Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

On the other side, the director who just completed her filming task returned to the program group and went to the chief director’s office.

 “Your crew’s filming is finished?” the chief director asked.

“It’s finished, it’s just…” The director’s expression showed some difficulty and said, “There’s a little problem.” 

“What’s the problem?” The chief director frowned. He thought of something and immediately asked, “Were you not able to ask the special questions? Or was there a disagreement during the recording process?”

“There was no disagreement, and the question was asked, but…”

The director didn’t know how to explain this matter, so she said to the chief director, “You’d better watch the raw footage yourself.”

“What else could be wrong with the raw footage…” Anyway, it will all have to be re-edited in the end.

The chief director showed some dissatisfaction, but still asked the other party to show him the raw footage.

……

The interview process was normal, and the ‘sensitive’ question was asked, and everything went well.

However, watching Lin Momo start to answer, the chief director’s eyebrows gradually furrowed deeper and deeper.

Lin Momo’s answer was beyond his expectation.

Or rather, Lin Momo’s answer was not what he wanted at all.

This kind of answer makes it difficult for the program group to have room to ‘play’, and there was no way to create public opinion topics through editing.

……

After a moment of reflection, the chief director, although reluctant, could only give up his original plan.

“During the editing stage, tell them that the original of this section doesn’t need to be edited anymore,” the director said in a low voice.

“Won’t be edited?” The director asked in surprise. “Do you still plan to cut anything else then?”

The chief director didn’t answer, but his attitude at the moment already represents everything.

……

The next day, at 8 p.m.

The pilot episode of [Living with Dad] was launched simultaneously on the two platforms of iWO video app and Orange TV.

Because Chen Yu had not received the broadcast sample provided by the program group in advance, he could only wait in front of the computer like other viewers and wait for the pilot episode to be officially broadcast.

The first one to come out was Bai Yulin’s father-and-daughter combination.

Although Bai Yulin has retired from the industry for many years, he still has a large number of loyal fans, which was one of the main selling points of this show.

Therefore, Chen Yu was not surprised that this team was put in the first segment of the show.

After Bai Yulin’s team, the second part of the episode was the clip of actor Gao Yuankai and his son.

After that, the third part was an interview clip of Zheng Chengye—chairman of the entertainment company—and his family.

“Why haven’t we seen the clip of Brother Cheng and Momo yet?” Sitting in front of the computer screen, Wang Xi couldn’t help muttering as he watched—the play progress bar was already more than halfway through.

“They should be next” Chen Yu said.

Lin Cheng’s fame and status were not as good as those of the other three ‘dads’, so it is completely reasonable that his introductory clip will be ranked after those three.

If he guessed correctly, Lin Cheng’s part will be aired as the fourth segment, and finally Duan Bei—the leading ‘father’ promoted by the company—will be the finale.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Yu finished speaking, the picture of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, ‘father and daughter’ opening the door appeared on the screen.

Then, Lin Cheng’s personal introduction popped up on the screen:

[Name: Lin Cheng.

[Occupation: Singer.]

[Masterworks: Yesterday, Mo, etc.]

[Status: Living in C City, with a 7-year-old daughter.]

“Why does it feel like Lin Cheng’s introduction is much less than the other stars’?.” Wang Xi said in a low voice.

“…” Chen Yu’s face darkened a little. The information about Lin Cheng that he provided to the program group was not limited to these. Even if the program was not as enthusiastic as when it introduced Bai Yulin, it should have at least written all of Lin Cheng’s greatest hits.

Before Chen Yu could say anything, the scene on the screen cut to the part where the father and daughter were being interviewed.

On the screen, Lin Cheng first said to the camera: “Hello everyone, I am singer Lin Cheng.”

The next second, the screen was switched to Lin Momo: “I am Lin Momo.”

Everything else that the father and daughter said after that were edited out.      

The director’s voice then sounded in the video asking: “The journey of [Living with Dad] is about to begin, are you ready?”

The part between Lin Cheng and Lin Momo was completely over.

Seeing that the episode had begun to show the introduction of the fifth star—Duan Bei—Wang Xi and Zhou Qi were dumbfounded.

“That’s it?!” Wang Xi was stunned.

Zhou Qi also said in surprise, “It’s much too short.” 

The ‘Pilot’ before the start of the livestream lasted 53 minutes, and Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s appearance rate was less than 5 minutes!

Even the sum of what the ‘father and daughter’ said was not as much as the voiceover narration said.

Wang Xi and Zhou Qi looked at each other and thought of something.

“Isn’t this just ‘a branch of plum blossoms‘1 in disguise? It’s too much.” Wang Xi frowned and complained.

Zhou Qi also nodded immediately and complained, “Even if the program group wants to compress the episode to give the other teams and Duan Bei more time, it doesn’t have to be so blatant!” 

Amidst the two assistants’ loud complaints, Chen Yu’s face had already turned completely dark.

… …

The other teams have signed Type A agreements with the program group, which clearly stipulates that the program group cannot maliciously edit the recorded content or distort the facts, and at the same time must ensure that the appearance rate of the stars reaches at least 15% of the total duration of the program, etc..

However, what the company got for Lin Cheng was a Type B agreement—the editing content, appearance rate, and number of recording sessions will be adjusted according to the specific situation after each episode is broadcast, and the right of final interpretation belongs solely to the program group.

Chen Yu only recently learned about this. 

But even so, it was too much for the program team to cut the part of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to less than five minutes.

Footnotes

It appears to be the title of a classic song about the beautiful but lonely branch of plum blossoms, bravely blooming amidst the desolation of winter.