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Chapter 21: Voice Acting for the Characters

Upon hearing this, the other young people in the room who were engrossed in scrolling through their phones suddenly straightened up as if springs had been inserted into their buttocks, and their eyes all turned to this side.

There are eight people in the house, both men and women.

They all stood up at once and swarmed around a girl's computer, chattering away.

"Holy crap, really? It's been two months, and finally a customer is asking about it!?"

"Sister Xin is amazing! No wonder she's our founder. The ad has only been out for a few days and people are already asking about it."

"Good heavens, I send out twenty or so ads every day like a robot, but not a single one of them pays any attention to me. I even got a warning from Skynet for not sending spam messages."

"Quickly, Sister Xin, reply to this message immediately and send your sincere thanks."

"What kind of customer is he? He's not looking for us to seduce him, is he? I've heard a lot of people like that from my colleagues lately. They start by saying, 'Brother, no!' It gives me goosebumps."

At this moment, the girl known as Sister Xin could not hide her excitement. She took a deep breath and her slender fingers quickly opened the communication software.

A message came from an ID named O5.

[Hello, I saw your messages. I have the following characters who need voice acting.]
[Voices of a young married woman, a five- or six-year-old boy, a middle-aged man, and a high school girl.]
[A sound check is required beforehand. Please send me an audio recording; just read any line.]
Upon seeing the news, everyone started chattering away.

"Holy crap! Married young woman, little boy, middle-aged man, high school girl, wow, the minotaur is ecstatic, this is the kind of stuff that's going to be paired with a slut."

"Are you out of your mind? You're always acting all cocky."

"O5? Wait, that sounds familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before."

"You mean the developer of that really popular horror game lately, Xin Xin? You actually went and sent them ads?"

"Of course! When I saw that the game didn't have voice acting, I guessed they'd have to eventually. It's free to run an ad, what if it works out? And it actually did!"

Xin Xin raised her eyebrows smugly.

"Wait a minute, isn't that an indie horror game? Do they have the budget? It's not one of those games where they ask the price and then run away, is it?"

"Are you cavemen who don't use the internet? The developers of this game recently launched a crowdfunding campaign and raised 100,000 yuan. I guess that's why they started looking for voice actors."

Xin Xin explained while quickly replying to the message.

[Hello Mr. O5, it's a pleasure to have you contact us. We look forward to working with you.]
[Of course you can audition. We'll prepare it for you right away, please wait a moment.]
So everyone got involved and provided voiceovers for the client characters.

A few minutes later, a flood of audition clips were sent over.

Then began the anxious wait.

They are recent graduates from the local university.

Driven by their passion for voice acting and their determination to avoid becoming mere laborers in the workplace, the group quickly reached an agreement and pooled their resources to establish this voice acting studio.

I thought that even if I couldn't make it into the Fortune 500, I could still get some advertising deals and make a living.

But reality dealt them a harsh blow. Forget big orders, they didn't even get a small job.

After two months, not a single deal was closed.

The studio's account balance was cleaner than the founder Xin Xin's made-up face.

Even though they advertised every day, it had no effect and no one paid any attention.

This brought the studio to the brink of dissolution.

That's why everyone seemed so happy, yet also nervous, when founder Xin Xin received the inquiry.

I'm afraid the customer on the other end will just read my message and not reply.

Fortunately, the customer replied half an hour later.

[The effect was okay, but I have some extra requirements for the actual recording, such as being stricter about tone and speaking speed.]
How do you calculate your quotes?
"They asked for a quote! It looks promising! This is going to work out!"

A boy spoke up excitedly.

The others could not hide their excitement either.

Two months!

Finally, we got our first order!
"Quickly! Xiao Tao, the price list! Bring me the price list!"

"Sister Xin, should we look at the cheaper version or the regular version?"

"Low price! It has to be low price! We can't offer the industry standard price right now. This is our first customer, we have to win them over no matter what!" "Okay!"

Xiao Tao slammed a printed price list onto the table with a "bang".

Xin Xin glanced at it and quickly typed on her phone.

[Hello, as we are a newly established studio, our main focus is on affordable prices.]
Therefore, our price is 120 yuan per hour.
"120 yuan per hour?"

Lin Shu raised an eyebrow as she looked at the offer.

"It's definitely cheaper than voice acting on Earth. On Earth, the price for voice acting in games is 20-200 RMB per line, and then it depends on the star's status. Here it's only 120 RMB per hour, which is such a good deal."

"My text isn't very long, and I don't have many lines. I estimate I can finish dubbing it in a day or two, and it will cost no more than 3000 yuan. That's really good value for money."

"If I had known it would be this cheap, I should have done the dubbing when I was making 'The Corpse in the Mountain Village.' It only has a few lines. But they probably wouldn't have taken the job if it had so few lines, right? Okay, I'll choose this one."

So Lin Shu talked with the other party for a while longer. When it came time to sign the contract, she realized that she didn't own a company, didn't have a corporate account, and didn't have a company seal.

Therefore, you must sign the contract with the other party as a natural person, as stated in Blue Star Law.

That's not a problem; it's just a matter of losing some of the local government's startup funding subsidies.

If you later create a company, you can apply for these benefits again.

Ultimately, Lin Shu reached a cooperation agreement with the other party, signing a contract as an individual and also signing a confidentiality agreement.

The game's dialogue text was also sent over via Skynet, and the other party was willing to start work without even taking a deposit.

They also promised that the audio file would be uploaded to Tianwang Space within a day at most, and that it could be re-recorded if the user was not satisfied.

Seeing this, Lin Shu couldn't help but chuckle.

That's really honest.
If it were another dubbing company, even if they finished it in one day, they would deliberately drag it out for a few more days to make more money if you weren't there to supervise.

However, since this is their first collaboration, Lin Shu believes they will give it their all; otherwise, who would continue to seek them out?

After finishing the voice acting, Lin Shu continued working tirelessly on the development.

On the other side, Huayan Huayu Studio.

Several college students clapped excitedly.

"Yay! We finally got our first order! It's not much money, but it's a good start. We need to work hard!"

"It's okay, Sister Xin. We're new here, and it's a new company. We can earn money slowly. The main thing is to gain some work experience."

"Xin Xin, since the client isn't coming to the site anyway, how about we postpone payment for a few days? Wouldn't that allow us to earn more money?"

Upon hearing this, Xin Xin rolled her eyes.

"You little rascal, you haven't even made a few deals yet, and you already have tens of thousands of schemes in your head, huh?"

"Don't mess around. We finally got a client. It's a game developer. If we provide good service, he'll be a regular customer."

The male college student gave a sheepish smile and scratched his head.

"Sister Xin, is this for a horror game? Open the text and take a look at the dialogue."

"Okay, I'll copy it for you."

Soon, everyone in the studio received a copy, and they all began to read it carefully.

"Strange, why are they all Japanese names?"

"I don't remember this horror game being from Japan. Cantonese even appeared later on. How did it suddenly jump to Japan?"

"These lines, the pleas for mercy and the screams of agony, oh my god, this is truly a horror game."

"Yeah, I looked at Kayako's lines, and she's supposed to scream like she's going to her death, scream like she's in pain, and make those bubbly sounds without vocal cords, what the hell?"

"Then I feel it suits Xiaotao. Last time when you lost ten ranked matches, your screams were so genuine."

"Shut up, I'm a match for Junxiong, this is more suitable for me, I can even squeeze him."

"I'll give that high school girl role to you. She doesn't have many lines, and my girlish voice is perfect for her."

So, after the college students were assigned roles, they began their work.

(End of this chapter)