Chapter 151 Grain

As a leader with great opportunities, being able to wait for Zhou Nan made Zhou Nan feel honored and pressured at the same time.

This shows that the iron man also attaches great importance to this meeting, and wants to get some answers from Zhou Nan who puzzle him. Whether he can meet his requirements or not, Zhou Nan has no bottom in his heart.

More importantly, he did not want this powerful country to be stronger. In this world, there are two countries that hurt his nation the most, one is the island country, and the other is Lao Maozi.

Although the current Soviet Union seems to have helped his homeland a lot, it is only for their own interests. Actually? Mongolia became independent under their support, and it was they who occupied a large part of our land and did not return it.

It is a curse rather than a blessing to have a bad neighbor at home, and they will bear more than half of the responsibility for the series of difficulties that the motherland will encounter in the coming decades and several wars. Only a weakened evil neighbor is the best neighbor.

Just as he is willing to help Europe now, it is just to prevent them from declining too much, so that they can compete with the United States, and their strength can drag down the hegemony of the United States in later generations.

As long as it can put a little stumbling block on the development of the United States, Zhou Nan will be very energetic. But this definitely does not include the Soviet Union, because the country is too rough, their development has always been simple and rude, and the national character is like this. The stronger they are, the greater their influence on the motherland.

After walking down the cloister into a house, and after a long passage, they finally came to a closed door.

Zhou Nan also saw a lot of staff, many of whom were yellows, so his appearance did not attract much attention.

The major did not knock on the door, but directly pushed open the door of the opposite door, turned back to Zhou Nan and said, "Please ......"

Zhou Nan nodded with him, glanced at Stolko again, and walked into the room first.

There was not only one iron man in the room, but more than a dozen, except for a few in military uniforms, most of them were middle-aged and elderly scholars with polite literary qualities.

Zhou Nan also found a few familiar faces in them, they were all Soviet philosophers and sociologists that Zhou Nan knew when he was studying the social form of the Soviet Union.

However, the Soviet Union has never been the center of scholarship, and there have never been world-class philosophers, and the only people who have kept up with the world trend are their writers and poets.

However, most of these literati were born because of the complex social formation of the Soviet Union, and the real academic center has always been in Western Europe.

At this time, the iron man was very close to the image that was handed down in later generations, in fact, he was always short and thin until the forties, and his appearance was not amazing.

Later, because of the power, he added some domineering temperament, and began to get fat, so he became majestic.

But when you see me, you will know that he is actually very short, not to mention the height of 1.62 meters in the Soviet Union, even in Asia, he is also short.

So he likes to wear high heels very much, which can make him look taller.

At this time, the major walked quickly in front of Zhou Nan and shouted: "General, book, note, Mr. Jonas Zhou has been brought." ”

He stood up, stood on the side of the sofa, stretched out his hand to Zhou Nan, and said a word in Russian, which should be a welcome. Zhou Nan took two quick steps, came to him, stretched out his right hand and shook it with him.

If it is just the identity of a scholar, Zhou Nan should use two hands, but he is still a special adviser to Switzerland and belongs to the core personnel of Switzerland, so on this occasion, he stretched out one hand, and Zhou Nan responded with one hand.

However, Zhou Nan's face was full of excitement and excitement, and he was very grateful and honored to speak in German, and his attitude was very good.

Zhou Nan's feelings about this strongman are also very complicated, he is indeed an excellent leader, leading the Soviet Union from a country with an agrarian society into the industrial age.

But his simple and rude work style and attitude of treating human life as a mustard are something that Zhou Nan can't accept.

In his view, anyone's life should be respected, and it should not be treated with weapons in hand based on differences in class positions.

Even though it is for a noble goal, it is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Any social form should be people-oriented.

After shaking hands with Zhou Nan, he extended his hand to Stolko again, and Stolko hesitated, stretched out two hands, and shook them heavily with him.

He also smiled and said a few words to Stolko, the two of them should be talking about the old relationship more than 20 years ago.

Subsequently, the major helped Zhou Nan introduce others, most of whom were also officials, and only four of them were experts in international relations of the Soviet Union.

Although they are old enough to be Zhou Nan's grandfathers and uncles, their academic status is far inferior to Zhou Nan, so they do not show any arrogance in front of Zhou Nan.

Most of the scholars who are really a little bit talented have become history in the past purges, and now these people, they have lost their academic independence and become a tool.

After the ceremony, Zhou Nan was directly arranged on the two-person sofa on the left hand side of the iron man, and Stolko sat with him. Zhou Nan noticed that his left hand was indeed wearing gloves, and the sofa he was sitting on was a little higher than the others, so that he could appear taller.

He went straight to the topic and asked: "Mr. Zhou, I have noticed that a large part of your judgment of the future situation in Europe is based on the confrontation between the East and the West. ”

He didn't speak fast, and Stolko whispered his words like a simultaneous translator.

Zhou Nan thought for a moment and said: "Since Churchill delivered the Iron Curtain speech in the United States, the curtain of isolation and confrontation between developed countries against socialist countries has actually been opened. Their superiority in science and technology allows them to take the initiative, and the socialist camp can only passively bear it. However, their superiority in scientific, technological, and economic conditions does not mean that they also have an advantage in social ideology. Because their government acts as the spokesman of the capitalists, and with multi-party checks and balances, it is impossible to completely concentrate the power of the government. In this regard, the Soviet Union has a unique advantage......"

None of the people present were fools, and as soon as Zhou Nan said this, they understood what Zhou Nan meant.

After listening to the translation of the young major beside him, Iron Man nodded and said, "Do you mean that we should continue to increase the output of the revolution?" ”

Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "No, I didn't say anything, I'm just a scholar, what I do is to find out the problem, not solve it." ”

Of course, Zhou Nan will not let the Soviet Union avoid the risks and crises that it may encounter, and if there is a chance, he will even more provoking them to become more antagonistic to the West, and only in this way will the pressure on his motherland be less.

He listened to the translation, laughed and said: "You are not a simple scholar, I think your prescription for the European economy is very good." The European Revival Plan is a very wise plan, and my experts have praised yours very much......"

Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "I personally don't know much about the economy, but I only integrated the opinions of some economists to form this plan." ”

Seeing that Zhou Nan was reluctant to say more in this regard, he changed the subject and said: "After you returned to Switzerland from England, you immediately entered the political arena because of pressure from Western countries? ”

At this time, Zhou Nan, of course, said righteously: "Switzerland has always handled international affairs with a neutral attitude, and as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, I should naturally follow Switzerland's national policy and be impartial." When I was in England, I accepted an invitation from a private organization funded by the royal family to become their advisor, but this was already contrary to Swiss foreign policy, so it was inevitable to take up public office in order to prevent this from happening in the future. ”

He glanced at Zhou Nan, smiled and said, "It's because your ability is strong enough...... but he suddenly changed the topic and said another paragraph, and Stolkolen paused it for a moment before he hurriedly translated it again.

"Jonas, the leader said that since you have agreed to the invitation of the British, you can also accept the invitation of the Soviet side. They don't need an official name, they just want you to give some advice on a few things. ”

This issue was also considered by Zhou Nan when he came to the Soviet Union. Now that he has become a government official, he can naturally refuse the formal invitation, and as for private explanations, he is still very willing.

Because only in this way can Zhou Nan's international influence be expanded, and of course, he will also have more opportunities to mix private goods in many incidents, so that the situation will be more favorable to Switzerland and his homeland.

Therefore, Zhou Nan agreed to him very directly, saying: "It is my honor that my academic philosophy can be recognized and my opinions can be valued." I will continue to take an impartial stance and take no sides. ”

He nodded approvingly and said: "I am glad that you have such an attitude, the Soviet Union and your motherland are brothers, and there is no contradiction between Switzerland, and I hope that Switzerland can continue to act as a bridge between us and the Western world in the future." ”

Zhou Nan was wondering in his heart, if he said such a summary now, why was the topic about to end so soon? But depending on the situation, it's not like it! Did he also want to teach the officials of the USSR a lesson himself?

He then said: "Regarding the agreement on copyright for grain, I agree in principle, but 30,000 tons of grain is the amount agreed before, and our current grain reserves are not sufficient, so we can only meet the annual supply of 10,000 tons." ”

10,000 tons of wheat is worth $500,000 at the current soaring grain prices. The point is that there is no money to buy grain now, so the actual value of 10,000 tons of wheat is much higher than half a million dollars.

Now that he has set the tone, Zhou Nan also knows that he can't bargain, after all, they are not businessmen, and they have to talk about their identities. So he nodded directly and said, "Your Excellency Leader's contribution to humanitarianism, I will praise it in future books." ”

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