family’s own hotel, but not our Momo? When did the show team do this? Isn’t this a violation?” Old Master Lin asked, frowning, full of unhappiness.

“I have learned about this from the program group. It’s part of their deal with external investors: they provide the program team with shooting locations. Zheng Group is also one of the investors of the show. “

As for Zheng Chengye’s team that drew the [Hotel Bed Testers] card…” Glancing at the old man, Zhou Ming said again, “It was indeed their luck, that is, it was only by coincidence.” 

After all, in the face of absolute luck, he had nothing to say.

All he could say was that their team was indeed very lucky, while the Eldest Young Master and little Young Miss of their family were indeed very unlucky. 

Zhou Ming could only mutter silently in his heart.

Old Master Lin also seemed to be speechless and fell silent.

After a few seconds, Old Master Lin waved his hand and said, “Then we will also sponsor venues for the program. Hotels, ocean parks, libraries, amusement parks…” 

“The Lin family does not own any amusement park,” Zhou Ming carefully reminded the old master.

“Then go and buy one!” Old Master Lin said very arrogantly.

After a pause, Old Master Lin said again, “What I mean is, let’s improve the [Family Background] options available to the show!”

He will ‘manually’ fix the [Family Background]s for the next episode of the show. Even if Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s luck were the worst, they could still only get something good.

The old man touched his chin, having many thoughts and plans.

… …

Back at the livestream, after listening to the director’s additional precautions, Lin Cheng nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Although Lin Momo didn’t know anything about how an ‘extra’ actor went about getting jobs, when she saw Lin Cheng nodding, she also nodded.

Seeing this, the director smiled and said, “Since there are no problems with daddy and baby, let’s move on to the next step that you are also familiar with by now.”

This time, without the director needing to prompt her, Lin Momo already handed over the tablet she used to watch the program over to the program staff. It was the only ‘illegal item’ she had on her.

Lin Cheng also handed over his mobile phone to the director’s team, and at the same time took the work mobile phone provided by them.

After completing the handing in of the ‘illegal items’, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo got into the program group’s car, which took them from the airport to the gates of the Film and Television City.

The car stopped at the gate, and the director said to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, “According to the program regulations, from here on, dad and the baby’s mission for this week officially begins now. Please get ready!”

Lin Cheng nodded. He led Lin Momo out of the car, and they headed towards the gate of the Film and Television City.

… …

It was already evening at this time, and there were almost no people in sight.

As soon as the father and daughter entered the gate, they were stopped by two staff members thinking they were tourists.

“The place is now closed to the public. If you want to visit, you can come again tomorrow,” the staff said to the Lin father and daughter. 

“We are here for work,” Lin Yi explained, and motioned for Lin Momo to show the two staff workers their pass.

“Category D actor?” The staff was very surprised when they saw the note on Lin’s pass.

After verifying the QR code on the pass, they were allowed to go in.

It wasn’t until the father and daughter were far away that the two staff couldn’t help but start discussing what happened.

“The father and daughter came here to work? They don’t look the part at all,” one of the staff workers muttered.

The other staff worker also nodded and echoed, “And he is actually a D-category actor.”

Actors and crew members in the Film and Television City were generally divided into four levels: Category A was usually a big star or a person in charge of a large crew, like the director. These people could freely enter and leave the Film and Television City. 

Category B referred to actors who have signed a contract with a film crew and had a fixed filming schedule. 

Category C referred to actors who have applied for a long-term pass to the Film and Television City for more than one year. 

Category D referred to bit-part actors who wander around the city checking with various film crews and take jobs as they become available. These people cannot get long-term passes to the Film and Television City because of their low income or insufficient conditions. They could only apply for temporary passes once every few days.

“He didn’t look like that at all…” 

The two of them whispered some more, each thinking the same thing—based on that person’s looks and temperament, let alone being a big star, they both could very well believe that he was a big-shot investor…

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Meanwhile, Lin Cheng took Lin Momo farther into the Film and Television City.

The place was very large. The surrounding buildings and decors ranged from ancient times to the Republic of China to modern times, from domestic locales to foreign countries.

Lin Momo gaped with wonder at this novel environment that she had never experienced before.

“Do you think it’s fun?” Lin Cheng asked, looking at Lin Momo’s surprised and excited expression.

“Yeah,” Lin Momo nodded. She smiled at Lin Cheng and said, “I feel like the [Family Background] we picked this time is actually pretty good.” 

“…” 

Looking at his daughter, with an innocent look on her face, Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn’t bear to tell her that the reality might be far more cruel.

“Don’t be too optimistic, it may not be as good as you think,” Lin Cheng said, patting Lin Momo’s head.

“Ah?” Lin Momo looked confused.

Just when Lin Momo was about to continue asking questions, a group of people standing by an intersection not far away attracted Lin Momo’s attention.

The people over there seemed to have also noticed Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, and some sharp-eyed people saw the gray pass marked with ‘D’ on Lin Momo’s neck.

Those people began gathering around Lin Cheng, holding something like a stack of street leaflets in their hands.

“Hey buddy, did you just come here looking for a shoot to work on? Have you found a suitable crew yet? If not, come and see what I have here.” One of them pointed to the list in his hand and handed it over to Lin Cheng.

This was a pink sheet of paper only half the size of an A4¹, with a lot of information printed on it in small characters.

“All the crew information, shooting locations, and available roles in the Film and Television City are all there…”

Before this person could finish speaking, others also handed over other lists of various colors in their hands:

“I have the detailed information of the crew here. Performance conditions, remuneration, and extra recording time are all included, and not only the second and third categories, but also the first category crews. Only 35 yuan per copy, and you’ll know everything.” 

“Look at what I have, all the film crews that need extras tomorrow. It’s right here, 30 yuan for a copy.”

“And here, I just got the list of several crews that will need more than 100 extras tomorrow. There are still filming times on it, and the information is very accurate, 40 yuan per copy.”

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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FOOTNOTE:

1. Half the size of A4 is… A5. That’s how the paper is measured and cut—the biggest is A0, and each time it gets folded in half, the number goes up  by 1.
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