Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Awesome Editing

The other person just downloaded my video and re-edited it.

After watching the video, the first thing that popped into Li Younan’s mind was Chen Guokun’s line from the movie ”Kung Fu”: ”Did you see that? Now that’s professional!”

Compared to this video, what I edited is simply a pile of...

The other person didn’t use any new material. Since my video didn’t disable the download option, they just downloaded and re-edited it, so the video quality is poor. But even so, the high level of this video made Li Younan feel that even professional directors are just like that.

First, in terms of structure, compared to my journal-like documentation, this video’s narrative had a beginning, middle, and end, turning the content from plain storytelling into an exciting plot.

The video starts with a title: ”What’s it like for a tourist to visit Hengdian for the first time and get picked by the director to be a stand-in for the male lead, even having intimate scenes with the beautiful lead actress?”

Li Younan couldn’t help but admire it; just seeing this title was enough to pique the audience’s curiosity. Words like ”tourist first time,” ”male lead stand-in,” and ”intimate scenes” immediately create a huge contrast and suspense.

Continuing to watch, the video showed landmarks of Hengdian that could be seen in the original. Finally, a young, pleasant male voice joined, which was obviously not AI-generated but real.

The best part is, this voice wasn’t a broadcasting tone, but one that immediately lets people imagine a very handsome figure, matching perfectly with Li Younan’s looks. Although Li Younan didn’t think his voice was unpleasant, it definitely didn’t have the emotion of this person’s narration.

Then, as the camera continuously switched along with the first-person narration, the little story unfolded in a relaxed and leisurely atmosphere.

Here, the script naturally reflects a ”whatever” and ”I just want to give it a try” atmosphere. Combined with the previous title, when suddenly being chosen as the male lead’s stand-in due to flipping skills and appearance, that emotional contrast made even Li Younan, the person who shot the video, feel a bit inexplicably thrilled.

It was obviously a leisurely experiential video, yet the other person edited it to feel like a refreshing novel.

And my only selfie appearance, saying ”Guys, I’m going to get styled again,” was switched to the original video sound, making this scene the climax of the entire video, the release point of all emotions.

Finally, the video used a light teasing tone to say that there were intimate scenes with the female lead, but due to confidentiality, they couldn’t be shown, leaving a blank space that, while making the audience feel satisfied, also leaves room for imagination.

Li Younan put down his phone and sighed slightly, feeling truly impressed.

Suddenly, he thought of something. It was early morning, and the other person replied instantly with this video. Even a fool would know that such a finely made edit and voiceover couldn’t be completed in a short time.

Li Younan picked up his phone again and hesitantly asked, ”Bro, did you pull an all-nighter to edit this?”

The other person replied, ”That’s not your concern. Just tell me, isn’t it better than your video?”

Li Younan sent three tearful emojis: ”So amazing!”

The other person added, ”How about sending me your original footage? If you have other videos, send them to me too.”

Despite being moved, Li Younan didn’t lose his sense of reason; he hesitated and said, ”Bro, what do you want from this? Why don’t you charge a fee? Otherwise, I won’t feel comfortable.”

This message made the other person fall silent for a long time, only sending a message after a while: ”The main subject of the video is you. Can I even steal your footage? As for what I want? I just couldn’t stand it, had a compulsive urge.”

In Li Younan’s mind, the image of this irritable guy suddenly became profound and unfathomable. Without a doubt, this irritable guy is professionally skilled, and from scripting to editing to voiceover, he completes everything seamlessly. If done by one person, it’s truly terrifying.

Li Younan’s only concern was copyright issues. If he sent the original footage to a stranger... doesn’t the internet warn about cloned fake accounts?

But suddenly, he smiled wryly. Just as this irritable guy said, the video’s subject is himself. All the creative ideas surround him, and anyway, he currently has no visibility, not even as a small streamer. Who would want to clone a streamer like him?

Moreover, with this kind of expertise, the person’s own original videos would surely go viral.

Could it be that this irritable guy is simply bored and felt heartbroken seeing golden ingredients being cooked into a blackened dish?

Thinking of this, Li Younan made a decision. But to be safe, he replied, ”All my video footage is on the cloud. I’ll send it to you later.”

The other person replied, ”Alright, I just need to take a nap.”

Li Younan felt a bit emotional. It seemed that the other person really spent the whole night producing the video, an extremely capable yet idle irritable person...

Of course, Li Younan wasn’t saying he’d send the video later because it wasn’t on his phone. Being someone with a computer background, he spent an entire morning adding digital watermarks to all the video footage. Although this can’t make it 100% safe, the cost to remove digital watermarks is certainly higher than the gains from stealing, and that’s enough for him.

After packing and sending all the videos, Li Younan thought for a moment and sent a 200-yuan red packet to the irritable guy.

Having done this, Li Younan began to consider his next destination.

Currently, he’s in Dongyang City, having traveled from Binhai City to Lin’an City and then here, moving generally southward. When he set off, he didn’t think too much and was taking it one step at a time.

If he continues south, there are two major directions, one towards Wenzhou and the other towards Lishui. To be honest, these places have many checkpoints to hit. If he follows the sequence and checks off places, he would be quite restricted for the next one to two months.

Li Younan thought about it and decided to change his approach, focusing on the travel experience — going wherever he most wanted to go. Just as he was pondering, he suddenly received a message from Jing Chaoyi.

Jing Chaoyi directly got to the point and asked, ”Senior, where are you traveling? I want to participate in a youth carnival event and am missing a partner. Are you free?”

Li Younan was a bit surprised and thought for a moment before asking, ”Where is this carnival?”

Jing Chaoyi replied, ”In Xiamen.”

Being not great with geography, Li Younan checked on his phone map and saw that Xiamen is very far from here. Although Zhejiang is next to Fujian, driving to Xiamen requires crossing a long distance. Li Younan thought about it and asked, ”When is it?”

Jing Chaoyi said, ”In ten days, starting about when students start their summer break, right after the end of Xiamen’s rainy season, and it lasts for a week.”

Li Younan calculated that if he drove there, time was enough, but it would be too tiring, and he wouldn’t be able to visit the checkpoints along the way. But he thought for a moment and said, ”How about this, I can’t give you an answer right now. Can I tell you in a few days?”

Jing Chaoyi said, ”Alright.”

Li Younan set his sights on Ningbo City on the map.

There’s a checkpoint there, and it also has an airport.