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

It has to be said that the Gallic ambassador really wanted to disgust Victoria in every way, and he didn't want to be outdone even in the name of the tooth beast.

This time, just as Tresis was about to insist on the implementation of the quarantine bill on the grounds of "national laws", Lieutenant Colonel Leto took the initiative to speak and said:

"Surely the law is to protect against diseased animals?"

"Are you suggesting that the Emperor of Gaul will present a sick-toothed beast to the Emperor Victoria?"

However, when Lieutenant Colonel Leto said this, almost all Victorian officials, even the Duke of Wellington himself, felt cold sweats coming out. They had begun to involuntarily immerse themselves in the plot. If they were faced with this situation, it seemed that they would be really powerless.

"If it was His Majesty, it might be easier to say, but the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Queen of our country is determined to send it, and she has already made up her mind."

"If the Emperor Victoria were to refuse to accept the gift he himself presented to our Majesty, it would not only be considered as a disgrace to the state, but would also be an offense to our Majesty and Her Majesty the Queen."

Lieutenant Colonel Leto's words were very clear. Now, Victoria could not accept it, nor could she not accept it. Faced with such a dilemma, Tracys finally chose to speak after a long silence:

"Your Excellency, you should persuade your Archduke not to bring that 'bitch' with him."

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

Tracy's sudden words destroyed the originally tense atmosphere. Not only did the people of Victoria who understood the pun burst into laughter, but even Nian and Xi were amused by the pun.

Although they don’t understand Victorian language very well, they are “years old” and have their own translator in their heads. Even without this feature, they understand the Victorian word “bitch”!

"Filthy, vulgar language."

After Xi laughed enough, her little face flushed red, and she couldn't help but pat Chen Qi's shoulder with her tail, as if she was blaming Chen Qi in this way for using such a vulgar pun, and then thinking herself noble, she still laughed so happily.

Doesn't this make her not "elegant" at all? However, after Xi did this, she couldn't help but cast her eyes on Chen Qi beside her, only to find that at this moment, Tallulah and Chen Qi were both laughing together. Tallulah threw herself on Chen Qi's thighs, laughing so hard that her whole body twitched, and she kept hitting Chen Qi's body with her little fists and tail.

Chen Qi patted Tallulah's back with a smile on his face, telling her not to laugh so hard that she choked, and let Tallulah bury her whole body in his thighs.

When Xi saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart, but then he felt a little empty.

She subconsciously shifted her gaze to the young man supervising in front of her, but after a moment she looked away.

…Forget it, let her throw herself into Nian's arms, she would rather find a rope to hang herself on. She is not someone who is afraid of loneliness, so she is not that fragile.

It's just... she is a little envious. She also hopes that someone she cares about the most can also care about her the most...

It's a pity that such an opportunity is hard to find in the world. If I had met him decades earlier, maybe we could be best friends now, working together for the same ideal? Maybe in this way, I wouldn't be alone.

Chapter 134: Does Manfred also have a chance to win the Best Performance Award?

"I have to admire Director Chen Qi's understanding and use of Victorian language. Many of the sentences in Yes, Prime Minister are so well-written that even a native Victorian may not be as proficient in the language as Director Chen Qi, right?"

The Duke of Wellington had to admire Chen Qi's language ability. You have to know that in his and others' eyes, Chen Qi was writing scripts that the Victorians would find familiar as a Yan countryman, and the obstacles and difficulties that needed to be overcome were very great.

It takes a long time to learn a language, and it is even more difficult to be "proficient" in a language. Most people dare not say that they are proficient in their own language, but Chen Qi's current scripts have repeatedly demonstrated the essence of Victorian language.

The Duke of Wellington has not forgotten that the speech of Frederick III in "Darkest Hour" was written entirely by Chen Qi alone based on the script. As someone who has experienced that era, the Duke of Wellington knows very well that it is not the case at all.

It was indeed Frederick III's insistence on fighting against Gaul, and the parliament was indeed in chaos at the time, but it was not to the extent of disobeying the emperor's orders - after all, at that time, Victoria was not a constitutional monarchy like today, but a serious monarchy.

Chen Qi made up such a long story based on that period of history. The content of his speech "Darkest Hour" was so inspiring and powerful that many Victorians even believed that such a story really existed in history.

"After all, that's Director Chen Qi."

Abrana, who was standing by, couldn't help but sigh like this. Her words were full of emotion as she spoke about this man whom she had tried to get many times but failed to get, and who now even she was almost not qualified to contact.

How come she didn't meet such a good man first? He was picked up by a little girl named Vaifan (Tallulah) who appeared out of nowhere. Because of this man, everyone around him became famous.

Back to the filming site, the camera now shifts to the Prime Minister's home. A shapeshifter from one of the shapeshifter clusters transforms into Tracy's wife in the play and talks to Tracy about the summit held on the pretext of the funeral.

"During Bolivar's state funeral, Gaul, Letania and I (Victoria's representative) were so busy discussing import and export quotas that we even forgot to go to church."

"Is there no one here to pay tribute to an old friend?" The wife was also a little helpless. She felt a little uncomfortable with the fact that no one cared about the deceased while discussing official business under the pretext of a funeral. She asked the question that expressed what most civilians were thinking.

"Friends? If we only invite his friends, we won't be able to fill up a small chapel."

However, Tracy told the truth as if nothing had happened. But before everyone could laugh, Tracy immediately said the "famous saying through the ages":

"His death has contributed more to the world than his entire life."

Tracy doesn't know yet that this line of his will be passed down through the ages and will become a well-known comment by countless people about their superiors or even leaders who are dissatisfied with them. With this one sentence, all the other party's merits and achievements can be summarized as "nothing accomplished."

When talking about the details of the funeral and what to do if the official business cannot be completed in three days, Tracy only said lightly:

"Then we can only hope that some other big shot dies soon."

"What a sharp and irrefutable statement... To what extent has Director Chen Qi understood our civil service system..."

"I really have to wonder if he is an old monster who has lived forever like Lord Blood Demon. Otherwise, how could he understand so many hidden rules at his age? Besides, we have no one to give him references and leak these inside information."

Although he had expressed his feelings many times, every time Chen Qi made these internal rules public, he felt quite scared... because these topics could be said to be open to the public, but there were some deeper ones, such as the topics about "origin stone industry" and "reasonable salary increase" in the first season, which frightened the Duke of Wellington the most.

Especially since this episode is about diplomacy, and the next episode will be about "finance", which he is particularly concerned about. Although he plans to send it to Casimir to stab their dear friendly country in the back, the Duke of Wellington is also afraid that the knife will stab himself...

There was no choice but to continue watching patiently, and after a short ten-minute break, the filming started smoothly again.

The first set of shots that were just restarted was extremely difficult. Bernard, played by Manfred, was busy and overwhelmed at the moment. Several landline phones kept ringing in front of him, but he still looked orderly and calm in dealing with everything.

"Yes, I talked to the Department of the Interior, and they said there was no reason to ask Congress to pass a special law for this tusker."

“I know that the Franchise Act allows for anything to be franchised, but the prime minister feels that this franchise will only cost him the next general election.”

Having just dealt with this news, the secretary of the Ministry of the Interior who had met with Manfred before answered the phone and asked, "Berna, can you consider turning the entire palace into a quarantine area for fang beasts?"

"Are you serious?"

"It's just an idea." The busy secretary of the Ministry of the Interior obviously didn't know how unreliable his plan was. But before the Victoria officials frowned, Bernard didn't get angry. He just asked calmly:

"What about the Emperor's fang beast?"

A simple sentence made the other party get out of the misunderstanding. Manfred's working ability was undoubtedly demonstrated at this moment. After instructing the other party to contact the palace to ensure that no matter what decision was made on this matter, the emperor would not be implicated, he answered another call.

"Yes, we need interpreters - no, not when meeting with Victorian leaders."

"Yes, Victorian can include Rembit (a region that was once a colony and developed by many countries, with a complex language division, many Victorians, but most of them have a strong accent) to show our generosity. Sorry, I have to hang up now!"

Before everyone could recover from the last joke insulting Rem Billiton, Manfred immediately picked up another phone and said quickly:

"Yes, the aircraft of the leaders of the ten nations arrived today, and the Secret Service is going crazy! So is the Royal Band, they need to play all the national anthems!"

"Oh, I see. Thank you." Manfred's expression eased a little. After hanging up the phone, he said with a sigh of relief, "Iberia is not coming. I'm lucky."

"Because of the 'April Fool' incident' (the loss of contact with the April Fool, a precursor to the beginning of the Great Silence)?" the Foreign Minister couldn't help but ask.

"No, it's because their national anthem is seven minutes long." Manfred once again made fun of a country, and once again, before everyone had finished laughing, he grabbed another phone and said:

"I know you're worried about the Fang Beast. So am I! Talk to our ambassador in Gaul and see if he can find a way to destroy it."

"You know, some medicine or something."

"Ask the Leitanians if they have any 'high-concentration specialty drinks'."

"Bernard, there is another way!" At this moment, the Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke to Manfred again: "Merge the Royal Palace into the Gallic Embassy, ​​and the Fang Beast will not be counted as entering the country!"

"Peter, the Prime Minister is desperately fighting for the sovereignty of the railway. What will he think about giving up the palace? What do you think the royal family will think?"

Compared with the other two colleagues who were already busy to the point of being dizzy, Manfred showed a strong working ability at this moment. Although he was busier than the other two, he had not yet given up thinking.

This also made many Victorian officials who had previously looked down on "Bernar" played by Manfred because of his "daily resignation tips" start to look at him with new eyes, and many people realized the reliability of this private secretary.

"What a promising future." The Duke of Wellington could not help but sigh. Considering that Bernard on TV had been saved by Tracys no matter how many times he got into trouble before, and that he was a trusted confidant, and his current capable performance, he was sure that a character like Bernard could go further in officialdom in the future.

He might even go further than the "Humphrey" inside... The Duke of Wellington came to such a conclusion in his heart, and Manfred's solo show was not over yet.

"No, we can't seat people in alphabetical order in the auditorium, otherwise our representatives will be right next to the Ursus representatives."

"Gaul will also be next to Casimir, and we will cause a world war!"

"I know Bolivar will be far away alone like this, but Bolivar is useless. Bolivar can't play a role in anything!"

"By the way, tell everyone that if the papal legate says 'I need to wash my hands', it means he needs to go to the toilet. Yes, 'I need to wash my hands' is a respectful title, and the toilet is the 'royal toilet' (straight flush, a pun)."

Manfred, who had just hung up the phone, did not forget to shout to his colleagues: "Remember to watch out for Representative Xiosta!"

“Is it a question of sovereignty?”

"No, their mayor is here to sell tickets for their Maundy Carousel."

The scene lasted only a few minutes and could be said to be shot in one take. Manfred did not slack off in the face of the long lines, and he had completely integrated into the role of "Bernar". It can be said that he can enter the state of "Prime Minister's Private Secretary" at any time, as if he had created a new personality for himself.

In Chen Qi's opinion, this situation is due to being too immersed in the role. Although Lord Blood Demon and Tracys have this phenomenon to some extent, Manfred is the first one who is so serious and reaches this level in order to play the role well.

"Now, for our Best Performance Award for "Yes, Prime Minister", next time we may have to nominate all three of them together to compete."

Chen Qi watched this scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. To be honest, among all the actors he had found to suit the roles so far, only these three Sarkaz were truly "dedicated".

As for who among the three will win the award at next year's Victoria Film Festival... Chen Qi couldn't say for sure, but Chen Qi felt that giving the award to any one of the three would prove the value of the award.

Chapter 135: Tracy's entrustment? The method to cure Theresa?

The filming has come to a temporary halt. Chen Qi will shoot the fourth episode with Tracy and others tomorrow. Chen Qi and Tallulah have been invited by Tracy to attend a dinner party.

However, this time at the dinner, Chen Qi met an unexpected figure—Theresa.

This was the first time that Chen Qi saw Tracy bring Theresa to such a public place for everyone to meet her. No, rather, Tracy brought Theresa out this time specifically to formally introduce his now "living dead" sister to Chen Qi and others as the regent of the Sarkaz and an elder brother.

"This is my sister, the only recognized king of the Sarkaz clan, my sister, Theresa."

"Of course, this is not the first time Director Chen Qi has met my sister, but I think this time I should let you formally meet her... and as for my sister's current situation, I wonder if Director Chen Qi has noticed it."

To this dinner, Tracy did not bring any Sarkaz except Theresa, which was enough to prove that he now really took the "friendship" between Sarkaz and Chen Qi seriously.

Also, Tracy planned to formally introduce Theresa to Chen Qi at this time. On the one hand, he felt that Theresa's soul condition was now steadily improving. All the previous performances proved that Theresa's soul was returning. Although the progress was slow, it was indeed recovering slowly.

On the other hand... since Theresa is recovering, Theresis can use the method of "binding" Chen Qi and the Sarkaz clan.

Theresis felt that if they waited until Theresia's soul was fully recovered, or mostly recovered, even with the help of people in the royal court who were proficient in "soul", the progress would be very slow. It would be better to explain things to Chen Qi quickly and see the reactions of Chen Qi and Tallulah first.

It didn't matter even if they parted on bad terms this time, the important thing was that he wanted Chen Qi and the people around him to know about his sister's existence - for some things, once you get used to them, the disgust you feel can be eliminated.

In this regard, Tracy has great confidence in his sister's friendliness. Even in this state, she can definitely get along well with Chen Qi and everyone in the crew.

In this way, many of Tracy's future plans will be much more convenient.

"Director Chen Qi, you have had contact with my sister before. You should be able to see that although my sister can answer questions fluently and seems to be no different from an ordinary person, in fact, her soul is still missing."

"She...died once before, but now the self-willed pardoner beside me has resurrected her body using a method. Now she is nothing more than a living dead."

When Theresis said this, there was still some anger in his tone. However, at this moment, Tallulah beside Chen Qi was also looking at Theresia with empty eyes with curiosity. This was also the first time she saw her.

The last time Tallulah and Chen Qi left Londinium, Tracy had talked about wanting to hand over her sister to Chen Qi, which made Tallulah almost rush forward in anger.

Because at that time, Tallulah felt that Tracy, the sister of the Sarkaz Regent, must not be a good person. Especially someone who could make Tracy, who was so resourceful, willing to be the regent must be quite evil.

However, now, when Tallulah saw Theresa for the first time, she found that she was not what she had imagined... those ethereal eyes, a face that was more dignified than most Sarkaz women, and... that gentle aura that was not like that of a Sarkaz.

There were originally quite a few Sarkaz in Talulah's Integration Movement, but later Chen Qi joined and the Integration Movement had to transform. The leading Sarkaz could not accept Chen Qi's ideas, so they broke away and worked on their own. However, it cannot be said that Talulah discriminated against the Sarkaz, she just felt that this tribe did give people some stereotypes.

Warlike and cruel, they are quite capable in combat both alone and in groups, but they are also very dangerous.

However, although Tallulah could sense a strange sense of danger from Theresa, it was more of a gentle aura that was different from that of other Sarkaz.

However, when Theresa's eyes slowly turned to her, Tallulah inexplicably did not dare to look directly at her.

Theresa's eyes seemed to be able to see through everything about you at a glance, yet they also seemed to infinitely tolerate everything about you. Tallulah couldn't stand this kind of look, as if she had no secrets at all.

However, Tallulah didn't know that Theresa's eyes were not looking at her, but at Chen Qi... Theresa's pupils became clear for a moment, and the gaze she gave Chen Qi was filled with joy, gratitude, and a little bit of playfulness.

"What do you think, Director Chen Qi? Even Brother Wang couldn't see through my disguise~" Theresa seemed to be saying this to Chen Qi with her eyes.

Chen Qi also had a toothache. Tracy obviously didn't know that his sister had been fully resurrected. Chen Qi felt embarrassed for Tracy when he said so seriously that his sister was still a "living dead".

However, Theresa wanted to continue to conceal her intention, so Chen Qi couldn't open his mouth to expose her. And Theresa noticed Chen Qi's slightly strange expression and felt Chen Qi's obvious emotional fluctuations, and immediately felt that there was a play.

After all, Tracy knew from the Absolver that Chen Qi had met Theresa more than once before. From this point of view, Tracy dared to conclude that Chen Qi was "interested" in Theresa, otherwise he would not dare to do this.

Therefore, Tracys continued to pursue his victory and said, "I brought my sister here this time not to seek help from Director Chen Qi."

"I know that if I ask Director Chen Qi to borrow your reputation to find a divine tool that can repair the soul, even if you are not sure about doing it, you will choose to agree because of your friendship with our Sarkaz clan."

"But I only have one small request now, it's about my sister, I hope you can agree to it."

As Tracy said this, Tallulah's eyes suddenly became sharp - Chen Qi suddenly felt like a dragon's tail was wrapped around his thigh, which was a manifestation of Tallulah's lack of security.

Tallulah's undisguised food-protecting behavior also caught Tracy's attention. However, Tracy didn't take Tallulah seriously at all. Instead, he looked straight at Chen Qi with his eyes, hoping that he could respond to him.

"…Tracy, you know that for the sake of our friendship, I will not refuse your request, but you have to tell me what you want to do first."

Chen Qi also had a toothache. When he said this, he felt that Tallulah beside him was pinching his waist, but Chen Qi continued:

"My decision is responsible for everyone in the crew, so I still have to listen to the details of your request first."