Chapter 115: Selection
"What's going on?"
"Why don't you come here?"
One voice actor after another refused the invitation, which made Meng Huo puzzled.
"I heard a rumor..." Li Hua said: "It is said that news came out of Tianhui Company that if any voice actor took over our dubbing work, they will not use that voice actor in the future."
Her words surprised Meng Huo, and Lin Mingzhe was instantly angry.
"So it's him, this is definitely not a rumor!" He gritted his teeth and said, "I know that boy Li Tianhui, he is hindering us."
Meng Huo frowned slightly.
If the rumors Li Hua said were true, they basically had no way to change them. Now everyone regards Zhongxia Company as the future overlord of the comics and animation industries. Those voice actors who rely on dubbing are particularly sensitive to this trend. It is normal for them to not accept invitations from Phoenix Company.
"Someone is willing to accept it, right?"
Meng Huo was not discouraged, and Li Tianhui's words couldn't scare everyone. There must be voice actors who would not take that trick.
"Only two more famous voice actors agreed to try it. There are more than 20 or 30 people who are not famous, but some people offer very high prices." Zhong Yue flipped through the list in his hand and replied: "I think they want to take advantage of the situation."
Meng Huo's eyes flashed: "If you ask for a high price, don't want to let other people come and audition."
"In this case, there are only 13 people left, this number..." Zhong Yue crossed out the eliminated candidates with a pen and frowned and said, "It's too few."
The demand for voice actors in "Pokemon" is very high. Even if all 13 people are selected, there are still many loopholes.
"It doesn't matter, let's make the trailer first." Meng Huo made a decision: "The trailer has a small number of people appearing, so you can choose other characters later."
As the actual person in charge of the animation department, after Lin Mingzhe agreed to the budget, no one could object as soon as Meng Huo said it. Within two days, the voice actors were invited to Phoenix Company.
After several hours of audition, Meng Huo selected 9 of these voice actors, and the proportion of the selected ones was very large, but these people only had supporting roles that only appeared once or twice. There were only two well-known voice actors, one was soft and suitable for Miss Joey, and the other could match Dr. Damu.
Joey and Dr. Omu have many scenes in "Pokemon". Meng Huo was happy to find these two people at once, but this result did not achieve the expected results.
The voice actor of the protagonist Ash, the protagonist of "Pokemon", was not found, nor did Pikachu, and even the production of the trailer was in a stalemate.
"We are openly selected."
Meng Huo decided to make a bold attempt, but neither Li Hua nor Zhong Yue agreed.
"This is absolutely impossible. How can people who have not received professional training make sound sounds!"
"Teacher He Xi, let's look for it from the entertainment industry or other places!"
"Try the public selection first." Meng Huo also did not think that the public selection could find a suitable voice actor, but the situation was not very optimistic, which was also a method worth trying.
Moreover, this idea was agreed by Lin Mingzhe. If the public selection was successful, the fee paid to the voice actor would be minimized. For example, some elves characters could even buy out voice dubbing at a low price.
In addition to characters and some special elves, most elves only make simple calls like animals in the real world. They can record them in advance and use them when making animations.
Meng Huo knows this better. He is suitable for matching the voice of the elves, and he can often dubb several elves.
After the public selection began, in order to strengthen its efforts, Meng Huo also allowed Phoenix employees to participate, turning it into a big wave of sand washing.
“Recruiting voice actors.”
“You can get the reward if you are selected.”
He spread the news of selecting voice actors to major universities and junior high schools. These places spread very quickly, and no young people have a star dream. They came to Phoenix Company in groups and found that they were all matched with strange sounds.
"Pickup?"
"Jenny Jenny!"
"It's so funny, what's this?"
The explanation given by Phoenix Company is the sound of some animals, some people are disappointed, but more people are relieved. If you save the lines with animals, you won’t be nervous at all. If you can’t be selected, just play for free. If you can still get money after being selected, it’s a good thing.
But these people have not been trained. Even the simplest elf dubbing, Phoenix Company has to go through several rounds of screening, nearly one in a hundred.
There are also people with good voices. These people can sign a buyout contract with Phoenix Company after recording the sound. The elf's call can get 200 yuan, and each person can get 1 to 4 elf's call, that is, 200 to 800 Chinese coins.
There are more than 150 elves in the first part of "Pokemon", and 50 dubbings were successfully completed in seven days, which basically meets the early needs of the animation. And there are people coming after hearing the news, Lin Mingzhe feels so happy.
"It's so cheap, it's so fucking money!"
He thought to himself that there is basically no problem with the elf's dubbing. However, the characters with lines still have not made any progress. Several of the most critical voice actors, including Ash, were not found, and this situation continued until Saturday.
On that day, Meng Huo lay on the desk to rest, and Zhong Yue found him excitedly.
"Teacher He Xi, we found someone who is very suitable to dubbing Xiaozhi!" His words made Meng Huo energetic: "Let me tell the recording."
The first few rounds of the Voice Selection were done by the people below. Meng Huo only had the final review, and his requirements were the strictest and rejected most dubbings, which made Zhong Yue very nervous every time he handed over the list.
But his expression was very confident today.
"The recording has not been recorded yet, and the girl refused to say it." Zhong Yue smiled bitterly: "She said she only wanted to make some pocket money with the sound of animals, and didn't want to become a voice actor. I want you to go over and persuade her!"
"Is there someone like this?"
Meng Huo was curious. Others were rushing to dub the protagonist, so why would anyone give up on it?
"Let's go over and take a look."
He and Zhong Yue walked towards the dubbing room. Before they got closer, he saw the door of the dubbing room open, and Li Hua's somewhat anxious voice came from inside.
"Sister, don't hurry to leave. Our minister is coming. Can you listen to what he said?"
"No!" another young voice complained: "I don't want to be a voice actor anymore."
Meng Huo frowned slightly, the voice sounded a little familiar.
He was about to react when a girl walked out of the dubbing room.
"Ah!" The girl saw Meng Huo, her eyes lit up and she ran over quickly: "Meng Huo, why are you here too!"
Shen Jie - Why is this guy here?
Meng Huo opened his mouth and wanted to ask, "I'm so desperate, but Li Hua also walked out. When she saw him, her face showed joy.
"Team leader, you are here!"
The team leader is Meng Huo's external identity, and he is the manager of the animation department of Phoenix Company.
Chapter completed!