Chapter 224 - Trying Female Voices (2/2)
“I’ve been frozen on this earth for decades just so I can look back and see you.”
“What I want is simple. Time exists, so you exist.”
“When you’re here, you’re my everything; when you’re not here, everything is you.”
“Everywhere you go, the city rains, just like how I think of you everywhere I go.”
These mushy lines were considered not bad. There were some provocative ones that couldn’t even be described.
“Ding!”
After Meng Fan finished about five characters, the alert finally went off in his mind for completing task phase 2 of [Studio Bug].
Before this, Meng Fan had already completed 47 roles, while phase 2 required 50. Basically, out of these last 5 roles, the System had accepted 3. Meng Fan didn’t know if it was because the other two would be censored and was deemed unusable.
After completing [Studio Bug] task phase 2, he received +50 points and +1 voice acting skills.
The 4 remaining roles were completed quickly. This round went better; he gained 3 experience out of the 4.
“Done?”
“Done!”
Lou Lan looked at the time. He was no longer shocked by Meng Fan’s god-like efficiency. He gave him a thumbs up and said, “Incredible! That’s what Director Charlie said upon hearing all the applications you gave him including auditions for male leads, and he almost missed the goldmine you turned out to be. I’m still curious what you sound like when you play a male lead though, but now I can say I’ve seen it all. It feels like you can just about dub all the popular male lead styles on the market right now!”
It was true. The roles that Meng Fan just dubbed were all different types of males created by game makers for girls. There were all kinds of tropes, like the mature type, elegant, sunny, warm, overpowering… And the skills Meng Fan just showcased provided full coverage for all of these personalities!
And Lou Lan knew that once he submitted this task, it wouldn’t be any worse than the voices of the protagonists beforehand. At least in terms of emotional expression, Meng Fan was surely the winner.
Meng Fan walked out of the studio while smiling. “Next time you have these kinds of jobs, please call me.”
“Okay. Oh right, this listing is from the company, so you’d get paid through them as well.”
Meng Fan nodded but then asked curiously, “Didn’t you say there’s a female voice that needed to be recorded? Did you find someone?”
Lou Lan smiled bitterly. “I’ve contacted two, but they canceled in the last minute.” Suddenly, he stared at Meng Fan. “Uhm, Iron god, would you by any chance want to try voicing a female character?”
In voice acting, it was way too common for females to dub male characters. Like animations and video games, where many male characters are voiced by females. But for a male to dub a female character… There were a few but very little.
Mostly, people just did it for fun. As for commercial voice-overs, there were very few, at least in Huaxia. There were a few well-known guys who did it in Japan, though.
However, they were done by people who had a naturally mid-tone and metrosexual voice that was more feminine. But for Meng Fan’s masculine voice to dub a female character, even if she was the rough and burly kind, Lou Lan had never heard of such a job.
“Either way you can’t find someone, so I’ll help you test it.”
Meng Fan was ready to give up everything for some experience.
After the singing skill attribute brought him an enhanced sound range, better sound quality, tone, and control, Meng Fan did not cease to practice in private.
Humans were naturally curious, and when Meng Fan had already dominated the male vocal range, of course, he would think of trying out some female roles.
Especially after receiving all these voice acting attributes. Strictly speaking, Meng Fan went in harboring a curious mindset for the spirit of exploration and had indeed tried out some female roles in private. Like some lolitas, domineering seductress, queens… He had tried them all.
As for the result… Well, at least it was better than a voice changer.
He counted it as dedicating his ‘voice’ to the arts.