Chapter 80
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Chapter 80
TLC: Lilies
unedited
“Impudent—”
The furious bellow coming from the headphones could shake one to the core.
Went off with a bang’s depth of voice wasn’t half bad, so even when he shouted the lines out, his voice didn’t lack in power.
It was a scene between “Emperor Chang” and “Consort Shu. Whenever “Emperor Chang”’s addiction flared up, he would get furious and irascible. This time, it was just as he would be staying in “Consort Shu’s” palace for the night when she sparked a dispute by bringing up the matter of naming a crown prince again.
“Our lands are Ours, and as for which of Our sons is to be made a crown prince… —That is for Us to decide!”
Those lines were also roared out.
In the background information prompt, it was written that: At the time, much was brewing underneath the surface in the imperial court for the establishment of the heir to the throne . The previous empress was of humble origins and after her death, there was no support left to back up her son. Meanwhile, “Concubine Shu”’s family kept growing in power and riches; her father was a powerful personage within the imperial court, so most court ministers sought good relations with him, joining his camp, certain that soon enough “Concubine Shu” would become officially titled the new empress and her son would naturally have the highest chances of becoming the crown prince.
As the previous line ended, leaving only the sound of ragged breaths in the headphones, as if the signs of torment brought by the drug addiction.
Qi Jing gave him a like of approval in his heart.
This Uncle Bang might not be much character wise, but he was still the type to take the evaluation of his voice acting to his heart—this time, he took note of the details and showed quite an improvement compared to his performance during the “Old Man Xiao Shan” audition. This, on top of the fact that he had a pretty good foundation made his performance slowly get even more life-like, bringing it to another level.
“We are not nothing without the Yan family’s support… We are the emperor… THE EMPEROR!”
There was no speech prompt for that line; Uncle Bang continued with the previous atmosphere of the scene and bellowed furiously.
After the end of the line, there was a small prompt about “Emperor Chang” falling after breaking a flower vase. According to this train of thought, anyone would come to the conclusion that the character was venting his fury by smashing things around him.
But Qi Jing only listened, staying completely silent.
The next line was the crucial point of this scene, while also being a crucial point of “Emperor Chang”’s character.
Speech prompt: Trembling.
And so, Uncle Bang cursed between pants in a trembling voice, “We are clearly the monarch of the country, the ruler of the land under Heavens, so why… Why do We need to listen to others when considering those matters? We don’t care, We don’t care! We don’t care what Our father-in-law has to say, We absolutely… Do—not—care.”
The last three words were basically squeezed through his clenched teeth.
From the relationship between the characters, it could be assumed that it was “Consort Shu”’s father who held the true power in the court and “Emperor Chang” had to give in in spite of his wishes. This kind of limitation wasn’t something any emperor could bear with for a long time—that’s why for this part, the tone Uncle Bang chose to go with made perfect sense.
“But I won’t perform it like this.” After praising Uncle Bang in his head, Qi Jing smiled and leaned over the desk to support his chin on a hand, cocking his head craftily before the screen. He agreed with the other man’s choices, but not entirely.
He had his own, different understanding.
Hence, he would show a different performance.
At that time, Uncle Bang had already started the third scene.
The last scene took time near the very ending of the story—”Emperor Chang” had been pushed back into the corner of the palace by the main character “Qin Tuo”, with no way of retreat left. The two of them had a few lines of dialogue as they stood face-to-face.
“You are here to kill Us, aren’t you? That thing in your hand, is that not the token you rebels call the ‘Order to End the Heavens’?”
A person at the end of his rope would still throw that final struggle, even knowing that they won’t have a good end. It was very on point of Uncle Bang to use this kind of tone at this juncture. He made good use of his baritone voice, making his angry laughter sound like it was reverberating through his chest, “Every single one of you are rebels, each and every one pushing Us to this extent! ‘End the Heavens?’ Hahahaha-!! Is the Heavens something anyone can end? What you are doing is not ending the Heavens, it’s rebelling against the will of the Heavens!”
After saying this, he gasped a couple of times, then laughed eerily.
“Hah, We know… You rebels want to make that Marquess Shunyang the emperor… But Marquess Shunyang is nothing more than a dirty bastard spawned outside by the previous emperor! It is Us who were titled the only true crown prince by the previous emperor!”
And that concluded Uncle Bang’s performance of the third scene, using the remaining dozen of seconds to thank the audience and the judges, ask for support, and only then all of his follow-up activities were complete.
After listening to so many auditions, he could already say that a competitor with this level of skill could be counted as an excellent, so his score certainly wouldn’t be low.
Of course, if the person’s moral standing was comparable to his capabilities, it would be even better&#k2026; Unfortunately that wasn’t the case.
“But considering your improvement in voice acting, I’ll still give you a vote.”
Qi Jing had never been stingy with giving votes to his competitors. Besides, he was already used to the fact that moral quality and the skill of a person should be viewed as two completely separate things, so there was no need to haggle about a little vote because of some personal grudge.
Just as he expected, Went off with a bang’s final score was pretty good—enough for his fans to gloat about it for a while;
【Voice Quality】: 4.0，3.5，4.5，average score 4.0
【Enunciation】: 3.5，3.0，4.5，average score 3.67
【Foundation Points】:4.0，3.0，4.5，average score 3.83
【Charisma】：3.5，2.5，4.5，average score3.5
Judging panel’s evaluation: 4.0+3.67+3.83+3.5 = 15.0 points
Additional audience vote points: 65.7% voting ratio = 0.657 points
Overall score: 15.0+0.657 = 15.657 points
Upon closer analysis, this score would reveal something interesting.
Pu Yuzhi was the most strict among all three of the judges, but according to her strict judging criteria, this score was already nearly ideal. Perhaps she took note of how Uncle Bang had improved in his handling of the tone of his voice.
And Northwest Road’s score was still all kinds over the top, but it wasn’t as exaggerated as before; not as suspicious.
As for the additional vote points, it was calculated according to the ratio of “the number of live votes sent in divided by the total number of voters”. The fans from both sides started hurling curses at each other before the competition even started, so with the overbearing amount of Bronze Sparrow Terrace fans likely refusing to vote on that “enemy” of theirs, it naturally resulted in lower votes for his performance.
But despite that, Uncle Bang still ranked first with the highest overall score so far, making Bronze Sparrow Terrace’s fans see red from fury.
“Haa…”
Qi Jing took a deep breath and patted his face with his hand, pulling himself together.
Contestants had only two, three minutes of time each, so from Uncle Bang’s exit to his turn to step on the “stage”, it would probably only be just enough time for him to get up and fetch a glass of water.
But this time, what he got wasn’t plain water but a thick sugar mixture made by combining granulated sugar with water—after drinking a mouthful, his throat immediately became cloyingly sweet, as if something clung to his oesophagus. Someone unused to this kind of concentrated solution would find the feeling in the throat hard to bear, wanting to rinse it with some clear water.
“Cough cough cough…” He pressed the area near his vocal cords and coughed lightly a few times. But he didn’t rinse his throat.
Since he took the sip until now, his voice had already become a bit more hoarse.
His natural voice was really clear, in no way suited for a role of someone like “Emperor Chang” who gulped down immortality pills on a daily basis. His sense of age was also not up to mark—he could do a man in twenties, but a role of a man in thirties was already too much for him. Still, he didn’t want to pinch his voice cords to make up for that, because that would greatly reduce the quality of the performance.
A similar method of using hard liquor would give better results, but Shen Yan definitely wouldn’t let him do that, so he chose a relatively milder method.
There was another reason he did not want to drink shaojiu and that was his father.
He still remembered clearly how his father’s voice became more and more hoarse as his alcoholism progressed, as well as his face when he would become temperamental and aggressive after drinking—it was all kind of similar to this character he was about to perform. That thought appeared in his mind out of nowhere, making Qi Jing furrow his brow a little as he couldn’t stop the memories of his past in the family home from surfacing.
“Heh.” Qi Jing snickered self-mockingly.
People always said that a VA would sometimes relate their real life experience on the role, but he never expected that the experience he would relate would be this.
I wonder what father is doing right now… If his habits didn’t change during those years, then he should be watching the news at this hour.
Ironically enough, he also worked in a TV news channel.
He didn’t know if his father would remember him whenever he watched daily news, or if he would remember the son he had long since disowned…
“Contestant No.16, Don’t ask for my return date.”
Suddenly, Yang Chunqu’s call interrupted his thinking, he woke up with a start from his contemplation and instinctively sat up straight.
“Contestant No.16, please prepare your equipment, I will soon move you to the first place of the mic sequence.” Yang Chunqu said smilingly, her bearing still as formal and elegant as before.
But as she called his ID, a small uproar started in the public chat, filling it up with trash talk.
Audience 1: (⊙ o ⊙) Isn’t that Don’t ask for my return date?? That Don’t ask for my return date who played in ⟪Trap⟫??
Audience 2: Heck!! He showed up! That Don’t ask for my return date who’s been making so much noisearound himself actually showed up!! To give up on staying low, even attending a competition, he truly is daring… And he’s even competing with Bronze Sparrow for a role, really, so daring…
Audience 3: (＞﹏＜) To be honest, I really like Don’t ask for my return date, what to do, what to do, what to do… (shyly pointing fingers together)
Audience 4: Is the commenter above blind? You actually like this kind of despicable snake that would deliberately drive a wedge between Bronze Sparrow and Little Noodles? That Bang-something from before was still passable【still not as good as our Bronze Sparrow tho】, but Don’t ask for return date barely has any voice acting skills to comment on. Imma have some popcorn and wait for the clownery to start, humph.
Audience 5: ╮(╯▽╰)╭ He’s here, he’s here! Let’s see how this weak shou will handle acting out an empress!【Note that I said “empress”, not “emperor”】
Audience 6: ╮(╯▽╰)╭ We are all ears to listen to Her Majesty, the Empress’ imperial decree! The kind from ⟪Empress in the Palace⟫! Hahahaha
…
…
His antis have also arrived huh… Very well, very well.
Qi Jing made a “thumb up” gesture before the screen before unmuting the mic with utmost calmness.
“Contestant No,1, can you talk now? Please try to say something to your mic to test your equipment.” Just as Yang Chunqu had said her routine lines, a very magnetic voice of a young man could suddenly be heard.
“Why is there such a commotion, whence the propriety? What does it make of the host before Our esteemed presence?”
“Pfft…”
Yan Chunqu was originally worried about that noisy discourse in the chat, thinking that Qi Jing was also a “problematic contestant”, but she didn’t expect him to make such a humorous opening remark—that royal pronoun really suited him well. With this, in that moment of confusion, laughter actually slipped out accidentally.
But as an MC, adapting to all kinds of situations that could come her way was her strong suit.
Hence, Yang Chunqu teased back in the same manner, “Your Majesty, the people outside are waiting for Your Majesty’s performance—may I ask Your Majesty to check the microphone.”
“It’s but a mere mic—We had already ordered for it to be tested well, so there’s no need to worry, host.” Qi Jing said with a chuckle.
That was the deepest he could go with his voice, as well as the most mighty way of talking he could manage.
Adding to that the slight hoarseness to his voice, the confidence and steadiness in his speech trained through the news reports training, he sounded completely different than him from ⟪Trap⟫…
Audience 1: …
Audience 2: … Just now…
Audience 3: … Just now, it was actually Don’t ask for my return date??
Audience 4: That’s a scam, Don’t ask for my return date can’t be this gong… Maybe it’s another VA with the same username? It has to be!!
Audience 5: With this voice, it can’t possibly be him!! The audacity to actually have someone else to stand in for him during the official competition, can this guy be any more shameless?? Organisers, organisers, it’s a textbook example of cheating. Please, you guys must not condone such shamelessness, investigate it well!!
Audience 6: Hahahaha, the commenter above, I advise you to not clown yourself! Who’s the shameless one, tell me?? As a small Return Date fan, I say it now—that’s his original voice【it’s kinda more gong than before, damn it… I like this type the most >///
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Chapter 80
TLC: Lilies
unedited
“Impudent—”
The furious bellow coming from the headphones could shake one to the core.
Went off with a bang’s depth of voice wasn’t half bad, so even when he shouted the lines out, his voice didn’t lack in power.
It was a scene between “Emperor Chang” and “Consort Shu. Whenever “Emperor Chang”’s addiction flared up, he would get furious and irascible. This time, it was just as he would be staying in “Consort Shu’s” palace for the night when she sparked a dispute by bringing up the matter of naming a crown prince again.
“Our lands are Ours, and as for which of Our sons is to be made a crown prince… —That is for Us to decide!”
Those lines were also roared out.
In the background information prompt, it was written that: At the time, much was brewing underneath the surface in the imperial court for the establishment of the heir to the throne . The previous empress was of humble origins and after her death, there was no support left to back up her son. Meanwhile, “Concubine Shu”’s family kept growing in power and riches; her father was a powerful personage within the imperial court, so most court ministers sought good relations with him, joining his camp, certain that soon enough “Concubine Shu” would become officially titled the new empress and her son would naturally have the highest chances of becoming the crown prince.
As the previous line ended, leaving only the sound of ragged breaths in the headphones, as if the signs of torment brought by the drug addiction.
Qi Jing gave him a like of approval in his heart.
This Uncle Bang might not be much character wise, but he was still the type to take the evaluation of his voice acting to his heart—this time, he took note of the details and showed quite an improvement compared to his performance during the “Old Man Xiao Shan” audition. This, on top of the fact that he had a pretty good foundation made his performance slowly get even more life-like, bringing it to another level.
“We are not nothing without the Yan family’s support… We are the emperor… THE EMPEROR!”
There was no speech prompt for that line; Uncle Bang continued with the previous atmosphere of the scene and bellowed furiously.
After the end of the line, there was a small prompt about “Emperor Chang” falling after breaking a flower vase. According to this train of thought, anyone would come to the conclusion that the character was venting his fury by smashing things around him.
But Qi Jing only listened, staying completely silent.
The next line was the crucial point of this scene, while also being a crucial point of “Emperor Chang”’s character.
Speech prompt: Trembling.
And so, Uncle Bang cursed between pants in a trembling voice, “We are clearly the monarch of the country, the ruler of the land under Heavens, so why… Why do We need to listen to others when considering those matters? We don’t care, We don’t care! We don’t care what Our father-in-law has to say, We absolutely… Do—not—care.”
The last three words were basically squeezed through his clenched teeth.
From the relationship between the characters, it could be assumed that it was “Consort Shu”’s father who held the true power in the court and “Emperor Chang” had to give in in spite of his wishes. This kind of limitation wasn’t something any emperor could bear with for a long time—that’s why for this part, the tone Uncle Bang chose to go with made perfect sense.
“But I won’t perform it like this.” After praising Uncle Bang in his head, Qi Jing smiled and leaned over the desk to support his chin on a hand, cocking his head craftily before the screen. He agreed with the other man’s choices, but not entirely.
He had his own, different understanding.
Hence, he would show a different performance.
At that time, Uncle Bang had already started the third scene.
The last scene took time near the very ending of the story—”Emperor Chang” had been pushed back into the corner of the palace by the main character “Qin Tuo”, with no way of retreat left. The two of them had a few lines of dialogue as they stood face-to-face.
“You are here to kill Us, aren’t you? That thing in your hand, is that not the token you rebels call the ‘Order to End the Heavens’?”
A person at the end of his rope would still throw that final struggle, even knowing that they won’t have a good end. It was very on point of Uncle Bang to use this kind of tone at this juncture. He made good use of his baritone voice, making his angry laughter sound like it was reverberating through his chest, “Every single one of you are rebels, each and every one pushing Us to this extent! ‘End the Heavens?’ Hahahaha-!! Is the Heavens something anyone can end? What you are doing is not ending the Heavens, it’s rebelling against the will of the Heavens!”
After saying this, he gasped a couple of times, then laughed eerily.
“Hah, We know… You rebels want to make that Marquess Shunyang the emperor… But Marquess Shunyang is nothing more than a dirty bastard spawned outside by the previous emperor! It is Us who were titled the only true crown prince by the previous emperor!”
And that concluded Uncle Bang’s performance of the third scene, using the remaining dozen of seconds to thank the audience and the judges, ask for support, and only then all of his follow-up activities were complete.
After listening to so many auditions, he could already say that a competitor with this level of skill could be counted as an excellent, so his score certainly wouldn’t be low.
Of course, if the person’s moral standing was comparable to his capabilities, it would be even better&#k2026; Unfortunately that wasn’t the case.
“But considering your improvement in voice acting, I’ll still give you a vote.”
Qi Jing had never been stingy with giving votes to his competitors. Besides, he was already used to the fact that moral quality and the skill of a person should be viewed as two completely separate things, so there was no need to haggle about a little vote because of some personal grudge.
Just as he expected, Went off with a bang’s final score was pretty good—enough for his fans to gloat about it for a while;
【Voice Quality】: 4.0，3.5，4.5，average score 4.0
【Enunciation】: 3.5，3.0，4.5，average score 3.67
【Foundation Points】:4.0，3.0，4.5，average score 3.83
【Charisma】：3.5，2.5，4.5，average score3.5
Judging panel’s evaluation: 4.0+3.67+3.83+3.5 = 15.0 points
Additional audience vote points: 65.7% voting ratio = 0.657 points
Overall score: 15.0+0.657 = 15.657 points
Upon closer analysis, this score would reveal something interesting.
Pu Yuzhi was the most strict among all three of the judges, but according to her strict judging criteria, this score was already nearly ideal. Perhaps she took note of how Uncle Bang had improved in his handling of the tone of his voice.
And Northwest Road’s score was still all kinds over the top, but it wasn’t as exaggerated as before; not as suspicious.
As for the additional vote points, it was calculated according to the ratio of “the number of live votes sent in divided by the total number of voters”. The fans from both sides started hurling curses at each other before the competition even started, so with the overbearing amount of Bronze Sparrow Terrace fans likely refusing to vote on that “enemy” of theirs, it naturally resulted in lower votes for his performance.
But despite that, Uncle Bang still ranked first with the highest overall score so far, making Bronze Sparrow Terrace’s fans see red from fury.
“Haa…”
Qi Jing took a deep breath and patted his face with his hand, pulling himself together.
Contestants had only two, three minutes of time each, so from Uncle Bang’s exit to his turn to step on the “stage”, it would probably only be just enough time for him to get up and fetch a glass of water.
But this time, what he got wasn’t plain water but a thick sugar mixture made by combining granulated sugar with water—after drinking a mouthful, his throat immediately became cloyingly sweet, as if something clung to his oesophagus. Someone unused to this kind of concentrated solution would find the feeling in the throat hard to bear, wanting to rinse it with some clear water.
“Cough cough cough…” He pressed the area near his vocal cords and coughed lightly a few times. But he didn’t rinse his throat.
Since he took the sip until now, his voice had already become a bit more hoarse.
His natural voice was really clear, in no way suited for a role of someone like “Emperor Chang” who gulped down immortality pills on a daily basis. His sense of age was also not up to mark—he could do a man in twenties, but a role of a man in thirties was already too much for him. Still, he didn’t want to pinch his voice cords to make up for that, because that would greatly reduce the quality of the performance.
A similar method of using hard liquor would give better results, but Shen Yan definitely wouldn’t let him do that, so he chose a relatively milder method.
There was another reason he did not want to drink shaojiu and that was his father.
He still remembered clearly how his father’s voice became more and more hoarse as his alcoholism progressed, as well as his face when he would become temperamental and aggressive after drinking—it was all kind of similar to this character he was about to perform. That thought appeared in his mind out of nowhere, making Qi Jing furrow his brow a little as he couldn’t stop the memories of his past in the family home from surfacing.
“Heh.” Qi Jing snickered self-mockingly.
People always said that a VA would sometimes relate their real life experience on the role, but he never expected that the experience he would relate would be this.
I wonder what father is doing right now… If his habits didn’t change during those years, then he should be watching the news at this hour.
Ironically enough, he also worked in a TV news channel.
He didn’t know if his father would remember him whenever he watched daily news, or if he would remember the son he had long since disowned…
“Contestant No.16, Don’t ask for my return date.”
Suddenly, Yang Chunqu’s call interrupted his thinking, he woke up with a start from his contemplation and instinctively sat up straight.
“Contestant No.16, please prepare your equipment, I will soon move you to the first place of the mic sequence.” Yang Chunqu said smilingly, her bearing still as formal and elegant as before.
But as she called his ID, a small uproar started in the public chat, filling it up with trash talk.
Audience 1: (⊙ o ⊙) Isn’t that Don’t ask for my return date?? That Don’t ask for my return date who played in ⟪Trap⟫??
Audience 2: Heck!! He showed up! That Don’t ask for my return date who’s been making so much noisearound himself actually showed up!! To give up on staying low, even attending a competition, he truly is daring… And he’s even competing with Bronze Sparrow for a role, really, so daring…
Audience 3: (＞﹏＜) To be honest, I really like Don’t ask for my return date, what to do, what to do, what to do… (shyly pointing fingers together)
Audience 4: Is the commenter above blind? You actually like this kind of despicable snake that would deliberately drive a wedge between Bronze Sparrow and Little Noodles? That Bang-something from before was still passable【still not as good as our Bronze Sparrow tho】, but Don’t ask for return date barely has any voice acting skills to comment on. Imma have some popcorn and wait for the clownery to start, humph.
Audience 5: ╮(╯▽╰)╭ He’s here, he’s here! Let’s see how this weak shou will handle acting out an empress!【Note that I said “empress”, not “emperor”】
Audience 6: ╮(╯▽╰)╭ We are all ears to listen to Her Majesty, the Empress’ imperial decree! The kind from ⟪Empress in the Palace⟫! Hahahaha
…
…
His antis have also arrived huh… Very well, very well.
Qi Jing made a “thumb up” gesture before the screen before unmuting the mic with utmost calmness.
“Contestant No,1, can you talk now? Please try to say something to your mic to test your equipment.” Just as Yang Chunqu had said her routine lines, a very magnetic voice of a young man could suddenly be heard.
“Why is there such a commotion, whence the propriety? What does it make of the host before Our esteemed presence?”
“Pfft…”
Yan Chunqu was originally worried about that noisy discourse in the chat, thinking that Qi Jing was also a “problematic contestant”, but she didn’t expect him to make such a humorous opening remark—that royal pronoun really suited him well. With this, in that moment of confusion, laughter actually slipped out accidentally.
But as an MC, adapting to all kinds of situations that could come her way was her strong suit.
Hence, Yang Chunqu teased back in the same manner, “Your Majesty, the people outside are waiting for Your Majesty’s performance—may I ask Your Majesty to check the microphone.”
“It’s but a mere mic—We had already ordered for it to be tested well, so there’s no need to worry, host.” Qi Jing said with a chuckle.
That was the deepest he could go with his voice, as well as the most mighty way of talking he could manage.
Adding to that the slight hoarseness to his voice, the confidence and steadiness in his speech trained through the news reports training, he sounded completely different than him from ⟪Trap⟫…
Audience 1: …
Audience 2: … Just now…
Audience 3: … Just now, it was actually Don’t ask for my return date??
Audience 4: That’s a scam, Don’t ask for my return date can’t be this gong… Maybe it’s another VA with the same username? It has to be!!
Audience 5: With this voice, it can’t possibly be him!! The audacity to actually have someone else to stand in for him during the official competition, can this guy be any more shameless?? Organisers, organisers, it’s a textbook example of cheating. Please, you guys must not condone such shamelessness, investigate it well!!
Audience 6: Hahahaha, the commenter above, I advise you to not clown yourself! Who’s the shameless one, tell me?? As a small Return Date fan, I say it now—that’s his original voice【it’s kinda more gong than before, damn it… I like this type the most >///
Chapter 80TLC: LiliesuneditedImpudentThe furious bellow coming from the headphones could shake one to the core. Went off with a bang's depth of voice wasn't half bad, so even when he shouted the lines out, his voice didn't lack in power.It was a scene between Emperor Chang and Consort Shu. Whenever Emperor Chang's addiction flared up, he would get furious and irascible. This time, it was just as he would be staying in Consort Shu's palace for the night when she sparked a dispute by bringing up the matter of naming a crown prince again.Our lands are Ours, and as for which of Our sons is to be made a crown prince That is for Us to decide!Those lines were also roared out. In the background information prompt, it was written that: At the time, much was brewing underneath the surface in the imperial court for the establishment of the heir to the throne . The previous empress was of humble origins and after her death, there was no support left to back up her son. Meanwhile, Concubine Shu's family kept growing in power and riches; her father was a powerful personage within the imperial court, so most court ministers sought good relations with him, joining his camp, certain that soon enough Concubine Shu would become officially titled the new empress and her son would naturally have the highest chances of becoming the crown prince.As the previous line ended, leaving only the sound of ragged breaths in the headphones, as if the signs of torment brought by the drug addiction.Qi Jing gave him a like of approval in his heart.This Uncle Bang might not be much character wise, but he was still the type to take the evaluation of his voice acting to his heartthis time, he took note of the details and showed quite an improvement compared to his performance during the Old Man Xiao Shan audition. This, on top of the fact that he had a pretty good foundation made his performance slowly get even more life-like, bringing it to another level.We are not nothing without the Yan family's support We are the emperor THE EMPEROR!There was no speech prompt for that line; Uncle Bang continued with the previous atmosphere of the scene and bellowed furiously.After the end of the line, there was a small prompt about Emperor Chang falling after breaking a flower vase. According to this train of thought, anyone would come to the conclusion that the character was venting his fury by smashing things around him.But Qi Jing only listened, staying completely silent.The next line was the crucial point of this scene, while also being a crucial point of Emperor Chang's character.Speech prompt: Trembling. And so, Uncle Bang cursed between pants in a trembling voice, We are clearly the monarch of the country, the ruler of the land under Heavens, so why Why do We need to listen to others when considering those matters? We don't care, We don't care! We don't care what Our father-in-law has to say, We absolutely Donotcare.The last three words were basically squeezed through his clenched teeth.From the relationship between the characters, it could be assumed that it was Consort Shu's father who held the true power in the court and Emperor Chang had to give in in spite of his wishes. This kind of limitation wasn't something any emperor could bear with for a long timethat's why for this part, the tone Uncle Bang chose to go with made perfect sense.But I won't perform it like this. After praising Uncle Bang in his head, Qi Jing smiled and leaned over the desk to support his chin on a hand, cocking his head craftily before the screen. He agreed with the other man's choices, but not entirely. He had his own, different understanding.Hence, he would show a different performance.At that time, Uncle Bang had already started the third scene.The last scene took time near the very ending of the storyEmperor Chang had been pushed back into the corner of the palace by the main character Qin Tuo, with no way of retreat left. The two of them had a few lines of dialogue as they stood face-to-face.You are here to kill Us, aren't you? That thing in your hand, is that not the token you rebels call the Order to End the Heavens'? A person at the end of his rope would still throw that final struggle, even knowing that they won't have a good end. It was very on point of Uncle Bang to use this kind of tone at this juncture. He made good use of his baritone voice, making his angry laughter sound like it was reverberating through his chest, Every single one of you are rebels, each and every one pushing Us to this extent! End the Heavens?' Hahahaha-!! Is the Heavens something anyone can end? What you are doing is not ending the Heavens, it's rebelling against the will of the Heavens!After saying this, he gasped a couple of times, then laughed eerily.Hah, We know You rebels want to make that Marquess Shunyang the emperor But Marquess Shunyang is nothing more than a dirty bastard spawned outside by the previous emperor! It is Us who were titled the only true crown prince by the previous emperor!And that concluded Uncle Bang's performance of the third scene, using the remaining dozen of seconds to thank the audience and the judges, ask for support, and only then all of his follow-up activities were complete. After listening to so many auditions, he could already say that a competitor with this level of skill could be counted as an excellent, so his score certainly wouldn't be low.Of course, if the person's moral standing was comparable to his capabilities, it would be even better&#k2026; Unfortunately that wasn't the case.But considering your improvement in voice acting, I'll still give you a vote.Qi Jing had never been stingy with giving votes to his competitors. Besides, he was already used to the fact that moral quality and the skill of a person should be viewed as two completely separate things, so there was no need to haggle about a little vote because of some personal grudge.Just as he expected, Went off with a bang's final score was pretty goodenough for his fans to gloat about it for a while; Voice Quality: 4.03.54.5average score 4.0Enunciation: 3.53.04.5average score 3.67Foundation Points:4.03.04.5average score 3.83Charisma3.52.54.5average score3.5Judging panel's evaluation: 4.0+3.67+3.83+3.5 = 15.0 pointsAdditional audience vote points: 65.7% voting ratio = 0.657 pointsOverall score: 15.0+0.657 = 15.657 points Upon closer analysis, this score would reveal something interesting.Pu Yuzhi was the most strict among all three of the judges, but according to her strict judging criteria, this score was already nearly ideal. Perhaps she took note of how Uncle Bang had improved in his handling of the tone of his voice.And Northwest Road's score was still all kinds over the top, but it wasn't as exaggerated as before; not as suspicious.As for the additional vote points, it was calculated according to the ratio of the number of live votes sent in divided by the total number of voters. The fans from both sides started hurling curses at each other before the competition even started, so with the overbearing amount of Bronze Sparrow Terrace fans likely refusing to vote on that enemy of theirs, it naturally resulted in lower votes for his performance.But despite that, Uncle Bang still ranked first with the highest overall score so far, making Bronze Sparrow Terrace's fans see red from fury. HaaQi Jing took a deep breath and patted his face with his hand, pulling himself together.Contestants had only two, three minutes of time each, so from Uncle Bang's exit to his turn to step on the stage, it would probably only be just enough time for him to get up and fetch a glass of water.But this time, what he got wasn't plain water but a thick sugar mixture made by combining granulated sugar with waterafter drinking a mouthful, his throat immediately became cloyingly sweet, as if something clung to his oesophagus. Someone unused to this kind of concentrated solution would find the feeling in the throat hard to bear, wanting to rinse it with some clear water.Cough cough cough He pressed the area near his vocal cords and coughed lightly a few times. But he didn't rinse his throat.Since he took the sip until now, his voice had already become a bit more hoarse.His natural voice was really clear, in no way suited for a role of someone like Emperor Chang who gulped down immortality pills on a daily basis. His sense of age was also not up to markhe could do a man in twenties, but a role of a man in thirties was already too much for him. Still, he didn't want to pinch his voice cords to make up for that, because that would greatly reduce the quality of the performance. A similar method of using hard liquor would give better results, but Shen Yan definitely wouldn't let him do that, so he chose a relatively milder method.There was another reason he did not want to drink shaojiu and that was his father.He still remembered clearly how his father's voice became more and more hoarse as his alcoholism progressed, as well as his face when he would become temperamental and aggressive after drinkingit was all kind of similar to this character he was about to perform. That thought appeared in his mind out of nowhere, making Qi Jing furrow his brow a little as he couldn't stop the memories of his past in the family home from surfacing.Heh. Qi Jing snickered self-mockingly.People always said that a VA would sometimes relate their real life experience on the role, but he never expected that the experience he would relate would be this.I wonder what father is doing right now If his habits didn't change during those years, then he should be watching the news at this hour. Ironically enough, he also worked in a TV news channel.He didn't know if his father would remember him whenever he watched daily news, or if he would remember the son he had long since disowned Contestant No.16, Don't ask for my return date.Suddenly, Yang Chunqu's call interrupted his thinking, he woke up with a start from his contemplation and instinctively sat up straight.Contestant No.16, please prepare your equipment, I will soon move you to the first place of the mic sequence. Yang Chunqu said smilingly, her bearing still as formal and elegant as before.But as she called his ID, a small uproar started in the public chat, filling it up with trash talk.Audience 1: o Isn't that Don't ask for my return date?? That Don't ask for my return date who played in Trap?? Audience 2: Heck!! He showed up! That Don't ask for my return date who's been making so much noisearound himself actually showed up!! To give up on staying low, even attending a competition, he truly is daring And he's even competing with Bronze Sparrow for a role, really, so daringAudience 3: To be honest, I really like Don't ask for my return date, what to do, what to do, what to do shyly pointing fingers togetherAudience 4: Is the commenter above blind? You actually like this kind of despicable snake that would deliberately drive a wedge between Bronze Sparrow and Little Noodles? That Bang-something from before was still passablestill not as good as our Bronze Sparrow tho, but Don't ask for return date barely has any voice acting skills to comment on. Imma have some popcorn and wait for the clownery to start, humph.Audience 5: He's here, he's here! Let's see how this weak shou will handle acting out an empress!Note that I said empress, not emperor Audience 6: We are all ears to listen to Her Majesty, the Empress' imperial decree! The kind from Empress in the Palace! HahahahaHis antis have also arrived huh Very well, very well.Qi Jing made a thumb up gesture before the screen before unmuting the mic with utmost calmness.Contestant No,1, can you talk now? Please try to say something to your mic to test your equipment. Just as Yang Chunqu had said her routine lines, a very magnetic voice of a young man could suddenly be heard. Why is there such a commotion, whence the propriety? What does it make of the host before Our esteemed presence?PfftYan Chunqu was originally worried about that noisy discourse in the chat, thinking that Qi Jing was also a problematic contestant, but she didn't expect him to make such a humorous opening remarkthat royal pronoun really suited him well. With this, in that moment of confusion, laughter actually slipped out accidentally.But as an MC, adapting to all kinds of situations that could come her way was her strong suit.Hence, Yang Chunqu teased back in the same manner, Your Majesty, the people outside are waiting for Your Majesty's performancemay I ask Your Majesty to check the microphone.It's but a mere micWe had already ordered for it to be tested well, so there's no need to worry, host. Qi Jing said with a chuckle. That was the deepest he could go with his voice, as well as the most mighty way of talking he could manage.Adding to that the slight hoarseness to his voice, the confidence and steadiness in his speech trained through the news reports training, he sounded completely different than him from TrapAudience 1: Audience 2: Just nowAudience 3: Just now, it was actually Don't ask for my return date?? Audience 4: That's a scam, Don't ask for my return date can't be this gong Maybe it's another VA with the same username? It has to be!!Audience 5: With this voice, it can't possibly be him!! The audacity to actually have someone else to stand in for him during the official competition, can this guy be any more shameless?? Organisers, organisers, it's a textbook example of cheating. Please, you guys must not condone such shamelessness, investigate it well!!Audience 6: Hahahaha, the commenter above, I advise you to not clown yourself! Who's the shameless one, tell me?? As a small Return Date fan, I say it nowthat's his original voiceit's kinda more gong than before, damn it I like this type the most ///
