Chapter 53: The Fall of Power
"John ......" In the grass, John, who was chasing a butterfly, paused for a moment, looked at the butterfly, looked back at Zhou Nan, and quickly ran towards Zhou Nan.
came to Zhou Nan's side who was painting, and it put its head into Zhou Nan's palm and arched twice. Zhou Nan stroked his free left hand on its head a few times, pointed to a bush of flowers in front of it and said, "Go and lie there, don't run ...... again"
It looked at Zhou Nan and tilted its head twice, a little reluctantly. Zhou Nan took a piece of jerky from the basket next to him, and it immediately became happy, and its tail wagged like a windmill.
The older this guy gets, the more uneasy he becomes, and he's still lazy with cramps.
Ollie has always been a military dog, good obedience, the five puppies have been trained by Glewin since childhood, and they are all sheepdogs who can contribute, and there are more than 20 sheep in the family, and they are guarded by a few dogs on weekdays.
Only John left no one to care about it, and spent the whole day lazy at home, sleeping comfortably, and only occasionally going to the ranch for a walk. If it's a person, he's the kind of rich young master who is idle.
Lucerne in May is unusually beautiful, with all the trees green, all the pastures growing well, and the mountains full of small flowers of all colors.
Today's weather was good, so Zhou Nan moved out of his easel and placed it under the hillside at the southern tip of the peninsula.
His specialty is landscape painting, and the figures, flowers and birds are not very good. Today he was in the mood to paint a picture of John, but this guy didn't pay attention at all, and ran away after just a few strokes.
Gave it a piece of jerky, it was honest for a while, and obediently sat there half-sitting, sticking out its tongue and looking at Zhou Nan.
It did have a good skin, a sturdy body, a tall man, a black and yellow coat, and it looked extremely powerful. If it were a person, John must be a beautiful man, and he must be a smart beautiful man.
Otherwise, those military dog trainers would not look at it so differently and treat it as a loyal dog, with nearly 100 female military dogs.
However, after painting for a long time, Zhou Nan finally gave up. This time it's not John's problem, it's that the painting is really a bit out of the way.
He is good at ink and wash freehand in landscape painting, and he can only do the details without the gods. It's reluctant to draw flowers and plants, and he always can't grasp the charm of characters and animals.
On the one hand, it is the instability of his basic skills, and on the other hand, he only has this ability to paint.
In another life, he delayed for half his life before he picked up the brush again, and he focused on the landscape he was best at. After another thirty years of painting, it can barely be regarded as a small family.
However, because of his high seniority and the fact that his nephew is in charge, his paintings have been fried in a small area.
In the new century, one of his characters was basically more than 10,000 yuan, and his large-scale paintings were sold for up to 500,000 yuan. This is also because of the deliberate control of the outflow, often even if there is money to buy his paintings.
He died, and the calligraphy and paintings left in the house were probably going to be more expensive for his nephew, but that had nothing to do with him.
It's a pity that it's not this, but that he is now in Europe, and no one around him can appreciate his paintings. The last time he spent five hours painting a landscape ink painting of Pilatus, which he thought was very good, Kelly asked him why he didn't paint it......
Although the others were not as ignorant as Kelly, Zhou Nan could clearly feel that their praise was a bit insincere.
This made him extremely depressed, and he could understand the loneliness of the pair of cows playing the piano.
He put away the inkstone inkstone, put it in a painting bag, and carried it behind his back. Then he picked up the easel and shouted John, and when he saw that Zhou Nan was going back, he immediately ran over excitedly.
Zhou Nan covered the basket with jerky and snacks and teacups with a cloth, handed it to it, took it in its mouth, and ran towards the main house in stride.
Zhou Nan is not afraid of it stealing food, since he was two years old, he already knows that he can't steal his mouth. So as long as Zhou Nan doesn't feed it, or put food in its lunch box, it won't eat it.
Inside the Sennar Villa, Etinny saw Zhou Nan coming back with an easel and shouted to Rotentum: "Chloe, give me today's statistical table......"
Rotentum handed Brentany the international newsletter he had compiled today, and Brentany took it and said in a pleading voice, "Harold, I'll send it to Jonas......
Etinny couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't think about it, I have other things to say in the past." …… You're looking at his paintings again, right? ”
Brentany snorted and said, "I hope that his painting is not good, and if it is good, he will put it away himself, and only if it is not good, I will have a chance." ”
Rotentum asked curiously, "Didn't Jonas send a painting to Mr. Helde last time?" What do you want him to do without a good picture? ”
Brentany smiled: "Dad said, Jonas is a big man, he just paints garbage, and it will be worth a lot in the future." ”
"Little Fortune Fans......" Etinny smiled, ignored her, and asked the English translator Orissa: "Orissa, have all the speeches of the Governor of Mombasa been translated?" ”
"Yes, but the specific plan for the appendix will be completed a little later."
"That's not in a hurry, it's not too late to give it to me in the afternoon......"
Zhou Nan moved the easel into the utility room on the north side of the main house, and as soon as he came out of it, he saw Etinny coming over with the materials.
The two of them entered the house together, and when Zhou Nan went to the kitchen to wash his hands, he began to report on his work.
"The biggest news today is the proposal of the British Governor in India Mombasa on the partition of India and Pakistan, and the countries of the world have different opinions on this plan, and now they are arguing."
"In addition, the Major League Baseball allowed black players to enter the professional league for the first time, and the matter is now getting more and more serious, and the Three Ks are clamoring in the media to kill Jackie Robinson."
"The United States officially took over three British military bases in Turkey and Iran in response to Soviet pressure moving south. According to media forecasts, due to the UK's financial pressure, the UK will transfer at least 11 of its bases in South Asia to the US within this year. ”
"The Chinese countries in the East Indies sent a telegram today, giving several Chinese names to be selected, and I hope you can help them choose one. In addition, the first delegation of university students will board the ship tomorrow and come to Europe. With regard to your proposal to set up a World War II claims panel, they are already actively searching for evidence and will give you an answer in the near future. ”
Etinny reported to Zhou Nan more than 20 news and current political news, so that Zhou Nan had time to think about it, and then the two began to study countermeasures one by one. ”
Zhou Nan also gave a response plan as quickly as possible, some of which needed to be sent to relevant countries and institutions, and some of which did not need to be told to outsiders at all, but were stored in the basement of Sennar's villa as information for a think tank.
Because of his clear understanding of the international situation, Zhou Nan's decision was taken out directly almost without consideration. This is also the most convincing part of Etinny, except for Zhou Nan, he has never seen anyone who can come up with the best and most feasible plan in such a short time.
It was almost noon, and Kelly came back from the ranch to prepare lunch.
The two men ended their talks, and Etinny prepared to return to Sennar's villa to assign the task, while Zhou Nan prepared to go to walk the horses.
In the morning, there is dew on the grass, and the horse cannot be walked. Every day, you can only wait for the sun to dry the dew before you can let the horses out for a walk.
Albert is now very familiar with Zhou Nan, because Zhou Nan can only feed his favorite carrots, apples, and chocolates, which are delicious, and he is always very happy every time he sees Zhou Nan.
Glevin sat in the sun under the eaves of the stable, with a half-finished saddle in his bosom, which he was sewing with great difficulty.
Albert was still a few months away from being able to ride, and he was in no hurry, fiddling with two saddles in his daily work.
Zhou Nan didn't want him to work so hard, so he asked him to buy two sets of saddles directly, but he refused, thinking that the saddle he made was not only more comfortable, but also stronger.
Zhou Nan was a little unimpressed, but this was his heart, and Zhou Nan would not refuse his kindness.
As soon as Albert and Serge saw Zhou Nan, they immediately jumped up excitedly, snorted, and hissed from time to time.
Zhou Nan took two carrots and put them flat in the palm of his hand, and as soon as their tongues rolled, they ate the carrots in their mouths and ate them with a click.
It's not yet the season for apples to ripen, and apples in Switzerland are so expensive that they can only eat carrots.
Zhou Nan took Albert by the hand, and Glevin also stopped what he was doing, holding Sergi, and the two of them walked around the ranch one after the other, separated by a distance.
Although the two guys are a male and a female, Sergi is not mature yet, so they can't get too close, they like to fight.
Anyway, Marita gave these two horses, and Zhou Nan regrets it now, this is not to raise two horses, but to have two uncles!
"Glewin, how are you getting in touch with the last time I told you to buy a few more horses?"
"I haven't heard the right one yet, most of the horses in Switzerland are heavy horses, or good horses raised by rich people, and the kind of medium horses you want, but you have to take chances."
"It's okay to pull a heavy horse, and it can help you with your work and pull the cart, it's better than these two guys."
Glewin smiled innocently and said, "Ask the mayor of Entlebuch how they would allow you to buy a few horses at will, you are a big man now, and it will make people laugh when you buy that kind of horse." ”
Zhou Nan said helplessly: "I just want to ride, besides, I don't care about face." ”
At this moment, Glevin came to his senses. "That's not going to work, I want to make Jonas Ranch a ranch full of world-famous horses."
Zhou Nan was really speechless, what kind of big man is he, he doesn't even have the right to speak if he raises a horse.