Chapter 31: Spider-Man Sweeps Hong Kong! Coming to the Mainland Soon?

Emma Stone had already set off for Portland, Oregon, a few days ago, where she would stay for at least 3 months.

Under Xu Can's suggestion, she accepted the film offer for *Twilight* and officially played the female lead, Isabella.

In the audition competition, Stone successfully defeated Kristen Stewart. **CHAPTER 59**

The producer of *Twilight* also took a fancy to Stone's box office appeal.

She was now a hot new-generation actress in Hollywood, 18 years old, youthful and beautiful, and had good acting skills, which would definitely add a lot to *Twilight*.

To invite Stone, the producer even really agreed to delete the kissing scenes and change the settings.

In the movie, when the vampire Edward approaches humans, he can't help but want to suck blood.

So he controls himself and doesn't kiss the female lead, only filming with a misaligned shot at the end of the film, infecting the female lead Bella into a vampire.

Thus, Stone endured the reluctance to temporarily separate from Xu Can.

Xu Can's apartment became empty again.

However, he himself was about to enter the set and get busy; *John Wick* officially started filming!

Most of the film's shots were filmed in the Sony Pictures studio, and some were filmed in New York and Berlin.

Sure enough, when Xu Can arrived at the set, before filming the first shot...

His brain was pierced by a flash of inspiration again!

I, named John Wick, am a retired hitman.

I once worked for the underworld with sky-high power, my hands stained with countless blood, becoming a legendary hitman in the organization.

Later, I met the love of my life, Helen!

After retiring, we lived happily for 5 years.

Unfortunately, Helen passed away due to illness; before she died, she gave me a dog, "Daisy," hoping to resolve the sorrow in my heart.

Burying my wife, I and the dog Daisy depended on each other for life.

However, one day, I met some gang punks while refueling, and he wanted to force me to buy my car.

After being rejected by me, that punk actually sneaked into my house and killed the puppy Daisy!

The gang boss behind the punk knew my identity; he panicked and wanted to beg for mercy?

Impossible, you all have to die. Ev, ery, one! Everyone has to be buried with Daisy!

Not one left...

"Hah—"

Like a lifetime away!

When Xu Can pulled himself out of the character, it was as if he had really lived a life!

Before his eyes, like a revolving lantern, John Wick's memories kept flashing!

Even now, he still retained the indelible sorrow and anger in the heart of the hitman John Wick!

Immersed too deeply in the character, Xu Can needed to take a deep breath to adjust his state.

"Xu, are you okay?"

*John Wick* director David Leitch came over to check with concern.

Xu Can was not only the investor, but also the film's screenwriter and lead actor! He was the soul figure!

Director David Leitch even felt that he was Xu Can's puppet,

of course, he was very happy to be a puppet.

With Xu Can's status and talent, after this movie is released, David Leitch's status will also rise.

"It's okay, let's continue filming."

Xu Can waved his hand, picked up the prop gun, and prepared to film the first shot.

"*John Wick*, Scene 1, Take 1, Attempt 1!"

"Action!"

In the distant East, a Spider-Man craze was sweeping.

In Hong Kong, even though the movie had been released for more than a week, major cinemas were still packed.

Spider-Man's screening share had exceeded 70%, and no other movies could compete, basically being squeezed into corners.

Once upon a time, Hong Kong films were known as the Hollywood of the East, and the box office charts were all their own people.

Since the decline of Hong Kong films after 1995, some filmmakers went north to make money, and the Hong Kong box office list was basically occupied by Hollywood blockbusters.

The highest-grossing local film in 2006 was Jet Li's *Fearless*, which grossed 30.2 million HKD.

*Fearless* only ranked 5th in the annual box office;

Jackie Chan and Louis Koo's *Rob-B-Hood* only ranked 7th;

The top 4 were *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest*, *The Da Vinci Code*, *The Chronicles of Narnia*, and *Mission: Impossible III*, with a maximum box office of 35 million.

Until *Spider-Man* arrived, ruling the entire Hong Kong with a crushing momentum!

It made 38 million in box office in the first week of opening; Xu Can's Spider-Man strongly crushed the pirates!

The media predicted that the final box office might break 50 million HKD!

Because Xu Can is Chinese, Hong Kong naturally had a sense of intimacy toward him, and the long-lost enthusiasm for movies in Hong Kong was ignited again!

Walking on the streets of Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui, Central, and Causeway Bay, you could see posters of Xu Can's Spider-Man everywhere!

The same was true in Taiwan province next door, with the first-week box office breaking 120 million TWD! *Pirates of the Caribbean* was hit again!

As for the larger Huaxia mainland market across the strait...

Due to the wrangling with China Film Group and the powerful censorship mechanism, the mainland could not release *Spider-Man* in 2006.

However, the media was already discussing this live-action superhero blockbuster that was sweeping the world!

"Live-action *Spider-Man* sweeps the world, box office has exceeded 900 million USD! Expected to surpass *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*!"

"Chinese actor Xu Can is hailed as the most handsome Spider-Man! Domestic market not yet scheduled!"

"*Curse of the Golden Flower* still sits firmly as the domestic box office champion! *Spider-Man* expected to be released during the New Year period!"

The 2006 box office champion was still held by Zhang Yimou's film *Curse of the Golden Flower*, with a box office of 250 million RMB,

starring the top king Jay Chou, with Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, and Liu Hua helping out,

regardless of whether it's good or not... this cast, and the white breasts on the screen, were enough to attract box office.

Entertainment sections of portals like Sina, Sohu, and NetEase reported a lot of news about *Spider-Man*.

However, they didn't attract much attention; more ordinary people in Huaxia didn't even know that a Chinese person was playing Spider-Man in Hollywood.

Just like before the rampant pirated discs of *Spider-Man* in 2002 in the past life, indeed many people didn't know about this movie.

In online communities like the Film Tieba and Marvel Tieba, there were some fans discussing *Spider-Man*.

"Heard that a Chinese person playing Spider-Man exploded in North America, is it true or false?"

"Fake news, must be a gimmick created by the media. How could Spider-Man let a yellow person play it? Must be a white person."

"I saw it in Hong Kong, it's really a Chinese person! Heard he's a student at Beijing Film Academy."

"Bragging, a good movie played by a Chinese person? Hollywood has high requirements for acting!"

In the period before 2008, public opinion was premeditatedly led astray, and the public intellectual theory that the moon abroad is round occupied the upper hand.

"Washing plates 7 times," "Qingdao's sewers were all built by Germany," "Foreign children's super god summer camp," "Island country toilet water can be drunk"...

Influenced by public intellectuals, Hollywood was mythologized too much.

Domestic actors' acting skills are not as good as others, and the quality of domestic films is not as good as Hollywood became a subconscious concept.

Even if *Spider-Man* swept the global market, there were still people who didn't believe that a Chinese person could play Spider-Man well.

Regarding this issue, the Tieba had already quarreled to the sky,

until China Film Group officially announced, and an explosive news appeared on the headlines of major portal websites!

"Chinese actor Xu Can leads the sci-fi action blockbuster *Spider-Man* scheduled! Shocking release on January 28th!"

With this, the argument stopped!

Domestic fans were collectively in an uproar! **CHAPTER 60**