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1.53% Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother! / Chapter 9: 009 coming to nitpick

Chapter 9: 009 coming to nitpick

Yan Wang thought he must have seen it wrong?

He stared at the screen for a full minute before confirming that the title was correct.

With trembling fingers, he clicked into it—it was an edited clip of his mother's live broadcast.

She seemed to have taken a fall, her body wrapped in some pathetic mud, yet even so, her gaze remained as tender as ever.

"I have a son who's a few months older than you, but he's been sick and couldn't leave the hospital. He also wants to climb trees and pick fruit, but unfortunately, he can't..."

A loud boom resonated in his head, like fireworks had exploded, shattering mind to the point of unconsciousness.

All that was left were thoughts of shock!

*

The next day.

At the foot of Yan Mountain, in a small village.

Today was the final stage of recording for the fourth episode of "National Parent".

As per tradition, the village chief would tally the teams' mission points and convert them into cash proportionately, allowing the cute babies to use the money to buy gifts.

Tang Tang and Yan Yueqing's group, unsurprisingly, had the least points and only exchanged for two hundred yuan, but it was more than enough to buy some ordinary gifts.

The driver took the six guest groups to a department store in T City.

To keep the gifts a surprise, live streaming was not done while shopping, and the guests were free to move around with the cute babies.

Yan Yueqing led Tang Tang, and looking at Qin Youran who was walking at the front, she suddenly thought—maybe not live streaming this stage wasn't just about preventing spoilers!

Qin Youran was the heroine of the story, not only sweet and adorable in appearance but also sharp-witted.

Every time she went to buy gifts with the cute babies, she would take advantage of the break in filming to buy some gifts at her own expense and give them to the staff.

They say one is soft-hearted when eating from others' hands, and one becomes indebted when accepting gifts; after receiving her gifts, the staff would help her perfect her image as much as possible during subsequent recordings.

Li Manman also discovered this clever trick later and followed suit.

Afterward, a strange custom arose within the crew—

The cute baby group would buy gifts for their little friends, and the guest group would spend their own money on gifts for the staff.

Each was rolling up their sleeves and getting down to business!

Not live streaming was probably because they feared that broadcasting the phenomenon live would lead to the internet users, who had previously praised Qin Youran as "attentive and kind, also considerate of the staff," backlashing against her, right?

"This teddy bear for Xiao Zhen, the dragonfly hairpin for Huan Huan, and the glasses frame for Brother Hao Hao..." Tang Tang was a very strategic person, quickly picking out gifts and diligently checking to ensure she didn't miss anything.

Yan Yueqing quietly stood to the side, not disturbing the Little Princess as she took inventory.

But some people feared she had too much peace, and with a sneer, spoke up, "Yueqing, bringing Tang Tang to this kind of budget store is kind of funny, isn't it?"

Li Manman walked in with Huan Huan, the little girl from her team.

She still had some sense, letting Huan Huan go play with Tang Tang before lowering her voice to speak, "If it weren't for you dragging down the score and losing points, would Tang Tang need to come to a place like this to pick out gifts?"

"What's wrong with this place? It's quite nice."

Li Manman scoffed, "Picking gifts for kids is indeed quite nice, but what about you? It's been four episodes since you joined the group, and not once have you prepared gifts for the crew? Makes sense! With someone as shameless as you, how could one expect you to understand the intricacies of human relationships?"

Her tone was incredibly aggressive!

Yan Yueqing's eyebrows lifted slightly—had she encountered someone looking for trouble?

"So you mean to say, knowing how to buy gifts equates to understanding human relationships?"

Li Manman glanced at her disdainfully, "What's the use of talking to someone like you? You take the money for role-playing from the production team yet can suddenly betray them for publicity! Yan Yueqing, do you even have the words 'professional ethics' in your dictionary?"

"Role-playing money?" Yan Yueqing spoke deliberately, "If they pay you, that's called role-playing money. If they don't pay, that's called pie in the sky!"


Chapter 10: Since that's the case, let's start spending money!

The original host had negotiated with the production team and was supposed to receive a character fee of two hundred thousand.

But in reality shows, the guest's appearance fee is paid after recording, while the character fee must be given in advance!

The worse the character and the less willing others are to take it on, the faster the finance department will make the payment, fearing the other party might back out.

Yan Yueqing learned from her memory, "Isn't this a rule that's become an industry standard? Why haven't I received this money in my account yet, from the first to the fourth episode? Could someone be sabotaging it?"

Li Manman's face froze slightly, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Yan Yueqing gave her a mocking glance.

Li Manman was an artist signed by Zhongxing a few years ago, related to Director Yang, and became a key person to promote upon joining the company. Unfortunately, despite heavy investment, she never became popular, so this year her agent specifically arranged for her to join this show, even arranging for Yan Yueqing to play a supporting role, all to promote her!

However, for some unknown reason, Li Manman, who had some say in the company, demanded the finance department withhold the character fee.

The matter was done extremely covertly!

But judging by Yan Yueqing's expression, she clearly knew it all!

Li Manman huffed, "Without any concrete evidence, don't spout nonsense!"

Seeing she wouldn't admit it, Yan Yueqing spread her hands, "Well, I haven't signed a contract for the character fee with the production team. Without the money, why should you care what I do on the show?"

"You!" Li Manman gritted her teeth, "This is shameless! Let's see which production team will dare to hire you after this!"

"The production team won't care about that much," Yan Yueqing said with a lifted corner of her lips, cutting to the core, "What they want is for the show to be a hit, for the ratings to be high."

This year, there are many child-themed variety shows on the market, competition is extremely fierce. Zhongxing launched "National Parent" at this time, aiming to use an established show to stabilize the market, promoting newcomers was just a byproduct.

If one has to say, between promoting newcomers and making the show a hit, it would definitely be the former making way for the latter!

This is also why, in the beginning, the show promoted Li Manman, but in the end it was Qin Youran who became famous.

There's no helping it, a dark horse appeared!

First in the ratings!

Li Manman's brows sank, and she said coldly, "So you mean, you also want a share of the pie?"

"I've got a son to support, I need money!" Yan Yueqing declared boldly, "It was agreed, two hundred thousand for playing a supporting role, but I've filmed up to the fourth episode and still haven't seen the money, don't I have to carve out a path for myself?"

"Quit your blathering!" Li Manman snarled viciously, "I'll have finance transfer the money to you tonight, you—"

"No need!" Yan Yueqing quickly raised her hand to stop her, "Compared to that two hundred thousand, I think becoming famous makes more money! Thanks for your interference."

"Yan, Yueqing!" Li Manman ground her molars, fire almost bursting from her eyes.

Yan Yueqing smiled amiably, "Don't shout so loud, what if passersby overhear and your image gets tarnished? Keep smiling, okay?" She paused before adding with infuriating nonchalance, "Also, thanks for reminding me, I don't think I've ever prepared gifts for the staff. I'll go buy some now!"

Having said that, avoiding Li Manman's near-green face, she called out, "Tang Tang, have you made your choice? Let's go."

Tang Tang responded, "Okay!"

After packing up the things, Tang Tang saw Yueqing's barely suppressed smile and asked with curiosity, "Sister Yueqing, what's making you so happy?"

How could she not be overjoyed?!

Li Manman's words had reminded her!

She had finally found the perfect opportunity to spend money!

Yueqing said mysteriously, "Tang Tang, let's go buy some gifts for the aunts and uncles working here, shall we?"

"Okay!"

With the little one's agreement, Yueqing pulled her into the Luxury District on the sixth floor.


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