The script has already written down what Lin Cheng and Lin Momo will do after they go to the farm, what they will say, and how they will run the farm. It also lists many deliberately designed ‘accidental’ plots, such as: they are almost killed when a little rabbit bites them, an alpaca salivates on them, they are chased by a big white goose, and Lin Cheng does a street performance to attract business for his farm…

These special plots were also marked with special tags such as: ‘can attract fans’, ‘can create topic heat’, ‘deepen the impact on the audience’, ‘conducive to enriching the character’, etc.

From the perspective of making a program, this script may be very professional, but in Lin Cheng’s eyes, he only has one word to evaluate this script: superficial.

It wasn’t even as good as the ‘How To Get Rich Through Farming’ book that Lin Momo made herself.

In order to save some face for his assistant, Lin Cheng did not show the disdain in his eyes too clearly.

“What else is there?” Lin Cheng put down the script and asked.

“Ah, here,” Chen Yu said, handing several other documents to Lin Cheng, saying, “Here are letters of intent for cooperation on some variety shows, as well as some interview invites, and endorsements. I’ve put the good ones here. A few have already been screened out. You can take a look, Brother Cheng.

“These are the endorsement deals. Most of them are for children’s interest training and some snacks and daily necessities. Among them, this Melota is a candy series, which is considered a third category endorsement of a big brand. This is the one I feel good about, and this…”

Chen Yu’s tone was full of excitement that his artist was finally being recognized, but when he remembered that Lin Cheng seemed to be a wealthy boss, he calmed himself down and said, “These endorsements, if Brother Cheng finds it inconvenient, then I will turn it down for you.”

“There are also these invitations from variety shows. There will be an opportunity to be a guest on [My Family’s Living Expenses] next weekend, and [Entertainment Strange Talk] next Wednesday.

“The show plans to invite Bai Yulin as the main guest, but the show also intends to invite several other families from [Living with Dad]. There is also [Singer]…”

Chen Yu handed Lin Cheng the invitations from several variety shows. And then, he took out the last letter of intent with a very solemn expression on his face.

“And this! This is an invitation to appear in [Entertainment Forum]! The program team plans to invite you to be the main guest in the second half of their 345th alternate episode!”

Speaking of this, Chen Yu looked incredulous.

[Entertainment Forum] was Blue Channel’s flagship variety show and one of the best variety shows in the entertainment industry. There were countless artists who wanted to be a part of this variety show. Under normal circumstances, even the very popular traffic stars may not be able to get invitations to be the main star. He did not expect that the program team would give Lin Cheng this invitation.

Although it was only for the recording of their alternate episode, once there was any problem during the recording of episode 345’s main selection program or the review of it failed, the program team would use the alternate episode to replace it. When that happens, Lin Cheng would seriously be the main guest of the show.

Chen Yu couldn’t even dream of such a good thing.

Looking at the invitation in front of him, Lin Chen’s eyes deepened a bit, but they were not as excited as Chen Yu.

“When will it be recorded?” Lin Cheng asked.

“It is tentatively scheduled for the weekend in three weeks’ time,” Chen Yu replied.

“How did you get it?” Lin Cheng asked again. Such resources were simply impossible to obtain with his current status.

Speaking of this, Chen Yu’s expression suddenly became excited, and he explained, “We have Mr. Sun to thank for this! Originally, the theme of the Blue Channel host selection program for that episode was ‘Actor vs. Visual Emperor’, and they invited Le Bai from our company, as well as several other movie stars.

“When it came time to choose the program, Le Bai recommended his junior, Shu Yimeng, to the program team. Later, I don’t know if Shu Yimeng had any other appearances or was somehow unable to participate in the recording. Mr. Sun then strongly recommended you instead.”

The ‘Mr. Sun’ mentioned by Chen Yu was none other than Lin Cheng’s original manager: Sun Yanzhou.

After listening to Chen Yu’s narration and looking at the invitation in front of him, a sneer flashed in Lin Chen’s eyes.

Immediately, Lin Cheng glanced at Chen Yu again—although this agent’s lack of success in the company over the years was partly due to him, Chen Yu himself was not blameless¹.

Feeling that Lin Cheng’s expression was very different from what he had been expecting, Chen Yu became nervous and asked, “Brother Cheng, are you not going to accept this show?”

“Accept it,” Lin Yi gave a terse answer.

Hearing this, Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good, I was worried that you didn’t want to go…”

Chen Yu looked at Lin Cheng. He seemed to be half-smiling, but he also seemed to have a cold expression, which made Chen Yu feel like shivering. Also, he didn’t know if it was his illusion, but Chen Yu sometimes felt that Lin Cheng’s eyes were full of sympathy when he looked at him?

“Then, do you still want to consider those other invites, Brother Cheng?” The other invitations were just to be the ‘warm-up’ guests, which was vastly different from the invitation to be the main guest from the [Entertainment Forum].

Lin Cheng read all the letters handed to him. He automatically excluded several variety shows that would be recorded after Lin Momo’s school started, as well as variety shows and commercials that required Lin Momo’s participation in recording, and finally handed the remaining invitations back to Chen Yu.

“You can take care of the rest by yourself. Keep two or three and reject the others.”

“Okay.” This was still much better than not going to any variety show at all and just continuing to muddle along.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Yu and others got up and sent Lin Cheng and Lin Momo on their way.

“Uncle Chen Yu, older brother Zhou Qi, older sister Wang Xi, goodbye,” Lin Momo greeted the three of them sweetly one by one, and finally followed Lin Cheng into the security check.

… … 

Seeing the little girl’s figure skipping up and down beside her dad, Wang Xi and Zhou Qi’s faces were full of surprise.

Although they had been paying attention to the livestream, it was not like seeing the two of them with their own eyes after all. When they saw Lin Momo again today, they both felt that she had undergone a huge change.

When they first picked up Lin Momo, she was understanding and well-behaved, but she seemed cautious and even lacking in confidence. Although Lin Momo was still very well-behaved now, she was much more lively than before. This liveliness and confidence were something that came from the inside.

“I didn’t expect…” a child could grow up in just two or three weeks. Wang Xi sighed.

Chen Yu on the side also echoed, “I didn’t expect…”

Wang Xi and Zhou Qi were surprised by Lin Momo’s change, but what surprised him was the change in Lin Cheng.

T/N: I’m not sure what it means when your episode is only the ‘alternate’. I don’t think they completely scrap it when the ‘main’ episode doesn’t have problems, otherwise that’s a waste of resource. Maybe they just post it on the website? 🤷‍♀️

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

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FOOTNOTE:

1. Lin Cheng’s career was being suppressed so of course his manager couldn’t be allowed to get resources. But Chen Yu himself is also lacking in ability, otherwise he would not have been hand-picked to manage Lin Cheng ↩︎