Him and their stars.

Chapter 388 "Green"

To be honest, the imperial people with abundant martial virtues are actually simple and rough both internally and externally.Whether it is facing a star-like race under the control of the Infinite Crown, or facing a foreign country that is unwilling to meet its own conditions, there is basically only one way - to send a fleet and the Star Knights to suppress them.

However, after such a policy has been rampant for nearly a thousand years, it is always a bit out of date.Especially more than [-] years ago, after the independence of the community and the alliance gathered an anti-imperial coalition, the empire finally encountered a broken head, so it had to think about new rules of the game.

Ever since, there was strong support for the Kaitai and Bakwe people, the pirate bosses who had obtained the rank of the empire in the Far Shore Nebula, the city of Kerna, and the rebels of the Lumina people.

However, to be honest, the imperial people's methods are really not clean when playing this offshore balance game of supporting dissidents within the empire, but they are far worse than the alliance.

Yu Lian felt that it was really necessary for him to teach these proud Tiriello nobles a lesson together with the "friends" of the alliance.

It is said that Emperor Elanthel became more generous and merciful in his later years, so he listened to the "treacherous minister" Valpolis' prime minister's instigation, and even the world-feuding ancient American people were forgiven, and they were allowed to form a group to participate in the God of War Festival.If you don't take advantage of this kind of interesting thing, you will be really sorry for the kindness of such a sage king and virtuous minister.

However, how to do it specifically... Hey, I agreed to pick [-]% of myself clean, so I must pick it clean.It is agreed that if the "comrades in arms" of the alliance are to play the main attack, I must play a good support.Therefore, a long-term plan is still needed.

Of course, there are still things that can be done before that.

For example, "Green Star Princess and the Seven Little Starfish", which is already on stage, can be regarded as the initial foreshadowing.

Yes, after Yu Lian's "original", the stage play adapted by Mr. Qi himself appeared on the stage in the joyous drama performance of the imperial capital.Of course, the plot has changed considerably.

As Mr. Wen Hao said, the story told by Yu Lian was too straightforward, and the tragedy happened due to a certain degree of coincidence, lacking a sense of fate, so it lacked a sense of high class.In this way, ordinary people may feel angry or sad when they watch it for the first time, but they will forget it soon.Intellectuals with high self-esteem will feel that this is deliberately inciting emotions, and their evaluation will not be too high.

"However, if you pay too much attention to this so-called high-level sense, won't you be too high-spirited?"

Mr. Qi looked at Yu Lian with shocked eyes, and then he showed a little more care as if looking at the mentally retarded.

"Why do I feel that you seem to be questioning whether a refrigerator can cool down?" Although he didn't speak, he conveyed this meaning with his eyes.

What a simple and clear metaphor!Yu Lian suddenly felt that he was indeed mentally retarded.

Then, there is a brand new story of "The Emerald Princess and the Seven Little Starfish".

This is a story that happened a long time ago, and has nothing to do with the current empire, alliance, and all countries.The stage of the story takes place in a republic in a parallel world, so of course it is definitely not a reflection of reality.

By the way, this country is called the Augliga Federation. There has never been such a country in the history of the galaxy, and of course it is not a reflection.Guaranteed to the spirit of the universe absolutely not.

In the end, Mr. Qi and Yu Lian jointly signed the script. Both parties felt that the other party should sign it alone. After arguing for a long time, they had to do so.Of course, for the sake of the script's influence, Yu Lian insisted on putting Mr. Qi's name first.He is a majestic psyker, so he really doesn't need to rub this kind of enthusiasm.

As for the deputy leader of the cultural exchange troupe, that is, Mr. Kurtz, the head of the famous Aeschylus theater troupe in the community, he was holding the new script in a daze, always feeling that he might have committed something serious.However, as an insider, he is very clear about what Mr. Qi's script means.What's more, this script is really wonderful. It needs a story, a story, a character, a character, an emotion, and it even has a suffocating and hopeless sense of fate.

"But, here, Mr. Qi, I..."

Before Mr. Qi could answer, Yu Lian suddenly held Mr. Kurtz's hands, looked directly into his eyes, and his tone was filled with a solemn sense of mission: "There is nothing to hesitate. We are artists! Mr. Kurtz, our script, our music, and the joys and sorrows we deduce are throwing guns and daggers! It is to deal the heaviest blow to the evil anti-intelligence biological slavery gang! We will become all the slaves in the universe. Oppression, the beacon of hope for the enslaved race! Isn't this the true ultimate pursuit of artists?"

Mr. Kurtz looked into Yu Lian's black eyes, as if he had found the light. He hesitated for a minute, then simply gave up thinking, and then slowly a kind of fanaticism appeared, just like the fanaticism of a martyr.

With an almost self-defeating attitude, he devoted all his body and mind to the rehearsal of the script.

"We're artists, and we're not afraid!" he told the rest of the skeptics who saw something was wrong.

"As long as this show is a success! We can go down in history! If we can't do it, we will change people, and some people want to be in!" He turned into a studio tyrant and said to the actors in the troupe.

The actors were forced to start 007's happy life in this way. Fortunately, this is an era of advanced technology, and occasionally 007 can't die for a whole week or two.

So, in Yu Lian's third week as the embassy's military attache, "The Emerald Princess and the Seven Little Starfish", which will be referred to as "Green" from now on, began its performance in a medium-sized theater in Tianyu.

Not many people came to the first game, and the attendance rate was less than half.After all, the imperial capital is crowded with people, and more than two-thirds of the top troupes in the galaxy have come to Tianyu.The Aeschylus troupe of the community is only a little famous in China, but it is really nothing in the international community of the whole galaxy. To be honest, if it is not because of the name of Mr. Qi's script, such a theater can accommodate 1000 people. The medium-sized theater is not his turn yet.

Mr. Kurtz was a little nervous. If it weren't for the very warm applause after the end, he might have been desperate.

On the second day, the troupe's attendance rate exceeded [-]%, and on the third day, it was full.On the fourth day, they were moved to the big theater, and there were already many drama critics and celebrities from all walks of life who came to join the audience.

Even after Mr. Qi's magic reform, "Green" still can't change its essence of pointing at monks and scolding bald people.

However, even drama critics and cultural celebrities born in the empire still offered their praise without hesitation.

"I saw a tragic fate..." said a drama critic.

"This is a story that shames the empire!" said a poet who was born into an imperial noble family.

Mr. Kurz said that we are just telling a story, which has nothing to do with history, and absolutely does not mean to reflect reality and politics.Ever since, the intellectuals in the audience suddenly let out the laughter of "knowing everything".

Well, it turns out that in any country, any system, and any era, the art and cultural circles are the hardest hit areas for anti-system elements.

In any case, "Green" became popular, the Aeschylus troupe became popular, the main actors became popular, and Mr. Kurtz as the director was also popular, and it was not a small fire but an outright fire.

As for the script creators Yu Lian and Mr. Qi, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the former doesn't care about this reputation, and the latter has long been a cosmic cultural leader.

Yu Lian felt that the plan worked out, and the timing of "Green" was really a bit of a good time, place and people.

If it were thirty years ago, the Imperial Secret Police would have dared to humanely destroy all the creators.However, after the last Galactic War, there was indeed a trend of reflection in the ideological circles of the empire. Coupled with the fact that Emperor Elanthel began to loosen his power in his later years, the Prime Minister of Valpolis also had a bit of a leftist taste. There is absolutely no chance of a play being staged.

Of course, towards the end of the first week of performances, the official pressure from the Empire finally appeared.The first batch of people who arrived at the scene were not officials from the Cultural Administration of the Imperial Capital, but secret police from the Ministry of Security in black.They came here after reporting from the street. After watching a "Green" drama, they felt that this drama involved the "National Security Law" and had to be rectified.

It's not that the bureaucrats of the Imperial Capital Cultural Administration are really that dull.The main reason is that there were too many celebrations before the God of War Festival. Even this group of bureaucrats who believe in the principle that more things are worse than less things are all busy now.Who would have thought that the people on earth would be so ignorant of martial arts, that they would point fingers and curse Huai right under their noses?

...Of course, even if they know, it is very likely that they are pretending not to know.Anyway, this "Green" drama really didn't violate any regulations on the cultural control of the empire.

Unexpectedly, the bureaucrats from the Cultural Bureau did not come, but the secret police were recruited.

Mr. Kurtz said look at my temper!My dignified Mr. Kurtz is full of "a great director with human conscience"!And the actors of the Aeschylus Troupe are also hard-core artists, and they will never give in even if they are suppressed by the powerful!
In fact, Yu Lian's psychological hints to him have long since failed, but during this time, Mr. Kurtz has been praised by top international drama critics and celebrities from all walks of life every day, and he is already in high spirits.And we all know that people, as long as they get up, they will swell...ah no, they will be very proud!

There are indeed a large number of cultural people and celebrities standing in the same camp as Mr. Kurtz, and there are even some imperial nobles.In addition, Mr. Qi also rushed to the scene of the troupe in person and initiated a formal protest as an ambassador.

The Imperial Capital Cultural Administration said that they really couldn't offend Mr. Qi, and said on the spot that they really didn't find any illegal issues in "Green".

In addition, they are from the Prime Minister's Office anyway, while the Ministry of Truth is from the Privy Council, so they can't wear a pair of pants!
All in all, after such a farce, "Green" attracted more attention, and it went out of the circle immediately.Objectively speaking, what Yu Lian and Mr. Qi needed was indeed such an effect.If you look at it from the perspective of who benefits and who is the most suspected, maybe one of them secretly reported it.

……right?
However, for the time being, let's temporarily put the perspective on two weeks ago, that is, the day when the script was just released.

Just after Mr. Kurtz took the new script of "Green" and left the embassy with strides like a soldier, Yu Lian also set off directly under the meaningful watch of Major General Lal.

It was after 2 pm at this time, so naturally it was still working time, but judging by his swaggering appearance, it seemed that he was going to have a big holiday soon.

The ordinary staff of the embassy couldn't help whispering.

"Is this a date?"

"He's only been here for more than a week! So you've found the girl?"

"What's so strange about this? It's not time for him to arrive. Didn't the Empire keep inquiring about the itinerary? It's strange. After he arrived, he came late instead. It's really strange."

"As long as I notice, isn't it time to get off work?"

Ever since, the last upright staff member was immediately despised by his colleagues.

Yu Lian left from the small door at the back of the embassy, ​​and there was a very elegantly decorated tree-lined street.

He tidied up his casual clothes, looked at a small car opposite, and suddenly his bad taste started to bubble, so he went directly to the pastry shop opposite to buy a box of donuts and four cups of coffee, and put them on a tray. Head over to the minivan with the tinted windows.

Then, the closer to the car, the more clearly Yu Lian could feel the heavier breathing and heartbeat in the car.

"Hey, Lonergan, and DePato, open the door." Yu Lian said.

There was no reaction in the car, and even the sound of breathing was completely suppressed.If it is an ordinary person, even with advanced sensing equipment, they will not be able to feel that there is someone in the car.

Yu Lian shrugged, and his voice became louder.

"Open the door! Open the door! You can track, you can open the door! Don't hide in there, I know you are in! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Open the door! Lonergan, De Pato, open the door!"

Probably because the voice was so rhythmic, the car window finally rolled down, revealing the almost constipated face of a middle-aged man in Tirello.Yu Lian quickly scanned the situation in the car. There were three Tirilo people, two men and one woman; one Ang Mang man, male.

This is the imperial intelligence team responsible for tracking him [-] hours a day.I have to say that for an ordinary military attache stationed abroad who occasionally passed by, the battle in a group of four was quite grand.

"How is the treatment of the Imperial Security Department?" Yu Lian asked with a smile.

"This..." The other party really wanted to pretend to be confused, but now that the listener knew his own name, wouldn't it be even more out of character to pretend.

He was still thinking about how to answer, so Yu Lian stuffed the snacks and coffee in, and answered first: "I don't think it's all right! You've been with me for more than a week, and I haven't seen you eating for a while." The whole meal is settled by taking turns to buy fast food. Even the donkey used to grind tofu in our hometown is not so hard."

All the people from the spy agency in the car could only continue to squeeze their faces and smile awkwardly.

The oldest middle-aged Tiriello headed by him, that is, the man named Lonergan said helplessly: "Lieutenant Colonel, this is actually a necessary procedure. Look, this, this..."

All diplomats may be intelligence personnel from other countries, so they naturally need to be monitored. This is actually an unspoken rule that everyone knows well.But the reason why the unspoken rules are unspoken is that once put on the table, it will embarrass everyone.

When the people in the car were fidgeting, Yu Lian quickly showed a smile of understanding: "Of course, long live the understanding. So, I'm going to the Besenrog district now to try the famous physalis chicken stuffing Cake, do you want to join me? I treat you."

(End of this chapter)