Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

After these initial releases, Zhuyouxing will have many more cinematic narrative games that utilize voice acting and motion capture performances.

"Hello, sir and madam, my name is Debbie, and I used to be a radio host."

In the hall, Debbie sat upright, her voice very pleasant.

Debbie herself wasn't a particularly beautiful girl, but her voice could make many men feel very comfortable.

That's why she became a radio host.

However, in this era, radio has become a sunset industry.

Television, the internet, and mobile internet—new forms of entertainment that are more intuitive and readily accepted by people—have replaced the traditional radio industry.

Debbie inevitably faced the predicament of unemployment.

Chapter 618 Is Professional Voice Acting Necessary?

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There are many people like Debbie, but not everyone has the courage to try their luck at a game company.

Currently, game companies don't have true voice actors; the profession is mostly a part-time job. Only Youxing Electronic Entertainment has proposed the profession of professional voice actor.

Zhu Youxing glanced at the resume briefly and, listening to Debbie's voice, thought it was quite good.

After a simple test, Debbie gained the appreciation of several people.

Debbie then bowed excitedly to everyone in thanks.

The shadow of unemployment has made her somewhat depressed lately.

She really enjoys making a living with her voice, and she would feel very regretful if she gave it up.

And now that I have a place to use my skills, it's really great.

The next day, Debbie joined the development team at Metrorod.

The team's time is extremely valuable now, and every moment at work is spent in a high-frequency development state.

Debbie entered the office where Metrorod was being developed with a mix of trepidation and excitement.

This is the Midrod Development Branch in the United States.

In order to advance the globalization strategy, the development of other languages ​​also needs to be carried out simultaneously, and the United States is an important market. Therefore, an office has been temporarily set up here specifically for the use of Midrod's team.

Even though this is just a branch, the staff here are all very busy.

When Debbie walked into the office, she was momentarily at a loss as to what to do or who to talk to.

"Dunn, my translation materials are done. How's Samus's lines coming along?"

"It's still being translated, please wait a little longer, don't worry."

In this office, which was about fifty square meters in size, three or five people were busy working. Debbie just stood there watching for more than half an hour, and it seemed that no one noticed her presence.

Debbie wanted to do something, but for a moment she didn't know where to start.

Finally, the man named Dunn let out a long sigh of relief at his desk and said, "It's finally done. The dialogue translation is finished. All that's left is for the voice actors to come and dub our characters."

"Voice acting? Oh right, I think the higher-ups said that this time, Metroid will have a professional voice actor, unlike many previous games. By the way, when will that professional voice actor arrive?"

Someone casually replied, "I don't know, but I'm curious why they insist on professional voice acting. Our previous games were quite popular even with our own voice acting, so why is this one so special?"

The man named Dunn stood up, took a script, and walked over to his colleague, saying, "Who says it isn't true? It's really hard to understand. Isn't a game just about being fun enough? Why do we have to find professional voice actors? It's troublesome, and we have to wait for them to come before we can finish our work."

These people had some complaints.

Previously, their work involved receiving information and scripts for a game and then translating them.

It's only in the last two years that some games have started to require voice acting.

At that time, the voice acting requirements were mostly just to be listenable. If you could add a little emotion to your voice acting, that would be even better. The requirements in this regard were not high.

So it was only natural that they would personally handle the dubbing for each recording.

However, this time, the headquarters suddenly proposed to refine the dubbing process in a more professional way, which is something they don't understand.

After all, there was no precedent for this.

However, since it was an order from above, they had no choice but to comply.

Especially since this order was personally issued by the biggest boss, Zhu Youxing, they could only express their doubts.

"Well, I might be the voice actor you're looking for."

Debbie's voice rang out amidst their discussion, and everyone immediately turned to look.

"What the hell? When did you get here?"

These people all looked somewhat surprised, and Dunn was slightly embarrassed.

He was just talking about voice actors, which is really impolite to say something negative about someone's profession in front of them.

But Debbie didn't seem to care much; she seemed to have gotten used to it.

In the past, she was a person with a very low profile.

It is often only when she makes a sound that she attracts attention, because her voice is indeed very distinctive.

The office manager immediately stood up from his seat and warmly approached Debbie, saying, "Are you the lady here for voice acting? You're very welcome. Please don't mind the discussion these people were having; they weren't targeting you."

Debbie nodded: "It's okay, I'm used to it."

The person in charge immediately turned to his group and said, "Alright, get ready. Dunn, where are your lines?"

Dunn immediately stepped forward and handed the translated lines of Metrorod to his superior.

At this time, Debbie also handed over her basic information to her boss.

He held the script in one hand and Debbie's file in the other, then glanced at the name on the file.

"Ms. Debbie, right? Here, these are our lines for this game. Have you ever done movie dubbing before?"

Debbie nodded slightly: "I once had the opportunity to participate in the dubbing of supporting roles in a few small-budget TV dramas on the radio."

"That's good. Then this script is yours. Try it out and see how the dubbing goes."

Debbie immediately took the script with both hands and began to study it seriously.

At this moment, everyone else also turned to look at them with curiosity.

They were all very curious about how much of a role a professional voice actor could play.

In their traditional view, a game only needs to be fun enough. The plot is important, of course, but not so important that it needs voice acting.

Debbie carefully read through the first scene of Samus's voice acting role and had a general idea of ​​what to expect.

She looked up at the group again and asked, "Um, I wanted to ask if there's an actual performance scene for this line? If the dubbing can be combined with the already produced video, I can do a better job of dubbing it."

"Well... we haven't received it yet. The game is still in its early stages, so there aren't any related videos yet. Also, voice acting isn't something we're in a particularly urgent need right now. We just want to see how your performance goes."

They always felt that it was pointless to hire professional voice actors, since it wasn't a big-budget film and it seemed unnecessary.

After thinking for a moment, Debbie nodded and said, "Okay, do you have a recording studio here? I can test it out now."

Chapter 619 Adjustment Strategy

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The group quickly led Debbie to a recording studio.

This is also where they usually record environmental sounds such as collisions, explosions, and friction.

The facility also has quite professional equipment.

Debbie was somewhat surprised when she saw these devices.

Having worked in voice acting, she knew best the value of the equipment in the recording studio.

She suddenly felt a little nervous that such luxurious equipment had been prepared for the game's voice acting.

If I mess things up, is it possible that I will lose my job?

However, she doesn't have much time to think about these things right now; she has to prove herself first.

As Zhu Youxing mentioned in the initial interview, her ability to join Youxing Electronic Entertainment also depends on the approval of her colleagues.

This was also an attempt by Zhu Youxing, who wanted to bring professional game voice acting to this world.

When a game begins to approach its limits in many aspects, then the audio-visual experience becomes particularly important.

To this day, Yusei Electronic Entertainment has produced countless well-known musical works.

The current approach is simply to further expand upon the audio-visual effects.

Debbie sat upright in the center of the recording studio, then took a deep breath, silently memorizing every detail of the previous lines.

Although it was just a script, it contained detailed records of emotional changes at many key moments.

Actually, this script is more than enough, but Debbie still hopes it can be even more perfect.

At that moment, several people with curious eyes were standing in front of the window outside.

They all wanted to see the effect of professional voice-over in person.

Then, Debbie slowly spoke, her voice carrying a touch of vicissitude and heroic spirit.

In that instant, everyone seemed to have suddenly entered the story of Metroid, and Samus seemed to be right beside them.

They stared wide-eyed, their astonishment barely concealed.

Besides being the team in charge of the US branch of the Metrorod project, they are also a group of players who really like Metrorod.

It was precisely because they loved Yusei Electronics' games, especially the Metroid series, that they had the courage to apply for jobs at Yusei Electronics.

For game enthusiasts, being associated with Youxing is a plus, not to mention that these people are generally well-educated and capable, so they naturally become employees of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

When they first heard Debbie's voice acting, they instinctively felt that it was Samus's voice, and nothing could sound more like Samus's voice!

Wow, the effect after dubbing is so powerful!

Previously, they simply treated games as a form of entertainment, never imagining that having excellent voice acting would enhance a game so much.

They initially felt that hiring a professional voice actor was a waste of time and money.