Chapter 566: Minister Takes Off

Chapter 566: Minister Takes Off

Chapter 566: Minister Takes Off
"Oh, Yes, Prime Minister is my personal favorite," the Prime Minister said. "We can get a lot of fun from it and learn a lot of experience."

On Earth, Mrs. Thatcher liked this British drama very much and even invited the author to Downing Street. In the parallel world, it was brought over by Gu Lu and was also loved by the leader of Big Ying. Although it was not right at the beginning and the process was forgotten, the result was the same. Yes, it was convergent development.

Many big citizens went to see it, including those who had previously looked down upon it.

Take Nicholas Meyer, for example. He has more reason to hate Gu Lu than anyone else, except the people of Weymouth. He is the author of "The Seven Percent Solution", a mystery work that even won Meyer the British Gold Dagger Award. Together with the Edgar Allan Poe Award, it is basically the highest award that mystery and suspense novels can get in Europe and the United States.

If it weren't for Mr. Holmes, Meyer's career would have been perfect. Because The Seven Percent Solution is a rare Conan Doyle-style, Sherlock Holmes fan work. But newspapers such as The Guardian and the Daily Mail have similar comments: "The Seven Percent Solution writes Watson's wonderful moments through the development of the last case. It is the most exciting secondary work after Mr. Holmes."

He discovered the brilliance of Watson, but Gu Lu wrote a unique Holmes. For readers, they definitely love Holmes more.

In general, Meyer is a person who can afford to lose. His thoughts are as follows: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a work that is very famous all over the world, so it is true that foreigners like it more than our own people."

but!

"As for the political operations of the country, it must be deeply understood by the citizens living in the country." Meyer believed that if Gu Lu could be better than himself in this regard, he, Akashi!
The bookstore clerk's third inquiry was much louder, "Sir, do you need any help?"

After all, standing in front of the cashier and daydreaming affected other customers. When Meyer came to his senses, his first reaction was not to apologize, but to find reasons to justify his behavior.

"Oh, I wonder why normal books cost £15 to £25, but Yes, Prime Minister costs £32," Meyer said. "Is there any particular reason?"

"Maybe it's better bound," the clerk could only give a vague reason, "or maybe it reveals a lot of official secrets."

I am dying of laughter, but I cannot die of laughter at all. A book published by a Chinese on DAYING revealed the official secrets of DAYING. This joke is really funny.

With a slightly sarcastic smile, Meyer purchased the book. After buying it, he returned home and began to read the more expensive book.

The reason why Meyer's expression became more and more solemn was not because of the endless golden sentences, but because the plot was too simple.

Write a simple thing well.

The key point is that there are no trivial matters in state affairs, and any small matter may affect thousands of people. A large part of the thrill of this political thriller comes from this.

Writing that is too complicated is very brain-intensive and readers don’t like to read it.

But "Yes, Minister" is very simple. For example, in one of the plots, Huck plans to welcome an African country in Edinburgh.

The aim is to promote oil drilling deals to boost votes in Scotland.

There is no threshold for understanding, as long as you have basic knowledge, you can understand it. Unfortunately, a coup suddenly occurred in this African country, and the old king was naturally overthrown.

The previously agreed deal fell through, and the consequence was not only that Scotland lost many job opportunities, but more importantly, how to win votes!
So Harker agreed to a condition of the new king, which was good for the party even though it would do little good to the country economically. That is, to provide a £5000 million interest-free loan to purchase drilling equipment, so that its shipyard in Clydeside would not be idle and the large number of jobs promised to Scottish voters would be created.

"It's too..." Meyer couldn't find the right words for a moment, and finally uttered the word "as it should be". To be precise, as a reader, he was a little happy to see the protagonist Huck solve the sudden dilemma.

Meyer was so happy that he realized that there was no point in being happy. The 50 million pounds that Hack almost gave away was spent on taxpayers' money. He used 50 million pounds to create jobs worth less than 5 million pounds, and the Scottish voters should be grateful to him.

"This Chinese writer is so good at first-person narration." Meyer remembered the first-person narration of Sherlock Holmes, who was over 90 years old, which amazed readers at the beginning. And in "Yes, Minister", the descriptions of Huck and Humphrey made it difficult to hate them. Because from Gu Lu's writing, you can feel that you are not as good as Huck.

"Something's wrong..."

“It seems that Chinese writers really understand my country.”

"He seemed to be joking, but the most pointed contradiction was revealed in the joke."

Foreigners may find "Yes, Prime Minister" very funny, but as the adults watched it, their faces became heavy.

Because many examples of real events come to mind. [“How can a project costing 7400 million, covering 9 acres, and located in the city center be covered up?”

"Through the Official Secrets Act"

"How can we keep it secret? This project is too big."

"Then it's a big secret."

"But how can you use the Official Secrets Act to keep secret something that is well known?"

"Bernard, the Official Secrets Act is not for protecting secrets, it is for protecting officials."

...]
Just last year, the 2021 National Investment Security Law was announced in 2021. What is it for? To protect the security of national assets?
Of course not! This protection law came from the official exposure that a minister had rejected many foreign acquisitions based on his own interests and ignored the needs of enterprises.

Several of these companies declared bankruptcy due to lack of capital injection. Workers, factory owners, and local finance all lost. The only winner was the minister.

"This is a century-old enterprise. It cannot be acquired during my term. As for bankruptcy, we will talk about it after my term ends." Something like that.

When the matter became a big deal, this law was introduced to prohibit discussion of it in public because it endangers national security.

As we all know, China's Internet ecosystem is the most stringent in Europe. China's keyboard warriors have been seen before, so they calmed down quickly.

As "Yes, Minister" said, it is used to protect the officials!
At this point, Meyer stared at the ceiling blankly. He admitted that as a Da Ying person, he not only did not understand Sherlock Holmes as well as Chinese writers, but also did not understand Da Ying officials as well as Chinese writers.

This wave of blows was quite heavy.

But on second thought, Meyer had such a strong opinion of Gu Lu in the early days, but he was conquered, not to mention the other people who bought the books with disdainful attitude.

95%, all conquered!
"A new hospital, 500 administrative staff, no doctors, no patients? Oh no, there was a patient, the deputy director tripped on the scaffolding and broke his leg. This kind of political satire is the pinnacle. Mr. Gu Lu is a Chinese in physiology, but he is more like a Da Ying person in spirit!"

"I feel like we should protect Gu Lu and Wei Keduo."

"No wonder our school has so many foreign students. Thank you, Mr. Gu Lu. I need you to help me solve my doubts. I can only charge 500 pounds for a British student. 400 people are equivalent to 50 foreign students."

"This work is wonderful, but there is one thing I disagree with, and that is the slander against the University of Sussex!"

This netizen is obviously from the University of Sussex. Because the work explains why they don't recruit local college students, and there are additional explanations. If a large number of local college students are recruited, the classrooms and dormitories will be as crowded as Warwood Prison, or the University of Sussex...

Let me tell you about the university contempt chain in HR recruitment. The University of Sussex is the worst. Everyone knows this, although students who graduated from that place will not admit it.

It is precisely because of these corresponding details that "Yes, Minister" is extremely immersive.

The book's reputation went from being hotly discussed on the internet to becoming an instant hit!
Many things that I didn't understand before, such as recruiting fewer local students, conservation laws, and why we should promote environmental protection, are explained in this book easily. It gives readers a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Even though some readers of the Chinese literature think that no matter how corrupt their own country is, it cannot be pierced by Chinese writers, so they give it a lot of criticism, a small number of readers cannot stop the advance of the big wave.

As the most enduring British TV series on earth, its charm would remain the same in another world.

So who is the one who regrets the most right now? It's Home Secretary Jonathan.

He had never thought that a Chinese writer could write about this subject well and be liked by most people in his country, so as a non-stick pan, when he saw the thanks in the preface of "Yes, Minister", he praised Gu Lu for his tact.

just now……

(End of this chapter)