Chapter 183

The reason was rather helpless — the distributor worried that the film had no dialogue in its first 40 minutes, which didn't suit audience tastes, so they gave up on bringing it in.

Xu Can could only watch it on the computer, and later bought an official Blu-ray disc.

Speaking of which, Pixar's "Toy Story" series, "WALL-E," "Up," "Coco," "Soul," and others are quite remarkable works.

Unfortunately, the further along it went, the stronger the Hollywood zzzq flavor became, and combined with many factors like the writers' strike and the departure of old-timers,

Pixar seems unable to return to being the studio that simply told stories.

To make up for past regrets, Xu Can specifically took Mei Mei to the theater to watch the film.

Throughout the whole process, Mei Mei was moved by the pure love between WALL-E and EVE.

In the end, the emotionally rich Taylor Swift really cried, tears streaming down — truly pitiful to behold.

Xu Can had expected this and prepared tissues.:)

"Darling, this kind of feeling is really beautiful. I also want to be like them…"

"Hmm? You think what we have now isn't good enough?"

Xu Can pretended to be angry.

Mei Mei burst out laughing again.

"No, what we have now is great, I'm very happy."

She looked around, saw no one paying attention to them, and quickly pecked Xu Can on the cheek.

"What else?"

Xu Can tilted the other cheek toward her.

"Alright, alright." Mei Mei had no choice and stamped the other cheek too.

"That's it?"

"Don't rush, wait till we get back, it's up to you."

"You said it…"

"YouDirtyBoy"

Mei Mei usually seemed frank and outspoken, like a silly girl,

but in certain ways she was a bit conservative and easily shy.

Xu Can's development work has a long way to go.

……

The next day, the same theater, the same seats, the same "WALL-E," the same Xu Can.

But the person beside him had become Emma Stone.

"Emmmm, as expected of Pixar, truly a great story."

Emma appeared much more composed, not as emotional as Mei Mei.

She also chatted with Xu Can a lot about animation production, story structure, and other angles.

Setting aside life, Stone Sister was absolutely a workaholic in her career — otherwise in her past life she wouldn't have climbed all the way from being an extra to an Oscar Best Actress.

Her breakup with Andrew Garfield wasn't because the two had emotional conflicts.

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It was because of career.

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" performed poorly, the film project was cut, and Garfield's career took a serious hit.

In contrast, Stone Sister had taken on many film contracts before, her acting range gradually broadened, and her career was on the rise.

At this time, the fragile Garfield needed Stone Sister's companionship, her encouragement and support.

Unfortunately, Stone Sister was busy filming and simply couldn't spare time for Garfield.

The two thus drifted apart, until they broke up. 【】

Later, when acting in "La La Land," Stone Sister somewhat felt what it was like.

In the parallel world, everything became different,

Xu Can's own career was skyrocketing, he didn't need Stone Sister's encouragement at all — instead, he was Stone Sister's harbor, able to help her create more opportunities.

When career and emotions don't conflict, their relationship is naturally very stable.

Unless Xu Can's "colorful flags" outside cause problems.

Given Xu Can's caution and prudence, basically nothing would go wrong.

"Xu, may I invite you to a movie?"

"What movie?"

"WALL-E"

On the third day, Emma Roberts also called to invite him.

No way — no matter how good a movie is, watching it repeatedly will make you sick. Xu Can didn't plan to turn down Emma this time either, and was just about to refuse.

Who knew Emma Roberts's tone would become very low.

"Alright, I know, you must have already watched it with Taylor or with Miss Stone… I'm not anyone to you, I really don't have the right to invite you to watch it."

"Wait, I haven't watched it yet, let's watch together."

No choice — Xu Can was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see a young girl cry.

Besides, he was relatively free these two days, going out counted as relaxation.

"Yay! You're the best!"

That evening, Xu Can and Emma Roberts — dressed up gorgeously yet trying to hide it — watched "WALL-E" for the third time.

Counting the viewings in his past life, he'd watched it at least six or seven times; Xu Can could almost recite it.

After the screening, the two went to a seafood restaurant for a nice meal, and Xu Can saw her back to her little two-story villa.

"You're thirsty, right? Come on up and I'll make you some tea?"

In the passenger seat, Emma Roberts' eyes had already gone glassy.

No choice—the special effects for the male lead in Love and Other Drugs were a bit over the top.

If her initial favorability was 80%, then under Xu Can's recent deliberate cold-shoulder treatment, her favorability could still skyrocket to 99%,

truly inexplicable—it's a passive skill at this point.

Today Emma Roberts was wearing an off-shoulder dress, and her fair, luminous skin was indeed full of charm.

Xu Can's throat really was a bit dry.

But Emma Roberts saw Xu Can, without a word, getting closer and closer to her, their lips almost touching.

When had a young girl ever seen such a scene? Her heart was thumping like a little deer, nearly pounding itself to death.

Her cheeks inevitably flushed crimson.

"We can't—n-not here…"

"What?"

"Huh?"

Emma Roberts suddenly realized the seatbelt had come loose—so Xu Can had leaned over earlier to unbuckle it for her?

"I'll come by for tea next time. I've got some things to do later, so you go on up and get some rest."

"Alright then, let's go out together again next time."

Emma Roberts felt a hollow ache inside, stepping inside the door and looking back every few steps.

Only now did Xu Can let out a long sigh of relief.

He'd almost lost control just now—thankfully he kept his cool at the critical moment.

Knowing Emma Roberts' temperament, as long as he got a little intimate with her, she'd want to announce to the whole world that her boyfriend was Xu Can.

If that happened, things would be a mess—wouldn't Tay and Lady Gaga both blow up?

Xu Can had to keep Tay completely steady; otherwise he'd have to lie low for now—there's plenty of time ahead.

Unless the other party didn't like to make a fuss, in which case Xu Can would have a chance to make his move,

like Anne Hathaway—neither of them knew about his story with Anne, everything under control.

……

Finally, two weeks after WALL-E's release, it pulled in over $300 million at the box office.

Next, Disney could sit still no longer—a heavyweight opponent had arrived!

Spider-Man 2, which global film fans had been anticipating for a year and a half, officially premiered during the summer window!

The main creative team attended this premiere, and needless to say, Xu Can and Emma were naturally the most eye-catching couple on the red carpet.

By now Xu Can had long since gotten used to being blinded by camera flashes.