Chapter 30

Act V: Avenue Q (2)

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Wang Qingyun had been known for his dominant voice since his first radio drama. Whether it was the elite high cold gong, the overbearing president gong, or the mature gentle gong, he was very good at both maintaining his own vocal characteristics and deducing the different character traits.

He had cooperated with many shou CVs, and chaotic CPs were built one after another. In the communities, he apparently "embraced left and right", many fans with unique tastes waved flags, shouting that they hoped he would one day be ‘shou’.

Last year, there was a crew who wanted to make a mutual gong work, hoping that he could contribute to one of the characters. It was a pity that he didn’t have the time and could only refuse in the end. After the news spread, his fans were regretful. They could almost hear the ‘first time as shou’ of the great god. Such a good opportunity just slipped away in vain!

It never occurred to them that at the club’s Spring Festival song event, Wang Qingyun actually took the initiative to ask for it, and wanted to be a stubborn shou!

As soon as this proposal came out, the community group exploded.

The second son jumped out first.

[Voice of Jiuxiao—Second Son]: My little Yunyun, if you were kidnapped by an alien, blink once.

There were +1’s below, and everyone felt that Yun Da must have been stimulated before he suddenly decided to dub it.

Tan Yiming couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that a casual sentence of his would have such a big impact on everyone.

Yiming Qingyun: I will not return to China during the Spring Festival, and I expect to spend it at work.

Yiming Qingyun: I won't be able to participate in the whole thing, but I still have time to perform an event.

Yiming Qingyun: As for why I want this role being shou?

Yiming Qingyun: ...... Didn’t you always want me to be worthy?

Yiming Qingyun: Think of it as a Spring Festival surprise for fans.

Xiang Cai: "..."

Oh, it turned out to be like this.

The boy rested his chin on one hand and stared blankly at the phone screen.

It turned out ... Yun Da suddenly decided to perform the show with him for no other reason than to just give all his fans a memorable gift.

He was excited for a long time and thought ... he thought ...

Xiang Cai’s thinking was interrupted here.

Because he didn't understand what exactly ‘he thought’. This kind of relationship was too complicated: first expectation and loneliness, followed by shame and self-deprecation ... This adolescent boy hadn’t figured out the true meaning of his sufferings for that man.

In the group, the topic continued. The second son was gearing up, saying that she wanted the whole group to keep it a secret and to wait to give a big shock to the audience! The always-gong Wang Qingyuan’s ‘first shou’ was definitely a talking point!

Suddenly, a long-unseen id bubbled up.

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Xiao Yunyun, you are a bad man!!!!! (;′⌒`)

[T/N: His name could also be Lonely lonely lonely lonely goose.]

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Since it is the first time, why not give it to me! !!

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Yingyingying! Small fists punching you in the chest!!! [Eat these fists].jpg

[T/N: Pretty commonly used, ying ying is supposed to be cute crying sounds.]

This long-named person was an acclaimed shou CV, Gu Yan, who was very famous in the Voice of Jiuxiao Broadcasting Troupe.

Gu Yan was Wang Qingyun's old partner and they had collaborated on three radio dramas. He and Wang Qingyun's "YunYan CP" had a lot of fans. The most classic masterpiece Send Rivers and Mountains had been acclaimed as one of the top ten tear-jerkers.

[T/N: YunYan could also be Cloud Crane.]

... And it just so happened that the first one of Wang Qingyun’s radio dramas that Xiang Cai had listened to was this Send Rivers and Mountains.

In the drama, Wang Qingyun, who played the emperor, was both a scumbag and an affectionate lover. The two completely contrasting characteristics were set up together. Not only did it not clash, but made all fans both love and hate him equally. At the end of the whole drama, the general played by Gu Yan died on the battlefield. Wang Qingyun had a three-minute monologue. He lost his lover and wept blood, but because he was the emperor, he had to endure his pain silently, internally, so that people did not witness his weakness ... Those three minutes had particularly tested the Tan Yiming's voice-over ability. It was said that he had taken more than ten attempts of the monologue, carefully refining and perfecting his emotions so that a perfect performance with the right amount of emotional shades and nuances was eventually achieved.

This drama was the root of countless CP fans. Many fans had jumped into the pit of Wang Qingyun from this one monologue alone.

Therefore, every year during the song festival, there were always fans who requested a live drama of Send Rivers and Mountains to be played. They went on to demand that the CVs roles be reversed: Wang Qingyun be the shou general, while Gu Yan would be the emperor.

It was a pity that this dreamed of wish never came true.

As a result, this time, when Wang Qingyun offered to dub the shou, Gu Yan popped up immediately expressing his discontent, rolling around wanting to ‘continue on the frontlines’ with his old partner.

[Voice of Jiuxiao—Second Son]: Xiao Gugu, what misunderstanding do you have about yourself?

[Voice of Jiuxiao—Second Son]: Xiao Yunyun can fake the sound of a shou, but you're not qualified to play a gong!

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Σ( ° △°|||)︴you, you, you second son, why do you say that!

Onlookers 1: Hahahahahaha

Onlookers 2: Gu Yan, have you not understood your general status?

Onlookers 3: Onlookers in the front row see that Xiao Gugu was knocked out by the president!

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Kekekeke, but @guess kids are also very popular!!!!!

Inexplicably, his cue was so clever that Xiang Cai didn't know what to answer.

In fact, just now when Gu Yan interjected suddenly, expressing his wish to dub with Wang Qingyun, Xiang Cai felt uncomfortable. Gu Yan was a veteran in the group and had a tacit understanding with Wang Qingyun; while he was just a new cover singer who had joined the club only half a year ago. When comparing the two, Xiang Cai thought fans were definitely more willing to listen to the former.

Xiang Cai’s inferiority complex began to make a splash again.

He felt that he should be "sensible" and "generous", take the initiative to make way for his senior; but then he stubbornly thought, ‘No! It was the great god who insisted on cooperating with me. Why should I give it to you? Have you known each other for a long time? Pleasant Goat had known Big Bad Wolf for a long time, and the Big Bad Wolf had not abandoned Red Wolf for the sake of Pleasant Goat.’

[T/N: A kid show.]

Xiang Cai sullenly hid behind the screen, pretending to be offline and secretly peeping at the screen. In fact, he didn't know that he had given Gu Yan a villain card.

Yiming Qingyun: Gu Yan, I remember you just passed your 30th birthday the other day, right?

Yiming Qingyun: Mentioning how old you are, how can you be so childish.

Yiming Qingyun: [Meng Goose shaking his head].jpg

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: Who are you saying is old! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Yiming Qingyun: Says you.

Yiming Qingyun: It should be called "being old and disrespectful", right?

Yiming Qingyun: I agreed to sing with guess, you are like a bully who is grabbing a lollipop from another kid.

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: ╭(╯^╰)╮

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: I see! You just have a new love and forgot the old love!

Gu Gu Gu Gu Gu Yan: I won’t be the best in the world with you!

Gu Yan made a tearful expression and left.

Xiang Cai was taken aback by this sudden development. On the one hand, he didn't expect it at all that great god Wang Qingyun would jump out to defend and stand on his side. On the other hand, he didn't expect that Gu Yan was thirty years old. Was he childish or emotional?

But looking at the group, there was the appearance of singing and dancing, everyone was still chatting and talking about Taobao; no one cared about Gu Yan who suddenly appeared and suddenly exited.

Xiang Cai: "...?"

He put down his mobile phone and paced around the dormitory twice with his hands behind his back.

Once he reached his phone again, he was internally tangled, pondering on what had just happened for a long time; but in the end, as he held his phone, the goodwill in his heart prevailed.

After eight hundred psychological struggles, he hesitantly opened Wang Qingyun's private chat with reservations.

guess: Uh ...

guess: I think Gu Yan is very angry.

guess: If he wants to work with you so much, I'll pick another song.

Oh my god!- Xiang Cai sent himself a weeping swan expression, because when he typed these words, he was really aggrieved and embarrassed.

He didn't want to give it at all, but he didn't want the great god to fall out with his old partner for his sake.

Yiming Qingyun: ?

Yiming Qingyun: Little swan, you misunderstood.

Yiming Qingyun: Sorry, we are used to joking around in the group.

Yiming Qingyun: This is Gu Yan’s character, he is particularly fond of acting. He said he was angry and went away, but actually he just went to the game group.

guess: ...

guess: [black swan question mark face] .jpg

Yiming Qingyun: Really, I’m not lying to you.

Tan Yiming was afraid that he would continue to misunderstand, and hurried to press the announcement to log into the game, taking a screenshot of the game and sending it to guess.

Yiming Qingyun: [Share image]

guess: Uh, so many people in the picture, which one is Gu Yan?

Yiming Qingyun: The one wearing the least clothes, with the most colored hair and largest wings, and whose ID is the one with the emoji.

guess: ... But that's a girl.

Yiming Qingyun: Well, his aesthetic has always been like this.

Apart from dancing, Xiang Cai has no time to play online games. Although his roommates played, he watched them play a few rounds and was not interested at all, so he learned for the first time that there would be some demons in the game ...

guess: So it’s like this ...

guess: I thought because you were with me, so ...

Yiming Qingyun: So what?

Xiang Cai bit his lip and bravely typed those words.

guess: I thought he was jealous.

Yiming Qingyun: He is a straight man, why should he be jealous of such a thing?

guess: ?

Yiming Qingyun: ?

guess: ??

Yiming Qingyun: ??

Yiming Qingyun: Did you just know?

For Xiang Cai, it was, of course, the first time he knew, and he was about to be scared under the bench, OK?

guess: But ... but hasn't he been assigned to danmei radio dramas?

Yiming Qingyun: [laughing and crying] Who said that all bl CVs are gay?

Tan Yiming didn't expect that guess had been in the circle for so long, but still held this cute and simple idea.

Many fans who listened to radio dramas for the first time often had a misunderstanding, thinking that all CVs (especially shou CVs) were gay, and when they were found out to be straight men, felt cheated.

Yiming Qingyun: Gu Yan has been married for a long time. His wife used to be the post-production of our group. Because of the lack of people, she brought in her husband.

Yiming Qingyun: His ID ‘Gu Yan’ was made by his wife. They are surnamed Gu and Yan, and their ids were directly homonymous. They were always loving.

Yiming Qingyun: He hadn’t dubbed in the past two years, because the young couple has a baby and are working hard to earn milk powder money every day.

Yiming Qingyun: Only because of his feelings for the community, has he never resigned.

Xiang Cai was stunned by the development of this twisty story.

He felt that it was extraordinarily incredible.

guess: But ... but ...

guess: But he uses emojis! Very coquettish in the group!

Yiming Qingyun: Well, that’s a straight man's normal operation.

Yiming Qingyun: [Stroke]

Yiming Qingyun: Little swan you are so naive, it may be easy for you to be abducted.

Yiming Qingyun: You remember, in the two-dimensional world, people who always love to express their emotions are all straight men. [Laughing and crying] It has nothing to do with the gay guys when the straight guys shows up.

Xiang Cai suddenly realized.

guess: Then, those ids that are very yellow and fierce, and they’re always texting in the middle of the night. Are they really gay?

[T/N: yellow = dirty/naughty.]

Yiming Qingyun: No.

Yiming Qingyun: Those are girls.

guess: ...

Chatting and chatting, the topic gradually went down in a witty way.

Yiming Qingyun: Guess, dubbing has nothing to do with sexuality. This is just a hobby and a job.

Yiming Qingyun: Take Hollywood as an example. Actors who come out can still perform very sweet heterosexual love scenes, and straight men who are married and have children can also kiss the same gender in front of the camera.

Yiming Qingyun: Now that we have entered the community, and since we have picked up the work, it doesn't matter what sexuality the character is, we just want to match them well and send them to the ears of all the fans.

Yiming Qingyun: Gu Yan is a straight man, but his cool beauty is a favorite of many fans, and can remain one of the beautiful men in the drama.

Yiming Qingyun: There is also the drama just announced earlier, where the male CV is gay, but he and the female voice are also very good together.

guess: ...

guess: ... Then I have a question ...

There seemed to be a bunch of copper bells in Xiang Cai’s heart, and just now, the bunch of copper bells suddenly rang.

The sound gradually widened, and crashed into his heart, spreading indefinitely. He did not know what to do.

There was a problem about to break out of the ground, it was there, it was hiding there; as long as it was a bit braver, then it could break through the last level and jump in front of the two of them.

Yiming Qingyun: What do you want to ask?

guess: Yun Da, then you ...

Yiming Qingyun: ?

Xiang Cai thought he was calm, but in fact, he was heated all over his body from his fingertips to his earlobe.

He felt like he was about to touch a secret. This secret was not only related to Wang Qingyun, but also to himself.

As long as he got a reply from Wang Qingyun, then all his gains and losses in the recent period would be answered.

...

Across the ocean, Tan Yiming waited patiently for the boy's next question.

But he waited and waited, watching the "typing" state flashed above the texting box.

Tan Yiming simply suspected that there were hundreds of questions inside the boy. Otherwise, how could he by typing for so long without end?

Fortunately, his patience had always been sufficient. He did not urge him or jump to another software, and just waited quietly for the boy to input his question.

After a few minutes, this awkward silence finally came to an end.

The question that appeared on the screen, however, was unexpectedly short—

guess: Yun Da, have you eaten?

Tan Yiming: "...?"

Needless to say, he also knew that this was definitely not the actual question the boy wanted to ask at first. Presumably, the unknown problem must be very complicated, so complicated that the little swan had to escape, and it could only be covered up with another poor question.

Tan Yiming didn't know how to answer, when just then, his bedroom door was knocked.

"Come in!" Tan Yiming said loudly.

The bedroom door was pushed open a gap, and Yao Yin leaned in half of his body from behind the door, greeting lazily.

The young man wore a loose set of pajamas, they were two sizes too large. The neckline slipped off his shoulders, exposing delicate white skin. His light brown hair resting on his forehead was brushed away by him again.

Obviously, he did the simplest action he could, but it exuded a wonderful charm.

Yao Yin's voice was lazy: "Stop playing with the computer, come out quickly, the rice is ready."

"OK." Tan Yiming closed the computer.

Before leaving, he did not forget to notify the little swan.

Yiming Qingyun: I’m going to eat now.

Yiming Qingyun: Let’s talk later

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The author has something to say:

ps: Can everyone guess why Yao Yin appeared in Xiao Gong's house?

PS: This last scene was mainly about emotional lines ... it was very tangled.

Gains and losses, hesitating, thinking wildly; the other party didn’t know anything about it, but he had finished an inner drama first ...

Don't worry, everyone.

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