BXBX NOVEL Chapter 5,Part 2: Interview - I will do well
Chapter 5,Part 2: Interview - I will do well
8 o’clock.
The doorbell rang—the director’s team have arrived.
Thinking of the lessons from the previous rehearsals, Lin Momo jumped up from the chair, and quickly ran to open the door for them.
The result was embarrassing—the door lock of Lin Cheng’s house required fingerprints to open inside and out, and because her fingerprints weren’t in the security system, she couldn’t open the door.
Just as Lin Momo was hesitating, a big hand stretched out from behind her and opened the door.
… …
At this time, several members from the director’s team were standing just outside the door.
The moment the door opened, they saw the father and daughter standing one behind the other, and several people exclaimed in their hearts: This pair of father and daughter was too good-looking!
After recording the pilot episode with Bai Yulin’s team, they kept saying that the father and daughter looked very good. But in contrast, how do they feel now that the father and daughter in front of them actually looked more outstanding?
The female director leading the team, in particular, felt her heart go ‘boom boom boom’ in excitement.
But thinking of their work tasks for today, the lead director quickly suppressed the amazement in her heart, greeted Lin Cheng, and introduced themselves. “Good morning, Teacher Lin, we are the director team for the program [Living with Dad]. We’re here to assign you your tasks on behalf of the program group.”
“Morning.” Lin Cheng showed a rare faint smile as he faced the camera.
“Is this Teacher Lin’s daughter?” asked the lead director.
“Yes, this is my daughter, Lin Momo.”
At this time, the camera shifted to focus on Lin Momo.
Facing the camera for the first time, Lin Momo was a little nervous. She instinctively straightened her body, her small face tight with tension.
As if sensing Lin Momo’s nervousness, Lin Cheng raised his hand and lightly patted her head.
So… Lin Momo became even more nervous!
“Hello.” Lin Momo finally managed to squeeze out a jerky smile and waved towards the camera.
Just when Lin Momo didn’t know what to say next, Lin Cheng, who was still standing behind her, helped her out and said to the director team, “Everyone, please come in.”
“Then please excuse us,” The lead director replied and several people entered the house together with the camera.
The first part of the pilot episode was shot with no danger or real surprises.
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Afterwards, the director’s team installed various recording equipment throughout the house.
After a brief explanation of what will happen, the team decided to interview Lin Cheng first. The location chosen for the interview was the living room.
The leading director first asked Lin Cheng a few career-related questions to warm up.
“Teacher Lin is a singer?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did Teacher Lin choose the career of a singer?”
“Part of the reason is interest,” Lin Cheng said.
“Then what’s the other part of the reason?” The director asked curiously.
“The other part—” Lin Cheng smiled, but said, “It’s just some trivial reasons.”
Seeing that Lin Cheng didn’t want to say more, the director quickly smoothed things over and said with a smile, “So it seems that interest is still the main reason.”
After that, the director glanced at the script and skipped the next question. “Teacher Lin has seldom appeared in public or released songs in recent years. Is it because of your family circumstances?”
“Yes.” The family is indeed the big reason.
At an angle that the camera couldn’t capture, a dark light flashed quickly in Lin Cheng’s eyes.
“So it seems that Teacher Lin must be a good father!” The director smiled, paused, and then said, “This time, when you participate in [Living with Dad], not only will you get to experience a completely different career and life, but you may also have to experience a very difficult one. Is Teacher Lin confident?”
“Yes.”
“So, what do you think is your greatest advantage?”
Lin Cheng glanced at Lin Momo who was not far away, and then said, “Perhaps it won’t be easy to starve ourselves to death.”
As soon as the words came out, several members of the director team laughed.
……
While Lin Cheng was being interviewed in the living room, Lin Momo was sitting in the dining room with a dazed and dull expression on her face.
Seeing this, the assistant director came over, sat next to Lin Momo, smiled at her, and asked softly, “What are you thinking?”
“Not thinking about anything,” Lin Momo shook her little head.
She was actually reciting lines silently.
But she couldn’t say that to the director team, so Lin Momo had an idea, pointed in Lin Cheng’s direction and said, “I’m looking at my father.”
Hearing Lin Momo’s answer, the assistant director smiled. As a single dog, he actually had a thought in his heart that ‘it seems nice to have a daughter‘.
……
Lin Cheng’s interview soon ended.
The whole process was quite satisfactory. Although there were no highlights, the overall process was smooth.
This also made Chen Yu, who was worried and came over in a rush halfway through the interview, heave a sigh of relief.
Next was Lin Momo’s part.
The director team changed the filming location to Lin Momo’s room on the grounds that the children would be more relaxed when filming in their own room.
Who would have known that Lin Momo doesn’t know the whole house at all!
Hearing the director’s call to start, Lin Momo instinctively sat up straighter on the bed.
Fortunately, the director did not notice Lin Momo’s abnormality.
“The first question, do you think your father is a gentle father?”
Lin Momo encountered this question in rehearsal before, so she shook her head according to the ‘reference answer’ and replied, “Not too gentle, most of the time, he is very strict.”
“So this time you have to live with Dad alone, are you nervous?”
“Not nervous, because Dad is here.”
The director asked Lin Momo six or seven questions in a row. These questions were all in the ‘question bank’ prepared by Wang Xi and the others, so Lin Momo didn’t have much trouble answering them.
Just when Lin Momo thought the filming was over, the director asked her one last question.
“Do you think your father is a star?”
Lin Momo was taken aback—this wasn’t in the list of questions. She nodded and replied, “Yes.”
At this time, the director asked again, “But Dad is not as popular as other stars, nor is he as capable as them. Do you think that such a father is not good if he doesn’t earn a lot of money and can’t even get a job for a long time?”
T/N: Honestly, a lot of the people in this program team are assh*les.