Chapter 242

"Where is she?"

"What's the rush? She's at my place."

Stepping on the gas to the floor, Xu Can didn't give her a chance to go back on her word, and in a flash, he returned to his mansion.

A dinner table had already been prepared by a Michelin-starred chef in the dining room, with only Xu Can and Kristen.

"You lied to me?" Kristen glared at him.

"I'm treating you to dinner and you still have so much to say? If you don't want to eat, I'll have the driver take you back."

"You..."

Kristen's expression changed, but she still sat obediently at the dining table.

Dressed in a jacket and leather pants, she was completely out of place with the candlelight dinner.

Kristen naturally didn't care about her image and dug in.

Xu Can looked at her quite iconic pretty face and couldn't help but smile.

During the meal, the two chatted about movies; since the box office of "Twilight 2" wasn't as explosive as in his past life, Summit Entertainment was already preparing to cut the series.

The project for "Twilight 3: Breaking Dawn" was unexpectedly stillborn.

Kristen could only watch as Emma Stone became a Best Actress, while she herself moved further and further away from her.

The once globally popular actress had seen her life trajectory change slightly in this parallel world.

Remembering the friendship from their two "great battles," Xu Can was considering giving her a hand.

"I have a new series, I wonder if you're interested."

"Interested!"

Kristen's eyes lit up instantly.

Xu Can was offering an olive branch; anyone who didn't take it would be a fool.

Anyone who played a supporting role in his movies would see their salary increase several times over, let alone a female lead.

"I haven't even said what it is yet and you're interested?" Xu Can laughed dumbly.

"Of course, as long as it's your movie, not acting in it would be idiotic." Kristen Stewart said truthfully.

"You know the X-Men, right?"

The girl nodded blankly.

"Mystique and Storm, which one do you like better?"

The Mystique in the old "X-Men" was Rebecca Romijn, a third-line Hollywood actress; the new version was the first-line actress "Big Cousin" Jennifer Lawrence.

Xu Can's plan was to start a new "X-Men" series directly, filming from "First Class."

Establishing the X-Men universe early would make it easier to connect with the Avengers, eventually forming a pattern where Marvel heroes confront a higher level.

The X-Men films themselves were also outstanding enough;

"First Class," "Days of Future Past," and "Apocalypse" were all excellent special effects blockbusters.

Except for "Dark Phoenix," which flopped in word-of-mouth and box office.

As for the actress for Mystique, "Big Cousin," this actress had some character issues; even if she won an Oscar for Best Actress in his past life, she didn't deserve the position and produced a pile of black material.

Moreover, Big Cousin hadn't been friendly toward China and nearly killed a crew member, yet she treated it as a joke.

For such an actress, even if she climbed up, Xu Can wouldn't be happy to see her.

Instead of benefiting Big Cousin, he might as well give it to his own people.

With Kristen Stewart's figure and long legs, she was more than enough to play Mystique, and even more suitable than Big Cousin.

She would also be very suitable to play Storm, but Storm didn't have much screen time in the first film, so she would be at a slight disadvantage.

"Mystique, I guess. I quite like that character."

"Good, it's yours."

"Eh?"

Kristen was stunned.

No audition needed? Just like that?

"Yes, get your schedule ready, from February to April next year, any problems?"

Xu Can was quite decisive, not giving Kristen any chance to think it over.

"No problem! Absolutely can do!"

Kristen Stewart realized that her chance to take off had arrived!

If nothing went wrong, Mystique should be the female lead in "X-Men"!

"Hmm." Xu Can nodded gently, finalizing the casting.

"X-Men: First Class" was launched, and the crew could be assembled to start filming at any time.

As for now, after the two finished eating, their relationship had improved quite a bit.

Leaning on the sofa watching a movie, they ended up kissing while watching.

Perhaps because of Xu Can's support, Kristen Stewart had become much gentler and full of femininity.

Xu Can laughed secretly in his heart,

Taylor, Emma, Scarlett, didn't expect this, did you?

What does it matter if you join forces? I can still sneak around.

The first weekend box office was 230 million, and by the second week of New Year's Eve, *The Avengers* had been released for 7 days, and the box office had exceeded 550 million US dollars!

Coupled with the blessing of New Year's Eve and the subsequent weekend, *The Avengers* really had hope of refreshing the 1.88 billion US dollar record created by *Titanic*!

The global film industry had been numbed, everyone was discussing *The Avengers*, and other film companies could only temporarily stop and wait for this wave to pass.

The most pitiful was Cameron's *Avatar*, which was full of ambition to do a big career and refresh the record he created.

As a result, *Avatar* could only rank 2nd at the box office.

Even if the comprehensive box office exceeded 1 billion, it was difficult for *Avatar* to reach the top 3 of the total box office.

If James Cameron had read *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, he would definitely blurt out:

"Since there is Cameron, why is there Xu!"

This "Christmas War," he had already suffered a crushing defeat to Xu Can in advance! It was a foregone conclusion!

However, in an interview, Cameron's mentality remained quite good, laughing and talking to the CNN camera:

"I like Xu Can's *The Avengers* very much, it makes sense that their box office is high."

"In these short few years in Hollywood, I have watched his achievements step by step."

"This is Xu Can's effort and talent, his talent brought him to today's position. Others cannot imitate, and cannot envy."

"Compared to the victory or defeat of *Avatar* and *The Avengers*, I look forward to his next works more."

"If possible, I hope to co-film a masterpiece with him."

James Cameron's interview, regardless of whether it was sincere, was at least atmospheric.

Xu Can also responded from afar:

"Thank you for Director Cameron's evaluation, I grew up watching his movies, and I like the *Terminator* series very much."

"Cooperating together is a good idea, I will think of a way to create an excellent enough movie together."

Compared to another world-class Jewish director in Hollywood, Spielberg, Xu Can appreciated James Cameron more.

Cameron is true-hearted, while Spielberg has the shrewdness of the Jewish people, not very suitable for cooperation.

Spielberg, this person, Xu Can is very ashamed of his preference for bringing private goods, although he hides it very well.

Xu Can had quite a few ideas about cooperating with Cameron.

For example, *Alita: Battle Angel* and *Ghost in the Shell*, the live-action filming of the original version was not satisfactory,

Xu Can could completely re-create and film these stories well with Cameron.

*Avatar 2: The Way of Water* was also relatively mediocre, and Xu Can could try to bring this series to a new height.

Of course, these would be scheduled to the summer of 2010 at the earliest.

Xu Can's current movie plans were still quite many.

After *The Avengers* was released, there were still *Spider-Man 3: The Sinister Six* which had finished production and review and was waiting to be released.

Besides that, *Iron Man 3*, *Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier*, *Thor 2*, *World War Hulk*, *X-Men: First Class*, *Guardians of the Galaxy*...

Marvel movies almost filled up 2010.

Besides that, after DC was acquired, it had been hidden until now, only relying on comic sales to support the scene.