The waiter left.
Quietness returned to Box 1.
The Queen only regarded the incident just as a minor incident. She picked up the black tea from the tray beside her and took a sip.
After that, she looked at Lu Shi,
"Professor Lu, I... um... let me think about what I was going to ask you just now..."
The queen lowered her head and thought.
At this moment, the curtain on the stage was raised, and Jim, played by Laughton, took the stage.
The second act officially begins.
This scene tells the story of the Prime Minister's first speech after taking over. Jim feels that as Prime Minister, he should give a speech that can give power to the public.
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Jim: My speech needs to be as passionate as the Party Manifesto.
Berner: You seem to have said that Party Manifestos are boring.
Jim: I didn't say it would be dull when "I" spoke.
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The whole room burst into laughter again.
Margarita couldn't help laughing and said, "The Prime Minister is too pretentious here."
The Queen put down her teacup,
"Rita, you have to remember that pretentiousness is their job. On the stage, this may seem ridiculous, but as the navigator of a country, the Prime Minister needs to...well...I remembered what I wanted to ask Professor Lu just now ”
Lu Shi leaned forward slightly, waiting for the Queen's next words.
The Queen said: "Professor Lu, when I watched "Yes! Prime Minister", I had a feeling that is difficult to express."
As she spoke, she pointed to the stage,
"You see, everyone laughs at Prime Minister Huck, who wants to be Sir Humphrey. But in your play, Huck is the ambitious one, while Humphrey is doing everything possible to stay the same. "
Bernard Shaw on the side nodded,
“That’s what happened at LSE, where students worshiped Humphrey like a god.”
Just as he was talking, Jim contributed another joke,
The first floor burst into laughter.
Lu Shi waited for the laughter to subside before speaking: "In fact, Humphrey is not to blame for this kind of thing. As the line says, in the past 30 years, he has served seven prime ministers and ten governments. If he believes that every Prime Minister's policies, then he will strongly oppose the common market and strongly agree with the dumping bill; he will firmly believe that many industries should be state-owned and privately-owned, and then privately-owned and then state-owned; he will be keen to promote conscription, and at the same time he will fight to the death against conscription …”
The queen couldn't help but laugh,
"It turns out there is this line at the end. You are right. If Sir Humphrey seriously implements the policies of every prime minister, then he will be incoherent and appear schizophrenic."
Lu Shi nodded without saying a word.
Some people think "Yes!" Prime Minister" will make the British Empire "awaken" and stop being so inappropriate.
However, in reality, Daying does not need to "wake up".
The elites from Oxford and Cambridge are well aware of the problems in Britain, but they have no solution, or even if they have a solution, they have no motivation to change it.
Although Daying is not a human being, he is still the strongest on the surface, isn't he?
The Queen said to Margarita: "Rita, Professor Lu is a very smart person, and "Yes! Prime Minister" explained a lot of things."
Margarita looked at Lu Shi and blushed slightly.
She asked the Queen: "What did you say?"
The Queen did not give a direct answer, but asked heuristically: "As a politician, what are Prime Minister Harker's needs?"
There is no need to think about this question.
Margarita said: "The votes."
The Queen nodded and asked, "What about Sir Humphrey?"
Humphrey is a representative of the steward system,
So, he needs...
"Stablize."
The queen smiled and said no more.
Lu Shi said: "The core of comedy is tragedy. This is how the politicians and officials of the British Empire checked and balanced each other. They were in a Sisyphus-like cycle of constantly pushing boulders up the top of the mountain, only to have the boulders roll back down again. "
Bernard Shaw on the side clapped his hands and praised: "What a 'The core of comedy is tragedy'! Professor Lu's words can really be recorded in history."
Lu Shi was puzzled.
"Isn't this what Shakespeare said?"
Bernard Shaw said: "Of course these are Shakespeare's words. However, you have summarized it more profoundly than Shakespeare. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Shakespeare believed that in a comedy, 'the spectators are happy and the characters are sad.' .”
This sounds very romantic,
But as Bernard Shaw said, it is not as profound and short as "the core of comedy is tragedy".
The queen chuckled,
"Maybe Professor Lu should be asked to write a romantic comedy. I'm curious as to what kind of tragic core you would write in such a comedy."
…
Box number two.
The waiter knocked on the door and came in,
At this time, he already knew the identities of Cecil and others, and said cautiously: "Sir, Mr. Lu and Mr. Xiao are accompanying Miss Margarita, the Margarita in front of the emperor."
For a moment, the room became quiet,
"..."
"..."
"..."
This silence was contrasted with a layer of cheerful laughter.
Erwin frowned;
"Is that the lady?"
This sentence seems to be a question, but it is actually a statement.
No one answered at all.
Churchill and Wodehouse looked at each other, frowning and wondering.
Margarita watched a play with Lu Shi and Bernard Shaw! ?
How could this happen! ?
You know, after Margaretta entered the London School of Economics, both the Queen and Wodehouse repeatedly ordered Margaretta to keep a low profile and not give the Conservative Party a chance to criticize, let alone cause international problems.
The current relationship between Britain and Germany is really tense.
Churchill fell into deep thought,
Although Margarita is lively and lively, she is by no means an unruly princess. There is no reason to be so ignorant.
Could it be...
Churchill's lips curved up and he winked at Wodehouse.
The latter understood immediately and wanted to intervene in the topic, but he suppressed the words that came to his lips.
the other side,
Cecil asked the waiter: "You mean, that lady and two men, Mr. Lu and Mr. Xiao, were in the same private room watching a play?"
The waiter nodded immediately,
"That's true, but..."
Cecil immediately waved his hand to interrupt the other party: "Shut up first and let me think about it."
The waiter finally held it in and did not continue.
a long time,
"so,"
Cecil waved to the waiter and said: "You go to the first box again, please don't change your request and invite Mr. Lu over for a drink. In addition, you must remember to point it out, just say that the gentlemen in the second box know... …”
Before he finished speaking, Erwin cleared his throat.
Cecil was interrupted and looked over with some annoyance,
"Ser Erwin?"
Erwin showed a kind smile and said: "First of all... ahem... Your Excellency, this matter is still yours to do... Don't you think so?"
Cecil thought for a moment and nodded.
"you're right."
He turned to the waiter again,
"Just say that Salisbury knows the identity of that lady."
The waiter nodded and bowed and left quickly.
Churchill watched the whole process with cold eyes.
He thought to himself, some people are really hard to sympathize with, and it would be fine if they were angered by a small drama, but now they have lost the ability to advance or retreat.
With this kind of person at the helm of the Conservative Party, no matter how strong the ship is, it will hit the rocks sooner or later.
