Chapter 26,Part 3: — Finding Money
Outside the livestream channel.
In the big conference room used by the program group, Old Master Lin was staring at the livestream screen intently. Seeing this netizen’s words, Mr. Lin turned his head to look at the assistant behind him.
“That’s right, why don’t you just let them put a hundred-yuan bill? What use can these few yuans do?”
Can it improve the life of their family’s baby Momo?
Old Master Lin glared at this incompetent assistant with dissatisfaction.
Originally, the old man was just watching the livestream at home and having fun, and he had no intention of interfering with the recording of this show—but he didn’t expect to see Momo suffering the moment he turned on the livestream!
Seeing his great-grandchild suffering, Old Master Lin couldn’t sit still. Before the people under him could talk him out of it, he had already come here directly.
Assistant Xiao Zhou, standing in his usual position a little behind and to the side, was a bit ashamed upon hearing Old Master Lin’s doubts and explained in a low voice, “The main reason we didn’t is that putting a hundred yuan is too... too obvious, and it would easily make people suspicious.”
A big red bill lying on the ground would seem too deliberate, obviously enticing people to pick it up.
After a pause, Assistant Xiao Zhou added, “And it may be confiscated by the program group because of the large amount.”
As Assistant Xiao Zhou said this, he glanced at the few people in the program group next to him.
“Confiscated? Who said it should be confiscated?” The old man huffed and looked at the chief director next to him.
The chief director quickly put on a smile, waved his hand, and said, “No, no, it won’t be confiscated. The money picked up is not part of the program’s ‘illegal’ income, and we definitely won’t confiscate it.”
After all, the other teams also received a lot of fan support.
The chief director surreptitiously wiped off his sweat and continued to maintain a polite demeanor.
He didn’t know the identity of the old man in front of him, but today this man was accompanied by their company’s Director himself.
Before leaving, the Director made it especially known that this person’s identity was not simple, so he was asked to follow the other party’s wishes in everything.
It’s true, after all, that everything bends in the face of capital.
Originally, Star Rock Entertainment intended to sacrifice Lin Cheng’s team to promote Duan Bei. But now, he had to give face to the old man who wanted to give Lin Momo’s team ‘investment resources’—so what could he do?
“Then should I let the people over there change the coins to one hundred yuan?” Assistant Xiao Zhou asked.
“Did I tell you to put one hundred?” The old man glared at Assistant Zhou, waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry, let’s just wait and see.”
Thinking about it, a one-hundred yuan bill was really too conspicuous. Old Master Lin didn’t care what the audience thought; he was mainly afraid of scaring off Lin Momo.
Assistant Xiao Zhou, who knew the old man’s temper well, didn’t mind the old man’s ‘change of heart’.
After a pause, Assistant Xiao Zhou said again, “Don’t worry, we were worried that someone else would pick up the coins if we placed it outside where people could walk by, so we put a bunch of small change towards the back of the alley.” At least sixty or seventy yuan.
Hearing this, Old Master Lin nodded in satisfaction and continued to stare at Lin Momo on the screen with concern.
... ... translated by Maela @ Foxaholic
However, what no one expected was that Lin Momo suddenly stopped in the middle of walking.
Lin Momo looked at the unfamiliar alley ahead and hesitated. She had heard the elders in their yard say before that some bad people would use small toys and candies to lure children into their clutches, and then they’d sell them after capturing them.
What if the money was not accidentally dropped by someone but was put there on purpose?
Squeezing the seven or eight coins in her hand tightly, Lin Momo suddenly turned around and ran back outside the alley.
Lin Momo ran all the way to the entrance of the alley in one breath.
At this time, the lights were still on in the police box nearby.
Lin Momo knocked on the door, and the police uncle inside opened the door for Lin Momo.
“Little friend, what’s the matter?”
“Uncle, I found some money.” Lin Momo handed the few coins in her hand to the policeman, pointed to the direction she came from, and said, “It was in that alley. I don’t know who lost it, can I give it to you first...”
Lin Momo told the police what she knew, then turned around and ran back to the small building where she and her dad lived and continued to wait for Lin Cheng to come back .
However, this time, Lin Momo didn’t dare to stay by the gate any longer. She picked up the small stool and obediently went back to their room to wait for Lin Cheng to return.
... ...
On the other end, Assistant Xiao Zhou watched—full of regrets—while his carefully crafted ‘airdrop’ operation was foiled by Lin Momo’s actions.
Old Master Lin’s mood was even more complicated: on the one hand, he was a little proud of his great-grandchild’s presence of mind, and on the other hand, he was worried that Lin Momo would continue to suffer...
... ...
Since one plan failed, Old Master Lin was not in a hurry to make another one.
They left the program group’s office building. On the way back, Old Master Lin sat in the car, still thinking about how to make Lin Momo’s life richer without anyone being the wiser.
The old man stroked his beard and muttered, “Our little Momo is so smart, how do we make her not suspicious...”
Assistant Xiao Zhou’s mouth twitched, and he really wanted to remind the old man: the whole matter has not been fully investigated yet, even the DNA samples for identification have not been obtained, Lin Momo may not belong to your family ah!
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