Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Shinji Asami suddenly became a little worried that Yusei Take might be planning to have him make a long animated film with 100 or 200 episodes.

In that case, the funding would be quite substantial, but he was not too keen on making such long animated films. He preferred short and fast-paced animated films with an average of a dozen or so episodes, which could be divided into seasons at most, with only about ten episodes produced each year.

"Including the opening and ending themes of the animation, each episode will be kept under 25 minutes. As for the number of episodes... I expect it will be about 10 episodes to tell the story. Of course, if you have any better ideas during the production process, such as expanding the world view or increasing the connotation of the animation, we can discuss it."

Zhu Youxing isn't an expert in filming animated films. He can directly replicate the animation and culture of the original world, but direct replication might not be suitable for local conditions. So it's better to hand it over to skilled workers and let them adapt and optimize the script he provides. If they can create content that is better than the original, he can accept it.

As for the animated film that Zhuyouxing wants to produce this time, it is a spin-off animation of the Cyberpunk 2077 series, an animation that brings the original Cyberpunk 2077 game back to life.

Cyberpunk fringe walker.

Chapter 1024 I wanted to be arrogant, but he gave me too much.

1024

According to Bamboo Star's plan, the production of Cyberpunk 2077 is basically complete, so the promotional activities should officially begin.

Cyberpunk 2077 can probably be optimized and produced for another year and a half. During this time, the Cyberpunk Edgewalker animated series can be released first.

This animated film served a very strong promotional purpose, far more appealing than the Night City Wire program frequently produced by the original game's developer.

He would not hesitate to use the good promotional methods of Cyberpunk 2077 in the original world, which is also an opportunity to increase the popularity of the game in this world. This animation is the best way to promote it.

Later on, this animation even revived the Cyberpunk 2077 game itself, which had been somewhat dying.

Many players are clamoring to rush into the game to avenge a character who died in the animation, and to kill the final boss in the game a thousand times over.

Therefore, before preparing to promote Cyberpunk 2077, Zhuyouxing first found an animation director to release the game trailer and animation trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 together to increase double the hype.

"With only ten episodes, each episode is less than twenty-five minutes long on average. This is a really big investment."

Asami Shinji said sincerely.

Takeyusei was determined to ensure that Asami Shinji used the $50 million investment wisely, and he would not allow the money to be pocketed, as that would be tantamount to ruining his own reputation.

The reason why Shinji Asami was surprised by so much investment and importance was that if he could do this job well, it would mean that he would have the ability to manage animation production with tens of millions of dollars in funding.

Taking another step forward would be his stepping stone into the world of animated films, and in the future, if he wanted to make a big-budget animated film, there would be capital willing to invest in him.

So he has made up his mind that even if the script for this animated film is really terrible, he will do his best to make up for it during the filming process and try to make the job perfect.

Zhu Youxing said, "It is because of your qualifications and past achievements that I am willing to invest these funds, so I hope you will not let me down."

"Mr. Zhuyou, please rest assured, I am very confident in my abilities. I have worked in the animation industry for so many years, and it hasn't been for nothing. But may I take a look at this script first?"

Shinji Asami was prepared for the script to be terrible. After reading it, if it really was terrible, he would not say much, but would try his best to make up for it and figure out how to make up for the shortcomings of the script in his production process as soon as possible.

"Of course, you should take a look at the script first, otherwise I wouldn't have brought it with me."

Shinji Asami then picked up the script on the table.

The title of the animation is already written on the cover of the script.

Cyberpunk: The Edge Walker.

The name clearly indicates a collaboration or derivative product, and considering the other party's status as a top game development master, it is likely an animated work derived from a game.

Normally, he would never stoop to doing something that benefits someone else.

But this time... he gave way too much.

In reality, these investments are nothing to Zhuyouxing.

The daily revenue from video game sales is so substantial that it's enough for him to build a massive amusement park without expecting anything in return.

Even if the amusement park doesn't make a single penny and has to spend money to maintain it, Bamboo Star can still afford it.

So Zhu Youxing is not short of money now; what he needs now is to make that money bring him greater benefits.

This benefit can be long-term because Zhu Youxing doesn't need to be responsible to any shareholders; he himself is the absolute boss and holds absolute power.

If the Cyberpunk Edgewalker animation is well-made, it's not impossible to have a large-scale cyberpunk spin-off animation series.

Bamboo Star's ultimate goal is to create a large-scale IP series, like Marvel and Star Wars.

At this moment, the Tokyo TV station director could only look at Shinji Asami with envy from Elaine.

Managing such a large sum of money in one go was unimaginable in the past.

However, given his position as station director, he could access a similar amount of funds, though he clearly wouldn't have the same freedom as Shinji Asami.

Asami Shinji only needed to persuade Takeyusei, but if he wanted to access so much capital, he would have to persuade no fewer than twenty shareholders, which was a completely different level of difficulty.

Shinji Asami opened the script and began to read it carefully.

Takeyusei's script is a fairly standard script format, which is very necessary in game production. Takeyusei is naturally adept at writing such scripts, and Asami Shinji did not encounter much difficulty in reading it.

Night City.

This is a futuristic city located in the United States.

All sorts of people live in this city.

The protagonist of the story is a teenager named David.

He was a somewhat rebellious teenager, but his mother, hoping he would become successful, risked her life to do illegal things in order to give him access to the best educational resources.

But the good times didn't last long. Dawei's mother was in a car accident on the way to help her child with a school problem.

The car accident was caused by a gang fight on the highway that affected David's mother's driving.

David and his mother originally had a chance to survive.

However, in this city, only the wealthy can access the best medical resources, while ordinary people can only wait to die like trash.

David watched helplessly as a group of senior medical personnel decisively abandoned emergency care because his mother wasn't a VIP client, instead focusing on saving the VIP clients. They even coldly remarked: "Let the body collectors handle David and his mother."

Then, David risked his life to bring his mother to a medical center in an underground black market.

He doesn't have much money and can only afford the minimum emergency medical expenses; he is also ineligible for visitation.

David then began trying to raise the money, but before he could do so, the doctor in the underground black market told him that his mother had died despite all efforts to save her.

David (looking confused): "Didn't you say yesterday that she was out of danger?"

Black market doctor (in a nonchalant tone): "Sigh, everything was fine before, but the condition suddenly worsened at night. There's nothing we can do about it; you're the one who paid the most basic amount."

The black market doctor patted David on the shoulder: "Alright, I've already contacted a body cremation company for you. They'll give you a good price."

A few seconds later, the incineration company called (with a hint of warmth, but a cold, mechanical voice): "Hello sir, please accept our condolences. Our company has taken over the incineration arrangements for your mother. We have several different incineration packages available for you to choose from..."

Sad background music begins to play...

This is the complete script and scenes for the first act of the first episode.

Chapter 1025 Abnormal Nature

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A very cruel and ruthless city.

This was Asami Shinji's first impression of Night City.

This opening... is quite interesting!

He had assumed it would be just a very bland and uninteresting story.

However, the script was very dramatic from the very beginning.

Of course, the dramatic effect could be improved; he had a few ideas in mind to enhance the performance of the scene.

These methods would be difficult to apply when money is scarce, but Zhu Youxing provided an investment of fifty million US dollars.

This is considered a large investment in the field of regular animated films. Some high-cost technologies, such as hand-drawn dynamic effects, have a far greater expressiveness than visual effects that are usually created through computer simulation.

And coincidentally, this is called cyberpunk.

In its early days, cyberpunk culture was quite popular in this world.

This world doesn't have Akira or Ghost in the Shell, but it does have stories of dystopian future societies where people live in high-tech environments.

The term "cyberpunk" was also popular among young people at the time.

Right, that was probably during the era when Japan's economy was still booming.

I really miss that era; the budget for producing an animation back then was quite high.

Look at the world now, they're constantly squeezing animators' salaries, causing the overall animation quality to drop significantly. It's truly a sign of the world going downhill...

Uh, I've gone off on a tangent. Asami Shinji snapped out of his reverie and began to carefully examine the rest of the script.

This time he was clearly looking at it much more carefully than before.

Because he discovered that the script contained a great deal of detail.

The script also includes simple scene sketches in the margins to help readers understand the setting of the story more intuitively.

And that sense of immersion comes immediately.

In the animation, David, with empty eyes, holds the tin can containing his mother's ashes and then returns to his apartment.

Ironically, when he returned, his apartment lease was due, so he could only enter the apartment through a small window next to it, where he spent the rest of the day in a daze.

Then he suffered a second blow.

This blow came from a classmate.

His classmates were mostly from wealthy and influential families.

David's mother fought tooth and nail to get him into a prestigious private school, something that was easy for the children of the wealthy.

They also possess the most advanced technology in this cyberpunk world.

Even if you have absolutely no athletic ability, as long as you have a specific prosthetic module installed, you can become a top athlete or a martial arts master.

One of his wealthy classmates did just that, mocking David to his face and telling him to go back to the garbage dump, while simultaneously giving David a severe beating. David, whose entire body was made of flesh and bones, was completely unable to compete with his classmate who possessed a combat mechanical prosthetic module.

This once again demonstrates the cold-heartedness of the entire city.

Asami Shinji sighed inwardly once again.

If it were him, he would definitely explode.

That's certainly true in the story.