Chapter 166: Fighting PUA Taylor Swift and Stone, and Kristen Stewart

According to Xu Can's plan, the two works "La La Land" and "Spider-Man 2" were already filmed in 2008,

post-production progressed smoothly, and both could basically be released on schedule.

For the coming period, he would not be responsible for directing or acting in the Marvel portion.

The Russos would direct, Kevin Feige would produce, and he himself would be responsible for the final review,

avoiding any zzzq or absurd plotlines, and guiding the overall direction to Marvel's peak standard.

According to Xu Can's plan, Marvel served as his box office warehouse and cash cow.

With Marvel, over ten billion in box office revenue would be waiting to be harvested, allowing cash flow to return continuously.

This would make it even more convenient for Xu Can's other plan: seizing the discourse power in Hollywood.

He actually wanted to engage in cultural export, using this globally influential platform to promote the unique culture of Huaxia.

Japan had used games and anime to make the world aware of Japanese culture, causing many things from Huaxia to be mistaken for Japanese or Korean.

Later, this phenomenon became quite common, and Xu Can wanted to make some changes while he still could.

Huaxia's 5,000 years of brilliant history and countless treasures should allow more people to feel their profoundness and breadth.

Unfortunately, domestic entertainment and domestic games have always been unable to go overseas, basically producing and selling only to themselves.

For Xu Can to carry out cultural export, he first had to seize the ground and seize the discourse power.

Currently, the only ones performing best in Hollywood are Li Xiaolong and Cheng Long, who promoted the kung fu genre and made foreigners associate Huaxia people with kung fu.

Director Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could only be counted as one of the few attempts in recent years.

Later works like "Turning Red" and "Everything Everywhere All At Once" appeared to have Chinese protagonists, but in reality still contained stereotypes about Chinese people.

There is still so much, so much more to do!

Xu Can wanted to stand on the shoulders of his predecessors and push Huaxia culture to another peak!

The so-called "with great power comes great responsibility"; as a Hollywood filmmaker, he was first and foremost a Huaxia person, and this was Xu Can's mission.

To seize the discourse power in Hollywood, he first had to produce sufficiently heavyweight works, raising his status to be on par with Francis Ford Coppola, on par with Hitchcock...

At the very least, he had to be on par with Spielberg.

This Jewish director, with one film "Schindler's List," had already generated sufficient influence.

Therefore, Xu Can planned to use some serious works next to gradually increase his caliber.

What specific film to shoot next, Xu Can was still considering for the moment.

Making a film is not just copying; simply moving works from the previous life over unchanged, one must also consider the director's and actors' release slots, their performance states, and various other factors.

Before he could decide, Sony came knocking first.

Sony's conditions were really excellent; besides the copyright for this film, Sony would also provide more online copyrights.

This way, his GalaxyTV+ library would not be pitifully small; of course, the more the better.

Moreover, filming would probably delay only a few months, and he could still earn a salary; why not?

The next day, before Xu Can could contact the other party, director Edward Zwick contacted Xu Can first.

"Mr. Xu, if it is about the salary, we can relax it further; how about 25 million? This is already the limit I can fight for."

Xu Can's salary for playing the Joker previously was 15 million US dollars, suddenly jumping to 25 million.

The "Best Villain of the 21st Century" he portrayed, along with the Golden Globe and Oscar awards for Best Supporting Actor,

were enough to let Xu Can enter the "20 Million Club."

The members of this club were all heavyweight male stars of Hollywood like Little Li, Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, and Tom Cruise.

Given Xu Can's box office appeal and influence, he was indeed worth that much money.

"Alright, I have no release slot available recently, so I can act."

Earning 25 million in two months; why not earn it if it's free money?

"Great! Then please help give some opinions on the script too; we can have a good chat about it then."

Edward Zwick was quite excited.

It was like a golden convoy finally hugging the thigh of a grandmaster; he wished he could hand over the directorship to Xu Can.

"Fine, send the script over first."

"Love and Other Drugs" was mainly a love story wearing the skin of a professional drama.

The male lead selling blue pills was a playboy who flirted with everyone he met, then left after the deed was done.

After meeting the female lead, he fell, but the female lead suffered from Parkinson's and did not intend to start a formal relationship.

The two enacted a love scene of pain and happiness.

The original plot seemed to want to explore the medical system, but unfortunately only scratched the surface, focusing more on the romance.

But the romance scenes were filmed quite tediously, causing the film's box office to be average and its reputation average, turning it into a niche art film.

Xu Can felt that besides the main love line, the hidden thread of the medical system could be explored further.

At the very least, the film's 7.5-point level could be raised to around 8.5 points.

By the way, this film could be used for practice... and then!

While thinking about the medical system, Xu Can had a sudden flash of inspiration and suddenly got an idea.

Another film about medicine and saving people suddenly appeared in his mind,

before "Dallas Buyers Club" came out; if that film were made, it would surely shock the world!

"I think we should all calm down."

Beverly Shanzhuang, Xu Can's mansion.

Taylor Swift and Emma Stone sat opposite each other at the dining table.