Chapter 29

"You dare?"

"How can you be so overbearing?"

"I'll let you see what it means to be overbearing."

"Hey, hey—"

Amidst Emma's pleas for mercy, Xu Can pressed the remote control for the electric curtains.

The blackout curtains slowly closed, isolating the night of Los Santos,

and at the same time, the warm yellow ambient lights turned on, creating a charming glow in the living room.

In the following days, Emma Stone basically lived at Xu Can's house, too lazy to return to the apartment she rented.

She even specially asked her female assistant to take her daily necessities,

sticking to Xu Can like glue all day long.

When he discussed company business with Happy, Emma would quietly hug Xu Can's waist from the side.

When Xu Can was busy perfecting the script, she would go to the kitchen to cut fruit and gently serve it to Xu Can.

The originally funny and happy silly girl had turned into a virtuous little woman,

a change that Xu Can hadn't expected.

"Aren't you filming? I remember you should have quite a lot of film offers."

Xu Can wasn't annoyed by her; living with Stone was very happy, and the empty house had a feeling of home.

But Emma should also have a little of her own life, a little of her own space; sticking to him all the time wasn't a solution.

Besides, even if Xu Can had the habit of exercising... his body couldn't take it.

This little succubus!

"There's a *The House Bunny*, I don't really want to take it..."

Emma's eyes were full of love, and she muttered a list of some film offers she had received:

Bond girl in *Quantum of Solace*,

female lead in *Twilight*,

hippo voice in *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa*,

female lead in *Wanted*...

Originally, Emma's status wasn't qualified to play these female leads, but now she was fully qualified.

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Emma Stone trusted Xu Can with all her heart; no matter what bad movie Xu Can asked her to act in, she was willing to act in it.

"If you want to raise your popularity to another level, you can act in *Twilight*, but no kissing scenes allowed!"

Xu Can gave his own thoughts.

If there was any movie that was globally popular in 2008, *Twilight* would definitely be in the top three.

The original female lead, Kristen Stewart, became famous.

If Emma Stone played the female lead, it would definitely be of great benefit to her acting career!

"Okay, I'll listen to you. If there's a kissing scene, I won't film it..."

Emma leaned gently on Xu Can's shoulder like an obedient little woman.

"What about you? How is your movie preparation?"

"It can be filmed next week; you can come for a cameo then, there's a role for you."

"Is there a kissing scene? Should we practice in advance?"

Emma bit her lower lip gently, looking at Xu Can ambiguously.

"Not only is there a kissing scene, there are even more intense scenes; let's rehearse this first..."

"How did you recover so fast? A little slower..."

The curtains in Xu Can's study were closed again.

Xu Can's filming plan was almost prepared.

As the first film of the new company, he was very serious about this project.

The "Galaxy-Picture" he founded was currently just a startup production company with a dozen employees.

The employees were mainly in administration, finance, production coordination, publicity, etc.

As for the specific filming, he still had to rely on the Columbia Pictures production team.

For this, Xu Can even specially invited Sony Entertainment Chairman Howard Stringer to a meal.

To be precise, it was the Sony Chairman who invited Xu Can to eat.

"These things are easy to talk about; Columbia Pictures is your home, we are all our own people. We only take 20% of the production split, and the rest is according to market standards."

Howard Stringer laughed generously.

The production investment structure of this film was simple; the production side could get about 43% of the box office split. Sony had already taken the money for distribution and theaters, and the rest was just the cost of the production team.

After all, the ones doing the hard work were the filming team. Howard Stringer only taking 20% of the production side's split was equivalent to paying a basic salary, and the remaining 80% was given to Xu Can, probably wanting to make friends with this young man.

"No problem, thank you Mr. Stringer for your generosity. In the future, the movies we invest in and shoot will probably have more distribution cooperation."

"By the way, *Spider-Man 2* can be filmed at any time; are you willing to film *Spider-Man* first?"

Stringer's mind was full of Spider-Man, just wanting Xu Can to strike while the iron is hot and film the sequel as soon as possible.

In one week, *Spider-Man* had already raked in 440 million box office in North America! Over 400 million!

This was a result he didn't even dare to think about!

At the same time, all kinds of film critics, media evaluations, and internet public opinion were all blowing up about the success of *Spider-Man*!

Even the most stubborn and conservative comic fans would think that Xu Can's Spider-Man perfectly restored the original work!

Could Stan Lee's personal certification be fake?

Filming a sequel was simply a money-printing machine; there was no reason not to make money!

It was also released simultaneously in other regions around the world, including Xu Can's motherland, the Huaxia market!

According to analyst estimates, according to the current momentum of *Spider-Man*, the comprehensive box office might have a chance to break the 1 billion USD mark!

A Spider-Man craze would continue to sweep the world!

Stringer looked at Xu Can as if he were looking at a God of Wealth!

"I plan to finish filming this movie first, and after that, I will definitely film *Spider-Man 2* immediately!"

"Good! Too good! By the way, you can talk to Kevin Feige when you have time recently; he has been wanting to find you. Regarding the story direction of *Spider-Man 2*, you can have a good talk."

Howard Stringer was overjoyed.

The success of *Spider-Man* was inseparable from Xu Can's early inspiration and creativity; with his participation in screenwriting and production, the quality of the sequel would definitely be guaranteed.

"No problem, I also want to talk to Feige."

Xu Can nodded with a smile and took a bite of the steak on his plate.

The crisscrossing knife marks on the steak were as if the entire Hollywood market would be gradually eroded by him!

That's right, he was looking for Kevin Feige, not just for *Spider-Man 2*!

It was for the whole of Marvel!

Xu Can wanted to firmly hold the behemoth of the future film market in his own hands! **CHAPTER 56**