Chapter 121

Considering both box office and word of mouth, *Batman Begins* is not the best or most explosive film,

but at least as a Batman reboot, it has achieved initial success.

*Batman Begins* is projected to earn around $400 million at the box office, basically breaking even, even making a small profit.

Of course, Warner Bros. doesn't care at all whether the first film makes money or not.

Everyone's focus is on the second film, *The Dark Knight*!

……

*Batman Begins* is currently in hot release.

They happened to be sandwiched between Disney's *Pirates of the Caribbean 3* and Paramount's *Transformers*, snatching a piece of meat from the giants' mouths, so to speak.

Xu Can's progress on filming *Iron Man* has already passed the halfway mark.

He never expected that by becoming a director and entering the "God-tier Director" state, he could greatly accelerate the filming process.

Many times, some shots the director often calls cut, often NG,

is not because the actors' performance is so bad, but because the director himself hasn't figured out exactly what kind of shot he wants.

A typical example is sunglasses king Wang Jiawei — when filming, he has no idea what he's shooting, just letting the actors improvise over and over.

Until he can discover the shot he wants.

Many big-name actors have been driven to misery by him.

Xu Can, however, can precisely catch any subtle cause like a computer, analyze it, and convey it to the actors.

Tang Ni, Pepper, and the others perform with absolute ease!

Xu Can explains the scene once, and their performance improves by a huge margin!

And the scheduling of shots, actors, and scenes is like an extension of his own arm!

If post-production is fast enough, *Iron Man* might even be released within 2007!

……

Mei Mei's North American concert tour ended, and she dragged her exhausted body back to Los Santos at last.

She was still just a girl about to come of age, and such high-intensity performances gave her a serious illness as soon as she returned.

During breaks in filming *Iron Man*, Xu Can specially gave the crew half a day off and made a special trip to visit Mei Mei.

"Xu, you're here."

She opened the apartment door, looking sickly and weak, truly pitiable.

After not seeing each other for over two months, Xu Can could no longer hold back and stepped forward to embrace her.

Mei Mei was already thin, and now she was as light as paper, leaning weakly against Xu Can.

She was tall, her chin resting lightly on his shoulder.

The next second, Mei Mei only felt dizzy and weightless, her whole body lifting off the ground!

The fright instantly woke her up.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

At her 1.8-meter height, she was actually princess-carried by Xu Can, lifted around the waist like a little woman!

This was an experience Mei Mei had never had before.

She was carried by Xu Can like that, walking straight toward the bedroom.

Mei Mei was even starting to suspect he had some improper intentions,

when Xu Can gently laid her on the bed and tucked the blanket over her.

"Lie down properly, have you eaten today?"

Taylor Swift shook her head lightly, like a little girl.

"I'll go make you something to eat."

Xu Can suddenly leaned his head right up to Mei Mei's face. Mei Mei instinctively thought he was going to kiss her, and hurriedly closed her eyes, ready.

Who knew Xu Can just pressed his forehead against hers.

Slightly warm — her low fever probably hadn't broken yet.

The kiss Mei Mei was waiting for never came, and she actually felt a tiny bit of disappointment.

"Sleep for a while, you need rest."

"Mm."

The weak Mei Mei was indeed a bit sleepy, and once she closed her eyes, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Can went to the kitchen, found nothing in the fridge, and could only call Fannisha to ask her to go to a Chinese supermarket and buy some things.

"Here, boss — the millet, red dates, pumpkin, eggs, and chicken you wanted…"

Fannisha couldn't figure it out — what was the boss trying to make? These ingredients didn't look like they could make a dish.

"Come help me wash the red dates."

Xu Can called Fannisha to help together, and soon, a pot of steaming-hot red date, millet, and pumpkin porridge was ready,

and in another clay pot, chicken soup was simmering, its aroma wafting out.

"If you're hungry, have some too — there's plenty of porridge."

Watching her boss carry the millet porridge to go take care of Taylor Swift,

Fannisha's usually calm and unruffled state of mind was stirred.

For a moment, she truly envied Mei Mei — not because her album sales had broken 4.5 million copies,

but because she had met this man.

Through the crack in the door, she saw Mei Mei wake up and drink the porridge with a delighted smile, and the adoration in her eyes as she looked at Xu Can,

and the porridge in Fannisha's hand seemed not so sweet anymore. Corpse. 。