Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"That's right. After all, he is the ruler of a city and a country. Who doesn't want to be a daimyo?"

If Li Xinghe's family members retire in the future, he will also recommend them to run for governor of a Japanese county. This is like a governor in the United States. Not only is he the unique boss in his own autonomous region, he also has a great deal of independence facing the central government.

"Saito Motohiko's deeds are too ugly. They are exposing him specifically in order to strike a blow at the ruling coalition at the same time." Higashikawa Yukimi thought.

Saito Motohiko's deeds mainly occurred in the 2024 scandal.

He was arrogant and unreasonable, bullying his subordinates. He forced a director and a section chief to death, accepted bribes and used his police power to arrest and control his subordinates, causing 40% of new civil servants to resign and run away, forcing many subordinates to become depressed or even insane. The county council was shut down, and the county's politics were completely paralyzed. County residents frantically called him and asked him to get out.

The most amazing thing about him is that he was born in the bureaucracy during the Liberal Democratic Party's rule and was a member of the Japan Restoration Party. After being exposed, he claimed that he would resign after the new parliamentary election. As a result, after 2/3 of the new parliament voted to ask him to resign, he said calmly, "I am not wrong, I will not resign." Because of this, he was ridiculed as an immovable Buddha.

This immovable Buddha stubbornly clung to the position of county governor, even to the point where the local authorities initiated a no-confidence motion. Despite being deserted by everyone, he refused to hand over power.

How long has he been late?

A whole year!

This big brother acted like a clown on stage for a year with an extremely ugly appearance, and he kept denying his power until the end of his term in office. Only when the police stormed his house did he hand over the dragon head stick and account books. He was collectively ridiculed by the people, and this is a dark history that neither the Liberal Democratic Party nor the Restoration Party wants to mention.

Haru was in the middle and didn't quite understand what was being said, so she interrupted:

“Why not initiate the confidence motion instead of waiting until the ruling term is over?”

Li Xinghe laughed:

"Because a no-confidence motion has to go through a vote and execution, when Saito Motohiko was kicked out, the vote had not yet been completed."

Haru was stunned and quickly suppressed her expression.

Since there was no reporting, the public was not aware of subsequent events.

This blow was aimed at the incompetence of the Liberal Democratic Party during its rule and the Osaka Restoration Party's shameless protection of its own people. It can be said that it was a heavy blow to the vital point of the right-wing electoral alliance.

The Liberal Democratic Party is an opposition party with little funding and media influence, so exposing the opponent's weaknesses is a reasonable tactic.

So, Haru, who was the oldest and least knowledgeable about politics, continued to ask:

“Why can’t their incompetence be exposed?”

Kunibu Makabe calmly pointed out:

"Exposing the incompetence of the prefectural governor means exposing the stupidity of the central ruling party and the local ruling coalition. Saito Motohiko is a local tycoon in Yamagata Prefecture, supported by the Restoration Party in Osaka and endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party. If he loses face, both parties will lose face."

Li Xinghe shook his head and said the tongue twister:

"We make civil servants appear busy to prevent them from finding out that they have accomplished nothing. We require civil servants to obey the rules no matter what to prevent their superiors from being held jointly responsible. We order young civil servants to be busy to prevent citizens from finding out that they can't do anything. Only when all civil servants are busy but accomplish nothing can power be concentrated in the hands of senior departments, the central government and various committees, and the power, intelligence and success of senior bureaucrats can be reflected."

Haru shook her head repeatedly:

"Can't understand."

But it’s not that she really doesn’t understand, it’s just that an actress’s social self-cultivation allows her to skillfully transform herself into a silly and innocent girl.

Li Xinghe shrugged:

“To paraphrase a line, only the cow dung of failure can produce beautiful flowers.”

Lu Yuchi Hua Yingmei followed the topic:

"But the problem of incompetence of civil servants is indeed a handle. The level of our grassroots civil servants is not as good as that of foreign employees."

A famous joke about the incompetence of Japanese civil servants is that it takes a month for an office to approve the purchase of a pencil.

The extremely inefficient, complicated and stupid work process has created the most criticized, incompetent, lazy, stupid and unprofessional grassroots civil service units in Japan.

There is no integrated office hall, no app to solve problems with one click, no online appointments, and no office process overview. The status of Japanese civil servants is that they have completely become waste, with one pencil taking one month to approve and one kindergarten bed delayed for a year, amid the fax machines that are constantly ridiculed by the outside world, the 3.5-inch floppy disks and piles of documents like shit and dung, the endless office approval processes, and the countless overlapping management agencies.

As the one being taught science, Haru widened her eyes:

“Why is it always like this?”

"Because that's what it was originally intended for, to create an inefficient, decentralized central government. There won't be a military coup."

Li Xinghe explained that this stupid and inefficient state is not because Japanese civil servants are not doing their jobs, but rather an inefficiency that has been intentionally cultivated since MacArthur established local governments. It reflects a capitalism that, as long as it is rotten enough, power can be seized by the people who truly desire power (referring to high-ranking officials, wealthy people and chaebol politicians).

This is not original to Japan, because as the original model of Japan's postwar political system, the United States survived in this way. Using the irresponsibility of "small government", collecting heavy taxes from "big government", supporting the largest group of civil servants who do nothing, and handing power to various complexes represented by local political families, Wall Street and K Street lobbying groups. In various ways, Japan's basic political system is a copy of the United States in Asia, but this pile of cow dung has grown more bizarre flowers.

As a media person, Haru's suggestion is logical:

"Then why not make a TV series that reflects the problem?"

This is exactly the reason why she has been staying here, or it can be said that she is staying in Li Xinghe's small circle.

The shelf life of Japanese female stars is not long. Haru, whose filming has been declining rapidly in recent years, hopes to get investment in a long-running TV series. The annual income of Japanese female stars mainly comes from advertising, and the top female stars have an annual income of several hundred million yen before tax. So Haru does have the capital to gain support.

Shikamichi Kaeimi wanted to object at first, but suddenly realized the problem:

"Because Japan...wait, oh, you mentioned a very good point."

She shared her views with everyone.

In fact, it is totally possible to shoot.

As a nominally decentralized country, you can shoot, but the ethical review committee and the TV stations will tacitly agree not to put it online.

But what if you fly online?

As an American platform, Netflix doesn't care about Japan's ethical reviews, even though they are not much different from vampires.

We can even go to online entertainment platforms such as Tengxun and iQiyi to show our friends in Taiwan and Southeast Asia who have been in the information cocoon for a long time, so as to break down their defenses.

Everyone discussed:

"Political satire... This is probably a risky move. I wonder if Mami's mother is interested in being the producer behind the scenes. And the script probably needs to be carefully revised, at least it should be a comedy, otherwise the Liberal Democratic Party will interfere."

Speaking of this, in fact, the next production of China-Belarus Film and Television Co., Ltd. has been basically confirmed. Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether it makes a profit or not. Political satire comedy may be a good move.

Haru soon got the contact information of Kamei Shikamiya, and she was chosen as the heroine of the political satire comedy.

Dongchuan Xueshi poked Li Xinghe's shoulder:

"How do you think the Liberal Democratic Party will respond to this fatal blow from the LDP?"

Li Xinghe looked at his watch and shook his head:

"Damn it, now that they have the money, can't they buy votes?"

The Liberal Democratic Party is richer than the Liberal Democratic Party, and has a lot of money and connections. So the most simple solution is to buy votes!

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you for your support.

Chapter 303: Acting out the script in the middle of the night, secretly inserting ballots

Hot pot restaurant at night.

The charming Ma Misato, the still-top actress Haru, and Li Xinghe had a dinner together.

"I hope the makeup artist can help and not put too much light makeup on me." Li Xinghe complained.

The makeup required for filming is completely different from that of daily life. The protagonist with heavy makeup is often two different people with no makeup. Li Xinghe was worried that he would be picked on by the Ministry of Public Security at first, but now after looking at some of the costs, he found that it was hard to say whether the Ministry of Public Security recognized him or not.

Misato Ma patted her chest, full of confidence:

"Don't worry, when the film comes out, I will ask the editor to adjust the color for you, to ensure that others can't tell it's you. And don't forget to change your stage name."

As she spoke, she puffed up her full chest and looked at the child teasingly:

"What's your stage name?"

As a member of a famous family, when she first debuted, her identity was completely hidden, and she used the stage name "Chiaki Matsue". This is very common in the entertainment industry. Those artists whose backgrounds are stripped away often have no background, and those who are so clean that even their real names cannot be found often do not even dare to publish their Bunshun cannons in Weekly Bunshun.

Haru blinked and acted as wingman for Mami:

"Let's call him Qianqiu Yinhe."

Misato immediately agreed:

“What a nice name.”

"Like a cowherd..."

Li Xinghe wanted to object, but since his objection was futile, he just let it go.

After coming out of the barbecue restaurant and returning to the hotel, Ma Misato clenched her fist and said, "Yo, we successfully completed the first dinner together as mother and son."

This is her life list to repair her relationship with her son.

However, while she was enjoying a peaceful sleep in the hotel, Li Xinghe and Haru did not sleep. Instead, they worked together to write a script for a political satire comedy.

Li Xinghe proposed:

"Seriousness is out of fashion. Young people only like short, quick and simple messages. Therefore, short satirical sitcoms like the style of Diaosi Lady are more approachable."

"Hey? Ms. Diaosi?"

"The one in Germany, haven't you seen it?"

"Let me see..."

Then, Haru was irritated by the explosive amount of bad jokes, cheating and cliché elements in the Diaosi Lady, and resolutely refused to refer to this style.

However, the shooting style of "Yes, Prime Minister" does not conform to the tone of the Japanese market, and the Diaosi style is too straightforward. In addition, Haru's performance style is based on freshness and refinement, so in the end it combined into a peculiar Japanese script.

A young girl who worked hard for half her life to get into Waseda University and became a civil servant after graduation, encounters various strange grassroots stories in the office.

"Let's try it out. For example, if a parent wants to enroll in a nursery so that his wife can go to work, the government staff will just repeat the blood pressure-raising plot of 'mothers who are at home taking care of the children cannot enroll, and enrolment requires the mother to have a job'."

Haru auditioned with Lee Xing-ha in a play that fit her style perfectly.

Li Xinghe knocked on the window:

"I need to enroll in a nursery."

Haru quickly flipped through the rules and repeated with big cute eyes:

"Your wife doesn't have a job, so I can't."

Li Xinghe was angry:

"She can't find a job because she's taking care of the kids?"

Haru's dull response:

"I'm sorry, your wife can take care of the children, please find a job first."

The two quarreled:

"How can she find a job while taking care of the baby? She went to the nursery to help take care of the baby because she wanted to find a job."

"I'm sorry, but the prerequisite for going to the nursery is that your wife is busy with work."

On one side is the angry parent, and on the other side is the cute female protagonist. The two have reached a logical deadlock and successfully raised their blood pressure. The cute female protagonist and the grassroots office where she works reflect the rigidity of Japan.

After the performance, watching the video on her mobile phone, Haru, who has been a director, pointed out the problem of style:

"This place should be a little more silly and cute... And it should be more humorous like in manzai, so that the audience will stay and watch the jokes..."

"Try another scenario. Your superior in the office takes you to search Kabukicho during the day, and you catch her working part-time in Kabukicho at night..."

Misato Mama, who happened to pass by and went to buy drinks in the middle of the night, was scared to death outside the door. She thought they had given birth to a baby.

Li Xinghe and Boru agreed:

“It’s called ‘The Story of a Public Servant Girl’.”

The two of them spent the night in the room rehearsing the script.

......

The next day's shooting was even more difficult than the first day.

Because today a lot of the plot has to be performed in the void in front of a green screen.

"Today's script is about the great People's Liberation Army besieging Changchun. The hateful corrupt officials embezzled the food aided by the United States, occupied civilian property, held the people hostage as human shields, and condoned the bandits to kill the people to feed the army. As a pioneer of the People's Liberation Army, you have to re-enter the city, awaken your mother's revolutionary ideas, set off fireworks in the city, and make sacrifices for the final victory. Due to cost issues, this part of the footage is mainly provided to us by Chinese film and television companies. You are only responsible for the green screen performance of part of the script."

Li Xinghe was ashamed.

You say they don't understand, but they even know that the grain and oil given by the United States were held in warehouses by senior Kuomintang officials, and finally donated to the People's Liberation Army, and the Kuomintang army was not allowed to eat them.

You can say they understand, but the whole script is completely fictitious, they have no knowledge of the People's Liberation Army, it's pure personal heroism.

All I can say is that even though they are all leftists, the cultural gap between them is huge.

Fortunately, Li Xinghe has a good acting background and is good at playing passionate model opera roles, so today's filming process went smoothly. Haru, who is next door, was in another room, performing the miserable life of oppressed lower-class women, and the scenes after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, where the Kuomintang officers competed for the wife of the Victory, and the Japanese officers and civilians seamlessly became the dogs of the Kuomintang and the Soviet Union, and continued to abuse and torture the poor of all ethnic groups.