Chapter 29: Change

The two-day seminar was over, and Toynbee left. Before leaving, he also wrote a preface for Zhou Nan's new book and praised Zhou Nan. However, Weggis still has not returned to his former calm.

One reason is that the Swiss government has finally abolished its wartime economic policies, and all economic policies have returned to the liberal economic model of the past. The residents of the town need to borrow money from the government, borrow grain, buy cattle and sheep, the previous food distribution has been abolished, and the people's income needs to be recalculated, the minimum income has been determined, and the welfare benefits have been improved, so both workers and farmers have been busy lately.

In addition, summer is gradually coming, peace is coming, and tourism in Switzerland is also recovering rapidly.

Since April, the number of tourists in Lucerne has risen from an average of less than 500 beds per day in the previous two years to more than 20,000 beds per day, which is almost the highest capacity in Lucerne.

And more than half of these tourists are American GIs.

Yes, Europe's economy has been hit hard, and now it is the rich who can travel. The American GIs, who were not rich, were willing to spend money, and they are now the most popular tourists in Europe. Because they rarely travel alone, most of them travel in groups from Germany to various tourist destinations.

Switzerland is their favourite destination, and the Swiss government is so happy with their arrival that it has even relaxed many restrictions in order to welcome them.

In just one month, Lucerne has two more casinos, three more formal hospitals, not to mention a lot of rookie. These women all came from Germany through special employment channels, where the economy collapsed, countless people did not even have enough to eat, and there were many boys and girls, and the source of several women was simply endless.

Weggis has been out of the limelight recently, and with the popularity of Mark Twain, Rachmaninoff, and Tolstoy, there are many people who come to visit.

Many people have converted their homes into family hotels, and each one earns a very good income every day, which also makes the town laugh a lot.

Entlebuch's prestige in the town was already high, and he has recently won the hearts of all the inhabitants. Because many of the recent policies are Zhou Nan's opinions, this also makes the people in the town very grateful to Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan is a person who has experienced the economic reform of later generations, and he knows very well what kind of advantages a place can bring to the region by taking the first step. Like Xiaogang Village, Daegu Village, and Huaxi Village, all of them are such models.

Wegis had less than 3,000 people, and half of the town's people were engaged in farm farming, except for a few small handicraft factories and then a few commercial shops in the town.

The ropeway was only built in the seventies, so at this time, the tourism development here was still relatively backward in the small town at the foot of Mount Rigi.

There is the mountain railway in Witznau to the south of the Rigi and the mountain railway in Gordau to the north, and the cruise ships from Lucerne will only stop at Witznau, and forget about Wegis.

If you want to develop special tourism, Weggis does not have many advantages, even the annual rose festival, only in the month of August, can drive the town's tourism.

Zhou Nan suggested to Entlebuch to develop a hiking and mountaineering route, increase tourism services, build more family hotels, and buy three different styles of pleasure boats in the form of group shares, so as to provide a leisurely lake tourism project.

At present, except for the cruise project, which has not yet begun to play a role, other services have greatly enhanced the tourism competitiveness of Weggis. Originally just an ordinary town, the number of people staying in Wegis has increased from less than 50 beds a day to more than 500.

As long as there are people staying here, they will definitely spend, which creates benefits for the local people.

At present, Weggis is still very poor, according to Zhou Nan's plan, when Weggis's economy improves, some property hotels can be built on the southern slopes of Mount Rigi, and at that time, it will promote Weggis's tourism even more.

The property hotel only appeared in the sixties, and Zhou Nan proposed it a little ahead of its time at this time. Because they did not experience the rapid economic development of Europe in the fifties and sixties, most Europeans were still poor.

These things were all things that Zhou Nan mentioned casually, and it didn't take him too much thought, and his main focus was on the middle volume of the "General History of the World".

With Toynbee's guidance on the history of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, the contents of the middle volume are all completed, and at present, only some data aspects of the second volume remain, and the source of the data still needs to be found.

These are not in a hurry, and there is no information on this in Switzerland, so Zhou Nan must go to England. Because there are some data about India after the industrial age, which are only available in some institutions and universities in the United Kingdom, and even public libraries do not have this information.

If it had been before, Zhou Nan might not have been able to borrow this kind of information, but now, with Toynbee's relationship, I am afraid it will not be difficult.

handed over the manuscript of the middle volume to the translation team, and Zhou Nan decided to give himself a vacation. He didn't want to go out to play, but to follow Audrey and her sisters to Geneva, where they participated in the classical dance competition.

Because they were not well-known and had no one to recommend them, Audrey and Stephanie were recommended to the organizers of the competition in Geneva after they participated in the school dance competition until they participated in the state competition and won the championship.

Modern dance is currently underappreciated in Europe, and Audrey and Stephanie, although state champions, have only received a ticket and have to start from scratch.

However, there were not many people participating in modern dance, and it only took two rounds to enter the final stage with the last five groups of contestants.

In mid-April, the two girls, led by their teachers, competed in two rounds in Lucerne and Bern to qualify for the final stage.

The official finals will be held in Geneva from April 29 to May 1. This time, Zhou Nan decided to go over with him to cheer for the two girls.

In Zhou Nan's opinion, as long as there is no shady, there is almost no problem for the two of them to win the championship of modern dance. Because other people's modern dance is still in the initial exploration stage, but because of Zhou Nan's help, they directly entered the Dacheng stage.

The development and accumulation of modern dance in the next few decades have been presented in their dances, even if they lack experience, but the technique and dance fluency, and the fit between dance posture and spirit, are a big step ahead.

"Jonas, are you all dressed? Don't just prepare things for Audrey. ”

"Don't worry, Kelly, we men are always easier to settle for than women......"

Glevin poured Zhou Nan a glass of cider, grimaced at him and said, "Don't refute a woman's words casually. ”

Both Audrey and Stephanie couldn't help but pout and laugh. Kelly glared at Glewin disapprerovingly, as if to blame him for describing himself as horrible.

Both of them are married for the second time, got a marriage certificate, and live together, but the wedding has not yet taken place. Kelly has no relatives now, and has long regarded the Hoffman family as her own relatives, so she wants to wait until the relationship with the German side is normal and the Hoffman family can come to Germany before holding a wedding.

Zhou Nan picked up the cup and just wanted to drink it, but Audrey came over and took a big sip of the cup before giving it to him. "Jonas, are we rested, can we go dancing?"

Zhou Nan looked at the time, and it was just half an hour after dinner. But he won't dampen their enthusiasm at this time. "Go ahead, get hot a little longer, and I'll come and see you dance later."

After the two girls left, Glewin sat next to Zhou Nan. "Jonas, I wanted to give Kelly's domicile to Megan, but she refused and insisted on staying in Weggis. If that's the case, I want to transfer the household registration as well, what do you think? ”

"Weggis will definitely develop better than Meghan in the future, and I also think it's better to put the household registration in Weggis." Because of the negative vote by Meghan's residents, Kelly can be said to hate Meghan because of love, and she no longer wants to have anything to do with Meghan.

Although it is a rich area, it is only a little more rich people, and the economy of the town is average. Although Weggis is not as good as there now, in the future, Zhou Nan believes that Weggis can surpass Megan.

Switzerland's welfare will become less and less in the future, and the country as a whole will go from a high-welfare state to an insurance state in the 21st century, unlike the rest of Europe.

Whether it is a peasant or a worker, in the end, they are supported by the state when they are old. However, these funds are not allocated by the state treasury, but pension insurance paid from a young age.

However, these are only national policies, and each state, each township, has its own autonomy. Depending on the financial situation, there will also be corresponding benefits. Towns and towns with money will have better welfare, and towns without money will naturally have worse welfare.

After chatting with Glevin for a while, Zhou Nan went upstairs to watch the rehearsal of the two girls. This dance, which was named by Zhou Nan as memory, is now very presentable.

According to the emotional changes of the song, the two of them put a lot of effort into the choreography of the dance, and the whole dance formed a complete description of the connotation, which is much more mature than the current dance form.

Zhou Nan is also full of confidence in their award.

After lunch at noon the next day, Zhou Nan took the two girls to Lucerne. Because there was a staff member of the state Ministry of Culture, and Audrey and her teacher led the team, Zhou Nan's car could not sit down. At such a time, it is not appropriate for Audrey to go by car with Zhou Nan alone, of course, she still has to go with them.

The four of them will take the train to Geneva, and Zhou Nan will have to drive there by himself. But when they come back, they drive back together and take the opportunity to do a lap around Geneva.

Audrey was actually very reluctant to take the train, but she couldn't leave anyone else with Zhou Nan. When they parted, they were a little unhappy: "Jonas, you have to be careful when driving." ”

Zhou Nan knew her intentions, and deliberately rubbed her hair and kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, I'll be safe."