"Humphrey, it's not my dilemma now, it's how to solve it!"

Michaela said to Humphrey, "That's why I'll ask you, an old bureaucrat, what should you do when you encounter this kind of diplomatic dilemma?" Why would the people be so resistant to our union with the Forsaken, and the orc horde. ”

"Oh, this, hahahaha!"

Humphrey laughed a few times and said, "You must know that when discussing diplomatic relations, civilians usually do not know all the facts, and will only judge them by the information in front of them. ”

Bernard on the side interjected: "For example, the people don't know that the resources on hand of our government can only last for 6 months. ”

Michaela also said: "The regent deliberately concealed the above information so as not to cause panic among the people. ”

"yes."

Humphrey said, "Coupled with the many victories you have won for our race, the people of today are full of hope that everything will be fine. ”

"However, here's the problem!"

I only heard Humphrey's tone suddenly change from the previous relaxation to a low one:

"In fact, few people can understand that your victory, Minister, has only given us valuable respite, and has not fundamentally changed our current predicament."

Bernard then added: "Because the war of natural disasters has caused us too much damage. ”

"Indeed."

Michaela is well aware of the devastation caused by the natural calamity war, and for the Blood Elves, it is unlikely that they will recover for many years to come, but the people today only care about who is good and who is bad.

"But the government's diplomatic policy can't just care about who's good and who's bad."

Humphrey continued: "Sometimes, we make deals with what people think are bad guys for the good of the country, or occasionally abandon good guys who don't cooperate. ”

Hearing this, Tolina interjected in the spirit world, "Michaela, I feel like Humphrey is connotating you." ”

Hehe, of course Michaela knew that when she made a deal with trolls in Torvasa, weren't trolls "the bad guys people think they were"!

Humphrey noticed Michaela's expression and said comfortingly, "Chancellor, I know you're thinking about a deal with the trolls, but that's what we should do, and we government departments should consider the interests of the country and do the right thing, not just care about who is good and who is bad." ”

"Well, Humphrey, you're right."

Michaela continued: "And what about this time? Because of the arrival of the Forsaken, the resistance of the people, what did you do before? ”

Humphrey replied solemnly, "Usually we follow the four-stage rule!" ”

Michaela: "Four stages? ”

Humphrey:

"Stage 1: We declare that nothing has happened."

"Phase 2: We say something may happen, but we shouldn't act."

"Stage 3: We say we should act, but we can't do anything."

"Stage 4: We said maybe we should have done something, but now it's too late."

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the minister Michaela or Tolina in the spirit world, their jaws fell to the ground at the same time, and they couldn't pick it up for a long time!

It was Bernard who was kind enough to help Michaela pick up his chin: "Chancellor, this is yours." ”

"Thank you, Bernard."

Michaela reacted at this point, fixed her chin, and looked at Humphrey.

Torina, who also put her chin back, complained on the spot: "What is the four-stage law, it is obviously the ultimate law of rottenness!" ”

That's right, Humphrey's four-stage rule, to put it bluntly, is to do nothing.

And Michaela also realized something, and immediately asked:

"Wait, Humphrey, when the Kingdom of Lordaeron had an undead catastrophe, were you also engaged in these four phases?"

"That's right."

Humphrey looked surprised and asked, "Minister, how do you know?" ”

"I knew it!"

Michaela covered her face with her right hand: "It's because you guys are doing this that the army of the undead will hit the door in the end!" ”

Humphrey also shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "Well, Minister, I admit that the four-stage law is not omnipotent. ”

"It's certainly not a panacea!"

Michaela retorted, "The people have seen that I brought the Forsaken into Silvermoon City, and at this time they still want to claim that nothing has happened, and then lie down and rot, it's impossible!" What I want to know is how to calm the anger of the people! ”

Torina also jumped out and said, "Last night, if it wasn't for the security forces in the city who found the security forces in the city to disperse the crowd blocking his door, I'm afraid he would still be trapped in the villa and couldn't get out!" ”

"Minister, do you want to calm the anger of the people at once?" Humphrey asked.

Michaela said on the spot: "That's right, immediately, now, immediately!" ”

Humphrey opened his mouth and said, "No problem, minister, we can immediately contact the priests' union downstairs and ask them to send priests to carry out large-scale mind control over the people, and then brainwash them." ”

"Brainwash, brainwash!"

Michaela couldn't believe her ears as she watched Humphrey say such horrible words with a calm face.

Even Tolina said: "Humphrey is brainwashing when he opens his mouth, has he done it before?" ”

If Humphrey had really done something to brainwash the people before, what kind of government was the old Silvermoon City government......

Convex (艹)!

Michaela couldn't imagine it anymore, and at this moment he even felt that Alsace's killing of the old government did not seem so unacceptable.

For a time, the scene was at an impasse.

"Chancellor, your drink."

Until Bernard brought a glass of juice and said, "Actually, I don't think this problem is difficult to solve." ”

"Huh?"

Michaela turned her head to look at the usually quiet private secretary, and interestingly, even Humphrey spoke:

"Oh, Bernard, do you have any opinions?"

Bernard said, "Sir Humphrey, didn't you say that before? People will make wrong judgments because they don't know some key information, so we just need to tell them the key information. ”

As soon as Michaela heard that it made sense, she immediately encouraged Bernard: "Go ahead. ”

Bernard also had the courage to continue, "The people hate the undead because the undead of the Lich King slaughtered our people, but what if the people knew that the Forsaken were not the Lich King's men, but the Windranger Lord's?" ”

Interesting!

When Bernard said this, Michaela reacted immediately.

The Windranger family has a high reputation among the blood elves, and Sylvanas died on the battlefield back then, but many blood elves witnessed it with their own eyes, so in their hearts, Sylvanas is a warrior defending Silvermoon City, and it is definitely their own people!

The Blood Elves are notoriously arrogant and xenophobic, hating other races, but if the people understand that the leader of the Forsaken is Sylvanas, their own, then the feelings of rejection and disgust will be greatly reduced!

"Makes sense!"

Michaela slapped the table and immediately asked Humphrey, "Can you arrange for Sylvanas to visit Silvermoon City immediately?" ”

Humphrey also figured out the joint, but as a bureaucrat who knows the rules of officialdom well, he said:

"I'm afraid it's not right now, minister."

"Now we have only just established contact with the Forsaken and opened up the transmission coordinates to each other, but the economic, military, political and diplomatic relations have not yet been carried out, and legally speaking, we and the Forsaken cannot even be regarded as formally establishing diplomatic relations."

Michaela was anxious: "What should I do then?"

Humphrey said: "Minister, you don't need to worry, I have heard that the Lord Regent is contacting Lord Sylvanas through the senior executive Marlen, preparing to start a summit meeting and formally establish bilateral relations. When the two sides officially establish diplomatic relations, then it is natural to invite Sylvanas to come to Silvermoon City. ”

Bernard did not forget to add: "Of course, Minister, according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, if you want to invite Lord Sylvanas, you must do it by the Regent, and you can only initiate a proposal. ”

"I see."

Of course, Michaela knew that her status as a minister was not qualified to invite the heads of other powers, but:

"So can't we do anything in the next few days?"

Bernard said: "Actually, yes. ”

Michaela: "How?" ”

Bernard said: "Chancellor, didn't you threaten Frank, the manager of the Sunshine, before? ”

Michaela glared at Bernard with a cold face and shouted, "I'm not a threat!" ”

"Well, I'm sorry."

Bernard immediately changed his words: "Chancellor, you have convinced Frank, the manager of the Sunshine, that you can arrange another interview with a journalist, and you will personally say that the Forsaken is not a servant of the Lich King, but a subordinate of Lord Sylvanas." I am sure that people's attitudes will change. ”

Michaela also admits that Bernard has a point, and if Sylvanas does come to visit Silvermoon City in the future, this interview can also be used as a warm-up for public opinion.

"Good, Bernard."

Michaela was not stingy with her words: "I really don't see that you are so capable!" ”

Bernard said modestly: "Sir Humphrey's education is good. ”

Humphrey didn't say anything, just looked at Bernard quietly until Michaela spoke: "Humphrey, contact Frank immediately to arrange an interview, and the time will be in ......"

Bernard reminded: "Chancellor, you did not have an appointment this afternoon. ”

"Good!"

Michaela immediately made a decision: "The interview time is scheduled for this afternoon, and I request that the interview be published tomorrow so that everyone knows that the forgotten are Lord Sylvanas's men!" ”

"Yes, Chancellor!" Humphrey gladly accepted.

It was soon afternoon, and Humphrey's reporter for the Sun newspaper arrived.

"Please come in!"

As private secretary, Bernard politely invited the black-haired male elf, dressed in a red plaid shirt and glasses, to the presence of the minister, Michaela, and stood politely in the corner with Humphrey.

After all, the protagonist of this interview is not them, but Michaela.

"Hello, I'm Michaela, the minister."

Michaela also politely extended her right hand to the other party and looked at the other party.

The reporter is taller than himself, about 1.9 meters tall, and his body is also very strong, the outline of his muscles can be faintly seen in his arms covered by his shirt, and the tuft of bangs hanging from his head to his forehead is also very eye-catching.

In other words, why does his image make Michaela feel as if she has seen it somewhere?

"Hello, my name is Carl Eyre, you can call me Carl."

At this point, Karl also introduced himself, and also stretched out his right hand, shaking it with Michaela's hand:

"Also, I'm the boyfriend that Louise mentioned to you, and besides, Louise's attitude towards you has changed dramatically since she went to Taquilin. Is it what you did? ”

it!

Michaela remembered, reporter Louise seemed to have mentioned that she has a "superman" boyfriend, and her feelings are the goods in front of her!