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Chapter 142 Chef: I should have become sworn brothers with President Chen!
From March to June, Chen Yuan was in the United States training his team there. Under his full-fledged influence, the team there was basically organized and functioning smoothly.

The Americans on the team can now hold a piece of pizza in their left hand and take a bite, while using their right hand to scoop up a spoonful of shredded pork with green peppers and eat it together!

Many Chinese expatriates who initially viewed the United States as a beacon of freedom were given a profound understanding of the dark side of American global hegemony thanks to the subject matter of "The Edge Walker."

After these naive people learned what the real 'Night City' was like, not one of them dared to deny it anymore.

The United States is a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor. Even if you want to develop your career in the United States in the future, you must ensure that your talents and knowledge accumulation can guarantee that you will not fall into abject poverty.

Domestically, due to infectious diseases, a shortage of available personnel, and poor communication, there has been virtually no progress.

After the infectious disease was effectively controlled in June, Chen Yuan led part of his team back to China, where he needed to make arrangements for things.

After all, "The Edge Walker" is scheduled to start filming in July. Don't rush to build sets when filming is about to begin, or you'll really lose face internationally.

It will take at least another year for China Film Group's digital film and television base to be completed and for some facilities to be operational.

A sequel might be useful, but the first one is out of the question.

However, all the sound stages at the Beijing Film Studio have refused to be rented by any other film crews, including the Beijing Film Studio's own films, which cannot use their own sound stages and have all been rented to the "The Edge Walker" crew.

As one of China's four traditional film studios, Beijing Film Studio has multiple sound stages of varying sizes and is an important film shooting location in the capital city.

They simply allocated the entire budget to Chen Yuan, which was unfair to the other production teams, giving them an extra expense for no reason.

But there's nothing we can do about it. Chen Yuan is now the face of the Chinese film industry, and for the sake of the bigger picture, a small sacrifice is unavoidable for others.

With a well-trained team brought back from the United States as the backbone, coupled with the full cooperation of China Film Group and the advantage of operating on home soil,

The crew quickly set up and began constructing the landscape buildings needed for filming scenes according to the plan designed over the previous three months.

Chen Yuan was also able to take some time to handle company matters and some of his personal affairs.

Chen Yuan went to the Summer Palace to visit the set of his film "The Promise," which had just started filming.

It must have been my own little butterfly fluttering around that spurred Brother Chen on, making him unusually quick to get things done.

Preparations for "The Promise" began long ago, and filming actually started more than half a year earlier than in the previous life.

Chen Yuan felt conflicted; it was obvious that "The Promise" would be released ahead of schedule.

But if it is released ahead of schedule, will the timeless classic "A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun," which was born from "The Promise," also be affected by the butterfly effect it created?
It would be such a shame if it were to disappear completely.

Am I supposed to make a version of "Steamed Bun" myself?
But apart from liking to show off, Brother Chen had no real grudges against him. In fact, Chen Yuan even felt sorry for him because of Hong Hong.

Ugh, this is really giving me a headache!
Chen Yuan arrived at an inopportune time; Director Chen was busy setting up a scene and had to have his wife greet him.

Hong Hong still plays the goddess 'Man Shen' who controls fate, but her makeup and styling are somewhat different from the image of 'Man Shen brand hair gel' in Chen Yuan's memory.

Forgive him for only knowing about Manshin brand hair gel; Chen Yuan really hasn't seen the original version of The Promise, but he's watched The Steamed Bun at least five times.

Because of her outstanding complexion, her sister's styling, which Chen Yuan considered aesthetically peculiar, actually gave her a goddess-like aura with a touch of the unorthodox.

The influence of "Hero" on domestic blockbusters is so great that even Chen Laoge (Chen Zhisheng) couldn't escape it.

While the cast can't compare to "Hero," it's at least stronger in terms of the nationalities of the main actors, fully demonstrating Chen Laoge's international influence. The cast is basically the original one, with actors from China, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong all gathered together.

Chen Yuan also met Chef Xie and his current girlfriend Zhang Baizhi.

Last year, the chef's image was severely damaged due to the car accident, forcing him to temporarily withdraw from the entertainment industry. He was also voted the most negative person of 2002 by Hong Kong students.

His girlfriend, Princess, who was almost a decade older than him, broke up with him because of this, and Zhang Baizhi naturally took over as the chef's new girlfriend.

This month, the mainland and Hong Kong signed the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).

With this, a new market landscape for Chinese-language films opened up, and Hong Kong filmmakers began to head north.

Originally, Wu Huan was left to Leslie Cheung by Brother Chen, but he passed away, so Chef Xie was recommended to take over.

Chen Yuan greeted the chef and his girlfriend very warmly. He had no conflict with the chef, and when "Kung Fu Panda" was released, Chen Yuan even tried to ride on its popularity.

After Chen Yuan left, Zhang Baizhi stood beside Chef Xie, watching Chen Yuan and Chen Hong's departing figures, and sighed:

"I never expected the renowned President Chen to be so easygoing."

"The media and the public do indeed have many misunderstandings about him."

Chef Xie was playing with the cane that was pointing a thumbs up. It was a bit comical, but not that funny. Chen Yuan had just been laughing so hard he almost bent over while holding it.

Pulling his thoughts back from his cane, he realized that Chen Yuan was indeed a prodigy. He remembered clearly that back in 01, the media suddenly started comparing him to Chen Yuan, who was still relatively unknown at the time.

He simply said, "Who is Chen Yuan? I don't know him," and has been ridiculed ever since.

This statement became irrefutable evidence of his arrogance and conceit.

He was indeed quite arrogant and cocky before, but the problem was that he really didn't know Chen Yuan back then!

If he had known that Chen Yuan was so amazing, able to become a dominant force in the mainland film and television industry in just two or three years, and even break into Hollywood, he would have already gone to become sworn brothers with Chen Yuan!

Chen Hong took Chen Yuan to tour the Summer Palace. Director Chen had a lot of influence, and this wasn't an area of ​​the Summer Palace open to the public.

Chen Yuan saw a group of people using ladders to paint leaves and, out of curiosity, asked:
"What are they doing? They've turned perfectly good green trees into a greasy yellow!"

"To create a desolate battlefield effect, Old Chen had those trees that would later serve as the background painted yellow," Chen Hong replied casually.

"So what happens after filming? Will the yellow color just stay there? Won't that damage the older brother's reputation if word gets out?"

Thinking of Old Chen's carefree and out-of-touch personality, Chen Hong said irritably, "How could someone with his personality consider restoring the environment? He's not like you."

Hearing the complaint in Honghong's tone, Chen Yuan asked softly, "What's wrong, Honghong? Did you two fight again?"

Chen Hong's eyes reddened, and tears almost streamed down her face.

"The day before yesterday, Lao Chen scolded me in front of the entire crew, with so many foreign actors present, over some trivial matter, and he made me cry!"

(End of this chapter)