501 Churchill
"Vivien!"
"Vivien!"
"Frey!"
"Frey!"
“……”
At the end of a performance, the entire theater hall was shouting the names of the male and female leads.
People lined up on stage to shake hands with the actors, including some aristocrats. Although the aristocracy looked down on actors when choosing a marriage partner, it did not prevent them from chasing stars on weekdays, and several of them personally held flowers to Vivien Leigh.
Ernis looked at his daughter with a smile, he turned his head to Zhou Hexuan and said, "Zhou, Mary is an excellent girl, I hope you treat her well." ”
"I will." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Ernis had already figured it out thoroughly, and he decided to respect his daughter's choice, neither for nor against.
Well, mainly because business is not doing well right now, Annis is reluctant to give up a rare good opportunity. As for the broken matter between his daughter and Zhou Hexuan, Ernis can't interfere if he wants to, where can he stop it?
Backstage in the theater, Vivien Leigh had just changed her clothes when the staff came in with two bouquets of flowers and said, "Miss Vivien, your gift." ”
"Thank you." Vivien Leigh took the flowers, picked up the card clipped to the flower branch, looked at it, and put it back with a smile.
During this time, Vivien Leigh received various gifts every day, among which roses were the most, so many that she could take them back to the flower shop.
Vivien Leigh lifted her bag, waved goodbye to the other actors, and got into Zhou Hexuan's car through the back door of the theater.
"Tired, aren't you?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Vivien Leigh rubbed her eyebrows and said, "A little." ”
Zhou Hexuan suggested: "You can reduce the number of performances, there are too many performances a day, not to mention that you still have to study." ”
Vivien Leigh laughed: "The audience is so enthusiastic, I don't want to disappoint them." ”
The two returned to the villa in the suburbs of London, Vivien Li hung up her bag and hugged Zhou Hexuan from behind: "Xuan, tomorrow weekend, let's go shopping together." ”
Zhou Hexuan said: "Someone will come to visit tomorrow, and I can't leave." ”
"That's right," Vivien Leigh was a little disappointed, then laughed again, "Then I'll stay at home with you." ”
Zhou Hexuan felt that the heat was almost over, turned to face Vivien Leigh, and looked at her affectionately: "Mary, I will go back to China in a few days, are you willing to go with me?" ”
"So fast?" Vivien Leigh felt entangled. She didn't want to give up her studies, nor did she want to give up her fame in London, but she didn't want to be separated from Zhou Hexuan, this kind of thing made her difficult to choose.
Zhou Hexuan said honestly: "I have a wife in China. ”
Vivien Leigh bowed her head in frustration and remained silent for a long time before she said, "Dad told me." ”
"I hope you can accept that this kind of thing is nothing in China." Zhou Hexuan flickered vigorously.
"Can I think about it again?" Vivien Leigh said bitterly.
"Of course." Zhou Hexuan took Vivien Leigh into his arms and leaned over to kiss her forehead.
Zhou Hexuan also knew that he was very shameless, and in order to satisfy his possessiveness, he used means to deceive a pure girl. But he is very good at self-comforting, constantly reminding himself that this is saving Vivien Leigh's life.
Vivien Leigh in history will marry a lawyer at the end of this year, and her married life is not too happy. A few years later, she met the famous actor Oliver, and the two had an underground affair, and then they each abandoned their families and eloped to Hollywood, USA.
Oliver quickly became famous in Hollywood, but he made another mistake of stealing, and had an ambiguous relationship with another woman behind Vivien Leigh's back. Vivien Leigh endures her husband's betrayal (the two are married by this time) and faces fierce competition from Hollywood, resulting in an increasingly irritable temper and neuroticism. She smoked five packs of cigarettes a day to relieve her depression and developed tuberculosis as a result.
By the 50s, Vivien Leigh was severely depressed, and tuberculosis was constantly cured and relapsed. She quarreled with Oliver twice in three days, and often lashed out at the crew, especially after two consecutive miscarriages, which led to depression for half a year.
In the end, Vivien Leigh chose to divorce Oliver, and lived in Merrivale, who cared for her in her later years and long-term care, and died of depression and tuberculosis at the age of 54.
Throughout Vivien Leigh's life, it was very tragic, mental illness and tuberculosis plagued her for 20 years, and she was lucky not to go completely crazy.
Zhou Hexuan always comforts himself, maybe he can save Vivien Leigh's life.
At night, Vivien Leigh tossed and turned, distraught and couldn't sleep. She asked in the dark, "Xuan, have you slept?" ”
"Nope." Zhou Hexuan hugged Vivien Leigh in his arms.
Vivien Leigh put her face on Zhou Hexuan's chest and muttered, "I can go to China with you, but just to see." If life is not happy, I will choose to return to the UK, or go to the United States across the ocean. ”
"No matter what you choose, I will support you." Zhou Hexuan turned over and pressed Vivien Leigh, looking for the petal-like lips and kissing them.
Vivien Leigh was actually very unhappy in her heart, but she still made the same choice as in history. At that time, Vivien Leigh had a husband and Oliver also had a wife, and the two cheated and eloped far more difficult to choose than going to China with Zhou Hexuan.
This is a woman who looks weak and usually doesn't like to fight with others, but is desperate when it is critical.
Perhaps in order to relieve the depression in her heart, Vivien Leigh's reaction tonight was very intense. She frantically catered to Zhou Hexuan's movements, and in the end, she even turned against the guest, riding on the man and writhing and bumping like a goblin.
The next morning, Vivien Leigh smiled again, and seemed to have completely forgotten yesterday's troubles. Like a newlywed wife, she gets up early to make breakfast for her husband and hums an unknown tune to tidy up the room.
The person who is coming to visit us today is none other than the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and the two have made an appointment in the letter.
Guo Taiqi appeared before Churchill, and he is now fully in shape, not missing any opportunity to make British friends. Some time ago, when Churchill visited Germany, Zhou Hexuan took Guo Taiqi to visit, and he could only leave his business card regretfully.
What is pleasing is that after Churchill returned to London, he saw the business card left by Zhou Hexuan and immediately wrote a letter to make an appointment to meet.
Churchill really wanted to meet Zhou Hexuan, and the main reason was that Zhou Hexuan openly opposed the spread of fascism, and the two had the same views. Churchill's trip to Germany was a tourist, visiting many of the relics of ancient battlefields, and he wrote in his diary: "As we passed through these beautiful regions, passing one ancient city after another, I naturally learned about Hitler's movements. I felt the aggressive atmosphere of fascism and found that this was the main thing on the minds of every Nazi. ”
At about nine o'clock in the morning, Churchill, who had already developed his health, appeared in Zhou Hexuan's villa. Comparing the handsome photos of Churchill when he was young, people have to sigh that time is a knife to kill pigs.
"Hello, Mr. Churchill!" Zhou Hexuan shook hands warmly.
Guo Taiqi also hurriedly stood up and introduced himself: "Mr. Churchill, I am Guo Taiqi, the Chinese Minister to the United Kingdom, and it is a pleasure to meet you. ”
After shaking hands with the two, Churchill took out the gift he had brought: "Mr. Zhou, this is for you." ”
Zhou Hexuan opened it and saw that there were two gifts: one was a Dunhill cigar and the other was a wool vest.
Cigars are easy to understand, but what the hell is a wool vest?
Churchill seemed to see Zhou Hexuan's doubts, and he laughed and said, "Mr. Zhou, I am also a descendant of the wool family. ”
Zhou Hexuan was instantly embarrassed, okay, he scolded Earl Spencer at the prince's ball, and by the way, he also scolded Churchill.
Churchill's full name was Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, while his real surname was "Spencer-Churchill", a branch of the Spencer family. At that time, "Churchill" was a very noble surname, and due to the severance of the descendants, George Spencer, the fifth Duke of Marborough, changed his surname to "Spencer-Churchill" to inherit the great glory of the Churchill family.
"Well, haha," Zhou Hexuan said with an embarrassed smile, "Mr. Churchill, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously." ”
Churchill lit his cigar and said, "No need to apologize, the ancestors of the Spencer family did make their fortune by selling wool and paying bribes." It's an indisputable fact, and I'm not ashamed to be a descendant of the Spencer family. The honor of the Spencer family is the result of the efforts of generations of children and grandchildren, and I am willing to add glory to the Spencer family. ”
Guo Taiqi lost no time in patting his ass: "What Mr. Churchill said is really admirable, men should work hard!" ”