Chapter 24: Keep a low profile
This kind of popularity is unexpected, and no one is prepared for it.
Zhou Nan's home is not a secret, and even because he lived in Villa Sennar, the media also publicized it. So, soon, Weggis got a taste of the social and economic benefits that come with having a celebrity.
Switzerland was originally a big tourist country, and it was only because of World War II that Switzerland's tourism boom was interrupted. But the war only affected travelers, and did not affect the country's reception capacity.
Almost every small town in the country has its own unique style of hostels and guesthouses, and in some of the most popular tourist areas, there are a variety of luxury hotels.
Weggis was also a slightly famous town in the past, and it welcomed visitors from all over the world every summer. However, due to the lack of transportation, although Weggis is located at the foot of Mount Rigi, it is completely incomparable to other small towns.
But now, just into April, the town's hotels are almost full, mostly journalists from all over the world.
These reporters were mainly here to find out, and before they saw the finished book, almost no one believed that he, a young man, could write a tome that dared to call it "The General History of the World".
But because I haven't seen the finished book, and there is no media, any expert and scholar will refute Berg's words, which also seems too impatient and unreserved.
Although today's media often turn black and white upside down, journalists in this era are far superior to later generations, at least in terms of professional ethics.
Of course, most of the reporters who can come to the town at public expense to interview at this time are social reporters, because in this era, the status of entertainment reporters is far less than theirs, and even the opportunities for business trips are much less.
When they came to this town, the first person they interviewed was, of course, the mayor of Entlebuch, who had become Zhounan's first disciple. "I swear by the honor of my ancestors and by my own life, Jonas Hoffman Zhou, who is the greatest genius in this world. I don't think Mr. Berg is exaggerating at all, he would be a great man. No, he's a great man now, but you haven't discovered it yet. ”
A reporter asked: "I don't know if you have read Mr. Toynbee's "Historical Research", do you think that Mr. Zhou will be better than Toynbee if you respect Mr. Zhou so much?" ”
This time, Entlebuch did not answer blindly, but thought for a moment before saying: "Mr. Toynbee is also a great historian, and I have read some of the published parts of his Historical Studies. Mr. Toynbee also explained well the analysis of the development of human civilization from a macro global perspective. But I personally think that Mr. Toynbee's books are too professional and boring, and he can write an interesting historical deed without taste. But Jonas is different, not only is he no worse than Toynbee in terms of the macro vision, but he can write a boring brief history like a wonderful novel. ”
"Although the General History of the World is a history textbook, it is far easier to understand than the Studies in History. Jonas does not blindly pull the reader to the distant past, but connects the major changes in history with the current situation of the current world at any time, reminding the reader to recognize the inner connection between the real world and history in which he lives, so that the reader's mind can transcend the limitations of time and space, gallop in the two time and space of history and reality, and even produce his own associations and comparisons of historical events, and produce his own sparks of thought and creative impulse. In this way, reading history becomes a pleasure, a process of constantly exploring and answering questions about both the historical and the real worlds. ”
More importantly, Jonas is a Chinese, and his knowledge of that ancient country in the far East is far beyond the comparison of Western historians. China's history is the only history in the world that has not been interrupted, and this historical influence has left us valuable wealth in the course of human history. The "General History of the World" does not take countries as the direction of research, but discovers and studies the civilization of the whole world and all mankind at the same time, so that people can directly feel that all human beings in the world should be a collective, and war is the most disgusting thing in the history of human civilization. Jonas calls this anti-war thinking, yes, those are those words. ”
Entlebuch is really famous this time, because Zhou Nan almost refused any interview, and the reporters almost sent his words back directly, and reported them as they were.
His admiration for Zhou Nan once again touched everyone's heartstrings. If this is a hoax, then Berg and Entlerbuch will be famous in the future.
Is this Jonas week really worth the bluff of two old men who add up to one hundred and twenty years old?
Only the entertainment reporters were happy, because although Zhou Nan did not give an interview, he also asked his secretary to answer questions about the copyright of the song instead of him.
Zhou Nan officially stated that he gave up the copyright of the song, but because this song is the soundtrack of his modern dance for his fiancée and is dedicated to his fiancée, he hopes that the original music will not be disseminated again.
Of course, this statement does not have any legal effect, and Zhou Nan's original intention was not this, but to build momentum for Audrey and the two of them.
Although the development of modern dance in Europe is not as good as that in the United States, it can now be regarded as a new school and is gradually recognized. In particular, the dance rhythmic gymnastics invented by the Swiss Emile is equivalent to recess exercises in Swiss schools, making Switzerland the base of modern dance after Germany.
The annual dance competition in Geneva, which joined the modern dance program in the thirties, was only suspended for two years due to the war, but it was reopened this year.
The two girls practiced so hard, and Zhou Nan specially sounded music for them, the purpose was to let them get a good ranking and become famous. Now that there are so many journalists, of course you have to make good use of it.
In terms of music, Zhou Nan is not stingy in the limelight, but of course not in literature, before his works are released, it is better to keep a low profile, because others have now blown him into the sky.
Of course, this is also because every money Zhou Nan earns has 15% of the Liberal Democratic Party, so they will spare no effort.
The arrival of reporters has made the town of Weggis lively, and some experts and scholars who have come here have increased the cultural atmosphere here.
Seeing this scene, Megan's town is particularly uncomfortable. More than two months ago, Zhou Nan still belonged to Megan, and it was all because of Thomas that he gave up the opportunity to gain fame and fortune to Weggis.
Brandett came to Zhou Nan's new home and told him that someone in Meghan's town already wanted to take the lead in impeaching Thomas.
However, since Zhou Nan has moved away, of course it is impossible to move back, Thomas can't step down, and it doesn't matter now. It's nothing more than that if Thomas steps down, Zhou Nan's mood will be more transparent.
As April begins, Weggis is in the mood of spring, and all the apple and cherry trees on the farm are in bloom. The weather has been very good lately, with pleasant temperatures, but Lake Lucerne, which is usually windy, has not been windy lately.
Apple trees need to be cross-pollinated, and the absence of wind and bees will affect fruiting. The farm was full of people, many of whom were big people, and Glewin did not dare to keep bees on the farm, so he had to use a hand-cranked wooden blower to blow the wind on the farm's fruit trees every day.
Since getting his marriage license with Kelly, he and Kelly have lived on the farm and operated the farm work. He loves the cider brewed by Zhou Nan to the extreme, and he has to drink at least one liter a day to be satisfied.
If this year's apples don't grow well, it will affect his future cider supply.
Zhou Nan couldn't help but laugh when he saw him blowing the wind on each tree a little clumsily from the window, in his opinion, this was the stupidest method. However, it is also very interesting to regard these actions as the joy of life.
After taking a sip of hot tea, Zhou Nan put the teacup on the windowsill again, turned around and came to the middle of the living room, and sat down in the mountain of books. The two directions of Byzantium and the ancient Roman Empire are the only places in the Southern Zhou Dynasty that have not been thoroughly studied.
This week, his mind was full of religious relations between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, religious disputes, the Renaissance, the cooperation and restraint of Catholic theocracy and royal power.
There is still a lack of information on this in Switzerland, but Zhou Nan does not know where to look for many of the documents in it. Do you want to go to Greece and Turkey?
I'm afraid this is also the problem that Lao Si encountered at the beginning, but he cut corners a little and encountered many problems that he didn't understand, so he relied on obscenity. So many of his details are simply wrong, and there are no less than hundreds of errors throughout the book.
In the Chinese part alone, he has mistakes in almost every historical fact. For example, the Shang Dynasty was a Mongol, for example, the Han Dynasty fell because of the Mongols, and he didn't even understand the concept of the Three Kingdoms.
He also said that Zheng He went to the West for the emperor's elders, but all Chinese know that it was for Emperor Jianwen.
Not only the Chinese part, but also many histories of ancient Babylon and ancient Egypt, he relied on his own fantasies to complete the content, so much so that countless people later expressed doubts about his professionalism.
However, he used a global perspective to analyze the history of world civilization as a whole, and wrote humanities books that are interesting and easy to understand, which no one can compare.
Toynbee is indeed very powerful, his historical research is too professional and too narrow, and his historical research is not interesting to write, except for professionals, ordinary people simply can't read it.
Here Zhou Nan was still thinking about Toynbee when he saw Etinny rushing up the stairs excitedly. "Jonas, Mr. Toynbee has come to visit, it is Mr. Arnold Joseph Toynbee."