Chapter 165

Especially those clear, deep eyes, and that face with an Eastern charm—staring too long really does have a kind of magic.

Scarlett Johansson quickly took a sip of champagne to calm her nerves, only to find that the more she drank, the thirstier she seemed to get.

……

"Xu, there's a script—could you do me a favor and play the male lead?"

"Huh?"

At the banquet, Xu Can had just sparred verbally with Big Sis, then drifted through the socialites with Happy.

Xu Can had gotten to know executives from Disney, Paramount, and Fox across the board.

Although they were all competitors with Xu Can, befriending one another didn't rule out the possibility of cooperation.

After all, given Xu Can's box-office pulling power, none of them were willing to offend him—quite the opposite, they were dying to curry favor with him.

Sony's side had a better relationship with Xu Can, so naturally it held a slight edge.

Sony Entertainment chairman Stringer was chatting with a big-bearded director; spotting Xu Can, he quickly called him over.

"This is Edward Zwick. We're discussing a film project, and your name just came up."

"Oh? I've got too many projects lately—I may not have room in my schedule."

The big-bearded man got excited seeing Xu Can: "Xu, it's just a youth romance film, the shoot won't take long. The first actor I thought of was you."

Xu Can himself couldn't have imagined it—other actors would have killed for their agents to hustle around looking for opportunities like this.

His film offers had never let up these past two years; almost every day someone was coming to him with a script.

Most of the films had been turned down by Xu Can's assistant Vanessa, yet people still came to him on their own.

"What film?"

"It's a workplace romance called Love and Other Drugs."

"What?"

Xu Can was stunned—it was actually this film?

The front-facing shots of Anne Hathaway were something he remembered vividly from his past life.

Xu Can still wanted to refuse, but Sony Entertainment chairman Stringer urged:

"We picked up this script and thought it was pretty interesting. With you on board, it'd definitely have box-office draw. Plus, we can give you the film's streaming rights outright, and throw in some extra titles from our library to pad your catalog. How about it?"

He had no idea what had gotten into Sony, but since that was the case, Xu Can was somewhat tempted.

"Then let me think it over."

The main awkwardness was that during filming, he'd inevitably have to do large-scale intimate scenes with Anne Hathaway.

His own backyard was already a bit of a headache; when the time came, it would probably be very hard to wrap up cleanly.

But on second thought… after all, it is Anne Hathaway…