Chapter 320

Chapter 320 Interview with Director Yang

In the empty tent, as the audience dispersed, soon only the circus staff were left.

They say they are staff, but in fact they are more like a family of relatives.

A middle-aged man with only one arm, a slightly stout middle-aged woman, two young men who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, plus the dwarf couple who had just hosted the show and the little girl who was selling tickets at the door. .

Just when they were packing up the items in the tent and putting the animals back into the cages, they finally discovered Yang Lin, who was standing in the audience and had not left.

Out of curiosity, the little girl who was cleaning with a big broom walked straight towards him, and then said innocently:

"Uncle, the show is over, we have to take down the tent."

Upon hearing her words, Yang Lin's face immediately showed a trace of doubt.

"Are you only performing here for one day?"

"Yeah, tomorrow we are going to the next city to perform."

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, aren't you going home?"

"I won't go back this year. I won't go back until school starts after the Chinese New Year."

Just when Yang Lin was about to ask a few more questions, the dwarf couple seemed to have noticed something, and quickly gathered around with several other people.

After arriving in front of Yang Lin, he first looked at him, and then looked at the mobile phone he raised. A hint of vigilance suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Sir, all our licenses are complete, and we have already contacted the city management to perform here. There should be nothing illegal."

When the dwarf man said this, Yang Lin didn't know that he had misunderstood, so he quickly explained:

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I am a travel blogger. I just happened to go to Ziyang today and saw a performance here, so I wanted to share it with my fans."

"After all, traditional circus performances like yours are not common anymore."

As if worried that the dwarf man wouldn't believe it, Yang Lin quickly showed him the live broadcast on the phone screen.

After seeing that there were nearly a million viewers in Yang Lin's live broadcast room, the dwarf man was stunned for a moment, and then said with envy:

"I didn't expect that you are still a big anchor. I'm afraid you will earn tens of thousands of dollars a day."

"I heard that live broadcasting can now make money. Just one day is equivalent to a year's salary for ordinary people. It's a pity that we don't do this."

As he spoke, the dwarf man smiled innocently.

Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, Yang Lin immediately spoke again:

"By the way, can I interview you? I'm actually quite curious about your industry."

"sure."

"We are now on TV." While smiling, the dwarf man quickly asked a few other people to come over.

Even the little girl from before was looking at Yang Lin's cellphone camera with a curious look on her face.

Especially when they knew that millions of people were watching them, their little faces couldn't be more excited.

After everyone in the live broadcast room on the other side saw the appearance of everyone in the circus, the hostility in their hearts was basically dissipated.

After all, they are just a group of ordinary people struggling to survive, and they are not as hateful as everyone imagines.

"How long have you been doing this?"

"It must have been a few years ago. My dad and my uncle took us running together at first. Then they left, and only my brother and I were left running."

As he spoke, the dwarf man couldn't help but reveal a trace of nostalgia on his face.

Only then did Yang Lin know that the people in the circus were all members of the same family.

The middle-aged man with a broken arm is the dwarf man's cousin, and the fat middle-aged woman is his cousin-in-law.

The two and a half young men were his cousin's sons, and the little girl selling tickets was his daughter, but she was not his biological daughter, but an abandoned baby.

Both families come from a small county called Guangshan in southern Henan. Their ancestors have made a living by juggling and circus for three generations.

In the early years, their grandparents started a circus by relying on the savings they made by performing monkey tricks and selling plasters on the street.

Hearing this, the audience in the live broadcast room suddenly sighed again.

"No wonder. It was really difficult in southern Henan in the early years. The population was so large and the land was so small. It was impossible to survive unless we moved out."

"As a person from northern Hubei, I feel the same way. The small businessmen and hawkers who came to the village when I was a child were basically from southern Henan."

"It's not just in northern Hubei, it's all over the country. It's because of the large population base that the reputation of southern Henan has been damaged for decades."

“It is at least several times more difficult for people in southern Henan to pass the college entrance examination and change their fate than in coastal cities.”

"Let's just say that the little girl looks quite normal. She turns out to be an abandoned baby."

"Hey, I've been through so much hardship, but I can still have this love."

"Thankfully, Director Yang is interviewing them. If it were a certain host, they would have asked why they didn't start a small business or farm."

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Just when everyone in the live broadcast room was filled with emotion, Yang Lin also asked:

"Excuse me, where do the animals in your circus come from?"

Hearing this question, the dwarf man obviously hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Actually, there is nothing to hide. Some of them were inherited from my father. My father bought them from some animal dealers."

"In the early years, the state did not control them so strictly."

"Some of them were bought from some colleagues. They said that those animals were smuggled in from abroad. I don't know which country they were from."

Yang Lin nodded immediately to the dwarf man's answer.

Obviously, this is consistent with the source of circus animals he knows. Not only circuses, but also many domestic zoos get their animals this way.

In general, although the source is not legitimate, it does not violate the law.

Of course, with the increasingly standardized legislation on animal protection in recent years, this part of the loophole has been filled. If you do this again, you will probably go to jail.

"By the way, I just heard from your daughter that you will continue to go south to other cities, and then return after the Chinese New Year. That round trip will probably be thousands of kilometers."

"Yes, it just so happens that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are more people in various places, and naturally more people will watch the circus."

"We want to take advantage of the month of the Chinese New Year to earn a little more money to earn the tuition and living expenses of the three children, so that we don't have to worry about it next year."

As he spoke, the dwarf's face was filled with excitement.

"When the spring of next year comes, we can be with Ni'er. It's not a big deal for a child to stay alone in her hometown. Her teacher said that she is born to study."

"When my two nephews are sent to learn excavation, we will pool money to buy one for them after they learn it, so that they don't have to be like us brothers in the future."

At this moment, his words were full of hope for future life.

What Yang Lin didn't expect was what he said next.

"Of course, in addition to making money, we also want to take the children to Ningnan."

"I've always seen on the Internet that Xihong Zoo in Ningnan is very fun. Several children in Ni'er's class have been there during the holidays before."

"This time I just took this opportunity to take them there. I heard that the ticket is only 50 yuan per person."

"We calculated the time and we can arrive in Ningnan almost one day before the New Year. This year, we will treat it as a trip during the New Year."

As he spoke, a little girl showed a happy smile on her face.

PS: These two chapters were actually thought of after watching a video on the small broken station. The situation in the video is basically like this, but I processed it a little bit.

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