British 1986

The young Indian beauty sitting opposite Allen smiled and looked at Allen, not particularly concerned. Just before the two parted ways at the polo field, Allen asked her to meet at the hotel, but the two of them went back to the hotel. Allen He came back first, and she followed behind.

"My name is Aishwarya Rai, I'm glad you invited me."

"oh?"

This name made Allen slightly dazed, and then he stared carefully at the little girl in front of him who claimed to be Aishwarya Rai.

It seems that I got the right number. This little girl is still young, only 19 years old.

There is still a bit of innocence and a bit of baby fat on his face.

I can’t tell what it feels like to have this face shape of Indians. I always feel that their upper caste looks are a bit like a mixture of Europeans and Middle Easterners.

Listening to what this little girl said, she is still in school, but she is already in the internship period. She studied architecture and her dream was to become an architectural designer. Later, with the development of society, some concepts in India It has changed again and again. Slowly, the little girl who once dreamed of being an architect is no longer interested in this dream. She wants to make movies and become a big star.

Aishwarya Rai is aware of her appearance conditions. People around her have praised her for her beauty since she was a child. With such an innate advantage, it would be a pity not to make movies.

As a woman, when someone praises her, she gets a little carried away. At least her dream of making a movie is remembered by her.

But the current film industry in India.

Like Great Britain, some are difficult to describe. Currently, among the Commonwealth countries and colonies, only Xiangjiang's film quality and influence are considered to be the highest.

Everywhere else is just a bunch of fish.

In recent years, the British film and television industry has been a little better. Allen's reputation has also won some impression points for the British film industry, but that's all.

And Aishwarya Rai had heard of Allen. As a college student and a child of a high-caste family, she had many more channels for contact with the outside world than ordinary lower-class people in India. Her father was from abroad. Brought back the tape of Allen shooting the movie.

It was with the help of these things that Aishwarya Rai gained some understanding of the outside world, and was particularly impressed by Allen, an aristocratic gentleman and director from England.

Today, his family was invited to watch the polo match. Her father was still serving in the Navy and could not come to watch the game, and her mother did not want to show up in public. In the end, she was the only one in their family to watch the game.

At that time, she was sitting not too far from the first row where Allen was sitting, so she couldn't help but peek at Allen frequently.

After getting to know each other, Aishwarya Rai looked at the waiter who served the food and was a little surprised by the food on the plate.

None of these dishes seem to be local Indian food.

"Haha. I'm not used to Indian food. These are all made by our own chef. You can try them."

Allen stretched out his right hand and introduced several dishes to Aishwarya Rai.

As for things from India, Allen didn't even dare to drink water. He had to drink the water he brought with him.

What if it's really like the periodic table of elements? With his small body and low resistance, it would be ridiculous to finally get to India and die here.

For his own life, Allen fought hard, even Boss Cha couldn't fight against him.

Now I am sitting in the Taj Mahal Hotel, introducing the dishes prepared by my own chef in front of outsiders, which is quite a sense of accomplishment.

Aishwarya Rai is a little girl who is a bit shy, but also very curious. She always looks amazed. Her eyes are big, and her eyebrows are clearly shaped. When she makes a surprised expression, her The eyes look very interesting, and the eyebrows move as the eyes widen.

After eating, Allen called a few bodyguards and took Aishwarya Rai with him. They were going to go for a walk outside and look around Mumbai. You can't stay in the hotel all the time, right?

In the past two days, I was either accompanying Diana or Boss Cha. Today they had a conflict again. This made it more convenient for Allen. No one would care about him, so he could move around freely.

As soon as you exit the back door of the Taj Mahal Hotel, the road on the side of the road is very interesting. It is consistent with Daying. Vehicles on the road drive on the left.

For two-lane roads, places such as China and the United States drive on the right, while Great Britain drives on the left. When driving, your vehicle is always on the left instead of the right, and the vehicle is still right-hand drive.

As soon as you get out of the back door of the hotel, you will see the highway. Opposite the highway is the sea. Not far away diagonally opposite is the India Gate that you saw that day.

Aishwarya Rai pointed to the India Gate and asked Allen if he wanted to see it.

Allen raised his chin without saying a word, signaling to the bodyguard to pay attention as he prepared to cross the road.

Going from Wales to Mumbai is a bit overwhelming.

Even in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, I have never seen so many cars on the streets. Now in Mumbai, with so many cars, it seems a little unreliable and a little irritating. In short, as soon as I left the hotel, I gave Ai It feels like there are people everywhere, noisy and crowded.

The temperature outside is high, and this evening time is the time when people go out to the beach to cool off.

Coupled with the poor lighting, a quick look reminded Alan of the feeling of a zombie movie. There were people everywhere on the benches and on the shore. Some people were even sitting on the ground. There was garbage everywhere on the street. , not the kind of big piles of garbage, but bits and pieces of garbage, such as pieces of paper, packaging bags, bottle caps, etc., giving people a very dirty feeling.

But the India Gate was okay. It was blocked by a fence. As a "historic attraction", it was well protected. Allen looked at the crowd of Indians in the distance. If the India Gate had not been fenced and protected, he pointed out Maybe these Indians really dare to climb up to the India Gate to enjoy the cool air. If there are people crawling on this thing, it will be disgusting just thinking about it.

The fence stopped most ordinary Indians, but it could not stop the British. Allen wanted to visit the India Gate and said hello to the management here. The other party sent a ten-man commentary escort team to accompany Allen throughout the process. , explaining to him the history of India Gate.

Allen had already heard this history from Boss Cha the day before yesterday. He was completely uninterested in the current explanation and waved his hand to signal them not to disturb him.

Aishwarya Rai squinted her eyes, glanced at Allen, turned around and pointed at the Taj Mahal Hotel just now and said: "Alan, look at the Taj Mahal Hotel, guess why the hotel has its back to India. Door?"

"oh?"

When Aishwarya Rai said this, Allen remembered it. He had not paid attention to it a few days ago. Isn't it just an India Gate, a building imitating the Arc de Triomphe? The hotel turned its back to it. Well, there's nothing to be concerned about.

Now that she said this, could there be some little story in it?

"This Taj Mahal Hotel was built by the Tata Group. The founder of the Tata Group is that Tata. Have you heard of it?"

"heard about it!"

This company does not seem to have a good reputation in the outside world, but in India, as a century-old enterprise, it is definitely a giant. Although it has not grown to historical heights, the current Tata Group is definitely not a small one. .

Aishwarya Rai said with a smile: "Back then, Jamsetji Tata founded his own trading company, which was the predecessor of the Tata Group. Later, he became bigger and stronger step by step, and then he came to Mumbai. .”

Speaking of this, Aishwarya Rai glanced at Allen, smiled meaningfully and continued: "In Mumbai, he met the British, and he wanted to go to a restaurant to eat. The waiter in the restaurant said that he was from India. People, don’t let him in.”

"At that time, Tata was already considered a wealthy man. He was well-dressed and had an extraordinary temperament. He was a well-known wealthy businessman in India, but he was still turned away from the hotel."

"And the hotel seemed to be here at the time. The waiter arrogantly told Tata that our hotel is facing the Gate of India, which means that we welcome British people from the sea, but we do not welcome Indians!"

"Later, Tata became angry and made up his mind to build a big hotel where Indians could be welcomed to eat. But he hated the Gate of India very much, so he built the hotel gate on the other side, leaving the butt of the hotel to the Gate of India. , although he didn’t say it, there are rumors that he meant that this hotel does not welcome all British people from the sea, and he hates British people!”

After Aishwarya Rai finished speaking, she imitated Allen's example and raised her chin to let Allen look at the Taj Mahal Hotel in the distance.

You can see the sea view directly from the guest room, and they received the distinguished guests from Daying with great care. Even if Boss Cha came over this time to bring his own ingredients and cook, the hotel did not say anything and did everything he could. It's time to show up.

For a hotel like this, when it was first built, was the founder still tough?

Allen looked at the Taj Mahal Hotel and chuckled disdainfully. To put it bluntly, in India, if it weren't for the British, they would not have perished, but they would never have developed to the current situation.

Since ancient times, none of its neighbors have been weak. They are honestly pretty good, but if they prick their heads a little, they will inevitably get beaten. Later, not only the bosses on land beat them, but also bosses across the sea. Come

Just rely on the Indians themselves, what can they accomplish?

When repairing an airplane, after disassembling the parts and putting them back together, you can actually find dozens of extra kilograms of screws?

The dog doesn't know how to thank his master, but instead wants to surpass his master in secret?

Is this okay?

But now, as tough as it was back then, it is still soft now. How many years has it been? The Taj Mahal Hotel seems to have been built in 1903. By 1992, it was less than ninety years ago. The descendants of Tata That’s it, tsk.

After listening to this little story, Allen became more and more convinced that being rich is not necessarily good, but being without money is absolutely impossible, and having money is not enough. Having money also requires status, and just having money is not enough. Just having money is not enough. , in the eyes of powerful people, they are almost like fat sheep.

If India had become independent a few years later, it might have been slaughtered like a pig, just like during World War II. But in India now. Haha, I guess they are the only ones who think they are strong. Unless they are acting rogue, they should If it doesn’t work, it still won’t work.

They are like big fat meat that glows in the dark, attracting the attention of countless diners. Allen is attracted to them now. This place is good, there is oil and water, it is soft, and you can make money!

Holding Aishwarya Rai's little hand, Aishwarya Rai was a little scared and wanted to shrink back. Allen smiled and said: "What? You don't welcome British people from the sea either?"

Hearing that Allen was applying what he had learned, Aishwarya Rai retorted with a smile and stopped to prepare to struggle.

"Haha, I'm not Tata."

This girl is interesting, very shy, but she still dares to go to the appointment. She has a kind of contradictory beauty. In addition, she is a Hindu and is very conservative because of her faith. Let alone kissing. Even though she is now a model and wears cooler clothes, She didn't even wear it, but being able to hold hands already made her blush.

Seeing Aishwarya Rai's shy look, Allen felt that he shouldn't be too hasty this time and had to take his time, but it was more interesting this way.

For men, it is very interesting to persuade women who have lost their feet to go ashore and women from good families to go to sea.

"I heard you say that your home is in the next state, and the capital of your country is Bangalore, right?"

Holding Aishwarya Rai's little hand, Allen strolled around the India Gate. The entire square where the India Gate is located was surrounded by fences. Except for his group of tourists, there were no outsiders in the square, and only some pigeons were left. Wandering in the square, Allen regretted not bringing Xiao Huang here.

If his silly bird was brought here, I believe Xiao Huang would be happy to make friends with them after seeing so many fat pigeons, right?

"Yes, our home is in Mangaluru, a seaport city in the next state. The capital over there is Bangalore, which is also a big city, not worse than Mumbai. What? Do you want to visit?"

Because her hand was still held by Allen, Aishwarya Rai leaned next to Allen when she spoke, looking up at Allen.

"Haha, if Miss Aishwarya is not busy, I would like to visit. I wonder if I can invite Miss Aishwarya to be my tour guide?"

"this"

Aishwarya Rai was a little hesitant. It wasn't that she didn't want to take Allen there to play, but she was afraid of delaying Allen's work.

"You and the Crown Prince of Great Britain, don't you have any other arrangements recently?"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about this. His Highness has his own arrangements. I have a few days off. I can explore around when I have time."

"Okay then, when are you going to go?"

"Then...tomorrow? Let's go around Mumbai tomorrow morning. I heard that the women here like jewelry very much. Can I take you to buy some jewelry? Then we will go to Bollywood and take a flight in the afternoon. Go to Bangalore.”

"This won't work"

"Okay!" Allen waved his hand, not allowing Aishwarya Rai to refuse, and said bluntly: "Just treat it as a tour guide who pays you in advance. You don't want to work in vain, do you?"

"Haha, okay then."

Listening to Allen's arrangement, Aishwarya Rai took another step closer to Allen with a smile, but the distance was only a little closer, nothing else, that's all.

Allen watched this girl's movements happily and not in a hurry.

Take your time, that's the fun.