Chapter 405 The Big Apple

Alan Wilson thought to himself that it wasn’t too much for him to make some demands for these actresses to pay so much, a year’s Barbie turnover of five million dollars, not to say that all of it was his credit, right, at least some of it was also his credit.

These actresses in Hollywood to fight for what, in the final analysis is not still for the money? So is it too much for him to want a test drive?

It’s not excessive at all, and he’s not taking advantage of all of them, and then again, age-wise, he’s younger than all of these actresses.

In order to prove that even if he has not yet officially arrived in office, he still carries the heart of the British Empire, Allen Wilson in the bushes over the time, still do not forget to write a report.

Although this year is a general election year, but after all, it is the beginning of the year, now on the general election feasibility analysis is still too reckless.

And Alan Wilson’s persona isn’t here to be more established without Orientalism and the colonies. So he used his brief stay in British Malaya as a reason to analyze the civil war in a major country.

With what he had seen and heard during his residence in Xiangjiang, he indicated that the level of the Cannon Party was very crotch-pulling. The second half of the book extends to the whole of East Asia as well as Southeast Asia, indicating that this situation is very common in Asian countries.

In these paragraphs, Alan Wilson used a very certain tone, because he knew that during the Cold War the United States supported a variety of pigmies, at least in East Asia and Southeast Asia, Chang Gong is only the United States to support that group of people among the ordinary goods, far from being the lower limit.

This report was written, Allen Wilson did not send out, after all, machinery and laborers are still floating in the sea, he now has time to first familiarize myself with another job, involving diplomatic work of the Boston consul.

Waiting until things in Newfoundland are officially underway, he will send this report to London, showing that he is in the midst of difficult circumstances, still worried about the country’s heart.

In the life of a test driver, Allen Wilson experienced the smallness and delicacy of a domestic car and the solemnity and atmosphere of a German car, but compared to a Swedish car, a German car also seems less spacious.

Wave of Alan Wilson, and back to the embrace of the domestic car, in Los Angeles in a few days, Alan Wilson also look for opportunities to observe the state of life of Americans, want to find some clues from the post-war Americans.

In fact, the moment the outbreak of the World War began, London, a very small part of the decision makers, has thought of two thousand years ago, from Greece to Rome conversion, in the eyes of the Greeks, the Romans barbaric but upwardly mobile, inevitably absorbed the Greek culture, into a more powerful empire.

In the eyes of that small group of decision makers, the British Empire, then still influential around the world, had fallen to the inevitable fate of Greece facing Rome.

The World Wars began, and as the entire nation became involved in the fighting, the United States realized an unprecedented boom in industry and national power. Obviously, America’s military expansion stood out in terms of speed and impact.

Military-related employment grew from three hundred thousand people in the 1930s to twelve percent of the nation’s population, sixteen million people, at the time of the war, and never fell back to pre-war levels.

Certainly communicating with his colleagues at the Los Angeles consulate, Allen Wilson knew that at the governmental level, the United States had begun to prepare for a confrontation with the Soviet Union, not as overtly as McCarthy later on, but in a do-it-all, do-not-tell-it-like-it-is kind of way.

The political winds conveyed in Truman’s proposed policy of containment were evident in his announcement of the initiation of a loyalty program for federal employees to impede communists and their supporters from entering government jobs.

The Pledge of Allegiance, however, became a very important part of American life. Americans have taken similar oaths before, but only in times of armed war.

The fact that the Pledge of Allegiance has emerged in the midst of peacetime is a sign that the United States is truly engaged in a war with no end in sight. When there is war, there are casualties. Truman’s presidential order initiated a loyalty survey of federal employees that cost hundreds of people their jobs. The number wasn’t all that staggering, as more than four million people were surveyed in total.

“Something like that so-called progressives exist in at least two places in the U.S. One is the schools, which are always the strongholds of idealists, and where many dangerous ideas begin to spread, and then there’s Hollywood. President Truman still hasn’t grasped what really matters.”

It seemed a little wrong for Allen Wilson, as consul in Boston, to be making such a big deal out of the Los Angeles consulate. But he hadn’t officially taken office yet, and there was room for freedom at the moment. Being in a free man’s shoes and discussing issues with his colleagues is naturally fine.

This is not slandering Hollywood, not to mention the specific attitudes of Hollywood during the McCarthy era, just the twenty-first century Hollywood, is also the home of all kinds of political correctness, although the ultimate purpose is not the same, but plays a similar role.

“Allen, it just so happens that there have been inquiries about you from home.” Jerry, the Los Angeles consul, walked in just in time to see Alan Wilson speak up, “Asked you to be ready to meet the representatives of other countries at an appropriate time once you arrive in Newfoundland, where London wants to hold a conference.”

“Is it rushing me into office?” Alan Wilson let out a bitter smile, “But the support I need is not yet in place, it’s useless to go, if there is no improvement after taking office, I’m afraid that the residents of Newfoundland will be disappointed in the British Empire.”

Alan Wilson, of course, can not say that he has not driven enough, can only use the call for support is not yet in place to explain, for the time being are still staying in the United States of America in the first place, “Besides, I have not yet gone to Boston, there is always a need to contact.”

“There was no urging in the telegram.” Jerry shook his head, “The tone wasn’t urgent, just a reminder to make some preparations, London is preparing to call a conference in Newfoundland in the middle of the year, attended by Canada, and the US will be represented then.”

Originally distracted Alan Wilson, listening to the Los Angeles consul mentioned these countries, the playful look disappeared from his face, the Five Eyes Alliance is going to be formed under his nose?

In fact, before the Third Reich was on its knees, during World War II, Britain and the United States had jointly initiated the Venona Program, cooperating in the decipherment of secret intelligence aimed at intercepting and defending against the Soviet threat.

There was no such thing as the Five Eyes alliance yet, and the addition of Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the British-American intelligence cooperation was a result of Britain’s belief that comparing the two countries’ forces individually would tip the scales in favor of the United States.

So Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which were favorable to Britain, were brought in as a counterweight to the US.

Of course, after a few decades, Britain had declined to that state, and the three countries that were brought in as helpers turned to listen to the United States, leaving their old fathers aside.

Doing the math, it seems to be 1948 when Britain pulled in Canada to hold back the Adversary. To Allen Wilson’s surprise, he didn’t realize that it involved himself.

Allen Wilson stayed in the United States, but not always driving, driving at the same time is also thinking about how to develop the economy of Newfoundland, just do not know whether it can be successful.

There is no such thing as a lottery in the current United States, historically there was but it has been banned for fifty years. The lottery business in the United States grew rapidly after the American War of Independence, but in the late nineteenth century it was banned by a number of U.S. state governments due to negligence and the exposure of scandals involving some of its leaders.

Louisiana was the only state to do so. The lottery business in Louisiana reached its peak in the second half of the 19th century, when the state government issued a “golden octopus” lottery game that was known to almost everyone in the area.

But the state was also the scene of many instances of lottery-related corruption and bribery. Harrison, the twenty-third President of the United States, wrote a letter to Congress insisting that it put in place regulations to stop lottery-related wrongdoing.

Congress in 1890 had enacted a statute and ordered that the U.S. Postal Service be stripped of its right to operate the lottery. Later, in an effort to straighten out the lottery business, the U.S. Lottery was banned outright.

I wonder if the push for the lottery business in Newfoundland could affect the territory of the U.S. Although both are in North America, Newfoundland’s location is, after all, a little more remote.

Of course Allen Wilson’s idea of revitalizing Newfoundland includes but is not limited to the lottery, although compared to the population of over 100,000 citizens in Newfoundland, it could be a good life to do well with the lottery.

But one can never put one’s eggs in one basket, what if it fails? Of course he was prepared to take advantage of the post-war reconstruction of Europe to think of ways from the import and export of timber, but relying solely on the import and export of timber, the pressure to finish on time was still too much.

Naturally need to think of other ways, in addition to the tenacious lumberjacks, but also other help to be more secure.

This telegram from London is still effective, Allen Wilson reluctantly left Los Angeles.

Arriving in New York, a little closer to Boston, he stood at the door of an apartment building and knocked until the door was opened and Greta Garbo, dressed in a housecoat, opened it.

“What brings you here?” Greta Garbo had no intention of letting Alan Wilson in and said in a cool tone, “How did you find this.”

“I’m at least a distinguished Imperial Civil Servant, finding someone is still not a problem.” Alan Wilson was about to push his way in as he spoke, but Greta Garbo wouldn’t let him in, and threatened softly, “This is America not England.”

“I’ll call the police if you keep this up.” The door to the room that closed with a …… bang blocked the rest of the words.

Alan Wilson is very angry, only this silent movie queen can not be contacted, in New York to play the big hidden, he must let Greta Garbo understand, he is now more fire.