Etinny himself was a young lecturer in social and anthropocultural studies at the University of Lucerne, and after coming into contact with Zhou Nan, he was so captivated by Zhou Nan's talent that he immediately resigned and participated in the compilation of the General History of the World.

Because of his social expertise, he is now the representative in charge of publicity, and he is in charge of general outreach.

Hearing his words, Zhou Nanleng paused for a moment and asked, "Are you sure it's Mr. Toynbee?" ”

"Yes. I know him, no, I mean I met him when I was in England. He went to Paris on behalf of the British government to participate in the World War II Paris peace talks, and now he has come to Lucerne for you. ”

Zhou Nan stood up, came to Audrey's dance room, and straightened his hair in the mirror, and was also very excited. Toynbee in this era has been hailed as the greatest historian of modern Britain, and if he can be affirmed, it will definitely make Zhou Nan's fame have a direct leap.

Berg is just an educator who is a politician, and Entlebuch is just a small town mayor, and even though Zhou Nan is touted by the Liberal Democratic Party, Switzerland is a political party in a small country with little influence in the world.

But Toynbee is different, he is already a world-class celebrity. In later generations, Time magazine even called him one of the four great philosophers of the twentieth century, along with Einstein, Schweitzer, and Russell.

The personal visit of such a figure will definitely attract the attention of the whole world. Of course, this is also the heaviest touchstone that Zhou Nan faces, if he can get his praise, Zhou Nan will be able to soar into the sky, if he is criticized, Zhou Nan may not be able to turn over for the rest of his life.

But is Zhou Nan afraid of this test? Certainly not afraid.

He was influenced by Taoist philosophical ideas since he was a child, and he originally had a set of philosophical theories from the East in philosophy. What's more, in another life, he has the experience and life experience of being 95 years old. In his later years, he studied the history of world civilization for more than 20 years, read a large number of classic works of later generations, and had a complete research theory that surpassed this era by several decades.

It can be said that in terms of knowledge accumulation, he is even stronger than any of the great people of the moment. Of course, the spirit of research cannot be mentioned, and there are too many distractions and choices, so it is impossible for him to have the same motivation in an industry as a scholar.

After opening the closet, Zhou Nan picked out a dress and put it on his body, then nodded to himself in the mirror, and confidently followed the excited Etinny downstairs.

In the living room on the first floor, the staff had stopped what they were doing, and gathered around a group of guests in suits and leather shoes. In this era, the status of entertainment stars is not high, and idols like Toynbee are the real national idols.

Hlein, the propaganda minister of the Liberal Democratic Party, introduced each other in the crowd, and he seemed particularly energetic at this time. Seeing Zhou Nan coming downstairs, he immediately shouted: "Welcome our genius Jonas Hoffman Zhou ......"

The crowd dispersed, revealing seven or eight people in the middle. Although Tang Yinbi was not good-looking and looked inconspicuous in the crowd, Zhou Nan saw him at a glance.

This is mainly because Zhou Nan has read his books and seen his photos in later generations. Walking over quickly, Zhou Nan took the initiative to stretch out his hands. "Mr. Toynbee, I am honored to have you here. Welcome. ”

Zhou Nan's English is very poor, although Audrey can speak English, but he has been learning for too short, and he is currently limited to greetings, and he can't understand longer sentences.

His awkward welcome speech caused many people to laugh, and it was not surprising that Zhou Nan recognized Toynbee directly in the crowd. Toynbee in this era was already a world-famous master.

Toynbee smiled and said: "When I was in Paris, I had the pleasure of reading an article by you in Mr. Netzl, "Revolution and Reconciliation in Europe", which gave me a great shock and inspiration, and I found it hard to believe that you are still so young. ”

After listening to Hlein's translation, Zhou Nan simply didn't use English, which was not half a bottle of water, and said directly in German: "All my current articles are written from standing on the shoulders of my predecessors, and many articles published by my husband in the past are all inspirations for my life experience and the direction of my research." It is my greatest honor to meet him today. ”

"Let's inspire each other and make progress together." He looked at the crowd around him, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It seems too crowded here, and I'm feeling a little out of breath now." ”

"Most of you here are very passionate scholars about history and sociology, and the arrival of Mr. Toynbee has made all of us very excited. We would also like to hear some of your opinions, so please allow us to listen on the sidelines. ”

Toynbee pondered for a moment and said, "The main purpose of my visit is to be able to read Mr. Zhou's article first, so I hope to be able to keep my thinking and attitude for the time being. ”

Zhou Nan listened to the translation and knew Toynbee's thoughts, and immediately said: "We should not directly refuse everyone's enthusiasm, it is better to let Mr. Toynbee read my clumsy book in its entirety first, and then ask Mr. Toynbee to comment on it." ”

Toynbee listened to the translation and said with some surprise: "You seem to be very confident in your work, and I will not show mercy!" ”

Zhou Nan smiled modestly: "I just want to listen to Mr.'s opinion." ”

Zhou Nan actually likes Toynbee very much, not only because of his talent, but also because he has always had a good attitude towards China. Among Western scholars, there are not many people who have a favorable opinion of China, and even fewer who are optimistic about China, but Toynbee happens to be the most famous among them.

He once said that the place where he wanted to be born most was China, and that the 19th century belonged to Britain, the 20th century belonged to the United States, and the 21st century belonged to China. This is what this scholar said.

Therefore, Zhou Nan was willing to accommodate him and respect him.

After some deliberation, Toynbee agreed to have a public discussion with Zhou Nan after reading Zhou Nan's complete manuscript. However, the time was postponed to three days later, because he had to spend three days reading Zhou Nan's work first.

Zhou Nan listened to his decision and immediately asked Kelly and Rotentum to sort out a room for Toynbee to live in Villa Sennar temporarily.

This arrangement was also Toynbee's willing, because at present the complete manuscript could not leave the villa, and even several publishing houses had only taken the manuscript from the previous volume.

For his book, Zhou Nan is of course full of confidence. He even dared to boast that the depth of this book is not weaker than Toynbee's "Historical Research", and it has a more macro vision, and is more accessible and interesting than "Historical Research".

Because his book not only has Lao Si's main direction, but also has much richer content than Lao Si's, and there are no mistakes in the details of Lao Si. The content of the rise of great powers added to it has been studied by countless scholars in later generations, and it is more complete than the thinking of any scholar today.

As long as Toynbee didn't deliberately suppress it, he wouldn't pick too many mistakes out of it and find faults.

Zhou Nan was also happy about Toynbee's arrival, that is, he was originally a master of research in the ancient Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, and some of the difficulties encountered by Zhou Nan in his current book can also be solved by learning from him.

People in this era, no matter what industry they are engaged in, are relatively simple. One is that everyone can choose fewer directions than in later generations, and there are fewer temptations to face than in later generations, and there is more of a research or research spirit than later generations.

Toynbee didn't even wait to settle in before he could easily browse Zhou Nan's book from the beginning. Zhou Nan took her to the living room on the second floor, and when he saw the thousands of books in the living room, he was only slightly surprised, and then took it for granted.

In his opinion, without such a large amount of reading and research spirit, it is impossible to write in-depth texts.

Zhou Nan cleaned up the room near the balcony, which was a little smaller than the master bedroom, but had a large garden-like balcony and faced the majestic Mount Pilatus and Lake Lucerne.

Senard Villa is a rare American villa style, square, the area of the second floor is dozens of square meters smaller than the first floor, because there is a large balcony of dozens of square meters.

When Zhou Nan is sleepy, he also likes to sit on the balcony and look at the lake and the mountains in a daze. Toynbee also liked the environment, and asked Kelly to move the desk into the bedroom for him, and put it directly next to the bed.

Then, a large stack of English manuscripts that had been sorted out were placed on the desk, he asked for a pot of English black tea, apologized to Zhou Nan, and began to read.

Zhou Nan didn't bother him, helped him close the door, continued to check the information in the living room, and found out all the places that had not yet been determined, just waiting for Toynbee to ask him for advice after reading it.

finally came to a big deal, and Zhou Nan would not let it go easily. His arrival may save Zhou Nan at least half a month's time to check.

But no one expected that Toynbee's reading would be a whole week. This week, he didn't even go downstairs, except for going to the bathroom, he didn't leave his room at all, and even the meal was brought in by Kelly.

Every time he came out, he didn't say hello when he saw Zhou Nan busy in the living room, and it seemed that the whole person was stuck in the book. The masters of this era have their own simple or paranoid side in terms of personality, and a real eight-sided person, because of his complicated mind, I am afraid that he will not have such great achievements.

The more he is like this, the happier Zhou Nan is, because it means that his book has completely attracted him.

His abnormality also made his assistants nervous, but they didn't dare to disturb him. In order to read, he didn't even answer the phone call of his newly married second wife, and he didn't care about the warning that the other party threatened him and would not go back to divorce him.

However, his anomaly attracted more journalists to Switzerland, to the small town of Wegis. Everyone is looking forward to what kind of evaluation Toynbee will give after reading Zhou Nan's book.