Lin Momo finished unpacking their luggage and began worrying about the issue of their ‘livelihood’.

She brought out the stack of flyers she had picked up earlier.

There were tons of words printed on the flyers but because the light in their room was too dim, Lin Momo had to carry the flyers into the living room in order to see the contents clearly and begin studying it.

There were all kinds of information on these flyers, and Lin Momo didn’t know which ones were true and which ones were false, so she spread them all out on the coffee table and started comparing them one by one.

Lin Momo put a check mark on the crew information that appeared on every list, and put question marks on the ones that appeared less frequently.

After this first screening, Lin Momo circled the crew names that appeared on most of the lists and then drew stars on each for consistency.

So, after some screening, Lin Momo had put check marks on 17 crews, and 36 crews had stars beside their name.

Lin Momo copied the names of the crews, the shooting progress, the number of scenes, and the number of extras needed one by one in the small notebook she brought with her.

Lin Momo didn’t know what the tags ‘Category 1’, ‘Category 2’, ‘Category 3’, ‘A-level’ and ‘S-level’ meant… these stuff were mentioned by those people from before. She also didn’t know who the starring actors were, so she could only divide them according to geographic regions.

Here and there the names and addresses of some venues looked similar. Lin Momo guessed that they should be in the same place or close to each other, so she divided them as such.

After that, Lin Momo picked out some keywords that she thought were important from the information on the list and marked them in front of the crew name, such as: [includes meals], [needs many people], [earn more money]…

Lin Momo wrote it all down with concentration.

At this time, there came the sudden sound of the door opening, and two young women walked in, talking and laughing.

“Sister Qin is reliable and has a lot of information resources. Don’t worry.” 

“As long as she is reliable, we can take a look later and try to find someone who can join the team.”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The two were talking, but… when I saw Lin Momo in the living room, they were both surprised.

“Ah? Who is this?”

When they saw that Lin Momo was just a child, the two girls relaxed, but they still looked at Lin Momo with puzzled faces and asked, “Kid, where did you come from?”

“I came here with my dad. We are here to shoot. We just moved in tonight,” Lin Momo explained to the two of them.

The two girls looked at the colorful list in front of Lin Momo and asked, “As an extra?” 

“Yes!” Lin Momo nodded.

“So that’s how it is…” The two women stared at Lin Momo a few more times.

Before this, Lin Cheng himself had no reputation to speak of. Even if the show [Living with Dad] had aired one or two episodes and gave Lin Cheng some exposure, it was still far from being comparable to Bai Yulin and Duan Bei.

Besides, people in the Film and Television City were busy all day long and rarely had time to watch variety shows. Therefore, at this time, these two women did not recognize Lin Momo and did not know that they were recording a program.

They just thought to themselves: there were all kinds of people who come to the Film and Television City, including children in their teens and seniors in their advanced decades. It was not uncommon for people to come with their families, so they didn’t think it was strange.

Lin Momo was also looking at these two people.

The landlord explained the living situation to Lin Momo and her dad when he brought them up. There were three rooms in 307 that were occupied before they arrived.

One of the tenants was lucky enough to follow the crew to another location for filming last week, but their belongings were still here and not yet moved out.

The other family was a middle-aged couple. They have been staying in the Film and Television City for a long time. The wife worked in some restaurants in the Film and Television City during the day. At night, when the restaurants were closed, she delivered packed lunches and supper to the crews doing night shooting. 

Her husband worked as an extra. Although there were few filming sessions in the evening, the competition was small and the requirements were low, so he basically went out to film at night and came back to the residence during the day.

There was also a room occupied by two recent college graduates.

Lin Momo guessed that these two young women were the ones who lived in Room 2 as mentioned by the landlord.

“My name is Momo,” Lin Momo introduced herself to them. 

After thinking about it, she took out a handful of candies from her pocket and offered it to them. “Sister, do you want some candies? This was given to me by the landlord.”

Probably because he was delighted by Lin Momo’s cuteness, but before going upstairs, the landlord grabbed a handful of candies from the jar by the cashier counter of the restaurant below and gave them to her.

In Lin Momo’s mind, these two people were now her neighbors.

When she still lived in the old house with Liu Cuifang, the way to maintain friendly relations between neighbors was simple: you give me two oranges, and I ask you to try my food.

Seeing the candy handed over by Lin Momo, the two women waved their hands and politely declined, “No need, you can eat it yourself.”

However, facing Lin Momo’s kindness, the two of them still greeted Lin Momo in a friendly manner and smiled.

Lin Momo put away the candies, and when she saw that the other party seemed to be planning to sit down and read something on the sofa, she packed up the lists on the coffee table, stood up from the sofa, and took a step back.

“Older sisters, please sit down.”

Seeing this, the two girls quickly waved their hands and said nonchalantly, “It doesn’t matter, the sofa is so wide, let’s sit together.”

Lin Momo nodded, moved to the edge of the sofa. She sat down and continued to organize the information on her lists.

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

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T/N: Chapter 10—when the were assigned the [LPG Delivery] card, was also titled Livelihood Issues. This time around, the ‘Livelihood’ is in quotes.