Chapter 65

The battle scenes of Iron Man flying in the sky in the later stages require a significant increase in the proportion of special effects.

Conservatively estimated, the budget that needs to be burned just for Iron Man's armor special effects is $70 million!

This doesn't include other special effects scenes.

Industrial Light & Magic has good effects, but it's too expensive.

In the future, there will be the Iron Man trilogy, Hulk, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc...

The money that needs to be burned for the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) special effects is an astronomical figure!

It seems necessary to build your own special effects team.

Fortunately, special effects belong to the post-production stage, and a special effects company can be quickly established during the filming process.

As for top industry experts, this is easy to solve.

Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

With Ivanka's capital injection, Xu Can can completely throw money at it and poach people from Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital with high salaries.

Experts with many years of work experience can get to work immediately and can also help Xu Can train newcomers.

In Ivanka's own words:

"Xu, don't save money for me, and don't have any burden. This is all given to you for free; it doesn't matter if it goes down the drain."

"I just want to see the film empire you described before I get old."

Sure enough, it's better to rely on a rich woman.

However, Comrade Donald is really enough to spoil his daughter; he doesn't seem to have asked about such a big spending of money.

Xu Can is too lazy to think about Ivanka's family affairs; as long as there is money.

That afternoon, he directly sent Happy to the Chinese capital to find a startup studio called MOREVFX.

This studio is the special effects team for the future *The Wandering Earth* series.

The special effects of *The Wandering Earth 2* are already comparable to the top level in Hollywood,

which shows what kind of feelings and beliefs they have focused on this field for so many years.

With them as the backbone, driven by Hollywood professionals, Xu Can can completely build a special effects team that is no less than Industrial Light & Magic!

Moreover, the heads of the special effects company are compatriots with ideals and ambitions, and Xu Can is relieved to leave this to them.

While domestic entertainment stars are still breaking up and cheating, competing for beauty on various red carpets, and trying to find ways to evade taxes,

Xu Can is already steadily creating his own entertainment map in Hollywood?

He is not even 25 years old; what kind of monster is he?

After a long-distance phone call, Xu Can shared his vision with the other party and drew a big pie,

all of which happened during the filming of *Iron Man*, in less than a week!

Under Galaxy Entertainment, Galaxy Digital special effects company was created low-key!

At the same time, senior technical elites from many teams such as Industrial Light & Magic, DreamWorks, Pixar, and Disney appeared to resign,

and what was surprising was that these excellent talents actually chose to join a little-known startup company?

Galaxy Digital's recruitment did not alert the Hollywood giants.

Their first task was to produce special effects for *Iron Man*. What if the special effects of this doomed movie were good?

Everyone is more concerned about whether the *Batman* two-part series produced by Warner Bros. with an investment of $320 million can succeed!

*Batman Begins* is about to be released in a week!

Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, and Xu Can, who high-profile joined to play the Joker in the second part!

What kind of work will such a powerful lineup bring?

The eyes of all North America have focused on this!

Originally, Warner Bros. intended to film *The Dark Knight* trilogy consecutively and then release the three parts separately.

As a result, they found trouble after filming the first two parts; there wasn't enough money.

They thought that Nolan, a live-action fanatic, could save some special effects money,

but his live-action filming wasn't cheap either!

The construction of many scenes and props was no different from special effects production, and even exceeded digital special effects.

Warner Bros. executives found Nolan overnight to negotiate, saying that some scenes could really be filmed in a green screen studio, and post-processing would be the same.

As a result, Nolan retorted seriously:

"The current special effects level cannot meet my requirements, and I have a clear conception of the film as a whole. If you don't accept it, then change the person."

Nolan had already filmed more than half, and changing hands might be more troublesome.

Warner Bros. could only grit their teeth and let Nolan continue filming, but the third part, *The Dark Knight Rises*, needed to be paused until the box office funds of the first two parts were returned before there was money to start filming.

The first two parts cost $320 million!

Calculated, *Batman Begins* was $130 million, and *The Dark Knight* was $190 million!

Hollywood insiders shouted that Warner Bros. was crazy! They saw the success of *Spider-Man* and actually burned money on such a large scale!

As a result, Xu Can said in an interview with the media:

"*Pirates of the Caribbean 3* cost $342 million and had a box office of $960 million; each Batman movie is less than $200 million, and the box office might be even higher than theirs!"

Xu Can's remarks were again labeled as "arrogant Asian" by Hollywood.

However, in view of the previous bet with film critic Howard Newber, no one dared to bet with Xu Can.

The video of Howard Newber swimming naked is still being made into various ghost videos by YouTubers.

Only *The New York Times* was sarcastic about Xu Can in the entertainment column.

"It is reported that Nolan's *The Dark Knight* will explore the character of Batman more deeply, and Two-Face Harvey Dent will become the key to the film."

"He seems to have forgotten what a disaster Two-Face was in *Batman Forever*; digging for depth from comics is probably not that easy."

"Xu Can currently only has two successful movies; perhaps *The Dark Knight* trilogy will teach him a good lesson..."

Amidst the controversy, Nolan's Batman first part, *Batman Begins*, officially premiered!

As one of the screenwriters and producers of the film, Xu Can did not attend the film's premiere; he was busy filming *Iron Man*.

Nolan attended with many big names such as Bale, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman,

and enjoyed this Batman reboot with all the fans and media!

[Warner Bros. Film Production]

[DC Comics]

[Galaxy Entertainment Co-production]

[Co-producer Xu Can]

[Director Christopher Nolan]

[Co-screenwriters Jonathan Nolan/Xu Can]

"What is your fear?"

"Take out the money and jewelry..."

"Don't be impulsive!" "Bang!"

The origin story familiar to Batman fans: Bruce Wayne's parents were shot and killed by robbers, falling in a dark alley.

Nolan used his good fragmented narrative, starting from Bruce Wayne meeting Ra's al Ghul, flashing back to the nightmare of his childhood.

In order to understand the psychology of criminals and to eradicate crime from the root,

Bruce Wayne gave up his life as a billionaire and traveled around the world, mixing among criminal organizations in various countries.

Finally, in a prison in Asia, he met Ra's al Ghul and completed his training in the League of Assassins.

Due to different philosophies, Bruce Wayne didn't want to kill, so he chose to quit and return to Gotham City.

At this time, Gotham City had completely become hell,

the underworld forces were all-powerful, and the leader Falcone could do whatever he wanted.

Bruce Wayne returned to the company, used simple means to clear out dissidents, and regained control of the company.

At the same time, he discovered the technology manager Fox, played by Morgan Freeman, in the applied technology department.

The other party provided Bruce Wayne with the latest developed equipment.

Including Kevlar bulletproof vests, fabric that can glide in the air, and that redesigned, cool-looking Batmobile!

"Wow!"