British civil servant

Finally, the telegram mentioned the importance of marketing. In the bundled reports, you must not be stingy with the investment in the navy. Not to mention that Vivien Leigh's circle of friends has a high gold content, even if it is not high, it can be boasted. It is a pity not to boast such a high gold content.

The telegram with a lot of content directly opened up a new world for Vivien Leigh, and the British Indian King's reputation is well-deserved.

"What a treasure boy." The more she got to know Vivien Leigh, the more she felt that Alan Wilson was really talented. Although his appearance was ordinary, his size was also an advantage.

Far away in British India, she was able to answer the questions she encountered in the United States and point out a feasible path.

After receiving the enlightenment from the Buddha's land, Vivien Leigh's thoughts became clear. Indeed, Gandhi's craze might disappear anytime soon, and binding is a good way to maintain the fever.

"Betty, my brother sent me the information your friend asked for." Vivien Li called Bette Davis and said with a sweet smile. It should be, when are you coming? Oh, ok...bye..."

Chapter 251 Excited Derek

In the telegram, Alan Wilson has already stated clearly that it is impossible for a company of the size of the U.S. Steel Company not to be involved in politics, so naturally he must be very familiar with the language of civil servants. It is best not to talk too much about such people. Speaking, just put the data directly.

When Drake brought Bette Davis to the door, Vivien Leigh took out the separate data part of the telegram, and did not forget to fight for her good brother, "Mr. Derek, this is confidential information. It is related to the important industries of British India."

Derek frowned slightly, thinking that when the female celebrity in front of him was going to fight against others again, Vivien Leigh kept saying, "Everything has to be paid, and there is a certain risk if it is leaked."

It turned out to be the case, Derek nodded and said, "Miss Vivienne, you will be rewarded for your hard work. This is a very reasonable thing. As a large-scale company, of course U.S. Steel will not make meaningful contributions. White prostitution that damages the company's reputation."

I followed Bette Davis together, and at this time she seemed very instrumental, and couldn't get in the way at all.Not only was she unable to intervene, but Katharine Hepburn was also unable to intervene. After all, they were indeed not experts in what they were talking about.

The profession of an actor is indeed not a high-paying profession as a whole, but at the level of Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn, it is very high-paying.They are already accustomed to their current life, how can they have the motivation to learn knowledge in other industries.

"I think the content mentioned in these telegrams alone is worth 20 US dollars. If it is verified by us, there will be follow-up remuneration." Derek pretended to be generous. For civil servants in India, it is definitely a satisfactory remuneration."

As soon as this remark came out, even Vivien Leigh was shocked. You must know that when she filmed Gone with the Wind, her film salary was only 20 US dollars. Now, the person in front of her is asking [-] US dollars for the data that has not yet been verified?

Is it too easy to make money like this?You must know that many well-known actresses usually only have a salary of about [-] US dollars when they are well-known. As for actresses who are not famous, it is very difficult to survive.

Fame is very attractive to actresses, and even Katharine Hepburn, who is now famous, is not immune to this figure, and Derek also said that once verified, there will be more remuneration.

A few shocked female stars didn't even look at what Alan Wilson gave. If British India were an independent country, what he was doing now would be enough to be shot. Fortunately, it was only a colony.

Among these materials, especially the iron ore part, especially attracted Derek's attention, Dolimaran Iron Ore: This mine is located in the Bellary area of ​​Mysore state, with an average grade of 60.00% IV.The ore is shipped to the port of Madras for export.The Baladir Iron Mine is also in the Mysore state.

Derek remembered the name of Mysore state just from the distribution of several iron mines in the telegram.

But Derek, who doesn't know much about the interior of British India, doesn't know where Mysore is, so he can only ask, hoping Vivien Leigh knows at least a little bit, "Miss Vivienne, you were born in British India Right? What is the state of Mysore?”

If Derek asked some detailed questions, maybe he could directly expose the personality of Vivien Leigh's Indian daughter, but it is precisely the problem of Tubang, Vivien Leigh heard Alan Wilson say it more than once in her pillow.

How to extract benefits from the state so that India after independence can get nothing, occupies a considerable proportion of Alan Wilson's work, Vivien Leigh just knows it, and directly replied, "The British army has launched several times against Mysore. The war in the state of Mysore. This state is located at the southern tip of the subcontinent. It is a place under the indirect rule of British India. There are commissioners in the state. My good brother used to be the commissioner of the neighboring state of Mysore. Jun should be a believer of peace and has the title of Sultan."

The Wadia dynasty war between Britain and the Kingdom of Mysore broke out several times. After the defeat of Mysore, part of its territory was divided between the East India Company and its ally Hyderabad.The remaining territories were reorganized into the Mysore state.

The Wadia dynasty regained power, the prince was Krishraja Wadia III, and the capital was moved back to Mysore.

Later, the descendants of Tipu Sultan created a rebellion, but it was quickly quelled, and the main messenger was sent to Calcutta.The British once took away the rulership of the princes on the grounds of peasant riots.After the Indian national uprising ended, the kingship was returned.

"Thank you Miss Vivienne." Derek's eyes lit up, and he had already memorized Vivien Leigh's words in his heart, and he could just find a consultant to answer the questions he didn't understand after leaving.

Now he needs to go back to Pittsburgh immediately. Pittsburgh is the headquarters of the United States Steel Corporation and has the title of Steel Capital.The local area is also outstanding. In addition to being the base camp of Carnegie, the local Andrew Mellon established the Mellon Consortium.

He became the richest man in the United States at the time, and later became the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

George Westinghouse, American engineer and manufacturer.He was awarded more than 400 patents for his many inventions, including air brakes, railway brake signaling devices, and practical methods of transmitting electricity.Later founded the Westinghouse Electric Company, and Heinz founded the world food giant Heinz Company.

With the outbreak of World War II, Pittsburgh was at its peak at this time, with a permanent population of more than 60. Steel workers kept coming and going, and the soaring chimneys propped up the sky of the steel city. Except for the air, there was almost nothing left. good.

Derek, who got the confidential information of British India, immediately said that he would go back to the headquarters, and he didn't even care about Bette Davis' greetings. After all, a man should put his career first.

If the bottom-hunting is successful, the benefits contained in it are unimaginable. Not to mention, within the U.S. Steel Corporation, Derek will definitely rise and have a greater right to speak. Maybe he can become a part of the ceiling of the United States. Opportunities have already appeared. , it is worth paying 12 points of effort.

The lingering gray gas over Pittsburgh seemed to remind people of the unique status of this city in the United States of America. Derek said that U.S. Steel only occupies half of the U.S. steel industry, and that was just a modest rhetoric.

The influence of U.S. Steel Corporation on the U.S. steel industry is considered to be very high among many U.S. trust companies.It can even be compared with Standard Oil, which was not split up back then.

Otherwise, why did Morgan, who has risked his life in history, spend nearly [-] million US dollars to acquire Carnegie Steel Company, and how did he suddenly send Carnegie to the position of the richest man in the United States?

Pittsburgh has witnessed many major events affecting the United States, Standard Oil and Morgan Bank's battle for Carnegie Steel Company, the emergence and implementation of antitrust laws, and Mellon's treasury secretary becoming the richest man in the United States.

There are too many, compared with the past, what Derek said today is not a big scene.

But it is definitely not a trivial matter in the general sense. After all, internationalization has always been the pursuit of a company of the size of the U.S. Steel Corporation. If it wins a country, it wants the whole world.

The famous saying of the Rockefeller family, 90.00% is not enough, I want [-]% is also effective in the steel industry.

Decades ago, the Rockefeller family led Standard Oil to embark on an international journey. At that time, Anglo-American Standard Oil Company and German-American Standard Oil Company were established one after another. Today, the situation faced by U.S. Steel Corporation is better than that at that time. Why not try it? ?

As I said before, it is of course impossible for a company of the size of U.S. Steel to have nothing to do with politics.

Quite the contrary, they are quite concerned about politics, and even involved in it.Knowing all about the loosening of the colonial system of the British Empire, many directors nodded inwardly after hearing Derek's words.

"I think the time to start internationalization is very ripe. And I have inquired that the iron mine is located in a place under the indirect rule of British India." Derek said confidently, "I'm not saying that there are no British people there. Influence, but I want to say that the difficulty will be reduced, and we invest in local development through reasonable and legal purposes, and the British have no reason to object."

"Derek, there are still risks. Of course, we don't disagree. On the contrary, we have listened to your opinions. It just needs to go through some evaluation. Our company has many shareholders, and it's not just a few of us who can say a few words casually. Make decisions related to the future of the company." Several directors looked at each other, and the middle-aged man in the lead said, "It needs the approval of many people, especially on Wall Street."

"I see." Derek understood as soon as he heard it. He needed approval from Wall Street, and he needed to go to the Morgan family, the people behind U.S. Steel.

The establishment of the U.S. Steel Corporation was facilitated by the Morgan family, and it has had a strong influence on the U.S. Steel Corporation until this year. This kind of decision needs to be approved, which is normal.

Derek, who returned to Pittsburgh, neglected the charming Bette Davis with electric eyes, but Vivien Leigh seized the opportunity to form her own group of girlfriends, and practiced the initiative of the master of micromanagement to report to the group to keep warm.

In essence, Vivien Leigh understands that these seemingly successful and radiant female stars want to improve, because she also wants to improve, otherwise she would not go to British India alone.

After the benefactor left, Vivien Leigh used kind persuasion to make Bette Davis understand that it is better to ask for others than to ask for oneself.

"It's true that we want to step into the upper class, but we can't put all our hopes on men in this process. We also have to show our abilities, so that people will be impressed."

Chapter 252 Vivian

It is a normal pursuit to become a female star to achieve a class leap, and Vivien Leigh understands this, because she has also experienced this kind of time.

厽厼.But after arriving in British India, she realized that even in the most impoverished places, there are still rich people.

While in Hyderabad, he saw Alan Wilson getting along with Ali Khan, the former richest man in the world.

Whether it is personal struggle or the process of history, Alan Wilson became one of the top civil servants in British India after returning to British India from Europe.

In British India, the most important colony of the British Empire, it has the power of life and death over [-] civil servants, and can also influence more than half of British India through [-] British Indian civil servants.

But in front of Ali Khan, in the eyes of Vivien Leigh, the one-sided man in British India also maintained enough humility and kindness. That is called authority. The goal Vivien Leigh pursued before was so childish and ridiculous in front of that kind of authority.

You must know that Alan Wilson has already achieved this level in his early twenties. The British Empire still has so many colonies. Will the British colonial government of those colonies be like this?

That's authority!After several months of living in British India, Vivien Leigh completely woke up, and even believed in Alan Wilson's words. She had never been so obedient to a man.

Now the man said that forming a group of girlfriends to keep warm is the best way to consolidate influence, so it must be like this.

For Vivien Leigh, who is forming a girlfriend group, there are still many candidates, because Vivien Leigh is British, and she doesn't need to fight face to face for fame like the Hollywood female stars of this era.

Vivien Leigh can live a good life in the UK, which leads to a certain sense that she is not a contender for the current Hollywood female stars.

What's more, she no longer has this ambition, and has maintained a decent friendship with many female stars, even if she doesn't know each other, she still has her good friend Katharine Hepburn.

Katharine Hepburn is about to be 40 years old, but she is still very well-known, and now she is the ceiling of the Hollywood Awards, leading other female stars in awards. Katharine Hepburn's record can only be broken by herself.

The key point is that Katharine Hepburn's image is very good, and the public has no negative impression of her. If Vivien Leigh can get Katharine Hepburn's help, it will not be difficult.

Since Vivien Leigh arrived in the United States this time, she lived in Katharine Hepburn's home, because Katharine Hepburn lived alone.

As always, Vivien Leigh still received enthusiastic help from Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Hepburn had no doubts when she mentioned that she hoped to gather more female stars to expand her influence.

"I haven't seen you in a few years. Why is Vivienne so hardworking? Just don't be like Joan." Katharine Hepburn shook her head with a smile, as a reminder to Vivien Leigh, don't live so tired like Joan Crawford.

Joan Crawford's life was very difficult. She almost climbed from the lowest level of society to her current position.Before she was born, her father abandoned her mother and her brother, and her mother remarried.

When she was 11 years old, her stepfather abandoned them again. Later, her mother kept changing lovers. She went to Chicago to try her luck. When she saw another girl prettier than her in a broker's office, she burst into tears. This moved the broker and gave her Introduced a job - dancing striptease.

"Oh, by the way, Vivienne, the relationship between Joan and Betty is very bad." Katharine Hepburn saw Joan Crawford's name on the invitation list, and kindly reminded, "Running for the Indians who are on the verge of starvation, This is a good thing, but you have to mediate the relationship between the two, and the relationship between them is very bad."

"Is there such a thing?" Vivien Leigh's experience in the United States was limited to filming, and she returned to China after filming. She didn't know this kind of inside story, but she immediately joked, "Catherine, I didn't expect you to gossip like this."

"Although I have a boyish personality, I am also a woman." Katharine Hepburn covered her mouth and chuckled, talking about the festival between the two.

In [-], Universal held a press conference for potential newcomer Bette Davis.

Like all newcomers, Betty cherished the opportunity to speak publicly for the first time, and Betty took the stage after the leading man.Media reporters, spotlights, everything was perfect, at this moment the door of the hall suddenly opened.

Joan Crawford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. walked in arm in arm. Betty, who was expecting the murder film, watched the media turn around and go to the hall. on her husband.

This is the beginning of everything. Bette Davis was born in a scholarly family and has received systematic higher education in drama.The first public appearance was disturbed by a call girl in the eyes.

Bette Davis openly said that Joan Crawford slept with every MGM executive and was a bitch.

The disagreement between the two is a well-known thing in Hollywood, and only Vivien Leigh, an Englishman, doesn't take it seriously.

"Isn't it acting? Promote mutual fame?" Vivien Leigh asked incredulously, "Could it be a way to maintain popularity?"

"There are other possibilities, the two of them are definitely not." Katharine Hepburn shook her head solemnly, "It's not difficult to act as an actor, but they can't act all the time, right?"

"It seems that it is definitely a very difficult thing to invite two people at the same time." Vivien Leigh asked herself, and Katharine Hepburn nodded beside her, "It's almost like this."

wrong!Vivien Leigh, who has successfully completed her studies in British India, felt that if Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did something together, it would attract more attention.

Vivien Leigh, who has already started her training, understands that this call for attention to the famine in British India has aroused such a hot spot in the United States. As long as she invites, whoever does not come will be called a vicious woman by the other party.

Even without her taking the initiative to say anything, there is mainly a newspaper speculating about it, and the two will join in on their own initiative.

Alan Wilson, who was chairing the Drought Relief Conference in British India, would never have imagined that Vivien Leigh would leave school so soon, and would form a Hollywood group of luxurious girlfriends that had never appeared before.

"Recent price rises? Of course this has nothing to do with the gentlemen, it is because of natural disasters." Alan Wilson said with a heavy face at the conference on how to fight against the drought in British India, "But the prices of some precious metals, such as gold The rate of increase is very worrying."

"Once there is any natural disaster, people will choose gold as a safe haven, and there is nothing we can do about it." Andri, the chief executive of Bangladesh province with a Cuban cigar between his fingers, said casually, "Everything is a natural disaster. s reason."

"Forgive me for asking a hypothetical question first, assuming that a colony still has two years to become independent, but because the local agency did something wrong, it caused the colony to become unstable and increased the maintenance expenses of the colony, assuming this Known by London, assuming London decides to withdraw as soon as possible." Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "Then the consequences of this hypothesis will appear, will it be a bad thing?"

The provincial chief executives in the meeting room were silent, and Burke, the senior official of the United Provinces, smoothed things over, "This hypothetical issue is very forward-looking. We assume that this hypothetical future is established. If it is for us, of course it will be Maintain the stability of this hypothetical colony as much as possible, and strive to persist until the last moment. This will benefit everyone."

"That's right. In fact, gentlemen understand a simple truth. It is definitely easier to combine work and rest with two years of work than half a year. The same two-year salary is more than half a year, isn't it?" ?”

厽厼.Sir Baron said without changing his face, "We can do many things directly, but we must not let others find out that we have done it, especially London. Whether it is the cabinet or Whitehall, with enough time, we can Finish what we have to do step by step, instead of wishing to go back to London tomorrow to be an apartment like the colony in the hypothetical problem, this kind of evasion of responsibility..."

"Very ungentlemanly." Alan Wilson added, "Sir Barron does not want the situation in British India to be affected by this drought. We must strictly abide by the date set by London. The Prime Minister said in his speech in the House of Commons, The question of British India must be settled by February [-]."

"Then we will persist until February, 47." Sir Barron raised his wrist and looked at the time, "It is now 52:[-]:[-] on July [-], [-] Generally speaking, we still have about one year and seven months. It is expected that the famine will not exceed February next year in the worst case. Years of hard work for the happiness of the people of the subcontinent."

"Don't get too flustered is the purpose of this meeting." Sir Barron put down his wrist and stood up straight away. Lunch time had already arrived.

The entire meeting room was empty in an instant, except for the thick smoke of Pittsburgh, indicating that the meeting room was still full of people just now.

Regarding the results of this meeting, the newspapers on the second day expressed the solidarity of all parts of the subcontinent, which was widely praised by the international community. The whole process was handled fairly and transparently, which is the key to curbing the drought.

In particular, he commended the tenacity and sacrifice of the people of the subcontinent in the face of the drought, named film industry practitioners in British India, donated money and materials, and called on wealthy families to help the disaster-stricken areas. The performance of public figures was shocking.

Finally, I call on the whole of British India to unite, let go of previous prejudices, and unite closely around the colonial government. Of course, the last paragraph is for the Congress Party and the Muslim League, so don’t come out to make trouble at this time.

Chapter 253 The Plague Can Break Out

"But having said that, is Gandhi's hunger strike over?" Sir Baron said vaguely. The veal steak in his mouth obviously had a certain negative effect at this time, and the gravy remained from between his teeth, hindering the clarity of words. sex.

"A week of hunger strike, plus a month of one meal a day, it's probably over." Alan Wilson thought for a moment, took a sip of whiskey and continued, "The good news now is that we probably have Knowing the scope of the drought, it is already in mid-July, so the drought should not expand. This drought mainly affected the upper reaches of the Ganges River. The Central Province of the United Provinces is the hardest hit area. The precipitation in other places has also decreased compared to previous years. The Deccan The plateau has also been affected, but the loss is still acceptable compared to the north."

"They are all inland areas. This is good news, and it will help us control the situation." Sir Barron nodded and said with a relieved expression, "Like the Great Famine in Bengal, in the important industrial areas along the coast, everything is covered. No, that is the big deal, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Deccan Plateau is not a big problem, mainly the upper Ganges."

What Sir Barron said is not serious is that compared with the drought in the upper reaches of the Ganges, it is not that the situation in the Deccan Plateau is not serious.

The great famine in India in [-] was mainly affected by South India, and the Deccan Plateau was the first place among them. Many photos of the great famine in India in later generations are left over from that famine.

In the eyes of some people, although the Deccan Plateau is a plateau, because it is located in a low-latitude tropical area, the water and heat conditions are very good. The production is rich; it is like the Boluofen Plateau in Laos. Although it is a plateau, it has the largest rice production in the country. granary.厽厼

The main thing about the granary is not output but stability, otherwise Punjab would not have become the granary of British India.The climate in most parts of British India is not stable, so the role of the roof of the world has to be mentioned.

For the subcontinent, the Himalayas are a ladder to the sky. Just looking at the straight-line distance from the snow-covered plateau, it should have belonged to India since ancient times, but in fact this is the same as Siberia in China. A place that can never be reached.

Overall, the Governor's Office is still optimistic about the drought and famine. The book losses are only 20 people. Most of them are not due to famine, but the hot temperature leads to dehydration, heat stroke and other diseases.

"In terms of statistics, the numbers of tuberculosis and cholera are too conspicuous." Sir Baron shook his head holding the statistics, knowing the inside story clearly, but he just put the number of deaths caused by famine on the disease, and said heavily , "Isn't there an outbreak of plague this year?"

Alan Wilson slapped his head, took the report with an apologetic expression, and solemnly assured, "It will explode immediately."

Negligence, isn’t there still statistics on plague? Even in the 21st century, almost all diseases in the world exist in the Indian subcontinent, including diseases that have already been eliminated by various countries. Plague is just a trivial matter.

Under the background that the plague has been almost eradicated worldwide, the plague broke out in India in the 90s.

A hospital in the Indian industrial city of Surat received [-] patients in a similar condition.Their symptoms were: persistent high fever, coughing, sneezing and vomiting blood, before falling into fainting.

Within half a month, more than a thousand people were hospitalized with this symptom, and then news of the plague outbreak spread like wildfire.In order to avoid this disaster, the residents, old and young, used all available means of transportation to flee the plague-stricken city in a hurry.

Then, without accident, the plague was brought to the whole of India.