The Daily Life of a Salted Fish Assassin in Anime Crossovers

Once this commission is fully completed, the remaining skill rewards will be given to Jiang Hang.

It seems Jiang Hang will have to wait a while longer for this skill reward.

However, seeing the progress bar for earning 1 billion in 15 days jump significantly, Jiang Hang was naturally very satisfied. It seemed that he wouldn't have to work as hard as he had in the past few days for the next week.

He has now come to Dabao Film and Television. The filming of Gomera has been completed. After Jiang Hang invested funds in the crew, the final battle between Gomera and the other monsters has been upgraded in all aspects.

Needless to say, Jiang Hang is proficient in more than twenty different martial arts styles from around the world. In addition, the monsters don't need too many fighting moves. Basically, as long as they fight fiercely, they can attract attention. In no time, Jiang Hang and the martial arts director he had "beaten into submission" came up with a set of fighting moves suitable for the monsters and used them in the actual filming.

Besides fighting, explosions are also an essential element in monster movies.

It's important to know that the explosion effects in these tokusatsu shows are all caused by real explosives, which is also the most expensive aspect of giant-scale tokusatsu.

The lifelike model that you painstakingly created over several days might only appear for a few seconds in a movie before being blown up or destroyed in a battle between monsters.

If the explosion doesn't achieve the desired effect, we have to start all over again, and all the previous investment will have been wasted.

However, Jiang Hang recently became an expert in bombs, and having been killed by explosions more than ten times, he gave the crew's explosives team a lot of advice.

He even personally demonstrated what it's like to be a bomber, making the final battle in the movie even more shocking and impactful.

Director Daisuke Mikami even stated that Jiang Hang's involvement made the final battle in the film far more exciting than Gomera's previous films.

Of course, this also caused the crew members to look at Jiang Hang with a strange gaze—could their new boss be someone from some special organization? Not only is he so good at fighting, but he's also more skilled at handling bombs than they are, who have been making tokusatsu films for ten years?

Jiang Hang humbly copied Conan's lines, saying that he learned them from someone in Hawaii when he was a child.

In short, after Gomera's movie wrapped up filming, the next step was the tedious post-production process.

Fortunately, tokusatsu films like Gomera are all about realism, so there aren't many places where special effects are needed. Post-production is relatively simple, and the Gomera movie can be completed in less than a month.

Now it's time to negotiate release dates with cinemas and handle pre-release publicity. DaBao Films already has its own channels for these, and Jiang Hang also has a good relationship with another big director, Taketoshi Gondo, who previously filmed a thriller at the shrine. So he doesn't need to worry about these things.

He was talking to Daisuke Mikami, a director who had been making monster tokusatsu films for over ten years, about the future development path of Gomera and the "Ultraman" project.

He didn't know much about these things, so he could only tell the director what he knew in his own way.

First is Gomez. In the world before Jiang Hang's time travel, Godzilla, the king of monsters, has always followed the path of disaster movies since its inception. When you mention Godzilla, you can think of the extremely strong sense of oppression it showed in the movies.

It's clear that Daisuke Mikami had this plan all along, but in the past, due to a lack of funds, he was unable to achieve the effect he envisioned—how much pressure could you expect from an old suit that had been used for ten years and repaired countless times?

However, Daisuke Mikami seemed somewhat worried about Ultraman: "Gigantic hero tokusatsu drama... Jiang Hang, do you really want to make a film on this subject?"

Although he didn't understand why Jiang Hang would specifically choose the name "Ultraman," nor was he sure if such a work would be well-received by the market, he knew one thing: if he wanted to film everything Jiang Hang mentioned into a tokusatsu series, the required funding would be staggering, and breaking even would be extremely difficult.

After he voiced his concerns, Jiang Hang shook his head to reassure him: "You don't need to worry about funding. As long as we can produce a wonderful and interesting production, I can afford to invest even 100 million per episode."

"Furthermore, you've been making monster movies for ten years. Besides continuing to create new monsters, you could also modify the suits of those monsters that fought Gomera before, or simply include them in Ultraman stories as cameos."

"Even Gomera, if the story is interesting enough, can make a cameo appearance in an Ultraman story. Of course, you need to find the right balance."

Gomera vs. Ultraman is something Jiang Hang has been eyeing ever since he acquired Dabao Film & Television.

After all, in the world before Jiang Hang's time travel, Godzilla and Ultraman were both world-class IPs, but unfortunately, the two of them never actually fought each other.

Now that both Gomera and Ultraman are IPs in his hands, Jiang Hang naturally hopes that the two can meet in this world.

Chapter 152: Creating a Client Out of Nothing

Perhaps it was Jiang Hang's bold statement of "one hundred million per episode" that rekindled Daisuke Mikami's creative passion from his youth.

Daisuke Mikami had a long and serious discussion with Jiang Hang about the future development of Gomera, as well as his ideas for the new Ultraman project.

Before the Gomera movie is officially released, Jiang Hang will probably be able to see Ultraman's suit again in this world.

Of course, for DaBao Films, the most important thing now is to recruit people and form a new production team.

Previously, the company was short of money and always struggling financially. Now, the company has a new, wealthy owner, and Gomera is going to take the path of big-budget disaster films, and also wants to add a children's all-ages Ultraman tokusatsu series to be filmed. The original team is definitely not enough.

Jiang Hang doesn't need to be present for these matters personally. He can let Koharu Yuno, whose intelligence capabilities are about to break through to the intermediate level and whose leadership abilities have been successfully activated due to her work at the art museum, take charge of them.

Once the Ultraman production team is assembled, Jiang Hang can also have Imai Midori try her hand at working on the Ultraman scriptwriting team, while Sakaki Shizuka can try playing more minor roles in tokusatsu dramas to gain experience.

Jiang Hang even planned to commission Musashino Animation to produce an animated commercial featuring Ultraman and Gomera.

Using animated commercials for advertising is a common practice in Japan. Musashino Animation's new project hasn't started yet, but as long as the money is right, it shouldn't be too difficult.

Jiang Hang's plan was to first establish a good relationship with Musashino Animation, so that if he were to actually enter the animation industry in the future, he would naturally want to start from the area he was most familiar with.

Jiang Hang didn't need to worry about other industries for the time being, so he naturally continued his investigation into the matter of that "medical professor".

Thanks to Chihiro Aya's connections, Jiang Hang found a well-known private hospital in Tokyo.

"I need to go to the hospital. Does anyone want to come with me?" Jiang Hang asked the two girls from the agency.

Koharu Yuno's voice came through: "I'll go with Jiang Hang-kun."

Jiang Hang glanced at Shizuka Sakaki: "Your imitation of Koharu's voice is a little too high, and your tone is also a bit different from hers. But it's enough to fool most people. Keep working on it."

The person who just spoke was actually Shizuka Sakaki, but after learning voice-changing techniques, Yuno Koharu, who spent every day with her, became her role model.

Don't be fooled by the fact that her imitation is already about 80% similar; it took her nearly ten days of practice with Yoshino Kiharu to reach this level. If it were someone else's voice, she would need even more time to imitate it.

According to the system's assessment, her voice-changing skills were only at the beginner level, merely at the basic level.

His gaze then fell upon Yoshino Kiharu on the other side.

She hasn't disguised herself as Shizuka Sakaki yet; instead, she's chosen Aoi Miyamori, who only has one photo, as her target. It seems she's planning to start practicing with someone who looks like her.

Sensing Jiang Hang's gaze, Koharu Yuno, who had just finished making her eyelashes and facial details look like Miyamori Aoi, quickly waved her hand: "I'm not going. I've gone through so much trouble to get to this point. If I go out now, I'll have to start all over again when I come back."

Seeing that Koharu Yuno's eyelashes and eyebrows had been dyed brown, but her hair was still her original color, Jiang Hang did not disturb her practice.

Voice changing can be practiced anytime, anywhere. At most, you just need to take some drugs to stimulate the vocal cords. The most troublesome part of disguise is naturally the beginner stage. It may take several days to disguise yourself as another person.

If Yoshino Koharu wanted to reach the level of Kaito Kid, who could change outfits with a single smoke bomb, even with the system's bonuses, it would probably take her several years.

......

Wakabayashi Private Hospital.

This is a private hospital with a 50-year history and is quite famous in Tokyo.

According to the information that Chihiro Aya gave to Jiang Hang, the director of Wakabayashi Hospital, Tatsuo Wakabayashi, is 62 years old this year. He inherited the position from his father 30 years ago and became the director of the hospital.

However, Tatsuo Wakabayashi was just a doctor and had not participated in any drug development or partnered with anyone to open any pharmaceutical factory.

After graduating from medical school, he has been working in the family hospital, wholeheartedly developing Wakabayashi Hospital to its current state, which basically rules out the possibility that he is that "medical professor".

Jiang Hang approached him for two reasons: firstly, the private hospital he worked for was well-known, and secondly, Wakabayashi Tatsuo had close ties with those big names in the medical field. In addition, he came from that era and might know something about Shiraiu Pharmaceuticals.

The second reason is that Wakabayashi Tatsuo had been caught red-handed by Koichi and Dai in the past, and had been extorted for a lot of money by them over the years. Now he also owes Jiang Hang a favor.

The Wakabayashi family lived right behind the Wakabayashi Hospital. Wakabayashi Tatsuo, who was in his sixties, looked to be in good spirits, even giving Jiang Hang the feeling that he was about to experience a second spring.

Upon seeing Jiang Hang arrive, he warmly welcomed him into his study.

“Mr. Jiang Hang, I have heard about your deeds for a long time. I heard from Attorney Ling Li that you have been investigating some things recently. Don’t worry, as long as I know it, I will definitely tell you everything I know.”

Jiang Hang did not directly mention Shiraiu Pharmaceutical or Masuyama Kenzo.

Although the other party was not the "medical professor," and judging from the fact that he had been extorted by Xiao Zhongda, he could tell that the other party probably had no connection with the winery, he still felt that he should be more careful in this regard. It would be bad if the other party was a low-level member of the winery.

After exchanging a few polite words with Wakabayashi Tatsuo, Wakabayashi Tatsuo took out a bottle of red wine that he had been treasuring for a long time to entertain Jiang Hang.

After seeing Wakabayashi Tatsuo carefully pour red wine for himself and him, Jiang Hang thanked him and then asked about the main purpose of his visit.

"I'm really sorry to bother you so much this time. Actually, my firm recently received a case where the client's mother lost most of her memory in an accident. So he wants to find a pharmaceutical company where his parents used to work, but which went bankrupt 25 years ago, and hopes to use these past events to help his mother regain her memory."

"But he doesn't remember the name of that pharmaceutical company, only that it was founded by a famous medical professor." Jiang Hang fabricated a client without mentioning much about Baijiu Pharmaceuticals.

"Mr. Wakabayashi, you've been in this industry for so many years, so I thought I'd ask you if you have any recollection of what happened 25 years ago?"

Chapter 153: Chapter 152: New Suspect Tokiwa Eisaku

Wakabayashi Tatsuo didn't realize there was anything wrong with the fabricated client, Jiang Hang.

Instead, he joined Jiang Hang in expressing his admiration for the client's filial piety and said that as a doctor, he naturally had an inescapable duty to do such a thing.

However, because Jiang Hang's account of the pharmaceutical company was unclear, Wakabayashi Tatsuo eventually dug up the Wakabayashi Hospital's purchase records from over thirty to over twenty years ago.

He has been the director of Wakabayashi Hospital for thirty years. Although these records are old, they have been well preserved. You can find out which company Wakabayashi Hospital purchased the drugs and equipment from at that time.

While looking at the list of pharmaceutical companies on the purchase record, Wakabayashi Tatsuo briefly explained to Jiang Hang which of the companies listed on the record had now gone bankrupt.

As expected, Jiang Hang was not disappointed. In the purchase records from 28 to 26 years ago, he finally heard the name of Shirakyu Pharmaceutical from Wakabayashi Tatsuo!

"It seems that Shirakyu Pharmaceutical went bankrupt around the time you mentioned..." The name Shirakyu Pharmaceutical didn't appear that many times on the entire purchase record.

However, Tatsuo Wakabayashi seemed to have a strong impression of the company. Even though more than 20 years had passed, he quickly recalled things related to Shirajiro Pharmaceuticals.

"I remember that the products launched by this pharmaceutical company back then were very effective and cheap, so we bought a lot of them every time we went to buy them. I just didn't expect that the pharmaceutical company would suddenly go bankrupt a few years later."

Wakabayashi Tatsuo continued to ponder the matter of Hakuba Pharmaceutical: "However, Hakuba Pharmaceutical didn't seem to have any particularly famous medical professors at the time, and its drugs were always marketed to the general public... It seems that another pharmaceutical company wanted to acquire it, but it seems that the acquisition process went wrong, leading to the bankruptcy of both pharmaceutical companies."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hang immediately perked up: "Another pharmaceutical company?"

Wakabayashi Tatsuo nodded, then frowned: "Our hospital has never obtained any medicine from another company. But speaking of which, I seem to remember that the company that wanted to acquire Shirakage Pharmaceuticals had a very famous medical professor in it. I wonder if it's the one you're talking about."

Tatsuo Wakabayashi quickly found out the name of the medical professor.

"Eisaku Tokiwa, a professor at the Teito University School of Medicine, has been developing various new drugs for decades. Many of the drugs currently used in clinical practice were developed by his research institutes. He can be considered one of the most authoritative figures in the Japanese medical field."

According to Tatsuo Wakabayashi, more than 20 years ago, Eisaku Tokiwa, a big name in the medical field, did indeed co-found a pharmaceutical company, but it unexpectedly went bankrupt after only a few years.

Therefore, Eisaku Tokiwa never invested in any pharmaceutical companies again, and instead devoted all his energy to the development of new drugs at his own research institute.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hang began to have doubts about Tokiwa Eisaku.

The medical professor who specializes in drug development had run a pharmaceutical company decades ago and was associated with Shiraiu Pharmaceuticals. It seemed like he could start investigating this person.

Of course, besides Eisaku Tokiwa, there are many other medical professors who are also suspicious, but from all aspects, Eisaku Tokiwa is the most suspicious one.

Jiang Hang obtained a lot of information from Wakabayashi Tatsuo and even drank a bottle of his red wine. When Jiang Hang left, he even invited him to have dinner at his house that night, but Jiang Hang politely declined, saying, "I'll treat you next time."

......

On her way home, Shizuka Sakaki hesitated for a long time before asking Jiang Hang, "Jiang Hang, you're still investigating that Shiraiu Pharmaceuticals, aren't you...? You probably made up that client, right?"

Because it concerned the brewery, Shizuka Sakaki naturally had no idea why Jiang Hang was so fixated on that pharmaceutical company that had gone bankrupt 25 years ago.

All she knew was that Jiang Hang had been secretly investigating certain people and events, and that these events were definitely dangerous; otherwise, Jiang Hang wouldn't have made such a point of reminding them to be careful when gathering intelligence.

Seeing Shizuka Sakaki's concern, Jiang Hang waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to worry.