American Strategic Deception Bureau

　Fili smiled and stroked her hair, "We still have a lot of time to be together!"

　Marita stared at him blankly for a long moment, her eyes motionless. Then she smiled and said, "Yes, we still have a lot of time. By the way, do you think that by the 21st century, we will really be living the same kind of life described in the exhibition hall?"

　She counted them off on her fingers, "In the future, giant domes will be suspended above cities, and humans will be able to control and adjust the city's weather at will.

　Urban white-collar workers can ride flying cars to work, shortening their working hours to four hours a day, giving them more time to enjoy life.

　Kitchens in the future will become more automated, and housewives will be able to prepare a sumptuous dinner for the family by simply pressing various buttons.

　Phones of the future will have a small screen so you can chat with the other person while looking at their face.

　Space travel will become a reality, and we will be able to enter the universe and even land on the moon in our lifetime.

　Also, in addition to water taps, apartments in the future will also have food taps. When you turn on the taps, a constant supply of food will fall out...

　Honey, how many of these fantasies do you think will come true?"

　As a true 21st-century future person, Ferry feels very conflicted about these fantasies of the 1960s people about future life.

　How should I put it? A giant dome over a city—that certainly didn't exist in the early 21st century.

　But the indoor space is larger than a stadium, and it is commonly known as a giant shopping mall called "XXXX Plaza".

　But it’s already everywhere.

　If we only look at the building structure and economic functions, perhaps it can be considered a low-end version of a dome town?

　There are no flying cars, but Brazilian business owners do commute to work in private helicopters. This isn't due to technological advancements, but rather to the poor security in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, making it unsafe to travel in luxury cars. This has led to the practice of commuting by air.

　The idea that office workers only work four hours a day is a pipe dream. The reality is that from 996 to 007, employees who don't want to die from overwork are diligently developing various slacking techniques, taking formalism to a new level. Unscrupulous bosses, while devising deductions and withholding wages, all the while touting a "wolf culture" to their employees, completely ignoring the fact that a certain internet-famous wolf has been begging on the highway for so long, eating egg yolk pies until it's so plump it's sprouting garlic hairs.

　Smart kitchens have existed for a long time, and many urban white-collar workers have become "microwave oven children" without any experience in using them.

　Anyway, with the promotion of microwave food, frozen food and pre-prepared meals, the cooking skills of girls in the 21st century are indeed deteriorating rapidly.

　Fixed video phones became obsolete before they became popular, and everyone used mobile phones for video chat.

　The fantasy about space tourism is too optimistic. Anyway, you will definitely not be able to go to space in your lifetime, let alone land on the moon.

　As for the food faucet that food falls out when you turn it on... the most similar thing that Fili could think of was actually a timed or remote-controlled pet feeder for dispensing cat food - if you are willing to be raised as a cat, then this science fiction idea can probably be considered a reality, right?

　He looked at Marita, whose face was filled with excitement and imagination, with a complicated expression. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he finally said vaguely, "This... although it can't be all, there must be some fantasy that can be realized, right? Oh, right? We have almost finished touring several major exhibition areas. Now, shouldn't we go back to Marilyn Monroe and see if her work in the Doomsday Wasteland exhibition area is going smoothly?"

　Chapter 158: Go to Japan as an imperial envoy!

　At the Seattle World's Fair in this timeline, in addition to the five main exhibition areas with a positive atmosphere, there are also some independent small exhibition areas with alternative styles. For example, the wasteland exhibition area, with its dilapidated and cruel style as the mainstream of the doomsday, presents people with the nightmare "radiation landscape" after the nuclear explosion.

　I saw an area of ​​about 500 to 600 square meters covered with thick sand, with cacti and sedge temporarily transplanted there, and animal bones and rusty old cars placed there, as well as exaggerated models of power armor, death claws and other deformed animals and plants caused by nuclear pollution.

　These included two-headed cows and two-headed deer, purple-red poisonous mushrooms as tall as trees, poisonous spiders larger than king crabs, giant bats the size of turkeys, and some indescribable creatures with many compound eyes and tentacles, as if they had walked out of the Cthulhu mythology.

　——Deserts, bones, cacti, mutant creatures, and rusty cars together form an impressive radiation landscape.

　On the background wall at the back, there is a huge circular entrance door to the shelter, which can actually be opened. Inside is a miniature museum of doomsday survival shelter knowledge, which shows visitors various doomsday survival knowledge and skills with pictures and texts: how to grow mushrooms, feed mice, filter sewage, purify the air, maintain firearms with traditionally produced animal fats, and weave coarse cloth with primitive plant fibers, etc.

　Well, there are also special items for sale, such as the mini "Doomsday Survival Set Gift Box" and the blue and yellow tights of the Fallout Shelter.

　Of course, if you want to sell clothes, you need models, and the models here are definitely top-notch - Marilyn Monroe with flowing blonde hair, wearing a tight blue uniform of the shelter, standing in front of the circular gate of the shelter, posing in front of a power armor model.

　The blue tights with yellow edges made her slender waist and hips look even more curvaceous. Unfortunately, Miss Monroe had a dull expression on her face, and she looked very listless, as if the stimulating effect of the amphetamines she had taken had worn off, and she had entered a period of depression, indifference and fatigue.

　However, in today's context, Miss Marilyn Monroe's dull and indifferent expression at this moment can be explained as the decadence and numbness of the wasteland survivors after witnessing the end of the nuclear explosion. Fans and moviegoers will only think that she is too immersed in the role.

　It was an accidental success.

　Furthermore, there was no need to film a video here; she would simply take photos with some lucky tourists who had drawn lucky numbers, and at most, have a professional photographer take a few portraits for publication in a magazine. So, no acting skills were required; all she had to do was strike the right poses.

　——Only stars who make movies need to pay attention to their acting skills, while models who take photos only need to have a good figure and good looks.

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　"Miss Marilyn Monroe's performance at the World's Fair today seemed pretty good. At least it was above the passing line, right?"

　Next to the apocalyptic wasteland exhibition area with the theme of "Fallout Landscapes", outside a cold drink cart selling ice cream and shaved ice, under a brightly colored parasol temporarily set up, Firi and Dr. Kissinger sat at a small round table, watching Marilyn Monroe's coquettish poses while licking their ice cream and talking.

　"Perhaps the White House can give her some more important and prestigious tasks next...

　... "

　"Well, it's not bad. We should let her go abroad and act as a kind of peace messenger or goodwill ambassador."

　Dr. Kissinger commented critically, “As for more complex diplomatic activities, even Secretary Rusk probably never thought of letting Marilyn Monroe take on the responsibility. Unless he was crazy, or wanted Miss Monroe to take the blame.

　Uh, no, even if she had to take the blame, Monroe wouldn't be qualified. Because everyone knows Miss Monroe's IQ is just that low. Even if she accidentally did something stupid, no one would hate her. Instead, they would blame the fools and villains who pushed the responsibility onto her..."

　Generally speaking, the American public has always held a particular contempt for the intellectual abilities of Hollywood actresses, believing them to be incompetent beyond their beauty. While fans adore them, asking for autographs and taking photos with them, they also generally maintain the belief that "she's just a pretty face." This applies even to Marilyn Monroe.

　In other words, it is precisely because she is a blonde beauty like Marilyn Monroe that people generally think that she should be a beautiful vase with big breasts and no brains.

　Even top intellectuals like Dr. Kissinger are not immune to such stereotypes.

　"Of course, even if she serves as a vase-like peace envoy, with her level, I'm afraid she can only go to the Allied countries on this side of the Iron Curtain."

　Dr. Kissinger thought for a moment and added, "For her, the socialist countries across the Iron Curtain are simply too unfriendly. Even if she simply sings the high-sounding praises of love and peace with 'clear-eyed stupidity,' they will only be interpreted by the other side as imperialist sugarcoating."

　"Your wording might not be accurate, Doctor. It should be 'imperialist sugar-coated bullets,' right?"

　Phiri laughed and joked, "Also, even countries that share common values ​​with the United States may not be suitable for Miss Monroe to visit.

　For example, we have just carried out a nuclear bombing in Cuba. If we were to visit Latin American countries now in the name of goodwill, we would probably be met with boos.

　In addition, if Miss Monroe were to represent the US government in visiting Britain, Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Macmillan would probably be very unhappy, and the British media would definitely spread all kinds of disgusting and weird words, as well as incredible rumors.

　What's even worse is that the public opinion circles in the United States might even turn their backs on the British and help them blame Monroe and the president.

　Similarly, it is hard to imagine that President Charles de Gaulle would be in a good mood if she were to visit France - he valued dignity more than anything else.

　Finally, if Miss Monroe were to visit Saudi Arabia, it would likely cause some kind of unmanageable chaos..."

　Dr. Kissinger fully agreed with Phiri's statements, especially his description of the British attitude.

　As we all know, although Britain calls itself a democratic country, it actually attaches great importance to bloodline and family background. They would like to make even the position of toilet sweeper hereditary. They especially cannot stand "lower class" entering the house, and they cannot stand actors being superior to socialites. Although such things are common in British history, the mistresses of several romantic kings were not good girls, and they sold official positions and titles just as vigorously. But this does not prevent them from being lenient to themselves and strict to others.

　President Kennedy, who was of Irish descent, sent a Hollywood female star to visit, which was a great insult in the eyes of the arrogant Anglo-Saxon aristocracy!

　Although Marilyn Monroe's trip to the UK with her ex-husband to film a movie a few years ago shocked the British Isles and became a hot topic in the British news media, with many British aristocrats rushing to the filming location to show their support, such as by presenting flowers and showing their support, this is different from a diplomatic visit on behalf of a country.

　The United States, however, is very fond of the British grandpa's pretentious tone. The poor people of England who were driven to the North American continent were always full of inferiority complexes when facing the old British aristocracy. Even when fighting on the battlefield, they still couldn't dispel their yearning and jealousy for the British aristocracy.

　Even though the United States has long since become a world hegemon, Americans still have a passionate love for British high culture. American cowboys can confidently dominate the world, but any complaint to their British masters will cause them to feel a trembling sense of inferiority.

　While almost all the upper class people in Asian, African and Latin American countries are proud to send their children to study in the United States, the old money families and the new money families in the United States, after their children have finished studying at Harvard or Yale, have to go to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK for further studies. This is considered a real success in gilding.

　Until the late 20th century, Charles and Diana's wedding remained the most-watched program on American television throughout the 1980s. Then, when Princess Diana's funeral was held, an astonishing 30 million Americans watched the live broadcast, despite the US population being only 300 million.

　——If it were in China, which foreign celebrity’s funeral could attract one-tenth of the Chinese people to watch in front of the TV?

　Not to mention the funeral of a foreigner, even the funeral of a domestic leader probably wouldn't get such ratings, right?

　This shows that no matter how many anti-British words the American Yankees said, they had a deep and strong love for the British masters and ladies in their hearts! To put it bluntly, it was simply a natural desire for submission to the noble masters. They felt uncomfortable without a master above them!

　So, once Mary

　Leanne Monroe's visit to the UK was met with a cold reception or ridicule. The American public opinion circle is likely to stab this American sweetheart in the back, hold her head down and ask her to reflect more. Kissinger and Fieri, who served as Miss Monroe's followers, will definitely be implicated and suffer the consequences!

　Similarly, although the French are more romantic than the hypocritical British gentlemen, they are definitely not inferior in terms of the degree of concern for face.

　It would have been too risky to have asked Marilyn Monroe, the first American spokesperson, to visit England and France right after her debut.

　"You are quite right, Major King. It is indeed not appropriate to arrange the first stop of Miss Monroe's visit on behalf of the United States in Latin America, Britain or France.

　As for Saudi Arabia, it's even more of a joke—when did those Arab princes ever share common values ​​with the United States?

　Dr. Kissinger nodded. "Perhaps we could go to Yugoslavia. Although that country is considered part of the socialist camp, it has a long history of rebellion and has been at odds with the Soviet Union for many years. Furthermore, Tito has always loved meeting with European and American movie stars and holding receptions at his luxurious villa."

　Besides, how about going to Germany or Japan? These two defeated countries are under our military occupation and should not dare to show any disrespect to us. "

　"I'm afraid going to Germany isn't appropriate either," Fili shook his head. "West Germany itself doesn't matter; the Bonn authorities will certainly give us a warm welcome. But we have to consider the fragile pride of Britain and France, two established colonial empires. Marilyn Monroe, as White House Goodwill Ambassador, visited Europe but skipped London and Paris. She only wandered around Germany. What do you think the Brits and French would think?"

　They may dislike Marilyn Monroe and despise her status and position, but they also cannot stand Miss Monroe's disregard for them.

　By the same token, it would be inappropriate to visit Yugoslavia alone. Yugoslavia is also in Europe, and Britain and France would also have objections..."

　"Well, you're right. Visiting Europe isn't a good idea anyway. The old nobles in Western Europe are really hard to please."

　Dr. Kissinger muttered, curling his lips. "So, it seems we can only let Marilyn Monroe go to Japan? But won't the Japanese make a fuss about Miss Monroe's background? They seem to be more concerned with bloodline and origin, right?"

　"Of course the Japanese are more particular about family background and bloodline, but they would never dare to apply the theory of bloodline to us Americans!

　Besides, our people may look up to British gentlemen, but they will only despise Japan's dwarf samurai, and no one will pay attention to their complaints.

　The Japanese today also understand this. During the years of military occupation after World War II, General MacArthur had already tamed them very well. Even their emperor, in front of our occupying forces, was just a big Indian chief.

　Fili laughed and said, "Facing our visitors, the Japanese may do some small things behind our backs, but they dare not neglect us in the slightest when it comes to appearances.

　When we go to England, we are envoys from the barbaric countries who pay tribute to the Queen. But in Japan, we are envoys from the suzerain country who can act tyrannically!

　Even the emperor, who has the noblest bloodline, would not have the courage to put on airs in front of Miss Monroe, who represents President Kennedy!

　Apart from Japan, other East Asian countries, such as South Korea and the Philippines, should have a similar attitude towards Miss Monroe..."

　"In that case, touring Asia and showing my fashion shows is indeed a better choice than going to Europe and being ridiculed."

　Kissinger counted on his fingers, "In addition to the places you mentioned, we might also go to Taiwan and South Vietnam..."

　, I'm afraid it's much longer than you think.

　He was still president until the United States finished the Vietnam War and you were kicked out of the White House!

　Firi thought so in his heart, but he did not insist on it. Instead, he took the opportunity to remove South Korea from the visit list.

　"In that case, we won't go to Korea. Let's visit more places in Japan! Besides the capital, Tokyo, we can also have Miss Monroe perform a concert for our troops at our military base in Yokosuka, then visit ancient capitals like Kyoto and Nara, and finally visit Okinawa.

　Oh, by the way, we can also have Miss Marilyn Monroe go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August this year, lay flowers at the atomic bomb memorials in the two cities, sing a few songs, and make some friendly speeches expressing the hope for friendship between the United States and Japan, world peace, and the prevention of more nuclear tragedies.

　You can even go to Hokkaido, Japan, and have Marilyn Monroe hold a peace concert on the dividing line between Japan and the Soviet Union.

　After completing this goodwill tour and then visiting the Philippines, Miss Marilyn Monroe will return home to prepare for Christmas..."

　"Having Miss Monroe sing and lay flowers at the atomic bomb memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Commemorating the 17th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan? That's a great idea!

　This will fully express our goodwill towards the Japanese people and world peace without shaking our position as a victorious nation."

　Dr. Kissinger's eyes lit up. "If the president or secretary of state laid flowers at Japan's atomic bomb memorial, they would likely be criticized by the opposition, saying it was groveling to a defeated nation and an insult to national dignity. But if it was Marilyn Monroe, the public would probably just think it was just a silly woman's overflowing sympathy. They could disagree, but there was no need to criticize, and those conservatives would be speechless."

　Because, according to their logic, arguing with a Hollywood actress about politics is inherently stupid..."

　At this point, both of them couldn't help laughing.

　Author's words: PS: Nowadays, the bribes and kickbacks are really cruel. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs used more than 200 yuan to delete posts to control public opinion in China. After two subcontracts, only 3 yuan was left - "Old Adam" who took the order from Japan directly deducted 200 yuan and only gave the Taiwanese people a small amount of 30 yuan.

　The Taiwanese who received the task and contacted the netizens directly deducted 90% of the money and were only willing to give 3 yuan to the mainland netizens who posted the message, saying that this was a lot of money.

　In the late Ming Dynasty, civil servants embezzled 30% of military supplies, which made people in later generations sigh. What will happen if kickbacks start at 99% in the future?

　If military funds were deducted four or five times at various levels, only one cent would be left out of one million taels of silver - the emperor allocated one million taels of silver, but the front line would only receive one penny.

　Chapter 159: Is the future of mankind the stars or the wasteland?

　While Fieri and Kissinger were sitting and chatting under a parasol, Marilyn Monroe's series of photos of the shelter girl style had been completed.

　Next, Marilyn Monroe needed to be photographed in another set of female wanderer style portraits. She had to take off her tights and put on a wasteland wanderer's miniskirt, long boots and cowboy hat, then apply olive oil to her body and put on smoky makeup on her face.

　However, at this moment, something unexpected went wrong.

　Marilyn Monroe's own personal makeup artist had just been called away to help out somewhere else, and she couldn't find him after making several phone calls.

　And the original behind-the-scenes team that served her... uh, was withdrawn by 20th Century Fox!

　No one could understand the business thinking of 20th Century Fox. When President Kennedy summoned Marilyn Monroe to the White House and named her the face of the United States that year, and Washington State invited her to the World's Fair, Monroe's company, 20th Century Fox, far from celebrating or celebrating, flew into a rage, felt ashamed, and resorted to a series of puzzling maneuvers.

　A week ago, 20th Century Fox suddenly announced that the company had never approved Marilyn Monroe to attend the President's birthday party, nor had it approved her to go to Washington to accept the President's summons, nor did it agree to her going to Seattle to attend the World's Fair.

　Therefore, Marilyn Monroe's actions in May were all considered absenteeism - even though the company had no new films for her to shoot.

　As punishment, 20th Century Fox announced that Marilyn Monroe would be terminated from her contract and fired, and she would be required to pay a fine of $100,000.

　In addition, adhering to the principle of doing things to the utmost, 20th Century Fox also released a large amount of negative news about Marilyn Monroe: such as her temper and acting like a big star on the set, her drug use and promiscuity in groups, her family history of mental illness starting from her grandmother, and the fact that women in their thirties still wet the bed frequently, sometimes even defecating in the bed, and she fooled around with five or six men at the same time...

　They are basically all romantic affairs and gossip, the truth of which is hard to tell, but they are sure to make the masses talk about them with relish and make them the subject of laughter.

　You know, at that time Marilyn Monroe was very popular and had just been named the image representative of the United States!

　What 20th Century Fox is doing is not discrediting Marilyn Monroe, it is clearly discrediting the entire United States, okay?

　——Such a shameless act, such an undisguised slap in the face of President Kennedy and the Democratic government, makes people wonder if 20th Century Fox is drunk

　He fell into the Republican Party's magic potion and was about to jump into the McCarthyist camp, thus cutting himself off from Hollywood.