Chapter 36: Irresponsible

It is a room of about 30 square meters, originally in the style of an ancient castle, with a higher space than ordinary houses. Next to the wall are three rows of wooden shelves, which have four layers, and a total of about thirty wooden boxes are placed, as well as some exposed artifacts.

Zhou Nan was directly attracted by the two sculptures placed on the second floor by the wall to the north, and his heart was boiling. Because he recognized these two sculptures at a glance as the snake heads and dog heads of the twelve beast heads that had been stolen from the Old Summer Palace by the Eight-Nation Alliance, these two beast heads had not appeared on the market until the twenty-first century.

After the 21st century, because of the enhancement of comprehensive national strength, the impact of the return of cultural relics in the international community is also increasing. Among these cultural relics, the twelve beast heads have always had an unusual significance, and in Zhou Nan's memory, eight beast heads have returned to the motherland, but there are still four missing.

And he saw two things here today that had never appeared, which meant that the twelve beast heads had changed their original fate because of their appearance.

Although the beast head is cast in red copper, in order to prevent rust and protection, the outside of the beast head is also drizzled with a layer of oil and wax to prevent the corrosion of the air, so Zhou Nan is not afraid that his hands will sweat and corrode the beast head.

Gently stroking the outline of the dog's head, Zhou Nan's eyes kept looking around the room.

Jean Nord smiled and said: "Jonas, these two sculptures are only of relatively low value in this batch of cultural relics, so they are not boxed for protection." In this room, there are a total of 736 artifacts from your homeland, and I can give them to you conditionally. ”

Obviously, he wouldn't know what these two beast heads meant to the people. Zhou Nan suppressed the excitement in his heart, nodded and said, "I can promise you." ”

"You don't seem afraid of me putting forward higher conditions?"

Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "I'm not a businessman, and I don't account for gains and losses. All I know is what needs to be done, and what should be done. And you're not going to make a condition that makes it hard for me to accept, are you? ”

He also shook his head with a smile, and said helplessly: "Although it is a condition, you obviously know that I want to maintain a good relationship with you, so ......"

He let out a long sigh and changed the subject and said, "It's an investment and a gamble, but I'm willing to believe you." Switzerland is a free and democratic country, but it is also a country with a strict rule of law, and my family moved from France to Switzerland for the sake of this wealth, but now this wealth brings my family no longer glory, but burden. ”

This kind of thing is easy to understand, if the family is prosperous, then wealth is the foundation of the family's development. But if there is no successor, this wealth will only attract wolves.

His son is still young, and he is no longer forgiving. If he is in good health, he can still see his son grow up, but just looking at so many women around him, I am afraid that the bottom of his body is already full of holes.

If he dies early and his children have not yet grown up, then these riches will naturally become a burden.

Zhou Nan asked, "Why don't you put this wealth in the bank?" ”

He asked rhetorically, "Don't you know the latest news?" As countries around the world put pressure on our banks to make public the accounts deposited by Jews and Germans in our country, can the banks really withstand such pressure? ”

Zhou Nan couldn't help but laugh secretly, yes, the current Swiss themselves don't believe that Swiss banks can withstand these pressures, so they can't trust banks.

Only he, a man with posterity memories, knew that the Swiss banks had accounts not only of Germany and Jews, but also of the world's bigwigs, and that they would not let the world's only safe haven of money be exposed. The pressure now is better a good show for the people of the world.

It was not until the 21st century that Swiss bank secrecy finally became selectively partially transparent, 60 years later.

Another reason is that the bankers are businessmen, but not philanthropists. If Mayerry really died, and the list of his family's wealth could not be revealed, at that time, who would control such a large amount of wealth, it would be uncertain.

Those wolves may only need simple means to turn all their wealth into their own. His children are like children in the city, and these riches can even become a source of trouble.

So now, he only needs to give Zhou Nan the cultural relics of the East, but in exchange for Zhou Nan's protection of his family's wealth, this exchange is also acceptable to him.

Zhou Nan's eyes swept over these boxes and asked, "Why do you believe me?" And willing to trust me? How can you be sure that I can help you protect this wealth? ”

"It's another gamble, isn't it?" He said frankly: "Give you my political resources in exchange for your protection of my family, give you the cultural relics of the Orient, and give you the protection of my family's wealth." With my resources, I don't believe you don't have the ability to protect these in the future. ”

Zhou Nan laughed, having completely figured out every link in this.

As a man of Oriental descent, Zhou Nan was a natural ally with him politically. More importantly, Zhou Nan showed enough talent and ability, and he was not deeply involved in Switzerland, which was worthy of his wooing.

He led others to show favor to Zhou Nan, wooed Zhou Nan, and was willing to give conditions that Zhou Nan couldn't refuse, which no one else could give.

He supported Zhou Nan, and then asked Zhou Nan to support his descendants, this condition is not harsh. What's more, he also promised to wash away the original sin of his family's wealth before he died.

It's not difficult to operate at all, and you can resolve most of the grievances by giving your opponent a little profit. Then donate a little money to the state in exchange for some policy protection.

After he died, in order not to let people pursue old accounts, he had to need someone to support his family, and he chose Zhou Nan.

He is optimistic about Zhou Nan's future development, and more importantly, Zhou Nan is not only talented, but also wants fame. Fame is a kind of protection for Zhou Nan, but also a restriction, he can't encroach on the interests of the Rang Nord family without a bottom line, which will make Zhou Nan even more than he loses.

Therefore, let Nord be willing to bet on Zhou Nan and bet on this.

Moreover, in order to make Zhou Nan fall deeper into the shackles of fame, he will also spare no effort to help Zhou Nan promote internationally. Of course, he won't tell Zhou Nanming about the reason behind this, and he also wants to take this opportunity to win more favor from Zhou Nan.

Since the two sides had exchanged opinions openly and honestly, seeing that Zhou Nan didn't like him to engage in more small tricks and came out of the family museum, he asked people to send away dozens of warblers and Yanyan in the villa.

As for these antiques, Zhou Nan did not receive them directly, because he had no place to store these cultural relics now, and only asked for a list of cultural relics from Jean Nord's hands.

He is also considering whether he should build a big house, and when the conditions are ripe in the future, he will also build a museum of oriental cultural relics to promote oriental culture.

However, he is not a rich man who has accumulated wealth for several generations, and the money he currently has in his hand is still ready to be used by Yannick to buy a business, and he has no money to build a house.

At this time, he was already a little impatient to hope that the "General History of the World" would be published soon, and as long as the sales were good, his wealth would also rise rapidly, and he would not have to worry about money.

Without those women, Nord's home would be much cleaner. At noon, his chef prepared a sumptuous French feast for Zhou Nan and them, three people ate, but six people served them.

Constantly changing plates, cups, and plates, even if there are six people serving them, it doesn't seem easy. This kind of eating is simply not called eating, it is purely a toss-up person.

Zhou Nan also took the opportunity to look at Jean Nord's face, his fair skin showed a bluish white, but Yin Tang was red. This is obviously a manifestation of internal fire and excessive indulgence, and even in order to maintain his combat effectiveness, it is very likely that he has taken some rejuvenating drugs, otherwise the signs will not be so obvious.

It wasn't until after lunch that Zhou Nan said tactfully: "Mayerry, I look at your face, it seems that you are overindulged, if you want to live longer, I hope you can still restrain a little." ”

To Zhou Nan's surprise, he actually said: "I know that my health is not very good, but if I give up my hobby because of this, it is better to let me die now." ”

Zhou Nan asked in surprise: "Could it be that in your heart, the inheritance of the family and the safety of the children are not the most important?" Can't you change yourself a little bit for all of this? ”

He shook his head and said, "In my heart, my own enjoyment always comes first, followed by the safety of my children and the inheritance of my family. I can plan for this, but I can't let it affect my own life. ”

Well, Zhou Nan really couldn't understand his thoughts, and even put personal enjoyment first, and for this, even his own children could be ignored.

And such people are not unique in Europe and the United States, whether it is France, Italy, Greece, there are still many such people. Compared with the selflessness that can give their lives for their children like in China, these people seem too selfish.

Zhou Nan is also thinking, if he has children in the future, what step is he willing to do for his children? But he didn't have an answer, because he didn't have a child yet, and none of this gave him the most intuitive feeling, and he couldn't be sure what he could do.

But Zhou Nan is still a little uncomfortable with Nuode's obviously "irresponsible" approach. Therefore, he was originally going to come up with two prescriptions to help him regulate his body, but he didn't mention it again.

Although, now that they are allies, it is in Zhou Nan's interest to let Nord live a little longer. But looking at him like this, it shouldn't be a big problem to live another three or four years, so he plans to see if this guy is worth saving later.