British 1986

There are many historical events in Great Britain, and there is also a lot of dark history. Many of these events have shaped film and television works.

But the most famous themes are either not in line with the current hot issues, or they are simply not relevant.

For example, "Sherlock Holmes Series", "Downton Abbey", "Zorro Series", and ancient themes such as "007 Series" or "Braveheart".

Take "Braveheart" as an example. This is a story about the heroic and unyielding struggle of the Scots against the English, and the film was shot by an American who loves to sow discord.

As an English nobleman, Allen would never make a movie with this theme as long as he was not crazy or out of his mind. He is not Taro Rikugawa, so there is no need to play this kind of trick, and it is not appropriate.

The remaining themes are more or less in line with his wishes.

What suited Allen's mind was a small piece of news recorded in a family diary that he had accidentally read before. It could also be regarded as a kind of interesting story.

The approximate content is very interesting. It was also published in newspapers back then, but the circulation was very low. In addition, the way of information dissemination was very backward. From the time this incident happened until now, no one who knows the news has been aware of it. many.

But the news itself is extremely valuable.

More than 40 years ago, when World War II was raging, Canada was not yet independent, and Britain could no longer hold it back. It frantically transferred supplies, troops, equipment, and money from various colonies!

Everything else is easy to talk about, but things like money are hard to talk about.

At that time, everyone was poor, especially after several years of war, the economic situation was even worse.

As a harsh and cold place, Canada's economic situation is even worse.

But the sovereign country has spoken, and the money that needs to be raised cannot be less.

To this end, Canada specially formed a war fundraising committee.

In order to successfully raise donations, this committee did everything possible and exhausted all possible tricks.

But the effect is very bad.

Most Canadians are hardcore people - they don't have anything to lose.

Back then, tasks were allocated by state. Each state and each city had certain targets for how much donations it needed to collect.

From today's perspective, each state's target at that time was only about 40 to 50 million US dollars.

But this amount, back then, would have made Canadians almost worried to death, and they didn’t even get it together.

The reasons for this are very complicated.

First, Canada is relatively far away from the battlefield, so it is a bit isolated and unwilling to give up money.

The second reason is that the people who handle these fund-raising are not nobles, but ordinary civil servants of the government. They are usually good at making money, but when it comes to squeezing civilians, they are not good at it.

At least compared to the major nobles who have been doing business for hundreds of years, their methods are still very green.

But the tasks have been assigned by the superiors, so it’s hard to raise money!

In the end, a scandal emerged that almost caused a big incident.

The Canadian War Fundraising Committee had a sudden idea. After purchasing a batch of props from Hollywood, they organized soldiers from the local army to pretend to be a German invasion of Canada.

Not just an invasion, but also a series of dramas such as governance and management after the invasion and capture of the city.

The Canadians at that time were frightened. Canadians who were originally unwilling to contribute money donated generously after this incident. In the end, the Canadian War Fundraising Committee gloriously overfulfilled its fundraising task.

Allen was very impressed by the news. First of all, it was very fun. One of his own people would do anything to pretend to be the enemy and scare his own people.

Secondly, this can be regarded as one of the recorded early British official actions to consciously suppress the nobility.

At that time, the nobles on the front line suffered heavy casualties, and their power at home was extremely empty. Even during the war, the British officials could not help but give the nobles some eye drops.

As far as Canada's fundraising was concerned, if it had been handled by nobles, it wouldn't have been so troublesome at all, but the British officials put the nobles aside and did it themselves.

Although it was finally done, it still required more or less "tactical" guidance from noble gentlemen.

But with the guidance of "professionals", the British officials finally raised the money.

In the end, this incident was recorded in the family diary.

Allen is planning to make a fuss about this incident and make an original movie.

First of all, this thing is novel enough, and secondly

Also for the sake of war, you can enjoy the heat of the Gulf War.

at last.

In this matter, the nobles basically have nothing to do with it. There is no need to worry about the reputation of the noble group being implicated. He does not have the ability to criticize the nobles yet. He is now a member of this group.

On the contrary, some people in the British officialdom played the role of villains here, and they could take the opportunity to point fingers at them.

This is what Allen values ​​most.

He wanted to make an anti-war movie, not to accuse anyone openly, but to play with insinuations secretly.

As for who the insinuation is, I hope they won't make any mistakes when the time comes.

As long as this incident is photographed, people who don't know the truth will think that Mr. Allen is worthy of being a responsible nobleman. If he is ruthless, he will even criticize his own people.

And those who know the inside story will know who is criticizing. This is called "borrowing the past to satirize the present"!

Use what happened decades ago to satirize the current Gulf War.

Humans, if you want to be famous, you have to go through some unusual channels, just by making movies or doing business. It’s too slow to become famous.

Allen is no longer satisfied with his current reputation and needs to be strengthened.

And if you want to strengthen your reputation, this kind of thing is like the former actors trying to make trouble. Allen is very familiar with this one.

An ordinary N-line person in the entertainment industry is a transparent person who wants to develop slowly. When will he become a first-line person in this life?

Only celebrity celebrities and hot-spot events can bring about changes and use these external forces to rise to the top.

The current Gulf War is by far the most watched event, and it is a super A-list star who can "touch porcelain".

Thinking of this, Allen pulled the bell, and after the servant on duty knocked on the door and came in, he said: "Go and see if Ceylon is there and call her."

"yes!"

Ceylon was wearing a burgundy business suit and high heels. His footsteps clicked, clicked, clicked at the door of the study, and then knocked on the door of Allen's study.

After Allen's voice came from inside, he asked her to go in.

Ceylan just opened the study door, and the first thing he saw was that the boss was holding a piece of fish to entertain the birds. The snowy owl he raised was purring in silence, staring at Allen's hand. The flesh of the fish, its furry head rotated in accordance with the movements of Allen's hands.

In order to eat a piece of meat, Allen struggled with it for a long time, and finally stuffed the fish into its mouth.

This snowy owl is also interesting. When it eats, I don’t know if it’s just like this or it’s a result of training. Anyway, after eating, it will squint its eyes and open its mouth slightly, as if it is smiling, which is obvious. Very happy, very fun.

"Haha, sit down! I tease it. I don't care about it usually. It's too lazy and doesn't like to move. If things continue like this, it won't even be able to fly in the future."

Allen explained with a smile, then picked up the meat on the plate next to him and threw it out for Xiao Huang to pick up.

After Xiao Huang flew over Ceylon's head with his wings flashing, Allen gave a summary of his thoughts to Ceylon.

"What's going on in Canada? Boss, is this news from 1942?"

As an old news media person, Ceylan's professionalism is still very high. She not only has to report news, but also reads a lot of old news to increase her knowledge.

Now that Allen mentioned it, Ceylon thought about it for a long time and had some impression of the matter in his mind.

But this kind of relatively unconventional old news is very niche, and people nowadays basically don’t care about it.

Looking at his boss again, combined with the hottest events in the outside world at the moment, Ceylan felt that he had guessed what his boss was thinking.

Since it is an anti-war movie, it must have something to say.

Anti-war films must express the thoughts of the filmmakers.

The first thing to oppose war is to stand on the moral high ground and condemn the perpetrators of war.

This is the most important thing, to occupy the moral high ground.

The rest depends on how the director stuffs things into it. Thinking of this, Ceylan's eyes suddenly brightened and he suggested: "Boss, if you are going to make an anti-war movie, you might as well get it to participate in the award when the time comes. By the way, To further expand our influence?”

Looking at the direction of Ceylon's finger, Allen slowly turned his head, looked at that direction, and raised his eyebrows. Isn't that the place where Dezi's family lives?

Why?

By the way, Dezi has now merged. Their Berlin Film Festival likes films with anti-war themes the most. Films with such themes, especially films that reflect the invasion and brutality of the German army, can increase the chance of winning awards several times out of thin air.

Don't worry about whether people are both upright and upright, that's the routine anyway.

Although Allen is filming a movie this time about British soldiers pretending to be German soldiers to scare Canadians, the German soldiers pretending to be German soldiers are also German soldiers, right?

It doesn't seem impossible to win an award at the Berlin Film Festival.

"Um"

Touching his chin, Allen nodded and said: "After the filming is completed, you will take care of it. The focus now is on the early preparations. As one of the producers, you, as one of the producers, prepare it for me first. Cameron's big boss The crew has nothing to do now, you are responsible for organizing it, and besides..."

Allen rubbed his eyes again and said: "There are news records about this at home, but they are just fragments and not detailed enough. You still need to contact the screenwriter to collect good information and write a script. It must be true. By the way."

Allen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Don't beautify the official or even brag in it, write it realistically, or be a little more biased and introduce the background clearly, do you understand?"

"I see!"

Ceylan looked at Allen's eyes and straightened her waist instantly. She understood what this meant.

Mid-March 1991, London Heathrow International Airport.

Andrew Morton was arranging his clothes as he walked, looking proud and high-spirited.

He feels that he is now a successful person, a great writer, a well-known reporter, and has a lot of powerful information in his hands!

A few days ago, he contacted Diana again and made an appointment for this interview.

Morton touched Diana's bottom line again and again. In previous interviews, he even used various lies to defraud Diana out of many private information.

Now he has one big thing left. Since he took the money from that department in the United States, he has to do a good job. As long as he gets Diana's consent, he can sort out all the information about Diana's interviews this year. Come out and publish!

And after such information is published, for him, the gains in fame and money will be enough to cover all his expenses for the rest of his life.

He always carries these materials with him in his suitcase.

Andrew Morton is somewhat self-aware. If he dares to reveal this kind of secret information privately without Diana's formal consent, not to mention the credibility of the information, even his own personal safety must be compromised. Not guaranteed.

As for Diana, in Andrew Morton's view, she often lacks reason. To put it bluntly, she is a bit silly and naive, and does things without considering the consequences.

As long as she agrees, the information in her hands can be published openly. After the outside world is shocked by these secret messages, all accusations will not be directed at him, Morton, but at the most famous person. Diana goes!

He just wanted to make money and become famous, and he also had to complete the task and finally find a scapegoat.

Thinking that his goal would be achieved soon, Morton smiled and just walked to the parking lot when he saw the person he had agreed to wait for him here.

A tall bodyguard held a card with his name on it.

Morton smiled and approached the vehicle.

"I am Andrew Morton. Did the princess ask you to pick me up?"

Morton made a self-righteous gentlemanly gesture and just do as the Romans do.

Hughes, who was disguised and took action himself, took off his sunglasses, looked at the reporter in front of him, and then looked at the photo on the back of the card.

The right person is him!

"Haha, Mr. Morton, welcome. I am the bodyguard of Her Royal Highness the Princess. I am here to pick you up. Please get in the car."

Hughes took the suitcase from Morton's hand, then opened the rear door himself, bent down and opened the door with his right hand, and respectfully asked Andrew Morton to get in the car.

Morton smiled and nodded. Great Britain is good, and the classes are clear. As long as you climb into the powerful, your status will be higher. I really want to continue to live such a life, but if this kind of life is compared with a large amount of US dollars, Morton I would rather choose the latter - as long as you have a lot of US dollars, you can live well anywhere.

As soon as he got in the car, under Morton's surprised eyes, Hughes, who had just respectfully asked him to get in, turned around and got in the car from the left, pulled out a gun from his waist, and put it directly against his waist. The smile was still so respectful, but the words coming out of his mouth made Morton a little creepy.

"Drive. Go directly to Carmarthen Town. Be honest and don't yell. Do you understand?"

Morton swallowed. It was no surprise that he had a gun.

But someone who had a gun, or a pistol, in Daying, and dared to threaten him directly with it in the airport parking lot, this was no ordinary bodyguard!