Chapter 143: The Cultural War

If the butt is slightly crooked, it will be supported by the West, and Nanhua will also be recognized by the Western world. So it is good for Zhou Nan personally and for Nanhua.

In his subsequent speech, US Secretary of State Marshall affirmed the exemplary role of Zhou's thinking and South China's independence in other regions.

He called on India and Palestinians to stop the war and for Jews and Palestinians to negotiate peacefully to resolve their dispute.

British Prime Minister Attlee also expounded the British government's peaceful stance in his speech, and proposed for the first time at an international conference that Britain should contribute more to world peace and be willing to negotiate with the various ethnic groups in the colonial area to settle disputes.

His speech was warmly applauded by representatives of some ethnic groups in Africa and some ethnic groups in Asia, including representatives of the Malay and Chinese ethnic groups in Malaysia.

It can be said that Malaysia is currently the most peaceful region of the country seeking independence. Whether it is the Chinese or people of other nationalities, they all see the future from the independence of South China.

The original vigorous MCP revolution has now died down, and it is actively negotiating with the British to seek peaceful independence.

Premier Pan Zhicheng, who attended the meeting on behalf of South China, still wore a set of Chinese clothes today. His appearance is polite, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a set of yellow crown clothes on his body, which is particularly conspicuous.

He was also scheduled to give a 10-minute speech at the opening ceremony, in which he did not expound on the idea of national independence, but took the development of South China as the theme and expounded on Nanhua's determination to integrate into the development of the world economy with the greatest efforts.

In the following two days of meetings, leaders and scholars from all over the world, including some leaders of the guerrilla resistance, had an in-depth discussion with professionals on the international and economic situation in the past 48 years.

Zhou Nan participated in a number of discussions, and also elaborated on the positive attitude of attracting investment on behalf of Nanhua, and established close ties with representatives from all over the world.

Etinny had a notebook dedicated to registering the contact information of representatives from all walks of life, and this time, he had two full copies.

These contact methods may seem unimportant, but they are far more important than most people think.

With these means of contact, Zhou Nan can contact any important person while sitting at home, and establish an opportunity for direct dialogue with the vast majority of the world's national leaders.

It can be said that, apart from some departments of the United Nations, there is no leader of any country who has a more complete network of relations established by Zhou Nan.

Attlee's arrival also confirmed the cooperation with Zhou Nan. Although they were reluctant to directly negotiate the exit of Volkswagen's shares, they agreed to the cooperation between Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce's main asset is the engine division, while Rolls-Royce and Bentley own less than a third.

Although Volkswagen now relies on off-road vehicles and Beetles and its sales are soaring, it is still inferior to Rolls-Royce in terms of total assets.

The initial proposal of the British side was to give Rolls-Royce a 26 percent stake in the British government's 40 percent public shares.

However, the cooperation of two large companies, each with its own debts, and the huge amount of war reparations to be borne by the public, requires a long process of asset liquidation and negotiation.

However, there are two cooperation projects that have already been decided.

The first is Rolls-Royce's decision to build a factory in South China. It's still the era of piston engines, and Rolls-Royce's engine plant is currently facing strong competition.

But Hughes has decided to invest $50 million to build an aircraft factory in South China, and Rolls-Royce wants to take advantage of this opportunity to become the sole engine supplier to the aircraft factory.

As long as Nanhua can commit to this, Rolls-Royce is willing to build an engine plant in Nanhua.

If Hughes is the most self-disciplined person in the world, no one will deny it. No one was confident that he would be brought to his knees, not even the U.S. government.

But Zhou Nan persuaded him with just a phone call.

Nanhua has currently purchased 22 aircraft in the United States, including eight fighters, six bombers, four transport planes, and four helicopters.

These planes will be used as training aircraft, and the Americans will be responsible for training South China air force soldiers.

However, in the future, Hughes Aircraft Company will become the main supplier of the South China Air Force. With this condition, Hughes also promised to supply at least Nanhua aircraft, all using Rolls-Royce engines.

While Hughes Aircraft Factory and Rolls-Royce were willing to build factories in Nanhua, aircraft parts suppliers from the United States and the United Kingdom also chose to settle in Nanhua.

The new aircraft industrial park will be located in Wutong Mountain, adjacent to the University of South China. The U.S. government will also lend $600 million to Nanhua to help Nanhua build a new wind tunnel laboratory.

This is also the US government is forced to be helpless, because since Hughes wants to build an aircraft factory, he must build a wind tunnel laboratory. If the U.S. government doesn't support it, the British will support it.

The Hughes Aircraft Factory has grown from less than 20 people before World War II to 30,000 people today, and there are thousands of scientists. The United States does not purchase Hughes Aircraft aircraft.

The war is over again, these people need to find a way out, and now Nanhua is willing to establish a comprehensive cooperative relationship with Hughes Aircraft Company, and the US government cannot stop it.

Because Hughes's influence in the U.S. Congress is not ordinarily large, and he himself is a national idol in the United States, with many supporters.

With tens of thousands of workers employed, and thousands of scientists fueling the fire, the US Congress could only maximize its influence in South China instead of giving up this opportunity to the British.

Another partnership with the British was Zhou Nan's personal decision to invest in Arsenal.

George personally stepped in and gathered a group of Arsenal's major shareholders to convince them to transfer 51 percent of the shares to Zhou Nan.

The 51 percent stake cost a total of $1.6 million, which is not cheap, but it is definitely not expensive. Because Arsenal is different from other teams, this team has 100 per cent access to Highbury.

Highbury Field cost $3 million when it was first built, and although it has now depreciated and suffered bombing in the middle, it has increased in value a lot.

It is worth mentioning that the most valuable thing for the team in later generations is the training center and the player contract, and these are almost worthless in this day and age.

Because in this era, players are like workers in state-owned enterprises, no, not even workers in state-owned enterprises.

They don't have any autonomy, they have a contract with the team, and they have to play for the team for the rest of their lives. The team can terminate their contract, but they cannot terminate the contract with the team.

And the training ...... Well, there is no formal training at all in this era. There are many teams that don't even have a tactic and rely on players to play around the field.

In this era, the most popular tactics are not 442, not 433, but 28 tactics, or even 19 tactics.

Almost all the players just ran with the ball, all went out when they attacked, and all came back when they defended.

And in this era, violence on the field continues, especially in the UK, fights on the field, flying shovels in the back, that is commonplace.

Many of the players are in poor shape and are in danger of breaking their legs if they go up.

But in this day and age, playing football is so crazy.

Zhou Nan only bought 51% of the shares, not because the other party refused to sell, but because he did not need to buy all the shares.

Most of Arsenal's current shareholders are British aristocrats and big businessmen, and what Zhou Nan needs is this network to expand his influence in the UK.

And you can't make money buying a team, so it's enough to be a major shareholder.

In the 80s and 90s, the team could make money on TV broadcasts, and at that time, it was not too late to buy all the shares.

The day when the Economic Forum ends is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is also the most lively time for the Lantern Festival. On this night, all the participants were still arranged to visit the park together, watch the lantern festival, and guess the lantern riddles.

Even though most foreigners do not understand the significance of the Lantern Festival at first, they will do their homework beforehand to participate in such an event.

And the influence of Chinese culture, at such a time, slowly took root in the hearts of the people in Europe.

It continues to be held year after year, and in a few decades, most Europeans will probably also celebrate the Lantern Festival as a traditional festival.

Whether it's an Oriental or a Westerner, they don't really care what festival they celebrate. I just care if there's an excuse to be together and have fun.

Fancy costumes, Lantern Festival, the influence of this culture has not been noticed by too many people in this era.

But foreigners who have been exposed to this influence for a long time will not think of evil dragons, braids, or beasts of prey when they think of China.

When they think of the Chinese, they think of delicious food, beautiful clothes, and interesting holiday celebrations, and this is progress.

For example, during the Spring Festival this year, Paris, where the largest number of Chinese people lived, relaxed its restrictions and allowed Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival in specific areas.

Although only one square and a block were opened, the Chinese were still excited. They organized a lively parade of floats, dragon and lion dances, and of course, delicious food, which caused a strong response in Paris.

As long as it continues, this cultural impact will only grow.

Others did not realize it, but Zhou Nan has always been very clear that human war will turn from an economic war and an ideological struggle into a cultural war in the future.

Now that he has the upper hand, he will at least be invincible.

And the subtle way of culture war is far more than the current way of changing customs and customs, as well as film and television culture, as well as public opinion guidance, as well as literature and philosophical culture.

These will be the main direction of Zhou Nan's efforts.