At one o'clock in the afternoon, Dutch Prime Minister Louis Bell, who had just finished attending the Paris conference, landed in a small plane at the Buochs military airfield across Lake Lucerne.

Ten minutes later, he boarded a speedboat and arrived at the dock at the conference center to meet the Dutch delegation.

His arrival also means that all the delegates who have signed up for the second World Economic Forum have arrived.

In addition to him, the heads of state of the other two countries of the Benelux Economic Union also came in person, which is also a testament to the importance that these three countries attach to this so-called unofficial economic forum.

In addition to them, other countries also need to save face, at most, send a minister of economy to attend the meeting.

However, even the presence of the head of state was in an unofficial capacity, so there was no state ceremony. Except for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the organizing committee of the forum, everyone else still has to do what they should do.

After half an hour of admission, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting officially began.

Marita didn't know the boredom of this opening ceremony, and wanted to come and see the excitement. Zhou Nan also used his position to arrange a place for her and Mrs. Kate King on the third floor.

Zhou Nan is not a member of the organizing committee, but he is the honorary chairman of the forum. This forum was born because of his existence, and no one can compete with him for the honorary position of honorary chairman.

So in the middle of the first row of the audience field, the best position belongs to him.

Because it is an unofficial forum, there will be no rostrum at the meeting, and everyone is equal. There is only a difference in status, and the position in which each person sits is also different.

Before the opening, the radio in the venue kept playing Zhou Nan's music record, and this kind of light music was still very suitable as the soundtrack before the opening.

There were more than 800 guests, almost 200 reporters, although the hall was not full, but the people were mainly concentrated in the lower two floors, so the lower two floors were almost full.

At two o'clock, the executive committee of the organizing committee of the forum, who is also the deputy minister of the Swiss Ministry of Economy, Fronalstock, took the rostrum as the moderator.

First of all, he read out the discipline of the meeting and the purpose of the meeting, and then informed everyone of the specific arrangements for the three days.

In addition to the opening ceremony this afternoon, there will be five sub-sessions in the evening, namely international exports and economic and trade exchanges in several European regions. Then, tomorrow there will be fifteen discussions with different contents, and the day after tomorrow there will be ten.

As the main venue, this hall arranges discussions that are mainly biased towards international policy-making and outlook, and are only pragmatic rather than pragmatic.

The discussion in the sub-venues is mainly biased towards the discussion and response to specific events, which is both pragmatic and pragmatic.

But all discussions will be guided by one aim, that is, non-interference in internal affairs, and no comment on any country's governing line. In addition, the results of the discussion of current affairs are only used as a reference, not as a theory of public knowledge.

The first forum was a grassroots team, but since the second session, various rules and regulations have been improving.

With the experience of later generations, Zhou Nan spent more than half a year to plan out the policy, which almost spanned the improvement process of decades at once, and also made the organizing committee and representatives from all over the world agree with this concept.

In the later Davos Economic Forum, in addition to the main venue, more than 200 discussions will be arranged, but Zhou Nan did not want to copy it directly.

Because at that time, the world situation was in a delicate balance, and many international issues were already very carefully classified and needed to be discussed separately.

However, in this era, almost all international issues are still simply classified, and countries do not have corresponding organizations and departments.

Thirty classified discussions, including three major forums, have been able to meet the current expectations of countries for this forum.

Afterwards, this year's Swiss consul, Philippe Ait, took the stage to deliver a welcome speech. In his welcoming remarks, he explained the importance that Switzerland attaches to the Forum, its firm support for its neutrality and impartiality, and its commitment to making Switzerland, a neutral country, a bridge between the world.

Then, representatives of all countries from all over the world took the stage to speak, and a total of 28 representatives from the 24 countries attending the meeting took the stage to speak.

When they came to power, the hearts of Zhou Nan and the members of the organizing committee were hanging, because many of these delegates were "hostile" countries, and if they made some remarks attacking each other, the impact would be very bad.

Zhou Nan didn't care about influencing the course of the meeting, but was afraid that they would make a bad start and then make the World Economic Forum a joke.

Stolko stayed in the broadcast room all the time, and anyone who said something bad would cut off the broadcast.

Zhou Nan listened to the speech and chatted with Louis Bell and Philip Aite sitting next to him between speeches, while nervously paying attention to the situation on the stage.

The World Economic Forum is the most important platform for Zhou Nan at present. In public office, he can avoid being used by other countries, but if he wants to maintain his social status, this economic forum is the best foundation.

It is difficult for the influence of the government to spread, but the World Economic Forum will become more and more influential as it continues to be held from place to place.

This is tantamount to him standing on the commanding heights of society and academics, and no one dares to attack him easily and attack him head-on.

Others may not have realized it, but he already knew it. Therefore, he will never allow anyone to destroy this forum, which will be his biggest support in the future!

Marita on the third floor felt a little bored after a while, because many of the people speaking in the audience were speaking in words she didn't understand.

Even if she can understand the speech, the words are combined, and she doesn't fully understand what she says, so she doesn't find it interesting. "When is Jonas on stage?"

Audrey chuckled softly and said, "He is the last to give a speech and make a concluding speech, and it will be about five o'clock!" ”

"It's really boring, these world events, is it in such a frivolous speech that it is decided? My father, the king, used to ride horses and fish, and decided many things. ”

Mrs. Katekin laughed and said, "That's because that's all you see, and when your father can't sleep at night for the future of the country, when he argues with some politicians, or even spits on each other, of course you don't see it." ”

Marita leaned on the back of the chair in the front row, twisting her thin waist. "I've stayed up for three hours to listen to Jonas's speech, and tonight, I'm going to ask him to make me spicy chicken."

Audrey rolled her eyes. "Why are your hobbies so heavy!"

Marita grinned, her eyes found Zhou Nan's figure below, and her saliva almost flowed out at the thought that he would cook so much delicious food.

finally waited for Zhou Nan to come to power, and his mood was much lighter. The foundation of the forum has not yet stabilized, so I can't help but have a little wind and rain, but fortunately, this time the opening ceremony was carried out smoothly.

Standing in front of the podium, there was a round of warm applause from the audience. Zhou Nan bowed slightly, and in a few seconds recalled the manuscript he had written.

His better memory than the average person also allows him to give a speech according to his own preparation without having to read the manuscript.

"When I first presented the European Recovery Plan in June last year, I had already thought about the topic of this World Economic Forum, which is the foundation and development of the European economic revival. In the past six months or so, I have been thinking about how to do it and what should be done in order to make this plan really implement and become a feasible plan. ”

"Last February, the United Nations Economic and Social Council held its first meeting, which called for the convening of a United Nations conference on trade and employment, the drafting of a charter of the international trade organization, negotiations on worldwide tariff reductions, and the revitalization of the international economy. Last October, the Council established a preparatory committee and convened its first meeting to review the draft charter of the international trade organization submitted by the United States. ”

"Forty-four years earlier, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg had already signed an agreement that allowed the three countries to form a common economy. These are the efforts of the international community to revive the European economy. ”

"But we must also realize that the revival of Europe still faces great difficulties, and there is still a long way to go when people's livelihood is not guaranteed. Half of Europe's population is still trapped in poverty, cold and hunger during this long winter, and many people are dying in almost every country. Here, please bless them and wish them in heaven that there will be no more poverty, cold, hunger. ”

Everyone in the audience also followed Zhou Nan in silence, and after a minute, Zhou Nan raised his head and continued: "In the past five hundred years, Europe has been recognized as the center of the world, but the two world wars have hollowed out this center, and the originally rich people have to leave their homes and go to the New World. The United States, which has benefited the most, has now surpassed Europe in science and technology, economy, agriculture, industry and other aspects, and has become a beneficiary in the history of world economic changes. Then, as a historian, and most importantly a scholar of world history and economic change, we should not be jealous of the good fortune of the United States, but should think more about how to reverse this general trend. ”

Because it cannot be involved in domestic affairs, Zhou Nan certainly cannot directly say that the United States should be responsible for Europe's decline and has the obligation and responsibility to help Europe, but he can implicitly trigger this trend of public opinion.

At this time, the United States has taken too little responsibility, and it still continues to suck blood on Europe's body like a bloodsucking worm. If Zhou Nan wants to make a stumbling block for the United States and let them become the world hegemon a little later, then he must control public opinion in Europe.