Peninsula: From a supporting actor to the best actor in Chungmuro

Chapter 13 Vocal Monster
The moment Jiang Jae-hoon knocked on the door and walked in.

The director's roar stopped abruptly.

Everyone in the room looked at him.

Unlike other people who look at faces.

After experiencing the entire scene, Yoona and Taeyeon subconsciously glanced at the crotch where he had just opened.

"I'm sorry, Director..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by the director:
"Return to your seat."

"Yes."

After sitting down, Kang Jae-hoon gave Lim Yoona a grateful look.

The latter nodded slightly and responded with a formulaic smile - the curvature of his mouth was exactly the same as when he was performing on stage.

The preparations for dubbing an animated film are similar to those before filming a live-action film.

There is a process where the main actors sit together and rehearse the lines.

The process is just slightly different.

Script readings before filming begins can last weeks or months.

But dubbing for an animated film only takes two days or even one day.

The work of Jiang Jae-hoon and others today is to edit the manuscript.

Only practice vocabulary in the morning.

In the afternoon, I started watching the silent version of the original film and trying out dubbing.

“Mark the emotional nodes first, and then check the words in half an hour.”

Jiang Zaixun took out a ballpoint pen, paused with the tip of the pen over the blank space, and suddenly started writing quickly.

As Kim Taeyeon took out the colorful sticky notes and was labeling the script, she caught a glimpse of Kang Jae-hoon's script.

The black fountain pen was filled with arrows and wavy lines, and the blank space was filled with notes such as "Adam's apple sinks 3mm" and "Chest cavity resonance area", and even a diagram of the vocal cord vibration anatomy was drawn.

Kim Taeyeon elbowed Lin Yuner next to her, covered half of her face with the script, and lip-synced to her:
[Monster].

Following her hint, Lin Yuna stretched her neck to take a glance, and her pupils shrank instantly.

After a moment, Jiang Zaixun, who was marking his emotions, suddenly raised his hand:

"Director, I think Gru's American joke, 'The moon is more reliable than Congress,' is a bit awkward in a Korean context."

The director flipped through the script loudly:

"Exactly where?"

"Scene 17, shot 3, line 6."

The sound of the paper script being flipped quickly suddenly stopped.

Yoona noticed that the director's index finger scraped back and forth on the line of dialogue three times, blurring the ink.

"Tell me, what's awkward about it?"

"The original lines satirized politicians, but Korean audiences are not very sensitive to the National Assembly."

Jiang Zaixun suggested: "Why not change it to an entertainment joke? The audience will be more resonant with the dark side of variety shows."

"for example?"

"Switch to - the moon is fairer than the talent show judges."

Kang Jae-hoon took out his phone and swiped it, showing a screenshot of last night's news - the 2012 "Superstar K4" voting fraud incident dominated the headlines.

"The retrial case just became a hot topic last week."

"Super Star K" is South Korea's first amateur talent show.

Since its inception in 09, the competition has attracted more than 200 million participants.

Seo In Guk, the male lead in "Reply 1997", is the champion of the first season of this show.

There are also many artists who participated in the competition but did not win but became famous.

For example, Bae Suzy, who has the script of a cool heroine.

In 09, she auditioned as an amateur. After failing to be selected, she was discovered by a JYP talent scout while going to the bathroom. After only six months of training, she debuted as a member of Miss A.

As for why Kang Jae-hoon is so interested in this show, Lee Sung-kyung was also eliminated during the audition stage.

The director stared at his phone for three seconds, then suddenly slammed the table:

"demonstration."

Jiang Zaixun cleared his throat and let out a lazy drawl through his nasal passage: "The moon is fairer than the talent show judges—haha."

At the end of the sentence, he added half a second of sneer.

The director was silent for two seconds after hearing this, and then said:

"Recording crew, mark this sentence and record it according to his plan."

"clear."

After the director nodded, Jiang Zaixun buried his head in the script again.

Kim Taeyeon tore off a sticky note and pushed it in front of Lin Yuna. There was a grinning stick figure drawn on it, and the note next to it read: [Vocal Monster].

Lin Yuna pursed her lips to suppress her smile and tapped the line "The moon is fairer than the talent show judges" with her fingertips.

During lunch break.

Jiang Zaixun knocked on the door of the lounge with a bag of fried chicken.

"Thanks for the morning."

He placed the plastic bag on Yoona's desk.

While struggling with her salad, she glanced at the oil stains overflowing from her eye bags:

"Thanks, but I can't eat fried food."

"Brother Cheng Hao made it in an air fryer without adding oil."

Jiang Zaixun took out the wrinkled receipt and found the nutrition information printed on the back.

Lin Yuner used the tip of the nail art to scratch the fat bar:

"10.2 grams per 100 grams, which exceeds the limit."

Jiang Zaixun scratched his head:
"Then I'll have two?"

Lin Yuna thought about it, took out a tissue and spread it on the table.

Unpack the package, peel off the chicken skin and remove the subcutaneous fat, then soak the meat in mineral water three times.

Fine drops of oil floated on the water surface.

Jiang Zaixun stared at her chewing the boiled chicken in small bites, and suddenly remembered the chicken breasts packed by grams in Li Jingcheng's refrigerator.

"Thank you, it's better than salad."

Before Jiang Zaixun could say anything, Jin Taeyeon's roar suddenly came from the door:

"Hey! Im Yoona! Didn't we agree to eat some vegetable leaves together during our comeback season?"

[Note: Taigu, who was born in 13, still has a small belly. Those who understand will understand why.]

Lin Yuner quickly closed the lid of the box:
"Just eat one piece."

Kim Taeyeon rushed in and pointed her finger at the fried chicken box:

"Who swore not to break the vow during the return period?"

"Kim Taeyeonxi, do you want to help destroy the evidence?"

"what?"

Jiang Zaixun picked up the fried chicken box and handed it to Jin Taeyeon, fanning it with his hand:
"If two people share it, the fat content drops to 5%."

Kim Taeyeon stared at the fried chicken in silence for three seconds, then suddenly grabbed the chopsticks:
"I'm taking the risk for Yoona!"

The moment she stuffed the chicken into her mouth, she muttered incoherently, "This is so disgusting. Give me another piece of leg meat."

Lin Yuna silently pushed the box to the middle.

"I'll wash that coat and return it to you tomorrow."

“I may not be able to be there tomorrow.”

Dubbing work is different from filming a movie.

Movies generally require actors to be on set around the clock.

Dubbing is more flexible, and the split-track recording format makes it easier for dubbing actors to adjust their schedules.

The popularity of the girl who reached the top has reached three levels, and she even has to take vitamin B complex (commonly known as garlic injection) to survive the overloaded announcement schedule.

Not to mention that Kim Taeyeon also has a schedule with the TTS group.

"Then I put the studio locker?"

"The place is already packed with filming equipment. If you leave these clothes there, they will definitely be thrown away as garbage."

Lin Yuner thought for a moment and said, "Just mail it to my company."

"Okay." Jiang Jae-hoon nodded.

"correct."

Kim Taeyeon swallowed the chicken in her mouth and asked:
"Zai Xunxi, which teacher did you learn those weird scribbles on your script this morning?"

"I had some basic knowledge in school, and after watching the teacher's performance on the set, I summarized it myself."

Lin Yuner took out a wet wipe and wiped her fingertips:

"Which school does Xunxi go to?"

"Class of 09, Seoul University of Arts."

"Class of 09?"

Lin Yuner thought for a moment and said, "So you were born in 90?"

Jiang Jae-hoon nodded.

Lin Yuner suddenly turned his script 180 degrees and pushed it over, pointing her finger at the vocal cord anatomy diagram he had drawn:
"Can you teach me this?"

Jiang Zaixun was stunned for two seconds and explained:
"This is the muscle memory method that Mr. Hwang Jung-min taught me."

He took a pen and drew a wavy line in the blank space:
"For example, when you're angry, pressing your collarbone while speaking can create a tearing sensation."

“How exactly do you press it?”

“Feel the swallowing first.”

Jiang Zaixun unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and took two gulps. Then he tilted his head back and made a pill-swallowing motion, his Adam's apple rolling up and down.

"The angry lines are delivered at the moment when the Adam's apple drops to its lowest point."

Kim Taeyeon interrupted with a chicken bone in her mouth:
"It's similar to finding your position when singing a high note."

"The difference is here." Jiang Jae-hoon suddenly pressed his collarbone: "When you speak, press your thumb against this groove to control the frequency of vocal cord vibration."

Lin Yuner imitated his gesture and pressed the collarbone, trying to recite Gru's lines:

"Give me the rocket fuel—"

"The plosives are too strong. The word 'fuel' has a nasal resonance and a buzzing sound, like speaking with a cold."

Kim Taeyeon suddenly pinched her nose and imitated:

"Give me the fire shears and urine—"

"Unnie!"

Only after watching Kim Taeyeon raise her hands in surrender did Lin Yoona turn her head and signal Kang Jae-hoon to continue.

"Breathe into your lowest rib before you explode."

Jiang Zaixun lifted the hem of his T-shirt to reveal his contracted side abdominal muscles:

"Look, when the diaphragm expands to its limit and then explodes, the sound will be even more explosive."

Lin Yuner stared at his taut waistline for a moment, then suddenly covered her face with the script:

“Seoul University of Arts teaches this?”

"Teacher Hwang Jung-min taught me."

Jiang Zaixun lowered his shirt hem: "He said that an actor's lungs should be able to burst the blood pressure monitor."

Lin Yuner didn't continue with this topic, and poked the Korean annotation on his script with the tip of her pen:
"What do these symbols mean?"

"The arrow represents the direction of the breath, and the triangle represents the turning point of the tone." Jiang Jae-hoon explained.

"Can you lend me some copies?"

"Now?"

"Now."

The copy machine hummed.

Lin Yuner leaned against the wall and watched him adjust the direction of the drawing:
"Do you usually teach your juniors like this?"

“This is the first time someone has asked me to learn this.”

Jiang Zaixun pressed the start button: "I just debuted, and even the extras in the crew have more experience than me."

"By the way, when is Zaixunxi's birthday?"

"November 9."

Lin Yuner pulled out the hot copy and suddenly switched to plain language:
"Then let's not use honorifics."

"This"

Jiang Jae-hoon was a little hesitant.

"If my friends of the same age use honorifics on set, it will make me look like a bad senior, right?"

She covered her face with the copy, revealing her curved eyebrows:

"If you're really embarrassed, you can call me Noona. After all, I was born four months early."

Before he could reply, Kim Taeyeon's wails were heard not far away.

Jiang Jae-hoon and Lin Yuner turned their heads subconsciously——

She was holding an empty fried chicken box, with bread crumbs on the corners of her mouth, and her face was full of "regret but worth it".

The two smiled at each other, and Jiang Zaixun took out his cell phone and pretended to dial:
"Shall I order another one for Taeyeonxi?"

"Ah! Do you want me to be hung on the Han River Bridge by my manager?!"

Kim Taeyeon slammed the table and suddenly lowered her voice: "But..."

"Don't worry, Ernie."

Lin Yuner took out a wet wipe and handed it over: "The corner of your mouth."

Kim Taeyeon took the wet wipes and wiped her mouth like a hamster washing its face, so cute.

Sunlight shines through the blackout curtains of the recording studio, casting a series of light and dark shadows on the ground.

One p.m.

All the voice actors of "Despicable Me 2" began trial dubbing.

Jiang Zaixun stared at Gru in a puffy skirt in the muted video, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down three times.

The director's knocking sound suddenly exploded in the monitoring headphones:
"What are you daydreaming about? Where are the words?"

"Feel sorry!"

Jiang Zaixun took a deep breath and squeezed out a sweet voice:

"Little cutie! Fairy sister is here~"

The director suddenly pressed the call button:
"Stop! Do you think you're dubbing Lee Hyori's 'Ten Minutes'?!"

"Sorry, Director! I'll make some adjustments."

Second time.

Jiang Zaixun pinched his nose and hummed bubbling sounds:
"Baby~ look at the fairy sister's magic wand~"

This time the voice sounded like Donald Duck with his neck caught in a door.

"Do it again! Be kind yet a little embarrassed!"

The director's angry roar as he threw the script instantly resounded in the earphones of all the voice actors.

Kim Taeyeon pinched her thigh and buried her face in the script, her shoulders shaking as if she had been electrocuted.

Lin Yuna bit her lower lip hard, and her nails dug a crescent mark on the edge of the table.

hard to imagine.

Jiang Zaixun, who was teaching her dubbing skills seriously at noon, suddenly changed his voice.
The working environment for dubbing is similar to that for singers recording songs.

Therefore, Kang Jae-hoon will not be embarrassed at all by other people's reactions - because they can't see them.

He suddenly closed his eyes—

The scene of herself wearing a medieval petticoat and coaxing Huang Zaiyu to take a nap suddenly appeared in her mind.

When he opened his eyes again, he lifted the hem of his skirt with his left hand and pinched Lady Macduff's standard orchid finger with his right hand:

"My little princess, the moonlight tonight will turn into a fairy skirt~"

The hoarse male voice was wrapped in a tenderness as sticky as honey, but the ending tone revealed a half-shameful tremolo.

The whole audience was silent for two seconds.

No one laughed this time.

The absurd feeling created by the funny look of Gru in women's clothing and the dissonance between his voice and Kang Jae-hoon's voice unexpectedly fits his clumsy fatherly love.

——A single father is trying his best to protect his daughter's innocence.

Just when Jiang Zaixun thought he was going to be scolded again, the director called over.

He unscrewed the thermos and took two gulps.

The Adam's apple rolls with a slight swallowing sound.

He stared at his stiff body movements on the monitor and suddenly did three chest expansion exercises.

The recording assistant was about to remind him to pay attention to the radio, but he suddenly made a baby-coaxing gesture to the air and hummed "Three Little Bears" out of tune.

The next shot in the film is of Gru coaxing his daughter to sleep.

"Scene 17, 3rd shot, ready!"

The assistant coach's shouting interrupted his strange practice.

Jiang Zaixun quickly stuffed the thermos into the net bag on the back of the chair and rubbed the condensed water droplets on the rim of the cup with his fingertips.

……

9pm.

An afternoon of trial dubbing work is over.

Jiang Jae-hoon walked out of the recording studio, rubbing his burning throat.

Kim Taeyeon suddenly jumped out and imitated his voice from the father-daughter scene just now:

"Ice cream volcano on the moon~ Wow, I'm definitely a daughter slave after Xunxi!"

"Uh, thank you."

On the side, Lin Yuner, holding the script to her chest, took the opportunity to pick up the topic:

"Did Jaehoon learn his child-rearing skills from Hwang Jung-min?"

"No, I practiced it while getting my kids to take a nap during a play."

"Drama? What drama?"

“Macbeth.”

"Oh--"

The three of them walked and talked, and then parted ways in the underground parking lot.

When Jiang Zaixun got into Jin Dayuan's second-hand Kia, his trouser pockets vibrated twice - it was a text message from Li Jingjing:

[There is honey water in the refrigerator]

He stared at the screen and grinned foolishly, completely unaware that Lin Yuna's nanny car was slowly driving past.

inside the car.

Lin Yuna opened her phone, clicked on the Naver search box and typed in [Kang Jae-hoon - Macbeth].

Several news pictures of him making his farewell appearance in women's clothing popped up on the page instantly.

"Brother Lady?"

The car window reflected the corners of her mouth that curled up slightly: "Surprisingly dedicated."

The agent in the front row suddenly turned around:
"Yoona, have you read the script for next week's 'Strong Heart'?"

"Ok?"

She locked the screen and looked up: "Not yet, I'll go back and watch it tonight."

"Remember to mention Girls' Generation's sixth anniversary project, don't talk about personal matters."

"Know it."

As the night engulfed the car's taillights, Lin Yuna opened her phone screen again.

She poked Jiang Zaixun's broken expression with her fingertips and whispered softly:
"So stupid, but also kind of cute."

(End of this chapter)