Chapter 247 - Childlike (1/2)

“Yes, of course.”

Director Xu and professor Di were eager to see the performance. They had watched Meng Fan’s voice dubbing clips and recognized his abilities. The two were even shocked by his skills, but they had never heard him live; they wanted a taste of the real thing.

And these scenes were difficult indeed. They wanted to see how well he would perform.

“Let me set the mood.”

Meng Fan paced around, running through the seven characters from “The Message.” He then approached the microphone and began with Wang Zhiwen’s role.

As soon as he spoke, Director Xu and Professor Di’s eyes lit up. They could immediately hear the role played by Ying Da, their eyes lighting up even more. When Zhang Hanyu’s character came on, they could no longer remain in their seats. When Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing’s voices came on, they almost screamed out loud. Eyes wide open, they were in disbelief.

In the end, special agent Takeda’s voice, played by Huang Jiaozhu could be heard. There was no questioning the difficulties involved in imitating a Japanese accent speaking Chinese, but to be able to speak Japanese at such an advanced level — although they couldn’t tell if his pronunciation was accurate or not — he was utterly amazing.

After “The Message,” Meng Fan organized his roles, and took a five-minute break before beginning the dialogue from “Da Zhai Men.”

Afterwards, Meng Fan sat down and let out a long sigh of relief.

That was way too hard.

He’d known of the difficulties during rehearsal, but after performing with everything he had, Meng Fan felt as if his body had been hollowed out; he was empty of energy, and emotion as well.

Especially after Uncle Three’s monologue of “refusing to be a slave of the nation” while chewing on a cigar and sipping wine. This segment alone took enough heart-wrenching effort, but Meng Fan had to continue with Mr. Li Xuejian’s concluding scream that could induce tears for the next decade: “Hey Uncle Three, a good name will be passed down forever!”

He took several deep breaths before realizing the room had gone quiet. Aside from the sound of his own breathing, the room was silent. He raised his head to see Director Xu, Professor Di, Bai Zhi, Su Qingcen, and all the staff members with tears in their eyes. Either they had been drawn in by the plot as they had sad and dull looks on their faces, or they were touched by Meng Fan’s voice acting skills. Or perhaps… they were frozen in time.

“Director Xu, Professor Di, my two clips were okay, right?

Meng Fan knew the result was obviously very good, and after asking, he didn’t wait for a response. It would seem too superficial. Instead, he said: “Sister Bai still has to rehearse her individual component, so I’m going to grab some food. I’ll come back and rehearse the collaboration with her afterwards.”

What else could the director and his assistant do? They nodded, clearly still embedded in the story.

“Bai Zhi, what kind of monster did you bring!”

Seeing Meng Fan leave with Su Qingcen, Professor Di wiped her eyes, a smile finally forming on her face. “He’s a reincarnation of some old soul, right? He’s so young! His skills are exquisite, full of emotion, and he’s already reached a godlike level of vocal intimacy and technicality. You could hear the strengths, weaknesses, thickness, fragility, authenticity, and falsehood… And there’s nothing else to say about the flexibility of his voice, ah! Simply formidable! His voice is blessed!”

Professor Di was generally a docile person, but this time she spoke with genuine shock.

She then couldn’t help but ask Bai Zhi to show their collaboration scene. The anticipation built up, along with her love for their talent.

After the shock wore off, Professor Di quickly calmed her heartbeat and began to guide Bai Zhi. Based on voice acting abilities, Bai Zhi was the real raid boss of this show!

“Do you want to head to the street food area?”

Meng Fan, who followed Su Qingcen’s arrangements, suddenly paused. He was speechless: “Although I really want to eat street food, but you… Bro, if you go, the entire street is going to be congested, ah! What will you eat, ah!”