Huayu: This top star doesn't play by the rules.

After saying a few words to Guo Fan and the others, Chen Chao left the lounge. After walking a distance, he leaned against the wall, tapped his phone screen twice with his fingertips, and began to consider who he could contact.

Although he hasn't been in the industry for very long, he has quite a few connections within it. However, there are only a handful of people who would readily hand over real money without hesitation.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Chao started making phone calls, and the first person he chose was a girl named Sister Zhao who had a sharp tongue but a kind heart.

The call was quickly connected, and after greeting Sister Zhao, Chen Chao immediately brought up the matter of borrowing money.

Faced with Chen Chao's request, Zhao Liying did not immediately agree, but instead asked him what he intended to do with the money.

She knew that Chen Chao had been making a lot of money recently, and now he actually needed to borrow money. She subconsciously imagined that he might have picked up some bad habits.

But after learning that Chen Chao intended to use the money for film investment, she didn't ask any further questions and directly supported him with ten million.

After winning over Sister Zhao, Chen Chao made a second call, but this one was a little more difficult, since she had been scammed over the phone before.

After learning that Chen Chao wanted to borrow money, Li Qin paused for a moment, then his voice became wary, "You liar, don't try to fool me! Your voice is quite convincing... but I won't be fooled so easily. I'll call the police and have you arrested in a minute!"

Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Chen Chao suddenly realized what was happening and remembered that this woman had been scammed before. So he had to change his approach. "No, it really is me. If you don't believe me, I'll video call you right now."

As soon as the video call connected, Li Qin saw Chen Chao's face covered in gray-black battle-damaged makeup and breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me to death! I thought some scammer was impersonating you to trick me. How much do you want?"

"Hmm~ Is five million okay?"

"no problem."

Although Li Lin has always been jokingly said to have an unpopularity constitution, she has saved up a lot of money from filming over the years, so taking out five million is not a difficult thing for her.

After Li Lin, Chen Chao approached Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi separately. Considering their financial situations, he didn't ask for much more, only taking a total of three million from them.

Thinking that it wasn't right to just borrow money from his female friends, Chen Chao decided to find a balance and borrow money from a male friend as well. His choice was none other than his good brother with whom he had worked—Lu Han.

The call was answered a few moments after being dialed. It sounded a bit noisy on the other end, with the occasional sound of typing on a keyboard. It seemed like Lu Han was playing a game with someone. "Hey, A-Chao? What's up? Want to play a game together? I just started, and the enemy jungler is ganking me~"

"I'm not asking you to play games with me, I'm asking to borrow some money, ten million."

"Okay, send me your bank card number on WeChat." Without even asking "What do you need the money for?", Lu Han readily agreed, "I'll transfer it to you after I finish this game."

Hearing Lu Han's words, Chen Chao was taken aback. "Aren't you going to ask me what you need the money for? Aren't you afraid I'll squander it?"

"Hey, with our relationship, how could I not trust you?" Lu Han couldn't help but chuckle, his tone quite casual.

"Hmm~ Well then I should tell you something." After hearing Lu Han's reply, Chen Chao remained silent for a moment before simply explaining the situation.

After Chen Chao finished speaking, Lu Han pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you think this film will be successful?"

"Yes." Chen Chao, who possessed memories of the future, answered with absolute certainty, "Definitely."

"Okay, then this ten million won't be considered a loan; consider it my investment in the movie!"

"Brother Lu, aren't you afraid this movie will lose money?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Lu Han said with a smile. "Investing is all about making money and losing money, it's normal. Besides, even if I lose, I can still afford to lose ten million."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Chen Chao ended his call with Lu Han and breathed a long sigh of relief. Zhao Liying got ten million, Li Lin got five million, Li Yitong got one million, Meng Ziyi got two million, Lu Han got ten million, and he brought in another twenty-eight million for the production team.

With Wang Sicong's 40 million, Lin Gengxin's 8 million, and his own studio's 15 million investment, the total has already exceeded 90 million.

That should be enough money. After all, Chen Chao remembered that when Wanda withdrew its investment in his previous life, Wu Jing brought 60 million yuan to invest. This time, with an additional 30 million yuan, the final product should be even better.

Half an hour later, all the funds were in the account. Chen Chao then put away his phone and returned to the lounge. He smiled and waved his phone at Guo Fan, who was looking at him expectantly, "I found you another 28 million. Adding that to what we invested before, it should be about right."

"Enough, enough!" Hearing Chen Chao's words, Guo Fan couldn't help but nod repeatedly, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement. "Chao, you're truly my savior! After this movie is finished, I, Guo Fan, will do anything for you!"

"No, just focus on making the movie."

After solving the biggest problem for the production team, Guo Fan, known for his brilliant ideas and efficient work ethic, also stepped in. He leaned close to Chen Chao's ear and whispered, "By the way, what do you think about having these two play cameo roles?"

"You mean Brother Gengxin and Lao Wang?"

Guo Fan nodded vigorously, a sly smile on his face. "Lin Gengxin also brings popularity and buzz. As for President Wang... well, the fact that the son of Wanda is making a cameo appearance in a sci-fi film is enough to attract a lot of discussion."

"Okay, then you can go and talk to them yourself."

After successfully appeasing Chen Chao, Guo Fan returned to Wang Sicong and Lin Gengxin, rubbed his hands together, and put on an even brighter smile. "President Wang, Gengxin, it's rare for you two to come to the film set. How about experiencing what it's like to shoot a sci-fi movie?"

"They're just two cameo roles, with no lines, just a brief appearance. They'll be included in the final cut as a surprise bonus."

Upon hearing Guo Fan's words, Lin Gengxin agreed without hesitation. After all, it was just a cameo role, which was a trivial matter for him.

As for Wang Sicong, he hesitated for a while, but under Guo Fan's eloquence as a cyber succubus, he was eventually persuaded and agreed.

So, Lin Gengxin and Wang Sicong, who originally only planned to visit the set, stayed for three more days and made cameo appearances as a space station officer and a space station engineer, respectively.

Guo Fan also asked the crew to take some behind-the-scenes photos of the two of them, which would be used as promotional material when the movie was released.