Chapter 146 Hepburn
Received benefits, will definitely return with greater benefits, this is the spirit of contract that Alan Wilson preaches, unlike most occupation troops and German women’s dewy-eyed love, he really wants to let the Isabella sisters live a good life.
“These big businesses of yours in Germany during the war are not going to fall so simply, once they arrive, there is no way to talk about the post-war reconstruction of Germany. At most, it will be three to five years, these big German enterprises may be supported, the benefits that your sisters got in the Heilmann Tobacco Factory, don’t hold on tightly to your hands, you can completely utilize the funds in your hands to hold shares in these enterprises.”
Alan Wilson’s face was full of gentleness, like a husband who was about to leave home, explaining to his wife how to cope with the trivialities of life, which touched the two dragoons, at least he thought so.
“Are you going to be gone for a long time? Will the others bully us while you’re gone.” Isabella Bokina wore a warm color on her face, showing an insistence that she seemed unable to give up and could not pronounce it.
It must be said that the persona of the two high achievers, the Allen Wilson, an amateur MI6 agent who boasts of having fought in a hundred battles, fooled around, from beginning to end, focusing on playing a member of the British occupation army’s fighting spirit, didn’t realize that the two pseudo-dragon riders had any unpredictable place.
Defenseless Alan Wilson, what is there to say, said that he had not wanted to leave British India, because of certain unexpected reasons had to go, and after coming back has been trying to find a way to go back.
“You will not come back?” Anna, who had set up a bitter persona, inquired in a tone of speech.
“Of course I’ll come back, I’ll find a way to contact you guys often.” Allen Wilson pulled the two dragoons into his arms, perhaps this was love, even as his little brother had begun to swell and salute the two dragoons.
When Allen Wilson left Boone, Isabella Bokina got up very early and carefully prepared breakfast, getting everything ready before going to the room to call Allen Wilson and Anna up, another night of fierce fighting, the two sisters were glowing not affected at all, and Allen Wilson was only slightly tired.
Breakfast time is very cozy, all three know that this is the moment of parting, all have a tacit understanding did not say sad. Until Allen Wilson clipped his bag and got into the car, Anna, who had been watching from the door of the house, came back to her senses, “He’s gone, what now?”
“Run our errands and do our part to rebuild Germany.” Isabella Bogina spoke in a double entendre, “Didn’t he say, good use of the tobacco factory’s money to help some of Germany’s famous big businesses will definitely take advantage of the situation in the future, and with the money, it will be even more beneficial to our cause.”
What do we need to want money for? Anna did not understand, but immediately thought of another question, if she had children first, the nominal Heilmann family property, is it that her own and Alan Wilson’s children have the priority to inherit? Unfortunately, such questions were not taught in school, and Gatzner’s education had its limitations.
Being prudent, Allen Wilson should have prepared ten calculating plans, a hundred backhanders, and countless scenarios of proximity at this point, but none of them were actually available, and he boarded the ship to catch up on his sleep, to relieve the fatigue of the fierce battle that had raged day and night.
He would follow the Rhine as far as Rotterdam and then head for Brussels, the capital of Belgium. If Holland and Belgium had anything in common, it was that they both caught up with the colonial era without being the biggest beneficiaries of it.
The peak of the Netherlands is undoubtedly the era of the sea coachman, after independence, vigorously develop capitalist industry and commerce, commerce, maritime transportation, finance is very developed, and soon became a power in Western Europe.
Holland in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, had with the world’s most developed shipbuilding industry and navigation technology and dominated the world, naturally, also looking for colonies everywhere in the world, with the rise of economic and maritime strength, the Netherlands later came to the forefront in the scramble for colonies and trade strongholds in the pace of the country, and soon surpassed Spain and Portugal. Originally belonged to these two countries, many of the territory fell into the hands of the Netherlands.
Later, the Netherlands in the Anglo-Dutch War failed, after all, is the local economy and population has the upper limit, in the process of the colonial scramble, really can not compete with the British and French.
In World War II, although the Netherlands did not like the First World War, but the war time is only five days, the price paid than other European countries, has been considered very small.
Now the Netherlands is not anxious to return to Asia as France? There was also Belgium, the site of this important meeting, which was also an important member of the colonial empire family.
This Brussels conference is Allen Wilson, so far, the biggest contribution to history, Europe in the end can maintain complete or partial independence, depending on what kind of results can be achieved in this meeting.
Before arriving in Rotterdam, Allen Wilson also stopped in the middle of the Netherlands Arnhem off the ship, eat a little meal, and even watched a section of the ballet, before re-boarding the ship to continue their journey.
Alan Wilson leaned on the deck chair, holding the newspaper just bought from Arnhem, although it is quite good to see the illustrations, just at this time, a middle-aged woman politely asked, “This gentleman please, is there anyone here, can you let us take a break?”
“Be my guest!” Behind the newspaper that was picked up, Allen Wilson’s eyes showed and said the newspaper immediately returned to its original state.
A second later, the newspaper that was brought back up was put down again with a brush, Allen Wilson’s eyes stared at the girl behind the middle-aged woman, this face? He was absolutely not going to recognize it wrong! The Audrey Hepburn whose face kills the Middle West.
“This gentleman?” Hepburn’s mother noticed Alan Wilson’s abnormality and spoke in English, “I don’t know, where are you planning to go?”
“Oh, I’m going to Brussels on official business.” Alan Wilson took out the Oxford gentleman’s mannerisms, curbing his usual heavy-handed true nature, and speaking in a gentle tone that made it very easy to believe in himself.
Although Allen Wilson in the etiquette is not concerned about, but the relevant education is still received, especially in the work, have seen the British Indian civil servants, more than the native style, so the imitation is not the slightest bit embarrassing, as if it should be so.
In the process, Allen Wilson with a very strong willpower to control his eyes, do not scare Audrey Hepburn, will play the art of conversation to a higher level of the realm, just a few words to introduce their own body, and show that his own age is not too old, the attitude of the right, the tone of voice is modest.
“I didn’t realize that at his age, Mr. Allen already had so much work experience.” Hepburn’s mother was very surprised, although Allen Wilson did not deliberately show off his wealth, but the watch on his body and the decent suit, can still be seen, the family conditions are very good.
It depended on how one put it, if one took into account the ancient documents that one got from India, it had been more than just nice. If one considers just the paltry fee for being in British Occupation, again, it was an astronomical sum for the average person.
Hepburn’s mother was clearly ill-mannered at the mention of the Germans, with whom the family’s fall from grace had a huge connection. Alan Wilson also forgets about the fling in Bonn, and sternly states his position and that of the British Empire, and that the punishment of Germany must be carried out.
“With my age is not enough to call sir, call me Allen is good, honored lady, your daughter looks clearer.” Alan Wilson side-stepped the conversation by directing it to Audrey Hepburn, with a very rounded turn that was not abrupt.
Subsequently is Hepburn’s mother’s blood and tears against the Germans, during the German occupation of the Netherlands, due to rumors that Hepburn’s mother’s family with Jewish ancestry, the original very wealthy baronial family was regarded as an enemy of Germany, not only the property was confiscated by the occupying forces, Audrey Hepburn’s uncle was even executed.
Hepburn and her mother were forced to live in poverty: for several years, Hepburn was forced to eat tulip bulbs and drink large quantities of water to fill her stomach due to the lack of food. Chronic malnutrition contributed to her thin figure.
“Bloody Germans!” Ellen Wilson was filled with righteous indignation, a complete messenger of justice, and then turned the tables by saying that she had worked in British Occupation and had likewise seen that the average German woman in British Occupation was having a very hard time right now, and that the war was not good for any of the countries involved.
And their own British-occupied area of the Trade Commission is motivated to carry out the post-war reconstruction of Germany, Allen Wilson in the narrative, of course, did not forget to instill private goods, said the United States-occupied area of the United States GI’s start and end of the bloody retaliation of the French-occupied area, only the British-occupied area is the fact that the reconstruction of the sincerity of the sincerity.
Hepburn mother and daughter nodded frequently, Allen Wilson said, the war will eventually be far away, peace and prosperity will certainly come to Europe.
Like the Brussels conference kind of trifles, completely unable to stop a gentlemanly imperial civil servant, above the Rhine River in the extraordinary performance.
With the passage of time, Alan Wilson gained the trust of Hepburn’s mother and daughter, and drew the two sides closer together by a moderate degree.
“London is a bustling city that I used to visit before the war, only my memory is a little fuzzy now.” Audrey Hepburn finally joined the conversation, stating that her dream was to be a ballerina and go to London for further training once.
“Oh, what a girl with a dream, if you need help when you get to London, just ask.” Allen Wilson wrote down his address and handed it to Audrey Hepburn.
The passenger ship was continuing to sail, Allen Wilson’s journey continued, and Audrey Hepburn, who had gotten off the ship, said to her mother, “This Englishman seems like a really nice person.”