Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 217 04.0216: ‘The filming of the 40K version of “Yes, Minister” has begun! ’

"As you gentlemen can see, someone has already started to spread rumors and slander against us. This is a sample newspaper that I just led a team to seize from the seized illegal printing factory. Once these newspapers are spread on the market, the consequences will be disastrous.

And I can’t guarantee that only the illegal printing factory we seized is printing these contents. "

Horatio euphemistically suggests that 'if there is one, there must be another'.

Sir Humphrey breathed a sigh of relief, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and continued to dab the sweat on his forehead decently.

"Your Excellency," he called.

"What...what happened?" The shocked Minister Hank straightened his collar and put on a calm look, but he stuttered with trembling teeth after just a few words.

"In my opinion, we are in great danger now."

"I knew that what the Minister of the Interior would give us would not be a good job. After all, I was once his opponent, but now it is not a good job."

"It's about losing your head," Bernard added carefully.

“The motto of this term’s interior minister is ‘If you lose, you will hold a grudge; if you win, you will counter-attack and calculate it’. In short, we are screwed.”

Sir Humphrey was surprisingly calm at this time, and turned his gaze to the minister with a look that said, "It depends on you, minister, there is no way you can escape now."

“If this fails, the Department of Administrative Affairs will be abolished in terms of administrative establishment.

As those of us who are directly responsible, even if we are just assisting in the order, we may lose our heads. The best result is to be demoted to a first-level clerk, sent to some management office, receive a tasteless basic nutritional ointment, and then face the interview. He copied mountains and seas of books by hand all year round, spending his whole life meaninglessly. "

The minister moved his stiff neck and sighed uneasily.

"It's more likely that he was transformed into a scribe servitor, Your Excellency."

Bernard professionally reminded: "We may keep it for hundreds of years, or even a thousand years. It depends on when we scrap it."

"Oh, come on, Bernard, this is really terrible."

"This is the situation, gentlemen," said Horatio.

"I think we should be... grasshoppers in a boat now. That's right, sir, sir." Horatio asked politely.

He had obviously eavesdropped on the conversation outside the door and roughly figured out what happened inside before he came.

"I think, maybe?" Sir Humphrey rarely used a simple sentence and turned his solicitous gaze to Minister Hank.

Maybe he came up with some clever idea to protect himself.

"Of course! Of course we are a whole." Hank glanced at Bernard.

Bernard understood the minister's meaning in a short glance, and started with his signature hypothetical plan:

“Under normal circumstances, the deputy secretary of a department only has the right to make suggestions.

Hypothesis, I am just making a hypothesis, assuming that this department will be disbanded soon, everyone will have to go through a unified planned personnel change to fill the grassroots position vacancies that must exist in other departments, and will be transferred from management positions to professional and technical positions. , starting from the first class clerical officer.

In this case, from my humble perspective, it is the moment to make major and bold decisions. We need to go beyond common sense, empower ourselves with pioneering and innovative ideas, and inspire us to exert transaction efficiency that goes beyond conventional regulations. "He whispered the word [beyond] and hinted euphemistically to several people, especially Sir Humphrey, the deputy secretary of state.

Bernard had worked with them long enough to know that any word that smacked of 'innovation' was the spark that ignited the powder keg for Sir Humphrey, the veteran Conservative.

Sir Humphrey took a deep breath and rolled his eyes at Bernard angrily.

Bernard nodded slightly, touched his nose, bowed slightly to him, and retreated behind the crowd.

"So, the situation we are facing is clear, Humphrey, if we get it right, the Administrative Affairs Department and ourselves will be safe, and we may even get a commendation, or a medal. Well, maybe it's what you are thinking about But if it goes wrong, everyone will definitely suffer together."

After having fought openly and covertly with Humphrey for so long, trying to compromise, Secretary Jim Hanke knew very well what this extraordinary capable deputy secretary liked and feared.

"I think the current situation may be as you said." Humphrey maintained a stiff smile and bowed slightly.

"When all of us are going to be unlucky because of this, no matter whether we fulfill our duties or not, the superiors only look at the results, not the process. So, if you have any plans, just tell me." Jim Hank shrugged, as if he was fighting against the odds. Sharpen your gun before the battle.

He took advantage of the opportunity and secretly poked Sir Humphrey in the heart.

Sir Humphrey sighed sadly, then held his big book under his arm and said with a helpless expression: "Okay, first of all, we need to make a public relations emergency plan to design a formal public relations plan for us. PR programs buy time.

Therefore, I suggest that the minister can propose to his colleagues in the Ministry of Truth and Propaganda to increase the propaganda offensive. As long as we take the initiative, we will stand on the commanding heights of guiding public opinion and guide public opinion to our advantage like channeling water from a river.

Of course, we can provide the manuscript, and the Truth Propaganda Department only needs to be the mouthpiece for the reading.

Secondly, these emergency reports must look like they are true, so we have to make the 'story' more real, at least more authentic and eye-catching than the ones in these newspapers, so that people will be willing to believe us. 'Stories' are more reliable.

Then, we must bind these contents within a framework, that is, the content of the story we make up can only tell the part that we want to disclose to the outside world and can disclose it to the outside world.

Civilians, most of whom are interested in officialdom anecdotes, would have found our 'story' more professional and believable if we had added a lot of inconsequential details about the internal affairs of government.

In this way, we will not reveal too much really key information, proactively avoid the important points in the narrative, cooperate with Lord Horatio's official campaign against illegal newspapers, and appropriately disclose the absurd and corrupt hedonistic life of unscrupulous businessmen. This is how we lead the public opinion. , rather than letting them manipulate us. "

"Uh... put it simply." Minister Hank had a confused expression on his face after trying hard to accept it. He blinked hard and frowned in thought, looking very painful.

"What I mean is, write more 'interesting but useless' nonsense stories and publish them to the society to kill their curiosity and desire to explore the internal affairs of the planet and divert their attention. In addition, We still want to..."

Sir Humphrey rattled off a long list of extremely professional countermeasures, including an in-depth understanding and grasp of the bureaucratic styles of various departments, the hidden rules of government-business dealings, the logic of public opinion guidance, and the psychology of the citizenry.

"Well, it sounds like we are a studio that compiles officialdom novels, but I think you are right. Who else can write more realistic stories than us?" Minister Hank clapped his hands and looked like Already think I understand it completely.

The minister suddenly rolled his eyes, and some kind of instinct suddenly activated, and he came up with an idea: "Then why don't we make a witty political comedy?! Let the people of the planet have fun watching it every day, and their The attention naturally shifted.”

"Oh... I am amazed by your amazing wisdom, minister." Sir Humphrey was choked by the minister's idea and praised stiffly.

"I think the minister's proposal seems like, uh huh, it's really possible. Just a few of us and an office can shoot." Bernard popped up from behind the crowd again, shrugged, and naturally inserted himself into the conversation. , expressing affirmation of the feasibility of the minister’s proposal.

"No problem, Bernard, then I leave this suggestion to you.

You can select some writeable and entertaining content from the long years we have worked together and compile it into a script. We will start filming in the near future, so that the people can sit safely at home and watch the drama, and don't cause any more trouble for us. But...what is this show called? "The excited Minister Hank fell into deep thought.

"I think it might as well be called 'Yes, Minister'."

The conversation between the three of them made Horatio laugh a little, and he couldn't help but interject here.

Political drama itself is part of politics and governance.

As a time traveler, he knew that after this classic drama was released, the entire UK was crowded with people watching the drama at home.

The number of demonstrations and protests against Thatcher's government on the streets of Britain suddenly dropped by an astonishing 80%!

After diverting attention, it greatly helped the British government divert public attention from social conflicts such as the Falklands War, the Cold War Iron Curtain, and the Northern Ireland independence movement.

Therefore, making a political comedy to divert the attention of the people of Abyss Harbor and draw their attention away from this incident to other places may be really useful.

After all, the sales of those rumored newspapers are good because they satisfy the public's curiosity about mysterious political affairs that used to be high and seemed like castles in the air, and provide emotional value.

If the Ministry of the Interior co-produces a humorous political comedy with a studio and broadcasts it to the whole world for free, who else will spend money on those rumor-mongering newspapers and magazines that can only be used for entertainment?

"Oh, perfect, Mr. Horatio, your suggestion is perfect! What a fitting name for an office comedy!"

Minister Hank was so impressed that he was full of praise.

Bernard smiled and continued to refine the idea into a feasible outline for the minister.

Sir Humphrey was left awkwardly turning his heels in place, as if trying to drill a hole in the ground so that he could hide in without being on camera.

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