Chapter 753 – Alan Zovsky
“That doesn’t work very well, does it!” Vivienne was a Brit and couldn’t really understand the twist.
“Not very useful is true, and it’s also true that it’s annoying to run into.” Alan Wilson thought of the book banning policy of the Ming and Qing dynasties, had a certain understanding of him, basically certain that the vast majority of the two dynasties banned books used to generalize is the small yellow text.
Little yellow text occupies the vast majority of the ban list of the two dynasties, there is no doubt, in his past life Alan Wilson accidentally got a banned book catalog, almost all of them are what the national color, Pin Hua Baojian, Wushan Yan Shi, grass lamp monk and so on.
Once looking at these names, there is a desire to read the content, rationally know that banning books is not right, but for some purposes still have to be banned, this kind of entanglement is the same as Alan Wilson’s current thinking.
Banning the introduction of some petty, not banning and inevitably, unknowingly, by these movies to point the finger. So the matter is torn.
“How about I make a movie woe is me first?” Alan Wilson felt that he could also find some subjects, such as Zuo Zongtang’s use of military force against the Northwest, so that the Chinese would dare to feel the pain of this tangle.
But after thinking about it, he let it go, he did not have this obligation, the ban on the introduction of the genre of the movie or to think about it.
Eventually Alan Wilson decided, the establishment of the Malayan Radio and Television Authority, specifically to deal with these things, to fulfill the duties of the incinerator, and even the threshold to resist cultural aggression.
Back home, thinking back to the Hong Kong movies in his head, Alan Wilson really did find what looked like a viable way to raise the bar. Historical Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong dramas, ten actors in two rows on the left and right couldn’t even stand up to the camera before they dared to call themselves an army of 100,000, this was because Hong Kong movies had to compromise for cost reasons.
He thought of ways from this, there is no big scene in the movie and TV drama, do not say that they shoot is a historical film. As for the size of the war group acting can not be less than five hundred people, this should be enough, other types of movies can be an exception. After all, Allen Wilson does not want to directly at the source of the martial arts category to strangle, sort of let a way out.
He seems to look at Xiangjiang’s martial arts movie and Japan’s unique samurai movie Crouching Dragon Phoenix yet, if the development of martial arts movie suffers because of his policy, maybe his heart will feel guilty.
The issue of scale can only be borrowed from the memories of **** operations in his head, although many of ****’s moves have been used to spit in the face, but the existence of this department still has a great role to play, it is undeniable.
As the Imperial Commissioner of Malaya, Alan Wilson didn’t feel it was too much of a stretch to borrow a bit of other countries’ successes to get his own work done, after all, it wasn’t the first time he had practiced God’s work against the grain.
Similar work could not be done in response to just one country, and Indonesia, which was close at hand, certainly had to be included. Historically, the territory of what is now Indonesia is the core and historical roots of the Malay people, and in this respect Indonesia is more to be wary of than a certain major power.
The reality is that there are two main communities in British Malaya, and Alan Wilson has to deal with two communities when he uses one tactic. Never do something that targets one and lets one go.
While perfecting his countermeasures, Alan Wilson continued to talk business with his honored guests, as he had already said before, he was going to sell some small islands with nice scenery as a reward for the help he gave to a few movie queens who had come over this time.
“I’m just kidding, you sell the island if London traced down, how do you explain?” Hedy Lamarr shook her head once she heard Allen Wilson rehash the old story, she didn’t want the man to be blamed domestically.
“How to explain, Churchill MP has put the strategic position of such an important military base, replaced fifty search ragged warships, no one cares about him to ask for an explanation.” Alan Wilson justified, even after so many years, mentioning this matter he is still angry, these priceless treasures in exchange for fifty ragged warships.
“Alan, Mr. Churchill was the British Prime Minister at the time after all, it would be risky for you to do the same thing.” Ingrid Bergman also shook her head, by this time, she was still not impressed by the man’s generosity.
Although the purchase of the island was not without temptation for her, and being a leisurely island owner was also very appealing, but she was not willing to let Alan Wilson operate at the risk of being blamed.
“There are thousands of islands in British Malaya!” Alan Wilson opened his mouth in a salty manner, originally there were none, but in this time and space when Britain was helping Holland, it took advantage of the fact that Indonesia was not yet independent, and grabbed a lot of offshore archipelagos.
Together, these archipelagos have made British Malaya a thousand island colony, of course many of the archipelagos are in the vicinity of the Straits of Malacca, Allen Wilson is unable to sell these islands, the position is too important.
But many of the islands whose location is not so sensitive and whose scenery is still very good, he is ready to buy a good price on this occasion.
“How about I sell you one of the islands of Banglo Island, here’s the picture.” Alan Wilson took out the photo of Banglo Island, which was actually redundant because a few women had already been there some time ago.
“Bangor Island!” Vivien Lei still had a deep impression of this island and spoke, “But I’m still worried, do you have this kind of power to sell colonized islands.”
“Truthfully no, but it can be negotiated with Whitehall, so this price? it’s certainly not cheap. But as a man I won’t let you guys lose out, I can get you to save money through the accounts, and the money handed over to Whitehall the Executive Office will figure it out.” Alan Wilson paused as he said this, “I am hoping that after I have succeeded in gaining London’s understanding, you can use your influence to make this known to the rich and powerful in America.”
“If London feels that selling some uninhabited islands will increase its coffers, and there is a precedent for it, you will sell islands to the rich on a large scale?” Vivienne thought for a moment, confirming in a speculative tone if that was Alan Wilson’s intention.
“Yes and no, it’s not the small islands of British Malaya that are for sale, there are many islands in the hands of the British Empire. Not all of them in Asia and Africa either, there are some in the Americas as well.” Alan Wilson nodded and said, “In fact, for Americans, the private purchase of islands is no longer news, very early on the American tycoons have already done so.”
The selling price of guided tours in different areas is of course different, like in the Great Lakes region that borders Canada and the United States, many islands are less expensive than a house in the next town. The appeal of such islands to the wealthy is also limited; after all, the Great Lakes are quite polluted.
For the rich class of the United States, they want to buy the island is best not far from the United States mainland, sunny beaches, then the choice is actually not much, the Caribbean islands, is the United States of America’s favorite billionaire.
In the latter part of the transaction price are in the tens of millions of dollars or more, after the purchase of the island but also have luxury villas, swimming pools, marinas and other facilities, the construction of these facilities is a huge expense.
So often the final price, for ordinary people are an astronomical figure, buy an island is only the beginning of the cost budget, private island food supply and tourism and accommodation facilities such as construction is a bigger expenditure.
If the island is undeveloped, the construction of waste disposal systems, water supply systems and power generation systems, as well as the construction of a deep-water jetty or private airport is also a significant expense, the purchase of an island is just the beginning, the maintenance of the island is the bulk of the expenditure.
Britain still has a large number of islands in its hands, but not all of them are suitable for sale, such as the sale of one of the islands in Mauritius, it is estimated that only the Indian tycoons will buy it, probably with the support of Nehru.
But there are also many islands in good locations that can be used for sale, such as some British colonies in the Mediterranean Sea, but straight but is similar to Cyprus kind of island.
Alan Wilson considered that when Britain later withdrew, almost all of these places let go, might as well take advantage of the situation is still good, to find a number of interested private sellers, cash a hand.
Then start with British Malaya, which he administered, as an example for the other colonies. After the sale of these islands, of course, the sovereignty cannot be changed, or else just anyone will buy them and set up an island nation, and the world will be in chaos.
The sale of islands to private tycoons, anyway, as far as Alan Wilson is concerned, is a two-for-one thing. At this point in time, do not worry about what the British Empire’s face, as long as the money, sell some uninhabited islands harmless.
Of course these ideas, Hedy Lamarr do not need to understand so clearly, probably know that Alan Wilson is prepared to take care of both public and private on the line, they are absolutely not going to suffer.
“One hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount.” Hedy Lamarr had once utilized her beauty to raise tens of millions of dollars for the United States for war fundraising at one time, but her paycheck wasn’t that high.
“The bulk of it is out of my pocket!” Alan Wilson said with an expression of I won’t let you suffer, “I definitely can’t let the empire suffer, so I’ll find a way to get this money from the Malayan colony. Make sure to come up with a price that isn’t too low, so that Whitehall will feel that selling the islands is, in fact, a good way to go.”
“Then we can’t make things difficult for you, you’ve helped a lot!” Ingrid Bergman hesitated for a moment, “Bangor Island I think is beautiful too, just like Vivian said, we’ll offer one hundred thousand dollars.”
“If you can let a lot of upper class Americans know that there is a precedent in England for selling islands to private individuals. It’s much more important than a hundred thousand dollars.” Allen Wilson vetoed the idea of a few people having to shell out the full amount, and offered a substitute that would allow people with real purchasing power to come down.
In essence, Allen Wilson’s role as Commissioner of British Malaya at this point is infinitely similar to that of Berezovsky and others in the late Soviet Union, eyeing the legacy of the British Empire, except that while the Soviet Union had six oligarchs, the British Empire at this point had more than two dozen overseas commissioners.