Chapter Forty-Eight: The Future President of Shueisha
The next day, in the morning, her mother Li Feng took a few friends to go out with the tour guide, while Wu Ming and his father Wu Bing'an went to a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo under the leadership of Kunichiro Aoki.
After the three of them sat down in the box, Aoki Kunichiro said respectfully: "Chairman, I have already made an appointment with Taniyama Shangyi to meet here at nine o'clock, and he will come in a while, please wait a while with Shaodong." ”
After saying that, Aoki Kunichiro left the box and went to the door of the restaurant to greet Taniyama Naoyoshi.
The Taniyama Naoyoshi that Wu Ming is waiting for here is naturally not an ordinary person, but an editor-in-chief of Shueisha, one of the three major manga publishing houses in the island country, and in Wu Ming's previous life, he also became the president of Shueisha.
Wu Minglai came to the island country to set up a comic publishing house and acquire an animation company, so naturally he would not have made any preparations.
Before coming to the island country, he had asked his father Wu Bing'an to call Aoki Kunichiro, the head of the island country branch of the Dole Toys Company, and told him to collect information about the island country's comic publishing house, animation company, and their internal members.
After carefully reading the fax materials sent by Kunichiro Aoki, Wu Ming found many famous characters in the manga industry in later generations. Naoyoshi Taniyama, the future president of Shueisha, is one of them.
It is impossible for Wu Ming to stay in the island country all the time, and the market size and competitive pressure of the comic industry in the island country are much greater than those in Xiangjiang. Therefore, it is impossible to find an ordinary talent like Zhang Dexin to serve as the president of the comic publishing house.
You must find an elite talent who can open up the market and compete with other comic publishers. And Taniyama Naoyoshi, who has the ability to become the president of Shueisha in the future, is the candidate that Wu Ming decided after careful consideration.
About a quarter of an hour later, Kunichiro Aoki walked in with a middle-aged man.
This is a very ordinary middle-aged man, wearing glasses, medium build, and very ordinary appearance, thrown on the street to ensure that he will not be recognized in the blink of an eye, but it is such an ordinary middle-aged man, and more than ten years later, he has become the president of Shueisha, the largest manga publishing house in RB.
The ancients used to say that people should not be disgraced, and this is exactly what they are talking about.
Wu Ming and Wu Bing'an saw that the others had arrived, and hurriedly got up to say hello.
"Hello, Mr. Taniyama, thank you very much for accepting my invitation this time!"
"Hello, Chairman Wu, you are also a big celebrity in the island country now, and you dare not fail to come. ”
Kunichiro Aoki also hurriedly translated for Wu Bing'an and Taniyama Naoyoshi. As for Wu Ming, in order to be able to communicate well with people from all over the world in his life, he hired a language teacher early to teach various Chinese, and he naturally knows Japanese.
After the four of them greeted each other, they sat down on the tatami mats, and Taniyama Shangyi was the first to speak: "I don't know what Chairman Wu is doing when he comes to me this time?"
Wu Bing'an smiled, pointed at Wu Ming, and replied: "It's not me who is looking for Mr. Gushan this time, but the dog Wu Ming." ”
Aoki Kumichiro hurriedly translated Wu Bing'an's words to Taniyama Shangyi.
After hearing this, Gu Shan Shangyi was very puzzled, and a little child was looking for what he was doing, and turned his head to look at Wu Ming. Seeing Wu Ming's face, the deeds about Wu Ming suddenly poured into Taniyama Shangyi's mind.
What a genius game designer, the creator of fashion's greatest game, the youngest cartoonist in history, and so on, all these titles are remembered.
Taniyama Shangyi said with some doubts: "Wu Shaodong, since you are looking for me, do you want to serialize comics in our Shueisha." ”
It's no wonder that Gushan Shangyi thinks so, since he knows that Wu Ming's comics are selling well in Xiangjiang, he will definitely guess that Wu Ming will not be limited to the small place of Xiangjiang, and will definitely come to the island country, a big comic country, to develop.
Wu Ming smiled, spoke fluent Japanese, and said his purpose: "Mr. Taniyama, you guessed wrong, I asked Mr. Aoki to come to you not for this matter.
Since Gu Shan already knows me, he should also know that I have a comic publishing house in Xiangjiang, the Phoenix Society, and I am already the leader of the Xiangjiang comic market.
And I came to the island country from Xiangjiang this time to invest in the establishment of a new comic club in the island country. And Mr. Taniyama, you, are the best person I have carefully selected to be the president of this manga club. ”
Gu Shan Shangyi obviously didn't expect that Wu Ming would come to him for such a thing, and the whole person was stunned.
After a while, Taniyama Naoyoshi came back to his senses, pondered for a while, and asked, "Now that the comic industry in the island country is very developed and there are a lot of talents, I wonder why you chose me to be the president?"
Unconsciously, Taniyama Shangyi's title for Wu Ming has changed to an honorific title, and it is obvious that he is tempted. Although he is now the editor-in-chief of Shueisha, he doesn't know how long it will take to climb up again, and the olive branch thrown by Wu Ming is a great opportunity.
Especially Wu Ming's current game company is so profitable, and there is Wu Bing'an behind him, with the strength of Xingchen Entertainment and Dole Toys, it can fully support the rapid development of this comic publishing house, and it may not even be impossible to wrestle with the three major comic publishing houses.
He didn't doubt whether Wu Ming was joking or not, he knew that Wu Ming's deeds couldn't be regarded as a real child, this was a real genius like Ganluo in the Qin Dynasty in China.
Wu Ming smiled brighter and brighter, knowing that Taniyama Shangyi was moved by his proposal, and then said his reasons.
"Although there are a lot of talents in the manga industry in the island country now, the most capable ones must be among Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan. Of course, I would like to poach the presidents of these three giants directly, but this is impossible. Looking around, among the talents who can be co-opted by me, Mr. Taniyama, your ability is the strongest, and you are the most suitable candidate. ”
Taniyama Shangyi lowered his head and was silent for a moment, and asked Zhengse: "Then I don't know what your plans are, you must know that it is not enough for a comic publishing house to have funds, it must also have excellent works."
I've read your comics, "Hulu Brothers", "Hulu Little King Kong", and "Go Boy" are all good works, but they are just good, they are not very suitable for the taste of readers in island countries.
And only that "Speeding YOYO" can attract many readers with the popularity of yoyos. Except for you, the other Hong Kong cartoonists, their styles are not suitable for island readers. ”
Wu Ming took out a large stack of manuscripts from the bag on the side, and said confidently: "My confidence is in these comics. ”