Chapter 256 - One Person, Seven Roles (1/2)

“Wooo, it’s coming!”

If you asked whose performance Professor Di was anticipating the most during the annual show tonight, it would undoubtedly have to be Meng Fan’s.

Not to say that the other actors were weak, but more because Meng Fan’s performance had been full of surprises; he was also very talented.

Based on the voice acting category solely, she couldn’t think of anyone else who could rival this young adult. Regardless if it was based on skill or emotion, he had been spotless. Most importantly, he had a versatile voice as well.

She’d been in the voice acting field for decades and had seen the golden age of production in progress. She’d seen all the kinds of strange and whimsical voice actors in the industry since she began producing, but she’d never seen someone so versatile and as well rounded as Meng Fan; he could even do a female voice!

His female voice didn’t just specialize in one range either; he did all types, too!

And naturally, his voice was persuasive.

To Professor Di, Meng Fan was definitely the shining star of the annual performance. His performance would even take attention away from the heavily promoted celebrity guests who were attending.

To be honest, amid her anticipation, she was also wiping away sweat for the previous champion. She prayed that the TV crew would be merciful during post editing; otherwise, the audience will easily think the last champion was a poser. Even if everyone knew Meng Fan was a guest contender, it’d be hard not to make comparisons.

At this time, a scene had been projected at the main stage. The screen was split in two: one side being a clip of Meng Fan in the dubbing room, and the other showing the clip from “The Message.”

“This was a password intercepted by Huang Jun this afternoon.”

In the movie clip, the character played by Wang Zhiwen appeared with a cigarette in his mouth as he spoke. At the same time, the audience could hear a super textured voice that was incompatible with the character. It was very similar to Wang Zhiwen’s normal voice.

Following this were two more phrases. They weren’t very powerful, but even then, it demonstrated his skill.

They had played this scene because the original segment was too long and had to be clipped. Immediately afterwards, the role played by Alec Su came on, the voice dark but soft. “That’s funny. Aside from Captain Li, none of these people are professional telegraphers. What are you doing here? Getting screen time in a hot movie?”

The camera finally pointed at Alec Su after Meng Fan uttered the sentence. To the audience, this counted as them matching the voice to the person. It also made their eyes light up.

One person playing two roles?

This was something that everyone was eager to see.

During the peak of their anticipation, Wang Zhiwen and Alec Su’s dialogue ended, and the two voices immediately transitioned to a third voice.

Suddenly, Zhang Hanyu’s charming and magnetic voice was heard. “Does our military know about this?”

The audience didn’t have time to react before the camera panned back to Alec Su. The complete opposite of Zhang Hanyu’s voice came on again, gentle but dark. Then, it switched again to another voice that reflected Ying Da’s tone.

Every time he transitioned, he would leave no clue. And the final result wasn’t just a voice that matched the role: the script was exactly what the characters would feel, with his emotional performance also on point.

People didn’t have to guess whose voice it was. As soon as you hear a voice, you’d know which role it belonged to. There was no need to guess; you didn’t even have to separate them into categories to differentiate them. He was basically imitating the original soundtrack to perfection.

The male roles bounced back and forth, facilitating the fast pace exchange of most spy movies. Suddenly, he transitioned to Li Bingbing’s character’s part. Once the icy and clear voice came on, several members of the audience stood up.

They stared at the screen on the left. Meng Fan’s mouth was moving indeed!

Li Bingbing’s lines for this segment were plentiful. Even those with a slow reaction rate could tell that Meng Fan was dubbing her!

Does the Iron Hero fit the female role?

Several people among the audience knew of Meng Fan, but they’d only known him because of the incident with the K-pop idol. Not everyone understood Meng Fan, or had bothered to check for his female voice dubbing clips when they found out he would be a guest on this show.

As for the celebrities on the external stage… Most of them were also dumbfounded.