Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Victorious Corpse Collection Team
In this way, after intense and busy preparations, two days later, Don drove the Victory Feiyan 1, and Natasha and Hill drove the modified Shengli Feiyan 2, embarking on a transoceanic expedition to Britain.
Although an agreement was reached, the Victory Feiyan 2 could not fly directly to Cluckton to start the lifting operation, but first flew to London to be summoned by the Prime Minister to report on the specific details of the operation.
Don didn't know if it was his delusion, in short, the plane had just flown over the British Isles, and he felt a vague smell permeating the air, and when he arrived at No. 10 Downing Street, he saw Bernard, the private secretary to the Prime Minister in charge of reception, wearing a thick three-layer mask, and he deeply regretted that he did not bring the latest nano-level gas mask developed by the Equipment Department.
"Welcome, Ms. Hill." Bernard's voice sounded a little muffled through the mask, but he still gave the warmest welcome, "The Prime Minister has been waiting for a long time, oh, and Sir Humphrey, who is the Cabinet Secretary, and in fact he is the one who urged the Prime Minister to ask the Victory Team to settle the matter." ”
"Oh, then we really want to thank Sir Humphrey for giving us a good job." Ciel said angrily.
"No thanks, your arrival has really solved our headaches......" At this, Bernard suddenly exclaimed, as if he had reacted, and asked, "Oh my God, this is an irony, isn't it?" You're not really thanking ......"
Hill replied with a smile: "The same sentence, different understandings, everyone has different opinions." ”
As he spoke, Bernard had already ushered the three members of the victory team into the prime minister's office.
I haven't seen Mr. Jim Harker on TV for two days, he doesn't seem to be in good spirits, his eyes are still bloodshot, especially in the office there are four air purifiers working continuously, I don't know if the air is clean or not, the noise fills the whole room anyway.
Next to him stood a middle-aged man in a crisp suit, energetic and smiling, the Cabinet Secretary and the head of the civil service and the permanent secretary of the Cabinet Office, the actual helmsman of the legendary Great Empire, the most powerful man, a humble civil servant, Sir Humphrey Appleby.
"Welcome, beautiful ladies of the Victory Team...... And sir. Jim Hack had a warm smile on his face.
"Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for the honor of being able to serve you and solve your problems as mercenaries."
"No thanks, it was Humphrey's idea." As an honest man, Jim Huck says he never robs others of beauty.
Hill looked beside him, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile, "You must be Sir Humphrey, thank you for finding us this good job." ”
Humphrey, who deserved to be the head of the civil service, caught her dissatisfaction for the first time, stretched out his hand to shake her, and said with the same smile on his face: "Don't say that, Captain Hill." The existence of an organization must be able to prove that it has the value that must exist. If there are no monsters, how can the existence value of the winning team be reflected? That monster stinks a little, but luckily it's dead, you don't have to risk your life, I'm sure that of all the monsters that the victory team has dealt with, this job must be the easiest, you can reap fame and fortune at the touch of a finger, flowers and praise come to your face, your work is really enviable. ”
"In that case, why doesn't Sir Humphrey take matters into his own hands and take the flowers and the accolades?" Hill asked unceremoniously.
"It's not something a civil servant is supposed to do." Humphrey said solemnly: "We are the waiters of the state, and we have been standing in obscurity, obscure, watching those people rise from tall buildings, watching them feast guests, watching them...... Continue to feast guests. ”
"Oh, Miss Hill, so what you just said was sarcasm, wasn't it?" Jim Hack asked.
Hill glanced at the honest and honest Prime Minister, and then at Humphrey, who was glued with hair better than a monkey, and wondered if the positions of these two people were a little misplaced, maybe this is what this country looks like normally?
"Mr. Prime Minister, none of this matters, let's skip the red tape, when will the victory team start working?"
Jim Harker was about to speak, when Sir Humphrey, who was next to him, preemptively said: "We are glad that the Victory team is so efficient and that you are so active in solving problems for us, but you don't need to be in a hurry, and it is okay to spend a few days in London, because we still have some procedural problems that have not been resolved." ”
Hill frowned: "Procedural questions? I don't understand, it's just a hoisting job, if it weren't for its monster, a few skilled workers could have done it. ”
"Yes, but it is precisely because it is a monster corpse that the formalities are a bit cumbersome, and there are all aspects to consider, such as the environment, finance, local government, and animal protection organizations. By the way, the all-important Victory Temporary Employment Bill has not yet been voted on, and strictly speaking, you do not have the authority to operate in the UK. ”
"What?" Hill couldn't believe it, in order to modify Shengli Feiyan No. 2, they worked overtime and stayed up all night, for fear of delaying time, but as a result, the people were not in a hurry, and they didn't even complete the formalities, so the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry.
Jim Harker hurriedly advised, "Don't worry, Ms. Hill, our council is very efficient. Bernard, what stage of the bill is in Parliament? ”
"It's still in the second reading stage, Prime Minister."
"Any questions?"
"There's a big problem, Prime Minister, it seems that someone of them has actually read the contents of the bill and is ready to question you at the next meeting."
"What? You said no one would pay attention to content, Humphrey! Jim Huck turned to another man.
"Don't worry, Prime Minister." Sir Humphrey looked more confident than the panicked Prime Minister, "It must be the hapless backbenchers, who are the only ones who are bored looking through the contents and want to attract attention." But it doesn't matter, as long as they don't want to stay in the stinking city of London, the bill will pass, after all, this is a rare agreement between the two parties in nearly a century. ”
"How much longer?" Hill asked, holding his arms.
Jim Huck thought for a moment and said, "It's going to take another three days, if all goes well." ”