I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

Manfred was also extremely respectful to the general who had taught him knowledge and strength since he was a child. He said word by word: "We are following your orders to supervise the residents of Londinium to build the Shard Building and the Air Fleet... for the survival and rise of our Kazdel."

"However, during this period, the workers and residents of Londinium became increasingly resentful of us, and strikes and riots occurred one after another."

"As for suppression... I have to say that Victoria's city defense forces are of no use at all. They just follow our orders and don't really make Victorians feel nervous. We even hope that no one will join the riot."

"So, are you here to ask me for Sarkaz mercenaries to suppress the riots?" Tracy had already guessed the reason why Manfred came here, and what the other party reported was also one of the things that bothered him.

"It just so happens that recently several high-quality Sarkaz mercenary groups have joined us. I can transfer them all to your command."

"Thank you, General." However, Manfred, who had achieved his goal, did not leave immediately. Instead, after a moment of silence, he continued to ask, "...General, although I did come here for this matter, I still have something to ask."

"Speak." Tracy said briefly.

"Although the workers in Londinium are now continuously manufacturing weapons and equipment for us, whether it is construction or assembly lines, these people's riots may not be due to our identities, but due to excessive pressure."

Manfred avoided the main point at this moment and did not mention how much pressure the people of Victoria were under. He just said: "I think it is not worthwhile to waste a lot of military force and time on suppressing riots again and again."

"And I can't leave the task of suppressing the situation to the others, or they will definitely use the corpses of Londinium workers to protest, which will only have the opposite effect."

“…This is indeed a problem.”

Upon hearing this, Tresis frowned slightly, temporarily put down the government affairs in his hands, stood up and walked to Manfred's side, helped him up with both hands and said:

"In Kazdel, some people in the royal court are still at odds with us, and some people who don't support us are very dissatisfied with our current progress in Londinium."

"At this time, if our efficiency in Londinium decreases, we will be criticized by the people in the royal court. Therefore, we cannot consider reducing the workload of Londinium workers now."

"I understand, General, but what I want to say is, should we also try to reduce the riots and civil unrest as much as possible?" Manfred was of course aware of the complexity of the Kazdel Royal Court, and he said:

"During the few rest times that the workers have, we try to make visible efforts to them, so that they can vent their stress in a limited time instead of getting drunk in the pub. This way, riots and infighting will be reduced, and our efficiency will be greatly improved."

"...Since ancient times, the ways people relieve stress have always been somewhat dirty." Tracys thought for a while, then asked Manfred:

"And we can't ask the Sarkaz girls to open their legs to foreigners, and vice versa, you should understand this."

"No... General, we might as well use a simpler method."

Manfred saw that his general had misunderstood him, and a bit of embarrassment appeared on his face, but he quickly recovered and said, "How about a movie? Most people living in Londinium have a TV, and I think this is a good way to pass the time."

"...As for movies, I haven't heard of such a new thing for a while." Tracy sighed when he heard this. The TV that seemed ordinary to Victoria was an unattainable luxury in the eyes of the Sarkaz in Kazdel.

"But such a convenient and fast way of dissemination always contains very meaningless content, which only makes people sleepy."

"Then why don't we make the content on TV more interesting?" Manfred also suggested: "Some classic old Victorian dramas have been broadcast countless times and people still watch them. Maybe we should broadcast some topics that the public likes to watch."

"…We've been doing this a lot lately. Or rather, the TV shows have become so boring that we're tired of using them as background music."

Tracy felt extremely helpless when he said this. The Sarkaz were good at anything related to war, but they knew nothing about art... or these entertainment things.

This was true even for Theresis. He had the brains to be a regent and had no problem managing two countries at the same time, but when he thought about things related to art and entertainment, he felt that it was more difficult than handling government affairs.

"We don't have such a talented person. I don't think the locals would be happy to watch the traditional art of the Sarkaz."

"No, General, I think professional matters should be done by professionals."

Manfred felt that the time had finally come, and he chuckled and said to Tresis, "I recently heard from my soldiers that the workers in Londinium were discussing a movie that was very popular in Syracuse."

"In the past, with Victoria's financial resources, any interesting entertainment projects on the Terra continent would be known to them first, but we cut the expenses of TV and radio stations and used them for more meaningful things."

"There is some resentment among the workers in Londinium about this - that's what the soldiers reported to me."

"You mean to say that we have to send people all the way to Syracuse just to talk to them about putting this movie in Londinium?"

Tracy immediately grasped the key point of the question and asked calmly, "How long can the situation be stabilized? A month? A week?"

"No, General, why don't we just invite the crew that made this movie to Londinium and let them make a movie for us that the people of Londinium want to watch?"

Manfred also expressed his thoughts at the moment, and said with a chuckle: "I heard that most of this crew are infected people. They used to be a crew adapted from an organization called the Integration Movement."

"Reunion? I've heard of this violent organization. Their leader, Tallulah, is a bit interesting... She could be a great general."

With Tracys' intelligence network, he wanted to take revenge on all the countries that had conquered Kazdel. Therefore, he had certain information even about what happened in the Ursus Snowfield. He said at the moment:

"But then the Integration Movement disappeared quietly. It turned out that it went to Syracuse? And it became a film crew?"

"Obviously, they are using other methods to gain everyone's recognition for the infected group, and they are already halfway successful." Manfred nodded gently and said:

"The two films they shot in Longmen and Syracuse were both very successful, especially the one in Syracuse, called The Godfather, which brought them a lot of fame in Syracuse. Even the Grey Hall in Syracuse helped them with their filming."

"The film caused a huge response as soon as it was released. My subordinates collected reviews of the film, and the people of Syracuse spoke highly of it."

"I think this infected crew may be able to make up for our shortcomings and help us create more entertainment to comfort the people of Londinium who are lacking in the spiritual world."

"...Then what should we bring to invite them?" Tracys asked slowly after a silence. Hearing that Tracys was obviously relieved, Manfred continued:

"I heard that the director of the crew, a Yan countryman named Chen Qi, has been arranging the purchase of mineral disease inhibitors after the movie was released, and has been injecting the drug into every infected person in the crew."

"It just so happens that the Medical Department of Londinium has a large reserve of mineral disease inhibitors. Although almost all of our Sarkaz troops are infected, our army does not need those things..."

"——The more powerful the Sarkaz, the higher the degree of infection. We Sarkaz are almost born to be integrated with Originium. Death is our fate." Tracys also nodded. After some hesitation, he looked at Manfred first and said lightly:

"I'll think about this matter and see if their works are worth the trouble of going to Syracuse to invite them."

"Manfred, have your people record the movie about the fire at Syracuse tonight... It's called The Godfather, right? Have them record that movie, and I'll be watching it in the bedroom tonight."

"Yes, General."

Manfred also showed a look of joy when he heard this. He was quite optimistic about his plan because there was one thing Manfred did not say - that is, he had actually finished watching the movie.

Although Manfred, as a Sarkaz, did not identify much with some of the mafia elements and the Syracusan concept of family, the creation of many characters and the design of the plot did make Manfred rarely interested in things other than war.

He felt that this crew would not let Tracy down, so he immediately arranged for his subordinates to play the recorded film in Tracy's bedroom that evening.

That night, Tracy got to see the gun version of "The Godfather" as he wished.

Then, that night, Tracy did not sleep all night.

Chapter 26: Tracy: I'll give you an offer you can't refuse

"Leaving in such a hurry? Aren't you going to stay in Syracuse for a while, Director Chen Qi?"

However, the next day, Lady Sicily looked at Chen Qi with some surprise. Chen Qi had already explained his purpose and they were about to leave Syracuse.

This made Mrs. Sicily, who was still happy about the great success of "The Godfather", feel that something was wrong, but Chen Qi did not want to explain too much about it. He just wanted to take the crew to other countries as soon as possible.

The attention from Tracys that Chen Qi received from the system yesterday made him feel uneasy. As a time traveler, even if Chen Qi was not a plot fan, he was quite familiar with Tracys, the big boss - that guy was someone he could not afford to offend.

Theoretically, Chen Qi shouldn't need to worry about Tracy's affairs, because he most likely just watched Chen Qi's movie by chance and happened to be interested in Chen Qi's movie... After all, there is no conflict between their crew and Tracy, and they are not Rhodes Island, which is regarded as a thorn in the other party's side.

But Chen Qi did not forget that there was someone in his crew who was worthy of Tracy's attention—the last pure-blooded Wendigo, the Patriot!

What if Tracy knew that they had become famous because of their movie and had paid attention to the Patriots, and knew that the last pure-blooded Wendigo was in their crew, and this iron-blooded regent came directly to snatch him away?

And the Patriot is Froststar's adoptive father. Froststar will never allow the Patriot to be taken away. Moreover, with Tracy's character that he can even tolerate his own sister being "resurrected", what can't he do?

I'm afraid he will just let Mr. Patriot "get stronger as he gets older" and force him to pass on the bloodline of the pure-blooded Wendigo by some method so as to build his own Wendigo army!

Although Chen Qi knew that without the other pure-blooded Wendigos, his idea might not work...but considering the Originium skills of this land and the large number of Sarkaz monsters, it was not impossible.

No, they have to run away quickly! Although their crew seems to have high combat effectiveness, they can't really beat the regular Sarkaz army of Tracys. Even if they send a blood demon lord, it might be enough to make everyone in the crew drink a pot.

He couldn't let Frost Star's father be captured by Tracys and used as a "stud", and from then on live a life of being squeezed out of the little "essence" left of the old man, and then Frost Star would have a bunch of brothers and sisters!

As for why he wanted to leave Syracuse so quickly... Actually, Chen Qi was mainly worried that if Lady Sicily tried to protect him because of this matter, she would become enemies with Theresis... With Syracuse's current situation, it could only barely hold on to its own little piece of land in Terra, and it was incomparable to Theresis, which was pursuing the path of a military power.

After staying in Syracuse for so long, although he was in contact with the Mafia... everyone was very nice to their crew. Chen Qi didn't want to implicate them because of his own affairs, and he didn't want to implicate Lady Sicily, so running away on his own initiative was the best option.

Of course, this cannot be said to Lady Sicily, so Chen Qi also found a reason and said:

"Until we earn enough money to support everyone in their old age, crews like us are destined to keep wandering around looking for new films to shoot."

"As a director who also serves as a screenwriter, I also need to travel to different places across the world to look for inspiration. When I have collected enough material, I may be able to write a very good script."

"...If that's the case, it would be bad if I forced you to stay."

Although Lady Sicily could tell that Chen Qi left for other reasons, she did not continue to ask, but just casually asked: "So, what are Director Chen Qi's plans for the next stop?"

"Let me think - maybe Casimir? I think I can find some good inspiration there."

There are not many countries in the Terra continent, and Ursus Chen Qi and his team will not go to one of them in the short term. The climate in Shelag is harsh, and the locals will probably be very wary of their arrival.

Casimir is much better, there are knights there, and because of the Business Federation, it is relatively open. If Chen Qi takes the crew to Casimir, filming will go more smoothly.

More importantly, if Chen Qi and his party were in Casimir, it would be extremely difficult for Tracys to send someone to find them. Casimir is also a military power, a country that can survive between Victoria and Ursus. Tracys would not dare to be too presumptuous.

"In this case, it seems that the only things we can show our respect to you are some supplies and land ships." Lady Sicily nodded and said:

"I'll make the arrangements. Well, I wish you a bright future, Director Chen Qi."

……

"…Although this is my plan, I still feel uneasy."

"Do you want to buy it? Do you want to buy this small map to get peace of mind? But this small map is really expensive!"

A few hours later, sitting on the land boat given by Lady Sicily, Chen Qi seemed worried. In front of him, the [Small Map of Terra Continent] in the [Store] displayed by the system was very attractive to Chen Qi.

[You can be displayed as a dot, and all situations within a radius of ten kilometers. Gray is a neutral unit, blue is your own unit, and red is a hostile enemy unit. The system can determine the color of the opponent's points based on whether they are hostile to the host.]

[Also, the small map can record the areas explored by the host, but only the area within ten kilometers around the host will be displayed. The other explored areas that are not within the detection range and the unexplored areas will not be displayed.]

——In other words, it is the same as the small map of a certain classic work that has already been rolled out of the domestic market? Chen Qi quickly understood what it meant, and he also understood how useful this thing is.

However, he asked for 60,000 reputation points right away - even if she counted the reputation points she had been saving up over the past few days, that was all he had!

Chen Qi is a hamster party, he will save money when it is not necessary, and take it out when he really needs it. The fact that the integrated art troupe is full of infected people also satisfies Chen Qi's reason to be a hamster party.

After all, if oripathy spreads to someone, I need to have enough reputation points to redeem the medicine to save them... Although the crew is not short of oripathy inhibitors for the time being, they are only ordinary inhibitors. High-concentration and extremely effective inhibitors must be redeemed.

But now Chen Qi's uneasiness is still growing... Tracys' attention to him makes him restless.

In the end, Chen Qi gritted his teeth - it’s not a loss to buy it anyway, and it’s not a one-time thing!

"Sixty thousand reputation points, paid! Show me the small map!"

[Congratulations to the host for the successful purchase. The mini-map is now in effect. The host can check the mini-map to determine the surrounding situation. ]

"Then let's take a look... Oh, as expected, Longmen has been explored, and there is already a piece of it here in Syracuse."

"There is also a large area of ​​Ursus Snowfield... From this perspective, the road we walked in the Ursus Snowfield was really long."

Chen Qi cast his eyes towards the small map, and sure enough, the area he had explored was grey, while more places were pitch black where nothing could be seen.

What could be displayed was naturally the ten-kilometer distance around Chen Qi, and soon, Chen Qi saw a circle of blue dots around him - they were the members of the art troupe.

"My own color is white, while my allies' color is blue, and my allies' vision seems to be shared with me."

"So, are there any other colors around? Ah, there's a bunch of gray--"

"—grey?"

However, Chen Qi was subconsciously stunned, and found that within the visible range of the small map, a group of gray dots were approaching him at a very fast speed!

At this moment, Faust from another land ship also sent a communication and said to Chen Qi:

"Director Chen Qi, I noticed a flying vehicle approaching us in the distance. What should we do?"

"…Looks like we have no choice but to fight back. We can't escape anymore. Let's see what they want to do to us."

Chen Qi glanced at the gray dots on the small map, and asked everyone to stop the car with some hope. Although he didn't know what Tracy wanted them to do, it seemed... as long as they didn't turn into red hostile units, everything could be negotiated.

Moreover, the number of people on the other side does not seem to be large... there are only a dozen people in total. Unless there are a few people like the Blood Demon Lord among them, it is still unrealistic to threaten Chen Qi and his group.

As the convoy stopped, the aircraft quickly caught up with Chen Qi and his group. Soon, a figure was seen slowly descending from the aircraft and coming in front of Chen Qi and his group.

"——Everyone from the Integrated Cultural Troupe, nice to meet you."

"I am the Regent of Kazdel, a subordinate of General Tresis, Manfred. I am not coming here with any ill intentions. I am only here to extend an invitation to everyone on behalf of the general."

Manfred landed from the aircraft alone. He looked around and saw that the Patriot and his shield guards had surrounded him. All of them had weapons in their hands with vigilant eyes.

Opposite him, Manfred soon saw the person he was looking for. He walked a few steps to Chen Qi and said to him:

"This must be Director Chen Qi. I have been ordered to invite everyone from the cultural troupe to go to Londinium. General Tresis, I hope everyone can provide him with some special help."

"Specialty? Sorry, our specialty is filming." After meeting the real Manfred, Chen Qi couldn't help but sigh that Xiaoman was really a model worker, saving the day in various situations in the plot. Now, he is the one who does the work for their crew.

But that's true. Among Tracys's subordinates, only Xiaoman still has some rationality and the demeanor of a general, the rest are the same as the Blood Demon Lord... Only Xiaoman can do such a thing.

However, regarding Manfred's specialty, Chen Qi replied, "We are no longer the Integration Movement. I'm afraid that everyone in the Art Troupe can't provide any help to General Tresis."

"——No, what the general wants to use is your specialty in filming."

However, Manfred smiled slightly and said to Chen Qi calmly: "After watching your movie, the general felt that you and everyone in the art troupe could provide the help we need most."

"To that end, the general said, he made an offer you couldn't refuse."