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

"Yes." XN

As soon as the Duke of Wellington gave the order, many spies who were about to go to Casimir and other countries were ready. They took out booklets and their own video recorders, ready to start filming a new episode at any time. After recording all the content, they would go to Casimir to release it as soon as possible.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, filming started again at Chen Qi's command. After a period of rest, the filming of the new episode officially began.

This time, the opening of the fourth episode has nothing to do with the "finance" that the Duke of Wellington and others expected, but is a party conference within Victoria. What worries Tracy is that there seems to be no political achievements worth showing off in his work report at the party conference.

What made Tracy anxious was that the media also criticized him a lot at this time.

"Everyone says that nothing has changed since I took office."

"You must be very proud, right?" Manfred said so without thinking too much. After all, being able to maintain stability during his tenure is actually a great achievement for a politician.

It is better to do nothing than to have something done, and stable development is the first priority. However, no matter how you think about Manfred's words, they don't sound like a compliment, but rather like a sarcastic remark about Tracy's incompetence.

"That's not a compliment to me, Bernard." And Tracys was obviously used to his personal secretary's personality and temper, and was not likely to be annoyed by the little "daily resignation tips", so he said:

"I read all ten Victoria morning papers, and nine of them didn't say a good word about me."

"There was another one that was even more outrageous, and it didn't mention me at all."

As for those news reports criticizing him as a mere figurehead with no political achievements, Tracy naturally does not think so. Throughout his performance, even from a third-person perspective, Tracy does not think that the "Huck" he plays is an incompetent person.

If Tracy were to evaluate, "Huck" is more like a mediocre person. Although he is a little mediocre, he is very malleable. He can accept opinions, distinguish right from wrong, and he really knows how to leave professional matters to professionals. He is also occasionally quick-witted. When it comes to dealing with emergencies, his ability may be better than that of Humphrey, played by the Blood Demon Lord.

At most, the position of "Prime Minister" is a little bit of a stretch, but to say he is incompetent would be an exaggeration.

"You are lying with your eyes open. Various reforms are in the works, and the general policy is completely different now."

"A new development concept has been established, the governing philosophy has been continuously sublimated, and the social structure has made great progress! The country's geopolitical outlook has also been renewed!"

"...So what achievements have you made?" Facing Tracy's boasting, Manfred seemed much simpler and more direct. However, facing this soul-searching question, Tracy's expression was visibly embarrassed, and he said awkwardly:

"Not yet."

Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last too long. After hearing the news brought by the Blood Demon Lord, Manfred analyzed why there were so many news criticizing the Prime Minister overnight.

"These criticisms probably stem from the rumored scandals in the City of Finance."

When they heard about the scandal in the "Financial City", all those who had been waiting for this news sat up straight, planning to record all the relevant contents.

During the filming, because the party conference was about to be held, Tracy decided to arrange for someone to intervene in the scandal in the City of Finance. If he wanted to solve this problem, he would have a political achievement to announce.

However, the Blood Demon Lord did not agree with Tracy's behavior of catering to the media.

"With all due respect, Prime Minister, the important thing to remember about the media is that they cater only to the prejudices of their readers."

"I don't need you to teach me about the media. I am much more familiar with newspaper readers than you are." In the setting, Tracy, who is a media person and a politician, obviously knows more about the media and readers than the Blood Demon Lord.

So, he then published a series of sharp reviews of some of Victoria's most familiar newspapers and periodicals that would be passed down through the ages:

"The readers of the Mirror (which caters to the working class and is critical of the ruling class) are the people who think they are running the country."

"[The Guardian] is read by people who think they should run the country."

“The readers of [Lentinium] (which speaks for the ruling class and the government) are the people who actually run the country.”

"The readers of the [Daily Mail] (which is aimed at women and the middle class) are the wives of the people who run the country."

"[The] readers of the business-oriented Financial Times are the ones who have bought 'a share of the country'."

"The readers of the [Morning Star] (which is Labour-oriented and once pro-Ursus or Gaul) are those who want to hand the country over to someone else to run it."

"And the readers of the [Daily Telegraph] (which leans conservative) are people who think we are being governed by another country."

In one breath, Tracy summarized the contents of the seven newspapers in Londinium in the most concise and even branded way. It can be said that Tracy's words are very simple and easy to understand. Even people who have not read much can understand the contents of several newspapers from this conversation.

However, this conversation not only made a large number of Victoria officials laugh, but even the Blood Demon Lord who was acting had a rare smile on his face. However, he still controlled his smile and asked curiously:

"Prime Minister, what about the readers of the [Red Wine News]?"

This time, it was Manfred who took over the topic from Lord Blood Demon. He said in an extremely calm and matter-of-fact tone:

"Readers of [Red Wine News] don't care who governs the country, as long as the news is explosive and the person on the cover is attractive."

“Hahahahahaha!”

Manfred's last sentence dealt the final blow to everyone. Fortunately, the next set of shots would begin after this segment was over, so it didn't matter if everyone laughed. However, there was no doubt that most of the newspapers in Londinium would not want this segment to be broadcast based on the remarks made by the three people just now.

"However, it's good to broadcast it. It's a good opportunity to criticize these lawless newspapers. Now is the time when Victoria needs to unite as one, and they have to do something positive to unite them."

After laughing enough, the Duke of Wellington wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. However, even though he couldn't stop laughing, he still did not forget to write down the characteristics of these newspapers summarized in the script - this would be useful in the future.

In this way, they could target the characteristics of these newspapers and influence the tendency of the opinions published by these newspapers. Especially in this extraordinary period, Victorians of all classes needed to unite, and these newspapers were the best way to spread information.

This time, it wasn't just Victoria's people watching the filming. Christen was also watching the filming in Chen Qi's crew. When Chen Qi's script summarized the characteristics of the newspaper, she also recorded them one by one.

"Coincidentally, these newspapers also have branches in Columbia. If we can collect this information, it will also be beneficial to the promotion of Rhine Life."

Of course, there is a deeper level. That is, Christen plans to use this information to negotiate with the newspapers in the Columbia branch, so that in the future, when Chen Qi and she go to Colombia to shoot "To the Moon", these newspapers can do some publicity for themselves.

By then, the greater the publicity, the greater the chance that Saria will be able to see "To the Moon", and Christen will certainly not miss this opportunity.

Christen also came to visit the filming with a "learning" mentality this time. She had naturally heard of the reputation of "Yes, Prime Minister". Now that it was both a newspaper and a financial company, every piece of news here was knowledge that the current general manager of Rhine Life needed to learn.

Although Kristen is well versed in this, who wouldn't want to learn from the essence and summary condensed by the world-renowned director Chen Qi?

"In terms of media recognition, I must admit that I am not as skilled as others, Director Chen Qi. But when it comes to financial knowledge... I'm afraid you don't have such a high talent that I would be surprised."

Christen is very confident in her talent in the financial industry. She believes that no matter how knowledgeable Chen Qi is in politics and the media, he will never understand finance better than her.

Chapter 138: "Yes, Prime Minister" reveals the secrets of the financial world?

The "City of London Scandal" in the play also slowly surfaced. However, when Humphrey, played by Lord Blood Demon, and Sir Desmond of Bartlett Bank learned about the situation, they discovered that the problems were even more serious than what the media had revealed.

"Isn't it just a matter of an investment bank investing in the wrong place?" asked the Blood Demon Lord.

"This is just the tip of the iceberg." Sir Desmond also spoke the shocking truth in a calm tone, and then added: "They broke the rules."

"-Is this the unspoken rule of insider trading?" The Blood Demon Lord obviously knew some inside information. Having been a civil servant for so many years and having dealt with various mistakes, the Blood Demon Lord obviously had experience in these matters.

But unexpectedly, Sir Desmond shook his head upon hearing this, and said in a calm tone that did not match the seriousness of the situation at the moment:

"Of course this is the first thing to be punished, but they also broke the basic rules of the financial city."

"...I didn't even know they had rules." At this moment, the Blood Demon Lord inadvertently expressed the doubts in everyone's mind. Of course, what the Blood Demon Lord expressed was not just that he didn't know, but more of a sigh for those lawless bankers and capitalists in the financial city.

Apparently, similar things have happened in the City of Finance more than once. But now, the Victorian officials, the Duke of Wellington, Abramana, and even Christen, who were the audience, were staring at the screen in bewilderment.

Because what is mentioned in the drama, whether it is the "unspoken rules of insider trading" or the "basic rules of the financial city"...what the hell are these things?

Not to mention the civil servants in Victoria, even Christen, who founded Rhine Life in Columbia and has been focusing on finance and the development and expansion of Rhine Life in recent years except for scientific research, has no idea what these words mean.

In other words, Kristen actually understood, but the financial world of Terra has not yet followed this as an "unspoken rule". The financial world is still in the exploratory stage, and the word finance is still a new word for Terra.

"Just one." Fortunately, before everyone was confused for too long, Sir Desmond explained calmly:

"If you have poor ability, you have to be honest; if you want to play tricks, you have to be smart."

He then enthusiastically explained why he did this, continuing: "If you are honest and make mistakes, people will help you."

"Are you playing tricks?" Lord Blood Demon asked curiously, and Sir Desmond replied as a matter of course:

"If there's profit to be made, no one will ask. They're not stupid, at least not that stupid."

Blood Demon Lord: "...So the ideal company must be both honest and smart?"

"Yes, if you come across it, please tell me."

In a few words, the two explained the rules of finance. However, Sir Desmond's words just now clearly explained that in the financial circle today, it is impossible for someone to be both "honest" and "smart".

In other words, if you make money honestly according to the rules, pay taxes, do not embezzle capital, and do not bribe officials, it is basically impossible for you to make a lot of money; but if you are smart and have the ability to make a lot of money with everyone, it is impossible for you not to use the means mentioned above.

That's why Sir Desmond said that if you come across an "honest and intelligent company", please tell him, because such a company simply cannot exist, and he knows it very well.

However, now, many Victoria officials and Christen himself sat up straight, and each of them gradually realized how important the message revealed in this plot was to them.

"Now, most of the financial industry in Terra is still in the process of exploration. Casimir and Columbia are still in the initial stage, but the financial circle in Victoria has already summed up a set of proficient rules?"

Christen almost immediately noticed the value of the knowledge in "Yes, Prime Minister". If Rhine Life could learn from the rules of Victoria's financial circle, perhaps it could avoid many detours on its way to Colombia!

At this moment, Christen had forgotten her initial thought that Chen Qi's understanding of the financial world could not surpass hers. She had even completely entered a state of learning, just like the thirst for knowledge she had when she was studying at Columbia University.

However, after that, Sir Desmond revealed more inside information to the Bloodlord, regarding a series of scandals involving the Berenden Bank, which his bank was investing in.

"Didn't the bank directors withdraw the capital to their own companies?" The Blood Demon Lord couldn't help but ask. This problem can be summarized as "unauthorized misappropriation of capital", which is a very big problem.

However, Sir Desmond replied calmly: "Maybe he will come back."

"But not yet." Lord Blood Demon continued to ask, but Sir Desmond still brushed it off and said, "Not yet."

Seeing that the other party had brushed off the question, the Blood Demon Lord showed an interested expression and continued to ask, "What about tax evasion?"

"...They have their own way of interpreting Treasury regulations - someone has to interpret them, right?"

To put it bluntly, "explanation" is to exploit loopholes. Using reasonable methods to exploit legal loopholes is still tax evasion.

"What about the explanation from the Ministry of Finance?" asked Lord Blood Demon, and Sir Desmond's explanation was just a simple one, but with a strange and matter-of-fact tone: "It doesn't seem to work, does it?"

"Has the capital been transferred to small country companies like RemBitco and Bolivar?" The Blood Demon Lord inquired about the transfer of these tax evasion funds, and Sir Desmond generously admitted it.

After another calm explanation, the Blood Demon Lord knew that the tax evasion problem could not be solved again, so he continued to ask the third question: "What about bribery?"

This time, the explanation was much easier. Sir Desmond gave a direct explanation: "Foreign government officials took kickbacks privately."

"It's bribery." "Yes."

The conversation, which lasted less than two minutes, revealed three huge problems in the financial world: misappropriation of capital, tax evasion, and bribery. Any of the charges is enough to put a person in jail for life, because financial crimes are serious crimes, and often a conviction for one will have a chain reaction, involving other things.

However, the two people in the filming revealed so many serious problems in a calm manner. It is conceivable that the things involved must have been done by veterans in the financial industry.

“…record this entire segment, paying attention to clarity and sound quality.”

During the filming, the Duke of Wellington was silent for a while, then quickly ordered the spies he was about to send to Casimir to spread the previous video.

However, the spies started recording one by one before he gave the order. Obviously, all of them could understand how huge the impact of these financial scandals would be on Casimir, whose military expenses were almost all paid by the Merchants Union.

Because the unspoken rules of Casimir's Chamber of Commerce are not public, although every senior official knows that Casimir's Chamber of Commerce and the National Council are colluding with each other, most of the people in Casimir do not know about this.

The people of Casimir don't know that the National Council, the highest judicial body in their country, and the Chamber of Commerce are in the same boat. Which of the above-mentioned misappropriation of capital, tax evasion and bribery has the Chamber of Commerce not used against the National Council? When has the National Council ever dealt with these matters publicly?

But now, they seem to have found a way to break through this window paper. They can transmit these videos to various mobile cities in Casimir, and then guide the people and media of Casimir to the Chamber of Commerce and the National Council.

What? How to guide? Isn't it very simple? You don't even need to mention the Chamber of Commerce and the National Council. You just need to title the video "Deja Vu" or something like that and then play this clip alone.

At that time, the public and the media will naturally think in the direction that they are familiar with and really seem to have seen it before. At that time, they will not mention a word, but everyone will know who they are talking about.

Now they are all using this method, which is effective and can also minimize their suspicion of being "spies", because it is the Casimirs who will eventually cause a huge riot, not them. At most, they are just "instigators".

"Now, Casimir...it will be hard to keep things from getting chaotic."

The Duke of Wellington couldn't help but think so in his heart. He had to admit that although the birth of the Commercial Federation seemed to have caused internal discord among Casimir's knights, the Commercial Federation actually brought many benefits to Casimir.

Firstly, the knightly competitions organized by the Commercial Federation broke the class structure of knights. Although this caused the so-called knight title to become worthless, it actually led to more people in Casimir starting to practice martial arts.

Although there are huge differences between these competitive knights and combat knights, and the companies behind them will not let them go to the battlefield despite their high salaries, there are still some good players worth mentioning.

Moreover, this will encourage the entire nation to practice martial arts. If the residents of Casimir really face a patriotic war like the one in Victoria this time, will their fighting power explode even more fiercely?

The OSC and the Chamber of Commerce have never been on good terms, but they are troubled by the collusion between the Chamber of Commerce and the National Council. They cannot use force against their own country as that would be treason, so they can only use the exposed loopholes to attack the Chamber of Commerce.

"Well, this will be enough to keep them in chaos for a while. If the reputation and credibility of those people in the Business Federation collapse, and the crimes they have been suppressing all the time suddenly burst out, it will be interesting."

At this moment, the plot in the filming seemed to cater to the Duke of Wellington's ideas. Lord Blood Demon and Sir Desmond talked about the Prime Minister's appointment of a "Chairman of the Central Bank" to deal with the scandal in the City of Finance, and the Prime Minister recommended an overly honest man, Alexander Jameson.

"He is not only honest himself, but that's okay, I have a few honest friends too, after all, they don't have the brains to play tricks..."

"But Jameson doesn't allow others to be dishonest. That's the end of it. That's not how it works."

Sir Desmond was extremely worried that if the matter was handed over to someone as honest as Jameson to investigate, the matter would be investigated until the truth was revealed. By then, too many problems would erupt, and the situation that could have been quietly dealt with would become completely out of control.

"Once Jameson starts following the clues, other problems will be exposed."

"Financial earthquake, credit collapse, currency crisis, Victorian gold coins will plummet..."

"You have to make the Prime Minister understand that there can be no loss of credit. The City of Finance brings in 6 billion dollars a year to the country. You can't risk all that money to track down a few guys who are doing favors for their friends without telling the taxpayers, right?"

During the filming, Sir Desmond listed these possibilities one by one. However, the more he listened, the more satisfied the Duke of Wellington felt with these consequences.

"Let Casimir's Supervisory Committee worry about these things. When the time comes, let them make their own decision. Should they cut off the cancer they planted and seriously damage their vitality, or let the public opinion ferment without responding?"

It doesn't matter. No matter which option is chosen, Victoria's goal is achieved. The Duke of Wellington is very happy. He believes that the people of Victoria will also be happy to see those unpleasant Casimirs in trouble for a while.

Chapter 139: Chen Qi becomes the rule maker of Terra's financial circle?