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At this time, Alan Wilson still thought that he was just going back to Europe for a while, and then he would return to British Malaya.I just didn't expect that he did return to British Malaya later, but it was a little later than expected.

The Mountbatten couple agreed that their daughter would go back with Alan Wilson, and they were already engaged. Governor Mountbatten no longer rejected Alan Wilson, but instead gave him some encouragement. By the way, he gave Alan Wilson a three-page list, This is a friend that Mountbatten himself thinks is not bad.

"The time given by the cabinet is to settle the matter of British India in [-], and I plan to go back early." Mountbatten said, "Next June is my birthday, and I hope to be able to celebrate my birthday in my own country. "

Although Mountbatten has been pretending that he will leave only after the British India issue is resolved, he already understands it in his heart.The problem of British India was unsolvable, and he would return home when power was formally handed over in February.

"Father, mother, don't worry, Alan will definitely take good care of me." Pamela Mountbatten also said goodbye to her parents, ready to return home with her fiancé.

"Your mother and I have already made a plan to travel around this subcontinent." Mountbatten glanced at his wife, and then said to his daughter, "You don't have to worry about us, we will return to China in a few months."

After bidding farewell to the governor and his wife, the two boarded the train with a heavy harvest. After arriving in Aden by boat, they would transfer to Egypt by plane and return home via Italy. After all, the northern Mediterranean is not particularly peaceful.

The civil war in Greece is still going on, and Marshall has officially released a speech mentioning the importance of aiding Europe, although the situation in Britain is much better than that of the same period in history, and it has more capital to negotiate.

But the first batch of substantive aid has been sent out before the countries have formally discussed the results, and the destinations are Greece and Turkey.

Not only because it was seen there as a front against Soviet expansion, but also because both countries had benefited from the Truman Doctrine, receiving a considerable amount of upfront aid.

Initially, it was Britain that provided assistance to the anti-Soviet forces in both countries.However, since its own economic situation was already quite bad at this time, it was difficult to persist, so Britain asked the United States to continue to bear this responsibility.

This is a fact in history, but Alan Wilson mentioned at the time that he wanted to find a way in Turkey.

The Turkish army marched into Greece to help the Greek government forces fight, which made the Greek Liberation Army more appealing.After all, the hatred relationship between Greece and Turkey can be used, and the Greek Communist Party upholds the national justice.

The United States is now assisting both ends of the Asian continent, but this has nothing to do with the United Kingdom. At present, the US military advisory group is planning a joint command of the United States, Turkey and Greece to completely eliminate the pro-Soviet armed forces in the eyes of the Americans.

The Greek Liberation Army is a pro-Soviet armed force in the eyes of Americans, and it is not a mistake to put it at this time.

Different from the original history, Yugoslavia later fell out with the Soviet Union, which led to the split of the Greek Communist Party. Although the Soviet Union was the most powerful backup, Stalin did not want to fall out with the West so quickly, and wanted to maintain peaceful coexistence in a short time.

And Tito was the most ardent supporter of the Greek Liberation Army. The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia fell out, which directly caused Greece to lose foreign aid.

The issue is?The current situation is that the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have not fallen out at all. Although Britain has explained to Yugoslavia many times, those anti-Tito people who crossed the border incident are heading to the United States.

Northern Rhodesia took in those anti-Tito people because of pressure from the US, not because London wanted to do it.

Belgrade accepted the rhetoric that London was under pressure, then turned around and threw itself into the arms of the Soviet Union.Now that the relationship between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union is good, the external environment of the Greek Liberation Army will naturally be good, and it will become much more difficult to deal with than in history.

There are disadvantages, but there are also advantages. The Turkish army marched into Greece to stand on the side of the monarchy and government forces. Although it caused the Greeks to arouse feuds, many people stood on the side of the Greek Liberation Army, but Greece was ultimately only With a population of less than 800 million, it does not have the ability to tap the potential and fight to the death with the government forces supported by the United States and the Turkish army.

Alan Wilson does not think that the Greeks will be able to drive the anti-Greek armed forces supported by the United States into the sea because the government forces and the Turks stand together.As long as the Americans are willing to spare, the big deal is that Greece will become a country similar to the US government in Latin America or the military government in South Korea.

Most Greeks don't like the current government, but the reactionary forces are too strong, so they can only dare not speak out.

Alan Wilson thinks this is very good, as long as the current rule can be maintained, it doesn't matter whether the government is popular or not.Besides, as long as the Greek royal family exists, there is a chance to muddy the water.

After all, the future queen's fiancé is a Greek prince, and the two are about to enter the wedding hall.

Mountbatten, who has long been deputy king in British India, has always been Philip's mentor. Mountbatten is the younger brother of Princess Alice, Prince Philip's mother, and his nickname is Dicky, because of Prince Philip's father, Andreas of Greece The prince has been separated from his wife for a long time, leaving them to spend their days and nights in France, so Mountbatten plays the role of Philip's father in spirit, and his son Prince Charles also calls Mountbatten "my honorary grandfather".

On the journey back home, Alan Wilson also mentioned the current situation in Greece and the relationship between the Queen's fiancé and the Mountbatten family, "If the crown prince gets married, will the deputy king come back from British India?"

"Should be, Philip respects my father very much. After all, my father is his uncle." Pamela Mountbatten briefly mentioned the relationship between Mountbatten himself and the queen's fiancé, and saw her fiancé in a trance, "How do you gone?"

"I'm wondering what the noble circle is like? Is it because you use golden hoes when farming. If there is a chance to meet, how should I behave in order to pretend that I have seen the world?"

"You can follow me when the time comes, I know everyone." Pamela Mountbatten looked like I wouldn't be sleepy if you said this, and she was full of spirits, pointing Jiangshan and talking about her father's connections in the aristocratic circle.

She had finally seized such an opportunity. She was usually in a teachable position, and this man knew almost everything.Now I can finally encounter a field that Alan Wilson doesn't understand.

At this time, Allen Wilson was seriously considering whether to go to the luggage area and take out the diary to write it down.Think about it or forget it, who is a serious person who keeps a diary?

Although the civil war in Greece may become more intense in the future, Alan Wilson is very satisfied, that is the problem of the United States.The obligations of the British Empire in the Near East had been superseded by the United States.All costs are the costs of the United States!

After boarding the military plane from Aden, Alan Wilson still had some regrets. If he had enough time, he actually wanted to go to the Indian community to see what the mental state of the second masters of the British Empire was in other colonies.

Turning plane again in Alexandria, arriving in Rome can be regarded as officially returning to Europe.Although it has been quite hard all the way, but thinking of the heavy suitcase, Alan Wilson is quite excited, and there is a lot to do in the vast world.

Before the arrival of November, he had already landed from London with his fiancée, took out the prepared mask directly after getting off the plane, and put it on for Pamela Mountbatten, and the two hired a truck to take the suitcase out of the airport.During this period, she was not blocked by anything, and the daughter of the vice king of India still had a lot of face.

"I don't know if Indians will miss me in the future." Alan Wilson is still thinking about the place where he lived and fought.

Nostalgia is not just in the mouth. The first person Alan Wilson met when he returned to London was not British at all.It was Ali Khan's Indian housekeeper, Alim, who took the initiative to say hello to the other party, which can be regarded as a tribute to Ali Khan.

Although the Commissioner of Hyderabad is only a short work experience, it is worth remembering by Allen Wilson for a lifetime.If there is any good investment project, he will never forget Ali Khan, that's how he knows how to repay his kindness.

With Alan Wilson's entrustment, Arim often told him the news of the subcontinent after he left.

Alan Wilson accompanied Pamela Mountbatten to meet the second guest, the eldest daughter of General Mountbatten and sister Patricia of Pamela Mountbatten.

Originally, Pamela Mountbatten was going to her sister's place soon, but Alan Wilson felt that it was more important to be the housekeeper of the former richest man in the world.He is such a real person in the world.

Chapter 354 He Should Be a Minister

"Let's talk about it first. After seeing your sister, I'm going to report to the Ministry of Indian Affairs." Alan Wilson looked business-like, ready to dedicate his life to the British Empire at any time.

He said that his son and daughter's personal relationship should not be an obstacle to his reporting. He completely ignored Ali Khan's housekeeper and had no time to chat nervously before. He even wanted to keep Ali Khan to stay for a meal.

"Understood, don't always act like you're busier than the Prime Minister." Pamela Mountbatten pouted, "It's hard to go back to China, why is it still like a clockwork, aren't you tired?"

"The future of the British Empire inspires me. You are a woman and you don't understand." Alan Wilson stated his lifelong pursuit righteously, one, girl!Second, key politics!

Other than that, everything is just a passing cloud. In his eyes, money is just a by-product of the extension of power, which is completely opposite to the views of most civil servants.

The vast majority of officials in Western countries believe that the ultimate attribution of power is the right to use it, and it will not be invalidated when it expires.Where to be an honorary consultant or shareholder after retirement, no matter what kind of memoir or something to exchange for money.

But he is an oriental, and money has never been compared with power in his mind. This kind of thinking is deeply ingrained and cannot be changed.Furthermore, he was already financially free in British India.

Therefore, Alan Wilson can use all means to get the money, just pass it in his hands and then give it away.Whether it was given to the Dragoons or the Great Britain Treasure, I never felt distressed.

The fact that Pamela Mountbatten's mother conquered Mountbatten in a big car would never happen to him.On the contrary, he used the same means to take Pamela.

"I really don't understand why you don't value money at all. Why are you so greedy in British India." Pamela Mountbatten was very surprised. She had seen her fiancé's corruption methods, but she really didn't value money.

"I was looking for the feeling of being in power, not about money. And corruption is to make you have enough material foundation, not that I need money." Alan Wilson said this and added, "Those money I didn't pay a single penny more."

Although Alan Wilson had a serious face, Pamela Mountbatten was flattered in her heart, pretending to be stern and said, "You can't do that in China, I don't really care about money."

"Oh!" Alan Wilson looked at the girl's eyes that were almost filled with gold coins, and believed this lie for the time being. Since she said that she didn't care much about money, then she didn't... care about money very much.

Pamela's sister, Patricia, is the eldest daughter of the Mountbatten couple and is five years older than Pamela Mountbatten.And Alan Wilson's profile age is the same age.

Because of their father's social status and their mother's wealth, the two sisters had no worries about food and clothing since they were young. The relationship between the two sisters is also quite good in this environment. As soon as Pamela came to the house, which had just returned from New Delhi, the two sisters chatted endlessly.

Patricia listened to her sister talk about the experience of British India, and took time to entertain Alan Wilson, "Alan, Pamela always mentioned you when she was in London, and this time the two of you finally came back together."

"There's no mention of it, the main reason is that he always clings to me." Pamela Mountbatten corrected with a red face.

Compared with the warm-hearted two sisters, Ellen Wilson and Patricia's husband, John Braburn, are very awkward when they face each other. There is no doubt that Ellen Wilson is best at key politics, but key politics The side effect is obvious, and it is often equated with bragging. He can't just start bragging at the first meeting.

"Actually, I've always been interested in being a producer." John Brabone talked about his hobbies after several rounds of talking, and he has always been very interested in the film industry.

Finally, the two broke away from the perfunctory conversation that had been going on all along. Allen Wilson had received the daily work of the Hollywood actress group in British India. Although he didn't fully understand it, a vague understanding was enough.

What he didn't know was that John Braburn was really not a fan. He was supposed to adapt Murder on the Orient Express 20 years later and won an Oscar.

At the beginning of [-], Agatha, already the "Queen of Reasoning", suddenly received a strange call. "My name is John Braburn and I would like to make a film adaptation."

That's what he said on the phone.Agatha was a little surprised. She was 83 years old and lived in Wallingford most of the time, forty miles away from London. The adaptation was handled by her agent.

John Braburn himself called to make this film appear, and it was adapted into a film for the first time. This film was regarded by Agatha who was still alive at the time as an adaptation she was very satisfied with.

Ingrid Bergman, who is almost 60 years old, is also in the movie, but Alan Wilson doesn't know it.

Allen Wilson can be called a professional because of Jianzheng, saying that the growth of the film industry still depends on the market. The simple formation of the market is simply a large population and a large area.

This point cannot be surpassed by the United States in a short period of time, unless market integration can be carried out in Europe.

This is not entirely bragging, so John Braburn did not refute it, but rather agreed with Alan Wilson, but also pointed out that movies also need the support of cultural heritage, and European countries still have advantages.

"This is temporary, and we still need to find a way to integrate the European market." Alan Wilson still reserves his opinion.

Just like during the Cold War, the largest market for movie box office was the United States, but the second largest market was the Soviet Union.Although the market cannot decide everything, it can also decide many things.

What John Braburn said is actually like Hong Kong filmmakers are not afraid of the godfather, but the release of Jurassic Park directly wiped out the entire Hong Kong film army.

The Godfather is certainly a very classic movie, but as long as the movie of Godfather calms down and carefully polishes the script, filmmakers from other countries will not be too bad, but with the appearance of Jurassic Park and Titanic, filmmakers from other countries really Can't resist.

Since the appearance of Jurassic Park and Terminator movies, the overseas revenue of Hollywood movies has officially surpassed the revenue in North America, and it has begun to conquer cities and territories all over the world, killing movies from other countries.

Japanese movies in the 21st century are actually not at the same level as Japanese movies at their peak.In the final analysis, the US film market is the largest, and naturally it is also the most daring to use costly new technologies.

This kind of cost is unaffordable for filmmakers from other countries, and once the new technology is successfully applied, films from other countries that can compete with the godfather will naturally not be Hollywood opponents with special effects.

However, new technology will also bring consequences. The number of classics produced by the full-staffed Hollywood is obviously not as good as those carefully polished movies in the era without new technology.

However, it is not a problem of a certain country. Alan Wilson feels that the low-budget Chinese films in the new century are not as good as old films such as the Meishan strange case and the 70 murder in the 405s and [-]s.

Although the two did not reach a consensus, at least they got rid of the previous embarrassment and had some chats.

It's just that John Braburn thinks that Hollywood is nothing more than that, but in larger batches.Larger batches also mean more defective products. British movies can completely compete with American movies with high-quality movies.

"That's right." For the sake of John Brabone being Pamela's brother-in-law, Alan Wilson expressed his approval on the surface, but silently recited a coin in his heart, completing the friendly meeting.

Generally speaking, although there was no consensus at this meeting, it was still very successful from the perspective of family affection.

Pamela and Patricia saw their husband chatting very speculatively, and they were also happy from the bottom of their hearts, happy to find a life partner for their sisters.

It wasn't until dinner that Alan Wilson and his wife bid farewell to Patricia and his wife, and they bid farewell to each other to complete this reunion.

"What do you think of my brother-in-law?" After the two of them started their car and left, Patricia asked her husband what he thought of Alan Wilson.

"I think he should be a minister." John Braburn thought for a moment. "Looking at him, it looks like those politicians are running for election."

Pamela Mountbatten, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, looked at Alan Wilson and asked what impression he had of Patricia and John Braburn, and how they got along.

"I met your sister. When I was transferred back to Europe, I went to your home to meet your mother and sister." Alan Wilson paused before continuing, "As for John Brabone, he You should consider becoming a minister."

"Can a person like him still be a minister?" Pamela Mountbatten was a little shocked. Why didn't she find that John Braburn had this talent to lead the British Empire?

"With all due respect, I really can't think of a job more suitable for him than a minister." Alan Wilson took a deep look at Pamela Mountbatten and said solemnly, "Only being a minister can benefit the society."

"If he can be a minister, you must at least be a prime minister." Pamela Mountbatten turned to comfort her fiancé.

Who are you scolding?If he wasn't driving, Alan Wilson would have reached out and slapped Pamela Mountbatten in the ass.

After meeting with Patricia and his wife, Alan Wilson and his wife finished their vacation at that time and started to work on some things.The matter of registering an exploration company is obviously more suitable for Pamela Mountbatten, the daughter of the Great British Dragon Aotian.

As for Alan Wilson, a loyal and honest civil servant of the empire, he naturally packed up and prepared to report to the Ministry of Indian Affairs. He should go there quickly, and it will be canceled at some point.

Chapter 355 The Higher Level Values ​​You

Any country has a privileged department, and as the largest colonial country, the privileged department of the British Empire is the Ministry of Indian Affairs.

Since the emergence of British India, the Ministry of Indian Affairs has been an unshakable cabinet member.There are many ministers, but not so many cabinet ministers.

Ministry of Indian Affairs A British government agency established in [-] in response to the Government of India's Act, which limited some of the rights of the British East India Company, leaving India under the direct rule of the Crown until independence in [-] under.

Until the implementation of the new Indian government bill in [-], the huge fiscal revenue of the Indian government could be fully controlled.

After [-], part of the financial revenue of British India remained in British India for local construction. It does not mean that the Ministry of Indian Affairs lost this power.

The current Minister of Indian Affairs is the Earl of Listowell, not Allen Wilson boasting, the respected Earl should thank him for his hard work in British India, if not for him, India would have been independent for two months.

The Earl of Listowell has long been the Minister of Burmese Affairs, and the credit for the two extra months as Minister of Indian Affairs is due to Alan Wilson.

Haven't you heard a saying, time is money, just these two months can already explain how many problems, let alone now, it seems that it is not just a two-month problem.

After the prosperity, there are vicissitudes. Everyone knows that the existence of the Ministry of Indian Affairs is numbered. Although the building of the Ministry of Indian Affairs, which was once prosperous, is still busy, the busy work is the work of the Department.

Anxiety amid the busy schedule was Alan Wilson's first instinctive reaction after he arrived at the headquarters building of the former privileged department. In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that if the Ministry of Indian Affairs is withdrawn, the whereabouts of some people will definitely become a problem.

The current news is that there will be a new department called the Department of Commonwealth Relations, and the Commonwealth refers to the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Commonwealth of Nations is similar to the French Commonwealth of France, but it is clear that similar departments in France are more powerful. In the 21st century, colonial cultural ties, internal trade preferences similar to French, and countries that are too determined to separate from French colonization have not even left pencils. , the economy is in a state of collapse.

While maintaining within the same framework, similar to the West African franc, the death of the African president’s son participating in the French army training was declared a normal accident, the Paris-Dakar Rally Race, and France was asked to be responsible for the security of all countries.

In these aspects, France far surpasses the Commonwealth of Nations, which is why France dares to call for European independence.

In terms of the attitude towards the colonies, the British Empire obviously sucked blood if it was useful, and let it fend for itself if it couldn't suck blood.

I have never felt that a huge territory is such a good thing.France is different. Regardless of whether the development is good or bad, it will never let go.

Before World War I, both Canada and Australia had voices calling for a one-step merger with the United Kingdom, and the British mainland ignored such voices.

Today, Alan Wilson is sure that the British already know the mistake, and now they will post it on their own initiative.Canada and Australia would also not agree to a merger.

But the Commonwealth Department is still useful. Many Canadians on the Internet in later generations regard the Commonwealth as the last line of defense against the annexation of Canada by the United States.

If Britain can maintain a certain strength, instead of kneeling to the end.

Countries like Canada and Australia are actually very willing to help the UK. History has proven that when a group has only one country in charge, the leading country will treat its allies as dogs.This is also true within the Five Eyes alliance.