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

There were even rumors that "it seems that the demons are not that bad to them" that were spreading in Londinium. This made the members of the Self-Rescue Army hate Tracys to the core, and made them even more angry at the screenwriter and director of "Yes, Prime Minister"... but they were powerless.

Moreover, whether it was Aledae or other members of the Self-Rescue Army, they all had to admit that the satire on the Victorian government in "Yes, Prime Minister" was actually real - no one knew this better than Aledae, the Duke's daughter.

Hanging over their heads is the invisible pressure called "public opinion", and this pressure is quietly and bloodlessly destroying all their advantages... and they don't even know how to fight back.

Because all the public opinion advantages are now in Tracy's hands, they are even afraid to turn on the TV, for fear of attracting the attention of Tracy or other Sarkaz. How can they clear Victoria's name?

"Don't be angry, Aleda... Look at it from another perspective. Now that the Sarkaz have temporarily stopped hunting us, the persecution of everyone in Londinium has also been reduced a lot. This is not a bad thing."

At this moment, Clovisia, the young girl who was the commander of the self-rescue army and was suspected to be a member of the Unicorn God Clan, comforted Aledae and said:

"Now, Tracy feels that everything is under control. We must seize this breathing time and collect as much information as possible about the screenwriter while the Sarkaz are careless."

"Well, our people have found the hotel where the crew is located, but they are well protected."

At the side, a young Film man named "Fester" (codename: White Iron) also nodded and said, "Not only are there Sarkaz guards, but this crew itself has a lot of armed personnel. I saw a Sarkaz as tall as a hill, and his guards were guarding the hotel. A strong attack is impossible."

"...We have to wait for the right time. We need more intelligence." Klovicia also knew that now they had no chance except to continue to survive, so she had to say:

"Everyone, just keep watching. I think this TV series has already satirized everything that can be satirized in the first four episodes... Even if the routine is repeated again, the effect probably won't be that good."

"That's right. The third and fourth episodes are obviously not as sharp as the previous ones. The screenwriter must have run out of new things to do."

Clovisia's words were quickly echoed by the self-rescue army, but Alede vaguely felt that... things were not that simple.

Along with the broadcast of "Yes, Prime Minister" on TV, the content of the fifth episode was slowly revealed.

The content of the fifth episode quickly turned to a sharp issue - in order to solve the economic crisis, Prime Minister Hake, played by Tracy, had to cut spending in various cabinet departments, which would inevitably cause turmoil in various cabinet departments because no one wanted to cut funding.

Huck was in great distress and complained bitterly, "Bernar, Humphrey should have anticipated this and warned me."

"I don't think he understands economics, Prime Minister. Sir Humphrey reads classical literature." Bernard, played by Manfred, put down all the documents and took the large glass of whiskey and replied.

Tracy: "Where's Sir Frank? He's the head of the Treasury."

"——Then it's even more impossible for him to understand economics. He is an economist."

When it comes to the economic crisis, the various departments did not expect that spending cuts would fall on them, and thus opposed it. Tracy found it absurd that as the prime minister, he did not have the power to make this decision.

"Leaders can only follow the opinions of others and obey the majority, which is called 'Victorian rule'."

"If you are irresponsible, then who should be responsible?" The shapeshifter's wife asked beside Tracys.

"No one is responsible." Tracy shrugged and said as a matter of course: "This is the purpose of the Victorian Rule."

What made the Prime Minister even more angry was undoubtedly that at this time, the backbenchers still demanded a pay raise. When it came to the backbenchers, Tracy spared no effort in describing the corrupt image of those backbenchers.

"Being a councillor is a top-notch job that brings both fame and fortune - there is no qualification assessment, no fixed hours, no evaluation criteria, and it is a job that feeds a bunch of egomaniacs and idlers with comfortable rooms and delicious food."

"How can they pay too little? There are at least two hundred applicants for each position. Even if this position is for sale, it can be sold at least twenty times!"

At the very beginning, Tracy's sharp comments shattered the fantasy of Aledea and Clovisia. Less than three minutes after the start of the TV series, Tracy had been slandering the backbenchers and even directly tarnished their image.

"Damn Tracy!" Alede thought to herself, but she didn't have much contact with backbenchers. She just didn't believe that the Victoria MPs would be as bad as Tracy said.

This is slander! It must be slander! Aledai thought to herself.

At the same time, in the distance, Rhodes Island was heading towards Victoria. Vina was watching "Yes, Prime Minister" with Amiya and the others. Amiya turned her head curiously and asked Crown Prince Victoria beside her:

"Ms. Vina, um, are the congressmen really like this?"

"...It's more or less the same. I can't refute it." Vina replied indifferently. This time she didn't think it was a smear, it was just a fact.

Kal'tsit didn't say anything, just watched quietly. Fortunately, there was nothing too explosive in the fifth episode, but she felt vaguely uneasy...

"Is it an illusion? I hope he knows how to restrain himself." Kal'tsit thought so in her heart, but judging from the scale of the previous four episodes, she always felt that this was not just Chen Qi's bottom line.

In addition to Rhodes Island, at this moment, Wei Yanwu, Wen Yue, Chen Huijie and others from Longmen were also watching "Yes, Prime Minister". Seeing this, even Wei Yanwu showed a rare expression of surprise and couldn't help saying:

"... Chen Qi is getting bolder and bolder. Isn't he afraid that this drama will offend politicians in Victoria and other countries with similar systems?"

"That idiot...why is Xiaota willing to follow that person alone?"

Although Chen Huijie felt that she only had a vague understanding, she still felt that the scale of Chen Qi's current TV series was too large. He had begun to touch upon the "unspoken rules" of many countries. If these rules were made public, how much would the impact on him and Xiaota be...

However, none of them could have imagined that this was just the beginning. Even more exciting content was waiting for them later...

Chapter 43: Exposing corruption among Victorian civil servants

Now, all the people who are paying attention to the news about "Yes, Prime Minister", whether they know that this is a TV series filmed by Chen Qi or not, are very clear about one thing, that is, judging from the scale of this TV series, it is definitely just the beginning.

But criticizing the MPs is already very bold to some extent, and because of the identity of the "Prime Minister" played by Tracy, his evaluation of the MPs can be so real that it makes people laugh.

“I actually expected a creator’s work to be less poignant… and I was also worried that the turmoil caused by this work would have more unexpected impacts on this land.”

Kal'tsit also rubbed her eyes, feeling a little tired. Chen Qi's previous movies, whether "The Godfather" or "Young and Dangerous", did not arouse much interest in Kal'tsit. Even in Rhodes Island, director Chen Qi is actually quite famous, and many operators are his fans.

But before the release of "Yes, Prime Minister", Kal'tsit had never thought that a TV show could bring such a big upheaval. Now she had no way to stop anything, and could only pray that Chen Qi would restrain himself and not reveal all of Victoria's secrets...

But the problem is, now everyone can see that the purpose of this drama is to reveal all of Victoria's secrets. Tracy undoubtedly has this purpose. Kal'tsit can only hope that by the time they arrive, they can still make up for it.

As the plot develops, Tracys evades the pay raise for the backbenchers, but at this moment, Humphrey, played by the Blood Demon Lord, and Frank, the Treasury Secretary, together planned a "civil servant pay raise plan" at this bad time.

As the heads of civil servants, Frank and Humphrey are not only the vested interests, but also the biggest beneficiaries. They certainly have no reason not to support this plan.

"Of course, we don't care about personal interests." The Blood Demon Lord looked very dignified. Although everyone knew that their interests were the greatest, he still tried to suppress his smile and said with a righteous look:

"But one has to think about his junior colleagues. Isn't that ironic, Frank?"

"We have to raise our salaries even though we don't care about it when we work for them! And we are accused of self-enrichment."

"This is also a crime we have to bear." Frank, the secretary of the Treasury Department, forced a smile at the Blood Demon Lord. He knew it very well, but he said it in such a righteous manner, which made countless families watching the show burst into laughter along with the "canned laughter" in the TV.

For a moment, whether it was the Self-Defense Army, Rhodes Island, Longmen, or other places, many people were amused by this scene. It was clearly a matter of forming a clique for personal gain, but no one thought it could be so funny.

However, soon, with the discussion of the two old Wolpers (foxes), it was decided that the plan must be submitted before the restriction order was issued, and it must be submitted on the eve of the cabinet meeting, that is, before leaving get off work, so as to ensure that no one would look at the plan carefully.

However, this incident aroused Tracy's vigilance, because this was not the first time they submitted a plan before the end of get off work to skip the cabinet meeting, so Tracy directly questioned the Blood Demon Lord.

However, facing Tracys' questioning, the Blood Demon Lord was obviously calm and had already thought of an answer: "But Prime Minister, as the Cabinet Secretary, I am also eager to cut public spending."

"But as the head of the civil service, I have to take responsibility for the current administrative crisis if the pay increase plan is not passed quickly."

As he spoke, the Blood Demon Lord showed an awkward look and deliberately said, "It's really difficult for me. You see, I have two titles."

"That's right. It's really difficult for you to deal with it, isn't it?" Tracys was obviously not convinced by the Blood Demon Lord's words, and said thoughtfully.

"No, if I have two heads." The Blood Demon Lord did not let the Prime Minister scare him, but took the opportunity to brag about his own shrewdness and strength. At this moment, Manfred on the side could not help it and immediately exposed:

"—or two faces."

"Hahahahaha!"

Manfred's sudden sabotage immediately caused a burst of laughter. This time, whether it was Vina and Amiya from Rhodes Island, or Chen from Lungmen, all the members of the self-rescue army laughed at this sudden sabotage.

But immediately afterwards, the Blood Demon Lord began to talk about his own difficulties. The salaries of civil servants were too low, making it difficult to recruit people. Although there was no shortage of successors to the positions, the quality of these successors was worrying.

"Very few people get first-class A degrees, and most only get second-class B degrees."

"...I got the third place." Tracy said suddenly. Manfred, who was standing next to him, said without thinking:

"It's enough to be prime minister, Sir Humphrey is talking about the standards of the civil service."

“Hahahahahaha!”

“Berna—Berna! How on earth has he not been fired until now? Hahahaha!”

"How can you tear down your own leader's platform like this? And you're tearing down two leaders' platforms at the same time!"

"He's not going to make it in the industry if he keeps doing this. It's really unfortunate that he can become a personal secretary when he's undermining his boss like this, hahahaha!"

All of a sudden, the two "little resignation tricks" of Bernard, played by Manfred, directly provided the two biggest laughs in this episode. This time, even Wei Yanwu laughed a lot, and even Kal'tsit rarely showed a smile.

"It seems that they are not very harmonious among themselves." Kal'tsit knew that this was just acting, but for some reason, she still could sense that the performance of the three people at the moment was perhaps not just an act.

Because it was Manfred who also sabotaged the show, the Bloodlord's eyes were obviously more severe than Tresis's, and even had a hint of murderous intent... This was obviously not a performance. Based on Kal'tsit's understanding of the Bloodlord, he was not good at acting and could only be himself.

So that means... the Blood Demon Lord doesn't get along well with the other two... It can be considered an unexpected gain.

As the plot develops, Tracy, who was relieved, soon approved the proposal of civil servant salary increase plan on the premise of setting up a neutral committee.

“Since the top two positions in the civil service are the most burdened, they will receive a bigger pay rise.”

The Blood Demon Lord and the Secretary of the Treasury Frank appeared in the same frame again, and this time, Kal'tsit vaguely felt that something was wrong...

After all, isn’t the highest office in Victoria’s public service theirs?

As expected, as if to verify Kal'tsit's guess, after receiving the expected schedule, Lord Blood Demon couldn't help but sigh and said, "The number of deputy secretaries-general has increased quite a bit... so has the number of permanent deputy secretaries-general... and the two highest positions among us..."

Having said that, the Blood Demon Lord did not continue speaking, but Frank took over and said something terrifying in a calm tone:

"That's right—about 43%."

"No more than we deserve." And the Blood Demon Lord smiled knowingly, and suddenly, the conversation between the two old Volpers, accompanied by canned laughter, once again filled Rhodes Island with laughter.

But this time, whether it was Kal'tsit, Wei Yanwu of Longmen or Aledai of the Self-rescue Army, none of them smiled, because they all realized what this 43% increase meant.

Such a salary increase plan was simply impossible to pass, and Frank and the Blood Demon Lord even seemed to think that the increase was not high enough. Obviously, they knew very well how to get their plan passed - this was what made them nervous.

Is it going to be revealed to this extent? For a moment, Kal'tsit, Wei Yanwu, Alede, and many people who were paying attention to the news of "Yes, Prime Minister" were all shocked and surprised by this scene, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

However, immediately afterwards, Frank and the Blood Demon Lord actually discussed how to get this plan passed.

For example, the summary provided to the Cabinet had to be in six books as thick as dictionaries and delivered during the Cabinet lunch period to ensure that no one had time to read the summary.

Not only that, there is also a reasonable explanation for benchmarking the salaries of senior executives of Yuanshi Mining Industry Company and other high-income companies; and arranging for administrative officers who are also civil servants, who will not refuse salary increases because of their interests, so that the ministers who get the information from their secretaries will not notice anything.

Even the people who were conducting the investigation were in cahoots with them. All of these seemed to be small tricks, but in fact they were all useful. The combo made Kal'tsit, Wei Yanwu and other people who were paying attention to them look very serious.

"Couriers get 3.5 Victorian gold coins per week; registration clerks get 4.2 gold coins per week; and technology officers get 8.2 gold coins per week. It's better than nothing."

"——So we have to add 26,000 gold coins every year?"

The Blood Demon Lord's summary finally shocked everyone at this moment with the most intuitive figures, and they all realized immediately how drastic the increase was.

"Two, twenty thousand plus a year salary increase?!"

Meanwhile, in Rhodes Island, the operator codenamed "Snow Pheasant" was counting her fingers tremblingly, her eyes turning into the shape of mosquito coils. The thought of how much scientific research such a high salary increase could support made the cash-strapped little girl almost faint.

"Is being a civil servant so rich? For example, if I become a civil servant directly and do scientific research part-time, then I will be..."

However, at this moment, no one answered Xue Zhi's question. In Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit couldn't help but let out a sigh. After a moment of silence, she said lightly:

"...Now, I'm afraid all the civil servants in Victoria will hate him."

"Yeah, this guy has figured out all their tricks. When the civil servants in Victoria come to their senses, they will definitely blame him for revealing all this." Vina couldn't help but nodded. Both of them couldn't help but feel that Chen Qi was too bold.

Although it is not known where he got these inside information, these unspoken rules unique to civil servants are well known to the insiders, but it is a completely different matter to see a TV series that puts them out in the open for the public to watch.

As for Longmen, Wei Yanwu couldn't help but say with lingering fear after watching it:

"If my brother saw this... I'm afraid he would thoroughly investigate whether there are similar phenomena in the six departments... If this gets broadcasted, that kid will become really famous."

"Fortunately, this level has not yet spread to Yan Country. This kid...why does he always write such embarrassing things?"

Chapter 44: Not over yet? New irony, diplomacy!

"Fortunately, the civil servants' salary increase in the fifth episode, although the content is considered inside information, has not caused too much unrest."

Soon, half an hour later, the fifth episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" was finally finished. On Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit was relieved. Although this time it satirized the behavior of the collusion in the Victorian civil service system, and even in the end, even Tracy, the Prime Minister, had to get a share of the pie, it could be said to be quite sharp.

But fortunately, compared to some of the famous quotes in the "Prohibition of Originium Tools Order" in the fourth episode... this is already acceptable to Kal'tsit and is considered a light measure.

"Is this really considered a light blow... Doctor Kal'tsit?"

On the side, Amiya was comforting Xuezhi, who was confused while watching "Yes, Prime Minister" with them. At the same time, she also heard Kal'tsit's inner voice because of her Originium skills, and couldn't help asking:

"If this is the case, wouldn't it reveal the way Victoria's civil servants get their salaries increased? If this method of increasing salaries is no longer used in the future... Victoria's civil servants will be very resentful, right?"

"... Don't worry, even without this episode, Victoria's civil servants hate him enough." Vina, on the other hand, had a similar opinion to Kal'tsit and said calmly:

"Besides, I think most people in the Victorian civil service would just laugh it off."

"Huh? Why?" Amiya seemed a little confused. Seeing that Kal'tsit and Vina looked so serious and said that it might bring turmoil to the land, she thought this matter was very serious.

"—because Victorian public servants still have other ways to increase their salaries."

As the crown princess of Victoria, Vina has the most say in this regard. She knows quite well how corrupt Victoria's civil service system is now.

It is almost a money-making machine for the other dukes. In this regard, Vina has already had a blueprint for the future reconstruction of Victoria. She must thoroughly reform the current civil service system in Victoria and cannot let these insects continue to poison Victoria.

"Speaking of which... in the TV series, people like Humphrey are at least still in the peak of Victorian times. Although they have their own thoughts, at least they still have the ability."

"Compared with the wealthy and extravagant officials of Victoria today, even Humphrey seems to be worthy of being entrusted with important tasks... Isn't this a kind of irony?"