England 1986

Chapter 327 Taj Mahal Hotel and Indians

The little Indian beauty sitting opposite Alan looked at Alan with a smile, and didn't particularly care. Before the two parted at the polo field just now, Alan asked her to meet at the hotel, but the two went back to the hotel. Alan Come back first, and she will follow behind.

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

"Oh?"

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

It seems to be on the right track, this little girl is still young, only 19 years old.
There is still a little innocence on the face, and a little bit of baby fat.

I can’t tell what the face shape of Indians is like. I always feel that their high-caste looks are a bit like mixed Europeans and Middle Easterners.

According to this little girl, she is still in school, but she is already in the internship period. She is studying architecture. Her dream was to become an architectural designer. Later, with the development of society, there are some ideas in India. It also changed again and again, and slowly, the little girl who once dreamed of being an architectural designer is not too cold about this dream now. She wants to make movies and become a big star.

Aishwarya Rai knows her physical condition, and people around her have praised her for her beauty since she was a child. With such an innate advantage, it is a pity not to come out to make movies.

As a woman, if she is praised by others, she will be a bit superior. At least this dream of making a movie will be remembered by her.

But the current film industry in India.
Like Great Britain, it's hard to describe. Currently, among the Commonwealth countries and colonies, only Xiangjiang's film level and influence can be regarded as the highest.

Other places are a group of miscellaneous fish.

In the past few years, the British film and television industry has improved a little bit, and Allen's fame outside has also won a little bit of impression points for Daying, but that's all.

And Aishwarya Rachacha has heard of Alan. As a college student and a child of a high-caste family, she has more channels for contact with the outside world than ordinary people at the bottom of India. In her family, his father came from abroad. Bring back the videotape of Allen shooting the movie.

That is to say, with the help of these things, Aishwarya Rai has some understanding of the outside world, and she is particularly impressed with Allen, a nobleman and director from Great Britain.

Today his family was invited to watch a polo game. Her father was still in the navy and couldn't come to watch the game live, and her mother didn't want to show her face. 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 Alan was sitting, and she couldn't help but peeked at Alan frequently.

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

None of these dishes seem to be native to India.

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

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

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

If it really looks like the periodic table of elements, with his small body and low resistance, it would be ridiculous to come to India after all, and die here.

For his own life, Allen fought hard, even Boss Cha never fought against him.

Sitting in the Taj Mahal Hotel now, in front of outsiders, introducing the dishes made by the own chef is quite a sense of accomplishment.

Aishwarya Rai, a little girl, has a shy personality, but she is also very curious. She always has a look of surprise. Her eyes are big, and the shape of her eyebrows is clearly drawn. 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. The two were going to take a walk outside and take a look around Mumbai. They couldn't stay in the hotel all the time, right?
Two days ago, he was either with Diana or with Boss Cha. Today, they had a conflict again, which made Alan more convenient. No one cares about him, so he can move about freely.

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

In the case of two-lane lanes, places such as Huaguo and the United States drive on the right, while Daying drives on the left. When driving, the position of your vehicle is always on the left instead of the right, and the vehicle is still on the right.

As soon as you leave the back door of the hotel is the road, across the road is the sea, and not far from the diagonally opposite is the Gate of India that you saw that day.

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

Allen raised his chin and said nothing, signaling the bodyguards to pay attention, he was about to cross the road.

From Wales to Mumbai, it was a bit unaccustomed to the sudden rush.

Even in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, I have never seen so many cars on the street. Now in Mumbai, there are so many cars, it seems a little unreliable and a little irritable. Lun feels that there are people everywhere, crowded and crowded.

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

Coupled with the poor lighting, a quick look reminds Allen of the feeling of a zombie movie. There are people everywhere on the benches by the coast, on the shore, and some people are still sitting on the ground. There are garbage everywhere on the street. , not the kind of huge pile of garbage, but bits and pieces of garbage, paper, packaging bags, bottle caps, etc., giving people a very dirty feeling.

But the Gate of India is okay, it is blocked by a fence here, and as a "historic attraction", it is still well protected. Allen looked at the Indians in the distance, and if the Gate of India was not protected by a fence, he pointed out that Maybe these Indians really dare to climb on the India Gate to cool off. If this thing is covered with people, it would be disgusting to think about it.

The fence stopped most of the ordinary Indians, but not the British. Allen wanted to visit the India Gate, so he said hello to the management here. The other side sent a ten-member commentary escort team to accompany Allen throughout the journey. , and explained to him the history of the India Gate.

Alan had already heard these histories from Boss Cha the day before yesterday, and he was not interested in the current explanation at all, so he waved his hand to signal them not to disturb him.

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

"Oh?"

When Aishwarya Rai said this, Allen remembered it. He didn't pay attention to it a few days ago. Isn't it just a gate of India, a building imitating the Arc de Triomphe, and the hotel's back is facing it, so it is facing it Well, what's the point of this.

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

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

"heard about it!"

This company seems to have a bad reputation in the outside world, but in India, as a century-old company, it is definitely a giant. Although it has not grown to the height of history, the current Tata Group is definitely not small .

Aishwarya Rai said with a smile: "At that time, 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 for dinner, and the restaurant waiter said he was an Indian. Man, don't let him in."

"At that time, Tata was already considered a rich man. He wore good clothes and had an extraordinary temperament. He was a well-known wealthy businessman in India, but he was still rejected by the restaurant."

"And that restaurant seemed to be here at that time. The waiter said proudly to Tata that our hotel is facing the Gate of India, which means that the British from the sea are welcome, but Indians are not welcome!"

"Later, Tata became angry and made up his mind to build a big hotel to welcome Indians to eat, but he hated the Gateway of India so much that he built the hotel entrance on the other side, leaving the hotel's ass to the Gate of India , although he didn't say it, but there are rumors that he means that this hotel does not welcome all the British from the sea, he hates the British!"

After Aishwarya Rai finished speaking, she followed Allen's example and raised her chin to show Allen the Taj Mahal Hotel in the distance.

You can see the sea view directly from the guest room, and they treat the distinguished guests from Daying in every possible way. Even if Boss Cha came here this time to bring his own ingredients and cook, the hotel didn’t say anything. It's time to show up.

Just like this hotel, the founder was still stubborn when it was built at the beginning of the year?
Allen looked at the Taj Mahal Hotel and chuckled disdainfully. To put it bluntly, in India, if there were no Great Britain, they would not perish, but they would definitely not develop into the current situation.

Since ancient times, none of its neighbors has been weak. They are honest and honest, but if they are stabbed, it is inevitable to be beaten. Later, not only the big bosses on land beat them, but also the big bosses across the sea. Come
Just relying on the Indians themselves, what can they do?
After repairing an airplane, after dismantling the parts and putting them back together, you can find dozens of extra pounds of screws?
The dog doesn't know how to thank its master, but wants to surpass the master secretly?
Is this okay?

But now, how hard it was at the beginning, it is still very soft now. How many years have passed? The Taj Mahal Hotel seems to have been built in 1903. By 1992 this year, it will be less than 90 years. That's it, tsk.
After listening to this little story, Alan became more and more convinced that having money is not necessarily good, but not having money is absolutely impossible, and having money is not enough, and having money requires status, just having money is not enough, just having money , in the eyes of powerful people, it is almost like a fat sheep.

If India becomes independent a few years later, maybe it will have to be slaughtered as a pig, just like in World War II, but in India now. Haha, probably only they themselves think they are strong, unless they are rogues, others, they should No way, no way.

They are like big fat meat that glows in the dark, attracting the eyes of countless diners. Allen is attracted by them now. This place is good, it is oily and soft, and it 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 the British from the sea?"

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

"Haha, I'm not Tata."

This chick is interesting and shy, but she still dares to go on a date. She has a kind of contradictory beauty. In addition, she is a Hindu. Because of her beliefs, she is very conservative. Let alone kissing, even if she is a model now, she wears cooler clothes. She didn't wear any clothes, and being able to hold hands already made her blush.

Seeing Aishwarya Rai's shy expression, Allen felt that he should not 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 persuade women from good families to go to sea.

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

Holding Aishwarya Rai's little hand, Allen strolled around the India Gate. The entire square where the India Gate is located is surrounded by fences. Apart from his wave of tourists, there are no outsiders in the square, except for some pigeons. Wandering around the square, in this situation, Allen regretted not bringing Xiao Huang.

If his silly bird is brought, I believe Xiao Huang will be very happy to make friends with so many fat pigeons, right?
"Yes, our family is in a seaport city in Mangalore, which is next door to the state. The capital there is Bangalore, which is also a big city, not worse than Mumbai. Why? Do you want to visit?"

Because Alan was still holding his hand, Aishwarya Rai leaned next to Alan when he spoke, looking up at Alan.

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

"This"

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

"You and the Crown Prince of Great Britain, do you have any other arrangements recently?"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about this. Your Highness has his own arrangements. I'm on vacation for a few days, so I can visit 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. Shall I take you to buy some jewelry? Then let's 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 think of paying your tour guide in advance, you don't want to work for nothing, do you?"

"Haha, that's fine."

Listening to Allen's arrangement, Aishwarya Rai took another step closer to Allen with a smile, but it was only a little closer, and everything else was gone, that's all.

Allen looked at the chick's movements, cheerful and not in a hurry.
Take your time, it's interesting.

(End of this chapter)