"Publicly stating that the power of leaders is above the law? Although that is true, it would have a very bad impact if it was said publicly."
"This is not something that can be saved by being exiled to the frontier. I guess I will never be able to enter the officialdom in this life, right?"
On TV, Bernard, played by Manfred, made a slip of the tongue, which immediately made officials from various countries who were watching "Yes, Prime Minister" aware of the danger - this was not a small mistake. If the repercussions were serious, no matter how high the official's position was, it would not be pleasant.
After all, this wasn't some inside information that shouldn't be spread outside. It wasn't that someone inside had made a mistake, and firing a few temporary worker representatives wouldn't be enough to shut up the media and the public. This was a public interview, and so many journalists were on the scene, and everyone heard Bernard say it himself.
Even if there is a guiding purpose, it is not the first time that the media has done so for the sake of news headlines and newspaper sales. The senior officials and leaders of various countries have always been helpless against these "lawless" media, especially when they cannot just kill their entire family...
Because if you kill one family, there might be someone in another newspaper who is not afraid of death and reports it... If you continue like this, even if you kill so many media outlets that they dare not say a word, your actions will already be known to the world.
So far, in the Terra continent, except for Ursus, the word "tyrant" still has a derogatory connotation. No king wants to be associated with this word and be infamous for eternity.
Especially Manfred's remarks, which were not only related to himself, but also implicated his superiors. This time, it would be really difficult for anyone to protect him.
Manfred also realized that he had made a big mistake, so he immediately found Prime Minister Hack, played by Tracy, and hesitantly told him that he had just been interviewed and said some words that were unfavorable to him.
And Tracys also realized the seriousness of the matter. He took off his glasses and asked with a sharp look in his eyes, "Speak, Bernard."
Manfred was embarrassed and had to tell the truth: "I think I said... you said you feel you are above the law..."
"——You said something like that?!"
However, Tracy, a former media person, a former minister and now the prime minister, immediately realized the seriousness of these words, which were spoken unintentionally but heard intentionally!
Huck, played by Tracy, was extremely angry, because as a former media person, he knew how great the consequences and spread of such things would be once they fermented. And Manfred saw that the Prime Minister was really angry, and he also rarely panicked and explained:
"I didn't mean to say that! It just came out of my mouth! I'm so sorry they bombarded me with questions..."
"Bernard, even if someone asks you a question, who tells you that you have to answer it?" Such an excuse could not fool Tracy. Tracy was extremely angry and asked with every word:
"You never answer my questions?"
"You've been a civil servant all your life, and you've been avoiding questions your entire career. And you suddenly decide to answer every question today, and to the media?!"
"Are you out of your mind, Bernard?!"
"Please don't yell at me! Prime Minister!" This time, Manfred was really about to be scolded by Theresis and cried. He also knew how serious the mistake he had made was. He had no choice but to make amends with words and actions, hoping that his leader could help him.
"I promise you, I won't answer any more questions!"
However, Manfred's pitiful and helpless look also drew laughter from the audience, and even several senior executives who were watching the show laughed.
"He is willing to scold instead of disassociating himself from the matter. This kid can be saved." Wei Yanwu, who has been in official circles for many years, also smiled slightly and felt relieved. He knew very well that if he really treated someone who had lost his value and was to be abandoned, the leader would not say so much to him, but would simply kick him out coldly and ruthlessly.
And now, Huck is still willing to scold Bernard, which obviously shows that he wants to protect Bernard, who is his own. As expected, Tracys on TV immediately called the Blood Demon Lord and the Propaganda Department Secretary Bill to help him settle the matter.
During this process, Tracy also taught Manfred the best way to deal with media questions.
"If it ever happens again, Bernard, this is how you should handle the questioning."
“If you have nothing to say, say no comment – it’s better to have something to say and say it, no matter what they ask!”
“Don’t worry about the problem, just give your opinion.”
"If they bring up that issue again, just say 'that's not the problem' or 'I think the real problem is' and then give your opinion!"
As a former newspaper editor, Hake had his own unique views on dealing with the media. As soon as Tracys said this, his statement was immediately recorded by a large number of officials from various countries, and even several emperors had to record it.
This is also useful information! Many officials have really been suffering from the media for a long time, but this group of lawless media who value money over life cannot be killed or eliminated. Moreover, the country really needs these media, and they cannot be completely eliminated. However, the media is useful at critical moments. Most of the time, they are really annoying!
But now, many officials feel that they have benefited greatly from the textbook-level teaching of "Yes, Prime Minister".
After all, this has nothing to do with official positions and is entirely a matter of experience. But no matter how high the official position is, who can guarantee that he will not make mistakes in front of the media?
It can be said that if officials have a textbook, then this section of "Yes, Prime Minister" is the highlight of the highlights! In just two episodes, there is so much useful knowledge. Officials have absolutely no reason to think that "Yes, Prime Minister" is just a satirical comedy and ban it from broadcasting.
However, some media personnel could not help but frown when they saw such a method... It was hard for them to imagine how much of a blow it would cause to their newspaper sales and interviews if officials were so tight-lipped in the future...
But now, no one can stop the TV series from continuing to be broadcast. After Tracys explained the matter to Lord Blood Demon and the secretary of the Propaganda Department, hoping to get a remedy, he proposed "giving away the title" to please the media people, but Lord Blood Demon rejected this proposal.
At this time, the publicity secretary Bill made a good suggestion, saying: "In my opinion, instead of trying to please the media, why not divert their attention? Why don't we give them a story?"
"For example?"
"Start a war or something!"
However, the publicity secretary's words were shocking, and this time, not only did the audience burst into laughter, but Tracy in the play was also frightened and quickly confirmed: "Start a war?!"
"——A small war will do." Manfred also reminded carefully at this moment. However, it was soon rejected by the Blood Demon Lord, who seemed to have a better proposal.
"Why don't you expel 76 Ursus diplomats? This is a routine practice, and we do it every time we want to divert media attention."
"——We can't do this." But Tracy obviously disagreed with such a proposal. His only progress so far was to ease the relationship between Ursus and Victoria. Such an approach would only make all his previous efforts go to waste and make him an incompetent prime minister who "accomplished nothing."
But Bill, the propaganda secretary, thought this plan was great and encouraged him: "You'll be on the headlines! [The government has broken up the Ursus spy network]! How patriotic!"
"And it must be news that no one can deny."
"Even if it's denied, people are willing to believe it! [Ambassador Ursus is the candidate for the next emperor's sharp blade]!"
"…Is this true? The Duke of Wellington?"
However, at the moment in the temporary residence of Londinium, Abrana couldn't help but turn her head to look at the Duke of Wellington who was watching beside her, and asked: "Is this really Victoria's usual method?"
"This...although it's a bit exaggerated, I can't deny that this method is very effective."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the Duke of Wellington's face, but it was also a disguised admission that the routine described by Chen Qi in "Yes, Prime Minister" was very effective and was a tactic they often used.
"Instead of responding directly to a piece of news that is not good no matter how we respond, it is better to cover it up with a piece of news that is more debatable and not harmful to us. This way, the media will get bigger news, and as time goes by, the public will forget the previous scandal. This is indeed a good idea."
In other words, expelling diplomats is only one of the methods, and the Duke of Wellington himself knows several other ways to resolve this situation.
As if seeing through the Duke of Wellington's thoughts, Tracys on TV did not want to use this method. Instead, he turned his gaze to Manfred who made a mistake, and asked with a bit of sarcasm:
"What do you think, Bernard? Aren't you an expert at breaking news?"
"Uh...how about the royal incident?" Manfred didn't want to miss the opportunity to redeem himself, so he ignored the Prime Minister's sarcasm and asked immediately.
"for example?"
"Oh, engaged, divorced, or pregnant?"
However, these events were absolutely pungent for the royal family, and some could even be described as scandalous. After thinking for a while, Tresis tentatively asked:
"...Can you arrange it?"
“Hahahahahahahaha!”
At this moment, audiences from almost all the countries with royal families in Terra burst into laughter at this extremely superb performance. Even some royal family members who were also watching "Yes, Prime Minister" couldn't help but burst into unrestrained laughter.
However, there were only three people in the world who did not laugh. One was the former Crown Princess of Rhodes Island, Vina, and the other two were the two Draco sisters, Abrana and Ravshini, in Victoria.
Just this one clip, a clip that makes fun of the royal family, has pushed the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister" to a new height again - after all, this is the only TV series in the entire Terra continent that dares to make fun of the royal family.
Chen Qi had no idea that he had only filmed a drama, but what kind of chain reaction would be caused. In the next few years, countless TV dramas and movies followed Chen Qi's "excellent performance" and added some scenes that made fun of the royal family in their dramas... It is really cause for celebration.
Chapter 129: The script "To the Moon" recommended by Chen Qi to Christen
"Yes, Prime Minister" once again lived up to expectations and achieved huge success.
The first two episodes of the second season of "Yes, Prime Minister" can be said to be extremely enjoyable for both experts and laymen. People who are not in politics laughed so hard because of the dense jokes in the two episodes, and they were also relieved that the second season did not tarnish the first episode of the TV series "Yes, Prime Minister".
After all, this happens all the time. The quality of a good show is guaranteed in the first season, but the first season is basically the peak. A good show is most afraid of having multiple seasons, because most of the good stuff is done in the first season, and the quality will get lower and lower in the later seasons, but in order to make money, the screenwriters have to bite the bullet and continue filming.
What happened next was that money was made, but a good IP was ruined, and the horse also flew away.
However, the high quality of the first two episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister" has reassured all viewers. Compared with the general public who just want to enrich their leisure time and spiritual wealth, the attention and importance paid to "Yes, Prime Minister" by various countries are completely different.
Because there are so many useful information in these two episodes, it is like a hands-on tutorial teaching you how to be a seasoned veteran. The Terra officials who have witnessed the "backward but not outdated advanced thinking" of humans from another world all said that listening to your words has opened their eyes like a fog has been cleared for them.
No, they have to learn, they have to experience it more.
As a result, the unblocking and release of the new season of "Yes, Prime Minister", which had originally puzzled leaders of various countries, and which they had originally planned to supervise the strict monitoring of the network security departments, soon encountered many internal obstacles.
Because officials from various countries who wanted to learn more were not happy about it. They did not want to lose the opportunity to watch "Yes, Prime Minister" and learn. Although they had the opportunity to obtain these materials after the ban, it was easy to cause gossip. If they were reported by someone by accident, they would be exiled to the frontier.
But the nature of the matter is different when everyone watches and learns together. The law does not hold everyone responsible, not to mention that they are the backbone and pillars that maintain the operation of the country. Even if it is the emperor's order, it still has to go through them.
What's more, in the current situation, you can't stop them from spreading the word. Victoria's spies are infiltrating every part of their country, and it's impossible to block them. Instead of wasting manpower and resources, you might as well let them in openly.
As a result, after the broadcast of "Yes, Prime Minister", some internal problems emerged in various countries. Leaders of various countries suddenly found that the people under their command began to disobey their orders, and even began to disobey their orders in secret.
This phenomenon will undoubtedly be directed at "Yes, Prime Minister". For a while, leaders of more countries became more resentful of Chen Qi, and it was almost to the point of "hatred".
Among them, Casimir and Ursus are the leaders.
"Chen Qi..."
In both countries, the Knight Commander of Casimir and the old nobles of Ursus both suffered great losses in Victoria because of Chen Qi's actions. When the situation was very good, their good situation was ruined because of Chen Qi.
And now, "Yes, Prime Minister" has brought new problems to their system. How can they not hate Chen Qi?
However, they were helpless to take any action now. After all, Chen Qi and his crew were in Londinium. Even if they wanted to chop Chen Qi into small pieces, they had no way to send anyone to Londinium to kill the strictly protected Chen Qi.
Therefore, they could only wait, wait for Chen Qi to leave Victoria. Only then would they have a chance to take action...
……
"So, Miss Christen, if it's convenient for you, could you tell me about the subject of the movie you want to shoot?"
At this moment in Londinium, it is already night, and Chen Qi, Tallulah and others are not staying in the hotel as before, but have moved directly into the palace. As "friends of Victoria and Sarkaz", Chen Qi and the crew are now authorized to temporarily stay in the palace in Londinium.
By the way, the last people to have this "power" were the siblings Theresa and Theresis.
Although Victoria would agree to some ideas of showing goodwill to Chen Qi, it was Tracy who proposed this idea. He hoped to protect Chen Qi's safety as much as possible during the filming of "Yes, Prime Minister".
Tracy was very clear that during the period before and after the filming of "Yes, Prime Minister", there would definitely be people who would try to take Chen Qi's life through various means. He had to place Chen Qi in the most heavily protected place to ensure the filming could proceed.
This also quietly made the security around Theresa tighten again...so that the resurrected princess didn't even have the chance to secretly chat with Chen Qi on the phone every night. She could only stare blankly and empty her mind every day. Even if she occasionally saw Chen Qi, she had to walk past him as if she were a puppet.
This made the princess a little depressed, but she was helpless. If she blew herself up now, she was afraid that all her brother's hard work would become her "fruit" in an instant. Theresa knew her appeal, so she didn't want to create a rift between her and her brother.
She wanted to wait until Tracy had secured the current situation and was only one step away from becoming the true king of the Sarkaz, and then she would add fuel to the fire and make Tracy the popular choice and the king who could control all the Sarkaz.
On the other side, Chen Qi was in the room at the moment, talking to the crew who came with her this time. They planned to take Chen Qi to Kristen in Columbia as soon as she finished filming "Yes, Prime Minister" to discuss the film subject matter she wanted.
"...To be honest, I haven't really thought about it. Rather, I just hope to find her and talk to her again."
However, now, facing Chen Qi who has moved into the Londinium Palace, Christen's attitude has slightly changed from before... I don't know if it's because his mind has calmed down because of wanting to find Saria, or because he has quietly discovered that Chen Qi's identity is greater than he thought, Christen's attitude has softened a lot now.
"Actually, Director Chen Qi, I'm just worried that the longer it takes, the lower the chance that Saria is in Colombia... and the longer it takes, the greater the danger to you."
"The journey from Victoria to Colombia is full of dangers... You have inadvertently provoked too many enemies, and most of the interior of Colombia is still under development. There are scavengers, bandits, gangs... everything is still very dangerous."
"Especially if the forces you provoked sneaked into Columbia and ambushed you on the road, intending to kill you while your guards were empty... that would be even more dangerous."
Kirslitten also expressed her real concerns. She knew very well how risky it would be for a leader if her next move was predicted.
After all, Christen is not the president of Colombia, she is just the president of a company - although to some extent, all the major forces in Colombia know that provoking Rhine Life is more terrifying than provoking the president of Colombia, so no one in Colombia dares to plot against Christen.
But who can guarantee whether the foreign countries think so? Chen Qi is too eye-catching, so Kesliteng is anxious to get him to Columbia as soon as possible, otherwise if he delays for too long, he will be in danger along the way.
"If that's all you're worried about, Miss Christen, don't worry about it."
Chen Qi was not worried about his personal safety. He turned his gaze slightly and looked at Tallulah on the bed beside him, who was pretending to be asleep but was actually listening to the conversation between Chen Qi and Kristen.
On the other side, Chen Qi, who was holding the three trophies and refused to let go even when he was sleeping, also smiled and said:
"Our crew has enough self-protection capabilities. When we go to Colombia in the future, Miss Christen can go with us."
"Of course, if you're worried, you can ask the Colombian army or Rhine Life's security department to pick us up... Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to mention that."
Just as Chen Qi finished speaking, he remembered that Saria and Kristen had broken up, and bringing this up would be like exposing someone's scars.
When Christen mentioned Saria, he couldn't help but sigh. After a moment of silence, he said calmly:
"Some words... can't be said to familiar people, but can only be said to strangers. But it was not until Saria left that I realized that without her protection, Rhine and I were actually in danger everywhere."
If Saria was still here this time, Christen would have nothing to worry about when she came to Victoria. She was very clear about Saria's strength. With her protection, even the top combat power of any country might not be able to defeat Saria.
And now... ever since Saria left, Christen felt unsafe no matter how many people were around her. She even felt like she had to bring bodyguards with her, and they might still rely on her for protection.
As for Chen Qi's crew, Kristen didn't know who were in Chen Qi's crew. After all, Chen Qi's crew had been thriving in the Terra continent in recent years, and the only famous one was Chen Qi.
Therefore, even though Christen could see that Chen Qi's crew was well armed, except for a very strong Sarkaz, Christen felt that the others had no hope against a truly powerful enemy...
However, at this point, Christen had nothing to say. After all, she couldn't bargain with Victoria, right? After calming down, she asked Chen Qi:
"Director Chen Qi, I'll leave the writing of the script to you this time... It doesn't matter if I can't attract Saria. At least, I hope she can see this movie."
"If she is willing to come and see me, that would be great. If not, I will reward you generously."
"...In that case, I will give you the script that I think is suitable for you. Although it only has a title at the moment, I will write the script well within this period of time."
As Chen Qi said this, he wrote the name of the script on a piece of white paper and handed it to Christen. Originally, Christen wanted Chen Qi to slow down a bit to ensure the quality, but facing the name of the script handed by Chen Qi, she couldn't hide her curiosity and took it.
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