Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1054 - 1041: Let’s Dub It Ourselves! (Part 2)

Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng were both prepared to lead with an initial investment of 100,000 yuan each.

Another night of discussions...

The next day, Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng began searching in Beijing for specialized music production studios to create background music, interludes, and even theme songs for their game.

Of course, once the studio was up and running and the game was released, they also planned to hire someone to shoot advertisements.

Originally, they intended to hire professional actors to record promotional videos for their game, but after being inspired by Director Lu Xun, Huo Feng volunteered himself!

He planned to take to the stage himself and film the promotional video for their game, which Yan Siyuan fully agreed with!

Because this would save on hiring an actor, and Huo Feng wasn’t bad-looking either.

The following day, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan started visiting various studios to find suitable partners for their game music.

Ye Qingcao, with nothing else to do, began tagging along with them, while Pu Sangzhi was busy doing social work at a hospital with fellow student council members and couldn’t join them.

Thus, it was Huo Feng, Yan Siyuan, Ye Qingcao, and Gu Erhao going together.

By the end of the day, they had visited several studios, comparing the music production quality, pricing, and timeframes of each.

Since this wasn’t a collaboration, but rather equivalent to placing an order at another studio, they were the clients, holding the authority.

After hitting roadblocks so long in their career line, it was finally their turn to take control; this feeling wasn’t bad...

However, the pressure they bore behind the scenes was also doubled.

They returned to the dormitory with several music samples offered by different studios to make a joint decision.

At 7:00 in the evening, the Pu Sangzhi you mentioned also came to the boys’ dormitory to join them in listening to music with the four of them.

From four studios, they received ten music samples, providing both cheerful and sad background music, yet to be released, for them to choose from.

Everyone listened to the ten music samples twice, then voted to decide which studio’s music to purchase.

They could buy the rights to pre-existing unreleased music, or give their requirements for the studio’s music producers to write exclusive songs for them.

Buying pre-existing music is certainly cheaper, but if going for exclusive compositions, a single song could cost tens of thousands.

So, the group’s idea was to buy pre-existing compositions.

Whether unreleased or released, as long as they could buy the commercial rights or receive permission from the composer, they could use the songs.

The ten music demos they brought back were the ones all four of them found comfortable to listen to during their studio auditions.

Upon returning, they fell into a choice dilemma, having to choose not just the studio but also the songs.

Finally, after a round of voting, they decided on music from Lexiang Studio, although the prices at this studio were quite high...

The composer of the song they selected was of decent quality, so producing the music might require an investment of 80,000 to 200,000 yuan, or even more...

While they could purchase pre-existing background and interlude music, the game’s theme song still required exclusive rights...

Thus, they needed to hire professionals for the theme song, and Huo Feng decided to take care of the singing himself, saving on hiring a celebrity!

The main concern was the high production and copyright costs for the exclusive theme song—no one knew how much the studio would charge?

Therefore, the financial investment aspect left everyone quite dizzy, sparking further discussions.

Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan had agreed last night to each put in 100,000, giving them a total available fund of 200,000 yuan.

This 200,000 yuan in liquid assets might be mostly, or even entirely, spent on purchasing the songs. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The studio still needed staff, multiple servers had to be acquired, and they had to operate normally, requiring more expenditure there...

Yan Siyuan had quite a bit of private savings and could temporarily cover subsequent expenses.

But Huo Feng was out of money...

So as discussions proceeded, significant issues arose on Huo Feng’s side.

"Alright, we’ve settled on the studio. Those few broadcasting students I previously contacted sent me their voice recordings today. However, we need to bring them to Beijing for voice work. Besides budgeting for their wages, we must also cover their travel and lodging. Otherwise, a few hundred yuan daily earnings wouldn’t even cover a flight. So there are expenses on all fronts..."

After addressing the music issues, Yan Siyuan started on the topic of voice actors.

Indeed, every step required money...

And in actual implementation, they found money slipped away effortlessly.

"So how much money will this need?" Huo Feng asked Yan Siyuan.

Yan Siyuan thought for a moment, "Like you said, if there are eight roles needing voice work, a round-trip ticket for one person costs over 1,000, hotels cost 300, plus wages. This expenditure alone would be over 10,000 yuan!"

Taking a deep breath, Huo Feng felt short of oxygen, his head spinning...

Pu Sangzhi, sensing his discomfort, quickly patted his shoulder and said to Yan Siyuan, "Can’t we cut costs on voice work? If not, should we do the voice acting ourselves?"