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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def make_call(self, fun, *args):
 """Makes a regular API call"""


        obj = {"fn": fun, "args": list(args)}
        obj = [self.proto.max_id, [[0, ["call", obj]], self.proto.send_count]]
        self.send_message(f"4{to_json(obj)}")
        self.proto.send_count += 1