Chapter 144: Retreat (The Leader of the Alliance of Single Guys Like a Fan)

The concept of culture warfare was not proposed by the American political scientist Huntington until more than 40 years later, in the early 90s.

Huntington is an interesting guy, he's a combination of ultra-conservative and liberal. The American media described this extremely contradictory man as having a liberal heart and a conservative mind as belonging to conservatism.

He is not famous, and almost never appears on TV shows or gives interviews. In the eyes of the general public, he seems to be unknown, but in the industry, his fame is not small at all.

His scholarly reputation was built on the basis of seventeen books and a series of essays.

In later life, he served as president of the American Political Science Association, a position that is not something ordinary people can sit on. He also founded the famous Foreign Policy magazine, which belongs to the academic circles.

In the early 90s, Huntington published the book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Reconstruction of World Order", in which he first put forward the idea of a "clash of civilizations".

Because of Huntington's extreme contradictions, most people can't accept his views. Ever since President Truman removed MacArthur, who did not obey orders, his "Soldiers' Conflict" can be said to be his pioneering work, which has been widely questioned and criticized.

To some extent, it can be said that this also represents the fate of Huntington's writings and articles.

All of his works were controversial and denied prizes as soon as they were published, and over time they were widely but reluctantly accepted.

Zhou Nan's last impression of him was that after the 911 incident, he wrote and published Who Are We? The book has also caused controversy and accusations against the immigration problem in the United States.

Although people could not accept his views and conclusions willingly, they could not help but secretly admire the sharpness of this old man's eyes and the freshness of his thoughts.

Of course, he is not an old man in front of Zhou Nan, because he is still studying at Harvard, and he is five years younger than Zhou Nanlai.

He became famous only three years later in the Korean War and the strategic adjustment of the United States in Europe and Asia.

However, this does not prevent Zhou Nan from starting to carry out the civilization war that will not be realized until decades later.

Cultural aggression is a long process, a subtle process, and others don't realize it, which is more beneficial to Zhou Nan.

In the 90s, Europe and the United States discovered that Chinese civilization had become popular. European and American societies have accepted that the Chinese are a member of a civilized society and have unparalleled superiority, and it was fun at that time.

Negotiations between South China and Britain continue at Jonas Farm, and large-scale commercial cooperation between countries, even if it is only a framework agreement, is still very cumbersome.

Because the South Chinese delegation stayed at Zhou Nan's home, and the British delegation stayed at the Hilton Hotel, the British delegation was able to go directly to Jonas Farm from the side entrance of the hotel without being discovered by the media.

So the negotiations between the two countries continued until the third day, and there was still no media discovery.

However, at this time, Zhou Nan couldn't care about their negotiations, and he ushered in the first award ceremony of the Jonas Foundation.

In the past year or so, the book "Humanitarianism" has sold more than six million copies, which is almost the sales of three copies of Zhou Nan's "General History of the World" combined.

The book has been popular all over the world, and it has sold a lot of money, both in the East and in the West. Especially in the East, because of the writings of the leaders of many countries, they are almost sold as a must-buy book.

It's just that the Red Cross can't grasp the sales data in the East, and many countries just give them a buyout fee to buy out the publishing rights of the book.

These six million copies are just their sales in the West. The price of "Humanitarianism" is only a quarter of the price of a single copy of "General History of the World", so six million copies will only sell three million dollars in the West.

However, because the publishing, printing, and sales of this book are almost all handled by the Red Cross, the Red Cross can get almost 50% of the sales of a book.

Combined with the royalties given by the countries of the East, the revenue generated amounted to nearly $2.5 million.

Ten percent of this money will be used for administrative expenses, and half of the more than 2 million yuan will be invested in government bonds by UBS's special account, and the other half will be distributed as bonuses to advanced collectives and individuals.

The first edition of the Jonas Humanitarian Fund Awards selected two groups and 20 individuals from 11 countries on five continents.

Each group can receive a reward of 200,000 US dollars, and each individual can receive a reward of 30,000 US dollars, which is more than the current Nobel Prize award.

This also made this year's Jonas Humanitarian Awards Ceremony attract a lot of media attention.

30,000 US dollars, the average salary in most countries in Europe today is less than 1,000 US dollars, and the United States is only 1,200 US dollars, which is equivalent to a person's salary for 30 years.

The amount of the prize money is so high that each winner is well received by the media.

Among them, the one who attracted the most attention was Miss Qian from Belgium. During World War II, she used her strength to help Belgians as best she could, saving nearly a hundred lives.

Before winning the award, almost no one knew about it.

In this interview, Miss Qian directly admitted that she was ashamed of the award, and what really deserved the award was the Belgian governor Falkenhausen who released more than 100 people.

This also brought General Falkenhausen, who is currently in seclusion in Wolfsburg, to the attention of the Belgians, whose actions during his time in power in Belgium were rediscovered by the Belgians.

At this time, many people realized that during World War II, not all Germans were accomplices of the Nazis. Falkenhausen disobeyed Hetler's orders for the sake of the Belgians, which also made Falkenhausen's image look very magnificent.

The Belgian government has not yet had time to settle old scores, and it will not be until '51 that they reopen the trial for World War II war criminals.

However, with the impact of this incident, when Belgium tries Falkenhausen, it will also be punished lightly.

Of course, even in the original history, General Falkenhausen did not receive heavy fines from Belgium. He was initially sentenced to 12 years, but after only three weeks, the court decided to release him.

The two winning groups were Schweitzer's leprosy hospital in Africa and the education volunteer team in Kenya from the United Kingdom.

The funds they receive will of course continue to be invested in the scope of their previous services.

Not only them, but most of the winners said in front of the media. They will continue to invest most of their funds in international humanitarian aid, so this is why this award ceremony has been well received by all sectors of society.

However, in general, the list of winners this time is mainly based on Europe and the United States. In the East, only one Soviet soldier from the Soviet Union who jumped into the icy Arctic Ocean and froze off his toe in order to save the lives of German prisoners of war was awarded.

This was not because the selection was biased, but partly because the Soviet Union was relatively indifferent to the selection of the awards and did not provide much information at all. Another reason is that most of the Soviets worked in groups, and there was no time for self-dedication and humanitarian help.

However, after the Soviet side learned that the soldier had won the award, they were very happy to send the soldier to Switzerland to receive the award.

Zhou Nan and the Red Cross also communicated with the Soviet side, and the award was not based on political positions, but only on past dedication and deeds, and hoped that the Soviet side would continue to cooperate with the selection work in the future.

With this example, even if it is to get some foreign exchange, I am afraid that the USSR will not hinder the selection of the next one.

In any case, the award got off to a good start, and it also eased relations with the Soviet side.

On February 26, the award ceremony ended with the world's attention, and Zhou Nan was faced with many visitors from all over the world. It took two days for Zhou Nan to finish these entertainments.

At this time, the framework negotiations between South China and the United Kingdom have also ended, and the two sides have signed a total of nearly 500 million US dollars in loan and investment agreements, and more than 200 million US dollars in investment agreements.

The British side will not provide cash for these loans, and Nanhua must purchase materials and equipment from the United Kingdom to obtain these loans.

However, even with various restrictions, Nanhua at this time has nothing to complain about.

Because the industrial base of South China was almost equal to a blank a year ago, even the Chinese who returned to South China from the United States have invested in relatively low-level industrial projects.

Now, being able to purchase the world's most advanced industrial equipment and develop its own heavy industry, Nanhua is not picky at all.

With Volkswagen's investment precedent, Nanhua has now learned to adopt the shareholding system for large-scale investment, and then the government will form a management within the major shareholders.

However, regarding these aspects, Zhou Nan didn't want to meddle at all, because these affairs were too cumbersome, not to mention so many factories, it was just one factory, and it was impossible to sort it out without a few months.

Therefore, Zhou Nan did not accept the recruitment at all, and only said that he would not be busy with the construction of a university, and he would not interfere in specific affairs.

sent away Pan Zhicheng and them, and Zhou Nan was really light this time.

Now, in addition to keeping an eye on the construction of the University of South China, he is to give the students one class a week, and then go to Bern for a day of meetings.

He left all the work to Stolco and Etinny to help take care of, and then he continued to write books.

Now his German typewriter is much faster, and he can write books even faster. Half a year, completing the whole book, and then a few months to perfect, it is not a heavy task for him.

After re-reading the manuscript he had completed, Zhou Nan spent half a day back into the state of writing, and that night, sitting in front of the typewriter, he began to crackle and type.

Volume II: Grain Gathering and Production......