In the following days, in addition to going to various companies every day, Wu Ming also collected information on various voice actor offices in the island country.

In many analytical articles in later generations, the development of island animation is roughly divided into four stages (there are also six stages of division). The emergence of professional animation voice actors was roughly in the second stage, from about 1970 to 1980.

The third stage, from about 1980 to 1995, was a period of qualitative leaps in animation music and voice actors, and the animation industry in the island country since then has formed a three-way trend of animation, music, and voice actors.

The quality of the voice actor is related to the quality of a cartoon, and Wu Ming naturally will not turn a blind eye to it. And now it's 1980, which is the booming period for the development of the voice actor world, and now that the foundation has been laid, you can be invincible in the future.

After various consultations, Wu Ming first found the two largest companies in the island country that have a voice actor business, namely the "Tokyo Haiyu Life Cooperative".

Many people may not know about the Tokyo Haiyu Life Cooperative (referred to as "Haiyu Association"), but this company can be regarded as the ancestor of voice actor companies, and many old-timers in the voice actor industry of island countries are in it. For example, Shuichi Ikeda, who voiced the red-haired Shanks in "One Piece".

However, the longer the company's strength means, the more stubborn it becomes, and the special form of "life synergy" that people use to run together with actors and managers.

There is a lot of aversion to capital acquisitions. When Wu Ming came to the door and wanted to smash the money, if it wasn't for the sake of him being a child, he would have been blown out.

Wu Ming, who had no choice, had no choice but to find the Qinger Office.

Seiji Office was the first voice actor office in the island country, and was founded in April 1969 by Susumu Kubo, one of the founders of Haikukyo. Since its establishment, Qinger Law Firm has been a leader in the industry, and it has also occupied an important position in later generations, with many big-name voice actors.

A teahouse in Tokyo.

Susumu Kubo and Daigo Yoshida are chatting as they walk.

"Yoshida-kun, I don't know what you're doing with me today. Kubo Jin asked very suspiciously, although the Seiji Office had some business dealings with the Sunrise Society, they were all subordinates before, and the two of them really hadn't met much.

Daigo Yoshida smiled and explained, "Kubo-kun, I didn't actually invite you here today, but my boss invited you. ”

Wu Ming's acquisition of Sunrise and Studio DEEN has not been publicized, so only a few people know that they have changed owners, and Kubo is obviously not among them.

Kubo Susumu showed a surprised expression and asked Daigo Yoshida: "Oh, I didn't expect Yoshida-kun's Sunrise Society to change owners, I don't know which one?"

Daigo Yoshida replied with a smile: "You must know him, the boss has been in the limelight in our country recently. ”

Kubo was surprised and said, "It's a foreigner?"

Daigo Yoshida nodded.

Kubojin pondered for a moment, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out: "It's Wu Ming from Xiangjiang." ”

"Yes, my boss is now Mingshao. Daigo Yoshida confirmed Kubo's speculation.

After a while, Daigo Yoshida took Kubo into the box where Wu Ming was.

Daigo Yoshida was the first to introduce: "Kubo-kun, this is my boss, Wu Ming. ”

Wu Ming greeted Kubo Jin with a smile: "Mr. Kubo, I have admired the daimyo for a long time." ”

Kubo Shin also politely replied: "Where, Wu Jun is famous, and now the entire island country doesn't know the 'father of Pokemon'." ”

With the popularity of Pokemon, Wu Ming, the inventor, is also known as the "father of electronic pets" and "the father of Pokemon".

After Kubo Jin and Wu Ming finished politely, he asked suspiciously: "I don't know Wu Jun, is there anything wrong with specially looking for a contemptible person today?"

Wu Ming replied with a smile: "Yes, I came to Mr. Kubo today for a big event. ”

Looking at Kubojin's serious expression of listening attentively, Wu Ming said the answer.

"I'm going to buy Mr. Kubo's Seiji Office, and I'm going to ask Mr. Kubo to make a price. ”

Kubo Jin was shocked when he heard the answer given by Wu Ming, he really didn't expect that Wu Ming would come to him today.

After a while, Kubojin, who came back to his senses, lowered his eyebrows and asked, "I don't know why Wu Jun wants to buy our firm?"

Wu Ming said with a smile: "Because I am optimistic about the animation market in the island country, I have now established the comic publishing house Sun Moon Club and acquired two animation production companies. And voice actors are an indispensable part of animation production, and it can be said that it is the soul of animation, so I naturally can't ignore it. ”

Kubo Jin asked again: "Then why doesn't Wu Jun invest in other industries, as far as I know, Wu Jun's Xingchen Entertainment is a game company, and the electronics industry should be what Wu Jun needs the most." ”

Wu Ming rolled his eyes and complained, "Why is this, Mr. Kubo should know very well." Although your country says on the surface that it is free trade and welcomes foreign investment in island countries, that is just lip service. It is impossible for an important industry like electronics manufacturing to be open to me as a foreigner, and even an unimportant industry like the animation industry, if it had been placed a few years ago, I guess I would not be qualified to buy it. ”

Although the island countries in this era allowed and encouraged foreign investment in the island countries, they were no different from China in other aspects. Foreign investment is not allowed in some important industries unless it brings advanced technology that they do not have.

It must also be in line with a unified plan to expand the island's industry, and the product must be exportable or substituted for export. One of the most important criteria is that foreign investors should not compete with local manufacturing industries that already have strong foundations.

Even if you enter, there are a lot of restrictions. For a long time before, foreign participation in joint ventures with more than 49 per cent of the shares was rarely approved. It was not until 1963 that the 50 per cent to 50 per cent ratio of domestic and foreign capital was generally introduced.

After the liberalization programme began in 1976, the criteria for approval were significantly relaxed, gradually opening up to foreigners according to different industrial sectors, ranging from 50 per cent to 100 per cent, with foreigners enjoying a greater share of control. However, in terms of specific implementation, we still maintain an extremely cautious attitude.

If it weren't for the fact that the animation industry had just begun to develop and had not yet become a pillar industry in the island country as it did in later generations, it is estimated that Wu Ming's acquisitions would have been blocked.

It is a pity that later generations of Huaxia did not learn from the island countries, but blindly exchanged the market for technology. As a result, advanced technology was not learned from foreigners, and the market was completely robbed by foreign-funded enterprises.

Even some industries that do not need to introduce foreign capital at all are forced to carry out joint ventures, and in the end, they lose their wives and soldiers. The joint venture became a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, and its market share was gone.