Dr. Evil

Jeff Bezos = Dr. Evil

已經提過不止一次：Amazon 是 Auntie 的仇家，因為我的港大碩士論文被非法上載到十多種不同語言的 Amazon 網上書店發售。我曾經在 Amazon 創辦人 Jeff Bezos （圖右）的 LinkedIn 個人專頁貼投訴信，玩貼街招，要求對方立即把盜版下架，外國人看完我的留言之後給讚。那位外國網民用 Dr. Evil 稱呼 Jeff Bezos。咦，那裡聽過？上網搜尋，看見劇照，立即回魂，是搞笑間諜片 Austin Powers 系列裡面的奸角（圖左）。同樣是光頭和大細眼，哈哈，又真係幾似喎！

Amazon 顛覆了零售業的商業模式（提示：無人商店 AmazonGo ），打爛了收銀員的飯碗，零售商會覺得 Jeff Bezos 是敵人。萬一你不知道 Amazon 對零售業所帶來的衝擊，請上網。再早一點，他的網上書店 Amazon 以低價作招來，令作者和實體書出版社非常不滿，請參考 BBC 的相關報導。他習慣以本傷人，同時壓榨員工，是商業社會的典範，左翼視之為奸商。近期 Jeff Bezos 的新聞多多，包括：離婚、婚外情、情慾短訊、涉嫌被（親特朗普的）小報敲詐勒索。有陰謀論認為他是假離婚真沽貨，借老婆（前妻）之手減持 Amazon，那堆八卦新聞是用來轉移視線的煙幕，信不信由你，時間會證明一切。

回頭講搞笑間諜片 Austin Powers 系列，裡面的笑料、情節和造型來自六、七十年代的占士邦電影，很容易找到跟美蘇冷戰相關的元素。例如：奸角 Dr. Evil 穿疑似解放裝，用高科技複製自己（提示：Mini-Me），手抱貓咪則出自荷里活經典黑幫片＜教父＞(The Godfather) 第一集的開場。參考 YouTube 上面的外國網民留言，貓咪在片場外流連，Marlon Brando（港譯：馬龍白蘭度）休息時出外抽煙，跟牠遇上，貓咪向影帝撒嬌，大明星跟喵星人玩得高興，順手牽貓入行然後收編，成就經典一幕，背後其實是一個貓咪尋家的故事。壞男人抱貓議事同時散發邪氣，日後不斷被其他電影所複製，最新版本是香港的黃秋生。如果你熟悉占士邦電影，看 Austin Powers 系列的感覺，就好像熟悉粵語武俠片的香港人看周星馳電影＜功夫＞(2004)，即是溫書、精華版。向占士邦電影致敬或偷橋的，還有周星馳電影＜國產凌凌漆＞(1994) ，英文片名叫 From Beijing with Love，脫胎自占士邦電影 From Russia with Love (1963)。

Dr. Eleven = Dr. Evil

說句老實話，香港人愛錢多過愛國，除了林鄭月娥、高官及建制派之外，應該沒有太多人感受到來自偉大祖國的愛（提示：粵港澳大灣區發展規劃綱要），本土派年輕人更不用說。至於西方世界，很大機會視國家主席習近平為 Dr. Evil，請參考國際金融大鱷索羅斯 (George Soros) 的最新評論。根據公開的資料，習近平的學歷有兩個版本：一個是清華大學法學博士，另一個是毛澤東前秘書李銳的說法，即是小學程度。真假莫問，欲知詳情，自己上網。在美國佬眼中，Dr. XI 可能會讀作 Dr. Eleven。對，洋人當你羅馬數字。換言之，Dr. Eleven = Dr. Evil。

過去一年，西方世界開始對中國的海外間諜活動提高警覺，採取行動封殺（提示：中興通訊＋華為）與圍堵（提示：五眼聯盟）。西方學者說：A New Cold War Has Begun。你以為改革開放四十年，已經取得一定成就？西方人卻把你放回幾十年前的理論框架當中。這是前進還是後退？自己想。很多上了岸的香港人及海外華人開始擔心，這是新一輪排華浪潮的前奏，害怕在外國讀書或工作的兒孫會受到牽連。華人的宿命，是不管你走得幾遠，拿甚麼護照，永遠受制於一個可怕的政權，也永遠死得不明不白，同時又不斷生育繁殖，讓下一代承受上一代的罪孽，惡性循環，沒完沒了。華人的繁殖能力實在太強，所過之處，盡成焦土，當地人不死也脫層皮。走出去的大陸人在西方世界自我複製（提示：Mini-Me），令迷你版的中國共產黨滲透西方國家的政府部門和商業機構，還打進大學和傳媒。大陸人的殺傷力，看看香港就知道了。電影中的搞笑配角，走進了現實世界，效果變成驚嚇，令西方國家醒覺及反擊。眼前這一齣間諜電影，並非喜劇版，而是驚慄版。

照片來源：互聯網

YouTube 精選：

25 Great Dr Evil Quotes (7:02)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3DrA7tJFk
其中一句："There's nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster."

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (MATT MONRO)
- JAMES BOND 007 (3:56)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcdmq07u2T8
這是電影的主題曲，香港譯名是＜鐵金剛勇破間諜網＞。

Stephen Chow - From Beijing with Love (2:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfRcqcY8w54
這是周星馳電影＜國產凌凌漆＞的槍決場面。

The Godfather I - Opening scene HD (6:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34sntIgI4g
外國網民說得對，連貓咪都交到戲。

延伸閱讀／參考資料：

Wikipedia - Austin Powers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers
Extract: Austin Powers is a series of American spy action comedy films: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). The films were directed by Jay Roach; produced, written by and starring Mike Myers as both the title character and Dr. Evil; and distributed by New Line Cinema. The general theme of the films is that the arch villain Dr. Evil plots to extort large sums of money from governments or international bodies but is constantly thwarted by Powers, and (to a degree) his own inexperience with life and culture in the 1990s.

Wikipedia - Dr. Evil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Evil
Extract: Dr. Evil (Douglas "Dougie" Powers) is a fictional character played by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series. He is the antagonist of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis. He is a parody of James Bond villains, primarily Ernst Stavro Blofeld (as played by Donald Pleasence in You Only Live Twice). Dr. Evil routinely hatches schemes to terrorize and take over the world, and is usually accompanied by Number 2, an eye-patch wearing goon who fronts his evil corporation Virtucon Industries, his cat Mr. Bigglesworth and his sidekick Mini-Me, a dwarf clone of himself. Myers revived the character for a brief appearance on a 2018 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in a sketch where Dr. Evil has been fired from President Trump's cabinet, and again on Election Day to announce his run for Congress.

Wikipedia - From Russia with Love (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Russia_with_Love_(film)
Extract: From Russia with Love is a 1963 British spy film and the second in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming's similarly named 1957 novel. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No. From Russia with Love was a critical and commercial success. It took more than $78 million in worldwide box office receipts, far more than its $2 million budget and more than its predecessor Dr. No, thereby becoming a blockbuster in 1960s cinema.

Wikipedia - From Beijing with Love
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Beijing_with_Love
Extract: From Beijing With Love (Chinese: 國產凌凌漆) is a 1994 Hong Kong action spy comedy film directed by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi. The film is a very direct spoof of James Bond films. Golden Gun steals the cranium of China's only dinosaur fossil. Chow, starring as a hawker-secret-agent 007, is sent to Hong Kong by a high-ranking government official to recapture the cranium. When he arrives in Hong Kong, he meets Lee Heung-kam (Anita Yuen), who proposes to help him in his endeavor. However, Heung-kam turns out to be a subordinate of Golden Gun. Golden Gun is in actuality the government official who directs 007 to find the cranium. Heung-kam shoots 007 several times, including once in the leg with 007 thinking another assassin has shot him. 007 (who is wearing a bulletproof vest but not bulletproof trousers) escapes, grabbing three white roses on the way out. Heung-kam is touched by this gesture and saves his life. She decides to defect from Golden Gun. Together, the two destroy the organization that is behind the theft of the cranium. 007 eventually wins the hand of Heung-kam and is rewarded with a meat cleaver emblazoned with the calligraphy of Deng Xiaoping.

盧斯達專欄：「開放社會」的大敵習近平能靠儒家傳統抵抗？
上報 2019-01-29
https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=56653
節錄：擅長計算的索羅斯選擇公開批評習近平，有一千萬份之一的機會是因為他突然醒覺，重新認識中國的本質；或者有另一個較現實和合理的可能：他洞察到中國經濟已經爆破，整個國家能夠提供的漁利將會減少，但它養肥的政治體制，卻可以顛覆他們來自的「開放世界」。本來中國對他們來說，可能是一個有利有弊的綜合體，但現在「事情正在起變化」，利弊的比重或已開始變動。索羅斯認為自由世界應該結盟，並且呼籲將希望放在有良心的官員和商界。這就是他們預期中國內部可以收拾殘局，大概的想像是黨內的商界和軍政高層可以聯合起來左右習近平路線，甚至推翻之。索羅斯也談中國文化，不論是真心還是假意。他推舉黨內還有「儒家精神」(Confucian tradition) 的人，也就是士大夫在不同意君主決策時，會群起抗議阻止的傳統。問題是在中國共產黨之下，不會有這種事情。如果中國內部有反抗，也只會是因為習政府已經無能維持經濟增長，而分配不公水深火熱，觸發原始的地方暴動，或者統治集團內部的宮廷政變，這是純粹的血氣生存之爭，而不會是因為任何名義的傳統氣節。

Soros says China's Xi is the 'most dangerous' opponent of those who believe in open society
CNBC (Jan 24, 2019)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/davos-soros-says-chinas-xi-most-dangerous-opponent-of-open-
society.html
Extract: Billionaire investor and liberal political activist George Soros launched a blistering attack on Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, describing him as the "most dangerous" opponent to those who believe in open society. Speaking at the World Economic Forum during a private dinner event in Davos, Switzerland, Soros lambasted Xi's proposed social credit rating system. His comments come as the Chinese state continues to set up a broad ranking system to monitor its citizens, giving them a social credit score. "I want to call attention to the mortal danger facing open societies from the instruments of control that machine learning and artificial intelligence can put in the hands of repressive regimes," Soros said. "The social credit system is not yet fully operational, but it's clear where it's heading. It will subordinate the fate of the individual to the interests of the one-party state in ways unprecedented in history."

First announced in 2014, the government-run system will track elements of individual people's behavior and determine some personal privileges for them based on a score. China is piloting the system in various locations, and it is not clear how it will work after it fully rolls out nationally. So, for example, if a person were to get a traffic violation or criticize the government, their personal score may decline. People with lower scores may face penalties, such as being banned from traveling on certain train lines or getting their children into prestigious schools. The system, which is due to be fully operational in 2020, is expected to be mandatory. The head of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations said the system was "frightening" and "abhorrent."

A New Cold War Has Begun
BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN
Foreign Policy (JAN 7, 2019)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/07/a-new-cold-war-has-begun/
Extract: There is also the ideological aspect of this new cold war. For several decades, China’s breakneck development was seen positively in the United States, and the relatively enlightened authoritarianism of Deng Xiaoping and his successors was easily tolerated, especially by the American business community. But under Xi Jinping, China has evolved from a soft to a hard authoritarianism. Rather than a collegial group of uncharismatic technocrats constrained by retirement rules, there is now a president-for-life with a budding personality cult, overseeing thought control by digital means — including facial recognition and following the internet searches of its citizens. It is becoming rather creepy, and American leaders of both parties are increasingly repelled by it.

What we really have to fear is not a rising China but a declining one. A China whose economy is slowing, on the heels of the creation of a sizable middle class with a whole new category of needs and demands, is a China that may experience more social and political tensions in the following decade. A theme of the late Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington’s 1968 book, Political Order in Changing Societies, is that as states develop large middle classes, the greater the possibility is for political unrest. This will encourage China’s leadership to stoke nationalism even further as a means of social cohesion.

Passion becomes the real enemy in this competition, because in the megaphone world of global social media, passion stirs the impulse to assert status, which has often been a principal source of wars. And it means most of all stealing a concept from the American diplomat George Kennan’s playbook on containment: Be vigilant, but be always willing to compromise on individual issues and in crises. Wait them out. Because, in a very different way than the old Soviet system, the Chinese system — the more authoritarian it gets — is over time more prone to crack up than America’s.

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2019 年 1 月 25 日
https://xiaoshousha.blogspot.com/2019/01/blog-post_25.html
節錄：每次中美關係稍為緩和（例如：定出下一輪的談判日期和範圍以及人選），特朗普（川普）就會採取行動，或徵收關稅或向華為動刀，令到偉大祖國的面子受損，不知道是否應該繼續進行談判。如果中國放棄談判，發火轉身走，事情就不知道要拖延到何年何月何日才能解決。如果偉大祖國硬吃美國佬的左直拳接右勾拳，而沒有採取任何報復行動，但是繼續進行談判，又會被視為軟弱的表現。即是：中了埋伏，進退兩難，處於被動。

紅色無間道
2017 年 9 月 20 日
https://xiaoshousha.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_20.html
節錄：中共滲透香港的大學和傳媒行業，其實從未停過。疑似的紅色無間道，我見識過不止一位，但是從來沒有人試圖把我吸收入黨。政治和宗教團體吸納會員，會按照利用價值分等級，然後提供不同的待遇。它們最想要的，是具備權力或財富或名氣的人，因為他們能夠為組織的生存發展作出貢獻。這個世界，就是那麼現實，中國共產黨也不例外。

前記者（三）
2011 年 8 月 24 日
http://xiaoshousha.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post_24.html
節錄：紅色貴族中，有一個獨特的族群，出自外交系統。他們也許是前外交官，又或者是外交世家的後人，通常是放過洋的海歸派、太子黨。他們集合家庭背景、人脈關係、高等學歷、外語能力和社交技巧等多項優秀條件於一身，因此頗受跨國金融機構的歡迎。他們的履歷表有一個共通點，就是曾經從事新聞工作，做過記者、編輯或者新聞官。

跨國商業調查公司
2010 年 11 月 21 日
http://xiaoshousha.blogspot.hk/2010/11/blog-post_21.html
節錄：香港的跨國商業調查公司，其管理層通常是香港的前高級警務人員，又或者是前外國特工。當中有出身香港警隊商業罪案調查科 (Commercial Crime Bureau, CCB) 或者刑事情報科 (Criminal Intelligence Bureau, CIB) 的英國佬，也有出身於西方國家情報機關的前外國特工。此外，也有擅長情報工作的日本忍者，其中一間跨國商業調查公司的香港區調查組主管便是日本人，他是一位前記者。

19/02/2019