By binding yourself to Xiao He in advance, even if the contract changes later, it will definitely be much more convenient than signing a separate contract later.

Otherwise, Zhuang Hongyi wouldn't have agreed to let other investors submit Xiao He's resume, since he himself was also an investor.

Liu Rulan nodded in agreement with Zhuang Hongyi: "That's right. 'Yu Ye' has been a hot topic of discussion in recent years. If it can be adapted into a film or television series, it will definitely attract a lot of attention."

However, poor adaptation also carries a high risk.

Nine out of ten of these notebooks will be lost, and the last one will be a complete flop.

To be honest, it would be quite a hot potato for an actor to take on such a role.

Meanwhile, Xiao He didn't consider so many issues. He looked at the comic book in his hand, which clearly showed signs of being flipped through, and then secretly observed Zhuang Hongyi, lost in thought.

Xiao He then lowered his head, covered his mouth with his fist, and coughed lightly to hide his smile.

He vaguely guessed something—

Perhaps Director Zhuang simply liked the comic, which is why he bought the film and television rights.

First came the Gundam collection, then the manga lover… Xiao He felt that if his guess was correct—

Is this Director Zhuang a fan of anime/manga?

Zhuang Hongyi was unaware that his "hidden" nature had been discovered, and was still telling Liu Rulan, "I think Xiao He is very suitable for the villain role in the show, but I am only the producer for this series. The casting still needs to be confirmed by the director. If you are interested, I can help you make recommendations."

This kind of recommendation is practically a pre-arranged decision.

Liu Rulan immediately nodded: "I see, thank you so much, Director Zhuang!"

Xiao He composed himself and began to skim through the comic book in his hand.

The comic is in a classic black and white style. Xiao He couldn't quite distinguish the differences between these drawing styles and techniques, but he felt that the lines of the characters and backgrounds were quite clean, making it very comfortable to look at.

The story takes place in a fictional modern setting, but it begins in an ancient dynasty where the emperor, in pursuit of immortality, sends a group of alchemists to sea to find the legendary secret to eternal life.

This group of alchemists accepted the order and set sail, spending more than forty years in total. In the end, they actually brought back a treasure—a meteorite from outer space that emitted a strange fragrance.

It is said that taking elixirs made from its fragments can grant immortality.

However, the group of alchemists returned at the wrong time. The emperor who had sent them out to sea had already passed away, and the new emperor despised these alchemical arts and completely ignored them, simply kicking them out.

The fact that these alchemists were able to persist in searching for the treasure of immortality for over forty years shows that they were not normal people. They were also obsessed with the art of immortality. Even though they were driven out by the new emperor, they did not give up their research on immortality. So, these madmen secretly captured a group of people who were used as medicine and began to continue their research on the art of immortality in the deep mountains.

But what these sorcerers didn't expect was that the meteorite could also cause physical mutations, giving people special abilities that ordinary people couldn't match.

After the group of people being studied gained this ability, they suddenly rose up one day, killed all the sorcerers, and successfully escaped.

It was later proven that these surviving drug users did indeed possess the ability to slow down aging, but this does not mean that they will not age. In fact, from a certain perspective, their aging period will be dozens of times longer than that of ordinary people.

At the same time, their extraordinary abilities will gradually disappear over time, until they eventually become just ordinary old people.

This also means that their later years will be very painful, from a powerful person with special abilities to a completely ordinary person, and they will continue to live the next hundred years as a weak old man until they finally die of natural causes. Due to the special nature of their bodies, ordinary injuries cannot harm them, and they cannot even die easily.

And so time passed, and the world changed...

In modern society, the remaining survivors of the medicinal plants are now very old, ordinary people, peacefully awaiting death. However, due to technological advancements, the secret to their immortality has been uncovered, leading to a battle of humanity—a struggle between life and death—among the remaining survivors…