"When I first set foot on European soil in 38 years, it was in Italy that I landed on European soil. Europe at that time was in line with all my fantasies about a better world. Ancient cities, beautiful countryside, abundant products, and splendid culture, but all of them have been fatally devastated in the war that lasted for several years. ”

After Galliani translated Zhou's words, he continued: "As a scholar, I don't want to judge the mistakes or achievements of any party from any perspective. I've been thinking about what we should do for this long-suffering land and its people, and what we should do most right now. ”

A paragraph, a translation. Zhou Nan's performance was very calm, but Galliani, who was in the limelight for the first time, was even more excited.

"When I was in France, I had already made detailed analyses and forecasts about the history and present, present and future of Europe. But in front of the fog of the future, each of us seems to be blindfolded, what should we do to be right? No one can really be sure. ”

"Although I have a shallow understanding of the current situation in Europe and the world, I cannot say that my thinking is correct. I'm just doing my part to give politicians in all governments one more choice and one more judgment. Any idea I can make a difference to the world is enough to satisfy my heart. ”

Zhou Nan rarely said these digressions in his usual speeches, mainly because he wanted to promote his theories and make others pay attention to them. But now that everyone is paying attention, he wants to keep a low profile again.

The main reason is that he is unwilling to get too involved in politics.

He wanted to promote scholarship and his humanitarianism, but now Europe needs him to come up with some effective solutions.

But if these solutions really work, then he will be taken more seriously. Thankfully, he now has a Liberal Democratic Party to protect him, and he has a reputation in Europe, otherwise he would have been pocketed by a government.

After Galliani's translation, there was a round of applause from the audience, but it was not intense, because the topic at this time was clearly not on topic.

"For more than eight years, Europe has become my second home. I can't say that I love Europe as much as I love my country, but I don't want to see a peaceful, peaceful and prosperous Europe in ruins. So, now that the tragedy has happened, what should we do to restore the prosperity and abundance of the past as soon as possible? That's what we're going to talk about today. ”

"There were five lecture tours in Italy, and I also built a speech core for my speech...... "Zhou Nan reflexively wrote a string of German letters on the blackboard...... European Union.

Zhou Nan turned around and threw away the chalk and stood in front of the microphone again. "Maybe a lot of people can't see what I'm writing at all, but that's okay, I'll tell you that this is the German-language European Union, and it's also the European Union that I envision for Europe."

Galliani translated this passage of Zhou Nan with enthusiasm, which made people very worried that he would have a heart attack and fall down at any time.

The audience was even more noisy, many people couldn't help but stand up, and more people applauded, as well as the shouts of students,

Zhou Nan pressed down with both hands, and it took two or three minutes before the audience quieted down again. He was just about to speak, but this time the audience burst into warm applause.

Everyone was shocked by Zhou Nan's words, and no one thought that Zhou Nan would throw out such a big topic this time.

During his time in France, he had already told the history and present of Europe in its entirety, including some predictions and proposals for the future, but they were all on the facts.

But the European Union is a topic that has completely surprised everyone.

The speech continued.

"At this stage, the European Union is only the ultimate goal of our development. Achieving this goal requires us to address a myriad of practical difficulties that we face. However, no matter how bumpy the road is, we must move forward step by step, only in this way can we get closer and closer to the goal. So, what should we take as our first step? ”

Zhou Nan turned around and wrote on the blackboard two more headings: "European Recovery Plan" and "Coal and Steel Consortium". "I think the first difficulty we face now is how to revive and how to unite ......"

The applause from the audience rang out enthusiastically again, and many people lowered their heads and wrote down the title written by Zhou Nan in their notebooks.

At this time, the speech was considered to be on topic, and Zhou Nan continued to speak according to the main line of his manuscript. In 1646, after the fall of Constantinople, King George of Bohemia proposed that the Christian nations of Europe should form an alliance against the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. But today, exactly 300 years later, the European Union is still an unrealistic dream......"

From the proposals of famous people in history, Zhou Nan has been talking about the difficulties of forming a European Union now. Then the concept of the European Union was removed, and only the business case for the formation of the European Coal and Steel Consortium was introduced.

The formation of an EU is a dream at this stage, but the formation of a coal-steel consortium will not be too difficult. The data obtained by Zhou Nan also fully illustrates the impact of the war on industry.

The formation of an international coal and steel consortium to effectively integrate European resources and sales, although countries will have some losses in terms of tax revenue, but this can lead to the stable development of the entire industry.

Lower prices and more jobs are definitely good news for Europeans who are currently short of food and clothing.

Of course, Zhou Nan is not a businessman, and he doesn't understand those business operations. He can only come up with a concept, an effective proposal, and naturally there will be countless excellent talents to verify whether it is feasible or not.

Subsequently, today, when the European economy has collapsed, it is difficult to get out of the economic quagmire without external support and relying only on Europe's own strength.

Zhou Nan advocated that European countries negotiate with the United States, take out loans, ask for aid, cooperate, and even exchange the market for support to seek economic help from the United States.

There can be no doubt that a stable, wealthy Europe is in the fundamental interests of the United States.

Although the United States is unwilling to help Europe with real money, and before Marshall, it also believed that Europe could get out of the predicament on its own, but this is absolutely impossible.

Zhou Nan now wants to remind them not to wait until Germany starves and freezes to death countless people, and Britain and France have been in deep trouble, so that they know about the rescue.

Although Zhou Nan only proposed these plans and did not touch on anything substantial, the title of the European Union alone was enough to attract everyone.

People don't care how much Zhou Nan has proposed in terms of coal and steel complexes, and almost everyone has focused on the concept of the European Union.

In the Q&A session after the speech, most of the questions asked were related to the European Union.

Le Figaro has now almost become the royal newspaper of Zhou Nan, and although several Swiss newspapers are better for Zhou Nan in terms of attitude, they are far less influential than Le Figaro's international influence.

Lumière, the reporter they appointed, was given the first chance to ask questions. "Mr. Zhou, what kind of organization should the European Union be? What kind of relationship should they have with the governments of Europe today? How to solve the coexisting problems? ”

"The European Union must not be seen as a loose organization, and certainly not as a threat to existing regimes. In my personal vision, the European Union should be politically oriented towards a confederation of States, with each country still having its own rights. Economically, however, we should tend to unify tariffs, eliminate tariffs among member states, exchange commercial goods, and open up free trade in raw materials and commodities to form an economic union. ”

"In other words, the main function of the creation of the European Union is at the economic level, not at the political level, right?"

"Yes. Next to the reporter of the Zurich Zeitung. ”

Now, of course, we need to downplay the role of politics, and although the United States now wants to restore the European economy, it wants to control the whole of Europe. Let Europe unite, of course they will not allow it.

If it is only cooperation at the economic level, the United States will not be so strong in opposition.

As for how far it can develop in the future, it is not Zhou Nan's business.

Anyway, his role is to just dig a pit and not bury it.

A reporter from the Zurich Zeitung walked up to the stage, took the microphone handed over by Etinny and asked, "Mr. Zhou, as a neutral country that is not aligned, what role do you think Switzerland should play in the post-disaster reconstruction of Europe?" ”

Zhou Nan thought for a moment and replied: "I always agree with Switzerland's current policy of permanent neutrality and non-alignment, but this is only a political level. On the economic side, I would like to approve of Swiss entrepreneurs going abroad to find more investment opportunities. Switzerland is a resource-poor country, and we can only get more resources and development opportunities abroad. Switzerland should not only become a window between East and West in terms of finance, but also in the field of industry, energy and agricultural trade. Although the antagonism between the East and the West is now more serious, I have always believed that ideological differences cannot stop people as individuals from pursuing a better life. Governments should pay more attention to the development of people's livelihood, and the lessons of World War II have not left us with deep suffering? ”

Etinny deliberately ordered a journalist from the Soviet Union, and when he came to the stage, he asked in fluent German: "Mr. Zhou, you have achieved a lot in Europe, are you willing to go to the Soviet Union to give a speech?" ”

(Recently, many book friends have urged me to update, and the old demon is actually very embarrassed.) It's not because there is no manuscript saved, but because when I don't want to put it on the shelf, the plot I am currently writing has just passed. To be honest, the chapters that have been updated in the last few days were originally the explosions that were put on the shelves at the first time prepared by the old demon, and it is a coherent plot. But now ......, because of the postponement of the shelf, if the double change, the shelf is just higher than the past, so the old demon takes the risk of abandoning the book friends, and there is no way. However, before the 10th is put on the shelves, I will try to restore the double watch a little earlier, and the 10th watch will break out on the shelf. ）