Chapter 114

Taylor Swift in the theater, however, turned a deaf ear to all of this,

as if completely cut off from the surrounding environment.

Easily falling into emotionality, she was still immersed in the grief of Gwen's death.

Because the love between Peter and Gwen in the film was shaped too sweetly and realistically through the cooperation of the director and actors.

It was as if Taylor herself had fallen into a love affair,

and she couldn't help but substitute herself into the role,

starting to imagine what would happen if she lost Xu Can...

Thinking of this, Taylor suddenly felt a twitch and sting in her heart.

She covered her heart, but couldn't resist the pain.

I don't know why, but at this moment, some lyrics and melodies suddenly appeared in Taylor's mind.

"You embrace my lifeless body"

"And there's nothing I can do"

"You broke my heart in Brooklyn, my skin and marrow..."

Of course, these were fragmented; the lyrics and logic of the whole song still needed to be perfected.

At this moment, Taylor was full of the urge to create and couldn't help it anymore. She hurriedly turned around and rushed out of the theater, hoping to record the inspiration of this moment.

On the stage, among the creative team, Xu Can's dynamic vision was quite sharp,

and once again, across the distant aisle, he captured Taylor in the crowd.

"Ah? Why did she sneak over again?"

He had already told Taylor last time that Xu Can would save her a ticket so she could sit in the creative team's seat to watch.

To avoid conflict with Emma, Taylor said she would find time to watch it with Xu Can after the release.

As a result, this guy sneaked over to watch the premiere again. He must teach her a lesson when he gets back.

The first-day reputation of "Spider-Man 2" was released. Although it was not as outrageous as "Spider-Man 1's" opening reputation of 9.8/10,

it still had a high score of 9.3/10!

It was estimated that it would gradually slide to around 8.8 points later, which could be considered a leader among commercial films, capable of fighting even serious films.

Before the release, Disney President Bob was still counting on "WALL-E's" reputation to kill "Spider-Man 2" in seconds,

but now he had nothing to say.

Bob Iger had previously opened a Facebook Ellen Page, which was soon flooded by fans.

"870 Disney President, speak!"

"Come over for an interview about your thoughts. Do you look down on Spider-Man?"

"WALL-E is indeed great, but it's not a reason for you to disparage other works."

"WALL-E's score drop is entirely because you brought fire upon yourself."

"Have you learned your lesson? Superhero movies aren't what you think."

Although a small number of fans gave "Spider-Man 2" a low score because of Gwen's death, otherwise the film's opening score could have reached an exaggerated level of 9.5/10.

The vast majority of fans still gave high praise to this "Spider-Man 2."

Some senior film critics even stated that "Spider-Man 2" even surpassed "Spider-Man 1" in terms of character shaping and plot depth.

William, a film critic for the "New York Times" who once questioned Xu Can's "La La Land" but had now become a fan of Xu Can, wrote:

"Peter Parker is an ordinary person we often see around us. He has his own troubles and roles, and he also has his own shortcomings."

"It is precisely these shortcomings that highlight the preciousness of Spider-Man. He is not a high-and-mighty character like Superman; he is closer to life and touches people's hearts more."

"Clearly having lost his superpowers, his physical strength is no better than a mortal's."

"He is still willing to burn himself to save the people on the train. When pairs of hands reached out to support Spider-Man, honestly, I shed tears; a grown man cried."

"And finally, superpowers are not omnipotent; superpowers cannot violate the laws of physics."

"Because of his lack of experience, he couldn't save Gwen. I believe this scar will accompany Peter for a lifetime, and he will be more mature later."

"Just as 'The Night Gwen Stacy Died' brought Spider-Man from the Silver Age into a deeper Golden Age..."

"Xu Can's 'Spider-Man 2' also allowed Peter Parker to complete his sublimation."

"Uncle Ben's death gave birth to Spider-Man, and Gwen's death made Spider-Man completely mature. He is already a true New York hero."

"And the final Easter egg is surprising. Parallel Universe Spider-Man vs. Sinister Six? Looking forward to the big battle in the third part..."

"Spider-Man 2: Amazing Spider-Man's" reputation remained at the consistently high level of Xu Can's works.

The film's box office also didn't fall behind.

"Spider-Man 1's" first-day box office of $57.25 million set a new record, which was later broken by "The Dark Knight's" $65 million.

Now, "Spider-Man 2's" first-day box office was released!

74 million!

It refreshed the new record in the North American market again! Hollywood was shocked!

The first-day box office of one movie was actually higher than the opening weekend results of past box office champion blockbusters!

Before, Hollywood might have looked at Xu Can with colored glasses, but now they were gradually unable to look directly at Xu Can!

Until the North American box office results for the first weekend were released, it formed a huge impact for the second time in just three days!

$200 million! "Spider-Man 2" created a new record in film history!

A record that could only be refreshed by "The Avengers" in 2012 in his past life,

Xu Can did it in 2008!

The whole of North America was in an uproar!

This man, this Chinese man, was writing new miracles every time!

"If I were really gone, would you be as sad as Peter Parker?"

"Pah pah pah, what unlucky things are you saying, you silly girl!"

"I was just asking casually."

"You can't ask casually either."

After the premiere, Stone had a sudden whim and was stopped by Xu Can.

Women of any country were the same; they all liked to ask some life-or-death questions.

Xu Can didn't indulge her in this bad habit.

Fortunately, neither Stone nor Taylor were such troublesome women.

Stone usually cared more about filming.

Taylor would be a little troublesome sometimes, but she would say everything directly if there was something, not playing those riddle games with you.

Otherwise, no matter how good-looking you were, Xu Can wouldn't be vague and would kick you directly; at worst, he'd write a song to diss you.

Speaking of which, was "Spider-Man 2" hard to watch? Why did Taylor suddenly run away?

He sent Stone home, and the two played some small games intimately for a while.

Half an hour later, Xu Can was satisfied and drove his third new car to Taylor's apartment.

He was driving the same model as Bruce Wayne, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640!

Was it the most expensive movie merchandise from "The Dark Knight" or not!

Xu Can actually wanted to drive the Batmobile on the road, but it was really too flashy, so he could only change to a more low-key Lamborghini.

Counting the "Iron Man" collaboration product, the Audi R8, Xu Can already had 5 supercars.

It was time to get a few SUVs for commuting, such as the ride of "Motherf***er" in "Captain America 2," the Chevrolet Suburban.

Bulletproof glass and flashy black technology should all be arranged, if there were any.

After "Iron Man," "La La Land," and this "Spider-Man 2,"

Xu Can's box office share income alone was at least $500 million more than before.

Although most of the box office share would be invested in company operations—filming movies, doing special effects, doing online streaming platforms—these were all money-making machines.

"Spider-Man 2's" special effects were so awesome, all because Xu Can and Sony joined forces to throw money at it!

So the total of $50 million in remuneration for Sony's "Love & Other Drugs" and "Spider-Man 2,"

Xu Can could take it out as personal pocket money.