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Jiang Qi was a little confused, but he quickly figured it out. He guessed that President Lin, being such a busy person, probably didn't have time, so he decided to have a brief chat in the lounge.

That works, as long as I can meet with President Lin and let him feel IM's sincerity.

While pondering what to say when they met, Ezaki walked quickly toward the rows of lounges.

In this process.

He first encountered the president of Osawa Office, who was also hurrying along. The two smiled awkwardly and told each other a lie. Before they could finish speaking, they met the president of PRO·FIT.

Now, things are even more awkward.

Chapter 135 Long-Term Strategy

As the group walked towards the lounge, two more familiar faces joined them.

Basically, all of Japan's largest voice actor agencies have been assembled.

At first, everyone tried to evade the issue.

They said they were going to such and such a place, but as they got closer and closer to the rows of lounges...

The atmosphere grew increasingly awkward.

In the end, everyone walked on in almost silence.

Finally, after the corner.

They arrived at the rows of lounges.

At this moment, a staff member was already waiting at the door and led the group into the lounge.

Then...

Then, the presidents witnessed a breathtaking scene.

Lin Li sat in a chair, where a makeup artist was touching up her makeup and adjusting her clothes, while several young girls sat on the sofa next to her.

Ayane Sakura, Kana Hanazawa, Rina Hidaka, Inori Minase...

Wow, so many voice actors!!

The president of I'm speechless.

He then looked around and, sure enough, the other voice actor agency owners were giving I'm's president strange looks.

Embarrassing, so embarrassing.

Picking your toes, that's so disgusting.

Is this a case of great minds thinking alike? Or is it just that everyone's brains have gone mad?

How could it be synchronized like this?

Just thinking so.

Lin Li stood up.

As soon as he stood up, everyone was in a flurry of activity, and several voice actors quickly stood up from the sofa.

This made the already awkward situation even more awkward.

Fortunately, Lin Li is a shrewd person.

He didn't seem embarrassed at all, after all, he had already been embarrassed before.

As soon as I entered the lounge, I took off my coat and was about to go in to change when I saw Kana Hanazawa sitting on the sofa. I wondered if I had opened the door in the wrong way.

Or was I seeing things? There was a knock at the door, and it was Rina Hidaka carrying a gift.

Even so, Lin Li showed no outward change, but inwardly he already felt it was quite amazing.

When Minase Inori and Sakura Ayane awkwardly knocked on the door...

Lin Li had fully realized what was happening.

After asking a couple of questions, it turned out that everyone had the same goal.

Ordinarily.

Lin Li could choose to decline all of them and let the matter drop, but on second thought, this might not be a bad opportunity.

So he simply told them to call over their respective company presidents.

Therefore, he himself created this situation, so it's not embarrassing at all.

Not only was he not embarrassed, he could even crack a few jokes.

"Wow, you guys have finally arrived! I'm saved now."

Lin Li spoke in Japanese and continued speaking without waiting for the company presidents to bow and apologize.

"Do the presidents think I don't have enough time to attend voice actor meet-and-greets, so they're making me make up for it all today? Hahaha."

It was a completely unfunny joke, but the club presidents present quickly burst into laughter.

That's giving them a way out.

After easing the tension a bit, Lin Li stopped beating around the bush and invited everyone to lunch together.

~~~

"Come on, come on, sit down, sit down."

Lin Li entered a private room in the lobby, followed by a large group of people who filed in.

As the hostess who arranged this impromptu luncheon, Su Shanshan pulled out a chair and sat down with Lin Li one after the other.

Next comes the ultimate test of interpersonal skills.

This is especially true for the Japanese.

Who sits first and who sits last, and what seats they should sit in, is something that will keep them agonizing over for a while.

If Lin Li were no longer around, everyone's status would be roughly the same, so there wouldn't be that much of a fuss.

But now they're all standing there.

Moreover, there is a crucial issue: although Su Shanshan and Lin Li sat together, there was still an empty seat next to Lin Li.

So the company presidents frantically gave their artists meaningful glances.

The president of IM is no exception.

He winked and gestured for Sakura Ayane to sit next to Lin Li. At this kind of dinner with important people, being able to sit next to them and chat for a few minutes would be very beneficial for her future work.

Don't underestimate this.

This is not just something to talk about, but also a real resource.

This is especially true for artists.

However, at this moment, Ayane Sakura had already chickened out and was a little hesitant. In fact, it wasn't just her; after experiencing such an awkward moment, several girls were also a little hesitant.

It's not surprising that they were nervous.

Ultimately, there is a difference between voice actors and entertainers. These individuals have collaborated with Spark a lot and voiced many characters, but the most senior role they have worked with is as a planning teacher for Spark Japan's events.

Therefore, Lin Li is important to them.

Even on the show, they always referred to her as "that legendary Lin Sang" or simply "that important person."

Moreover, Lin Li is somewhat different from many Japanese voice actors.

Lin Li is quite famous.

Being famous means that everyone knows about this person's stature.

It's fine to chat one-on-one or send an invitation, but sitting next to someone eating, especially in front of so many people, is unacceptable.

"Sakura Ayane, here, here."

Upon hearing Lin Li call her name, Ayane Sakura's mind went blank for a moment, and she sat down in a daze.

"Yes.."

As she sat down, the rest of the group, who had been standing and exchanging pleasantries for a while, finally sat down one by one.

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for the rest of the time.

Sakura Ayane ate what was probably the most special lunch of her life.

Lunch was delicious.

The atmosphere wasn't as awkward as I'd imagined.

This is mainly because Lin Li, the absolute core figure, is quite relaxed, and Su Shanshan, who is next to him, is very friendly to these voice actors who appeared out of nowhere.

In addition, Su Shanshan and Lin Li also liked animation when they were in college.

So the chat went fairly well.

Lin Li would occasionally join their conversation.

During the conversation, after the initial awkwardness, what popped into Ayane Sakura's mind was this legendary experience of the day.

I think it would be very effective to talk about it on a TV show when I get back to Japan...

Another impression is Lin Li's handsomeness and humor.

The charm of a successful man is hard to describe, yet it is very clear.

No wonder many female voice actors who had met Lin Li once mentioned his name when chatting in private.

Especially when Lin Li was explaining the industrial plan.

They didn't try to avoid these voice actors.

Lin Li gave a general description of his views.

First, Spark will also promote the idolization of voice actors in the future; this is a directional move.

However, the specific idolization plan still needs to be considered.

"There's no need for co-creating programs with voice actor agencies, but we do have plans to do some standalone programs related to voice actors in the future."

"This will also increase the number of programs; it's a long-term strategy..."

Lin Li's speech had only one purpose: to reassure people.

We pledged that Spark would continue to invest.

That's enough for the voice acting agency.

Although many people had made this promise before, it was only when Lin Li said it in person that everyone felt at ease and began to think about how to deal with things when they returned.

Chapter 136 The Explosive New Year's Eve Performance

After a wonderful lunch.

The second half of Spark's 18 New Year's Eve event has officially begun.

The afternoon was the awards ceremony for the winners of the Spark Games competition.

The evening featured a special edition of a "torture" segment, or you could say a year-end "torture" segment, titled "Report! Dear Shareholders!"

There's not much to say about the awards ceremony for the Spark Games Competition in the afternoon.

Although Xinghuo raised the bar for this awards ceremony quite high.

But before this awards ceremony, the top 100 entries from competitions such as the 100 Rendering Contest, the 100 Copywriting Contest, and the 100 Programming Contest were already very popular online.

Especially the rendering competition and the programming competition.

The rendering competition became popular because of its strong visual impact; currently, the desktop wallpaper download rankings on the Spark platform are still dominated by individual rendering works or compilations.

Programming competitions were popular for a while before.

The reason it became popular is because the player's control is so amazing. You can control a character and move forward from left to right, as if you've traveled through 100 games.

Plus, it's free, which makes it even more interesting.

Although the gameplay isn't great, given that it's a collection of 100 levels, a unique type of game was born in 18.