Chapter 373

Ivanka said she'd built a private theater in her mansion—who would've guessed it had an IMAX screen?

Sure, it's only the basic 22-by-16-meter smaller size, but it's still IMAX-certified!

"You're giving it to me?"

"Mm, you like it, don't you? Including this whole house—I don't really come stay here much anyway. You like watching movies, so from now on just come here to watch them."

Xu Can's mouth twitched a few times.

As expected of a rich woman—tens of millions of dollars in assets, just given away like that.

Although Xu Can could afford it too, he wouldn't be so casual about it.

The perk of a private theater is that you don't have to wait for showtimes—once everyone's comfortably seated, you can start whenever you want.

Xu Can sat in the C-spot, the prime viewing area. The two seats beside him went through a round of open and covert fighting, and in the end Taylor and Stone each grabbed one, on his left and right.

The two of them had been with Xu Can the longest, and were the most willing to go all out.

ScarJo had no choice but to sit next to Taylor, with Ivanka on her other side.

Old Beckham and his wife, and Tom Cruise and his wife, seeing this, deliberately pretended not to notice and sat far away in the front row.

Basically everyone inside the Hollywood star circle was clear on Xu Can's current situation—he had women on both arms, yet no one treated him as a playboy.

These actresses were all willingly following him; it was mutual consent, so others couldn't really say anything.

And Xu Can's character, compared to those male stars with utterly chaotic private lives, was really far better.

After all that fuss, the film could finally start screening properly.

……

"…Because your genome is similar to your brother's, you can continue his project and start a new life on a new planet."

Right at the opening of Avatar, the protagonist boards a spaceship headed for the planet Pan Duola.

The planet Pan Duola is an Earth-like moon orbiting Polyphemus, a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system.

On the IMAX giant screen, the visuals of the two planets were indeed stunning.

But Xu Can could clearly sense that the people present didn't feel much of it.

He remembered the first time he took the train from Jin Ling to the neighboring city of Wuxi to see Avatar in IMAX 3D—he really was blown away.

Begging for flowers

Why was the reaction so muted this time?

Soon, Taylor beside him revealed the answer, whispering into Xu Can's ear:

"My verdict is, it's not as good as your Interstellar."

No wonder—today's audience had already seen the black hole Gargantua, had already witnessed cosmic wonders on screen.

A mere planet Pan Duola really couldn't stir up much of a ripple.

The effect was greatly diminished.

As the story progressed, the protagonist Jake neurally linked with his Avatar, becoming a blue giant roaming the jungles of Pan Duola.

The originally showy tracking shots now looked utterly ordinary.

Xu Can even clearly saw the traces of Spydercam and some dynamic shots—Cameron couldn't help but use Xu Can's techniques.

He'd watched this movie at least three times in his previous life; he could practically recite the plot backward, so naturally he couldn't get into it.

On top of that, he'd had some drinks with dinner and hadn't had a chance to relieve himself yet.

Xu Can really couldn't hold it any longer, so he simply got up to use the restroom.

Anyway, he knew every shot by heart—he wasn't afraid of missing anything.

Not long after Xu Can went out, Victoria Beckham in the front row also felt something was off and followed him to the restroom.

When she went in, Xu Can had just come out.

The IMAX hall of the private theater took up a lot of space, which made the restroom corridor rather narrow—two people passing had to sidestep slightly.

Xu Can and Victoria had met many times before; sometimes they jogged together in the mornings, so they were fairly familiar.

"You also find it boring, right?"

Victoria suddenly smiled and struck up a conversation.

"I'm pretty familiar with this movie."

"I see…"

Victoria secretly sized up Xu Can, then suddenly reached out on her own to feel his abs.

"We agreed to work out together before—have you been secretly working out behind my back? Your abs are a lot firmer."

Sure enough, the age of a thirty-something she-wolf—Xu Can noticed her gaze was full of fire.

Hold on, sis—are we really that close?

We'd only gone morning jogging together a few times.

"Then how about next time I do yoga, I'll call you along?"

Xu Can tentatively made a remark out of politeness.

But Victoria agreed very quickly:

"Sure, how about next Monday? David's going to Milan, I'll be home alone anyway, perfect for going together."

"Well, OK…"

She was already climbing up the pole herself—Xu Can couldn't really refuse, after all they were good neighbors,

"Then it's settled."

David Beckham had originally signed with Los Santos Galaxy; to make next year's World Cup, the 34-year-old was loaned to AC Milan.

Unexpectedly, after playing for a while he worked his way into the starting rotation as a midfielder, and his tactical position at Milan was quite important.

During the Serie A winter hiatus, he'd finally come back to North America to spend Christmas with his wife, only to have to fly back to Milan for training again.

Like a hungry wolf or tiger, Victoria had long been left alone in an empty room, and next door was a young, strong, and handsome Eastern guy,

How could she possibly hold back?

"Great, I'll be waiting for you at home on Monday."

Hot girl Victoria shot Xu Can a flirtatious glance and brushed past him.

"Opps…"

The corridor was too narrow, so some friction between the two of them was inevitable.

Xu Can felt her great figure, and Victoria also seemed to feel Xu Can's… strengths.

Her eyes had visibly melted into a pool of autumn water, wishing she could devour Xu Can right then and there like a tigress.

"Hiss…"

Back in the cinema seats, Mei Mei beside him naturally looped her arm through Xu Can's.

"Darling, what's wrong?"

Xu Can shook his head lightly.

Nothing much, just being harassed by an old woman—no big deal.

But… since I promised someone I'd do yoga, it wouldn't be great to go back on my word.

The rest of Avatar, Xu Can watched with absolutely no interest at all.