"This won't do much good!" Vivien Leigh is a British person and really can't understand the twists and turns here.
"It's not true, it's true that it's very annoying." Alan Wilson thought of the book banning policies of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Having had some understanding of them, he was basically certain that most of the people who banned books in the two dynasties
Part of it is a summary.
There is no doubt that pornographic texts accounted for the vast majority of the ban lists in the two dynasties. In his previous life, Alan Wilson accidentally obtained a catalog of banned books. Almost all of them were about National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance, Pinhua Baojian, Wushan Romance, and Grass
Lamp monks and the like.
As soon as I look at these names, I have the desire to read the content. I know intellectually that banning the book is wrong, but I still have to ban it for some purposes. This kind of entanglement is consistent with Alan Wilson's current thinking.
Banning the introduction is a fuss, but if we don't ban it, we will inevitably be criticized by these movies without knowing it. So this matter is very tangled.
"How about I make a movie first to divert trouble to the east?" Alan Wilson felt that he could also find some themes, such as Zuo Zongtang's use of troops against the northwest, to let the Chinese feel the pain of this entanglement first.
But after thinking about it, let it go. He has no such obligation. He still needs to think carefully about the types of movies that are prohibited from being imported.
In the end, Alan Wilson decided to establish Malaya... specifically to deal with these things, and even to resist cultural invasion.
After returning home and thinking about the Hong Kong movies in my mind, Alan Wilson really found a way to raise the bar that seemed feasible.
In historical Hong Kong films and dramas, ten actors in the two rows on the left and right dare to be called an army of 100,000 even if they are not satisfied with the camera. This is because Hong Kong films have to compromise due to cost reasons.
He thought of a way from this. There are no big scenes in film and television dramas, let alone that he is filming a historical film. As for the size of the war group performance, it should not be less than 500 people, so that should be enough. Exceptions can be made for other types of movies. After all,
Alan Wilson doesn't want to kill the martial arts genre directly at the source, so he can give it a life.
He also wants to watch Hong Kong's martial arts movies and Japan's unique samurai movie Crouching Dragon and Phoenix. If the development of martial arts movies is affected due to his policies, he may feel guilty.
As the Imperial Commissioner of Malaya, Alan Wilson felt that it was not too much to borrow the successful experiences of other countries to complete his work. After all, this was not the first time that he had practiced magic skills backwards.
Similar work cannot only deal with one country, but of course Indonesia, which is close at hand, must also be included. From a historical perspective, the current Indonesian territory is the core and historical roots of the Malay people. At this point, Indonesia is more worthy than a certain big country.
alert.
The reality is that there are two main ethnic groups in British Malaya, and Alan Wilson has to deal with both groups using one trick. He must not target one and let the other go.
While perfecting the countermeasures, Alan Wilson continued to talk business with the distinguished guests. As he had said before, he wanted to sell some small islands with beautiful scenery in return for the help of several movie queens this time.
"I'm just kidding. If you sell the island and London traces it, how will you explain it?" Hedy Lamarr shook her head when she heard the old story of Alan Wilson was brought up again. She didn't want this man to be criticized at home.
"How can I explain that Senator Churchill exchanged such a strategically important military base for fifty junk warships, and no one asked him to give an explanation." Alan Wilson was confident that even after so many years, he mentioned this matter
He was still furious, so he exchanged these priceless treasures for fifty pieces of tattered warships.
"Alan, after all, Mr. Churchill was the British Prime Minister at the time. It would be very risky for you to do the same thing." Ingrid Bergman also shook her head. At this time, she was still not moved by the man's generosity.
Although buying an island is not without temptation for her, and being a leisurely island owner is also very exciting, she is not willing to let Alan Wilson risk being criticized for operating it.
"There are thousands of islands in British Malaya!" Alan Wilson said in a nonchalant manner. Originally, there were none, but in this time and space, when the British were helping the Netherlands, they took advantage of the fact that Indonesia was not yet independent and took away many islands.
Shore Islands.
Together, these islands made British Malaya a Thousand Island Colony. Of course, many of the islands were near the Strait of Malacca. Alan Wilson could not sell these islands. Their status was too important.
But there are many islands where the location is not so sensitive and the scenery is very good. He is prepared to buy it at a good price this time.
"How about I sell you one of the islands in Pangkor Island? Here are the photos." Alan Wilson took out the photos of Pangkor Island. In fact, this was unnecessary because several women had already visited it some time ago.
"Pangkor Island!" Vivien Leigh was still deeply impressed by this island and said, "But I am still worried, do you have the power to sell colonial islands?"
"To be honest, no, but we can discuss it with Whitehall, so the price is definitely not cheap. But as a man, I won't let you suffer. I can help you save money through the accounts and hand it over to the Whitehall Administration Office.
Find a way." Alan Wilson paused at this point, "I hope that after I successfully obtain London's understanding, you can use your influence to make this matter known to the wealthy people in the United States."
"If London thinks that selling some uninhabited islands can increase fiscal revenue, if there is a precedent, you will sell islands on a large scale to rich people?" Vivien Leigh thought for a moment and confirmed in a guessing tone that Alan Wilson's purpose was
It's not like this.
"Yes and no, what is being sold is not a small island in British Malaya. There are many islands in the hands of the British Empire. Not all of them are in Asia and Africa, there are also some in the Americas." Alan Wilson nodded and said, "Actually,
For Americans, privately purchasing islands is no longer news; American wealthy people have been doing this for a long time."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, the price of tour guides in different regions is different. For example, in the Great Lakes area at the border of Canada and the United States, many islands are not as good as buying a house in the nearby town.
The price. The appeal of this kind of island to the rich is also limited. After all, the pollution in the Great Lakes area is quite serious.
For the rich in the United States, the island they want to buy is best not far from the mainland of the United States, with all the sun and beaches available, so there are not many choices. The islands in the Caribbean are the favorites of the rich in the United States.
In later generations, the transaction price was more than tens of millions of dollars. After the purchase, the island would also have luxury villas, swimming pools, docks and other facilities. Building these facilities was a huge expense.
Therefore, the final price is often an astronomical figure for ordinary people. Buying an island is only the beginning of the cost budget. The food supply and tourist accommodation and other facilities of the private island are the larger expenditures.
If the island has not yet been developed, it is necessary to build a garbage disposal system, a water supply system and a power generation system, as well as build a deep-water dock or a private airport, which is also a big expense. Buying an island is just the beginning, and maintaining the island is the bulk of the expenditure.
The UK still has a large number of islands in its hands, but not all of them are suitable for sale. For example, if one of the islands in Mauritius is sold, it is estimated that only wealthy Indians will buy it, perhaps with the support of Nehru.
But there are still many islands in good locations that can be sold, such as some of the British colonies in the Mediterranean. To put it bluntly, they are islands like Cyprus.
Alan Wilson considered that when the British later evacuated, almost all of these places were given up. It would be better to take advantage of the current good situation to find some interested private sellers and cash out.
Then start from the British Malaya he managed and set an example for other colonies.
After these islands are sold, the sovereignty of course cannot be changed. Otherwise, if anyone buys them and establishes an island country, the whole world will not be in chaos.
Selling islands to private wealthy individuals, according to Alan Wilson, is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. At this time, there is no need to worry about the face of the British Empire. As long as you make money, there is no harm in selling some uninhabited islands.
Of course, Hedy Lamarr doesn't need to understand these ideas so clearly. She probably only needs to know that Alan Wilson is prepared to take care of both public and private matters, and they will never suffer.
"One hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount of money." Hedy Lamarr once used her beauty to raise tens of millions for the United States to raise funds for the war, but her salary was not high.
"I paid the bulk of it!" Alan Wilson said with an expression that said, "I won't let you suffer. I definitely can't let the empire suffer, so I will find a way to get the money from the Malayan colony. I must come up with one."
The high price made Whitehall feel that selling the island was actually a good idea."
"Then we can't make it difficult for you, you have helped a lot!" Ingrid Bergman hesitated, "I also think Pangkor Island is very beautiful, just like Vivian said, we will go out
One hundred thousand dollars."
"If you can let many people in the upper class of the United States know that the UK has a precedent of selling islands to private individuals. It is much more important than the price of one hundred thousand dollars." Alan Wilson rejected the idea of several people paying the full price and proposed a
The alternative is to let people with real purchasing power end.
In essence, the role of Alan Wilson, the commissioner of British Malaya at this time, is infinitely similar to Berezovsky and others in the late Soviet Union, who were eyeing the legacy of the British Empire, except that the Soviet Union had six major oligarchs.
The British Empire had more than twenty overseas commissioners at this time.