On the way, Zhou Nan was still wondering why Yannick didn't show up today, but when he returned to the Hoffman family's castle, Zhou Nan knew why.

The courtyard of the castle was full of cars, and what was supposed to be a place of home turned out to be even more lively than a hotel.

Seeing such a scene, Zhou Nan couldn't help but sigh. "Mom, is this the case every day at home?"

Caroline smiled and stroked his hair and said, "I know you don't like socializing, but sometimes life is something you need to take seriously. If you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight, and Yannick is also for this family. ”

Manfred, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said: "Most of these are Volkswagen's suppliers, so you don't have to entertain. However, there is a group of guests who have come specifically for you, and I hope that you will allow me to sit in when you meet. ”

Zhou Nan guessed who it was at once. "Is it Chancellor Adenauer?"

Manfred nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what to write and what not to write." ”

Zhou Nan smiled: "Last time I heard Claudio complain, saying that you were going to be promoted to editor-in-chief, but it was Yannick who made you resign as editor-in-chief. ”

Manfred said with some embarrassment: "I'm only 20 years old, and I don't have what it takes to be editor-in-chief. ”

Zhou Nan nodded and said: "Manfred, being able to recognize your ability indicates that you have matured, don't be anxious, when you have what kind of ability, you will naturally be able to have a position that meets your ability." ”

The hall on the first floor was full of guests waiting for Yannick to receive them, and when they saw Zhou Nan and his party entering the door, everyone got up and said hello.

Zhou Nan nodded to everyone with a smile, did not stay on the first floor, and followed Caroline directly to the second floor.

At the staircase on the second floor, there were also nearly twenty people standing, led by the tall Adenauer.

The establishment of West and East Germany this year marked the formal division of Germany. With Bonn as its capital, the West German government had hoped to develop rapidly with the help of the European revival plan, but the Berlin crisis turned the whole of Germany into a state of turmoil.

In such an environment, the West German government can be said to be struggling.

Adenauer's CDU is now gaining more and more support in West Germany and is a political force to be reckoned with.

No one knows better than Zhou Nan that it is this old man, who is already in his seventies this year, who led West Germany to rise again in ruins.

Since the Berlin crisis, Zhou Nan has never been to Germany again in order to avoid suspicion.

Wolfsburg is located on the dividing line between West Germany and East Germany, and although it belongs to West Germany, it has to be influenced by East Germany, and Zhou Nan is here for the first time this year.

For the appearance of Adenauer, Zhou Nan was not surprised. If he hadn't shown up when Zhou Nan had come here for a vacation, he wouldn't have been a qualified politician.

And he can be called the greatest German of all time, and of course he will not miss this opportunity.

Caroline's mother introduced them to the meeting, and took Audrey and the others to settle down first. Zhou Nan didn't bring much entourage with him this time, only two telegraph operators, and let them settle down first, and chat with their group of German political elites alone.

Of course, this small talk was only for him. The people on the German side attach great importance to this hard-won opportunity, these people come from different fields, and they are eager to raise all the problems they are encountering with Zhou Nan.

At present, Germany is facing two main problems. The first is a political problem, East and West Germany are divided, the government is leaderless, diplomacy and military affairs are almost entirely in the hands of the Allies, and now German politicians are simply not capable of wrestling with them.

They can only do their best to accumulate their power in a limited space, and then rely on the handouts of the allies to take back their power from the allies little by little.

Now they are preparing for the general election in five months, hoping to restore West Germany to a sovereign state as soon as possible.

The second issue is economic. This year's Germany is barely getting by. After two years of torment, food production in West Germany is now on the verge of returning to pre-war levels.

Although the current self-sufficiency in food is only 70 percent, Germany has never been completely self-sufficient in food since the beginning of its history. Seventy percent, that's already a very high level.

After the establishment of Nanhua, a shipload of rice was brought to Germany through a Dutch cargo ship. Originally, rice was not a staple food in Europe, but when you are hungry, you can have rice to eat, which is already a very happy thing.

Of course, Germany's return to South China is not small, and this year, more than 60,000 German engineers and technicians went to work in South China.

Attracted by the Nanhua Skilled Immigration Regulations, as long as the technical personnel needed by Nanhua can be allocated a two-story villa with a yard for free, and about half of them are brought with their families.

Today, there are nearly 100,000 Germans living in South China, making it the largest foreign race in South China in addition to Chinese and indigenous people, and surpassing Dutch foreigners.

Germany's economic recovery has been difficult in 48 years, and several large industrial regions are currently being severely exploited.

The French, in particular, were eager to empty Germany.

The European Revival Plan has been implemented, but the entire industrial development has not yet returned to normal.

On the economic development of West Germany, Professor Erhard was the one who discussed the most with Zhou Nan.

Ludwig Erhard was one of the representatives of the neoliberal school in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 47 the University of Munich awarded him the title of honorary professor.

In post-war Germany, he led the introduction of monetary and economic reforms and the establishment of a social market economic order; In '48, the monetary reform was introduced, replacing the old one with a new Deutsche mark.

Just before Zhou Nan came to Germany, he went from being a liberal to a member of the CDU and was entrusted with important tasks by Adenauer.

Zhou Nan is also very interested in him, because he is one of the founders of the social market economy, and from next year onwards, he has successively served as Minister of Economic Affairs, Vice Premier, and Prime Minister.

If Adenauer was a paternalistic politician, he was good at bringing all his forces together and uniting as one.

Erhard, then, is a scholar-type politician who is good at solving economic problems.

Looking at the two of them now being comrades-in-arms, Zhou Nan always has a sigh of vicissitudes.

These two close comrades-in-arms later became conflicted because of the direction of German development.

Adenauer has always been wary of the United States, hoping to rally the forces of European countries to contain the United States and prevent Europe from becoming a vassal of the United States.

So even if France has always been aggressive, Adenauer has tried to satisfy them as much as possible, in order not to leave a deeper hatred between the European countries.

Erhard was not as good as Adenauer in politics, and his advantage was his professional economic ability. In 49 years, under his leadership, Germany stabilized the domestic economic situation and the currency reform was a complete success.

Next year, the economic level of West Germany will basically return to its pre-war level. After the supply of goods in the market was abundant, prices began to fall. Since then, the Federal Republic of Germany has been on the right path since it got rid of severe inflation and deflation.

It's all thanks to Erhard.

However, his political ability was not as good as Adenauer's, and after becoming prime minister, he was completely economically biased towards the United States, which caused a serious political and economic crisis, and finally fell from power.

Germany's ability to emerge quickly after World War II was largely due to the combination of the two of them.

Therefore, Zhou Nan deliberately led Erhard to separate his cognition in economics and politics from the beginning.

Adenauer was a clear-headed politician, so he knew the trade-offs and stood firm when it came to the right path.

Erhard, on the other hand, was less financially capable and professional, and his understanding of the international situation as a whole was not as good as Adenauer's.

Zhou Nan did not want to see a Germany that was completely biased towards the United States, and he hoped that European countries could unite as soon as possible and become a pole that was on a par with the United States economically.

Only in this way will the United States not unscrupulously act as the formulator of world rules, and will also leave more ample international space for the Chinese in the future.

Anyway, Zhou Nan started this move decades in advance, and as long as it can create some obstacles to the development of the United States, it will be a success.

This country is too against the sky!

Zhou Nan also made a detailed analysis of the difficulties encountered by Germany and the changes in the future situation without reservation. As it was getting late, everyone left Wolfsburg without staying for dinner.

Zhou Nan only saw Yannick who was idle at this time.

Volkswagen is not only one of the most successful companies in Germany, but also highly respected in German politics because of Zhou Nan's relationship.

In 48 years, Nanhua implemented the policy of introducing technical talents, and Yannick was almost the European agent of Nanhua.

He sent 100,000 people to Nanhua and brought back a large amount of food and clothing from Nanhua.

Under his guidance, small German companies have gone abroad. With the support of Swiss banks, they built a factory in Nanhua with a total contract capital of 400 million US dollars.

Seeing his high-spirited appearance, Zhou Nan suddenly thought of the scene in another life when he found his body in the woods of Belgium.

Zhou Nan couldn't help but shudder, shook his head, and forgot about that scene.

The world has changed, and nothing like that can happen again.

Yannick greeted Zhou Nan intimately. "Jonas, come over and tell me what you talked about when you met that five-star general."

Caroline said reluctantly: "Go and wash your hands and get ready for dinner, if you have anything to say, you father and son will talk about it after dinner." ”

Zhou Nan shrugged his shoulders and said, "In the Hoffman family, women are the biggest!" ”

Yannick shook his head and smiled, "No, no, no, in the Hoffman family, men are the biggest, but men have to respect women. ”

Several of the women in the room couldn't help but laugh.

At this time, Melissa suddenly said: "Leon, did you hear it, your father said to respect women, and you will also respect me in the future." Otherwise, I'll cry to you. ”

Even Jean Nord, who had come as a guest, laughed embarrassedly, and the others laughed even louder.

Only Leon rolled his eyes, but sighed helplessly.