"Don't look at a person by his superficial appearance!" Hepburn's mother looked at her daughter and taught her tirelessly. Her daughter was still a little too naive, but she didn't want to think about how naive a person who delivers information to the guerrillas could be?
When it comes to innocence, Alan Wilson is innocent. He has been deceived many times in this sinister society. Otherwise, how could he miss the life in British India? It was the most friendly place to him and a haven of peace of mind.
Audrey Hepburn didn't listen to her mother's words. She thought the British man was pretty good. Because of malnutrition, Hepburn didn't have much confidence in her appearance, and she didn't grow up with praise.
If he hadn't been too familiar with this face, Alan Wilson wouldn't have been able to recognize the young Globe Flower.
The Audrey Hepburn of 1945 did not have a good-looking appearance. She was not even as good as the Isabella sisters in Bonn. She was just an ordinary little girl with a pretty appearance.
Audrey Hepburn really became known to people after Roman Holiday. It is no exaggeration to say that it was Hollywood's top makeup artist who single-handedly created the Audrey Hepburn that everyone knows. He captured the advantages and disadvantages of her face and created it for her.
Tailor-made the makeup and hairstyle that best suited her, his makeup skills were a complete change for Hepburn, and he also became Hepburn's royal makeup artist.
With a skinny figure and a delicate appearance, if it weren't for Alan Wilson's super memory, she would have been just an ordinary girl with a pretty good appearance. Until the 1950s, when Audrey Hepburn went to audition for Givenchy.
Audrey Hepburn, with a shriveled figure and ordinary clothes, appeared in front of Givenchy himself. Givenchy, with a broken dream, refused all requests of Audrey Hepburn without any shame on the spot.
After being rejected, she did not give up and repeatedly invited Givenchy to dinner. During the dinner, Hepburn drew her career blueprint to Givenchy, and then made Givenchy her royal fashion designer.
If you look at it from the perspective of realization, if Alan Wilson does not remember this face deeply, it is very normal to miss it. But if you look at it from the perspective of development, he did not hesitate to leave the face in London.
Contact information, he believes that this ugly duckling will grow up.
Alan Wilson believed that his IQ was absolutely online most of the time. After Hepburn and his daughter left, he became a model of imperial civil servants, an outstanding representative of civil servants in the British Empire, the most famous civil servant in the United Kingdom, and a man on the streets of Paris.
The image of the gentleman who saved French women.
In recent months, Alan Wilson's impression in newspapers has been no less than that of well-known actors in China. Even Vivien Leigh can only be as good as him in terms of traffic.
He has not arrived in Brussels yet, but the tone of the Brussels Conference has been set. The place where the tone of harmony between Britain and France was set is still in the distant Far East. This is the first post-war cooperation between Britain and France.
Although France quickly decided to return to Asia after the end of the European war, after all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and France's military power in Vietnam is better than nothing. Just like the comparison between the four countries occupied by Austria, Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Red Army a few months ago,
It can only exist theoretically.
France was unable to surrender in Vietnam, so it was the British troops who surrendered in southern Vietnam.
Before the Brussels Conference, London had already promised Paris that it would defend France's colonies in Southeast Asia on behalf of the French army. In exchange, France must support Britain's claim on the Kra Isthmus to show the unity of Britain and France on colonial issues.
Consistent.
After Japan surrendered, British troops had landed in southern Vietnam and had telegraphed to France that they would definitely help France defend this colony. In fact, Britain did not want to deal with the hot potato of Vietnam.
Regardless of whether he resolutely suppresses it or lets it go, the importance of British India is far greater than that of Vietnam. However, in order to win France and Britain to stand together on broader issues, Mountbatten still mobilized troops to support France's return to Asia.
base.
Against this background, Britain's limited forces must be mobilized. Britain does not want to be too involved in Vietnam. It only hopes that the French will move faster and not let Britain stay in Vietnam for too long.
Three days before the Brussels Conference, Alan Wilson arrived in Brussels, the capital of the European Union.
Decades later, Brussels is the capital and largest city of Belgium. It is also the seat of the main administrative agencies of the European Union and the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is known as the capital of Europe.
The entire city is centered on the Royal Palace and is built along small rings. It is best to visit on foot. Although it was originally a Dutch-speaking city, Brussels has developed into a bilingual city where French and Dutch coexist.
Even at this Brussels conference, the French representative said that French must be added as the written language. Other countries also agreed, and the United Kingdom did not object. It is meaningless to object on such trivial matters.
After arriving at the British delegation and meeting Alexander Cadogan, the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also teased the French with the attitude that France must add French, "The French think that French is the representative language of the civilized world, but they have forgotten
That was all a long time ago, but Brussels does have a dominant French-speaking population, so we can’t object, right?”
"This shows the British Empire's respect for its allies and nothing else." Alan Wilson agreed with Alexander Cadogan's words.
There is a saying in Europe that the center of Europe in the seventeenth century was France, and the leader of Europe after the eighteenth century was the United Kingdom. Of course, this kind of statement is more common in France, but there is no such statement in the United Kingdom.
But the language environment in Brussels is indeed as Alexander Cadogan said, French is the dominant language, Dutch represents poor and backward Flanders, and the only official language of the Belgian government is French.
Almost all educational institutions in Brussels use French for teaching, which further hinders the promotion of Dutch and leads to the impression that Dutch is inferior.
However, from a British perspective, this is just a remnant of the French Sun King era. The degree of progress in different parts of the world is different, and it is not incomprehensible that some places have traces of hundreds of years ago.
In a world where the influence of English has far surpassed that of French, we should show sympathy and understanding to the stubborn French.
"The stubborn persistence of the French is really cute. Haven't we ever overwhelmed the French without any objection?" Alan Wilson shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
"A few more times, but not many." Alexander Cadogan said slowly.
"When was the last time the French were speechless?" Alan Wilson asked with interest.
"1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French have absolutely nothing to say!" Alexander Cadogan said with a wicked smile.
Perhaps out of consideration for a spectacular debut, the French arrived in Brussels the day after the British delegation arrived. At this time, Alan Wilson was fully improving his cultural accomplishments under the guidance of the Cabinet Secretary and the Foreign Ministry Secretary.
know.
Cabinet Secretary Edward Bridges said he was quite satisfied with the current work in the British-occupied areas. No matter how effective many policies were, Whitehall had already seen the efforts of the British-occupied Areas Trade Commission.
At the same time, he said that in a sense, the Brussels Conference is definitely much more important than the reconstruction of the British-occupied areas, and even determines the future direction of the British Empire. Whether it is at the imperial level or from the perspective of civil servants, it is worthy of 100% effort.
In this sense, it is even more important than the Potsdam Conference.
The consensus within the UK on how to unite European countries is to work together with the colonies of the countries currently participating in the Brussels Conference. This is also the biggest common denominator among countries with different interests, different ideas, and even discordant relations.
The relationship between Britain and France is subtle due to historical reasons, but Britain and France are not the only ones who are subtle. The relationship between Spain and Portugal is not close either. Spain has annexed Portugal, and Belgium's opponent in the War of Independence was the Dutch.
Of course, the supporters of Belgian independence are the French, while the countries that support the Netherlands are the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
It can be said that the hands of every country are stained with the blood of other countries. At this time, we must unite. If we do not unite, these countries that once had great glory will soon disappear and become in the eyes of the United States and the Soviet Union.
of small shrimps.
The King of Belgium who welcomed all the countries to attend the Brussels Conference was Leopold III. This king is currently deeply involved in controversy. Because of his ambiguous attitude towards Germany during the war, Leopold III can be said to be in trouble.
The reason why this conference was held in Belgium was also the result of Leopold III's vigorous efforts. The fundamental reason was that the French did not approve of it being held in London, and the British did not approve of it being held in Paris.
Brussels is deeply influenced by France, so it chose such a place to sit down and talk about what the colonial empire will be like tomorrow.
The person responsible for receiving delegations from various countries was Prince Charles, the younger brother of Leopold III. Alan Wilson was very uncomfortable with the name and title of Prince Charles.
He believes that only Prince Yinren, who became the crown prince in 1958 and served for 62 years in the British Empire, is more in line with his image of a prince, and the other Charleses are all fake.
Over the Royal Palace of Belgium, the flags of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium were flying high, indicating that the Brussels Conference, which was declared to be the European Post-War Recovery Conference, officially kicked off.
British Prime Minister Attlee and French Provisional Government Chairman Charles de Gaulle are undoubtedly the most important figures in this post-war revival meeting. Their attitudes determine the future of these colonial empires.