Chapter 115

Xu Can grabbed his suit jacket, slid into the Ferrari, and sped toward his destination.

Ever since starring in *John Wick*, Xu Can had taken an inexplicable liking to wearing suits.

……

Over drinks and a late-night snack, Xu Can and Ivanka chatted about many things.

With the foresight of a decade-plus into the future, dazzling a 26-year-old girl was effortless.

So what if she was a rich family's daughter? Even Obama himself would have to treat Xu Can as an honored guest.

"Are all you Huaxia men this witty and wise?"

Ivanka's fair, slender arm propped up her chin; slightly tipsy, she watched Xu Can with keen interest.

"We Huaxia men have plenty of charm. If there's a chance later, I'll show you one by one."

"You mentioned earlier that your company is looking for funding, right?" Ivanka's train of thought was quite a leap.

"That's right. Any ideas?"

"Mainly because I'm curious about the Avengers universe you described…"

Ivanka laughed softly:

"Do you know what four billion-plus dollars means? How can a comic-adapted film create such an enormous scale?"

"Are you willing to take a gamble? I can pull it off — it just depends on whether you believe me."

"Deal!"

The ever-elegant Ivanka, out of character, slapped the table.

"I'm in. I trust you. I'll send the money tomorrow — don't forget to remind me."

Huh?

Xu Can was completely dumbfounded. That easy?

Over 700 million, agreed to just like that? A rich family's daughter really doesn't treat money as money!

At night, Xu Can handed Ivanka off to her female assistant; the driver took her home.

The two hadn't reached that stage yet, so naturally nothing could happen.

He had assumed that once Ivanka sobered up the next day, she'd surely back out and find an excuse to wriggle out of it.

But instead, the finance officer came rushing over in a panic to report to Xu Can that the company account had inexplicably received an extra 50 million dollars!

"I'll give you this much today for now. I'll scrape together the rest from my personally disposable assets and wire it to you in batches within a week."

The rich woman Ivanka was crisp and decisive.

"You said it — 700 million dollars, and then create a ten-billion-dollar myth."

"Mm, just wait and see!"

……

It was June; *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* was screening worldwide to frenzied crowds.

They had finally broken the reign of *John Wick* and *Twilight*, achieving a 130-million-dollar opening weekend!

The final global box office had a shot at breaking 1 billion dollars!

*John Wick* ultimately grossed 450 million dollars globally; *Twilight* took 410 million — basically no threat.

*Transformers*, *Shrek the Third*, *I Am Legend* were also expected to fall a notch short…

If this year lacked a monster like last year's *Spider-Man*, they might just become the 2007 annual box office champion!

But Disney, the producer, hadn't been happy for long before Warner Bros. and Marvel each announced blockbuster news!

Warner Bros.' popular character Batman reboot, *Batman Begins*, was about to land in the early summer slot in early July, with *The Dark Knight* scheduled for Christmas!

Two big bangs in one year!

On the Marvel side, Xinghe Entertainment, founded by Xu Can, had launched an acquisition plan — they were fully acquiring Marvel for 730 million dollars!

Barring the unexpected, the acquisition would be completed in early July!

When that time came, Xinghe Entertainment would deliver Marvel's first work!

*Iron Man*!

Disney CEO Bob Iger was numb…

How is everything connected to that Huaxia man? Is he deliberately targeting Disney?.