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

"I hope you can give me more surprises this time, my playwright friend." Although the Blood Demon Lord's attitude was still relatively indifferent, he was still quite polite to Chen Qi due to his position.

Moreover, I don’t know if it was because he outshined Tracy at the award ceremony, or because he felt comfortable saying “Humphrey” again, but the Blood Demon Lord seemed to be in a very good mood.

However, Chen Qi is bound to disappoint Lord Blood Demon. In the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister", the Prime Minister played by Tracys has few opportunities to be humiliated. On the contrary, Lord Blood Demon may have to face more scenes of being humiliated.

"Well, here are the scripts. We need a week to prepare. Please familiarize yourself with the scripts as before. We will start filming the second season next week."

"Yes, Director."

This time, the three powerful Sarkaz all spoke to Chen Qi in a teasing tone. It was not until Chen Qi left that the three of them looked at each other, and then Manfred spoke:

“General, do you need me to reconvene the members of the Kazdel Military Council and continue the weekly discussion?”

"Of course, by the way, this time remember to grant authorization to all of Victoria's mobile cities, and by the way, have our Sarkaz spies find a way to 'accidentally leak' these contents in Ursus, Casimir and other countries."

Tracy's mouth curled up slightly. Now with Victoria's support, they can finally spread the content of "Yes, Prime Minister" on a large scale to various countries in the Terra continent without any disguise.

And they don't need to consider the consequences, because this is the power "officially granted" to the Sarkaz by Victoria. They just need to act well, study well, and then spread it out to make these countries as chaotic as possible.

Especially for countries like Ursus and Casimir, the more chaotic they are, the less energy they will have to take care of the affairs of the Sarkaz when the Sarkaz rebuild Kazdel in the future - this is the most cost-effective way to rebuild the country without spending a lot of money and risking the destruction of the Sarkaz.

And a week passed quickly. During this time, the three Sarkaz had been discussing the script. The relationship between the three, which had become a little unfamiliar due to returning to their daily lives, once again had enough time to get used to each other.

So, on the day of the official start of filming, the Duke of Wellington led Abramana, as well as a group of Victorian officers, politicians and civil servants, ready to wait for the start of filming of the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister".

If you look closely, you will find that they all have pens and small notebooks in their hands. Apparently, the Duke of Wellington has the same plan as Tracys, to record all the points worth noting in "Yes, Prime Minister" to facilitate their internal reorganization in the future.

"Well, all departments, get ready - "Yes, Prime Minister", Episode 1, Scene 1, start shooting!"

Finally, with Chen Qi's order, the first episode of the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister" officially began. The first shot was of Humphrey, played by the Blood Demon Lord, discussing a topic that Victoria's officials were particularly concerned about with the secretaries of several departments - troop movements.

It turned out that it was the Minister of Employment who proposed to the Prime Minister that 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers be transferred to mobile cities in the north, northwest and northeast where economic construction was not very developed, so as to solve problems such as employment and unbalanced economic development.

This is undoubtedly bad news for officials in the Ministry of Defense, because the south of Victoria is rich and almost all economic development centers are in the south, while the north is simply a wilderness in comparison. Why should they give up their rich life in the south and go to the north to suffer?

"It's just a troop mobilization, not an Ursus invasion." Humphrey, played by the Blood Demon Lord, seemed unable to think of a way to interfere, so he could only comfort the secretary of the Ministry of Defense.

However, the secretary of the Ministry of Defense said helplessly upon seeing this: "It would be great if Ursus invaded. We have measures to repel them."

However, these words surprised the Blood Demon Lord. He turned his head subconsciously and asked, "Is it really possible?"

When did the Ministry of National Defense become so powerful? The Blood Demon Lord was obviously curious about this, but the Secretary of the Ministry of National Defense shook his head and said:

"No, but at least it doesn't require any thought."

Well... this starts with slandering national defense and officials' extravagance. The Duke of Wellington, who was watching the scene for the first time, was speechless. With the sharpness of Chen Qi's writing, he inexplicably felt that letting Chen Qi do it would be a wrong decision...

However, since it can be used to attack enemy countries, it is a good drama, especially since Ursus has just withdrawn its troops and there is resentment in the country, they must continue filming.

So, let it be black, everything that should be black is almost black anyway...this little bit doesn't matter.

Chapter 123: "Yes, Prime Minister" teaches you how to fight internally

"Moving the army to the north for stationing... This issue is indeed a bit acute. It is good for the country, but it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among military generals and even the risk of mutiny."

Although he was hacked, the Duke of Wellington did not forget that he came here to learn, so he was the first to express his difficulty in dealing with the problems raised by "Yes, Prime Minister".

Abrana, who was standing by, was a little confused and asked, "Duke Wellington, is this a big problem?"

"Well, the south of Victoria is rich, and there are not many mobile cities in the north. The surrounding villages and towns are not well developed. Most of the important mobile cities are concentrated in the south, so there are more troops stationed there."

"And sending generals and soldiers who have been in the South for a long time to the North can indeed help the construction of the North, but the army is indeed prone to not obeying orders."

The Duke of Wellington was well aware of Victoria's problems because his fiefdom was in the north, covering the original old Tara area.

He also knew very well that the reason why the north seemed poorer than the south was because of the historical remnants of the old Tara region. Victoria started in the south, so the south became richer under the rule of Aslan. However, after the Tara dynasty in the north cooperated with Askar and gradually annexed it, the local original Tara people did not cooperate with Victoria's rule.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. This also led to the increasingly polarized development of the north and south of Victoria. The Duke of Wellington was the grand duke who was capable of fighting among the eight dukes. His fiefdom was in the original Tara area. On the one hand, he considered that his identity as a Tara person would be accepted by the locals, and on the other hand... it was much easier to command a rebellion.

The same is true in the TV series. Even Humphrey, played by Lord Blood Demon, also feels that from the Prime Minister's point of view, this decision is "too reasonable."

"Mobilizing half of the army to the north will create countless jobs - such as clerks, supplies, construction, and vehicle and ship repair. About 30,000 military salaries will be spent in stores in the north."

However, this reason obviously could not convince the senior military officers. General Guy, the personnel director and chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense, specifically sought out the Blood Demon Lord for this purpose. However, this reason could not convince him, so he quickly said:

"Junior officers may be able to stay in the North forever, but you can't let senior officers live in the North for their entire lives!"

"——Their wives won't be able to bear it! It's also a problem for their children to go to school!"

At this point, Guy quickly added a sentence, as if to explain that his intense reaction was not because this matter was related to his own interests, but because of his consideration for his wife and children.

However, at this moment, the general was responded to by the long-unspoken laughter of the Victorian officials. Obviously, everyone understood what the general was thinking.

As expected, the Blood Demon Lord smiled faintly upon hearing this, and deliberately asked, "As far as I know, isn't there a school in the north as well?"

"What about the luxury shopping malls?" the general immediately retorted, "What about horse racing, car racing, and military clubs?"

"I mean the entire civilization! There's none in the North!"

"...Don't dare say that. It may divide Victoria into north and south."

However, the conversation that seemed to be greeted with a chuckle from the officials was frightening to the Duke of Wellington, because he immediately detected an important signal from the few words of the general on TV just now - the difference between the north and the south.

As we all know, the north of Victoria is poor and the south is rich, which has led to the long-term stagnation of development in the north and high unemployment rate.

This is something that the people of Victoria know, but rarely mention, or even never mention. Because a large number of people have basically poured into the South, and a large number of officials are also serving in the South, the general's words will naturally break this window paper, which is not a good signal.

"It looks like I will have to discuss the development plan for the North with the others this week."

The Duke of Wellington thought to himself that since they had decided to support the broadcast of "Yes, Prime Minister" in order to consolidate public support and disgust the enemy country, they needed to remedy the problems pointed out in it in a timely manner, or at the very least, pretend to remedy them.

Now is the time when Victoria needs unity. None of the eight dukes wants to be the "typical" one, otherwise they will definitely be criticized and taken advantage of by the other seven to suppress or even swallow them up.

While Abrana was listening silently at the side, she discovered that "Yes, Prime Minister" filmed by Chen Qi had clearly shown the Duke of Wellington some signs of the future, and he decided to take steps to solve the problem of economic stagnation in the North.

And of course Abrana also knew that only Chen Qi's work could achieve such an effect... Abrana's eyes flashed with an even brighter luster.

"How many surprises can you bring me... Director Chen Qi." Abrana murmured to herself, and now, the plot on the screen is still going on.

Because once this policy is passed, not only the military, but even civil servants will be transferred to the barren north after retirement. This is unacceptable to Humphrey, played by Lord Blood Demon. Therefore, Lord Blood Demon intends to oppose this plan.

But this policy is indeed very difficult to refute, and the Blood Demon Lord decided that if the problem cannot be solved, then the person who raised the problem should be solved.

“But only a severely paranoid person would think the jobs secretary was conspiring against him.”

"Really? Then we have hope." The Blood Demon Lord thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with this.

Sure enough, at the subsequent meeting, the Employment Secretary's plan was supported by Prime Minister Harker, played by Tracy, and he asked that the "minutes of the meeting" be recorded as "all members of the [Cabinet Committee] today, including the Prime Minister, support their ideas."

After the meeting, Humphrey stayed alone and mentioned the plan to Tracy.

“The HR director doesn’t like this plan.”

"Of course, this means the ladies won't be able to go to the tennis courts and shopping malls." Tracy pointed out the key point that opposed this plan.

"Prime Minister, how can you say that?" The Blood Demon Lord, who knew the truth, smiled hypocritically and said, "This has nothing to do with their own selfish motives. Their opposition is purely out of strategic considerations."

"Strategy? That's right." And Tracys also smiled and said:

"Iberia is cooperating with us and wants us to help them build a shipyard, so it has to be located 30 kilometers from the sea."

"We need to guard against the Ursus army (Ursus garrison and northeastern Victoria), so we need to set it up in Peninsula County (southwestern Victoria)."

“The army’s transport land vessels are to be tested in the Hill Country (northeast Victoria), so the Military Industry Department is to be established in Connor County (a rich county in southern Victoria).”

To put it bluntly, the resources that seemed to be used in the north were actually used in the south. It is no wonder that the north of Victoria has not developed at all. You can see why none of these important constructions are in the north.

"Oh, these are all exceptions." The Blood Demon Lord said without letting any holes in his words, but Tracys replied with a disdainful smile:

"I still have more than 700 'special cases' here."

This conversation caused the Victoria officials to chuckle again. However, they all knew these self-evident things, but they pretended not to know them. After all, they were the ones who enjoyed these treatments.

On the screen, the Blood Demon Lord did not object to this plan, but instead asked another question.

“Do you think the employment minister is doing a good job?”

"Yes, he is a good person." Tracys answered without hesitation. However, this time, the Blood Demon Lord smiled again, and praised him with a subtle tone:

"I couldn't agree more, Prime Minister. He is simply brilliant, intelligent, sure-footed, skillful and impressive."

The Blood Demon Lord, contrary to his usual behavior, praised the Minister of Employment. However, as he praised him, Tracys's expression gradually became stiff, and he could not help but say, "--It's not that good, right?"

People can accept that another person is smart, but people in high positions often find it difficult to accept that someone is smarter and more capable than them. Especially for people like Tresis who have already stood at the pinnacle of power, a person who is smarter than him may threaten his position.

At this moment, the Blood Demon Lord's unusual praise and Tracys' words made the officials who were originally watching the joke feel their hearts sink - a strange sense of crisis suddenly lingered in their hearts.

Why does it seem like... the atmosphere is wrong? Some young officials who had never seen this trick were a little confused, but some older ministers and civil servants had already changed their expressions.

"But you also said that he is a good person, right?" The Blood Demon Lord noticed the change in Tracys' expression, but continued to add fuel to the fire:

“He’s very popular.”

“He’s not that popular, is he?” Tracy sensed a hint of danger and even stopped speaking well of the Minister of Employment.

"Of course, he has the best of both worlds in Whitehall and in the parliamentary parties." The Blood Demon Lord continued to provoke Tracys's nervousness and continued to use his tricks: "It is said that the same is true with the grassroots class."

"It's also very popular in the cabinet, isn't it?"

At this point, everyone had already smelled an unusual scent, and everyone's face changed, regardless of whether they had noticed the Blood Demon Lord's moves or not.

In the end, the Blood Demon Lord finally revealed his true intentions and said something that would have a huge impact on anyone in power:

"In fact, some people are already talking about him taking over as prime minister."

"hiss--"

When the Blood Demon Lord said this, all the civil servants who didn't understand what was going on just now took a deep breath. They suddenly understood what the long preparation was for.

This is not flattery, this is flattery! What does it mean to say that another minister may take over as prime minister in front of a prime minister who has not yet completed his term? This is a subtle indication that someone wants to force the current prime minister to step down!

Suddenly, all the laughter disappeared, and Victoria's officials and ministers were all on high alert. Only the sound of pens could be heard.

They are recording. This is a good way to fight for party power! What if I don't learn it myself and others learn it? !

At this moment, even Abrana's eyes lit up, and she quickly recorded it all. This kind of "teaching by words and deeds" was simply a treasure-level knowledge for Abrana!

The storm in the Duke of Wellington's head could no longer be stopped... He also realized that Chen Qi's presentation of such a plot was simply a bombshell. He revealed something that no ruling class would disclose to the common people - party strife!

In fact, the so-called ministers who stepped down for various reasons or were exiled to the frontier were not because they really made mistakes in their actions, or put forward unacceptable suggestions, or were corrupt... In fact, a large part of them stepped down just because of the failure of party struggles.

However, now that "Yes, Prime Minister" has revealed this, most of the people in Victoria will just laugh after watching it... But what will happen to countries like Ursus and Casimir that have not experienced the full bombardment of "Yes, Prime Minister"?

"Although it is a bit dangerous to Victoria herself...but rather than exposing it in the future, it is better to expose it in this comedic way when the danger to the inside is the smallest but the danger to the outside is the greatest!"

The Duke of Wellington has also made up his mind, staring at the big screen with bright eyes. He now no longer regrets supporting Chen Qi and continues filming "Yes, Prime Minister"!

Chapter 124: The first episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" full of useful information

I have to say that it is quite explosive to dare to write "party strife" into the script and then perform it in front of everyone.

Because the revelation of internal struggles does have a bad impact and is likely to cause public controversy, especially in "Yes, Prime Minister". Although Humphrey has shown outstanding abilities, he is obviously not working for the interests of the people. Instead, he is a representative of forming cliques and pursuing personal gain in a high position. This makes the controversy even greater.

This would send a bad signal... Could it be that all the civil servants and officials who now sit in the Victorian Parliament are clique-forming and self-serving people like Humphrey?

However, as the Duke of Wellington said before, at this time, in order to restore the confidence of the people of Victoria in the government, they are going to play "Yes, Prime Minister" as a warning, in order to draw a clear line with the past.

Although this will still cause some controversy, it will undoubtedly reduce the impact a lot; but for countries like Ursus, which has just been defeated, and Casimir, which has made a small profit but has a lot of internal problems, the impact will be drastic.

Victoria is now considered barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. In this case, let's reveal it all in one go!

On the screen, because of the instigation of the Blood Demon Lord and the overly "intelligent and capable" Minister of Employment, Tracy, as the Prime Minister, felt more and more that something was wrong. He began to recall the actions of the Minister of Employment during this period and found many unreasonable things.

“He’s been giving speeches all day.”

"He's always talking to backbenchers in the tearoom."

Of course, more importantly, Tracy discovered that in the six recent speeches of the Employment Secretary, there was not a single word praising himself as the leader, which made the Prime Minister, who already cared about votes and power, even more suspicious.

Afterwards, Theresis immediately asked Bernard, played by Manfred, to contact the organization secretary and ask him to investigate the Minister of Employment's rebellion.

In just a few words, a loyal and hard-working Minister of Employment, who was devoted to the people, was suddenly suspected of treason by the Prime Minister whom he had trusted. It must be said that such a smooth operation made many young Victorian officers and the Sarkaz officers who were watching in another room smack their lips.

"It feels like his career has come to an end... He will either go to the House of Commons or be exiled to the northwest, right?"

"However, the employment minister does not mention the prime minister at all in his six speeches. He does not really respect the prime minister."

"Rather than being disrespectful, it's better to say that he doesn't know how to behave. After all, not flattering enough and not flattering at all are two different things."

"He died because he didn't know how to behave. This is normal."

However, for Victoria's civil servants and politicians, such an outcome does not seem unacceptable, because this is a necessary skill to become an official, otherwise you will definitely not go far.

Rather, if we think about it from another perspective, the Minister of Employment here, who does not understand the ways of the world, has actually been able to reach his current position, which is not a heavy position but is still a ministerial level. This shows his work ability.