Chapter 70

Only Cheng Long carved out a difficult path in Hollywood; Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat failed to make a name for themselves.

Even if Xu Can is stronger, at most he has only the Spider-Man series; can he shoot more films?

By then, if he can't survive in Hollywood and returns home, there will still be no place for him to stand!

After the pressure from above was lifted and theaters scheduled screenings autonomously, almost all cinemas adjusted Spider-Man to the first tier!

Screening volume maxed out!

The film's box office immediately saw a surge! The opening weekend box office broke the 100 million Daguan!

The second week is even marching toward 200 million!

This wave of superheroes, popular worldwide, began its reign in the mainland!

After the first batch of moviegoers left, they wildly promoted and recommended the film, causing more and more people around them to flood into the theaters to watch Spider-Man!

Chinese actor Xu Can thus gradually entered the vision of Chinese audiences!

Even "Sixth Princess" CTV6 Movie Channel reported related news in the new installment of film and television dynamics:

"Recently, Spider-Man, starring Chinese newcomer Xu Can, is currently showing hotly. Last weekend's opening box office refreshed the mainland film history record, exceeding 100 million!"

"According to professional agency predictions, this week Spider-Man is expected to break 250 million! Combined with the subsequent Spring Festival holiday release slot, the film's final mainland box office is expected to break 400 million, breaking the multi-year record of Titanic!"

"Although multiple films such as Huang Jinjia, Falling Leaves, and 007 Casino Royale are showing simultaneously, they cannot stop the hot momentum of Spider-Man!"

"Reporters interviewed cinemas across the country recently; ticket windows at major cinemas nationwide seemed like the scene of a Spring Festival travel rush train station. Originally spacious theaters had no place to set foot, and moviegoers queuing to buy tickets were bustling..."

"Due to the film's popularity and the difficulty of finding a ticket, scalpers even sold tickets at a markup, giving lawbreakers an opportunity."

"All this, besides stemming from the film's excellent quality, is a rare sci-fi action blockbuster in recent years;"

"The film's male lead, Xu Can, also brought huge heat to the film."

"According to relevant sources, Xu Can was once a student in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, later took a leave of absence to struggle in North American Hollywood..."

"As a Chinese actor, achieving such results in Hollywood has also made him leap into a globally hot new star!"

"US media reported that Xu Can is currently preparing a new film, hoping to see more works from this Chinese new star..."

Xu Can became slightly famous.

One film is not enough to make him stand shoulder-to-shoulder with heavyweights like Chow Yun-fat, Cheng Long, and Jet Li.

At least in the hearts of Chinese movie fans, Xu Can has successfully debuted on the film history stage, and his fame is not much weaker than Hu Ge, Liu Liu Tianxian, Huang Jiaozhu, and others.

It's just that these mainland entertainment stars have more exposure, while Xu Can lacks exposure.

After Spider-Man finishes screening, his popularity will gradually decline... until he produces another phenomenon-level work.

"Brother, you are completely on fire!"

Xu Can, far away in New York, suddenly received a message from his cousin Xu Yuling.

In these days, the overseas internet hasn't been banned; no scientific internet access is needed, and the siblings chat occasionally.

"Sigh, whether I'm on fire or not doesn't matter; is the movie good?"

"Super good!!!" Xu Yuling sent more than ten exclamation marks in a row.

"All our classmates watched it, and some even watched it two or three times!"

It could be seen that the young girl was quite excited.

"That's good; focus on your studies. If you do well on the college entrance exam, I'll take you to North America to see Spider-Man 2."

"Brother! You're so good! Hehe, my classmates didn't believe you were my brother; I won a bet with them and will have free breakfast for a month."

"Little rascal, you've learned to bet."

"By the way, brother, are you really dating Emma Stone? Is she my sister-in-law?"

Facing this question, Xu Can didn't know how to answer.

Shouldn't it be considered so now?

After Stone finished filming, she went back to shoot Twilight; until now, the two haven't sat down properly to discuss this issue.

If the relationship is truly confirmed, dating such a girlfriend wouldn't be bad.

"Consider it so; I'll introduce you two later."

"Yay! I have one more celebrity sister-in-law!" The young girl was extremely excited.

"Go to sleep quickly; don't stay up late at this hour."

"Got it, I'm logging off, brother. Bye."

It is currently early morning in China, while North America has just welcomed a new day; the morning sun in New York is just right.

The New York scenes of John Wick are about to finish filming; next, fly to Berlin to shoot some shots.

Expected to finish filming before the end of February, the film will enter the production phase.

Xu Can still needs to stay in New York for about 3 days.

Since most of the cast are white male actors and Stone has already left, Xu Can is quite bored during his free time.

He couldn't help but think of the green-tea-attribute young girl Emma Roberts,

and occasionally sketched Taylor Swift's youthful beauty in his mind.

"Wait, why am I thinking about them? Am I really a scumbag?"

The celebrity circle is inherently chaotic; not participating in those imparts already counts as a clear stream.

It is very normal to feel good when seeing beautiful things and people.

Living a second life, Xu Can's thoughts have also undergone some changes.

He believes more in enjoying the present and having a clear conscience.

Regarding Stone, he is serious.

Facing Mei Mei, whom he had liked even in his past life, he likewise felt a deep, inner longing.

Since adding her on FaceBook and exchanging phone contacts, Xu Can and Mei Mei had also chatted frequently.

Privately they would even call each other, chatting for an hour or more at a stretch.

Mei Mei often shared her frustrations over creating a new album, and Xu Can would occasionally, based on songs he had heard in his past life, offer her a few pointers on her work.

Back and forth like this, Mei Mei's attitude kept warming up.

If there were a progress bar for affection, then in just the past month or so, Xu Can has already racked up a big wave of points.

Just as his thoughts were wandering, the phone suddenly rang.

"Taylor?"

"Huh? Who are you calling Taylor? It's Happy."

"Oh oh, what's up?"

It turned out to be that fatty, Happy Hogan.

"Here's the thing, there are two pretty important matters."

"First, NBC's variety show is inviting you to appear. They've invited you several times now, and this time we really can't turn them down."

Indeed, Happy had brought this up many times.

After Spider-Man exploded in popularity, countless offers came his way, and Xu Can turned down every one he could.

As a TV station under Columbia, NBC really hoped the hot new-generation male star Xu Can would appear.

Spider-Man's popularity was swelling to unprecedented heights; they couldn't waste this wave of heat.

As a half-"Sony-affiliated" male star, it wasn't really appropriate for Xu Can to keep turning things down.

"Fine, what show?"

"SNL, you should know it. Oh, and there's also a—"

"I'll do it." Xu Can agreed crisply and cleanly. "What's the other thing?"

"Huh?" Happy was a little surprised, but didn't dwell on the detail, and went on:

"Warner Bros. wants you to make a movie—a live-action comic adaptation. They've hired director Christopher Nolan…"

Hearing that name, Xu Can guessed in a second what series it was.

"Batman!"

The Dark Knight Trilogy!