Chapter 252: Vivienne

It is a normal pursuit to become a female star to achieve a class leap, and Vivien Leigh understands this, because she has also experienced this kind of time.

But after arriving in British India, she realized that even in the most impoverished places, there is still great wealth.

While in Hyderabad, he saw Alan Wilson getting along with Ali Khan, the former richest man in the world.

Whether it is personal struggle or the process of history, Alan Wilson became one of the top civil servants in British India after returning to British India from Europe.

In British India, the most important colony of the British Empire, it has the power of life and death over 100,000 civil servants, and can also influence more than half of British India through 100,000 British Indian civil servants.

But in front of Ali Khan, in the eyes of Vivien Leigh, the one-sided man in British India also maintained enough humility and kindness. That is called authority. The goal Vivien Leigh pursued before was so childish and ridiculous in front of that kind of authority.

You must know that Alan Wilson has already achieved this level in his early twenties. The British Empire still has so many colonies. Will the British colonial government of those colonies be like this?

That's authority! After several months of living in British India, Vivien Leigh completely woke up, and even believed in Alan Wilson's words. She had never been so obedient to a man.

Now the man said that forming a group of girlfriends to keep warm is the best way to consolidate influence, so it must be like this.

For Vivien Leigh, who is forming a girlfriend group, there are still many candidates, because Vivien Leigh is British, and she doesn't need to fight face to face for fame like the Hollywood female stars of this era.

Vivien Leigh can live a good life in the UK, which leads to a certain sense that she is not a contender for the current Hollywood female stars.

What's more, she no longer has this ambition, and has maintained a decent friendship with many female stars, even if she doesn't know each other, she still has her good friend Katharine Hepburn.

Katharine Hepburn is about to be forty years old, but she is still very well-known, and now she is the ceiling of the Hollywood Awards, leading 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, it will not be difficult.

Since Vivien Leigh arrived in the United States this time, she lived in Katharine Hepburn's home, 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 gather more female stars to expand her influence.

"I haven't seen you in a few years. Why is Vivian so hardworking? Just don't be like Joan." Katharine Hepburn shook her head with a smile, as a reminder to Vivien Leigh, don't live so tired like 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 she was eleven years old, her stepfather abandoned them again. Later, her mother kept changing lovers. She went to Chicago to try her luck. When she saw another girl prettier than her in an agent's office, she burst into tears. She introduced a job - striptease.

"Oh, by the way, Vivienne, the relationship between Joan and Betty is very bad." Katharine Hepburn saw Joan Crawford's name on the invitation list, and kindly reminded, "Running 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, and the relationship between them is very bad."

"Is there such a thing?" Vivien Leigh's experience in the United States was limited to filming, and she returned to China after filming. She didn't know this kind of inside story, but she immediately joked, "Catherine, I didn't expect you to gossip like this."

"Although I have a boyish personality, I am also a woman." Katharine Hepburn covered her mouth and chuckled, talking about the festival between the two.

In 1931, Universal held a press conference for potential newcomer Bette Davis.

Like all newcomers, Betty cherished the opportunity to speak publicly for the first time, and Betty took the stage after the leading man. Media reporters, spotlights, everything was perfect, at this moment the door of the hall suddenly opened.

Joan Crawford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. walked in arm in arm. Betty, who was expecting the murder film, watched the media turn around and go to the hall. on her husband.

This is the beginning of everything. Bette Davis was born in a scholarly family and has received systematic higher education in drama. The first public appearance was disturbed by a call girl in the eyes.

Bette Davis openly 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, and only Vivien Leigh, an Englishman, doesn't take it seriously.

"Isn't it acting? Promote mutual fame?" Vivien Leigh asked incredulously, "Could it be a way to maintain popularity?"

"There are other possibilities, the two of them are definitely not." Katharine Hepburn shook her head solemnly, "It's not difficult to act as an actor, 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, and Katharine Hepburn nodded beside her, "It's almost like this."

wrong! Vivien Leigh, who has successfully completed her studies in British India, felt that if Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did something together, it would attract more attention.

Vivien Leigh, who has already started her training, understands that this call for attention to the famine in British India has aroused such a hot spot in the United States. As long as she invites, whoever does not come will be called a vicious woman by the other party.

Even without her taking the initiative to say anything, there is mainly a newspaper speculating about it, and the two will join in on their own initiative.

Alan Wilson, who was chairing the Drought Relief Conference in British India, would never have imagined that Vivien Leigh would leave school so soon, and would form a Hollywood group of luxurious girlfriends that had never appeared before.

"Recent price rises? Of course this has nothing to do with the gentlemen, it is because of natural disasters." Alan Wilson said with a heavy face at the conference on how to fight against the drought in British India, "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, and there is nothing we can do about it." Andri, the chief executive of Bangladesh province with a Cuban cigar between his fingers, said casually, "Everything is a natural disaster. s reason."

"Forgive me for asking a hypothetical question first, assuming that a colony still has two years to become independent, but because the local agency did something wrong, it caused the colony to become unstable and increased the maintenance expenses of the colony, assuming this Known by London, assuming London decides to withdraw as soon as possible." Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "Then the consequences of this hypothesis will appear, will it be a bad thing?"

The provincial chief executives in the meeting room were silent, and Burke, the senior official of the United Provinces, smoothed things over, "This hypothetical issue is very forward-looking. We assume that this hypothetical future is established. If it is for us, of course it will be Maintain the stability of this hypothetical colony as much as possible, and strive to persist until the last moment. This will benefit everyone."

"That's right. In fact, gentlemen understand a simple truth. It is definitely easier to combine work and rest with two years of work than half a year. The same two-year salary is more than half a year, isn't it?" ?”

Sir Baron said without changing his face, "We can do many things directly, but we must not let others find out that we have done it, especially London. Whether it is the cabinet or Whitehall, with enough time, we can Finish what we have to do step by step, instead of wishing to go back to London tomorrow to be an apartment like the colony in the hypothetical problem, this kind of evasion of responsibility..."

"Very ungentlemanly." Alan Wilson added, "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 his speech in the House of Commons, The question of British India must be settled by February 1948."

"Then we will persist until February, 1948." Sir Barron raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "It is now 11:47 on July 16, 1946 Fifty-two seconds, generally speaking, we still have about one year and seven months. It is estimated that the famine will not exceed February next year in the worst case, that is to say, the time affected by the famine is excluded. We still have a whole year to work for the happiness of the people of the subcontinent."

"Don't get too flustered is the purpose of this meeting." Sir Barron put down his wrist and stood up straight away. Lunch time had already arrived.

The entire meeting room was empty in an instant, except for the thick smoke of Pittsburgh, indicating that the meeting room was still full of people just now.

Regarding the results of this meeting, the newspapers on the second day expressed the solidarity of all parts of the subcontinent, which was widely praised by the international community. The whole process was handled fairly and transparently, which is the key to curbing the drought.

In particular, he praised the tenacity and sacrifice of the people of the subcontinent in the face of the drought, named film industry practitioners in British India, donated money and materials, and called on wealthy families to help the disaster-stricken areas. The performance of public figures was shocking.

Finally, I call on the whole of British India to unite, let go of previous prejudices, and unite closely around the colonial government. Of course, the last paragraph is for the Congress Party and the Muslim League, so don’t come out to cause trouble at this time.