My girlfriend is Kusunoko Saiki

"Then I'll leave it to you, editor-in-chief."

Just like that, the issue that was originally going to be dragged on for a while was finally settled under Naoto's inhumane attack. And Naoto, as he wished, became an investor in the crew.

Chapter 131: Unacceptable Live-Action Script

"Naoto Yamashita invested 200 million and became the largest investor in Parasyte."

After Naoto invested 200 million in the live-action version of "Parasyte", this news not only shocked the comics and film industries, but even the entire Neon world was surprised by Naoto's generosity.

When they heard that Naoto was going to invest 200 million in exchange for the right to review the script, the entire crew agreed without any hesitation.

You know, in Japan's current film market, movies that can earn 200 million yuan at the box office are already considered top movies.

This time, the investment alone was higher than the box office of other movies, and the crew basically couldn't find any reason to reject Naoto's proposal.

Just by having the power to review the script, one can get an investment of 200 million. This is like a dream.

Compared to those investors who always have to cram in people and manage the site, Naoto is like a living Bodhisattva.

Although these 200 million yuan are not as high as the hundreds of millions of dollars of production costs of Hollywood blockbusters, but in Neon, taking into account other investments, the production cost of up to 300 million yuan is already terrifying enough.

I remember that in the previous life, the box office of Parasyte in Japan was only over 300 million, which is almost equal to the box office in Japan.

In the outside world, those who are not in the industry are just lamenting how damn rich Naoto is.

It's okay to invest 200 million yuan in a movie, but you can't experience the interests of rich people at all.

Especially Naoto’s classmates, when they learned that Naoto took out 200 million at one time, they were completely amazed.

At some point, Naoto had unknowingly become the person they looked up to, and was no longer from the same world as them.

Compared to the spectators, industry insiders are much calmer.

Originally, they didn't care much about the live-action adaptation of "Parasyte".

After all, there are very few live-action adaptations of comics that become popular.

Those that are slightly better looking are just barely passing.

This kind of work, after all, is still a fan-oriented work. Basically, apart from fans, few people will watch this kind of work.

But now that Naoto has invested 200 million, the situation is completely different.

Not to mention this piece of news, it has directly raised the fans' expectations, not to mention that it has directly aroused the interest of those who originally didn't know about it. It is equivalent to saving tens of millions of publicity costs right from the beginning.

There are already quite a lot of fans, and when you add in those who are attracted here, the number becomes extremely terrifying.

On the other hand, Naoto personally checked the script.

According to industry insiders, Naoto is a comics genius, and his control over the plot is obvious to all. Although the script is not currently written by him, if he reviews the script, there should be no problems with the plot.

In addition, with the injection of a large amount of funds, both the actors and special effects can be made better.

All these factors combined have made a work that was originally unpopular suddenly become very popular.

At this time, many people are also thinking about whether they should join in and get a piece of the pie.

What about Naoto at this moment? He didn't care what people outside said about him. He was in the crew, looking at the script handed over by the director with an extremely wonderful expression.

It’s not that the script is so good, but it’s so bad that he can’t bear to watch it.

"Gulu."

Looking at the silent Naoto, for some reason, the director and the screenwriter both swallowed their saliva at the same time, feeling like students having their homework checked by their homeroom teacher.

Although Naoto looks like just a teenager, at this moment, his identity is not just a simple student.

As early as when Naoto was in the production team of "Bloodline", Naoto had already developed a certain dignity. Even more so during the summer training camp, he single-handedly scared all the authors away.

The current Naoto is no longer the naive teenager he used to be. The temperament of a superior has emerged in him since some time ago.

In addition to being the author of the original work, Naoto is now the biggest boss of the crew. This identity, coupled with Naoto's temperament when he frowns, makes both the director and the screenwriter a little scared.

"Are you serious about this script?"

Looking at the script in his hand, Naoto felt like vomiting blood.

After watching the first scene alone, Naoto felt it was too disgusting to watch.

Although Naoto doesn't expect the crew to adapt the novel completely, at least you should respect the original work, right? This has been completely changed beyond recognition, even its own mother can't recognize it, and you tell me this is "Parasyte"?

If Naoto wasn't a person who liked to get angry, he would have slapped this thing in their faces and scolded them the first time he saw this script.

He understood why other writers usually only put their names on the screen when participating in animation and live-action adaptation. This thing is really too bad to look at. Seeing the things he worked so hard to draw turned into such a pile of shit, he really had the urge to kill someone.

"Tell me, why did the first encounter between Xiaoyou and Izumi Shinichi turn into Izumi Shinichi running to the laboratory, then encountering the escaped experimental monster, and finally becoming the host of Parasyte? And Izumi Shinichi's parents were set to be scientists. Are you guys setting aside time to film Spider-Man?"

"Also, why did the parasitic beast become a special test subject that escaped from the laboratory? And why did the whole of Tokyo become a paradise for parasitic beasts in the end, directly turning into a Resident Evil script? Do you really want to film Parasyte well? Or are you guys just kidding me?"

After Naoto pointed out the problems with the script, the director and screenwriter didn't dare to say a word.

In fact, there is nothing much to say. After all, what Naoto said was true. At the beginning, the two thought it was just a parasitic beast, and the script was basically copied from those Hollywood blockbusters. They didn't expect so much.

Who could have known that Naoto, the original author, would be willing to invest hundreds of millions to review the script?

Even though Naoto was furious, he didn't start cursing. This was a chimera-like monster, and the key was that the stitching was not good, and even a lot of original characters that he didn't even know about were added in.

Luckily, Naoto came to see it himself, otherwise if this thing was really filmed, the Parasyte IP would be ruined.

Chapter 132: Submission of "One Punch Man"

"Well, Mr. ONE, actually, I wrote these scripts after referring to some big movies out there. They shouldn't be that bad, right?"

"So, does this have anything to do with Parasyte? Or, as a screenwriter, do you only refer to foreign blockbusters?"

In response to the screenwriter's defense, Naoto once again pointed the finger at the outrageous script.

Izumi Shinichi's parents are top scientists who are asked by the government to create terrible biological weapons.

In order to find his parents, Izumi Shinichi sneaked into the research institute, but accidentally released all the parasitic beasts, plunging the entire Tokyo into disaster.

There are even a lot of melodramatic love elements and various virgin plots in the middle, and in the end, humans are about to become extinct. Only later did humans discover that this was caused by aliens, and the real boss behind the scenes is the aliens.

Then the protagonist talked the aliens into submission, but they just ran away?!

At first he thought the script was a combination of Venom and Spider-Man, but later he thought it was Resident Evil.

Later, he found out that it was nothing. Naoto was very suspicious about the mental state in which such a script was written.

"You came up with a script like this. I doubt whether you have ever read the comics I drew."

Faced with Naoto's questioning, the screenwriter Izumi Kiyoshi felt a little embarrassed. To be honest, he really didn't read the original work of "Parasyte" much. In fact, at the beginning, he didn't even know what he was writing.

In fact, the director Hayato Kuzuki and the screenwriter Seiichi Izumi, who are in charge of the live-action version of "Parasyte", are both unknown in the industry, or they have no outstanding works at all.

After graduating from school, the two entered the film industry directly. After several years of trial and error, most of the works they shot were small-budget films.

The original cost of Parasyte was already the most expensive work they had shot in recent years.

Who would have thought that the live-action version, which was originally a small-scale production, would become what it is now after Naoto intervened.

In addition to the huge pressure, the two of them lacked confidence.

For Seiichi Izumi, Naoto's comment that his work was shit and even angered him because he hadn't read the original work actually made him feel relieved.

"Take it back and rewrite it. At least go read the comics."

"Yes, I am very sorry."

After leaving the crew, Naoto returned home again, and it seemed that what happened before did not affect his mood.

In the afternoon, Naoto finally finished the draft of the new comic.

"It's time. It's been so long, it's time to make a decision."

Looking at the manuscript in his hand, Naoto immediately called Saiki's father.

"What, the new comic is already finished!?"

Saiki's father, who was in the editorial department at the time, was stunned after hearing Naoto's notice.

Is Naoto so quick? Didn't he say before that he was going to the crew to read the script?

Although he had asked Kusunoko about Naoto's creative progress before, she kept silent about what Naoto was currently painting. So Saiki's father knew very little about what Naoto was going to paint.

Now that Naoto is finally going to submit his work, it's inevitable that Saiki's father is starting to look forward to what kind of comics Naoto will create this time.

"What kind of subject matter will it be? Yeah, I'm really curious."

Thinking of the surprise that the vampires and parasites had given him before, Mr. Saiki was already starting to feel impatient for the comic that Naoto had been preparing for so long.

This was the first time he had felt this way about an author's work.

"Let me see One Punch Man? That's an interesting name."

When the name of the work entered Qi Mu's father's eyes, he was stunned.

When seeing this name, Saiki's father's first reaction was that it was a funny comic.

After all, the meaning of "one punch" usually gives people the feeling that the protagonist can only throw one punch.

At this time, a series of jokes caused by the protagonist only being able to throw one punch had already emerged in Saiki's father's mind.

"Could it be that Naoto is starting to challenge comedy comics?"

With such questions in mind, Mr. Saiki quickly started reading the first episode.

But at first sight, I was shocked by the protagonist in front of me.

On the cover page of the comic, a bald man with smoke coming out of his fist is standing on the ground, and around him are the corpses of various monsters.

Although he looked like a bald man, Qi Mu's father felt a sense of security when he saw this man for the first time. What was going on? Why did this man feel so powerful? It was as if the most terrible disaster in the world could be solved by this man with just a wave of his hand.

"Wait! Isn't this a funny cartoon? Is there something wrong with it?"

Just when Saiki's father was confused, the next plot gave him a big shock.

Suddenly, a huge explosion occurred in the busy city. Before the people there had time to react, they were all killed in the explosion.

Well, now that he has finished his studies, Mr. Saiki can be sure that this comic is no longer a comedy comic, at least... it is not a purely comedy comic.

How could a normal comedy comic kill a large number of people right away when it appears?

In the deep pit, a being that looked like Lord Piccolo was slowly floating in the air.

That kind of terrifying aura is at least at the level of a big boss in the early stages in other comics.

"Wait, isn't this just the first episode? Why are we already fighting the boss? Where are the monsters?!"

At this time, Qi Mu's father was a little confused. How could such a full-level monster appear in the first episode? Or was it to let the final boss show his face first?

It looked like a being similar to Lord Piccolo, and even after blasting a huge hole, it did not stop.

Just like the Qigong bombs in Dragon Ball, this guy kept releasing terrible energy bombs. In a blink of an eye, the entire city was destroyed.

Reporters in the city continued to report this horrific scene.

An unimaginable disaster is happening in this city.

"No? Could this comic be sent from Dragon Ball? Does Mr. Akira Toriyama have a new work?"

At this moment, Saiki's father felt a little confused. Is this really Naoto's work?

In the comic, after seeing the horrific news report, a bald man stood up silently.

Several huge words "Justice Execution" appeared on the screen, and the bald male protagonist looked particularly handsome.

Chapter 133: A work with unpredictable potential

In the ruined city, the devil was killing people wantonly.

Raging flames filled the sky, and the breath of despair floated everywhere.

A scene like the end of the world appeared in front of Saiki's father.

What kind of scene is this? In such a desperate situation, any existence would probably be defeated.

Among the ruins, a little girl was crying desperately, calling for her parents.

But her parents were long gone from hearing.

Under the power of the devil, any life around will be completely wiped out.