Six months later, in the recording studio.
It was early spring, but at this moment one could not feel the slightest bit of warmth in the room. Instead, there was an extremely depressing atmosphere. Facing the crowd, the LCD screen hanging on the wall was playing a silent animation. At the same time, the gentle female voice continued.
"Indeed, I love you."
"But it was my fault that you paid no attention to it. It is of no importance. However, you are as stupid as I am. I hope you will be happy in the future. Put the hood aside. I have no need of it."
"My cold is not that bad... the cool night breeze is good for me. I am a flower."
The woman's voice was gentle and peaceful. It was indeed a very pleasant voice. Wen Feihang and Fang Lian looked at each other but could not utter any words of praise. Their gazes subconsciously turned to the young man sitting in the middle, and a helpless expression appeared on their faces at the same time.
Mu Xuxing supported his forehead with his hand, squinted his eyes and said nothing.
When the entire segment was over, when a member of the Voice Actors Guild cast a questioning look at him, Mu Suxing did not move at all, but waved his left hand: "Notify the next one."
The expression of the woman standing in front of the microphone froze, and then her eyebrows raised. She thought her performance was good enough and completely in line with the "gentle and peaceful" characteristics of the script, but she didn't expect to be rejected without a second thought!
The woman frowned and refused to leave, but she asked politely, "Since Director Mu is not satisfied with me, there must be a reason, right?"
Muxuxing glanced at her and said, "You have a very sweet voice."
The woman slowly relaxed her frown, revealing a rather proud expression, but Mu Suxing continued calmly, "She's quite sweet, too."
The woman pursed her lips to smile, and just as a smile appeared on her face, she stopped it belatedly - looking at Wen Feihang and Fang Lian who half covered their faces, not wanting to look any further, what else was there to not understand? This "sweet" obviously did not mean that she looked sweet, but was a hint of intelligence.
She suppressed her embarrassment and said coldly, "I hope Director Mu can be a little respectful. Although I am just a low-level voice actor with no reputation, I cannot be humiliated like this!"
Mu Xuxing picked up the script on the table.
This paragraph corresponds to the plot of the little prince leaving the rose. In the plot, the little prince is leaving, so he comes to say goodbye to the rose. To the little prince's surprise, the rose blesses him gently and peacefully.
In fact, the female voice actor in front of me really perfectly embodies the characteristics of "gentleness and tranquility".
but--
Mu Suxing put down the script. He had already memorized the lines by heart, so he didn't even bother to look at the script. For the first time, his eyes seriously fell on the young woman's face.
"The little prince was leaving, and the rose blessed him tenderly, and asked him to take off the protective cover, saying that she was not afraid of the cold wind at night..." Muxiuxing asked her: "Do you think the rose can really withstand the cold wind at night?"
Without waiting for the woman to answer, Muxiuxing continued: "Then the little prince asked her what she would do if there were insects and beasts. The rose showed the four thorns on its body and said that she was not afraid of insects and beasts... Do you think the thorns on the rose can really protect her from the harm of insects and beasts?"
Wen Feihang seemed to be thinking about something. He recalled the script he had read before and seemed to vaguely understand why Mu Suxing was dissatisfied with the voice actor in front of him.
"Just because the script says 'gentle and quiet' doesn't mean you have to use a tone that sounds gentle but is actually emotionless - the rose is of course afraid of the cold wind, insects and wild animals, but she is too proud. Not only will she not ask the little prince to stay, she will also bless him and ask him to leave quickly. She acts gentle and quiet, but she is not really gentle and quiet... She is just pretending to be strong."
Mu Suxing said calmly: "I think that it is a basic quality for a voice actor to think thoroughly about the role he is about to voice before the audition."
Mu Suxing probably understood what the woman in front of him was thinking.
It was nothing more than seeing that they were making a short animation, and it looked like a few students entertaining themselves privately, so I didn't take it seriously at all. I just wanted to recite the lines casually, take the money and run.
No longer paying attention to the woman in front of him, Mu Suxing waved to the staff on the side and said naturally: "Next."
The woman's face turned red and white. Even if she wanted to make a fuss, she had to admit that she had not studied the script in depth. She only casually glanced at the lines in this short animation. Mu Suxing's analysis was obviously the correct way of interpretation.
But she had already said what she wanted to say, and now she couldn't get the words out of her throat. Seeing that Mu Suxing was completely ignoring her, she was furious and said angrily: "You sound very serious. If you have the ability, go ahead!"
There was silence in the audition room.
The staff member stopped and wanted to go out and call the next voice actor to come in, but the small accident that happened in the audition room had obviously reached the point where it had to be dealt with. The existence of the Voice Actors Union is not only to protect the interests of the voice actors, but also to make the dubbing industry more orderly.
He frowned and finally said, "Ms. Lin, since Director Mu has made a decision, please leave the audition room as soon as possible."
The woman called Miss Lin refused to leave. She just stared coldly at the young man behind the desk.
Muxiuxing raised his head.
As an animation director, if they are not satisfied with certain aspects during the animation production process, many animation directors will choose to do it themselves, which is the so-called "I will do it if I can do it". In this regard, Mu Suxing is no exception. During his years as an animation director, he also took over the work of original artists, storyboard artists, and even dubbing directors. As for voice actors...
In his previous life, he was not good at voice acting, but now -
Mu Xuxing raised the corner of his lips and put on a nonchalant smile.
He stood up from his seat quickly and began to take off his light grey coat. Then he raised his hands and slowly rolled up his shirt sleeves, revealing a pair of porcelain white wrists.
Then he was held down by Wen Feihang and Fang Lian on the left and right.
Wen Feihang put his arm around Mu Suxing's shoulders and advised earnestly, "Brother Mu, forget it. We are brothers who want to do great things. How can we bother with such a woman with no breasts and no brains? Fatty, do you think this makes sense?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Look, the people from the Voice Actors Guild are still here. This has a very bad influence." Fang Lian put his arm around Mu Suxing's other side and lowered his voice, "Brother Mu, if you are really angry, we can think of a solution privately later. Now just bear with it, okay?"
Ms. Lin:
Mu Suxing couldn't stand it any longer: "Who said I was going to hit someone?"
Wen Feihang & Fang Lian: “Ah?”
Mu Suxing took a deep breath and separated the two funny people with an expressionless face: "Wasn't it Miss Lin who proposed it first?" As he said that, he walked straight to the microphone, reached out and pressed the reverse button on the LCD screen, allowing the plot of the short animation to jump to the beginning. Then he raised his head and smiled at the stunned people below.
"I can do it. I'll do it."
"Goodbye." Mu Suxing said softly.
His voice was not deep, but a typical clear boy's voice, but due to his emotions, he showed a little bit of depression. The people present were stunned for several seconds before they realized that what Mu Suxing said was exactly the lines of the little prince in the animation.
The little prince in the picture squatted in front of the rose at the same time, but the rose ignored him, so the little prince said again: "Goodbye."
Before they could recover from Muxuxing's sudden change of voice, something even more shocking happened -
Mu Xuxing coughed softly for a while.
The rose in the picture was shaking slightly, as if it was coughing.
Then the rose raised its head to the little prince.
"I was so stupid just now. Please forgive me. I hope you can be happy." A gentle and peaceful voice sounded in the quiet audition room without any haste.
It was indeed a gentle and peaceful voice, but if you listened carefully, you could clearly hear a slight tremor in it. It's just that the owner of the voice concealed it very well, along with the reluctance, stubbornness and pride in his heart, all of which were so vague that they seemed like hallucinations.
It is a very soft voice, unique to women.
Oh shit!
Fang Lian's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears, he turned to look at Wen Feihang, only to find that he was just as stunned as he was. For the two who were also involved in the production of seven short animations, no one knew the current situation better than them -
Without a doubt, this is the sound a real rose should make!
But…
Turning his gaze to Mu Suxing who was sitting in front of the microphone, Fang Lian almost wanted to doubt his own eyes. But no matter how many times he looked, he had to admit that the young man in front of him was indeed their familiar roommate.
It was the Mu Suxing they were familiar with, who was as calm and skilled as a senior voice actor at this moment. Not only did he play two roles, but he also interpreted the gentle, quiet, proud and cold female voice of Rose to the fullest!