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

——That's what Tresis said, so this passage was retained in "Yes, Prime Minister". Of course, this joke is not just about the Sarkaz, but also about Victoria not suppressing Gaul for so long, and the most recent one was because Gaul did not participate.

"Look, Prime Minister, if you were in charge of the negotiations, you would give everything to Gaul."

The Blood Demon Lord's words forced Tracys to give up the idea of ​​negotiating in person, and he had no choice but to say:

"Think about it carefully, there's no need for me to personally preside over the negotiations, right?"

"If you insist on losing our sovereignty and humiliating our country, leave it to the Foreign Minister."

Well, insulting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again. At this moment, Vina, who was watching the performance beside Chen Qi, and the people led by the Duke of Wellington on the other side, all ignored it with a twitch of their mouths.

It has to be said that in the "Yes, Prime Minister" series, the department that was insulted the most was Victoria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This influence has even caused some subtle changes in the Victorian people's perception of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The specific impact is that the Victorian Department of Foreign Affairs has recently discovered that recruiting people in their department is always more difficult than in other departments. The specific reason is that those who are not qualified cannot join the Department of Foreign Affairs, and those who are qualified are reluctant to accept this "hard job" of the Department of Foreign Affairs and prefer to go to the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of the Interior.

"…After this broadcast, let's suggest raising the salaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When I think about how they will be blamed for the country's loss of morale every day, it must be very hard for them."

The Duke of Wellington thought so, but he still refused to mention changing the current reputation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - they should just take the blame, which is the responsibility of the Victorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chapter 132: Tracy's inner ecstasy

Teasing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just a small matter in the series "Yes, Prime Minister". After all, the biggest reason why most civilian audiences like this drama is that it has the support of the official and can talk about many topics that ordinary people don't know or dare not talk about in a humorous and self-deprecating way.

Now, officials on the Terra continent rely on this drama to learn "advanced knowledge", the audience needs this drama to enrich their spiritual world, and Victoria even wishes that this drama would make other countries experience the same turmoil as him, so that he can also be the sixth and steal a chicken.

It can be said that now with Tracys, Victoria represented by the Duke of Wellington, and the righteousness of the Sakota clan, as long as Chen Qi does not promote any anti-Terra ideas in "Yes, Prime Minister", it can be allowed, and you really can't ban his drama.

After a set of shots ended, the trio in the play also welcomed the end of get off work time, and they once again talked about some remarks in the previous episodes about the former prime minister's memoirs that slandered Tracy, the current prime minister.

"What?" Manfred handed the wine glasses to the two and asked. And Tracys immediately replied unhappily:

"He called me 'two-faced'."

"—this is totally inappropriate."

However, Manfred's words, which were not even a rebuttal, succeeded in causing everyone present to laugh. Even Tracy looked up at his cabinet secretary and asked in surprise, "You just admit that this is inappropriate?"

"Of course, cheers." The Blood Demon Lord came to the rescue in time and did not intend to delve into this topic. However, Manfred did not sense the danger at all and continued to talk:

“No sense of confidentiality.”

However, this time, he was greeted with a death stare from his boss. Tracys asked with an expression that said, "Does this guy want to resign again?", "Awareness of confidentiality?"

"Oh, that's not appropriate either..." Manfred quickly changed his tone, and Tracys' expression softened as he muttered, "How could he slander me like this?"

"What slander? Oh, I see!" Manfred, who would never make the same mistake twice, quickly escaped and once again showed the audience their favorite "resignation trick".

However, Theresis's attention was obviously not on Manfred's small problem. He hated the "slander" against him by the former prime minister even more. He angrily denounced that these were simply the result of the other party's despicable means and despicable character.

However, at this moment, a call came into the Prime Minister's office. Manfred picked up the phone immediately. Since it was after get off work, he asked, "Yes, is this urgent? Because...oh?"

"No way? Died on the way? Got it, thank you."

"...Bad news, Bernard?" Perhaps it was because the word "death" in it made Theresis feel a sense of crisis. At that time, Emperor Victoria was indeed old and was at risk of death at any time, but Manfred's answer was unexpected.

“Yes and no.” Manfred slowly told the news he had heard: “Your predecessor, the former Prime Minister of the Victorian Empire, just died of a sudden heart attack.”

"--Ha ha!"

In such a moment, Tracy's first reaction to hearing the news was to be stunned for a moment, but after a moment of stunnedness, he almost showed an ecstatic smile.

But this ecstatic smile did not last long. Almost at the same time, before he could laugh out loud, Tracy's expression twisted into a piece. The uncontrollable smile turned into a desperate feeling similar to asthma. Then he forced himself to frown and change his expression.

After a while, the surprised expression turned into a frown of sorrow - it all seemed a long time to talk about it, but in just three or four seconds, Tracy contributed a wave of Oscar-worthy acting skills!

"Just this one shot! It'll be enough for us to win an award at next year's ceremony!"

Now, on Chen Qi's side, he was enjoying the performance brought by three powerful Sarkaz with Vina, Tallulah and Xi, while Nian was also in charge of supervising the filming.

Tracy's perfect performance this time also made Nian exclaim in amazement - she knew there would be such a scene when Chen Qi explained the play to Tracy and the others, and she did not plan to get this set of shots through in one go.

But now, Tracy's perfect expression control acting skills were beyond Nian's expectations. At this moment, Tallulah, Xi and Vina all looked at Chen Qi with surprised eyes. Tallulah couldn't help asking:

"...How did you discuss the play with Tracy? How did he act so well?"

Obviously, if it weren't for Chen Qi's request, the expressionless Tracys would not be able to make such a rich expression.

However, facing the curious girls, Chen Qi also coughed and said softly:

"I just told Tracys that at this time, he should think that someone informed him that one of the kings who opposed him in the royal court of Kazdel suddenly died... something like that."

"..."X4

"You can use this method to make him perform effectively... If someone from the Sarkaz royal court hears about this and comes to kill you, I won't help you collect your bodies."

Xi also tightened her cheeks to prevent herself from laughing, and pretended to be indifferent to Chen Qi. However, everyone knew that when it came to the critical moment, Xi would definitely not stand idly by - after all, even for Vina who had just joined the group, Chen Qi just said hello to Xi, and Xi did not stop Vina from entering and leaving his painting.

To be honest, Chen Qi just said this to Tracy with the mentality of trying his luck. He didn't expect that Tracy could actually succeed in one go...

"It seems that the Sarkaz Regent is also having a hard time. He looks so happy, but he can only do that if his opponents die."

At this moment, Nian couldn't help but make a joke, and the filming was still going on.

In the camera, Tracy, who had managed to control his emotions, didn't know how many people laughed at his amazing performance. He forced a sad expression and said with all his heart:

“What a tragedy.”

"Tragedy." Manfred and Lord Blood Demon agreed with Tracys almost immediately. After seeing their beloved prime minister's "heartbroken" face, who almost followed the former prime minister to die in the next second, they knew what to do.

“He’s a great man.”

"Great man." X2

"He will be immortal."

"Eternal." X2

The performance of the "two-faced" Tracys conquered countless people at this moment. This can be proved by the fact that at this moment, whether it was the Victoria officials, the Sarkaz, or even the members of the filming crew, they all laughed uncontrollably.

Apart from the three leading actors, there were only three people who didn't laugh. They were the lazy Vina, Xi who thought she was indifferent and heartless, and Ablana who felt her heart was as calm as calm water.

However, the three female heroes were only a little away from bursting out in laughter, and were just pretending to be calm.

The performance of the trio in front of the camera continued. Before his death, the former prime minister expressed his wish to be buried with state rites. This time, faced with the premise of "the dead are the greatest", he immediately changed his expression and readily agreed.

"I'm sure there will be a lot of people who want to give him a funeral."

"Come and pay tribute to a great Prime Minister." The Blood Demon Lord promptly took over Tracy's words, and Tracy immediately agreed. His expression gradually calmed down, but he suddenly continued to speak:

"…and make sure he's really dead."

"puff!"

Finally, after Tracy's last sentence fell, the three female heroes in the two rooms laughed at the same time. However, compared with Yu Xi's reserve, Vina laughed particularly happily this time, and even laughed to tears.

Vina had to say that she knew what this mentality was like... Ever since she knew that it was impossible for her to ascend the throne in a smooth manner, although Victoria had united again, Vina still felt a little alienated about the situation where almost everyone was disloyal.

If someone told Vina that the Grand Duke had suddenly died at this time, Vina would probably laugh even happier than Tresis - she would not even be able to hide her smile and pretend to be sad.

"It seems that my emotions are still a bit volatile. I still need to practice."

However, after laughing, Vina quickly realized her own shortcomings. It is said that the king does not show his emotions on his face, and being able to remain calm in the face of any news is undoubtedly the best solution.

However, Vina did not feel so nervous now. She had bid farewell to a life where she might be urged to go to Londinium for declaration at any time, and she had temporarily bid farewell to her identity as the crown prince. Vina actually felt a strange sense of relief, as if the knife on her neck was much farther away from her.

Of course she knew that she still had a lot of learning to do, but Victoria's current situation would be stable for another twenty to thirty years if nothing unexpected happened... At least during this period of time, the people of Victoria would not need an emperor.

Vina had 20 to 30 years to learn, so she was no longer nervous. At the moment, she had enough time to follow Chen Qi and tap into his wisdom...

"It's just that I can't learn anything just by sitting here, and Director Chen Qi doesn't seem to be planning to teach me?"

"Maybe I'm too arrogant? Or is Director Chen Qi still concerned about my status? Maybe I should start by learning the most basic things in the crew?"

Vina couldn't help but look at Chen Qi beside her. Although it was only her first day in the crew, and Chen Qi told her to adapt to the life in the crew first, Vina always felt that Chen Qi didn't pay enough attention to her... maybe even didn't take her seriously.

No, she has to find a way to make some achievements. Vina thought so in her heart. However, now in Londinium, Vina didn't even dare to meet the Duke of Wellington head-on, for fear that he would stare at her for too long and see something. She and her father were somewhat similar.

Then let's help in the areas where we are good at, to the best of our ability? Vina thought so, but she began to scratch her head about what she was good at... It seems that after so many years in the slums, she only learned how to fight? But the art troupe seemed to have no shortage of fighting ability.

What can I do to help Director Chen Qi? Vina couldn't help but fall into deep thought. For a moment, she had to continue to focus on the big screen and think about her future position in the crew...

Chapter 133: The "Eternal Feud" Between Gaul and Victoria

In the following plot, the state funeral of the former prime minister attracted a large number of foreign envoys to pay their respects. However, in fact, everyone knew that this was just a summit held under the pretext of a funeral, and the envoys of various countries could take this opportunity to talk and reach an agreement on matters that were far more important than attending a funeral.

Officials in Victoria have expressed their agreement with this point. State funerals like this have always been the best opportunity for countries to deal with affairs. There is a reason, and there are no impossible goals. The things discussed are basically meaningful.

It is better to say that most of the things cannot be agreed upon at the so-called "summit", and only times like this are the best opportunities to deal with them.

However, Bernard, played by Manfred, brought bad news: the person who came to Gaul to attend the state funeral was not the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but the Grand Duke of Gaul. Although the rank of the other party's envoy was raised, everyone soon realized that this matter was not simple.

"When Your Majesty visited Gaul three years ago, you gave the Gaul Emperor a tusk. Now that tusk has given birth to pups, the Gaul Emperor wants to give one in return."

"—Oops, this is not going to be good."

However, seeing this scene, the Duke of Wellington and a group of Victorian officials immediately noticed something was wrong. Abrana seemed a little confused and asked the Duke beside her: "Duke of Wellington? Is this a bad thing? Isn't it a diplomatic gesture?"

"If it were in other countries, maybe, but for Victoria, which has the 'Veteran Quarantine Act', Gaul is simply trying to create a diplomatic conflict."

"…The Veterinary Quarantine Act? Does Victoria still have such an act?"

Although Abram studied under the Earl of Warwick with her sister, she was obviously not familiar with every detail of Victoria's bill. The Duke of Wellington was obviously well versed in it, and he immediately explained to Abram:

"This law has been in Victoria for a long time because there have been spies in the past who used pets to transport intelligence and even carry viruses to cause great unrest. So we established this law. Every pet that enters the transit station must be inspected and quarantined for six months."

"And now, the Gaul emperor wants to bring the tusk beast into the country, obviously trying to circumvent the law. The situation we are facing is that if we refuse, it may cause a diplomatic conflict, and Victoria will be the rude party."

"If it passes... this is not feasible. This would trample on our own laws in Victoria and also bring shame to His Majesty the Emperor. So this matter is very difficult to handle."

"But there is no doubt that Gaul did this to make us give in on railway jurisdiction. Otherwise, we might risk causing a diplomatic conflict."

Duke Wellington said so, and Abrana did not expect that the seemingly simple fang-sending beast actually contained so many mysteries and traps...

As expected, on the screen, Lord Blood Demon and Manfred's analysis was exactly the same as that of the Duke of Wellington, and the Foreign Minister was helpless in his attempts to find a workaround.

"We have tried everything. We proposed changing it to a portrait, bronze statue, or porcelain statue of the tusk beast, but all of them were rejected."

"Can't we ask someone to make a specimen of the toothed beast?" Tracy was so anxious that he was almost at a loss, but it was obvious that no one would take such a suggestion seriously.

The Secretary of the Interior Ministry also said that there was no way out. The bill did not make any concessions to Victoria or any foreigner, not even to His Majesty the Emperor. And the Emperor could not make an exception for himself alone, as this would severely damage his prestige.

On the other hand, facing the incoming Gallic ambassador, the anxious Tresis also quickly worked his brain and immediately issued several orders:

"Go back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask them to discuss this with the Ministry of the Interior. They must find a workaround!"

"You all need to keep in touch with Bernard - Bernard, you contact the palace."

"Humphrey, can you please go to the Legal Department and coordinate everything?"

"We will set up a communication station in the cabinet!" Lord Blood Demon and others immediately took action. At this moment, Victoria's civil service system, with internal unity and external support, showed unprecedented super-high efficiency, which was a rare positive performance for the operation of this system.

"I didn't expect that Victoria's civil service system is actually quite useful." This scene also surprised Vina beside Chen Qi. She had not personally experienced how this civil service system worked. Most of what she had seen about Victoria's system performance was from "Yes, Prime Minister".

In "Yes, Prime Minister", Vina saw a civil service system that was corrupt, factional, inefficient and full of internal strife. Now, this abnormally rapid operation is really surprising.

However, Vina also saw a deeper meaning in this - it might not be that the Victorian civil service system was inefficient, but that there were too many voices within it, leading to mutual constraints, making it appear very inefficient.

And if a civil service system has only one voice, the efficiency will be faster, but it may not be far from overthrowing power... Vina has vaguely begun to feel that maintaining and operating the civil service system is not a simple matter.

Back to the filming, the actor who played the Gallic ambassador this time was a lieutenant colonel named "Leto" from Londinium. He was originally a Gaul survivor. This time, when Chen Qi invited him to play the Gallic ambassador and said that his performance would determine the reputation of Gaul in the past, the lieutenant colonel came resolutely.

Lieutenant Colonel Leto had a strong aura, and this time he was not afraid at all when facing Tracy and the others. Compared with Tracy, who had restrained his aura at the moment, he, the lieutenant colonel, was actually more powerful.

This conversation was full of dangers and traps. Lieutenant Colonel Leto proposed a face-to-face meeting between the Grand Duke of Gaul and Prime Minister Victoria at the beginning. Theresis had no way to refuse and was at a disadvantage, so he had to give in.

The second thing that Lieutenant Colonel Leto proposed was that the Gallic military should escort the delegation to this meeting.

"Don't you trust Victoria Police?"

"——Our government makes no comment on Victoria Police."

Although there was no answer, it seemed as if everything had been answered. Even the Victorians could not refute this, because they knew better than the Gauls how idle the Victorian police were.

Fortunately, the Blood Demon Lord who was responsible for staying behind to maintain order answered this question in time. By then, envoys from almost all countries on the Terra continent would come. If each country brought its own guard team, it would obviously bring more trouble.

However, Lieutenant Colonel Leto was not discouraged by the failure of this proposal, as he still had one last trick up his sleeve!

"His Majesty the Emperor has specially asked the Archduke to deliver a small gift to Emperor Victoria."

"A little tusk beast, its name is 'Little Casserole'."

"puff."

However, when Lieutenant Colonel Leto said the name seriously, Abrana couldn't help laughing - because in Gaulish, this name means "little baby" in a pet name, but in Victorian, this pronunciation means "prostitute".