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The Producer: an existence standing at the apex of the project planning pyramid, commanding the entire operation.
Kurau Koaki, who had just initially taken over the role of producer, had realized a truth after being polished by countless project plans.
Even if one exhausted all efforts to prepare perfectly in the early stages, one would still encounter the issue of promising voice actors refusing to participate.
In that case, why not seek out rookie voice actors myself, offering them an opportunity as a favor to establish a possibility for long-term cooperation?
Having thought this through, Kurau Koaki began searching for suitable candidates among the rookies announced by major agencies.
Until… the time for the audition arrived.
Inside the recording booth, Kurau Koaki stood behind Sound Director Arashima Taiya, gazing secretly at the two figures behind the soundproof glass.
Seeing that it was about time, Sound Director Arashima turned his head and glanced at the producer, whose face revealed no expression.
“Kurau-san, which segments do you intend for them to audition?”
Having her attention pulled back by Sound Director Arashima, Kurau Koaki picked up the script, which had already been wrinkled from her constant page-turning.
“Let’s start from their first meeting. You are the professional; you should know better than I do which segments are more important.”
After saying this, Kurau Koaki sat down in the seat next to Sound Director Arashima.
Sound Director Arashima nodded and waved to the two people across the glass.
“Alright then, Teraoin-san, please start reading from Line D until the end of Line A. And Kazakami, sorry to trouble you, but please help with the supporting lines.”
Receiving the instruction from Sound Director Arashima, Teraoin Hane looked nervously to her side.
Kazakami Ritsu appeared quite calm, seeming not the least bit nervous despite also auditioning for a lead role.
‘So amazing… Since that’s the case, I absolutely cannot drag Kazakami-san down!’
Holding onto such thoughts, Teraoin Hane’s originally gentle gaze turned sharp.
However, what came out of her mouth was a gentle voice that contrasted with her serious expression.
“Here… is?”
As soon as her voice fell, Sound Director Arashima pressed a button, cutting in a sound effect of violent wind.
“That is… what? It’s coming towards me; could it be…”
The voice, sounding slightly dull due to confusion about the situation, rang out again.
After waiting for a moment, Kazakami Ritsu slowly followed up with her lines.
“Hey! Don’t just stand there in a daze! Give me your hand!”
When this voice, filled with strength and determination without a shred of hesitation, rang out.
The last trace of nervousness in Teraoin Hane’s heart completely vanished because of it.
After performing a segment of dubbing while running, the lines transitioned from Line D to Line A.
It was still Teraoin Hane asking questions, while Kazakami Ritsu answered them patiently one by one.
“Where is this place? You… who are you? And what was that monster just now?”
“Too many questions! This is your consciousness space, and I am you—your ideal self. As for what that monster just now was, hmm… how should I explain it to you?”
Kazakami Ritsu delivered a large block of lines without the slightest stutter, and even the three consecutive emotional shifts within it were executed quite perfectly.
“You just said, you are my ideal self?”
Teraoin Hane’s somewhat astonished voice rang out, followed immediately by a long monologue of the protagonist’s inner thoughts.
Fortunately, these lines had long been memorized by heart, and the two completed the performance of the first meeting scene without any mishaps.
After issuing the pause command, Sound Director Arashima turned his head again to look at Kurau Koaki beside him.
Kurau Koaki nodded, expressing approval of their first joint performance.
The audition had no demo footage, and as an original work, there was only the script for reference.
Therefore, for the two of them to produce such a performance without knowing what kind of visuals to visualize was already sufficiently excellent.
Receiving the producer’s approval, Sound Director Arashima smiled and expressed his praise to the two.
“Congratulations, both of you have passed. Now, please come out so we can discuss future work schedules and other related matters together, shall we?”
Is the profession of a voice actor really so idle during normal times?
Walking out of the recording studio, Kazakami Ritsu fell into deep thought while looking at the schedule in her memo, which showed only two days of work per week.
Currently, as a lead role, she only needed to work two days a week; no wonder the vast majority of rookie voice actors would work part-time jobs while voice acting…
It seems that before I become famous enough to have a packed schedule, I still need to honestly find a job.
Thinking of this, Kazakami Ritsu took out her phone, intending to check online for any part-time jobs on her way back.
However, before she could even take a step, a familiar voice came from behind her.
“Miss Kazakami, w-wait for me.”
Turning her head, she saw Teraoin Hane, who had just completed the audition work with her.
Kazakami Ritsu had a very good impression of this fellow rookie partner; perhaps due to Teraoin Hane’s personality, one couldn’t help but want to be gentle with her.
Most importantly, this classmate’s voice sounded exactly like Iwami Manaka, who voiced that certain angel next door!
With the enhancement of various filters, Kazakami Ritsu turned sideways and revealed a shallow smile to her.
“What’s wrong, Teraoin-san?”
Teraoin Hane’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she waved the phone in her hand slightly in front of Ritsu’s eyes.
“Producer Kurau just asked us to help retweet the tweet. You ran off before she finished speaking, so…”
Hearing her words, Kazakami Ritsu almost couldn’t maintain the smile on her face.
‘Oh, I almost forgot about that.’
‘It’s just that… the social media account the company applied for on my behalf currently only has double-digit followers.’
‘What’s the use of me posting it? It would be better to spend money on advertising, like renting out that big screen in Akihabara…’
Although extremely reluctant in her heart, upholding the contractual spirit of the voice acting profession, Kazakami Ritsu lit up her phone screen.
“Then let’s exchange contact information. When the time comes, I’ll just retweet it directly with you, Teraoin-san.”
Hearing Kazakami Ritsu’s casual remark, Teraoin Hane’s eyes sparkled, and she held up her phone without hesitation.
After the two exchanged contact information, Kazakami Ritsu discovered a cruel fact.
This Teraoin-san before her actually had a full four digits of followers on her social media account!
Unable to accept reality, Kazakami Ritsu silently put down her phone, looking forward with incomparable anticipation to the early broadcast of Tales of the Ten Thousand Blades.
As long as her wonderful performance as Meihime appeared before the audience, breaking through to three digits of followers shouldn’t be a big problem, right?
Just as Kazakami Ritsu was envisioning the future, a notification sound for a received message suddenly rang out.
She unlocked the screen and discovered it was actually a message from her manager, who claimed to be soliciting business for her all day but was basically nowhere to be seen.
[Koconoe Tooru: Oh! Ritsu-chan! I discovered today that your luck is seriously good!]
[Kazakami Ritsu: ?]
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