Dubbing Complete

After finding a suitable voice actress for the female lead, the other voice actors were soon in place as well.

Most of these voice actors were similar to Jiang Kui.

Their voices lacked distinctiveness. They were not cute enough, coquettish enough, mature enough, or appealing enough to hit the audience's preferences.

As a result, they often could not get jobs and had little reputation in the industry.

But they knew how to study their characters. They could portray the genuine emotions characters felt in specific situations, giving listeners a real sense of immersion and identification.

In five days, more than half of the dubbing work for Head Balloon had been completed.

Those five days had been incredibly fulfilling for Lin Chuan.

During the day, he worked with the voice actors in the dubbing studio.

At night, he video chatted with Ren Hang about the amusing things he had experienced on the set of Golden Warrior.

For example, one of Ren Hang's classmates had auditioned for Golden Warrior. Because he looked rather sinister, he had ended up being cast as the drama's main villain.

Whenever Ren Hang, who played Golden Warrior, acted opposite that classmate, he could always feel the overwhelming force of his acting.

Tokusatsu Drama costumes were difficult to put on and take off, so quite a few actors on set had developed the skill of drinking water with their "eyes."

Yesterday, Lin Chuan had even gone with Xiao Hei to visit the set of Golden Warrior.

Lin Chuan put on Golden Warrior's "armor" and experienced what it felt like to be a hero.

Xiao Hei was too chubby to fit into the armor, so he could only play a mutant beast.

The only regret was that all the costumes for Golden Warrior were custom-made.

Whether it was the armor or the mutant beast suits, they were all extremely expensive.

Lin Chuan could only give up on taking a set of armor home as a souvenir.

Originally, Lin Chuan had even wanted to direct an episode of Golden Warrior.

With James Wan's directing talent, Lin Chuan could definitely film something that satisfied the audience.

Unfortunately, Lin Chuan was currently just a student about to enter his sophomore year.

Even if he told them that he had filmed Spoon Killer Demon,

his identity would merely become that of an Uploader on Bika Net.

In other people's eyes, he was still far from being qualified to direct a Tokusatsu Drama.

At the moment, Lin Chuan was sitting in the dubbing studio, listening to several professional voice actors perform.

From time to time, he communicated with the voice actors to achieve the effect he wanted.

Occasionally, he even made a guest appearance himself and gave a heartfelt performance.

As for Xiao Hei, he had already retreated in defeat.

In Xiao Hei's words, the dubbing studio was simply no place for humans. It was way too creepy.

As the voice actor spoke the final line:

"Big sis... thank you for helping me open the window..."

the dubbing recording for Head Balloon came to an end.

Lin Chuan took off his headphones and handed the prepared drinks to the voice actors.

Like singers, voice actors needed to protect their throats, so they did not drink things like Lao Gan Ma or baijiu.

What Lin Chuan had prepared for them was simply honey water.

Simple, clean, thirst-quenching, and it also left their breath much fresher afterward.

After receiving the honey water, the voice actors all expressed their thanks.

Their attitudes were extremely sincere, even somewhat apprehensive.

Lin Chuan even felt that this group of voice actors was treating him with too much respect.

After all, Lin Chuan was only an Uploader on Bika Net.

Taking the honey water Lin Chuan handed her with both hands, Jiang Kui's eyes reddened.

"Thank you, thank you, Director Lin. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

During the time she had been dubbing Balloon, Jiang Kui had effectively watched the entire film.

She had experienced the unique charm of Balloon.

Jiang Kui even believed that even ten or twenty years from now, Balloon would still not feel outdated.

How many actresses were still remembered by audiences for how they looked when they were young, even after they had grown old?

Wasn't it because the audience had been moved by the actresses' youthful images on screen?

Jiang Kui herself was somewhat insecure.

She considered her appearance average. Although she had worked hard to study her roles, her ordinary voice had caused her to hit walls everywhere in the dubbing industry.

When Lin Chuan told her that her voice was quite good and that she could dub the female lead in Balloon,

it was no exaggeration to say that Jiang Kui had truly felt as if a beam of light had shone upon her face.

Being able to take part in the dubbing for Balloon was Jiang Kui's honor!

Lin Chuan smiled.

This girl was simply a little too sentimental.

Lin Chuan had never been stingy with encouragement.

"Your voice shaped the character wonderfully!"

Jiang Kui's voice might have sounded ordinary at first.

But after listening for a while, one could hear a different flavor to it.

Not only was it emotionally delicate, but it also suited the atmosphere of Head Balloon perfectly.

The collaboration with all the voice actors ended pleasantly.

Long before the dubbing began, Lin Chuan had already finished all the subtitles, special effects, and everything else for the head balloon manga.

So, once the voice actors finished their recordings, Lin Chuan heard the system's task settlement notification.

[Congratulations, Host. Film production is complete. System task completed.]

[Task reward: B-Rank Selectable Talent has been issued.]

[Host may select the desired talent from the following talent list.]

"System, don't suddenly pop out to settle things. You'll scare people, understand?"

Lin Chuan complained to the system in his mind.

Looking at the system interface only he could see,

Lin Chuan searched the selectable talent list for the talent he wanted.

Finally, in the last section, he found it.

[The B-grade Talent selected by the Host: Jay Chou's Singing Technique, has been issued. Please experience it yourself.]

On Earth in his previous life, Junji Ito's Head Balloon had never been adapted into a film.

And on Blue Star, although the entertainment industry was underdeveloped,

the current entertainment products could not keep up with everyone's increasingly growing spiritual demands.

Horror films were still a niche category.

It was like the Spoon Killer Demon Lin Chuan had filmed.

In his previous life, it had surpassed thirty million views in just three days.

But on Blue Star, it had only surpassed ten million.

If Head Balloon were released through conventional means, its box office might not even exceed twenty million.

So Lin Chuan decided to add fuel to the fire for Head Balloon.

He would make a promotional song.

And Jay Chou's Love Confession Balloon happened to meet that requirement.

After all, Head Balloon and Love Confession Balloon

were both balloons.

After absorbing Jay Chou's Singing Technique, Lin Chuan discovered that his speech had become a little slurred.

He quietly adjusted it back.

Lin Chuan smiled at the owner of the dubbing studio and asked,

"I remember there are still a few hours left in the studio. Could I bring a friend over to record a song during the remaining time?"

"Yes."

The dubbing studio owner answered.

The dubbing studio owner was named Zhou Cheng.

He wore a Floral Shirt and sunglasses. Some people called him Old Zhou.

Others called him Boss Zhou.

And Lin Chuan was the most unusual client he had ever received.

This client was incredibly handsome and also very generous with money.

But the work he brought in was unbelievably bizarre.

Old Zhou's dubbing studio usually took on dubbing work for animated shows as well.

But those were animated works for children and teenagers between eight and sixteen years old, with even more childish ones among them.

Things like Garden Bus, Antenna Truck, and Peppa Pig.

But Lin Chuan had gone and created Head Balloon.

Old Zhou had only watched a few scenes, yet his heart had started pounding wildly.

He had never imagined that he would one day become afraid of balloons.

Listening to Lin Chuan and the voice actors dub it had given Old Zhou goosebumps.

And earlier, Old Zhou had seen Lin Chuan turn his back to him and make a bleh expression.

He definitely had some strange fetish!

Old Zhou had even made up his mind that once Lin Chuan finished recording,

he would find a master to perform a proper ritual and exorcise the recording studio!

Yuzu Leaves, talismans, peachwood swords—he would prepare everything.

Otherwise, he would never dare stay alone in the recording studio again.

It would scare him half to death!

That afternoon, Lin Chuan put on sunglasses and a mask.

With a guitar slung over his back, he arrived at Old Zhou's recording studio.

This time, Lin Chuan planned to release Love Confession Balloon under another identity.

He had even come up with a name for the alternate account: Lin Bai.

This was also Lin Chuan's tribute to his idol.

Lin Chuan decided to project every kind part of himself onto this character.

When he met Old Zhou, Lin Chuan said, "Hello, I'm Lin Chuan's cousin, Lin Bai.

"I have Social Anxiety and don't really want to interact with physical people. Can I record by myself?"

After obtaining Jay Chou's Singing Technique, Lin Chuan discovered that his voice had changed as well.

He could completely imitate another person's voice.

So Old Zhou could not tell that the person standing before him was Lin Chuan, the very person he had been trying to avoid.

Physical people?

Old Zhou was puzzled at first, then suddenly understood. It probably meant the same thing as physical stores.

Physical people must mean strangers.

Young people these days really loved inventing unfamiliar terms.

Lin Chuan had paid enough, so Old Zhou readily agreed. "No problem. We'll record from outside, and we won't see your face."

"Thank you!" Lin Chuan thanked him politely.

Before entering the recording studio, Lin Chuan gave Old Zhou a thumbs-up.

"Hey, your outfit looks great. Very cool!"

At Old Zhou's age, no one had ever fed him such flattery.

Besides, he wore sunglasses and a Floral Shirt precisely because he wanted to attract some attention.

Unfortunately, he was not good-looking enough and was always overlooked.

Even though Lin Chuan was fully covered up, Old Zhou could still tell that he was a handsome guy.

Lin Chuan had no idea that his casual compliment had raised one man's favorable impression of him by five points.

At that moment, Old Zhou only felt that Lin Chuan's cousin was far better than Lin Chuan himself!

Though he was a little shy.

But Old Zhou worked in the music industry.

He had seen plenty of musicians' private sides.

Old Zhou knew that compared to those drunken fools who cheated even while playing drinking games, Social Anxiety was the most insignificant flaw possible.

In a great mood, Old Zhou planned to properly guide Lin Bai later.

It was not because Old Zhou was trying to act superior due to his age.

After running a recording studio for so many years, Old Zhou had seen too many young people who wanted to become famous with a single song.

Lin Bai did not have the arrogance common among those young people.

But who could guarantee he would become famous with a single song?

After entering the recording studio, Lin Chuan took off his hat.

He carefully looked around, making sure no one had seen him.

Then Lin Chuan removed his sunglasses and mask.

He lightly plucked the guitar strings.

The gentle melody instantly carried Old Zhou outside the studio to a romantic land.

"Banks of the Seine, coffee on the Left Bank, a cup in my hand, tasting your beauty~"

"Lips that left behind a kiss mark~"

"Roses from the flower shop, the name written wrong, who, Love Confession Balloon, blown by the wind across the street~"

"Creating a romantic date~"

"Not afraid of messing everything up~"

"With you, I have the whole world~"

As he listened to Lin Chuan sing, Old Zhou smiled, yet his eyes grew slightly moist.

Old Zhou had been young once too.

When he was young, Old Zhou had been to France. Though his looks were lacking, he had still been full of exotic charm in that place.

On the Banks of the Seine, he met a beautiful French girl.

From their chance encounter, to smiling and nodding at each other when they met again, to inviting one another for coffee.

They got acquainted, grew familiar, came to understand each other, and eventually knew each other inside and out.

It could be said that both their love and their parting had been filled with romance.

Originally, Old Zhou had planned to marry that girl.

Even if his family opposed it, he had been willing to abandon everything.

Unfortunately, the girl's husband disagreed.

Old Zhou's foreign romance could only end without resolution.

"A whole bottle of dreams, all filled with you, stirring them together~"

"Darling, don't be willful, your eyes~"

"Are saying that you're willing~"

When the song ended, Old Zhou gently wiped away the tears beneath his eyes, as though the singing had purified both his body and soul.

The fresh, light, lively tune brought vitality to the recording studio.

Old Zhou was astonished to discover that the studio, which he had assumed would be lifeless from dubbing Head Balloon, had instead become full of life.

It now felt like a spring breeze, refreshing everyone within it.

Scientific research showed that rhythmic sound waves—music—could mechanically stimulate plant cells, causing nutrients inside them to vibrate and break down, allowing for better transport, accelerating cell division, and promoting plant growth and development.

Even the leaves of the Schefflera in Old Zhou's recording studio had become a few shades greener because of it.

And at that moment, Old Zhou's mind was occupied by a single question.

He wondered whether Lin Bai would be willing to take him as a disciple.

A disciple in his forties might be a little old, but being old had its advantages!