Chapter 198 – Ministers and Actors

In Alan Wilson’s mouth, when the British Empire needed a figurehead to calm the anger of the general public in British India, an actor should make sacrifices, and patriotism was a basic requirement, no matter if he was a movie queen or whatever.

Is it too much to ask an actor to pay some price in time to come to British India for the benefit of the British Empire? Alan Wilson didn’t think it was excessive because it showed that the whole of Britain had already recognized Vivien Leigh’s status, otherwise why wouldn’t they invite someone else?

“What is said is still very reasonable, in fact, promoting the protection of women’s rights and interests, Fei Wenli’s image is certainly in the right place.” Percik Lawrence frowned and thought for half a day, and in his heart, he must also admit that in addition to Fei Wenli, there is really no other candidate that is more equipped with a balance of image and influence.

Being so considered, has not yet made up his mind, Alan Wilson added a fire on the side, “Vivien Lei was born in British India, to my understanding of the Indians, in fact, the Indians are very vain, happy to see some celebrities and India have a relationship, there will certainly be an unexpected effect.”

Vivienne was born in Darjeeling, a small town located in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its high altitude and sheltered hillside location made it a cool and pleasant place to visit in the summer, and with its fragrant tea plantations, it became a summer tourist destination.

During the period of British India, it developed as a mountain escape for British residents escaping the hot summers on the plains, and many climbed the southern foothills of the Himalayas on horseback, experiencing a life of extraordinary adventure.

Alan Wilson is not lying, it should be said that the backward region Muqiang mentality is common, it is just a matter of more or less. There was a time when China also held the idea that blood is thicker than water for overseas Chinese, but in reality, except for the Chinese community in Malaysia, overseas Chinese generally face the same tribe is not cordial.

As long as they don’t see each other in the same neighborhood, a stab in the face is already considered a friendly gesture on the basis of blood being thicker than water.

As for India, this situation is even more serious, any one of the big international enterprises appear Indian chief executive officer, can be published in the Indian newspapers, cause a lot of Indian pride, than from the era of China, there has been even worse.

That was the twenty-first century, and that mentality is only exacerbated in India, which is still colonized by the British.

As long as Fei Wenli arrived in British India, casually say a few words of scene, such as I am the daughter of India, it is estimated that hundreds of millions of Indians can be caused by the welcome, the arrival of this international movie queen, may also be able to cause imitation of the trend.

Hearing that Vivien Leigh was born in British India, Pethick Lawrence was eventually persuaded to let the Great British Treasure of the Eye come in and act as a bridge between the British Empire and the colonies.

“Some extra influence could be used, and it might have an unexpected effect.” Pethick Lawrence decided to give it a try.

“One could call this approach the flexible use of soft power.” Alan Wilson was ready to go and send a telegram; for the sake of the stability and prosperity of British India, and for the future of the whole British Empire, such a thing could not be delayed for a moment.

And help the Minister of Indian Affairs put forward the use of soft power, Allen Wilson really think about it all excited it.

On the same day this Allen Wilson hand-written by the imperial mission telegram, was sent to London, which also Allen Wilson on the use of soft power, said that the use of a good shadow queen, the role of even compared to a fleet.

Soft power refers to the spiritual power, including political power, cultural power, diplomatic power and other soft elements. In the face of the present British India, the British Empire must use the culture, values, social system and other factors affecting its own development potential and appeal, rather than relying on the Royal Navy.

The main thing is that now the Royal Navy is already the second in the world, the navy this kind of military is actually very embarrassing, as long as it is not the first, the first few in the eyes of the first are more or less the same existence.

However, for colonies like British India, the Royal Navy is still able to play the role of hard power to set off soft power. The combination of the two may have a better effect.

Vivien Leigh, born in British India, the international movie queen, in Alan Wilson’s eyes is a good soft power tool, telegrams in the hope that Vivien Leigh can shoulder up the imperial responsibility, in order to the British Empire to do a part.

Soon the Ministry of Indian Affairs will Allen Wilson’s telegram, sent to the Cabinet Secretary Sir Edward’s hands, forwarded to the Prime Minister Edley.

Sir Edward elaborated in detail about the situation in British India, and finally said, “Now the civil servants up and down the Viceroyalty of India are doing their best to maintain the apparent stability of British India, just for the sake of the mainland to be able to extract as much as possible of the wealth of British India, to build up the mainland, and the effect is very obvious, in the first month of this year’s expenditure on British India has fallen considerably, and the funds provided to the mainland has increased even more than when it began to improve from November.”

“With the present tendency, the day is not far distant when rationing will be ended in the homeland, though this will have to be considered in the light of the work of the Board of Trade of the British Occupation.”

At least a good start had been made, and the figures on all sides proved that things were improving in Britain itself, and the pressure on Prime Minister Airdrie had indeed been considerably lightened.

Of course this upturn was based on the strict rationing of the German British Occupation Zone, and the deprivation of surplus value, as well as the siphoning off of funds from British India.

It was somewhat immoral, but who made British India a colony and Germany a defeated nation? Seeing the economy on the home front take a turn for the better, Prime Minister Adderley couldn’t care less if it was ethical to do so, it was very ethical to get Britain back on its feet as quickly as possible.

“Soft power?” Prime Minister Adderley laughed bitterly at Sir Edward’s words, “This kind of influence should be of some use, when did we start relying on this kind of thing? But now that the homeland is still recovering, we won’t reject whatever we can use as long as it serves a purpose.”

As a Prime Minister on the verge of a crisis, the most important thing for Adderley right now was to pull Britain out of the quagmire, as for what was moral or immoral, such things could be said later. He was, after all, the British Prime Minister, not the German Chancellor or the Viceroy of British India.

It was natural that Vivien Leigh’s matter could not have come up in the discussion between the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister, and Sir Edward simply looked at it and left it to the Home Secretary to take care of the matter.

Soon Fei Wenli met the civil servant who came to the door of the Ministry of the Interior, hoping that Fei Wenli could contribute to the country, become a bridge between the British mainland and British India, promote the civilization of the civilized world, expand the influence of the United Kingdom in British India, as well as Linlin all very lofty excuses.

Although it was recounted in a tone of consultation, it still expresses, explicitly or implicitly, the most to be rejected hints. And it was stated that it was an opportunity to represent the image of the British Empire, and that it was a great honor to be the spokesman of the nation.

“I am willing to make my own contribution to peace.” Vivienne, quite a bit of I’m-not-sleepy-at-a-glance realization once she heard about the status of national spokesperson, stated that she was willing to put off her other work and travel to British India to change the situation for women in India.

Without mentioning the home front, after an exchange with the Congress and the PML-N, the three Cabinet Ministers had come to understand that bridging the gap between the two religions was largely, if not entirely, impossible.

Negotiations, of course, still had to go on, as this was the task arranged by the Prime Minister, but apart from that, all three Cabinet Ministers began to change in different ways, simply picking up on the good points and responding to the complexities of British India in a retreating manner.

Commerce Minister Cripps, once appeared in public praised the Calcutta industrial zone of the big building, said once the big building is completed, is the British India off the day, and even said he has seen the glorious future, India will be a brand new face, appear in the eyes of the world.

Secretary of the Navy Alexander, on the other hand, from the perspective of British India’s two world wars, showing that India has all the elements of greatness. He also shouted for the Indian soldiers in British bases everywhere, saying that the London government has always attached great importance to the welfare of Indian soldiers and that discriminatory behavior against Indian soldiers will be strictly prohibited, and that discrimination against Indian soldiers by any British officer is immoral and should be condemned.

And it said that the Viceroyalty of India had already begun to improve, regarding the treatment of Indian soldiers, only that the number of soldiers involved was too large, so it might take a few months to a year to make plans.

This kind of plan is certainly there, Allen Wilson can not forget the contribution of Indian soldiers in the war, wait until the day of British India’s independence, he will improve the treatment of the soldiers of the plan, intact and handed over to Nehru.

I hope that by the time the finances dry up, Calcutta industrial zone disintegration of India, have the financial strength to let Nehru to improve the treatment of soldiers program implementation.

With the Commerce Secretary and the Navy Secretary, each presenting India’s strengths from a different angle, the time left to the Minister for India, Pethick Lawrence, was running out.

In the end, he could only start from the field of expertise, praising the Indian women as the most attractive women in the world, and then extended to the Indian men, hardworking, brave and other words all to apply, to show their own good opinion of British India.

“How is this statement even more unreliable than my blowing up the ancient Indian nuclear war?” Looking at the newspaper about the Minister for India, Pethick Lawrence’s praise of the Indians, Allen Wilson had a look of sour teeth.

At least Allen Wilson thought to himself that he was telling a lie and that no one with any knowledge would believe in made-up history.

In contrast to Allen Wilson’s graphically entertaining falsified history, Pethick Lawrence’s statement was very damaging. These ministers are no less than professional actors when it comes to acting.