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Chapter 39 Pan Virgil Rainbow

An Zhijie is not a kung fu master at all!
His rudimentary kung fu skills were all self-taught in the United States, where he learned them by imitating the moves in Jackie Chan's movies, one by one, in order to fight against bullying.

An Zhijie needs to learn martial arts systematically from scratch, just like Binbin and Yang Xue.

Moreover, he had no acting experience, so Chen Yuan had to enroll him in a crash course in acting.

Another issue is his accent; he speaks with a natural, slightly distorted tone.

Although Hong Kong and Taiwanese artists are now considered superior in the entertainment industry, some people even deliberately imitate the Taiwanese accent in order to curry favor with these outsiders.

Chen Yuan likes the soft, sweet voices of Taiwanese girls, but in his works, they must speak standard Mandarin.

For "Legend of Seven Swords," director Chen Yuan decided to use live sound recording as much as possible and minimize post-production dubbing.

An Zhijie trained in martial arts, learned acting, and corrected his accent. He spent almost fifteen or sixteen hours a day receiving different training, making him the most miserable member of the entire crew.

However, the young man cherishes this valuable opportunity to enter the film and television industry. He also likes martial arts and acting, and has a positive, serious, and hardworking attitude with no complaints.

This is why Chen Yuan, despite finding it troublesome, never replaced him and continued to encourage An Zhijie.

Only actors of this era can accept such a demanding requirement as undergoing two months of training in advance to better portray a character.

Of course, this is also because "Legend of Seven Swords" is currently the most invested TV series in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Although 2001 was considered the early golden age of television dramas, production teams with budgets of tens of millions of yuan were rare, let alone "Legend of Seven Swords," which claimed to have a budget of 1 million yuan.

The script for "Legend of Seven Swords" is solid, and the preparation is in an orderly manner. The actors feel that there is a future in acting in this drama, so their attitude towards this drama is different from that of other projects.

To break the monotony of everyone's training routine, in early May, Chen Yuan took on a side job for the crew—dubbing the Chinese version of "Kung Fu Panda".

Almost none of them had experience dubbing animated films, so everyone found it quite unusual.

Chen Yuan's voice is clear, and he has both Chinese and English audio tracks in his head for real-time reference. He was responsible for the voice of the male lead, Po, while Fan Binbin naturally played the female lead, Tigress.

With his fierce-looking face, Ji Chunhua, who even frightens passersby into calling the police when he walks, has a voice that is both steady and husky.

Chen Yuan discussed it with the voice director and asked him to voice Master Raccoon.

Wu Jin, now 27, has a naturally soft voice, but he can enhance the sense of power through technique and role adaptation. It is an "atypical tough guy voice", which is very suitable for the restrained and violent Canbao.

He really enjoyed voicing the character of Canbao.

There are many voice actors in this film, and everyone can get one or two roles that suit them.

With Chen Yuan's help, they were able to quickly understand the emotional tone required for dubbing. They tried it little by little, and after getting used to it, they found it quite interesting.

While experiencing the novelty and fun of dubbing an animated film, everyone was also amazed by the animated film that Chen Yuan had created all by himself.

Kung Fu is a shining symbol of China, and Hong Kong martial arts films were once popular all over the world, but this is the first time they have seen such excellent action scenes in an animated film.

Even 50-year-old Corey Yuen has joined in the fun, since "Kung Fu Panda," which has been confirmed to be distributed overseas by Columbia Pictures, is currently a hot topic in the industry.

Previously, most people were not optimistic, thinking that Chen Yuan spending tens of millions on this thing was nothing short of crazy.

Everyone's talking about what kind of work Chen Yuan created that captivated Columbia University.

And whether a kung fu animated film can ride on the coattails of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and make a splash overseas.

When Yuan Kui saw Can Bao use a feather to unlock the tortoise shell locks sealing his entire body's academic degrees, kick away the crossbow bolts shot at him, and pin them to the wall, he witnessed the entire thrilling process of breaking out of the prison.

Only then did he realize that he had underestimated Chen Yuan's talent in action design.

As you continue watching, you'll find that the action choreography in the film has many elements reminiscent of Hong Kong movies.

The creative and fun scenes of the master and apprentice practicing on the mountain and scrambling for steamed buns are clearly a tribute to "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow".

Ah Bao's clumsy and funny physical movements sometimes resemble those of Jackie Chan in "Drunken Master".

In the final battle, Po and the leopard fall down the steps, a scene reminiscent of Stephen Chow's "King of Destruction".

In my usual conversations with Chen Yuan, I could tell that he really liked old Hong Kong martial arts films.

It's incredible that someone can draw such fluid, exciting, and impactful action scenes on paper just by imagining them.

Replacing the virtual camera in his mind with a real lens and designing and filming real-life fight scenes, while not being able to fully unleash his boundless imagination, would still produce impressive action sequences, which is to be expected.

Chen Yuan, he's a fucking monster!

This was the first time Fan Binbin had seen the complete special effects of "Kung Fu Panda," and he was more shocked and excited than anyone else.

During the days when Metaverse and Columbia Pictures terminated negotiations, Chen Yuan ate and drank well and enthusiastically cast actors for "Legend of Seven Swords." Fan Binbin, on the other hand, couldn't even train and was constantly worried and in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

She didn't know just how strong Chen Yuan's inner strength truly was.

On the night he signed the revenue-sharing contract with the vice president of Columbia, who had flown in from the US headquarters, his behavior was no different from usual.

He was so excited that his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

This world is realistic, and the entertainment industry is even more realistic.

When the news broke that "Kung Fu Panda" would be distributed overseas by Columbia Pictures, Fan Binbin's world underwent a significant change.

An actress who once laughed at her for being just a pretty face called to congratulate her, and her former best friends from filming days who were luckier than her also offered to get together.

As an actress, Chen Hong is undoubtedly very dedicated.

However, Fan Binbin always felt that she had a kind of subtle arrogance when she was with her.

That's understandable, after all, the man is one of the best directors of the fifth generation, Chen Kaige, who has won the Palme d'Or.

But now Chen Hongzhen is very approachable. During training, she will take the initiative to help correct my posture and even teach me how to twirl my sleeves.

It was as if her previous aloofness and arrogance were all illusions.

She has experienced the full spectrum of the entertainment industry's ups and downs over the past two years.

Seeing firsthand the excellent quality of the finished "Kung Fu Panda" and the astonishment of others, she increasingly understood Chen Yuan's determination to take the gamble and his unwavering confidence.

An unparalleled sense of accomplishment filled her chest.

Hmm~~
This feeling was even more intoxicating than the disorienting sensation of not being in control of one's own body and mind when receiving extra martial arts training from Chen Yuan at night.

[System: Congratulations, host, for completing the mission and receiving a C-level reward: the complete Vergil action set from Devil May Cry 5]

At that moment, Chen Yuan was discussing with Wu Jin, who had just finished dubbing, where to have a nice meal that evening when he suddenly received a system reward.

Hey, Binbin, did you finish your mission?

Her mission idea was to collaborate on a project with herself.

I didn't expect that doing the Chinese dubbing for "Kung Fu Panda" would count; this was definitely beyond Chen Yuan's expectations.

I thought this task wouldn't be completed until "Legend of Seven Swords" officially started filming.

Binbin's eyes always looked so captivating, and Chen Yuan returned his gaze with a smile.

I quickly checked the rewards; this time, the rewards were quite special.

It's called an action module, but it really is just a bunch of 3D model animations that Chen Yuan can view from any angle.

Combat, taunting, maneuvering, and form switching consist of a total of 60 basic combos.

There are over 1,100 different movements in total.

Chen Yuan was also somewhat surprised. He had quite enjoyed playing this game in his previous life, and he was very familiar with some of the moves, such as the 'Dimensional Slash'.

Because he had participated in the project multiple times, which was divided into two parts, 648.

The saying "One Dimensional Slash, half the history of the second game" is indeed a bit of an exaggeration, but it also illustrates the charm of Virgil's moves.

I went through all the movements carefully, and apart from the Devil Trigger, the movements and special effects of the other weapons, such as the Yamato, Beowulf Gauntlets, and Phantom Sword, are all worth referencing.

For example, Chen Yuan thought of using Virgil's more than thirty sword-drawing and sheathing techniques to show off when he used the Rainbow Sword later.

Other combos Chen Yuan can use are similar to controlling Vergil in a game, allowing him to create various stylish and powerful combos.

Wouldn't it be a shame not to include this in "Seven Swords Legend"?

Perhaps in the future, Pan Hong's full name could be Pan Virgil Rainbow.

　The setup was excessive, with two chapters totaling 5k words.
　　The following plot covers the events leading up to and following the release of the protagonist's first film, "Kung Fu Panda," which can be considered the first major climax of the book.

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