Chapter 59

The producer of "Twilight" also recognized the box office appeal of "Stone Sister."

She is now a hot new star in Hollywood, eighteen years old, youthful and beautiful, with impressive acting skills, absolutely capable of adding significant luster to "Twilight."

To invite "Stone Sister," the producer even truly agreed to delete the kissing scene and change the setting.

In the movie, when the vampire Edward approaches a human, he cannot help but want to suck blood.

So he controls himself, does not kiss the female lead, and only uses a forced perspective shot at the very end of the film to infect the female lead Bella as a vampire.

Thus, "Stone Sister" endured the reluctance to part temporarily with 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 movie's shots were filmed at Sony Pictures Studios, with some location shooting in New York and Berlin.

Sure enough, when Xu Can arrived at the set, just before the first shot was about to be filmed...

A flash of inspiration pierced his mind again!

I, named John Wick, am a retired hitman.

I once worked for an underworld faction with power reaching the heavens, my hands stained with countless blood, becoming a legendary assassin within the organization.

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

After retiring, we lived happily for five years.

Unfortunately, Helen passed away from illness; before her death, she gave me a dog named "Daisy," hoping to alleviate the grief in my heart.

After burying my wife, I and my dog Daisy depended on each other for survival.

However, one day, while refueling, I encountered some gang thugs who tried to forcibly buy my car.

After I refused, that thug actually broke into my home and killed my puppy Daisy!

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

Impossible, you all must die. Every, single, one! Must die for Daisy!

Not a single one left...

"Haa—"

As if separated from the world by a lifetime!

When Xu Can detached from the character, it felt as if he had truly lived a whole life!

Before his eyes, like a montage, John Wick's memories flashed continuously!

He even now retained the indelible grief and anger in the heart of the assassin John Wick!

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

"Xu, are you okay?"

David Leitch, the director of "John Wick," came over concerned to check.

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

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

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

With Xu Can's star power and talent, after this movie was released, David Leitch's status would also rise accordingly.

"It's nothing, let's continue filming."

Xu Can waved his hand, picked up the prop handgun, and prepared to shoot the first scene.

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

"Action!"

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

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

Spider-Man's screening share had already exceeded 70%; no other movie could compete, basically all pushed to the corners.

Once upon a time, Hong Kong cinema was hailed as the Hollywood of the East, with the box office charts dominated by their own people.

Since the decline of Hong Kong cinema after '95, some filmmakers went north to seek gold, and the Hong Kong box office charts were basically occupied by Hollywood blockbusters.

In 2006, the most successful local film so far was Jet Li's "Fearless," earning 30.2 million Hong Kong dollars in box office.

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

Cheng Long and Nicholas Tse's "Rob-B-Hood" ranked only 7th;

The top four were "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," "The Da Vinci Code," "The Chronicles of Narnia," and "Mission: Impossible 3," with the highest at 35 million box office.

Until "Spider-Man" arrived, dominating the entire Hong Kong with an overwhelming force!

Generating 38 million in box office in its opening week, Xu Can's Spider-Man decisively crushed the Pirates!

Media projections for the final box office might even break 50 million Hong Kong dollars!

Since Xu Can is Chinese, Hong Kong naturally felt a sense of closeness to him; the long-vanished passion for movies across the whole territory was reignited!

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

The neighboring Baodao province was the same; the first-week box office broke 120 million New Taiwan dollars! "Pirates of the Caribbean" got hit again!

As for the other side of the strait, the even larger mainland China market...

Due to the wrangling with China Film Group and the powerful censorship mechanism, "Spider-Man" could not be released in the mainland within 2006.

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

"Live-action 'Spider-Man' sweeps the globe, box office has already broken 900 million dollars! Expected to surpass 'The Lord of the Rings 3'!"

"Chinese actor Xu Can is hailed as the most handsome Spider-Man! Domestic release date not yet set!"

"Curse of the Golden Flower still firmly holds the domestic box office champion title! Spider-Man is expected to release during the New Year holiday season!"

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

starring top-tier superstar Zhou, with support from Chow, Gong Li, and Andy Lau,

Regardless of whether it's good to watch... this cast, and the bare chests in the movie, are enough to attract box office.

Entertainment sections of portal websites like Sina, Sohu, and NetEase reported extensively on news about Spider-Man.

However, they did not attract much attention; most ordinary people in Huaxia simply did not know a Chinese person was playing Spider-Man in Hollywood.

Just as before pirated discs of Spider-Man ran rampant in 2002 in the previous life, indeed many people did not know this movie existed.

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

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

"Fake news, definitely a gimmick manufactured by the media. How could Spider-Man be played by a yellow-skinned person? It must be a white person."

"I saw it in Hong Kong, it really is a Chinese person! Heard he is even a student from Beijing Film Academy."

"Blowing smoke, a good movie with a Chinese person? Hollywood has extremely high requirements for acting!"

In the period before 2008, public opinion was deliberately led astray; the public intellectual theory that the foreign moon is rounder held the upper hand.

"Wash the plate seven times," "Qingdao's sewers were all built by Germans," "Foreign kids' super-god summer camp," "Island nation toilet water is drinkable"...

Influenced by public intellectuals, Hollywood was mythologized to an extreme.

The concept that domestic actors' acting is inferior and domestic films' quality is inferior to Hollywood became a subconscious notion.

Even though Spider-Man swept the global market, some still did not believe a Chinese person could play Spider-Man well.

Regarding this issue, the Tieba had already erupted into a storm of arguments,

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

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

With this, the argument stopped!

Domestic film fans collectively erupted in shock!