It is a normal pursuit for a female star to achieve a class jump. Vivien Leigh understands this, because she has also experienced such moments.
However, after arriving in British India, she realized that even in the poorest places, there were still wealthy people.
While in Hyderabad, he saw Alan Wilson getting along with Ali Khan, the former world's richest man.
Whether it is personal struggle or the course of history, after Alan Wilson returned to British India from Europe, he became one of the top civil servants in British India.
In British India, the most important colony of the British Empire, it held the power of life and death over 100,000 civil servants. It could also influence most of British India through 100,000 British Indian civil servants.
But in front of Ali Khan, in Vivien Leigh's eyes, the man who spoke for himself in British India also maintained enough humility and kindness. That is called authority. The goals Vivien Leigh had pursued before were so childish and ridiculous in front of that kind of authority.
You must know that Alan Wilson was only in his early twenties and had already reached this point. The British Empire still has so many colonies. Will the British colonial governments in those colonies do the same?
That's called authority! After a few months in British India, Vivien Leigh was completely awakened, and she even believed in Alan Wilson's words. She had never been so obedient to a man.
Now that man said that the best way to consolidate influence is to form a group of girlfriends to keep warm, so that must be the case.
For Vivien Leigh, who is forming a group of best friends, there are still many candidates, because Vivien Leigh is British and does not need to compete face-to-face for fame like the Hollywood female stars of this era.
Vivien Leigh can also live a very good life in the UK, which means that in a sense she is not a competitor for current Hollywood female stars.
What's more, she no longer has this ambition and has maintained decent friendships with many female stars. Even if she doesn't know them, she still has her good friend Katharine Hepburn.
Katharine Hepburn is about to turn 40, but she is still very well-known, and is now on the ceiling of Hollywood awards. She is ahead of other female stars in awards. Katharine Hepburn's record can only be broken by herself.
The key point is that Katharine Hepburn's image is very good, and the public has no negative impression of her. If Vivien Leigh can get Katharine Hepburn's help, this matter will not be difficult.
When Vivien Leigh arrived in the United States, she lived in Katharine Hepburn's home. This was because Katharine Hepburn lived alone.
As always, Vivien Leigh still received enthusiastic help from Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Hepburn had no doubts when she mentioned that she hoped to recruit more female stars to expand her influence.
"We haven't seen each other for a few years, why is Vivian so hardworking? Just don't be like Joan." Katharine Hepburn smiled and shook her head, which was a reminder to Vivien Leigh, don't live as tiringly as Joan Crawford.
Joan Crawford's life was very difficult. She almost climbed from the lowest level of society to her current position. Before she was born, her father abandoned her mother and her brother, and her mother remarried.
When they were eleven years old, their stepfather abandoned them again. Later, her mother kept changing lovers. She went to Chicago to try her luck. When she saw another girl who was prettier than her in an agent's office, she couldn't help but burst into tears. This impressed the agent and gave her to her.
She introduced a job - striptease.
"Oh, by the way, Vivian, Joan and Betty have a very bad relationship." Katharine Hepburn saw Joan Crawford's name on the invitation list and reminded her kindly, "Run for the Indians who are on the verge of starvation.
This is a good thing, but you have to mediate the relationship between the two of them, the relationship between the two of them is very bad."
"Is there such a thing?" Vivien Leigh's experience in the United States was limited to filming. She returned to China after filming. She didn't know the inside story, but she immediately joked, "Catherine, I didn't expect you to be such a gossip."
"Although I have a boyish personality, I am also a woman." Katharine Hepburn covered her mouth and chuckled, recounting the two of them.
In 1931, Universal held a press conference for potential newcomer Bette Davis.
Like all newcomers, Betty cherished the opportunity to give her first public speech. Betty took the stage after the leading actor. Media reporters, spotlights, everything was perfect. At this moment, the door to the hall suddenly opened.
Joan Crawford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. walked in arm in arm. Betty, who was looking forward to the murder film, watched helplessly as the media turned around and went to the hall. All the flashlights that were supposed to shine on her went to Joan Crawford and her husband.
On my husband's body.
This was the beginning of everything. Bette Davis came from a scholarly family and received a systematic higher education in drama. Her first public appearance was disturbed by a call girl she saw.
Bette Davis publicly said that Joan Crawford slept with every MGM executive and was a bitch.
The disagreement between the two is a well-known thing in Hollywood. Only Vivien Leigh, a British person, does not take it seriously.
"Isn't it an act? To promote each other's fame?" Vivien Leigh said incredulously, "Is it a way to maintain popularity?"
"Other possibilities are possible, but these two are definitely not the case." Katharine Hepburn shook her head solemnly, "Acting is not difficult for actors, but they can't act all the time, right?"
"It seems that it is definitely a very difficult thing to invite two people at the same time." Vivien Leigh asked herself, Katharine Hepburn nodded beside her, "That's pretty much it."
No! Vivien Leigh, who had successfully completed her studies in British India, felt that if Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did something together, they would get more attention.
Vivien Leigh, who had already started her career, understood that this call for attention to the famine in British India had aroused such a hot topic in the United States. As long as she extended the invitation, whoever did not come would be regarded as a vicious woman by the other party.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! She doesn't even need to take the initiative to say anything, as long as a newspaper speculates about it, the two of them will take the initiative to join in.
Alan Wilson, who was presiding over a meeting on drought relief in British India, would never have imagined that Vivien Leigh would start her career so soon and would form a luxury group of best friends in Hollywood that had never appeared before.
"The recent rise in prices? Of course this has nothing to do with gentlemen, it is because of natural disasters." At a meeting on how to combat the drought in British India, Alan Wilson said with a heavy face, "But the prices of some precious metals, such as gold,
The rate of increase is very worrying.”
"Once there is any natural disaster, people will choose gold as a safe haven. There is nothing we can do about it." Andri, the chief executive of Bangladesh Province with a Cuban cigar between his fingertips, said nonchalantly, "Everything is a natural disaster.
s reason."
"Please forgive me for raising a hypothetical question first. Suppose a colony still has two years to become independent, but because the local institutions have done something wrong, the colony is unstable and the maintenance expenses of the colony are increased. Suppose this matter
If London finds out, suppose London decides to withdraw as soon as possible." Alan Wilson changed the topic when he said this, "Then the consequences of this assumption will appear, will it be a bad thing?"
The provincial chief executives in the conference room were silent. Burke, a senior official of the United Provinces, spoke up and said, "This hypothetical question is very forward-looking. We assume that this hypothetical future will be true. If it were in our place, of course it would be
Maintain the stability of this hypothetical colony as much as possible and strive to persist until the end. This will be beneficial to everyone."
"That's right. In fact, gentlemen all understand a simple truth. Two years to do things is definitely easier to balance work and rest than half a year to do things. The same two years' salary is more than half a year, right?
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Sir Barron said without changing his expression, "We can do many things directly, but we cannot let others discover that we have done it, especially not by London. Whether it is the cabinet or Whitehall, with sufficient time, we can
We should finish what we have to do step by step, instead of being like the colonial people in the hypothetical question, wishing to go back to London to live in an apartment tomorrow, this kind of evasion of responsibility..."
"Very ungentlemanly," Alan Wilson said, "Sir Barron does not want the situation in British India to be affected by this drought. We must strictly abide by the date set by London. The Prime Minister said in a speech in the House of Commons,
The problem of British India must be solved before February 1948."
"Then we have to hold on until February of 1948." Sir Barron raised his wrist and looked at the time and said, "It is now eleven forty-seven on July 16, 1946.
Fifty-two seconds. Generally speaking, we still have about one year and seven months. It is expected that in the worst case scenario, this famine will not last longer than February next year. In other words, excluding the time affected by the famine,
We have a whole year left to work for the happiness of the people of the subcontinent."
"Don't panic is the purpose of this meeting." Sir Barron put down his wrist and stood up directly. Lunch time has arrived.
The entire conference room emptied out in an instant, with only thick smoke like Pittsburgh indicating that the conference room had been bustling with people just now.
Regarding the outcome of this meeting, the next day's newspapers expressed the unity of all parts of the subcontinent, the general praise of the international community, and the completely fair and transparent handling of the entire process, which is the key to curbing this drought.
In particular, he praised the people of the subcontinent for their tenacity and sacrifice in the face of drought, highlighted the film industry practitioners in British India, donated money and materials, and called on wealthy families to provide help to the affected areas. The performance of public figures was shocking.
Finally, he called on the entire British India to unite together, put aside past prejudices, and unite closely around the colonial government. Of course, the last paragraph was for the Congress Party and the Muslim League to listen and not to cause trouble at this time.