The Lucerne Festival is not well-known in China, but in Europe it has a special significance.

In 1938, conductor Toscanini conducted his own orchestra for the first time on the lawn opposite Wagner's house.

In that particular era, first Germany and then Austria were successively enveloped under Nazi rule. As a result, musicians refused to perform at the summer festivals in Bayreuth and Salzburg, and Switzerland, as a neutral and free country, seemed to be the obvious choice for the new festival.

The wartime Lucerne Festival became a beacon of optimism for the European music scene, attracting countless musicians to perform.

Since then, the Lucerne Festival has become famous all over the world, with the festival taking place year after year, and countless of the world's top musicians have joined in.

In 44 years, the Swiss government voted to make it an official music festival, and the Lucerne Festival, along with the Salzburg Festival in Austria, the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, and the Glyndebourne Opera Festival in the United Kingdom, has become an annual music event of special interest for classical music fans around the world.

In later generations, the festival became one of the three major classical music festivals in the world and has a lofty status in the hearts of classical music fans.

Today, since Germany and Austria were still under Allied occupation, the Lucerne Festival was the only regular festival in Europe.

In previous years, the festival did not have a fixed music venue, and the first and second stages were held on the lawn of Wagner's house before moving into the theater.

After the construction of the conference center in Zhounanjia, the artistic director of the festival discussed with the organizing committee that the main venue of this year's festival will be held in the conference center.

One of the members of the organizing committee, Entlerbuch, is of course very welcome. The festival attracts tens of thousands of spectators every year, and the main venue is in Weggis, which can bring at least tens of thousands of visitors to Weggis.

Under his influence, the organizing committee quickly passed a resolution, not only to collect the lowest rent, but also to set aside a large area for the establishment of an open-air campsite.

Although Zhou Nan's music is not true classical music, he is more famous than anyone else, and his record sales exceeded 6 million copies, which is a dream achievement for many musicians.

Since the venue was next to Zhou Nan's home, they also wanted to take advantage of Zhou Nan's fame, so they invited Zhou Nan to the opening ceremony, and on the third day of the festival, a special concert of Zhou Nan was arranged.

Europeans' obsession with music is definitely not something that Orientals can understand. Almost all of them received formal musical instruction from an early age, and each of them would grow up choosing one or two instruments as their major in music.

Even if you give up music because of life, you will still take it as one of your hobbies, and everyone has a certain ability to appreciate music.

In order to hold his first concert, Zhou Nan found the Lucerne Orchestra to accompany him, and during this time he spent half a day rehearsing in the straw shed warehouse.

On the afternoon of July 27, after the morning service at the town's church, the historic Rose Festival in Weggis began on time, and families moved flowers from their gardens to both sides of the street where they were processed.

In half a day, this quiet, beautiful, and fragrant town is decorated even more beautifully.

Weggis's tradition of growing flowers dates back to the Middle Ages, and a hundred years ago, when Switzerland began to develop a tourist economy, the people here took the tradition of planting flowers to the extreme.

Every family is like a professional gardener, and every house is full of flowers, in front of the house, behind the house, on the terrace, in the window, on the railing, by the staircase, in the porch, everywhere is full of flowers.

Bellflowers, geraniums, morning glories, wisteria, clematis, and of course, most commonly, roses, rose town is another name for Weggis.

In previous years, the Rose Festival was usually held at the beginning of July, but due to the extremely cold weather in these two years, the flowering was a little late this year, so it was postponed to the end of July.

The town's festivities last for at least a week, with the last day being especially lively, as the town's rose queen is chosen at the festival.

Last year, Zhou Nan and Audrey were in London and could not come back to participate in this celebration, so the old man Entlerbuch counted Zhou Nan for a long time, and this year he told Zhou Nan and Audrey about it a few months in advance.

Of course, Zhou Nan will not be the protagonist of this celebration, because the protagonist of the Rose Festival is Audrey and her girls.

To Zhou Nan's surprise, during the Lantern Festival, many Chinese who had sold Chinese snacks here received invitations again. The town of Weggis is lined with nearly a hundred stalls, half of which sell all kinds of snacks and half of which sell handicrafts and souvenirs.

Zhou Nan followed Entlerbuch for a walk, and the old man's face was always full of excitement and excitement. "Jonas, you see that the Rose Festival we organized is no worse than your Lantern Festival, right?"

Zhou Nan's eyes stared at the lively crowd, and he couldn't help but smile: "What's the comparison, the more prosperous Weggis is, the better our lives will be." ”

He couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, to be able to see the development of Weggis Town like this, I am satisfied to die now." ”

Seeing Zhou Nan passing by, many Chinese stall owners took out various snacks for Zhou Nan to taste, but Zhou Nan pushed it but was not, and if he didn't push it, he also suffered, and his stomach was full after a while.

He simply sat on a row of chairs by the lake with Entlebuch and stopped marching with the crowd.

Sweating and eating, sitting by the lake at this time, blowing the cool breeze blowing on the surface of the lake, it is very comfortable.

"Jonas, why is there no movement in your tourist street plan now, and are there any difficulties?"

"Again, I didn't want to build a featureless street, but I wanted to make it a special attraction in Weggis and even Lucerne, so I wanted to incorporate more oriental elements."

"You mean to find an oriental designer to design?"

"No, it's still left to Cottage Coats, because they have all kinds of qualifications. They have already contacted a famous designer couple from our Orient who are said to be in Switzerland in autumn. ”

"That's great, and I think there are countless people looking forward to the early completion of this tourist street of yours. The convention center now hosts the World Economic Forum in February and the music festival in August, and various international conferences fill the conference center schedule. In the future, with a variety of supporting software facilities, the utilization rate of the conference center will be higher. ”

After chatting with Entlerbuch until it was dark, Zhou Nan was not in the mood to go to Audrey, who was rehearsing with a group of girls, and went home alone along the road by the lake.

The hustle and bustle in the distance was soon left behind, and the surroundings became quiet.

The streetlights by the lake are like a string of ribbons that lead to the top of the peninsula. In the distance is the brightly lit conference centre, where the third informal consultation on the European Renewal Programme is taking place.

Although it was Zhou Nan who proposed this plan and made detailed plans for this plan. But when this plan entered the stage of substantial struggle, Zhou Nan did not want to get involved.

Zhou Nan didn't want to get involved, and other countries didn't want Zhou Nan to get involved. His role in this plan is too great, and now countries are arguing about it in order to get more economic support from the United States, and his opinions often directly affect the outcome.

Therefore, even Britain is afraid that Zhou Nan's opinion will directly affect the distribution ratio of US aid to Europe, so that they will have a little less, and they are unwilling to let Zhou Nan join.

Of course, when they are dissatisfied with the distribution ratio, they will definitely look for Zhou Nan, but Zhou Nan has already made up his mind not to get involved in this matter.

Because Switzerland is a neutral country, although they have certain advantages in chemicals, medicine, and finishing, they are certainly not able to occupy a major position in this plan because of their lack of resources.

In Zhou's memory, Britain had the largest share of the Marshall Plan, with nearly 30 percent of the share, followed by France with 15 percent, followed by Germany and the Benelux Economic Alliance.

Originally, in order to win over the member countries of the Soviet Union, the United States was also preparing to draw the Soviet Union and their member countries into this plan. But due to a number of additional political conditions put forward by the United States, in the end, the Soviet Union, as well as their member countries, withdrew from this program.

Zhou Nan forgot how much aid Switzerland received from the United States in this reconstruction plan, but it should be a small amount, because Switzerland is neutral, and neither the East nor the West will pay attention to their demands.

At this time, Fayward rode a bicycle from the farm at a rapid pace, and when he saw Zhou Nan, he shouted, "Jonas, Ludwig asked me to come to you, Secretary Marshall wants to talk to you." ”

Although Zhou Nan did not attend the meeting, he asked Stolko to observe the meeting as his representative.

He turned the bike around and stopped beside Zhou Nan. "Come on, I'll take you back."

Zhou Nan pondered for a moment and said, "No, I can't see him at this time. I can't get involved in the outcome of the negotiations between the United States and the European countries, so you can go around town and say that you haven't found me. ”

"The negotiations are over, and the countries have determined the approximate scope of assistance," said Ferward. Marshall will leave Lucerne this evening to meet with the representatives of the Soviet Union in Geneva, and would like to see you before leaving. ”

Zhou Nan relieved himself and jumped on the bicycle. "How much assistance will Switzerland receive in this negotiation?"

Fedward pedaled his bicycle as fast as he could, saying: "I don't know the specifics, but I heard Ludwig say that Switzerland's self-isolation has put us in a very passive position in this negotiation." ”