Chapter 1228: Epic Masterpiece

Of course, he knew that the so-called anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist editorials are nothing more than a pain in the ass, and that a certain big country does not have the ability to strategically deliver, not even a little bit.

Even if there is a little bit of it, he will not cooperate with the Soviet Union in this matter of Indonesia, after all, Indonesia still has a lot of Chinese presence, but also a little foundation, Sukarno at least is an independent leader in Asia, and the Soviet Union with the cooperation may not be fluent.

But the problem was, rather than pinning hopes on the Soviet Union, one could not think of getting into trouble.

Allen Wilson had to do this even though he knew that the Soviet Union, with its style, would surely establish the majesty of the Old Boys’ Party when it succeeded.

The good guys have no say in the world, even the Soviet Union, which seems to be a tough nut to crack, is being hated all the time. Not to mention the much weaker Soviet bloc, the number two power. The US keeps waging wars and claiming to represent the world, and there is nothing anyone can do about it, not because the US is the good guy, but because it is strong enough.

If there comes a time when the US is not strong enough, something else is debatable, and peace teaches the world that it will certainly show others that the face-changing nationalism, doesn’t just belong to a particular country.

That’s why Alan Wilson can’t make the mistake of capitulationism, anyway, when a certain big country jumped ship, it was hostile by the whole pro-Soviet countries, and it didn’t care to add another Indonesia to the list of debts.

At Hawksin Manor, Pamela Mountbatten and the visiting representatives of the three major U.S. grain merchants had a good conversation.

“Dollars, pounds, francs …… Dollars, pounds, francs.” The voice with the odor of money was repeated tenaciously by the wheels running along the road.

They tried to say something at the sparsely traveled estate turnoff, but the discordant tapping made it hard to guess which foreign currency they were talking about this time. Behind, at the back of the window, there was another green building, through the doorway of which one could see the empty rooms, the stone homestead as if it had been frozen for ever, and the rose-bushes in the yard, drenched by the drizzle.

The servants of the estate looked with lazy indifference at the less ripe vineyards, the uphill roads almost spoiled by greenery, and the pleasant cars of all colors.

The energetic Yankee, still talking about the rewards of his meeting with the mistress of the manor, lazily passed his time at the estate.

Alan Wilson, who had returned to the manor, glanced through the window at the uninvited guests, and uttered a sigh, “If it weren’t so polite, I’d like to get rid of these Americans.”

“My dear, if you want to, it’s absolutely fine.” Pamela Mountbatten appeared with her skirts up just in time to hear her husband whine; at the critical moment, she still thought it was more important for the couple to be one, and since her husband wanted these people gone, they should go.

“Just kidding, after all, they are a few giants in the international grain market.” Alan Wilson sat down on his butt, showing a high, flexible bottom line, don’t test the bottom line of the Cabinet Secretary, the Cabinet Secretary will tell you that the depth is unfathomable.

“What exactly is their purpose, didn’t they say earlier that they were interviewed by Kennedy.”

“It’s true about the interview, it’s also true about not wanting to give in.” Pamela Mountbatten turned around and sat next to her husband, muttering with interest, “several hundred tons of gold ah, even if the gold treasury is more in need than we are, but the bonds and cash issued, but also let me make a lot of money this time, how can they not be jealous? Speaking of which, this year has been really good, silver is sold off, but instead it’s rising, I’m a bit regretful.”

“Anything this crazy up is not right.” Mentioned the silver thing, Alan Wilson also revealed a smile, he is finally out of the situation of being burdened with hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, the previous borrowing debt are along with the silver sell-off a write-off.

The vast majority of which belonged to ladies of equal status with their wives, but there was also a portion of the borrowing from Newfoundland, which is the credit of the Cabinet Secretary, which is not a small problem.

I don’t know if Kennedy noticed the silver fluctuations yet, theoretically he should have, but if there was no reaction, it would suggest that Kennedy didn’t care about the silver fluctuations.

Maybe the Democrat silver people in the US are still cheering the rise in silver, who’s to say.

However, Pamela Mountbatten mentioned a few grain merchants are still not dead, this is a little strange, normally speaking the power of the incumbent U.S. President is very large, the general group will not be at this time to make trouble, the three major grain merchants are still defiant, and now also ran to the United Kingdom to talk about cooperation?

“Could it be that several of them feel Kennedy?” Alan Wilson could not help but mutter in his heart, could it be that at this time the convertible is ready? Just waiting for the current president to arrive at the loyal convertible and crack a smile?

Alan Wilson’s face clouded over, not that he had anything against the Kennedys, he was simply curious.

Pamela Mountbatten crossed her eyes at her bubbly husband, but she would never have guessed her husband could be so bad, “Shouldn’t you have arrived yesterday, what are you up to in Whitehall.”

“Operation Crossbow!” A distracted Alan Wilson replied without even thinking.

“What?” Field Marshal Mountbatten is from the navy, Pamela Mountbatten in how also heard the crossbow operation’s great reputation, “You want to disarm the French navy?”

“What?” Alan Wilson froze, then smiled bitterly, “It’s not to disarm the French Navy, this time it has nothing to do with the French Navy, but the meaning is almost the same. The Soviet Union gave a fleet to Indonesia, which may subvert the Royal Pacific Fleet’s control over the area, plans, when they are made, they are not necessarily implemented, don’t think too much about it.”

Operation Crossbow was a World War II British attack on the French Navy, after France surrendered, Britain across the channel was under tremendous pressure, and Europe was in its darkest hour, at this time the French Navy was still intact, with as many as nine battleships, and Germany at this time had no intention of utilizing this naval force.

But Britain is always worried that this powerful naval force will serve the Germans, so “Operation Crossbow” officially began, as for the goal of the operation, capture or destroy the French Navy.

As a result, the French battleships, including two battleships, were disarmed and fell into the hands of the British in Portsmouth, England, and Alexandria, British Egypt, where they took refuge.

The rest of the French fleet, which was not on the mainland, was passive and suffered heavy losses under the British naval attack, with the battleship “Brittany” sunk, the battle cruiser “Dunkirk” and the battleship “Provence “The battle cruiser Dunkirk and the battleship Provence were hit hard and ran aground, and only the battle cruiser Strasbourg escaped to the home port of Toulon.

The Soviet Union’s gift to Indonesia was seen by Britain as a threat to the Strait of Malacca.

Alan Wilson thought so too, he could not sleep with one eye on the Suez Canal, the result of another golden waterway may clamp down on the United Kingdom, can not be tolerated.

Must find a way to get rid of the second largest fleet in Asia appeared out of nowhere, the specific program and the timing of the action has not been thought of, it is best to take advantage of the Indonesian military and the Indonesian Communist Party to kill, take advantage of the chaos of the time to take action.

If there is no such opportunity, say that the Indonesian Navy is the focus of pro-Soviet forces to infiltrate, anyway, sailors are always unstable factors, Imperial Russia and Germany are dead from sailor uprisings, planted also easy for the Americans to believe.

For the Americans and a small group of British, the release of the epic film Cleopatra, obviously in this year is considered a major event, Elizabeth Taylor is a famous British actress, and Hepburn are the pride of Britain in this era.

The movie produced a powerful gimmick before the release, Elizabeth Taylor in the filming of the film during the make-up and decoration costs up to 200,000 U.S. dollars, including sixty-five sets of costumes, including a set of costumes is surprisingly made of twenty-four carats of gold fabric.

The three-year-long filming cycle, Elizabeth Taylor’s scandalous relationship with leading man Richard Burton, and more.

Elizabeth Taylor also returned to the UK to do publicity, making frequent appearances at various venues to raise the heat for Cleopatra.

“I have a feeling this movie won’t do very well. I heard it cost forty-four million dollars. One million, two hundred and fifty thousand ounces of gold, thirty-five tons? It’s still American money to say the least.”

Alan Wilson, with his arm around Vivien Leigh, the heroine of the 1945 version of Cleopatra, watched the television coverage of Elizabeth Taylor and lazily commented, “Britain lost a tenth of a movie on this operation to sell Soviet grain.”

“Taylor is at the height of her popularity.” Vivien Leigh had long since faded out of the movie and television industry and had no particular opinion of Elizabeth Taylor, nor would she speak ill of the other woman just because she had played the same role as her, “It might work out.”

“There’s no actor in the world that’s worth thirty-five tons of gold.” Alan Wilson yawned, then with a tilt of his head rushed at Monroe, “Of course our Goddess Monroe is an exception, I hope Truman’s world is a complete success with you on board.”

Not surprisingly, Vivien Leigh could consider doing something about Twentieth Century Fox. This movie would have pawned Twentieth Century Fox out of their pants. To merge such an already prestigious movie and television company, this was a perfect opportunity.

There would be no such thing after this village, and for that reason Ellen Wilson, in the name of a man of equal status to her husband, had made a bet with Great British Treasure that this epic masterpiece was destined to be a blood loss, and if he proved his judgment, it would be the time for United States Pictures to attempt to merge with Twentieth Century Fox.

“You mustn’t have any sympathy when the time comes, the chance to change the Hollywood landscape doesn’t happen once in a decade or eight years.” Alan Wilson suddenly tapped his head, “I’m afraid that the U.S. government will put up obstacles, if there is such a possibility, Ms. Monroe, can you help Vivian, you are an American.”

“If it’s really like what you said, I’m definitely willing to help.” Monroe slightly fronted her head, her pretty chin facing the man.

Alan Wilson stared straight at Monroe’s face and nodded meaningfully, why is it always so easy to make a profit, it’s really annoying.