British civil servant

"Alan, are you really optimistic about frequency hopping patents? Vivienne also asked this question, and she asked for you?" Heidi Lamarr remembered that Vivien Leigh had inquired about it when she was still in Los Angeles. The matter of the frequency hopping patent, compared with the man in front of him, everything is clear.

Alan Wilson nodded, acknowledging Heidi Rama's speculation, and expressed his willingness to contact local companies to help Heidi Rama realize her dream, "However, the matter of Vivienne still makes me doubtful."

"As long as you can help me, you can ask for any conditions." Heidi Lama said eagerly, "I can pay for the research myself."

"I'm not short of money." Alan Wilson shook his head. "Money is just a tool to realize dreams. Vivian didn't ask me to help her because of money."

Heidi Lamarr stood up suddenly, and she understood that either she didn't notice it, or she was complicit.

Just as he was thinking this way, the phone in the apartment rang, and Alan Wilson got up to answer the phone under Heidi Rama's aggrieved gaze, "Assistant Alan, who are you?"

"Alan, the shower in my apartment is broken, can you help me find someone to fix it?" Joan Crawford's voice came from the microphone, "Is this a little help?"

"No problem, I'm very happy." Alan Wilson promised into the microphone, "I'll contact you right away."

"Maybe it's not a big problem, you come here first." Joan Crawford said persistently, "What are you afraid of? You are all adults, so I can still eat you?"

How do you feel like you are repairing a computer?However, Allen Wilson nodded in agreement, glanced at Heidi Lamarr, and had to say that he has a bold idea now, very bold.

Why can't we catch all the Hollywood girlfriends!British India is also its own territory anyway.

The similarity between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis is that they have a pair of eyes full of indifference. This kind of gaze is very unfriendly, even when they are ordering people, they seem to be under orders. people

"The design patterns of these apartments are similar. I don't know if anyone has lived in them before." Joan Crawford, with her arms pinned to her chest, seemed quite condescending, looking at Alan Wilson who was squatting there for inspection.

"No one has stayed here recently, you are all guests, how could you be treated like this?" Alan Wilson said without looking back.

"That's strange." Joan Crawford's light and ethereal voice came, "Why are there men's slippers in Vivienne's room?"

This fixing spell directly made Alan Wilson turn around slowly, and said in an unknown tone, "It's really a miscalculation of the Allies if you don't become spies."

"You? Who else?" Joan Crawford was taken aback. Apart from himself, a star who has worked his way up from the bottom to his current status, is there anyone else who has such meticulous observation skills?

Chapter 283 VIPs Arrive in New Delhi

History will prove that it is not advisable to take regret medicine. I repeated what I said to Heidi Lamarr, but it did not reveal who the others are among you.

Allen Wilson desperately hoped that Joan Crawford could give himself a chance as a person. If time could turn back, he would definitely be more careful and not be discovered.

A man's mouth, a liar, who said that he would only sleep and do everything. Joan Crawford never believed such words. Other actresses were more or less born in a good family, even if Even if you don't want to be a star, you can live a stable life.

Joan Crawford was born at the bottom. At the beginning, she even cried and begged for a job as a stripper.

I don't believe in Alan Wilson's self-justification, but this matter has nothing to do with Joan Crawford. She just wanted to talk about her discovery, and she didn't intend to get anything from Alan Wilson.

"I didn't expect you to be a good person." Allen Wilson breathed a sigh of relief. He was sweating nervously just now, thinking that it would be okay to do one or two. It is really impossible to create an accident and explain all these actresses British India, wait to see American fans mourn, but thankfully, Joan Crawford brought him back from the brink of crime.

"Do you think I care about your shit? After all, Vivienne has no conflict with me. If it were Betty, I might not be so easy to talk to." Joan Crawford squinted her eyes, with a strong sense of coldness in her eyes "I know Betty looks down on me, and I also look down on her."

"Joan, I also despise those people who are arrogant because of their birth. I also came from a hard life, and I have come to where I am today." If the matter was more serious, Ellen Wilson would probably kneel before Joan Crawford. He hugged his thigh in front of him and begged to let it go. It is not so serious now, and he immediately stated his position to narrow the distance between the two parties, "I am our person."

"Are you one of us?" Joan Crawford stretched out her finger and hooked the man's chin with a bad expression, and then said seriously, "Don't worry, I appreciate people who work hard. Ann's fame, you can be regarded as a dream come true."

Along the way, Joan Crawford has paid too much, and I have a resonance with Alan Wilson's words.Once upon a time, she was also for a role, from one red sofa to another, and only then did she become what she is today.

Alan Wilson has been regarded as the male version of himself in Joan Crawford, and they all want to live a better life. There is nothing to blame, isn't it just eating soft rice.

At Joan Crawford's place, he gained another status as a soft rice man, and Alan Wilson was able to retreat. He was frightened twice a day, and he was a little wobbly when he walked.

The work spirit on the second day was not very optimistic, and I couldn't even think of how good our India is!

Fortunately, Vivien Leigh's tour of India had already started, and the news caused newspapers in the whole of British India to be full of articles, and achieved a sensational effect, attracting the attention of the whole of British India, and relieved a lot of pressure on the Governor's Office.

Goddesses walking in the subcontinent, the work pressure of the governor's mansion has been relieved a lot. The most important job is to write a news article covering the entire page with the title of what Indian food Bergman and Garbo tasted. .

It doesn't matter whether they ate or not. If the Governor's Office says they ate it and said it was delicious, that's a piece of news.

For Alan Wilson, there is another official business that is not suitable for others to know. Li Jisheng came back with a full harvest, which made Alan Wilson very pleased, holding the gold coin with the lion pattern and couldn't put it down.

"We closed the local English school, saved a lot of expenses, and put all our energy on trade. The harvest in a few months is very great." Li Jisheng narrated his credit with certainty.

"I can see it, I can see it." Allen Wilson nodded, his attention never shifting from the gold coin for even a second. Of course, he soon expressed his apology for his performance just now, because a golden Buddha was captured by Li Ji Sheng pushed it out, and the rubbing sound on the table showed that the weight was not light.

Listening to Li Jisheng talking about his hard work, Alan Wilson stared at his eyeballs that were about to fall, and agreed very much, "The British Empire will never forget your work in a difficult environment. I see that after this matter is over , You can change to another place to be a commissioner."

This verbal reward can be said to be insincere. It has nothing to do with where Li Jisheng will go in the future. He can go wherever he likes, but now, "the work still needs to be strengthened. You also know that precious metals are scarce in China now. , We are all thinking for the sake of the British Empire, don’t think that the current job is useless, we brought this gold to the mainland, and exchanged it for the British pound, isn’t it supporting the local economy?”

Allen Wilson justly emphasized that the return of colonial officials to the mainland greatly promoted the local economy.Don't you see, many of the protagonists who returned from British India were either rich or expensive?

Art comes from life. Who dares to say that these people who returned from the colony did not promote the progress of the British Empire?

The patriotism from this perspective made Li Jisheng awe-inspiring, or why he became the assistant commissioner of British India in his 20s, and he has been running around in the subcontinent for half his life, and now he is still an errand runner.

This awareness alone is not at the same level. With the encouragement of the commissioner's assistant, Li Jisheng's motivation is even higher.

"With me here, you can do it boldly. General Mountbatten will take office at the end of the year, and no one will pursue it." Alan Wilson pulled the tiger's skin to pull the banner and gave Li Jisheng a hint.

I have to say that he is surprisingly courageous when it comes to money, and he doesn't care about the consequences at all, "We are not fancying gold, but cherish the historical value in it. They can't protect it, so it's better to put it in the hands of a country that can protect it." , like the British Museum, from Egypt to Babylon, what’s missing?”

The British Museum has a collection of more than 700 million cultural relics and treasures from all over the world. The number and types of collections are rich, which is rarely seen in museums all over the world.Because of its huge collection, the British Museum can almost display the history of civilization in the whole world.

The collections come from the Middle Ages, especially the collections of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a large number of precious cultural relics from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and America.Cultural treasures in many parts of the world, only there to see the real thing.

Want to see mummies in Egypt?Did you know that there are more mummies in the British Museum than in Egypt?

Even Alan Wilson feels that Afghanistan can be developed. Of course, he does not have this power now. He will not have the opportunity to talk to the Afghans until General Mountbatten takes office.

With Golden Buddha, Alan Wilson was so motivated that he didn't even have time to talk about patents with Heidi Lamarr.

It’s just that the Golden Buddha can’t be owned every day, and patents still need to be discussed. Pamela Mountbatten, who was still in London, received a telegram from her sweetheart, saying that she could set up a communication company, but the registered company didn’t cost much.

Of course, the telegram also explained the development of the frequency hopping patent, and also explained Alan Wilson's determination to help Pamela Mountbatten develop his career at his own expense.

In the second half of the telegram, the long-awaited idea of ​​the Emerald Palace was mentioned. The two incidents directly lightened the bones of Pamela Mountbatten, who was eagerly looking forward to the arrival at the end of the year, and walked out of the house in high spirits, busy with communication The technology company thing went.

Compared with patents, Heidi Rama is obviously more interested in the rough stone brought back by Alan Wilson from Myanmar. This emerald green stone is unique to Myanmar, and Heidi Rama has never seen it before.

"If only this were an emerald." Heidi Lamarr startled Alan Wilson as soon as she spoke.

"If there are emeralds with a size of 100 centimeters, I'm not kidding at all. In the past [-] years, the British Empire can declare war on the country where it is located ten times." Alan Wilson swallowed secretly. Is it easy to dream if there are too many movies? Such a large emerald?Heidi Lamarr dared to think too.

The largest rough emerald in the world is only four kilograms, and the rough emerald given to him by the Burmese is at least five times heavier.

"If you like it, I will give it to you." Alan Wilson saw that Heidi Lamarr seemed to like it very much, and he took the initiative to express his generosity, "I have already sent a telegram to London, and I will pay for your patent. Have a practical discussion. Your royalties will be set at £[-]."

"Fourteen thousand dollars?" Heidi Lamarr was taken aback, this is not a small amount for her.

"If there is a product, I will pay you a percentage at that time." Alan Wilson nodded. "Of course, if there is no product, there may be only these."

"How about inviting you to dinner with some of our stars who are still in New Delhi? Tomorrow!" Heidi Lamarr was in a good mood. Now she felt that Vivien Leigh's vision was indeed better than her own, and this man still had many advantages.

"Tomorrow?" Alan Wilson shook his head after hearing this, "I have other things to do tomorrow, let's do it another day."

Tomorrow he is going to order a suitcase, the previous one is already full, it was a little short of it, but after receiving the Golden Buddha, it can no longer fit in it, and at the same time, he needs to verify the authenticity of the Golden Buddha, don't be fooled by Li Jisheng , We are not very familiar with each other.

Derek, who traveled all the way through Hawaii, Tokyo, and Manila, finally arrived in loyal New Delhi as a director of the U.S. Steel Corporation with a very professional team of strong generals.

Alan Wilson just had dinner with Heidi Lamarr and Joan Crawford just yesterday, and Bette Davis was missing. I don't know if Bette Davis knew that Derek was coming, or with Joan Crawford The reason for Crawford's disagreement did not appear during the meal together.

Because of this incident, Joan Crawford took out the content of the dinner time again.

"We need to prepare a scene of burning Washington." Alan Wilson knew the news and began to prepare. The opponent was not French. Although he arrived in loyal New Delhi, the Battle of Waterloo was not suitable.

Chapter 284 Officials and capitalists

In Alan Wilson's view, whether he can leave a glorious mark on the resume of British India is much more important than collecting money.

Civil servants can be shameless or incompetent, but they must not be shameless and incompetent.

This time the Americans took the initiative to send it to the door. He must seize this opportunity to turn the big ball with a small ball, so that the local finances can be greatly relieved, so that the British Empire can come out of the haze of the world war.

Lack of money will eventually affect military power. There is no doubt about this. The United States has money, even if its military spending is far from being as clean as it appears on the surface, it will eventually push the poor Soviet Union to the point where it cannot sustain itself.It doesn't matter if you win without fighting, the key depends on who wins.

However, Alan Wilson's advantage here is that the current situation in British India is stable, and the national upsurge caused by Vivien Leigh can last at least a month. The representatives of our company have a good talk.

This confrontation between bureaucrats and capitalists made Allen Wilson full of expectations and preparations.

Carrying Derek and a team of negotiators who selected elite soldiers, the plane landed at New Delhi Airport. Compared with Vivien Leigh's flight a few days ago, Derek seemed very deserted this time, which is normal. Conferred on par with Vivien Leigh?

New Delhi and Delhi are two worlds. On the one hand, there are neat European-style buildings, and on the other side, there are messy and unplanned downtowns. The difference is clear at a glance.

But this is not the purpose of Derek's attention. After arriving in New Delhi, he did not come to the door immediately. Instead, he let Alan Wilson know that he was coming, but deliberately let the little bureaucrats in his eyes dry out, grinding the opponent's patience.

Derek, who is rich and powerful, takes it for granted that this meeting will end with a big victory for him, and he will go from rising to the pinnacle of life step by step in the United States.

What a coincidence, Alan Wilson thought so too. Although the two haven't met yet, their appeals are still the same.It's just that one is a bureaucrat and the other is a capitalist.

At least Alan Wilson will not squeeze ordinary people as wantonly as ordinary capitalists.

He is essentially a top wage earner to keep the state machine running.He must first guarantee his innocence.

Secondly, what policy he wants to implement directly shows what policy his chief finally introduced.People who aren't in that system can't detect it at all.

Therefore, under the premise of preparing to communicate the plan with the local, Derek has to deal with not Alan Wilson himself at all. Once the local recognizes the plan, the director of the U.S. Steel Company will face the civil servants of the entire British Empire.

This is not a one-on-one battle at all. Even if Derek leads a powerful negotiating team, it is impossible to fight against the civil servants of the entire British Empire, let alone this is British India, and he has home court advantage.

Alan Wilson in the Governor's Mansion did know through the person who delivered the message that the wealthy capitalists had arrived in New Delhi.But there is no anxiety about what to do, or even looking forward to when the salary will be paid.

At the same time, Derek arrived in New Delhi and traveled with the United States. In front of Bette Davis, he experienced the feeling of spending money like water. Looking at the Indians in Delhi and looking at the rupee in his hand with longing eyes, the big man was also quite embarrassed. satisfy.

If Alan Wilson sees this typical colonial symptom, he will lament that there has been human-to-human transmission, and it has even spread to the United States. By trampling on the dignity of the locals, they get a sense of moral satisfaction. European and American countries often do it.

After get off work, Joan Crawford was already waiting at the door of the apartment, which surprised him very much. He didn't know what the other party's purpose was, did he want to blackmail himself?

"Joan, if you have anything to say directly, I will definitely help." Alan Wilson swallowed. He was still a little guilty when he met Joan Crawford. Among the remaining three actresses, it was obviously Joan Crawford. Lawford is the most difficult to deal with.

"Why don't you welcome me? Ellen, you are one of us." Joan Crawford said casually, "I don't need your help, but tell you something, don't invite me in?"

"No problem!" After hearing this, Alan Wilson hurriedly took out the key to open the door. Just like Heidi Lamarr, Joan Crawford's gaze paused for a moment on the conspicuous iron box, not knowing what was wrong with it. ?Or is that what single dog days are all about?

Shi Shiran walked to the sofa by the wall and sat down, her posture was very unladylike, Joan Crawford watched Ellen Wilson busy making a fire and cooking, and couldn't help but praised, "I can't see that you are quite self-reliant of."

"Of course, one...sometimes you live alone, and you have to work on your own." Everyone has already found out, so it's not easy for him to lie face to face, "Stay here for dinner together?"

"Of course that would be great, try your craft." Joan Crawford readily agreed, just watching Alan Wilson busy with work, without any intention of helping.

During the meal, Joan Crawford revealed a piece of news, "You know, Betty's lover has come to New Delhi, saying that he wants to check whether the environment there is suitable for investment."

Where did you get the news from?Alan Wilson's eyes were filled with astonishment. This is definitely not the leaked news from himself, and then he said, "Oh, yes, this is too surprising. You stars are so well-informed?"

"It's not that I don't keep in touch with China." Joan Crawford curled her lips and said, "Others don't know, but I know. Betty spent a lot of energy on posting, but I think it is destined to be fruitless. No I brag, I'm a better judge than she is. Ever heard of U.S. Steel?"

"I've heard about it. But, Joan, you know, I work in British India, and of course I'm not as closed to the United States as most people think, but I only receive news from newspapers."

Alan Wilson discovered that Joan Crawford is actually quite easy to deceive as long as he is not talking about men and women. Besides, he is not deceiving. He has not been to the United States so far.

But it doesn't matter, Joan Crawford didn't use Alan Wilson to speak at all, and directly wiped out the eight generations of Derek's ancestors, how old they were, where they graduated from, what they did, and how they made it to the top in the U.S. Steel Company. Len Wilson knew.

Alan Wilson opened his mouth, listening to Joan Crawford's familiarity, and sighed for a long time, "You know her better than Betty herself. I can't describe what this feeling is."

"Of course." Joan Crawford raised her eyebrows, and her already cold gaze became even worse. "How dare I forget her. She is always in front of the media, saying that I have to sleep with several men every day."

cough cough!Alan Wilson coughed twice, wondering if he should remind the other party that it is not appropriate to ask for a review of this kind of American internal affairs in front of the British Empire.But I have to admit that he really wants to hear it, and everyone has a heart for gossip.

In the end, we comforted Joan Crawford with our human attitude, "Joan, there are many people at the bottom of this world, and those who are pampered and pampered, how can they understand the hardships we have paid for progress."

"So you hooked up with Vivian, and I didn't say anything." Joan Crawford said in one sentence that Bette Davis hated her so much for absolutely no reason.

Two days later, Derek, who was tired of traveling with the United States, decided to do something serious. He sent someone to wait at Alan Wilson's apartment, and waited until after get off work to inform God of Wealth that he had arrived in New Delhi.

I am a local snake in British India, use you to come and tell me you are here?Alan Wilson didn't care, but nodded and wrote down the location of the first meeting, explained the matter the next day, and went to the agreed restaurant to meet.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, it was the hottest time of the day. Derek was blowing on the ceiling fan and waiting boredly for the little official in his eyes to show up. A satisfied smile appeared on his face until the figure of Alan Wilson appeared.

Two different nationalities, but blood is thicker than water, one thought about burning Washington, and the other thought about the gunshots in Lexington, sitting face to face.At the same time, this is also a confrontation between officials and capitalists, and they all think that they should be the winner.

"Oh, Alan." Derek said with a conceited smile, turned his face out of the window and said, "The environment in the colony is still a bit worse. It must be very hard for a civil servant like you to work in the colony."

"It's hard work, and I've gained a lot. I live a very fulfilling life every day." Hearing Derek imply that he was poor and betrayed the secrets of British India for money, Alan Wilson responded neither humble nor overbearing, "Actually Many things are more important than money, such as respect."

"Yes, I agree with that." Derek nodded, remembering the Indians who thanked Dade for a little change during the trip with the United States in Delhi, "Alan, the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is in the world They are all very special. It can be said that blood is thicker than water. I will not talk about the current situation in the UK. In fact, everyone knows that at this time, the United States needs help in many aspects. Investment in some places drives the local economy. This is a good thing. .”

Derek said that blood is thicker than water, and he also said something about fighting the Soviet Union together. Finally, he said that the current British Empire needs blood transfusion from the United States. Selling the property of British India is a good way, and it can be said to be a win-win situation.

"Mr. Derek, you should also know that because of the existence of the Soviet Union, many colonies in the world are clamoring for independence. These colonies now feel that nothing is important." Listening to the other party's nonsense, Alan Wilson also proposed Having made his point, money cannot solve everything.

Bureaucrats and capitalists cannot reach consensus on any issue, not to mention that the British Empire is not the United States.

Chapter 285

"Let's not talk about the Soviet Union, just talk about the iron mine." Derek Chengzhu said in his chest, "It's a coincidence that we met today, but there is also a chance. I got the news from Ms. Vivien Leigh. She is in charge of your information. , This kind of information is top secret to any country, if you dare to explain it, you still hope to get some reward."