Chapter 94

Beverly Hills, Xu Can’s mansion.

Taylor Swift sat on the sofa, lost in thought.

"What’s wrong, T-Swizzle?"

This was Xu Can’s exclusive nickname for her, Taylor Sweetheart. Many couples liked to do cheesy things after officially dating.

Xu Can and Taylor couldn't be an exception.

"I’ll send you a trophy cabinet? Your golden statue, just placed on the coffee table like this."

Taylor pouted cutely.

The Oscar trophy placed randomly like this, with leftover pizza next to it—people who didn't know would think it was bought for decoration.

This was the real deal!

"It’s just a trophy; it’s not that precious."

"No."

Taylor had the air of a hostess and really wanted to decorate something.

His mansion’s decoration was minimalist sci-fi style, quite classy, but lacked a bit of warmth.

Taylor was already imagining how to add furniture,

like putting a handmade Persian rug under the coffee table, 300,000+ USD;

putting an antique vase in the corner to add some Oriental elements Xu Can liked, 1 million+ USD wasn't expensive;

hanging a magical realism painting by Peter Doig on the wall, spending 10 million USD to bid for one definitely wouldn't be a loss...

Xu Can was drinking coffee while holding his computer to process emails,

Taylor was chattering in his ear, excitedly describing how to decorate the living room, even more excited than decorating her own home.

"Alright, anyway you’re the hostess, do whatever you want... How about moving in?" Xu Can suddenly suggested.

Now, if he wanted to see Taylor, he had to go out on a date to eat, and then bring her home to start combat mode.

If he could see the blonde sleeping beauty in his arms every day when he opened his eyes, that would be quite happy too.

Taylor was clearly moved, but also a bit hesitant.

"I want to, but..."

She had never lived with anyone before. Staying here for a day or two was a different concept from living here long-term.

Toward the unknown, Taylor instinctively felt a bit uneasy, not that she wasn't willing.

Xu Can saw through it at a glance, pulled Taylor over, and kissed her on the lips.

"It’s okay, whenever you’re ready, you can move in anytime."

"Mm." Taylor lay happily on Xu Can’s chest.

This man was really gentle to her, so understanding.

In reality, Xu Can just thought of a problem: what if Emma also wanted to move in?

The room was definitely enough, but the scene might be quite explosive.

He seemed a bit impulsive just now; fortunately, he reacted fast enough.

After the two finished breakfast, a private makeup artist was already in place, helping them style their entire look.

This day was the Grammy ceremony; Xu Can had promised Taylor to attend the Grammys with her.

When this golden couple appeared on the red carpet, the media’s firepower was instantly attracted, and the cameras fired at them, leaving them surrounded by reporters for a time.

Even Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Eminem, Katy Perry, and Jessie J didn't get this treatment.

Justin Timberlake and "Rihanna" were stunned.

"Who’s that over there?"

"Seems to be Taylor Swift and Xu Can."

"No wonder... our Oscar winner is here." Rihanna suddenly realized.

With the Joker character winning the golden statue, Xu Can’s prominence in North America rose to a new level again.

Even the Oscar Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis from *There Will Be Blood* had his thunder stolen by Xu Can.

Best Supporting Actor crushed Best Actor; this was also the first time in Oscar history.

As everyone knew, Xu Can and Taylor had scandals everywhere; they previously claimed to be best friends, so it wasn't surprising that he accompanied Taylor to the Grammys.

After a small interlude, the 50th Grammy Awards officially kicked off.

This period belonged to the era of gods fighting in Western pop music.

At this time, Taylor Swift had just emerged and hadn't reached her true peak period, so she could only watch the various big shots take the stage to receive awards.

Finally, with the outstanding quality of the *Fearless* album, she successfully won two heavyweight awards: Grammy Album of the Year and Best Country Album!

She defeated powerful contenders like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and The Black Eyed Peas.

The award-winning Taylor was extremely excited, stood up to hug Xu Can’s neck, and kissed him deeply in front of the entire audience and the live TV broadcast.

"I am most grateful to Xu Can; it was he who firmly chose me and created a perfect creative environment for me."

"Without him, perhaps there would be no such album..."

Xu Can in the audience smiled and applauded for Taylor, but his "Spider-Sense" gave him an inexplicable feeling that a storm was coming.

Sure enough, returning to the *La La Land* crew, Stone found Xu Can with jealousy on her face.

"You said you accompanied Taylor to the Grammys as a friend. What was that kiss about?"

"She was too excited; it’s normal for good friends to kiss, right?"

"Oh, really?" Stone got angrier the more she thought about it, and her little fist hammered over directly, "Normal my ass!"

"Hey, you’re a lady, language! Watch your words." Xu Can grabbed her wrist.

"You asshole!"

Whatever, anyway, Xu Can worked out often, and Stone couldn't break his defense; let her hammer him a few more times.

When Stone was tired of hammering, Xu Can hugged her again.

"Baby, you know my heart."

"Sigh... let’s continue working." Emma Stone was already unable to struggle and sighed lightly in Xu Can’s arms.

After Xu Can’s training, her acting skills were becoming more and more exquisite.

Compared to her past life...

During the filming process, although she was jealous and angry at Xu Can,

the two playing a couple in love could still look at each other with affection, full of happiness.

Later, when filming the argument scene between the lead couple, Emma could fully mobilize complex emotions like sadness, disappointment, and anger,

vividly portraying the unwillingness in the lead Mia’s heart.

Xu Can secretly marveled, as expected of my woman.

Others were even more shocked by their acting duel, calling it a blast.

The shots that were expected to take three or four months were more than half finished in one month!

In addition, the *Spider-Man 2* crew had actually started assembling at the end of 2007.

Because Xu Can was busy, director Marc Webb had already started filming many supporting actor scenes.

James Franco, Emma Stone, J.K. Simmons, Aunt May, and other actors returned one after another;

whoever had the schedule filmed their content first.

Especially the villain of *Spider-Man 2*, Doctor Octopus, whose actor Alfred Alfred Molina had joined the crew early to start filming.

The new version of *Spider-Man 2* was mainly based on the original, telling the story of Doctor Octopus’s origin and Spider-Man losing his abilities.

During this period, it incorporated the subplot of Harry Osborn mistakenly believing Spider-Man was his father’s killer and seeking revenge on Spider-Man.

Spider-Man would have to fight two enemies, taking on Doctor Octopus and the New Goblin alone.

Therefore, Alfred and Franco had already filmed most of their scenes,

and *La La Land* was progressing smoothly, so Xu Can could also find time to go to the crew to film.

By the time *La La Land* was about to wrap up, *Spider-Man 2*’s progress was incredibly fast!

"Can speeding up the progress catch the summer season?"

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer paid attention to the progress of this film almost every day.

Sony Entertainment and Columbia Pictures hadn't had much success with other films filmed in the last two years.

Last year, they didn't make much money, and the only trump card that could crush other major giants was *Spider-Man 2*!

He wished it could be released tomorrow.

"Boss, isn't it too anxious?"

"No, we already had some losses last year; we must seize the summer season this year!"

"The filming progress can be very fast, but the post-production team is a bit struggling; we might need foreign aid."

"What do you mean?"

"Xu Can’s Galaxy Digital; they can currently take on outsourcing tasks. If we ask their team to cooperate, the cycle can be shortened by at least half."

"Then why are you asking me? Go directly to them! Money doesn't matter! Time is money, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Understood!"

*La La Land* officially wrapped up; Xu Can and Stone didn't have time to celebrate, and the two seamlessly transitioned to the *Spider-Man 2* crew.

Previously, they had each taken time to film a portion of their solo scenes,

and after the two returned, they could finally film group scenes and big scenes.

When they reported to the crew, they were warmly welcomed by the staff on set.

"Welcome back officially."

Director Marc Webb kept looking at the two, shipping them to their faces.

This best screen CP of the 21st century was chosen by him; now it still looked so good to ship, even their bickering was so sweet.

Recently, due to the "shocking kiss" at the Grammys, it was getting more and more intense,