Chapter 251

"Yay!" Stone Sis excitedly smooched Xu Can on the cheek.

After last year's release of Spider-Man 2, it did leave behind a huge cliffhanger.

The Sinister Six show up, Gwen Shi Daixi dies, but Spider-Gwen enters the scene!

American comic fans, including Xu Can's movie fans, were already impatient, leaving comments almost every day under Xu Can and Emma's social media accounts.

"Ten thousand blood letters begging for Spider-Man 3"

"Please! Hurry up and start it, I come by every day to leave a comment"

"Spider-Man 3!!! please!!"

The two became famous overnight because of Spider-Man, and also came together because of Spider-Man; this film holds special meaning for Xu Can and Emma.

"Then in a few days, are you going to film a sci-fi movie?"

"Yes, I estimate I'll only have time to film Spider-Man 3 after this movie of mine…"

"Hmph, I only found out from media leaks, it's Anne Hathaway again! Do you really have something going on with her?"

Stone Sis pretended to be angry.

"Don't listen to the media blowing smoke, we're just ordinary collaborators." Xu Can said dead seriously.

"I don't believe it." Stone Sis pouted.

Soon, Xu Can leaned in and let her feel his sincerity.

"Mm… okay okay okay, I believe you!"

Stone Sis almost couldn't breathe.

Speaking of which, Xu Can had no preparation for this plan at all; it was entirely a spur-of-the-moment idea.

Originally, after Source Code finished filming and the Oscars ceremony, he planned to rest for a while.

When he had nothing to do normally, he'd go supervise at the Marvel set, checking on the production progress of Captain America: The First Avenger, Lei Shen, and Iron Man 2,

and flirt with Black Widow while he was at it,

Without Stone Sis and Mei Mei keeping him in check, Xu Can could run wild.

Who would have thought that on the very second day after he won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Actor,

a call came in from the Chinese side, and they contacted him directly in person, greeting him respectfully in a perfectly enunciated old Beijing accent:

"Hello, Director Xu Can, we are from the Aerospace Center Publicity Department…"

Xu Can was completely baffled.

He was just a filmmaker—what would the higher-ups want with him?

After some back-and-forth, Xu Can finally understood their purpose.

It turned out the Aerospace Center was recently rolling out a series of plans, including the Chang'e lunar exploration and the Tiangong space station.

Initially they had planned to cooperate with NASA, developing together and progressing together.

They didn't expect NASA to play dirty and invoke the "Wolf Clause," causing the bilateral cooperation to break down.

The Chinese side could only research aerospace on their own, and unexpectedly they actually produced results!

The lunar exploration satellite has already been launched and will land on the moon's surface in two years.

NASA, meanwhile, was spreading rumors behind the scenes, colluding with some Western media to question these aerospace achievements.

The Aerospace Center really couldn't swallow this insult, so they simply reached out to Xu Can.

It just so happened that Xu Can had won Best Director and the youngest Best Actor, and he was currently at the very top of Hollywood.

The Aerospace Center had a brainwave, planning to have him shoot a promotional film to showcase the Aerospace Center's strength, and take a dig at NASA while he was at it…

You like taking digs, don't you?

We'll use the very cultural export you're best at to deliver the most powerful blow!

"Huh? Can a movie work? I don't know how to shoot a proper promotional film."

"No problem, no limit on subject matter, no limit on plot, you can use your creative freedom—as long as it can express our aerospace technology to the outside world."

"Huh? That's fine too? Let me think about it."

"No problem, we'll wait for your reply at any time."

After hanging up, Xu Can kept mulling over what kind of movie could promote CNSA while taking a dig at NASA.

The Wandering Earth? Emmm… it doesn't quite fit right now.

The Martian, Gravity—these all feel like they're missing something.

Soon, another title surfaced in Xu Can's mind; it seemed like it might have some potential!

Interstellar!

Sorry, Nolan—last time with Inception I didn't steal your thunder, but this time I absolutely have to!.