Chapter 355

"It's nothing."

Sister Widow gave a charming smile and tightened her arm around Xu Can's.

Even with the likes of Mei Mei, Stone Sister, or Anne Hathaway out there,

at this very moment, Xu Can was hers alone!

Sister Widow wished this red carpet could go on forever.

……

After a routine series of posing for photos, with camera shutters firing like a Gatling gun,

Xu Can led Scarlett Johansson into the theater.

Apart from the two of them, this Pacific Rim premiere didn't have any other heavyweight stars.

The reporters seized on the pair, firing off all kinds of tricky questions.

"Earlier, Paramount CEO Brian Robin said your Pacific Rim plagiarized their Transformers. What's your view on that?"

Faced with such a provocative, troublemaking question, Xu Can just smiled disdainfully:

"Anyone with eyes can tell from the trailer that the two films aren't even the same genre."

"Saying more is useless. Once the film is released, all the doubts will collapse on their own."

Xu Can smiled and looked toward the live broadcast camera,

"Welcome everyone to the theater to watch Pacific Rim. You're guaranteed to feel an unprecedented shock."

The CNN reporter had originally wanted to stir things up, anger Xu Can into trading barbs with Paramount,

so they could have a steady stream of traffic.

They didn't expect Xu Can wouldn't take the bait, and instead used the live TV broadcast to run a free ad.

Watching Xu Can and Scarlett Johansson's retreating backs, the CNN reporter felt helpless.

"Damn, he's barely twenty, how is he sharper than a seasoned old fox?"

A burly, big-bearded cameraman brother scoffed:

"You're new, right? Anyone in this business more than a year knows nobody gets the better of Xu Can."

……

A 30-meter IMAX screen truly delivers震撼.

Even standing in the very back row of this kind of theater, the screen feels immensely wide.

Viewers in the front few rows shouldn't even dream of watching properly—after a two-hour film their necks would be twisted off.

Even so, the entire theater was still packed to the rafters.

Many fervent fans would pay a 200% premium for a ticket just to snag a cramped seat in the front row.

This is the premiere, after all! Up close they could see Xu Can, even get a chance to interact with him after the screening—that alone was worth it!

A twisted neck could be fixed at the hospital,

but the chance to see Xu Can might come only once!

So when Xu Can appeared inside the theater, the entire audience rose and applauded; the film hadn't even started and the atmosphere had already peaked.

Watching Xu Can beside her, wearing a composed smile and waving to the audience,

Scarlett Johansson suddenly had an illusion.

It was as if the movies were Xu Can's kingdom, and he its undisputed emperor!

All those fervent fans were his subjects……

No, no, no—emperor wasn't enough to describe it; this was a full-blown religious scene!

The fans screaming below were devout believers,

and Xu Can… he was the god of cinema!

After a long while, once calm was restored, the theater lights dimmed.

The screen lit up; the Star River Pictures opening logo appeared, and the film officially began!

……

【Produced by Star River Pictures】

【Distributed by Columbia Pictures】

【Kaiju—giant beasts】

【Jaeger—Hunters】

"When I was little, whenever I was lonely I'd look up at the stars and wonder if alien life existed."

"Looking back now, I was looking in the wrong direction."

"Alien life appeared somewhere no one expected—the bottom of the sea."

Accompanied by Xu Can's voice, the film's opening briefly introduced the origin of the Kaiju and the reason for building the giant mechs.

Humanity pooled its strength and poured massive funds into building mechs to fight the Kaiju.

Such a mech is an enormous burden for a single pilot; it requires two pilots to link their minds and coordinate control of the giant mech.

The protagonist is mech pilot Raleigh, who co-pilots the mech "Gipsy Danger" with his brother Roki.

Together with mech warriors from around the world, they won humanity a brief peace.

Mech pilots became heroes of humanity, stars in their own right.

Just when everyone thought this peace could last forever,

the crisis lurking in the shadows crept in unnoticed.

"Gipsy Danger, report to Dock 8, Floor 42, Section A!"

"Kaiju, codename Knifehead, Category 3, weight 8,700 tons!"

If it were any other director or any other film, the monster's origin and the mecha's construction alone could fill half an hour.

*Pacific Rim* simply doesn't play by the rules—

the first three minutes use a voice-over to summarize the story's background, and the film isn't even five minutes in

when the first battle scene is about to begin!

The two mecha pilots, full of high spirits, head toward the mecha cockpit!

The actor playing Brother Xu Can is naturally Chinese,

and this choice is none other than Old Hu—Hu Ge.

During the casting for *Dying to Survive* and *Interstellar* earlier, Xu Can had already gotten along well with Hu Ge.

It was just a matter of role fit, so Old Hu wasn't chosen to appear.

This time Old Hu was finally pulled in. Even though it's a cameo with no more than ten minutes of screen time, Hu Ge is still deeply grateful to Xu Can.

Because this is his first time "touching electricity"—and it's an international blockbuster he's part of!

When he returns to Huanyu, Hu Ge's market value will rise at least two or three times over!

As the *Pacific Rim* theme song plays for the first time,

the two mecha pilots complete the mecha's startup with a series of explosively cool moves!

The audience in the venue hadn't felt anything yet,

but when the music struck, the helmet of Gipsy Danger lit up for the first time.

The thousand-plus people on site simply got goosebumps all over!

An incomparable tremor shot from the soles of their feet straight to the crown of their heads!

In the pouring rain, over the vast and violent Pacific Ocean,

the 80-meter-tall Gipsy Danger clenches its fists and meets the enemy!

The battle between the giant mecha and the giant monster is about to erupt!.