British 1986

In the evening, a bodyguard was sent to drive Aishwarya Rai back to her residence in Mumbai, and Allen returned to the hotel.

Here, you have to wash yourself even when taking a shower, which is a bit inconvenient, but when you go out and the conditions are a little rough, you can still bear it, so let's make do with it for now.

Mumbai is known as the Shanghai of India. Allen heard from locals that if places like Shanghai in China were given fifty years to develop, Shanghai would not be able to surpass Mumbai.

This statement reflects both the confidence and ignorance of Mumbaikars.

Allen smiled, not even wanting to complain. Sometimes Indians are so inexplicably confident that outsiders think they are a little abnormal.

Like now.

Picking up Aishwarya Rai early in the morning, the two were going to visit Bollywood. When the motorcade arrived at the gate of Bollywood, Allen's car was actually stopped!

The security personnel said that they did not have an invitation letter and there was no filming here, so they would not be allowed to visit.

It's obviously a wilderness, but do you need an invitation to enter?

If you don't go in through the gate, do you want Master Allen's motorcade to take the dirt road next to it?

Aishwarya Rai looked at Allen with an embarrassed look and opened her mouth to explain.

"Stop talking, it's okay, we don't need an invitation."

Allen squinted and patted the co-pilot's headrest and said, "Let them know whose car can be stopped and whose car cannot be stopped."

"Okay, Your Excellency!"

The bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat took out a small submachine gun from under the car seat, pulled the bolt with a click, checked it, then took the gun, opened the car door, and walked out in a big way, "Show the invitation letter." ".

If the Indian security guards on the other side are not afraid of death, let them see what a fire invitation is!

Aishwarya Rai leaned against the car window and watched blankly as the bodyguard got out of the car. He raised his submachine gun with one hand and pointed it at the sky. He fired a few shots first. The Indian security guard... His face turned pale with fright at this scene.

The bodyguard held the Indian security guard by the back collar like he was holding a chicken, put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth, lowered his head and muttered a few words. A few more frightened Indians came out and hurriedly opened the door.

"See, these people are just cheap people. If you can't talk to them properly, you need to use other methods, and I'm very good at this method."

Allen pointed to the big iron door that was opened. Bollywood was right in front of him.

In some cases, Indians are actually very similar to Koreans.

They are all the same bitches, they are all the same cowards, they are all the same and they always need to act based on what others are saying.

They always act like dogs to others without realizing it. They just think that others need them, not that they are acting like dogs to others.

Like Koreans, they also like to steal things and are inexplicably confident in their own culture.

Recently, Indians and Koreans are even more similar. They also like to change the names of cities to get rid of some of the previous stereotypes, such as the colors left on them by colonists or masters.

The Koreans changed the name of an iconic city like Seoul to Seoul. They thought that by changing the name, they could have a national history of tens of thousands of years.

The Indians also want to change their name. After all, Mumbai is not called Bombay yet. Mumbai is still called the name that the British gave them back then.

Bollywood is even more straightforward. Indians stole the name directly from Hollywood, changed the initials, and transformed it into Bollywood, which is simple and crude.

Bollywood is known as the center of Indian film and one of Mumbai's business cards to the outside world. However, after listening to Aishwarya Rai's introduction, Allen felt that this place was not suitable for his investment.

In some aspects, this place is very similar to Xiangjiang.

Bollywood film production is very special, it is family-run, not corporate-run.

Although they also have companies, these companies are empty shells and are used by the outside world.

Internally, Bollywood is actually controlled by eight major families. Each of them has one or several studios responsible for filming, and the source of funds

Banks in India are not allowed to provide loans to the film industry!

This is illegal, so currently, most of Indian movies are wholly-owned or financed. As for where the money comes from?

Each of the eight major families has a cooperative relationship with one or several local Indian gangs. They take black money from them, launder the money through the film industry, and finally return it to those gangs.

It is said that sometimes these gangs will fight because of the uneven distribution of the spoils due to the amount of investment.

"How do you know so much about it?"

Allen couldn't believe that the little girl sitting next to him could know such an inside story.

"What's the point? This is all public information. As long as anyone wants to enter Bollywood, who doesn't know what's going on? The officials don't care, because they can make money and pay taxes, and ordinary civilians don't dare to care. They can avoid a lot of trouble by proactively saying they are related to such-and-such gang.”

Aishwarya Rai said with some disdain, and seemed to have a very bad impression of Bollywood.

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Do Indians play so openly?

Allen was a little surprised that the people here were playing so unrestrainedly. This was because he had learned the routines of Great Britain, but not the essence.

You are just money laundering. You have to at least put on a show. Now you are doing it openly. When a politician with tougher tactics comes one day, isn't this a ready-made experience gift package?

In Allen's opinion, this kind of gameplay is tantamount to seeking death.

But right now they're doing fine, which is fucked up.

Maybe it’s because the national conditions are different. If Indians dare to play this way in any country outside, except Africa, it will be a dead end. The method is too rough.

Walking all the way along the road, there are two rows of low-rise office buildings on both sides of the road.

This is the office building of some brokerage companies.

Allen looked out from the car and saw rows of Indian women sitting inside.

How to describe it?

If you put a small pink lamp at the door and the clothes are cooler, it will feel right!

Movies across India, regardless of genre, are collectively called musicals.

Musicals have a particularly high demand for group performances, especially large-scale dance group performances, which gives these small agencies opportunities.

Each of their agencies has at least dozens or hundreds of extras signed.

Most of these extras are women.

That is, the lowest female models and actresses in Bollywood.

If these people are spotted by a certain director or actor one day, they can fly into the sky, but this sky is limited to Mumbai.

In normal times, they occasionally make some extra money and make some quick money to maintain their lives.

This is also the reason why this place is blocked outside. When ordinary people enter here, their eyes will be dizzy just by seeing these groups of warblers and swallows.

Women who dress very conservatively outside are not conservative at all here. Although Allen still thinks their clothes are very conservative, to Indians, these white clothes are no longer conservative. If they are cooler, It's even more dangerous.

Originally, he was planning to have a good look at Bollywood, but as he walked around and listened to Aishwarya Rai's introduction along the way, Allen lost interest in Bollywood.

"Bollywood movies used to be very popular in the Soviet Union. They would import many of them every year. We could also provide them with Russian dubbing and subtitles. They are also very popular in the Middle East, but they may not be available this year."

Aishwarya Rai is still a little proud when talking about Bollywood movies. She talked about the glorious resume of Bollywood movies in front of Allen, which can be regarded as best-selling at home and abroad.

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Allen waved his hand in disgust. He was not ready to continue reading. He might as well go to Bangalore and check it out. It was so rubbish here.

Because it occupies a large area, Bollywood is built in the suburbs, and the further you go, the more remote the place becomes, and there are slums next to it.

It's a ghetto, not a civilian area.

These people living in shabby shacks are the people who have the most profound impression of India in Allen's real sense. They are very tanned and very thin.

The child looked from a distance, like a wild dog rummaging through rubbish in a rubbish heap, and saw several groups of black things, rummaging for something in those rubbish heaps.

There are some poor people wandering on the roadside. Some people look at this fleet of Rolls-Royces with dull eyes. They may have never seen a Rolls-Royce in their lives, but they only think that this fleet is very impressive.

Allen could even see the nervous looks on their faces. They wanted to hide away, but their bodies were so nervous that they were too frightened to move, and they just stood blankly on the roadside.

A bodyguard in the car in front pressed down the window and held up a gun to scare these people. It was only then that these "eyesore" poor people saw the group of foreigners holding guns, and then they came to their senses and stumbled back.

Aishwarya Rai looked at this scene without any discomfort in her eyes. She was a little naive, but she also looked down on these poor people from the bottom of her heart. These people were untouchables who did not even deserve a surname.

Everyone knows that India has four levels of caste system, and these people are the fifth level, untouchables who are not even worthy of being recorded - Dalits!

The motorcade roared past, and the smoke and dust that rose up fell on their dark skin, just like wild dogs digging into the garbage, covered with smoke and dust. No one cared about them, and no one had ever cared about them. The surroundings returned to calm.

After taking Aishwarya Rai to buy a complete set of jewelry in the shopping streets of Mumbai, there was nothing left to do.

For others, Mumbai is most famous for its Victorian buildings, which are full of British colonial features. Ordinary people may be interested in taking a look.

But Allen has no such interest. This stuff is available everywhere in Britain.

The architecture of the Victorian era is the architectural style of his new castle, with Gothic spiers and domes. Apart from a few differences in architectural form, the common denominator is the belief in splendor!

In foreign countries, ways to show strength include luxury cars, mansions, beautiful women, luxury watches, etc.

As for the style of houses in the Victorian era, whether they were churches or castles, they all liked to be resplendent. This is how the houses were clad with gold and precious stones.

People in some places may look at this kind of building from the current perspective and feel that it has a bit of a nouveau riche vibe.

But if you really want them to buy it, they can't afford it.

Big Ben, the Suspension Bridge, and the Houses of Parliament in London are representatives of the Gothic architecture of the Victorian era. Big Ben is also covered with gold and precious stones. Is it earthy?

Isn’t this still the hometown that many people dream of?

Allen just felt that it would be expensive to add gold now, so his new castle turned into diamond.

The design of the castle's appearance is still based on the popular design of the Victorian era.

Through the house, when friends come to visit, you can show your financial resources and strength. This cannot be like some places that pay attention to low-key and modesty.

You don't manage your house well, so how can you expect people to believe in your strength?

Blow by mouth?

And now let him visit these Victorian buildings in Mumbai. What's so interesting about this thing?

Just like you who live by the sea, go to the inland cities of the northwest to taste seafood.

Instead of eating at home, you go to inland cities to eat.

Is it free?

From Mumbai to Bangalore.

If you drive, it will take about twelve or thirteen hours, and this is under good road conditions. Allen, who has no confidence in India's infrastructure, was persuaded not to choose to go there by car.

If you take the train, it takes about 24 hours.

As for why taking the train is slower than driving, don’t ask.

The question is that India has special national conditions. This is not a train, but a tin can!

If a train is full of people, it won't go fast.

In the end, Allen had no choice but to fly to Bangalore, which was faster and took less than two hours.

Apart from being a little bit dangerous, there is nothing wrong with it.

Only Air India can fly flights from Mumbai to Bangalore. Foreign aircraft do not fly this route, and the company responsible for Air India flying this route is an airline under the Tata Group.

The relationship was complicated, but Allen could only choose to believe in the Tata Group, whose founder was extremely hostile to Britain.

Fortunately

Although the plane was a bit old, it finally landed safely at Bangalore International Airport.

This airport, like their planes, is a bit rundown, but it seems to be expanding recently.

It is about thirty or forty kilometers from Bangalore International Airport to Bangalore city, which is not too far. In Alan's opinion, the environment here is better than that in Mumbai.

Because Mumbai is a port city with a large population and a large foreign population, it is relatively dirty. Bangalore has been planned as a heavy industry center since India's independence. It is considered an industrial city with several Indian military industrial companies scattered around it.

In terms of population ratio, workers account for the vast majority.

Although this is not a good description, there are more workers in a city, which makes it look more orderly than in Mumbai where people of all classes live together.

This time, Allen's destination was not to see the scenery first, but to send someone to inquire about the news after arriving in Bangalore.

On the way, while chatting with Aishwarya Rai, Allen accidentally heard that a big company came to Bangalore last year - IBM.

The Indian government also established a new supporting industrial park and supporting facilities here last year to serve the IT industry.

Moreover, the construction of supporting facilities has also begun. Aishwarya Rai did not understand much and only talked about what kind of microwave communication station was to be built.

PS: Don’t forget history. Today is the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Let’s commemorate it.