Chapter 168 The Gentleman's Country

Alan Wilson has even been thinking about how to carry out the evil plan. In this day and age, as in many countries, the majority of British citizens do not consider acting to be a noble profession, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Actors have always been associated with flesh and blood, especially in the UK, where actors can be said to have nothing to do with high society.

The same is true for Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh's dream is to become a great actress, but her mother believes that drama performance is not a business in the upper class and does not support her dream.

Of course, Vivien Leigh has become famous now, and her income is beyond the reach of ordinary citizens. In the eyes of ordinary citizens, she is undoubtedly an object of envy. However, for the upper class, Vivien Leigh's situation has not changed.

British people born in British India are generally two types of people, either civil servants or soldiers. Sailors who go on adventures will not have a stable life.

So even if it is a guess, Alan Wilson can judge that Vivien Leigh's native family should not be bad.

Alan Wilson introduced the situation of British India. It is rare that he did not focus on the negative image, but pretended to be a customer. At the same time, he also said that compared with the British mainland, British India is indeed relatively backward.

"In fact, the image of Miss Vivien Leigh can serve the British Empire. As an actor, I personally don't have the slightest prejudice. I also think that if an actor can play a role, he can also help the Empire." Alan Wilson objectively discussed the role of actors effect.

As far as the bumpkins in the United States can develop cultural hegemony, since the bumpkins can do it, Britain can try it too.

Cultural hegemony refers to the imposition of ideological and cultural values ​​between countries and between nations. It is a kind of cultural power and cultural colonization. And nationalities, cultural hegemony will arise, and other national cultures will be affected.

In addition to teasing the immunity of several countries, the Hollywood of later generations can be said to have conquered the whole world. As for a film city that mainly focused on kung fu movies and claimed to be the second largest in the world, it was also completely destroyed.

Hollywood produces about 10% of the world's films every year, but its show time accounts for more than half of the world's total, and its box office revenue accounts for more than 75% of the world's total box office revenue.

As early as before World War I, American films defeated the old European film powers in one fell swoop, and it was also France that invented films.

But so far, European films are still worthy of the United States in the field of literary and artistic films. American films crushed Europe after the outbreak of special effects technology.

Completely make all opponents lose their ability to fight.

In front of Vivien Leigh, Alan Wilson said that no one knows movies better than me, and he has a set of words for movie development.

The more Fultseva listened, the more something went wrong, and she always used words when speaking to an actor?

"Mr. Allen, how do you use the influence of an actor?" Vivien Leigh also hoped that an actor would become a respected profession, but she had no idea.

"Maybe a public welfare film is needed, and it must be linked to charity. Put in some hard work to let citizens of European countries know that there are still many countries and regions in the world that are in poverty." Alan Wilson said with compassion, "By the way, Miss Vivienne, you were born in British India. I believe that if you arrive in British India one day, you will be able to attract thousands of people, because you represent the civilization and ideas of the British Empire. There are certain things you do It's even more believable."

This is Vivian? Seeing that Vivien Leigh seemed to be getting more and more excited, Fultseva interrupted, "I didn't expect Mr. Allen to know something about movies. I wonder if Soviet movies can get some good suggestions?"

Of course, this is not difficult for Alan Wilson. Soviet films have had an important impact on half of the world. He replied without stopping, "Soviet films are based on realism and have had an important impact on many places. The Soviet Union is a great country of literature. , Excellent literary works and heavy literary traditions provide a solid foundation for the development of Soviet films. There is a phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Almost all excellent films in Soviet history are adapted from excellent literary works. The cultural background is the Soviet film industry help."

Vivien Leigh is an ordinary actor, what does she know about cultural exchanges between the two countries? The real exchange is Alan Wilson, who, as a protector, covers Vivien Leigh, and confronts the Soviet cultural tsar Fultseva more than ten years later.

Regarding the game between the officials of the two countries, this was something Vivien Leigh had never encountered before, and one thing she discovered was that this young man knew a lot.

"This knowledge is complicated." Allen Wilson's mouth was like a machine gun, from the birth of French film history to the United States catching up with the market size, and then began to carry private goods, saying that the Soviet Union was impossible. Simply relying on administrative power can be compared with American movies.

"Remuneration is the weakness of any class in the Soviet Union. A good actor should have good remuneration. This is not a problem that can be solved by simple awareness. Of course, it is too extreme like in the United States. Geniuses in any industry are rare. Among the civil servants, there are not many people with such a strong knowledge base as me."

The corner of Fultseva's mouth twitched slightly. Compared with the seemingly huge reserve of knowledge, the shamelessness of this imperialist bureaucrat in front of her is truly rare.

The representatives of cultural exchanges in the UK are better. As for the part of the Soviet Union, the elimination of alcohol is obviously faster than that in Great Britain. This makes Alan Wilson sigh, and the funding of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must be increased.

Fultseva had to leave for a while, so that the cultural exchange representatives of the Soviet Union should not be too obsessed with alcohol.

"Alan, you are not very old, so I will call you that." Vivien Leigh asked after Fultseva left, "Is it feasible to improve the social status of actors you said?"

Of course not feasible, human prejudice will only be passed on from generation to generation! Alan Wilson said slowly, "It depends on the efforts a person puts in during his life. In fact, I have an idea. I should shoot a public welfare film for the British colonies, so that the citizens in the country can understand how the British Empire is. Leading a backward civilization to progress. Of course, actors are all independent individuals, we can’t force actors to do anything, we have to talk about it, and we have to be patriotic.”

Alan Wilson was old imperialism when he opened his mouth. If there is no guidance from the British Empire in his mouth, many places are destined to have no development. He can even find examples, such as India after independence.

"I can also talk, and I can also be patriotic. If there is a chance, the country needs me, and I will definitely try it." Vivien Leigh nodded blankly. Actors can also be patriotic and contribute to the country.

Vivien Leigh asked Alan Wilson if he had seen his own movie. Of course he hadn't, but Alan Wilson once again demonstrated the basic qualities of an imperial civil servant, saying that he could feel from the movie that there was no trace of cowardice in Vivien Leigh's acting skills. And pretentious, but inadvertently soft and charming mixed with unruly, which is also her charm.

In Gone with the Wind, she seems to have been born for the role of Scarlett Ox, a girl like a cat, sly, charming and cute, and her eyes are simply superb.

"But I still like a happy ending." Alan Wilson talked eloquently, responding with a long-standing reserve of words, which Vivien Leigh did not notice at all.

The return of Fultseva saved Alan Wilson, who was in a state of poor words, but in Vivien Leigh's heart, she had already left a deep impression on this young diplomat.

"A man must know how to blow!" It was already late at night, there were few cars on the road, under the moonlight, the road was like a white ribbon leading to the distance, the trees on both sides were retreating quickly, and the surrounding was so quiet. The car window was opened, and the cold wind rushed in, which immediately cleared up Alan Wilson's mind a lot.

Fortunately, in 1945, there were no regulations on drunk driving, otherwise he might have been fined.

He really wanted to use the opportunity of serving the country to get Vivien Leigh to British India. Once on his own territory, Vivien Leigh would not be able to fly out of his palm.

This is not a momentary thought, but a plan ready to be put into action. This is all for the benefit of the British Empire. It is necessary to adopt a certain degree of paralysis towards the subjects of British India to facilitate the next actions.

Alan Wilson, an untouchable in the vast rural areas, cares, but as long as the city people are not to act rashly, it is considered a success. As long as the elite of British India is stable, British India will be stable.

The most important thing is that Alan Wilson got Vivien Leigh's contact information. When Vivien Leigh's husband is away, he can visit as a friend.

Arriving at the hotel, Alan Wilson got off the car, and a row of cars behind slowly stopped. For reasons of courtesy and safety, he could not let a group of Soviets show off their power on the streets of London after being drunk.

For this reason, we had to risk the risk of the two countries becoming hostile, and let MI5 agents drive to send these Soviet cultural representatives back.

"These Russians are more interested in alcohol than in cultural exchanges." An MI5 agent commented on the ecstatic Soviets, frowning.

Even Fultseva couldn't walk steadily, but there was nothing serious on the surface. Alan Wilson sighed and said, "Let's send these people up. The British Empire is a country of gentlemen after all."