Chapter 67: Return to Switzerland

Zhou Nan knew very well that he could meddle in European affairs at will, and European and American countries also needed him to provide some constructive proposals. However, he must not intervene in the military struggle, let alone the struggle between the East and the West.

This is a bottom line, and if he dares to cross the line, then what awaits him may be a devastating blow to both sides.

Therefore, he never took the initiative to get involved in these things, and in order to avoid suspicion, he also admitted on more than one occasion that he did not understand military affairs, and never put forward any opinions in this regard.

The war that took place in the East Indies Islands, although it involved his own compatriots, Zhou Nan also kept his mouth shut and refused to make any biased statements.

The only place where he can intervene is in civil affairs, which is also allowed by the Dutch government.

He even closed his doors in the name of writing, and in addition to some business guests, he also had academic exchanges with some German scholars.

But he has also been closely monitoring the reactions of countries around the world in order to be able to make accurate judgments.

The Java uprising on June 23 also disrupted the British plan, which was scheduled to declare the partition of India and Pakistan at the end of June, but also put it on hold to see what would follow.

In another life, the Javanese had many helpers, but they only resisted for five months. Today, the other ethnic groups ignore the Javanese call to establish their own state.

Relying only on the Javanese, they simply could not withstand the attack of the Dutch.

In less than a week, most of the cities and ports on the island of Java were once again in Dutch hands. Moreover, due to the policy of non-resistance of the Chinese, Semarang and Surabaya, which were under Chinese control, fell into the hands of the Dutch almost intact.

The two cities, as well as the nearly one million Chinese in the surrounding areas, have also made up their minds to move from Java to Borneo.

A Chinese-run state was to be established there, and relations with the Dutch were good at the moment, and there was at least no threat of war.

But there are still about 200,000 people left in these two areas, mainly because their families have their possessions here, and the farmland, sugar cane fields, rubber plantations cannot be moved.

In the entire East Indies, there are about six million Chinese, half of whom live on the island of Java. When the news of the founding of the Chinese state spread, half of the Chinese crossed the sea to Borneo and Bangka Belitung Island, as well as Natuna Island.

The war resumed, and most of the Chinese had to leave Java and Sumatra for their ideal country.

Even those Chinese who were reluctant to have their property and did not leave have sent their relatives over there, and those who remained here were young and middle-aged to protect their property.

Private wealth is protected in priority in the Dutch constitution, and the Dutch have promised that even if the Javanese later establish their own state, it will still belong to the Dutch federation and no one's wealth will be infringed upon.

The economy has always been in the hands of the Chinese, and if all the Chinese leave, the economy here will collapse. Expecting those natives to maintain economic stability is nothing more than a fantasy.

Therefore, even for their own interests, the Dutch did not want all the Chinese to evacuate Java.

To this end, they distributed tens of thousands of firearms to young Chinese people to protect their wealth. Of course, they also have a reason to use the Chinese to contain the natives.

In addition to this, they also sent a training group of up to 1,000 people to help the Chinese in Borneo with military training, and provided a full set of weapons and equipment.

Of course, these weapons will not be free, and when the Chinese state becomes independent and operates, it will have to be paid according to the market price in the future.

After World War II, the Netherlands was compensated by the equipment of several German military factories, and many of the firearms produced were marketable.

On June 27, the filming was completed, and the crew held a celebratory dinner in Hanover, not far from the concentration camp, and Zhou Nan also attended the banquet.

This is not because of Audrey's relationship, the main thing is that this movie is also co-produced by Hepburn Fashion and Paramount. Zhou Nan, as the actual controller, should also participate in this celebration.

The original budget for the film was $600,000, but the actual shooting overspent about $100,000, mainly for logistics.

Germany was already badly affected, and the wheat planted did not mature until August. In these two periods of scarcity, the price of grain soared to an outrageous level.

The crew originally consumed little, but they invited 3,000 people and managed their meals for more than half a month, and the cost of this purchase was greatly overrun.

However, neither Paramount nor Zhou Nan cared about the money, because of the political significance of the film, and the Jewish support for the film was amazing.

Before the film started filming, the sponsorship fee received had already made Zhou Nan and Paramount almost pay for themselves.

When the movie is released in the future, it will almost be a net profit.

Early in the morning of June 29, Zhou Nan and his convoy left Wolfsburg and returned to Switzerland.

This time I went back, although there was less Kelly, she had already returned to Switzerland in advance, but there were more Caroline and Leon, who had been on vacation, and Claudio, an idler, who also went back to Switzerland with them with her child.

Vera was busy with work all day, and handed Lily over to Caroline to take with her, and this time she went to Switzerland with them. In addition, Yannick arranged for a convoy to protect them all the way to the Swiss border, so the convoy returned with a few more vehicles than when it came.

This time the antiques were shipped back to Switzerland a little easier than Zhou Nan expected. He had been worried that France and the Americans would get in the way, but French politics was now being disturbed, and less than a year after the establishment of the Fourth Republic, the cabinet had changed twice.

Because of the European Recovery Program, the ruling French Communist Party cabinet has been abandoned by all walks of life in France. They are still the largest party in France, but their support has fallen by more than 30 percentage points.

In order to stabilize the domestic situation, they had no time to meddle in such a trivial matter as Zhou Nan's transportation of a batch of antiques back to Switzerland.

On the American side, Bradley, now the commander-in-chief of the US forces in Germany and the commander-in-chief of the First Army, has just been promoted to the first chief of staff of the US Army, chairman of the Joint Council, and has now returned to the United States.

At present, in charge of the specific management of the German occupation zone is Major General Shübner of the 1st Infantry Division of the US Army, and he and Bradley are both old subordinates of General Marshall and Eisenhower.

After getting the official relations done, now the only ones who need to guard against are the bandits. In today's Germany, because many people have no food and clothing, many people are engaged in robbery professions that come quickly, and they have to transport a whole truckload of antiques, of course, they must be careful.

However, maybe it was Zhou Nan's luck, or maybe their battle was too big. There were hundreds of robberies a day in Germany, but he didn't encounter a single one.

In the evening, the convoy arrived at Singen on the German-Swiss border. The eight strong men of the convoy were to be separated here, and they were to stay here for one night before returning to Wolfsburg the next morning.

Zhou Nan asked Etinny to arrange a hotel for them to stay in, and left them some dollars. Although it is a French-occupied area, the franc is almost a price a day, and it is constantly depreciating, and even the French people like green dollars.

However, these eight strong men are still very responsible, and they have been sending Zhou Nan and them to the border. Caroline and Zhou Nan huddled in a car and drove all three cars from Wolfsburg back.

At the end of the 19th century, a complete set of management laws on antiques and precious works of art in European countries had been formed.

All works of art that are of some age and circulate in various countries only need to be registered and do not need to pay taxes. Although there are slight differences in the number of years, the details are similar.

Switzerland's original decree exempted antiques from the age of 30 years, but in the thirties it was re-enacted to exempt all works of art from 900 years ago.

But when these antiques enter Switzerland, they need to be registered for each one. Thousands of antiques, one by one, took a lot of time, and Etinny, after consulting with the immigration department of the customs office, was willing to cover the living expenses of the staff, and persuaded them to put the inventory on Jonas Farm.

Before dark, Zhou Nan and the others finally returned to Jonas Farm, and Kelly, who had received the telegram in advance, also prepared a sumptuous dinner in advance.

However, Zhou Nan didn't even have time to wash his face, so he was invited to the Sennar villa by the visitors.

After leaving home for a month, although there was a telegram contact with each other, there were still many backlogs that needed to be handled by Zhou Nan.

Today's visitors are in addition to a few members of the National Assembly, all of whom have different committees and some questions to ask Zhou Nan.

There were also diplomatic envoys from several countries, including several Chinese representatives from the East Indies.

On the second floor of the Sennar villa, Zhou Nan first met with diplomatic envoys of other countries and gave his own opinions on the current international situation.

Send them all away, and then invite the others to dinner together. Because there were a few Chinese, they did not discuss official business during the banquet, and after eating, they left a few Chinese guests in the main house, and they returned to the villa Sennar.

It was already more than ten o'clock in the evening when they were sent away, but a few Chinese did not have the slightest impatience, and now that there were no outsiders, none of them had to hide their emotions anymore, and they became excited.

Among the visitors just now were Dutch officials, and these Chinese were all children of big families, so they naturally knew which Dutch people came here and why.

Although Zhou Nan is not a few years older than most of them, his words and deeds can directly affect the future of their country. And this person is also Chinese, and he has been working hard for the establishment of the country, and even donated one million dollars as a fund.

Zhou Nan was originally their idol, and before coming to Switzerland, the elders told them, and they were all willing to pay respects to each other with great gifts.

Zhou Nan hurriedly supported them one by one. "You don't have to do it. As the descendants of Yan and Huang, for the future of our nation, everyone works together, which is more important than any false courtesy! ”