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

But now, just a script, just a play, made the three powerful Sarkaz burst into laughter - what kind of joke was so funny? The Pardoner and the guards were all very suspicious.

However, how could they know? In fact, looking at the three people, we can find that although their duties and interests are different, their biggest commonality is that they are all good at politics.

What can make the three of them laugh together is undoubtedly jokes about politics, which is the script of "Yes, Prime Minister" given to them by Chen Qi.

Although Tracy and Manfred didn't know much about entertainment, they were very clear about politics. However, because the information on Terra was unique, there was a network but no satellite, and basically each mobile city only had shared network information within its own area, resulting in the political system of each country being basically known only to the people of that country.

But this did not prevent them at all, because Chen Qizhong's satire on the unspoken rules of Victoria's political system made these three veterans in the political arena laugh out loud just from the content of the first episode.

"I have to admit, Director, that you are a talented jester. If you were to perform in the royal court, I would surely hear the decadent laughter of several old friends."

After a week of rehearsal, Lord Blood Demon's opinion of Chen Qi changed drastically. He had to admit that Chen Qi, who could combine the elements of politics, government, satire and drama, was a natural "jester".

"And you are an expert in politics. As far as I can remember, you have never been to Victoria before until you accepted the invitation of the Prince Regent."

"In just a few days, you actually figured out Victoria's political system? You were even able to find so many loopholes and use them as an opportunity to satirize it?"

The Blood Demon Lord said this, looking at Chen Qi with a half-smile, and after a long time he said lightly:

"Should I say, it's a pity that you chose to be a director? If you chose to be a politician, you would definitely have a bright future."

"——Thank you for your compliment, Lord Blood Demon. I am just a director and screenwriter. I only have so much talent. Politics and the like should not be manipulated by people like me."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qi also sensed a slight interest in the Blood Demon Lord's tone, but he did not want to be targeted by a man with such an unstable temperament as the Blood Demon Lord, not to mention that what Chen Qi said was the truth.

How could he understand politics? Although he was definitely not an economist who understood economics, he was not even qualified to be a politician, so he should not show his level. The people in front of him were all veterans in the political arena.

Chen Qi quickly changed the subject and said, "Well, please go put on your makeup first, because you are playing the role of Victoria's officials. To make the people of Londinium accept it, please act older and hide the long horns of the Sarkaz."

"Robilata! I'm leaving your makeup to you!"

Robilata: "Here we go! Director Chen Qi! I promise to turn the three Sarkaz into Aslan (a royal family of Victoria, whose prototype is a lion) who even the locals can't tell the flaws!"

Soon, when filming "The Godfather", Robilata, the chief makeup artist who was specially invited from Colombia by Mrs. Sicily, also chose to work with Chen Qi's crew after the filming of "The Godfather" was completed.

According to Robilata, she was tired of those unchallenging jobs, and Chen Qi's crew, whether it was the success of the movie or the challenging work, gave Robilata no reason not to stay.

"No, no, no, just transform General Manfred and Lord Blood Demon into Aslan, and transform His Royal Highness the Regent into the Filin tribe."

Chen Qi must pay attention to the details, because according to the setting, Hake is a civilian prime minister who worked in the media industry before entering politics, so he should not have Aslan's bloodline, so he can only be the most populous film in Victoria.

While Robilata was putting makeup on the three people, Tallulah pulled Chen Qi over and asked anxiously:

"Chen Qi, do we really want to film for them? For these... Sarkaz who came to Londinium and want to seize power?"

"Wouldn't we be helping the evildoers (Terra version)? If we made a TV show that benefits them, we would be spurned by the Victorians, right?"

"What can we do? The blood contract has been signed, and they haven't breached the contract. They've even been very cooperative. If we quit, won't we be unable to protect the lives of everyone in the crew?" Chen Qi shook his head when he heard this. Of course he knew that it was dangerous to cooperate with Tracys, but from the moment Manfred approached them, the crew had no room for objection.

Tracy needs their TV series to wage a "public opinion war". Such a purpose has already left Chen Qi and everyone in the Integrated Art Troupe with no way out. They believe that you can be helpers.

The power at Tracy's disposal left Chen Qi and the others with no room to resist. Although the strength of Tallulah and the Patriots was enough for the crew to run rampant on the continent, they had no way to deal with the existence of these national forces.

Of course, Chen Qi is not the kind of person who will sit and wait for death. He just doesn’t have enough reputation now and doesn’t know how to change the status quo... After the filming of "Yes, Prime Minister" is finished and he has gained enough reputation, he will see if he can lead everyone out of the predicament.

"Let's wait and see what happens. Tracys doesn't seem like a man who doesn't keep his word...but we can't let everyone get into trouble because of our own reasons."

"I will take everyone out of Londinium safely. Trust me, Tallulah."

Chen Qi also patted Tallulah on the shoulder, and after a brief silence, Tallulah nodded solemnly and said:

"I will protect you, Chen Qi. I will protect all of you."

"Well, but before that, let's focus on filming."

Chen Qi was also very pleased. Now Tallulah trusted him more and more because Chen Qi, with the help of his understanding of the plot and the assistance of the system, created miracles time and time again and changed everything. The most important thing for Chen Qi now was to have enough reputation to create miracles.

[Host's current task: Your movie has been a great success, so try to expand in other areas. You need to make movies and TV series, so that it can be considered sound.]

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——Chen Qi already had some plans for this mission goal. He wanted to gain enough reputation points, and after getting the cure for oripathy, he would hand the cure over to Rhodes Island.

A dose of healing potion can't change anything, it can only solve the immediate problem. But if this is given to Rhodes Island as a condition and everyone in the integrated art troupe uses it, then the threat of oripathy to everyone can be eliminated.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the reputation points gained by Chen Qi are enough for everyone to escape from danger... However, Chen Qi is not worried about this, not only because of his confidence in "Yes, Prime Minister", but also because of his confidence that Tracys will get this TV series and will definitely promote it in Londinium and even Victoria.

The basis of public opinion warfare is to cast a wide net. Tracy cannot fail to understand this principle. Therefore, after the broadcast of "Yes, Prime Minister", Tracy will definitely not be able to bear the public opinion effect brought about by this TV series and will publicize it extensively!

Then, Chen Qi's reputation will be even greater than when "The Godfather" was broadcast in Syracuse! And the payment will be made one episode at a time! Only two episodes are broadcast per week!

At this speed, it is enough to maximize his own interests. Chen Qi's eyes are shining slightly, as if he sees more and more reputation points being earned.

"Everyone is ready! Are the actors in place?"

"All the actors are in place, director!"

"Okay, then, "Yes, Prime Minister", Episode 1, Scene 1, set - start shooting!"

As soon as Chen Qi finished speaking, along with the ghost photography team and the equipment disappearing into the environment, Tracys, Lord Blood Demon and Manfred, who had put on their makeup, also took off their armor and put on decent suits. Although they pretended to be old, they still had a resolute and confident aura. Everyone felt the breath of the "social elite" coming towards them.

And this is the first effect that Chen Qi wants to achieve. No matter how the three main actors act in the play, they must always exude the temperament that an elite should have. Even if an elite is acting weird, they must not be like a clown, even if it is a comedy!

The funny contrasts that happen to the elites are the most difficult to make people laugh. The contradictions and jokes in the first episode are brought about by the contrast of Prime Minister Haque...

Chapter 72: Can Victoria only hold off Ursus' attack for hours?

For the first episode of "Yes, Prime Minister", Chen Qi made a lot of modifications and additions in order to integrate the background of the script into the Terra continent, because "Yes, Prime Minister" was originally a new work launched based on the popularity of "Yes, Minister". Now if Chen Qi wants to shoot "Yes, Prime Minister" directly, he must explain many of the prefaces and the times clearly.

Chen Qi chose an era when everything was just right. Gaul had not yet been destroyed; Iberia had not encountered the crisis of the "Great Silence"; Ursus, under the leadership of the new emperor, had embarked on a massive road of industrialization and strengthening the military; it was at war with many neighboring countries, and its national strength was developing rapidly.

Victoria is also in a state of "just looking at its peak", and the Steam Knights that Victoria is proud of have not been destroyed. Everything seems to be a perfectly balanced era, because all countries are strong, and their respective strengths form a perfect "balance", forming an era similar to the "Cold War".

And this is exactly what Chen Qi wanted. During this period, all countries were in a strong state, but "born in adversity, die in comfort". Victoria, which has been strong for a long time, has also given birth to many hidden dangers and "worms" as the situation gradually balanced.

Against this backdrop, Tracy's character, Jim Hack, is a popular choice among all parties, a "puppet prime minister" who was pushed up after two "split-party" candidates lost the election amid Victoria's party disputes.

But Hake obviously has a high opinion of himself. Being able to become prime minister at his current age, he can indeed be considered "young and promising". Therefore, he wants to try his best to achieve some results in the next few years as prime minister, and even lead a reform.

One of the things to do when becoming prime minister is undoubtedly to inspect the national defense situation, and a Victorian officer who plays the Duke of Victoria focuses on introducing an open secret to the new prime minister - the "Steam Knight Trigger Button".

"Once your order is confirmed, the base will order an underground arsenal to send four Steam Knights to the designated battlefield."

Huck, played by Tracy, heard that Victoria had nearly a hundred Steam Knights for the defense of Gaul, Iberia, and Ursus, and thought that this number was enough, but he soon learned from the Duke that this number was not enough.

"Compared to the thousands of 'Emperor's Blades' and ten armies that Ursus was going to use to attack us, this is not a lot." The Duke said:

"Once we develop a new type of Steam Knight, our firepower will be greatly enhanced."

However, Tracy soon learned that Victoria's army could not withstand the 72-hour attack of the Ursus Army, and he even had only 12 hours to decide whether to activate the Steam Knights and start a war with Ursus that would gamble the fate of the country. He has been worried ever since.

As for why the gap between the Duke of Victoria and the Ursus Army Group was so huge... the Duke's answer was:

"For twenty years politicians have been saying they can't afford the military."

"The army is too expensive, Prime Minister." At this moment, Humphrey, played by the Blood Demon Lord, also chimed in. He did not want the Prime Minister to feel a sense of crisis because of the Duke's words, so he added at the right time:

"A Steam Knight is much cheaper."

However, when Huck returned to No. 10, he was still worried about the matter and was absent-minded when facing the questions of his personal secretary Bernard.

"So how long do you think this meeting should last?"

"…72 hours."

"Okay." Manfred, who played the role of private secretary Bernard, looked up at Theresis in surprise and asked tentatively:

"Uh... I'm just the commissioner for the Tara area. Isn't 72 hours a bit too generous?"

"I just wonder how long we can hold off the Ursus." Tracys spoke frankly about his thoughts. Facing the loyal private secretary in front of him, he could speak freely.

"If we can convince neighboring and friendly countries to strengthen their militaries..."

"I don't think this will change anything." Manfred put away his pen. Facing Tracy's questioning eyes, Manfred introduced the current situation like a treasure:

"The warlocks of Leithania drink drugged drinks before going into battle, and they don't know which side they are on."

"During the last Leitanian military exercise, the Leitanian Warlocks and the female soldiers of the Golden Law Guard went to the forest for a 'picnic'."

"...What about the armies of other friendly countries?" Tresis was somewhat speechless, but still hoped that other allies could be more reliable. But Manfred's words still broke his last fantasy:

"They're nice - at least during the weekdays."

"Workday?" Tracy was a little confused about the word.

"Yes, the troops of Lateran and Bolivar will go home at the weekend." Manfred said this extremely absurd but true statement calmly. It was obviously something everyone knew.

"…So when Ursus invades us, we'd better expect their invasion time to be Monday to Friday?"

Tracy was also somewhat amused. Tracy acted very naturally in this scene. Even though he had prepared for it for a week, every time he acted in this scene, he would feel it was extremely absurd, angry but also funny.

Weekend? This word is extremely unfamiliar to any Sarkaz. Whether it is the Sarkaz mercenaries who are struggling to survive under the premise of life and safety being threatened, or the Sarkaz army who experienced the battlefield in the past, they have never had the concept of "weekend".

The revival of Kazdel is in sight. Both Tracys and Theresa are highly consistent on this issue - there is absolutely no rest day for the Sarkaz. The revival of Kazdel is the most important thing. They want to rebuild the destroyed cities from the ruins.

Therefore, from the Sarkaz army to the mercenaries, almost no one had the concept of a day off. When reciting this scene, Teresis, Manfred, and the Blood Demon Lord all laughed for a long time - this was the first time they didn't laugh.

But even so, if you look closely, Theresis and Manfred couldn't control their smiles a little bit, but fortunately, both of them are the calm type, so they can still control this little emotion.

What they didn't know was that their performance was not only being watched by the camera crew who had disappeared into the environment, but also in two rooms further away, the scene was also being broadcast.

These two rooms house different roles. One room is for the representatives of the Sarkaz army selected by Manfred, who was asked by Chen Qi. The other room is for some politicians and civil servants of Londinium selected by the Blood Demon Lord.

Facing this live broadcast, the people in the two soundproofed rooms all burst into laughter. In the Sarkaz mercenaries' room, many Sarkaz laughed happily and said:

"An army that will be wiped out by the Ursus Legion in 72 hours? This is the powerful country of Victoria? I am dying of laughter!"

“I’m afraid they are not as good as our Sarkaz mercenaries? No wonder Londinium is under our control now, hahahahaha!”

"The military is going to take a holiday? Then won't we just attack their country on Saturday and Sunday, and no one will come out to stop us? Hahahaha!"

The Sarkaz burst into laughter. They were all veterans who had lived on the edge of a knife. Having grown up in war, they could laugh at the weakness of the armies of Victoria and other countries. After all, many of them had fought against the Ursus Army and knew how powerful it was. However, none of them could not withstand 72 hours.

Compared to the Sarkaz, the politicians and civil servants of Londinium laughed even louder at this scene, because they knew that everything that seemed absurd was true...

"Yes, that's right! Those warlocks in Leithania are really on drugs! Hahahaha! They even put drugs in the drinks, and now they have started to artificially create infected people!"

One politician in the know laughed out loud, but the rest of the civil servants and politicians were in much the same boat.

"Latlan and Bolivar do go home every weekend. Hey, I remember there was a similar proposal before? Was it rejected by our Prime Minister?"

"Because this way soldiers are considered civil servants. Only civil servants and congressmen have days off. Hahahahaha!"

"We can't afford to support them. Victoria can't afford to support so many soldiers as civil servants!"

However, the laughter of civil servants, politicians, and Sarkaz were all recorded in the background by the radio equipment in the room at this moment.

In the backstage, Chen Qi and Tallulah were also listening to everyone's laughter. Tallulah asked in confusion, "Chen Qi... do we really want to keep the laughter in the TV series?"

"Won't this be confusing for the audience? No TV series has ever incorporated laughter into a TV series before."

"Trust me, Tallulah, laughter is contagious." Chen Qi certainly has his own thoughts on this - this kind of "canned laughter" unique to European and American comedies was later imitated frequently, so it is certainly worth recommending.

"This background laughter is a bit like cheering, letting the audience know that they should laugh. What's more, our plot is funny enough, and we didn't force them to laugh."

If it was a party, Chen Qi estimated that even if he forced them to laugh, they probably wouldn't be able to laugh...

"...I hope you are right." Tallulah was still a little worried about this, but every bold attempt by Chen Qi was successful, and she learned a lot of knowledge from Chen Qi.

But even Tallulah, who was closest to Chen Qi, still couldn't keep up with Chen Qi's train of thought sometimes, but Tallulah was always trying to understand Chen Qi's mind, even though it seemed difficult for her...

However, the drama continued. After hearing these absurd news, Tracys couldn't help but ask:

“Do many people know about these things?”

"Since we all know it, the Ursus must know it." Manfred's answer was still calm, and he said as a matter of course:

"Fort Saint-Elysee (the capital of Ursus) usually gets news about Victoria faster than we do at 10 Oaktree Street."

Manfred's words made the people in the two rooms laugh even louder, because they all understood the subtext behind it.

This shows that Victoria had been infiltrated by Ursus spies at that time! However, even Victoria's officials had to admit that this was news that their own people knew.

Although no one has thought about why the screenwriter of this TV series knows all this... but even if they think about it, facing the current situation, they will only think that some insider was threatened by the Sarkaz and thus revealed a lot of inside information.

So... who cares? Just laugh. Victoria hasn't seen such a funny comedy in a long time. Are they not allowed to laugh?

Come on, keep playing music and keep dancing.

Chapter 32: Tracy: Are all Steam Knights useless?

"So we have to rely on the Steam Knights?" Huck, played by Tracy, also came to a conclusion about these absurd but true news. It seems that their most reliable national defense is only the Steam Knights that they are proud of.