Chapter 238 - That’s A Wrap! (1/2)

Chapter 238: That’s A Wrap!

Meng Fan’s voice acting was efficient as usual. He was able to seamlessly transition between several roles, so his skill at one role was unparalleled. The first ten lines after the beginning sounded slightly withdrawn, for he wasn’t able to let loose, but near the end, he was able to completely let go, even unable to contain his emotion after the recording ended.

In the beginning, it wasn’t so bad to be “Frigid seemed the strings uttering notes sounding like springs cold and jolted, Cold and jolted, it came to a halt.”*, but near the end, it indeed sounded as if “All of a sudden, it was like an exploding water bottle bursting forth splashes and sprays, or like the clanking of crossing swords when the cavalry makes a raid.”* Lou Lan, Charlie, and the others were like “apes on both sides of the strait, holding back tears”, while Meng Fan seemed like he’d “effortlessly passed the heavenly mountain”.

*These first two references are lines from a Chinese poem, “Ode to Pipa”, used to describe the effortlessness and talent Meng Fan had just completed the voice dub with.

His efficiency was extraordinary, and the results were too!

Meng Fan’s expectations of himself were also higher than before when he’d dubbed the smaller roles. From the beginning, he felt as if he wasn’t able to completely engage, and requested to restart many times. Even though Lou Lan and Charlie, and even the vocal assistant felt he had performed very well, Meng Fan still insisted. He continued to record until he himself was satisfied.

Once he was satisfied, Meng Fan entered the state completely, his tone and voice all very stable.

Everyone present knew Meng Fan had a broad range of vocals, so they’d been worried about Meng Fan’s state would be very inconsistent, as other tones might instinctively emerge and disappear after he was fatigued.

But the reality was different. Not only did Meng Fan refrain from changing his tones, but he was also even able to maintain a state of consistency for a long duration.

Lou Lan understood Meng Fan the most out of all the people at Chocolate Factory and had shared a studio with Meng Fan for over 30 hours. He was very clear about how terrifying Meng Fan’s deadly efficiency was. Once a voice actor’s efficiency increases, the pressure, and workload on the other staff members would also increase. Hence, he was prepared to give the rest of his time to Meng Fan and heeded his request to get plenty of rest beforehand.

But he only predicted Meng Fan’s efficiency, not his physical strength and wild determination.

The morning went relatively well, as they had recorded for three hours before lunch, and even managed to take a nap. But by afternoon, they couldn’t take it anymore. After the pressing work from the 3 hours in the morning, he began to dissociate three hours into the afternoon. Nonetheless, Meng Fan continued to record until 5:00 pm.

Espresso couldn’t save Lou Lan, and neither could Red Bull.

After pushing himself to stay awake until 5:00 pm, Lou Lan didn’t even have the energy to eat. He smashed his head down and began to sleep.

Following Meng Fan for 7 or 8 hours was more exhausting than pulling two all-nighters in a row.

“Are we going to continue tonight?”

Director Charlie and the vocal assistant were okay and were actually more at ease than usual due to Meng Fan’s thorough analysis of the character and his high efficiency. But even if they were physically relaxed, they were mentally exhausted.

Of course, with Meng Fan’s skills, they could not be present and he would be okay, but the role was too important for them to not be there.

They were slightly terrified as they watched Meng Fan wolf down a bowl of food and continue to record.

To be honest, there were several people who were willing to finish a commission in one breath, taking ten or twenty hours, but Charlie and the vocal assistant had never seen anyone with such high efficiency, let alone someone last so long with such a heavy workload.

Iron god?

Was he really made out of iron?!

“There’s not much left.”

High intensity and high efficiency naturally resulted in fast progress. Meng Fan looked at the remaining script and felt he could finish it in three more hours.

But seeing Lou Lan’s ghastly face, he felt bad forcing them, so he said to director Charlie and the vocal assistant, “Uhm you guys take a break, I’ll go over the roles again until Lou Lan wakes up.”

As soon as they heard this, director Charlie and the vocal assistant immediately turned to leave. Seeing them go, Meng Fan didn’t exit the booth. He leaned on a wall and fell asleep.

After napping for an hour, he realized his experience for [Studio Bug] had increased by an hour. He relaxed and continued to sleep.

He wasn’t lacking in roles now, just time spent inside the studio.

You can gain experience from sitting in the studio though. This was almost too easy!