After eating, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo continued looking for jobs as an extra.

However, unlike their luck in the morning, the two of them visited several crews in the afternoon but could not find anyone who needed temporary extras.

Obviously, the crew information on those flyers and some so-called reliable information from the group leaders were not completely accurate.

Lin Cheng changed his strategy and refocused their target to some small production crews in the third and fourth categories—a few extras squatting outside a set from time to time only proved that there should be some temporary extras needed here.

Lin Cheng and Lin Momo went to a filming location again. At this time, a member of the crew had just finished settling the payment for the extras who were in the scene shot just now.

“Hello, do you still need extras?” Lin Cheng stepped forward and asked the other party.

The staff member was stunned when he saw Lin Cheng.

“You? An extra?”

“Yeah, me,” Lin Cheng nodded.

The staff seemed to look at Lin Cheng strangely for a while, then shook his head and said, “You’re late. We have almost finished shooting the scenes that require temporary extras today.”

They did have a few scenes left to shoot that needed some temporary actors, but the actors would need to show their faces—for scenes like this, several actors have already been found in advance.

And also, how did this person in front of him look like an extra??

Putting this kind of outstanding appearance in the drama… it would probably be too eye-catching to be used as a background for the main cast, the staff secretly muttered in their heart and prepared to send Lin Cheng away.

At this time, the staff caught a glimpse of Lin Momo next to Lin Cheng. Seeing the child’s downcast and pitiful look, the staff’s heart was moved with some sympathy. 

“The scenes in our crew are relatively scattered, and I don’t know if there are scenes where extras need to perform temporarily. If you don’t have a role in other crews yet, you can find a place to sit down first for the meantime. Just wait here for now and I’ll call you if I find something suitable.”

After hearing this, Lin Momo’s depressed expression suddenly brightened up again.

Lin Cheng also nodded towards the staff member and said ‘thank you’.

“It’s just a chance but not guaranteed. If you can’t wait and need to leave, that’s also fine,” he added guiltily, and then the staff turned around and left.

The staff was sincere in his offer to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, but he didn’t expect that he would have the opportunity to give him a job so soon.

… …

Within the film crew.

They were supposed to film a certain scene where the male and female protagonists attend a certain cocktail party, but it’s been delayed because several extras did not arrive on time.

The director looked at the time and seemed unhappy.

“What’s the matter? Why haven’t the actors arrived yet?” the director asked, clearly dissatisfied.

A staff member immediately came over and explained, “I just contacted the person in charge of those actors. They have become unavailable.”

Although the most indispensable thing in the Film and Television City were extras, there were some temporary roles where the actors needed to show their faces or have simple lines. Such roles still had certain requirements for the actors’ appearance and acting skills.

For this type of extras, they usually contact specific people in advance.

They just didn’t expect that the temporary actors they contacted yesterday would be unavailable today because they received a job from a larger crew.

Obviously, this was not the first time this director has encountered such a situation. Although he was angry, he could only catch the staff members responsible for contacting the extras and scold them to vent his frustration.

“Why don’t we shoot other scenes first?” an assistant director suggested.

This suggestion was immediately rejected by the director.

“The scenes are all set and the clothes are ready. What should I do with the money wasted if we move on and shoot other scenes?” the director said with a frown.

With a small crew like theirs, every expense must be calculated carefully.

Finally, the director waved his hand and said to the staff members nearby, “I won’t change it, but please contact a few more people. If you can’t contact anyone, just pick up a few. Anyone vaguely suitable will do. Hurry up!”

“Yes.” The staff member at the scene who were responsible for contacting the actors immediately took action.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The staff came outside the set and shouted, “The crew is looking for extras.” A group of some twenty extras waiting around immediately stood up and surrounded him.

At this time, the staff member spoke again, “Everyone, be quiet and listen to me. We are going to shoot a scene that shows faces, so we have requirements for the gender, height, and appearance of the extras…” 

After saying that, the staff member looked around among the twenty or so people in front of him, and finally managed to pick out six people.

“The persons I pointed to will come in with me later. The assistant director will tell you exactly what role you will play and make sure everything’s okay before you put on makeup.” 

The staff member’s eyes fell on Lin Cheng, thought for a while, and said, “You, you come too.”

…

The ones chosen went into the filming set.

A dozen other people were also found through a group leader. After screening, 8 people were finally selected to join the scene.

The drama [The Secret War in Tianjin] was a small-scale wartime spy drama. In this particular scene, the male and female protagonists were pretending to be a wealthy businessman and his wife and have come to a casino to gather information.

Lin Cheng’s role was the greeter at the entrance of the casino. He was responsible for opening the door for the male and female protagonists when they got out of the car, and then leading the way inside the casino. The screen time was not long, and there were no lines, but there was a chance to show one’s face.

The makeup artist put on makeup for Lin Cheng and then asked him to put on the clothes appropriate for the performance: a dark purple shirt, black trousers, an imitation Western-style suit vest from the Republic of China period, and a signature bow tie marking him as a greeter for the casino.

When Lin Cheng came out after changing clothes, several of the crew attendants looked amazed. They couldn’t help but whisper a few words, “So handsome…”

One girl also nodded and whispered, “This person that brother Wang found… Are you sure he’s an extra?”

At this time, Lin Cheng appeared in the livestream again, and the audience in the livestream channel seemed to have the same idea: 

[It’s the first time I’ve seen Lin Cheng like this and he’s so handsome!] one person sighed.

Someone immediately told an undeniable truth: [Lin Cheng was always handsome, he just didn’t deliberately manage this ‘character’ setting.]

Among the five family teams participating in [Living with Dad], Duan Bei took the route of a ‘fresh meat’ intern dad, using some topical points to create popularity; Gao Yuankai was the all-round handyman dad character; Zheng Chengye was the company big boss character; and it was Bai Yulin’s family team that followed the ‘good-looking dad and baby’ setting.

Therefore, no matter whether it was in the livestream channel, or the edited episodes, or the topic discussion of the program, everyone praised Bai Yulin’s looks—subconsciously ignoring Lin Cheng’s and Lin Momo’s objectively more handsome features.

[To be fair, Momo and Momo’s dad are really as good-looking as the other team.]

[From my personal aesthetic point of view, I think this dad and baby team’s looks are even better.]

[Hahaha, this dad must have worn too many delivery-man overalls, cooking aprons, and SpongeBob shirts before, which made me forget that he is also very handsome.]

[Please bless Lin Cheng with a better [Family Background] next time. I want to see how Lin Cheng looks in a proper suit. He must be super handsome…]

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

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