Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 599 - Arrival in La Paz

La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia, is fifteen hours away from Beijing. Chen Yu and his party arrived at 8:00 p.m. local time, while Beijing arrived at 11:00 a.m. the next day.

The Bolivian government had the ingenuity to build El Alto Airport on a flat ridge at an altitude of 3,810 meters. Ms. Kina has already developed mild altitude sickness.

Culture Minister Savina Orellana and National Police Chief Major General Alvarez, who met the passengers at the airport, said that the symptoms would automatically disappear as soon as they entered the city.

The chief aide-de-camp of the Bolivian Presidential Palace immediately ordered the three medical personnel on duty at the airport to give Ms. Kina preliminary medical treatment. Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, feeling that the atmosphere was very subtle.

Taylor Sheridan inadvertently caught a glimpse of Chen Yu's facial expression, then very covertly bent his elbow and poked him lightly in the waist. Chen Yu immediately stopped guessing and smiled again.

Bolivia's current president is also Bolivia's first indigenous president: Evo Morales is at loggerheads with the opposition.

It just so happens that Culture Minister Savina Orellana is a member of the opposition party and a pro-American intellectual.

Therefore, he was very caring towards the crew of "Sicario 2". He did not allow Ms. Keener to receive treatment at the airport because her altitude sickness was very mild.

Arranging treatment for Ms. Kina with great fanfare would easily put a psychological burden on her, which might make her symptoms worse.

Major General Alvarez, the kind-hearted commander-in-chief of the National Police, is a centrist in Bolivia who does not engage in party struggles, or rather, the military prefers to watch the fun while eating melon seeds.

The president, who has been busy mediating and defusing party struggles recently and has no time to spare, specially asked his chief aide to bring two gifts to Chen Yu: a Bolivian felt hat and a multi-layered cotton robe.

Since this was just a private gift, the crew members did not feel it was unfair. After all, President Evo Morales holds the title of Honorary Doctor of Renmin University of China.

To be honest, both the White House and Capitol Hill admire President Morales, although he has used various means to infringe on the privileges of the United States and the European Union in Bolivia many times since taking office.

But from 2005 to now, Bolivia's economic situation and people's lives have been improving slowly, steadily and orderly.

Although Bolivia is still plagued by drugs and corruption, and the army, police and criminals are still in cahoots, ordinary people can see a glimmer of hope.

Of course, this is also the reason why the United States and the European Union want to target President Morales: he is not impatient to change Bolivia, and he can compromise with the military to reduce resistance.

Americans will never allow such romantic thorns to emerge in their own backyard, for fear that they will slowly grow into Bolivia's Ernesto Rafael.

"The president hopes to have time to play a game with the crew of Sicario II, a football game." The chief aide turned around and looked at Chen Yu and director Villeneuve with a smile.

President Evo Morales is a huge soccer fan and has signed a contract with Bolivian Primera Division powerhouse Sporting Silva Varnes to play as a midfielder.

President Evo Morales's basic football skills are definitely good enough to reach the threshold of South American professional teams, but he lacks physical strength and can only last for twenty minutes when he occasionally appears on the field.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu nodded in agreement. He felt that the chief aide and the president were just being polite. Wouldn't it be better to use the time he had to spend on the football field to deal with his political enemies?

There were so many media waiting for the "Sicario 2" crew outside the airport, which made Chen Yu, Del Toro, Isabella, and director Villeneuve stunned for a while.

Chen Yu's security team and the crew's security team were also facing a serious enemy. No one trusted the Bolivian police and soldiers.

Even though Major General Alvarez, the commander-in-chief of the Bolivian National Police, was on Chen Yu's left, the female members of the security team still stood firmly beside Chen Yu.

The all-weather security package that Emanuel chose for Chen Yu was worth $2.75 million, and the contract share was worth it for the female team member to sacrifice herself to defend Chen Yu from non-lethal attacks. Don't imagine how high-end European and American defense companies and security companies are. Excellent veterans are not scarce, and it doesn't cost much to hire them.

Of course, the low amount of money mentioned here refers to Chen Yu's economic level. He can hire this group of high-end people without any pressure.

The crew of "Sicario 2" came to Bolivia for location shooting, which was highly valued by President Morales and the government.

Because the "Sicario 2" crew is the first film production team to submit a filming application to the Bolivian government and apply for a filming permit since 2018.

Previously, only documentary teams from Australia and Japan had worked in Bolivia's Oruro and Pando departments for four weeks.

In the same period last year, Bolivia had received more than 27 overseas film and television shooting and production teams. The recent domestic party disputes and ethnic issues have indeed interfered with the tourism industry.

Bolivia is a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, and multi-lingual country with indigenous Indians, Indo-European mixed-race people, as well as German, French, and Italian people.

Moreover, the indigenous Indians of Bolivia are divided into thirty-six branches, which may be blood relatives or mortal enemies.

The crew of "Sicario 2" hired a total of seven translators this time, because many extras could not understand Spanish, let alone English, and the translators were needed to translate.

Bolivia has 35 official languages, making it difficult to implement unified compulsory education in the country.

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The indigenous Indians in Bolivia disdain to learn the language of the colonists (white people). Similarly, the white people in Bolivia are very resistant to the Indian language. This deadlock is extremely difficult to untie.

The reporter who was interviewing Chen Yu and Josh Brolin at this moment was speaking an Indian language, and the translator frowned.

Isabella quietly walked to Chen Yu's side, raised her hand to cover her lips and complained softly:
I kind of want to go back to the United States now. The chirping of birds here makes me feel insecure, and the police and soldiers around me are no different from the street thugs in Cleveland!

Isabella covered her mouth tightly and spoke in a very soft voice. Before, on the plane, she was full of expectations and fantasies about Bolivia. It can only be said that women are really fickle.

Chen Yu took out a piece of genuine Belgian chocolate from his coat pocket and handed it to Isabella, and asked the sleepy-looking girl to stand beside him.

Seeing this, Thanos also took two steps to Chen Yu's left. The two of them protected Isabella in the middle, giving her a greater sense of security.

The impromptu interview lasted nearly an hour, mainly because listening to the translation back and forth was too tiring and too impatient. Fortunately, the Bolivian government did not organize any welcome banquet or reception dinner.

After entering the suite, Chen Yu threw himself on the bed. He had a feeling that the photo shoot would not go smoothly. It was exactly 10 o'clock in the evening in La Paz and about 1 o'clock in the afternoon in Yanjing.

Chen Yu struggled to get up and took out his tablet to report the situation to his wife.

"Wow, the suite is so beautiful and elegant, are you sure this is Bolivia?" Di Lieba held an apple in her mouth and called Coco to come and see.

"Bang, bang!"

Dilraba Dilmurat thought someone was setting off fireworks in La Paz.

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