Riddle Man GCK / The Gomera Movie Premieres

So after finishing his conversation with Shizuka Sakaki, Imai Midori went to Jiang Hang's office to ask him about the details of the incident.

Jiang Hang had been investigating the Nisame Association for several days in a row. After finally resolving the matter, he felt that he had done a great job and generously gave himself a break.

Of course, Jiang Hang's vacation time isn't entirely spent playing games and watching anime.

During his lunch break, Jiang Hang would still take a little time to study the "mysterious invitation" that he, Shizuka Sakaki, and Koharu Yoshino had been pondering for days without figuring it out.

Even now, Jiang Hang still hasn't figured out who the guy Conan, who likes to only say half of what he means, is talking about.

There are only a few possible people. Judging from Conan's tone at that time, after thinking it over, the person Conan was referring to was most likely Kaito Kid. But first of all Kaito Kid doesn't have that much money to buy the Twilight Mansion and be so generous as to invite detectives to cause trouble. And more importantly, Jiang Hang is quite certain that Kaito Kid doesn't have the guts to cause trouble in front of him right now.

Just as Jiang Hang was looking at the invitation and preparing to put it away, Imai Midori arrived at his door.

Upon hearing that Imai Midori had come for the story of "Infernal Affairs," Jiang Hang raised an eyebrow slightly and then handed the invitation, which neither he nor Shizuka Sakaki could understand, to Imai Midori.

They say three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, and now with Imai Midori, there are four of us. Surely we should be able to find something interesting in this invitation.

Chapter 268: Chapter 266: The Riddler gck

"If you can find the code on this invitation, not only can I tell you the stories of these undercover agents, but I can also tell you the stories I mentioned to you at the art museum last time." Jiang Hang said, praising the literary girl, as he watched Imai Midori accept the invitation.

What he obtained was an assassin, cough cough, Detective System, not some kind of plagiarism system. As someone who struggled for half a day to write an 800-word essay in Chinese class during his school days, even if his mind was full of various works from his original world, he couldn't create one on his own.

Anyway, those were things he had seen before he transmigrated, but which didn't exist in this world, so telling Imai Midori wouldn't cause him any loss or impact.

Imai Midori, however, seemed quite serious after hearing Jiang Hang's promise and immediately began to carefully examine the invitation.

As a young literary enthusiast aspiring to become a screenwriter and writer, she appears to be far superior to the mediocre Jiang Hang and his ilk.

"Abandoned by God... that must be the demon. The phantom and the cub behind it... I have a clue. I'll go to the library to check some information first, and I'll come back after I find it!"

After copying down the sentence on the invitation, Imai Midori hurriedly headed to the library.

Imai Midori was quite efficient; she only learned about the mystery at noon, and by around 10 p. m., the other party had called her.

"Mr. Jiang Hang, I understand. In legends, Satan is a demon with the head of a goat, and the Bible also mentions that God compared people to goats and sheep. Sheep are the ones who can be saved, while goats cannot. So this invitation must be referring to 'goat cubs'!"

"Goat calves?" Upon hearing this word, Jiang Hang blinked, not thinking of anything.

Imai Midori's analysis makes a lot of sense, but it seems that none of the people he knows are related to goat calves.

But Imai Midori's analysis is not over yet.

"When I was researching goat calves, I noticed that the word for goat calves is also 'kid' in English. Moreover, the Kaito Kid is also known as 'Phantom Thief' abroad, and 'phantom' also means phantom. So, if I think that the person who sent this invitation to Mr. Jiang Hang this time should be the Kaito Kid, am I right, Mr. Jiang Hang?"

Imai Midori seemed to think this was a test given to her by Jiang Hang, completely unaware of the fact that Jiang Hang's ability to decipher codes and riddles was utterly inadequate.

In fact, it took Jiang Hang quite a while to react after hearing Imai Midori's analysis.

"Ahem, not bad, your analysis is correct. I'll tell you those stories next time you come."

He calmly hung up on Imai Midori, but inwardly he was already cursing the person who sent the invitation.

How did these guys who play with codes and riddles come up with such a mess? They're all riddle people at heart.

They incorporated a story related to the Bible into a riddle with just a few words, and then they also teased him, a poor student who barely passed the College English Test Band 4.

He knew about the relationship between goats and demons, and had thought about it in that direction. He only knew that the English word for goat was "goat," which also meant a lecher. So, when he was thinking about it, he wondered if he knew any perverts. But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that the person who sent him the invitation probably wouldn't admit to being a pervert, so he stopped thinking about goats.

Heaven knows that the English words for "little goat" and "goat" are so different!

Then Jiang Hang thought about it carefully. Imai Midori is already quite capable among normal people, and it took her half a day to find the answer. If a normal person like him didn't get a hint, he might not be able to find the answer even after thinking for several days.

As for Conan, he probably only needed to see the notice and think about it for a moment before he already had the answer, right?

At this moment, Jiang Hang deeply felt the gap in intelligence between himself and Conan, the protagonist.

Jiang Hang had no idea how much time the other famous detectives invited to the gathering would take to solve the puzzles, but there probably wouldn't be any other famous detectives like him who needed help from others to solve the puzzles.

However, Jiang Hang himself didn't take the title of "famous detective" too seriously. What he cared about more was that the invitation was issued under the name of "Kaito Kid".

Jiang Hang, who didn't know the answer to the riddle before, wondered if someone was impersonating Kaito Kid and extending an invitation to him. Now, Jiang Hang can confirm it.

The motive of the person who made the invitation is then obvious.

Someone who knows the secret of the Twilight Mansion has bought the mansion and is trying to solve the riddle left by Karasuma Renya's parents, hoping to obtain the astonishing wealth of the Twilight Mansion after solving the riddle.

Just like Karasuma Renya, who was betrayed by his own parents his whole life, after buying the Twilight Mansion, he probably pondered for many years but still couldn't solve the mystery. That's why he thought of inviting those famous detectives who have recently become very well-known to help him figure out the answer to the mystery.

Jiang Hang could even guess that the other party probably wanted to use the famous detective's abilities to solve the mystery, then find a way to kill all the famous detectives present, and then leave with that fortune.

There's a 99% chance someone is impersonating Kaito Kid. Normally, Jiang Hang wouldn't bother going to another city for something like this if there's no hype to ride. Wouldn't it be better to just stay home, play mobile games, and watch anime?

But this time was an exception.

First of all, Jiang Hang was very interested in the other famous detectives in this world; he wanted to see what they were like.

Secondly, he also wanted to investigate the Twilight Mansion to see if he could find anything about Karasuma Renya in that mansion.

And of course, there is one more crucial reason.

That's hundreds of tons of gold! Even if he's managed to latch onto the system's coattails and live an enviable life of luxury, the mansion built with hundreds of tons of gold will likely be coveted by countless people after this case. It would be such a waste if he didn't go and see it beforehand!

Chapter 269: Chapter 267: The Release of the Gomera Movie

Although Jiang Hang had already decided to visit Twilight Mansion, there were still a few days before the invitation was due, and Jiang Hang planned to find time to ask that guy Kaito Kid, "What he thinks of XX's provocative act of using Kaito Kid's name to send invitations to several famous detectives."

However, aside from the scheduled trip to the Twilight Mansion, Jiang Hang still had quite a few things to deal with.

The most important thing on the list is naturally the release of the Gomera movie.

He had been busy dealing with the Nisame Association for the past few days and had also gone to see some scenes from the Japanese version of Infernal Affairs, so he hadn't paid much attention to the release of the Gomera movie.

Now that the matter of the Nisame Association has come to a temporary end, he can finally focus his attention on other things. After all, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has such a big advantage now, and if the Oda Group were to turn the tables on them, he would really have to start questioning the abilities of those police officers.

The movie Gomera Monster has now been released. Jiang Hang spent a lot of money on promotion beforehand, including various online trolls and the trailer being marked with the words "10th Anniversary". He even specially cleared out a small space at the entrance of the Jiang Hang Beika Art Museum to promote the new Gomera movie and let more people know about this new movie commemorating the 10th anniversary of Gomera's birth.

Of course, because of Jiang Hang, Gomera's prop team also worked overtime overnight to create a model of the Beika Art Museum. During the final monster battle, Gomera was shown in a close-up shot of the Beika Art Museum being destroyed by the monster, which can be considered a rather special form of publicity.

It's conceivable that the Beika Art Museum will likely be repeatedly featured in more of Daibao Films works in the future, being destroyed by various cosmic monsters and even Ultraman. Maintaining this "tradition" might even turn it into a famous meme, remembered by more people, and could also boost visitor traffic to the Beika Art Museum. However, this will require time to cultivate and develop.

Getting back to the main point, the Gomera movie was originally intended to be the final installment, so the production cost was much higher than the previous Gomera movies. In addition, Jiang Hang's involvement made the final monster battle scene much better than the previous Gomera movies.

Besides the fact that the Gomera movie itself is of good quality, it also benefits from the absence of two strong competitors vying for box office revenue and attention. Therefore, the current box office growth of Gomera looks quite good.

At least for now, this movie won't be a complete financial disaster as the former owner of Daibao Films feared. The box office revenue alone should be enough to cover the production costs. In addition, there will be DVD sales and online streaming in other countries after the movie's theatrical run, so Daibao Films can ultimately make a considerable amount of money from this film.

Jiang Hang is quite satisfied with this result. He simply hopes that creators of works he finds interesting can focus on making films without worrying about money.

Moreover, since he has Industry Template that can automatically generate economic benefits, as long as the industry level is upgraded, it would be best if the works produced by Daibao Films could make money. Even if they don't make money, or even if all the works produced in the future lose money, he himself might still make money.

However, while he was very satisfied with the results, the creators at Daibao Films thought the results of Gomera Monster were somewhat unsatisfactory.

Although it can make money, after deducting various commissions and expenses, Daibao Films doesn't actually earn that much.

In the past, they wouldn't have been too worried. After all, Jiang Hang had high expectations for the new Ultraman project, and the filming budget he offered was frighteningly high. To be precise, it was a super-large production that these veterans who had been in the tokusatsu industry for over ten years wouldn't have dared to even dream of.

It's safe to say that as long as their production doesn't fall short, they have no doubt that this Ultraman will become a bombshell that will shock the entire tokusatsu industry.

But with Jiang Hang suddenly acquiring Eito Studios, the people at Daibao Films became somewhat nervous.

After all, Yingdu is a veteran photography studio that produces period dramas and sword-fighting films. Their transition to life-size hero tokusatsu was also very successful. Every year, the most popular tokusatsu characters, such as the protagonist of the Great General series, are always among the top names.

Now that Jiang Hang has acquired Eito Studios, will he focus his attention on them or on Yingdu in the future?

Jiang Hang's offer of a minimum budget of five million yen per episode, with no upper limit, sounded very good.

However, a production that is expected to have more than 50 episodes and will be broadcast for a year will burn through nearly 300 million yen per episode even with the lowest budget. If it is filmed to a higher standard, the budget may even exceed 1 billion yen. Without a certain return on investment, how long can Jiang Hang, no matter how rich he is, sustain this?

What worries these creators even more is that Jiang Hang had always been quite attentive to Daibao Films, but since Jiang Hang acquired Eito Studios, the other party has not shown up at Daibao Films for several days in a row. Even the premiere of Gomera, Jiang Hang, the boss of Daibao Films, did not attend, and only called the next day to inquire about the box office data.

They didn't know what Jiang Hang was busy with, nor did they dare to ask. The only thing they could do now was to prepare the preliminary work for Ultraman as soon as possible, and then start filming Ultraman in the best possible condition, hoping to make Jiang Hang "change his mind".

Meanwhile, Imai Midori, who works part-time as an intern screenwriter at Daibao Films, arrived at Daibao Films shortly after finishing her university classes that day. She saw Daisuke Mikami Gomera, walk up to her with the script and ask her if she had any thoughts on the early script of Ultraman.

At first, Imai Midori was a little puzzled. These scripts were discussed and finalized little by little by the director, screenwriter, and Jiang Hang over several weeks. Moreover, she had already expressed some of her own opinions before. Now the director was asking her again what she meant.

However, she quickly understood the true meaning from the director's hints.

So, the original plan was to have her, someone who had a good relationship with Jiang Hang, ask Jiang Hang what he thought.

Of course, Imai Midori knew what Jiang Hang had been busy with these past few days, but it wouldn't matter if it involved the Mafia a few years later. However, it was better for as few people as possible to know about it now, otherwise it might cause trouble for Jiang Hang.

Therefore, she did not tell the director about this, but only comforted him and said that she would ask Jiang Hang about it.

She was just about to ask Jiang Hang about the stories of those undercover agents, and if possible, to hear what those stories he had told her before, which sounded "full of love and hope," were all about.

Chapter 270: Chapter 268: Sakura Himeshiro's Misunderstanding

There are quite a few people looking for Jiang Hang at this time.

Sakura Himeshiro is one of them.

She already knew that many of the main members of the Oda Group would be spending months or years in prison for suspected illegal possession of firearms and prohibited drugs, and that the rest of the low-ranking members would probably have to be interrogated by the police for several days before they could be released.

This time, perhaps everyone knew that the Oda Group was going to be in trouble. Therefore, Oda Taisei had to consider not only the pressure from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but also the internal Nisame Association Oda Group and other small gangs that wanted to merge with the Nisame Association Ginseng Association. They were all hoping that the police would take down the Oda Group so that they could openly seize the Oda Group's territory and the drug resources that the Nisame Association had allocated to the Oda Group.

Her visit to meet Jiang Hang merely to discuss the future development of Eito Studios and to subtly inquire about matters related to the Nisame Association.

"I only investigated the Oda Group a little bit using a detective's approach, and then told the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department what I found out. It was just some insignificant assistance. Even without me, the Metropolitan Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department would definitely have taken care of the Oda Group," and that was Jiang Hang's answer.

Sakura Himeshiro wasn't surprised by this answer, but looking at the confident attitude on Jiang Hang's face, Sakura Himeshiro could guess that the "insignificant" Jiang Hang mentioned was definitely not just what he said.

From the time she suspected that Shizuka Sakaki might be targeted by the Nisame Association until now, the Oda Group, which had been living quite comfortably, has suddenly found itself on the verge of disbanding and being swallowed up. They simply have no time to think about taking revenge on Shizuka Sakaki.

In Sakura Himeshiro's eyes, all of this was clearly caused by Jiang Hang and the powerful organization behind him.

"What a fearsome man," Jiang Hang Sakura Himeshiro thought to herself, though of course she wouldn't voice these thoughts.

In the subsequent discussion about Eito Studios, it was stated that Eito Studios would continue to follow its previous development path and no changes were needed.

Before seeing the guests off, Jiang Hang seemed to suddenly remember something.

He immediately inquired with Sakura Himeshiro about the real estate agency he had heard about at the movie theater—a company with ties to the Mafia who was trying to acquire other people's movie theater land through shady means.

Because he had been dealing with the Oda Group's affairs these past few days, he had almost forgotten about the real estate agency. After all, that movie theater was a place he had his eye on, and it wouldn't do if that real estate agency kept causing trouble.

He originally wanted to find some time to teach that agency a lesson, but Sakura Himeshiro has Mafia background and is well-informed, so she might know something about the other party.

He now considers his relationship with Sakura Himeshiro to be a cooperative one. From the current perspective, Sakura Himeshiro has helped him a lot, facilitating the acquisition of Eito Studios and reminding him of the potential danger of Shizuka Sakaki. In Jiang Hang's mind, Sakura Himeshiro is now a pretty good friend. As long as Sakura Himeshiro doesn't do anything reckless, he thinks this friendly cooperative relationship can be maintained.

Perhaps in the future, Sakura Himeshiro could be developed into an informant to provide him with intelligence.

Jiang Hang's plan was quite ordinary, but when Sakura Himeshiro suddenly heard Sakura Himeshiro Jiang Hang's question, her pupils contracted slightly.

This is the first time Jiang Hang has raised such a question. Could this be the task Jiang Hang has assigned to her?

"Harita Seiji? I've remembered his name. I'll have my people investigate him," she nodded to Jiang Hang, her tone becoming serious.

Jiang Hang noticed that Sakura Himeshiro's tone seemed to have become somewhat subtle, so he added, "You can just do a little research. I just want to know if he has any Mafia connections."

So, if the other party is just a minor figure, can we just give them a warning and tell them not to go too far?

Originally, Sakura Himeshiro was thinking about whether to leave that guy Harita Seiji with an unforgettable and painful memory, but now it seems that she can only give up on that idea.

After receiving a hint from Jiang Hang, Sakura Himeshiro prepared to go back and investigate the background of Harita Seiji. Just as she was leaving, Imai Midori arrived.

The two exchanged a glance. In front of the powerful Sakura Himeshiro, Imai Midori was somewhat restrained, while Sakura Himeshiro only glanced at Imai Midori before looking away.

After Sakura Himeshiro left, Imai Midori entered the office, and Jiang Hang's expression relaxed considerably when he saw Imai Midori arrive.

When he was with Sakura Himeshiro, a woman who always had a stern face, his facial expression would always become tense, as if he were in a company meeting, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Imai, did you come here to ask about that undercover agent? I just made some minor changes to the undercover agent information last night. If we made it into a movie, it might even win an Oscar!"

The changes Jiang Hang mentioned were naturally the original Infernal Affairs story after he was removed. As for the Oscars, Jiang Hang wasn't just making things up. In the world before he transmigrated, the American version of Infernal Affairs really did win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

However, for Imai Midori, what Jiang Hang said seemed more like a casual remark. If winning an Oscar were really that easy, there wouldn't be so many Hollywood actors chasing after the Oscar for years.

"Actually, besides that story, Director Mikami also asked me to come and ask for your thoughts," Imai Midori mentioned the concerns of the people from Daibao Films to Jiang Hang.

"I've only been away for a few days because I had some things to do. Are they really that worried that I'll run away?" Jiang Hang couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"After all, Mr. Jiang Hang, you suddenly acquired Eito Studios, that's why they're worried, right? After all, Great General's side is much more popular than Gomera, and it's also making a lot more money." Even Imai Midori couldn't help but complain about Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang was somewhat helpless about this. He had only casually mentioned the acquisition of Eito Studios, but Sakura Himeshiro brought the former owner of Eito Studios to talk to him about the acquisition, and in the end, the acquisition was actually completed in one go.

Now, when Jiang Hang recalls it, he still has some doubts about whether Yingdu's former boss left him a bad debt, which is why he was in such a hurry to transfer Yingdu to him.

Chapter 271: Chapter 269: I just asked Kaito Kid a few days ago.