Shen Fang, Shen Kun, and Liu Qianqian hailed a taxi and arrived at the Chinese Embassy.

I arrived at the front desk.

Shen Fang looked at the bespectacled clerk and said, "Hello, we had an appointment with Ambassador Zhang. I am Shen Fang."

Upon hearing this, the receptionist looked up and smiled at Chen Fang.

"Ambassador Zhang has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me."

The three followed the young woman into the embassy. The embassy environment was very nice, the buildings were very old, and the buildings were in a traditional style, mainly Chinese red with yellow and white accents. Chinese style could be seen everywhere, such as Shu embroidery, classical Chinese musical instruments, porcelain, vases, and panda dolls.

Americans are particularly obsessed with giant pandas. Many people go crazy just to catch a glimpse of them, and have even launched protests and criticized the government for not being able to see them.

After much negotiation, China finally agreed to gift two giant pandas to the United States. This was also a matter of foreign policy, and Kung Fu Panda was created because of the Americans' fascination with it.

After turning left and right, the young woman finally led the three to the door of an office. The door was open. Shen Fang glanced at the ambassador; he was a middle-aged man, well-dressed, energetic, and quite handsome. For some reason, it seems that all of China's diplomatic ambassadors are either handsome men or beautiful women, and all possess exceptional charisma.

Is it true that there are appearance requirements for becoming a diplomatic ambassador? This is not unfounded. It seems that China's diplomatic ambassadors throughout history have been very particular about their appearance. An ambassador represents China's image abroad, and someone with a poor image might not be able to become an ambassador.

The young woman knocked on the door.

"Master Zhang, Mr. Shen has arrived."

Ambassador Zhang, who was working at his desk, looked up and smiled at Shen Fang and the other two. He stood up, walked over, and extended his right hand, saying, "Shen Fang, hello."

Shen Fang quickly extended his hand: "Ambassador Zhang, hello."

Ambassador Zhang smiled as he looked at Shen Fang.

"I've heard so much about you lately. The movie 'Hero' is all over America, and your posters are everywhere. Han Sanping has really praised you. The leaders of the Central Propaganda Department are also paying close attention to this movie. I heard that it has already grossed over 100 million yuan in China in less than 10 days. You're a promising young talent. Keep up the good work and bring glory to our country."

Shen Fang said very modestly, "This is all thanks to Director Zhang. I was just responsible for throwing money around."

Ambassador Zhang laughed: "Spending money in the United States is the most effective way. Old Han even talked to me about you, saying that you are a person with great ambitions, leading Chinese films to export culture to the world and promoting Chinese films to the world. Young man, you are very ambitious and have a lot of awareness. Young people like you are really rare. Very good."

"Go for it! Our embassy will help you promote it in the United States. We have already contacted several TV media outlets and promoted your work in the Chinese community. We hope you will achieve great results."

Shen Fang looked at Ambassador Zhang with great surprise.

"The embassy even helped with the publicity???"

Ambassador Zhang smiled and said, "China Film Group has praised your work highly and is very trustworthy. The Central Propaganda Department also hopes that we can lend a hand. We certainly wouldn't get involved in ordinary films, but heroes are different. After all, China Film Group is also a major investor, and we have an obligation to help promote Chinese culture."

Shen Fang nodded. It's really impressive to have official endorsement. Damn, even the embassy is helping with the publicity. That's really high-class.

"Xiao Kun, give the invitation to Ambassador Zhang."

Shen Kun pulled a large stack of invitations out of his bag.

Shen Fang handed it to Ambassador Zhang.

"Ambassador Zhang, this is the invitation to tomorrow's premiere. If you have time, you can come and support our film."

Ambassador Zhang accepted the invitation with a smile: "Of course, our embassy will be there to cheer you on tomorrow. We also have a promotional event planned for Chinatown the day after tomorrow, and we hope that overseas Chinese will give it their support."

Chen Fang was extremely grateful; it was so thoughtful.

"Ambassador Zhang, let's process Xixi's renunciation of citizenship first."

Ambassador Zhang nodded.

"Young lady, please give me your US passport, green card, and your Chinese ID card and household registration book."

Liu Qianqian obediently took out a large bag of prepared documents from her bag.

Ambassador Zhang took the form, pulled out a form for Liu Qianqian to fill out, the main content of which was that Liu Qianqian voluntarily gave up her U.S. citizenship.

After the form was filled out and fingerprints were affixed, Ambassador Zhang stamped it.

They then produced a large stack of documents, a thick pile of A4 paper, and asked Liu Qianqian to sign them. Twenty minutes later...

Ambassador Zhang smiled as he looked at Liu Qianqian.

"Once I submit the documents, you will officially return to the embrace of your motherland. In addition, you will need to pay a citizenship fee of 200,000 RMB. Although you are Chinese, you still need to pay this fee to re-apply for citizenship."

Shen Fang nodded: "Should we hand it over here?"

Master Zhang shook his head: "You can pay it at your current place of household registration."

Shen Fang patted Liu Qianqian's little head.

"Sisi, now you are a real Chinese person."

Liu Qianqian nodded happily.

Shen Fang stood up.

"Ambassador Zhang, we won't bother you any longer. Thank you for your help."

"Let's have a casual dinner together tonight. The food here is quite good, all Chinese cuisine, and the chef specializes in Sichuan. The hot pot and spicy chicken are especially amazing."

Shen Kun, who was standing to the side, was tempted. Although he had only been there for two days, he already couldn't stand it. His Chinese stomach was really struggling to handle Western food.

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