New Century Anime Warrior

Although they decided to accept Global's request for a meeting, the two sides did not immediately set a time for the meeting.

Because Universal Pictures wanted to see some of the results of "Voices of a Distant Star," Si Hua glanced at the animation assets that had already been completed and realized that producing a 30-second teaser concept video would be no problem.

The story begins with a monologue by the female protagonist, Lin Jiamei, and ends when she realizes that she is no longer on Earth.

The background music is the piano intro of "Through the Years and Far Away".

This segment is exactly the first thirty seconds of the PV I planned, which explains the mood of the work, the quality of the hand-drawn original artwork, and finally shows the mecha slowly floating in outer space on an alien planet.

Everything was ready-made, except for the female lead's voice acting.

Thinking of this, Si Hua looked at Lin Lin, who was once again snatching his food.

"Linda~"

Si Hua didn't know where he got the habit, but whenever he wanted to ask Lin Lin for help, he would subconsciously call her in a very mushy tone.

"Speak, what do you want me to do for you right now?"

Lin Lin, who was already very familiar with Si Hua's tactics, didn't mind at all. On the contrary, she was happy that he was willing to ask her for help, so she directly asked him what his intentions were.

Si Hua chuckled twice, not being coy at all: "Didn't Aunt Lei say that the leaders from Universal wanted to meet me? And that they wanted to see some of the results of 'Voices of a Star'..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Lin's eyes lit up.

"Is 'Voices of a Distant Star' all finished?"

"..." Si Hua thought to himself that this girl was overestimating him.

"No, but I'm planning to cut a teaser concept video, about thirty seconds long, which will be the scene in the PV script that goes with the theme song's intro."

Lin Lin was very familiar with the script of "Voice of a Star" and immediately realized what Si Hua wanted to commission.

"Want me to do your voice acting for the female lead?"

"That's right!" Si Hua snapped his fingers. "That's why smart girls are so likable... I like them too."

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Lin Lin was still quite happy to hear these somewhat pointed words and couldn't help but hum a couple of times.

"Alright, then I'll reluctantly help you with this favor."

Suddenly remembering something, Lin Lin put down her chopsticks, took out her pink phone, scrolled through her contacts, and made a call.

"Feeding?" The call was answered quickly. "Is Professor Gao busy?"

"Hehe, I ate too... By the way, I'm going to the recording studio tomorrow to record some voice-over for an animation. Could you please clear out studio number two for me?"

"No, no, it's too much trouble for you."

"It's just a short clip, about thirty seconds long, with only a few lines of dialogue."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Gao. See you tomorrow!"

Si Hua, who had been listening in the entire time, couldn't help but give a thumbs up when the call ended.

Where can you find such an understanding, rich, and beautiful woman?

No wonder her male classmates from junior high all suddenly burst onto the scene during the high school entrance exam...

Oh, this world doesn't have Gundam Seed yet, let's keep unleashing our cosmos.

Seemingly sensing Si Hua's respect, Lin Lin couldn't help but pout her proud little nose, enjoying the admiration from her good friend with a clear conscience.

"So you're lucky to know me." Lin Lin picked up her chopsticks with a satisfied expression and continued to pick up food from Si Hua's plate.

She didn't know why, but she felt that the food on Si Hua's plate tasted better.

"That's right, meeting you used up all my luck." Si Hua borrowed a line from a song.

The doctor's song "Next Year Today" is very popular in Guangnan Province, where Cantonese songs always have a special appeal.

Lin Lin seemed to understand the hidden meaning behind someone's use of this lyric, and with a whoosh, she transformed into Steam Girl again.

Hurry up and start eating.

Si Hua simply watched as the girl in front of him pretended to be an ostrich, and observed the slight upturn of her lips.

Ignoring the clenched teeth of the boys around him and the girls'... um? Why are the girls clenching their teeth too?

It doesn't matter anymore.

In short, youth can be very sweet.

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On Sunday, it was that familiar Sprinter again.

"The No. 2 studio of the Forest Deer is a professional film and television recording studio. Because Teacher Gao studied dubbing directing when he was in school, and the equipment is advanced and complete enough, many big-budget dubbing projects often rent this studio."

"Advanced and complete?" Si Hua asked curiously.

In my previous life, I participated in a social anime club and organized large-scale anime conventions in Beijing with my friends for many years. We often invited star voice actors in the industry to be guests at the conventions.

Therefore, Si Hua knows many voice acting experts, including the Queen and her husband, as well as some key members of their Beidou Club.

The Beidou Society owns its own recording studio, and Si Hua was invited to visit it when it opened.

Unfortunately, Si Hua was in seclusion writing his doctoral dissertation at the time, so he never had the chance to visit.

I've never seen what a professional dubbing studio looks like, let alone know how it differs from a regular recording studio.

"I don't really understand either, but many studios that have their own dubbing studios will choose to come to Studio 2 for recording when they get big projects, and they usually rent it for a week at a time."

While repeatedly looking at the script to prepare herself emotionally, Lin Lin was also able to chat with Si Hua for a few minutes.

Is this method of cultivating emotions really effective?

Before they could think too much, the two quickly arrived at the Deer in the Woods Studio.

Pan Lei didn't come this time, partly because she said it was just a matter of dubbing a few lines, and there was no need to make a big fuss.

On the other hand, after all, engaging in in-depth cooperation with a multinational giant like Global has suddenly brought a lot more business to handle, making it difficult to leave.

Upon entering the reception room, the two were somewhat surprised to find that Teacher Gao was also there.

"Teacher Gao, what brings you here?" Lin Lin rushed to Teacher Gao's side. "It's the weekend, aren't you supposed to be resting at home?"

"Haha, when you get old, you can't stay idle!" Teacher Gao's laughter was unexpectedly hearty.

Lin Lin was always good at dealing with elders, and she sweetly complimented Teacher Gao, "You don't look old at all, you look like a young man, hehe."

"Alright, stop flattering me." However, the corners of Teacher Gao's mouth, which he couldn't suppress, betrayed his obvious enjoyment.

"No way, I'm telling the truth!"

"Then I believe you." After a few amused remarks, Teacher Gao looked at Si Hua, "Little student, did you bring the short film?"

"I brought it. Thank you again, Teacher Gao, for your help today."

As he spoke, he took out a USB flash drive from his pocket.

"It's 33 seconds long in total, with a 1-second black screen added at the beginning and end. The audio tracks and background music tracks are aligned, and the digital version of the dubbing script is also included."

Teacher Gao didn't say anything, and directly imported all the data into the computer control panel.

He came here specifically because he was worried that the two kids were underestimating the difficulty of voice acting and that they thought voice acting was just about reading a script while looking at the screen.

But after looking at the dubbing script prepared by Si Hua, it was surprisingly professional.

Although there are only nine breaths, they all include information about the camera, keyframe annotations of lip movements, segmented lines, lip-sync annotations, performance tips, and character information, leaving nothing out.

Then watch the original video...

Well, Teacher Gao realized he had made his judgment too early.

Watching this 30-second video, there were surprisingly few close-ups of the character's mouth.

Even when there was a scene where he was speaking, Si Hua added a note in the camera information saying, "[This sentence is an internal monologue]".

Good grief, you prepared such a professional script, but apart from the performance tips, all the other information is superfluous.

Are you guys really just planning to record something casually?