Chapter 269: Dubbing “Jiu Se”
He thought he could easily get past her parents. Yun Xiangxiang wasn’t afraid of her fans leaving her. She wasn’t worried that her influence would diminish even if she didn’t go down the path of being a popular star.
“Can I take it as my girlfriend agreeing to my proposal as long as I pass my parents-in-law’s test?” Song Mian concluded.
Yun Xiangxiang raised her chin, “I’ll marry you if you can make my parents agree to it!”
She loved him in the first place. Marriage was why she dated him. If her parents agreed to it, she wouldn’t delay it.
“That’s a promise then,” Song Mian looked as if he was sure to succeed.
“Let’s not put the cart before the horse,” there were still two years. “I’ll go to South Africa to see you when it’s your birthday.”
“Don’t you need to go to class?” Song Mian felt happy.
Yun Xiangxiang was a disciplined girl. She paid a lot of importance to her career and studies. She would take care of both if she could. But if she couldn’t, she would choose to focus on her studies.
She wouldn’t put her studies aside unless it were a very urgent matter. At least that was what Song Mian thought. Now she was going to skip some classes to celebrate his birthday. She was going against her principles for him. Her action touched Song Mian.
“I still have a bit of my leave left. It’s just convenient,” Yun Xiangxiang didn’t want to say her true feelings.
She thought “Jiu Se”‘s filming would finish in July. She didn’t expect it to be wrapped up a month earlier. She did apply for a three-month leave.
If Song Mian’s birthday wasn’t at the end of June, and if it wasn’t because she wanted to celebrate his first birthday after they started dating, she would have gone back to class.
If she went back now, she would have to lie if she wanted an end-of-June leave. She couldn’t tell her department head that she wanted to celebrate her boyfriend’s birthday.
She assumed that she was still filming. She could also ask He Wei to take another endorsement for her during this time.
Her studies would be harder, as she wasn’t studying in school. Even so, she would keep up and wouldn’t let her guard down.
“Then why don’t you go with me?” Song Mian suggested.
Yun Xiangxiang shook her head. “You’re going there to work. If I go with you, I’ll be disturbing you. You won’t be as efficient with me there.”
If she went with him now, Song Mian would take too much time to accompany her, especially when she was in a foreign country. Song Mian couldn’t rest easy.
“I’ll take this chance to find something to endorse. Good luck with your work. Let’s work hard together,” Yun Xiangxiang smiled.
When Song Mian thought of how bad his workplace’s condition was, the bad weather, and him having to go to the outbreak area for a few days, he stopped persuading her to go.
The next day, Captain Luo and his men came to Yun Xiangxiang’s house to take her testimony. It was just for the records and signifying the end of her involvement with this case.
Yun Xiangxiang mentioned Dai Hua’s girlfriend’s illness to Song Mian. She was planning to see this girl after the criminals’ verdict was passed, and the police were done with them. That would minimize the risk she would bring to her.
“This won’t be easy to treat. I’ll have someone to take a look. I’ll tell you how much chance she has after they send the results to me,” since it was something Yun Xiangxiang agreed to help with, it was now his matter too.
Yun Xiangxiang technically owed Dai Hua her life. He had to repay it for her.
Yun Xiangxiang left the matter to Song Mian. He would arrange the doctor who specialized in this matter to treat the girl. The couple stayed home and talked all day.
Song Mian told Yun Xiangxiang about the fascinating things in South Africa during his time there, making her gasp in astonishment. He shared the many beautiful pictures he took there with her.
When they video called each other, Yun Xiangxiang would do the talking most of the time, while Song Mian would be her audience. It was the other way round now. Yun Xiangxiang held a pillow as she listened to him regale her with his tales. Time flew by like this quickly.
Yun Xiangxiang asked Song Mian to leave first thing in the morning. He would be back in South Africa at midnight. He could get some rest.
After sending Song Mian off and returning from her morning workout, she saw Wu Zhao sharing happy news in the chat group.
“The King’s Plan” would be released overseas this weekend.
This was Yun Xiangxiang’s first film in her two lives to air overseas. She was filled with anticipation.
Han Jing tried to air “University Dream” overseas back then, but it was a pity nobody wanted to introduce it.
She didn’t expect that a foreign film company was interested in a historical drama about China, and was even willing to introduce it.
“The King’s Plan” showed China’s culture. Its magnificent war scenes aligned with their aesthetics. When you add that up with Director Wu’s and Lu Jin’s international influence, it’s logical that “The King’s Plan” would be introduced into their country,” He Wei analyzed it for Yun Xiangxiang.
Yun Xiangxiang now knew why “University Dream” overseas airing failed. She wasn’t influential enough. Besides, “University Dream” talked about China’s condition. Every country had its slums, but they didn’t share China’s situation, so they didn’t need that kind of film.
Now she had to work harder to get international level awards to increase her global influence.
“Take it slow,” He Wei caught the sparkle in her eyes. He was pleased. “Why did you come for me?”
“Now that I have time, why don’t you arrange something for me, Brother Wei?” Yun Xiangxiang came to the company for this.
“Your finals will be held next month. Don’t you need to study?” He Wei wasn’t planning on taking any jobs for her.
“It’s fine. I know what I am doing,” Yun Xiangxiang wouldn’t add to her workload if she wasn’t confident about her studies.
“You don’t have much time. An ad shoot would take too long.”
China’s process of ad shooting would take a long time. They would have to sign the contract, talk about the content, go into an early shoot, review the company, and then reshoot. He Wei knew Yun Xiangxiang’s finals were in July. She would have to go to Paris for “First Love”‘s shoot after that.
“Are you interested in dubbing for “Jiu Se”?” He Wei remembered Du Changrong’s request two days ago.
“Okay, sure,” Yun Xiangxiang was interested.”
She would dub for all the dramas she played in her past life. Never did she record the audio live. The live venue would have too much background noise. If the actor said one line wrong, they would have to reshoot. Not everyone had the money to be as strict as Wu Zhao was.
Most of the dubbing wouldn’t see the original cast reprising their roles. Some actors’ voices wouldn’t suit the character, and they cost more money.
“Then you should go try it out,” He Wei stopped her pestering just like that.
But Yun Xiangxiang still felt happy. This was more exciting than an ad shoot was to her. She immediately called Du Changrong.
Du Changrong thought her voice was gentle. It suited the character of Jiu Se. He already had this idea when they were filming.
But the contract didn’t say anything about asking Yun Xiangxiang to dub. If he wanted her to do this, he must top up on the pay.
This was Huan Yu’s investment though. He knew it wouldn’t be too much trouble, so he sought He Wei out.