Chapter 55

 Act VII: Fan Letter (7)

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Tan Yiming and Chen Ziran were the first guests to enter the recording studio.

Before entering the studio, the staff took out two large lottery boxes and asked them to draw dubbing clips.

Everyone had two chances to perform. According to their usual practice, the first clip was relatively simple, most of which were Qiong Yao dramas or Hong Kong dramas. The second clip was relatively tricky. For example, someone drew Ultraman once and he laughed for a whole minute once he held it.

[T/N: Qiong Yao dramas = (mostly romantic) dramas adapted from books/works created by Taiwanese writer Qiong Yao. Ultraman is some Chinese show of a robot looking thing.]

Chen Ziran anxiously thought of "Tian Lingling" [T/N: theme song of the movie Demon Lingling], and then with much courage, put his hand into the box.

All his expressions were recorded by the camera, displayed on the big screen, and transmitted to all the audience.

"My brother is so dirty and so cute!"

"Woohoo, son don't be afraid, this sister wishes for her husband to win the lottery!!"

"No Ultraman, no Pikachu, no Sailor Moon!!!"

Unfortunately, temporarily holding Buddha's foot was destined to be useless. Chen Ziran was out of luck. His second clip was an anti-Japanese drama with thunder hidden in the crotch.

[T/N: thunder in crotch = phrase that became popular after an anti-Japanese drama had a scene with a grenade hidden in someone’s crotch (and received a lot of backlash).]

All the fans: "..."

Chen Ziran: "..."

Chen Ziran had drawn, and now it was Tan Yiming’s turn.

Unlike Chen Ziran, who had no composure, Tan Yiming put his hand into the box leisurely and took out two task cards.

The first one was a famous Hong Kong gangster drama.

Tan Yiming raised the corner of his mouth: "A trivial, normal operation."

The audience watching the big screen live broadcast: "Oh! This smile, I can! I really can!!"

The second one……

Tan Yiming glanced at it and immediately snapped the task over.

He asked the staff: "Can I draw another one?"

Before the staff responded, Chen Ziran, who was extremely entertaining, had rushed to grab the task card from him.

The photographer gave a clever close-up, and saw only these words on the task card—Paw Patrol.

[T/N: The ‘Special Agent Wangwang’ from the last chapter is Paw Patrol translated into Chinese and back. Whoops.]

Chen Ziran: "Hahahahaha, is this a trivial and normal operation?"

Tan Yiming thought for a while: "There’s no hard work, only dogs who don't work hard."

Chen Ziran: "..."

The host handed the microphone over in a timely manner and teased, "So familiar with the lines, it seems that Teacher Tan has also seen this cartoon?"

Tan Yiming said, "I've seen a bit."

"How much?"

Tan Yiming: "More than sixty episodes."

Everyone: "..."

Many employees of Blockbuster Studio were married and with children. In an industry like theirs, when they were busy, they often worked overtime. So, Tan Yiming simply opened a small "children's playground" in the company, allowing employees to bring their children over and take care of them nearby.

When the children watched cartoons, Tan Yiming occasionally glanced at it. From Peppa Pig to Paw Patrol, he was proficient in all the children's communication language, and was the first in the entire company to master the eight tones of the pig calls.

Thanks to the group of children—at least Tan Yiming would not have a weakness, and could understand the plot of the show that he was dubbing in advance.

Before the lottery, Tan Yiming had a hunch in his heart: the show team would definitely use means to increase the difficulty of his dubbing.

Paw Patrol was an out-and-out children’s show. It told the story of a little boy carrying six puppies to complete tasks. The clip that Tan Yiming needed to dub was a scene where the young boy talked to six puppies before a certain mission.

Tan Yiming was a standard baritone. When he raised or lowered his voice, he could dub male characters from their 20s to their 50s. However, this time, he not only challenged a child's voice, but also dubbed seven characters at the same time, completely pushing him into a pit.

Tan Yiming did not panic, and said to the host, "You’re letting me dub seven roles alone, and the seven characters will talk to each other. Do you think I can be a ventriloquist?"

He didn't wait for the host to answer, and directly asked: "I want to apply for foreign aid."

The host bit the bullet and said: "This is not in line with our rules ... every round is 1vs1. If your teammates come to help you, no matter if your group wins or loses, the score will not count.

Tan Yiming pointed a finger to the monitoring screen next to him: "I'm not aiming for my teammates—can I pick from the audience in the venue?"

The camera in the recording studio faithfully recorded their bargaining process. When Tan Yiming proposed to find an audience member as foreign aid, the entire infield auditorium was boiling!

The director team immediately evaluated the possibility of this scheme. The entire program was suspended for five minutes, and the directors gathered together to start researching whether the audience could participate in the competition.

One said: "There has never been such a precedent before ..."

Another said, "We've run the show for two seasons, and it's time for some changes!"

Someone said: "Teacher Tan’s sacrificial ritual is too obvious. If he is not allowed to find foreign aid, he will definitely get us scolded when the program is broadcast."

Someone else said, "Anyway, many viewers will be camera-shy and its impossible for him to just point at someone who can perform well."

After discussing for a long time, they found that adding an audience member to the field would not only affect the balance of the game, but also increase the topicality.

So, the director said, "Yes, let him pick an audience member."

The host listened to the instructions coming back through his communicator, and thought: Okay, you are good to go.

So, after the recording started again, the host announced in public—"Never seen opportunity before, we are going to draw a lucky audience member who can enter the recording studio with Teacher Tan Yiming!"

As soon as his words fell, the professional team fans who were in the last two rows of the auditorium immediately screamed loudly.

Ooooooooh, they begged for fortune for three thousand years in front of the Buddha and finally encountered a miracle!!!!!

An LCD TV was placed in the recording studio, and the screen was connected to booth #1 in the studio, facing the auditorium.

The size of the LCD TV screen was not that big. There were more than 200 people in the auditorium, and Tan Yiming could only make out people's silhouette. The front row of the auditorium was full of celebrity fans, and he saw banners of all colors.

Of course, Tan Yiming would not choose a rival celebrity fan. He didn't think much about it and said directly: "Give the audience in the back row a chance. I choose from the last row-" he really couldn’t see clearly, "-the last row, the one with the shortest hair in the middle."

Before he finished, the director who stayed in the studio immediately switched the camera and moved it to the short-haired young man in the middle of the last row.

Unexpectedly, it was a male audience member.

A very good looking, tall, elegant male audience member.

The photographer was so eager for beauty that he immediately pushed a close-up.

So, the appearance of that beautiful male audience member dominated the entire screen.

Tan Yiming froze.

He didn't expect it at all—that he would reunite with Xiang Cai in this unexpected way.

He looked at the boy on the screen almost greedily, from his hair to his eyes ... inch by inch, anxious to impress his appearance in his heart.

Obviously, it was only a few days since the last time they met, but Tan Yiming felt that they had been separated for another 5 years.

He watched Xiang Cai lower his eyes and stand up, his face expressionless.

He watched the staff hand the microphone to Xiang Cai.

He watched Xiang Cai start to speak, his voice clear and sweet—

— "Sorry." Xiang Cai said calmly. "I am unable to help Teacher dub because I'm a fan of Chen Ziran."

Tan Yiming: "... ????"

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The author has something to say: 

Little Theater:

Chen Ziran: Wuwuwu, Xiang Cai, a man who knows his brotherhood!

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