Chapter Twenty-Three: Becoming Popular

Because of the good mood, the next finishing work was carried out very quickly.

He has already written the book, but he must wait for him to understand all the little bit of content before he can take out the corresponding content.

To give a very simple example, in the history of Indian civilization, Zhou Nan has never been to India at all, and if he wants to write about Indian civilization, how should he write it? Of course, in the Swiss book trunk all the books on Indian civilization.

But every sentence, every paragraph, and every conclusion in your book, you must have corresponding information to confirm and correspond, as well as what is the truth of your conclusion or comment, and where does it come from.

Without these things, you say that you have just written a tome of human history, and that is a big joke.

Because Zhou Nan is content has been sorted out, and then he looks for the basis according to these contents, of course, it is much faster than looking for the corresponding articles in the vast sea of books, and then integrating them into his own ideas.

He now has a lot of ideas, his brain is much more active, and the work of tracing the root cause is going faster.

This progress made everyone happy, and around Zhou Nan, a large group of disciples had gathered. Although Zhou Nan is almost the youngest, almost everyone treats him as a teacher.

If it weren't for personal experience, almost no one would believe that such a great work of humanity was written by a young man of twenty-four.

Several large publishing houses in Switzerland had to negotiate the publication of the "General History of the World" because of pressure from the Liberal Democratic Party, because in the past, political books were almost unprofitable.

But when they saw the first draft that Zhou Nan had completed, they immediately changed their attitudes one by one, and the conditions given by several publishing houses were getting better and better.

One of the advantages of publishing in Switzerland is that Switzerland is already a country with four official languages. With the exception of Romansh, which has a small audience, the other three languages have their own publishers.

German-speaking publishers directly covered Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, and even Czechoslovakia, a Slavic country with a declining Chinese language.

French-speaking publishers also have direct coverage of French-speaking and French, and even some countries in Africa and Canada.

Italian-speaking publishers can also distribute directly to Italy, so after Switzerland negotiates these publishers, many European countries don't have to bother at all, and the publishers run the market.

Zhou Nan knew that he was not talking about business, and the piracy of this era was as repeated as the later generations of the motherland. He remembers reading a report in another life about the author of the Lord of the Rings who had written the Lord of the Rings, but because of the lack of paper in those days, they had to be printed one by one.

But the British side has just printed 3,000 copies, and the American side has printed 10,000 pirated copies. Later, the Lord of the Rings sold all over the world, and it was not until the sixties that the United States paid a fine to cover Tolkien's royalties. But in reality, this is a far cry from the royalties that should have been paid to Tolkien.

So, from the very beginning, he signed an agency agreement with the propaganda department of the Liberal Democrats, and the Liberal Democrats acted as his publishing rights, and he gave 15 percent of the royalties to the Liberal Democrats as party dues.

This is like the stars and athletes of later generations, who found an agent.

Fifteen percent is not much at all, because maybe Zhou Nan went to talk about printing 10,000 copies, and he might only give 10,000 yuan for the manuscript, and then give 78 percent of the royalties.

However, after the matter was handed over to the Liberal Democratic Party, the publication of English and Spanish was not discussed for the time being, and several publishing houses in Switzerland negotiated a sky-high royalty of 25 percent.

In addition, Zhou Nan received a total of 80,000 Swiss francs from three publishing houses.

For a book like this, the manuscript fee is not too much, and the royalty is generally not too high, and you can get 25 percent, all because of the power of the Liberal Democratic Party.

At this time, don't say give them fifteen percent, that is, fifty percent, Zhou Nan is also cost-effective. It's just the cooperation of the parties, of course, not the interests first, whether it is Zhou Nan or Propaganda Minister Hlein, they don't care too much.

The Liberal Democratic Party is also happy, first of all, the party has raised more funds, and secondly, the more famous Zhou Nan is, the more beneficial it is to the party's propaganda.

But Meghan's new mayor, Thomas, hasn't had a good time lately.

Zhou Nan was a resident of Megan at first, and was forced away by Thomas. No one thought that Zhou Nan would create such a great reputation subsequently.

Sociology professors at various Swiss universities, officials at all levels, all visited Zhou Nan, who currently lives in Weggis. And after meeting Zhou Nan, everyone praised Zhou Nan as a genius who has not been met in a century.

Many of his insights, many of his theories, are beyond the unusually thoroughly mature. It's not difficult to sort out your own research at the age of twenty-four, but many people can't do it in their lifetime to form their own mature theories.

Just because of the white-collar month's welfare, just because he wanted to stand up, he forced away a talent who could excel in the world.

It's a big joke!

The Minister of the Interior, one of the seven consuls, Worrall, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party, said directly: "Mayor Thomas has made a wrong choice. ”

This sentence also announced that Thomas's future political career may have been interrupted.

And the Minister of Education, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Berge, who is also one of the consuls, did not hesitate to praise himself. "Jonas Hoffmann Zhou, the greatest sociologist and historian of the twentieth century, and the most brilliant philosopher and economist of the present day, has no doubt that he will become the greatest thinker and statesman of the twentieth century in the future. This, of course, requires him to be interested in politics. ”

As soon as this comment came out, it caused a huge repercussion in almost the whole of Europe, and even those who did not know Zhou Nan became very interested in Zhou Nan's writings.

No one would refute Berg's words without seeing Zhou Nan's writings, and Berg was an excellent educator in the first place, and he was also a thin name in Europe.

At the age of almost sixty, he can admire a young man who is only twenty-four years old, and even can't wait to kiss Zhou Nan's shoes, which also makes more people curious.

However, what appeared in front of everyone earlier than Zhou Nan's work was not Zhou Nan's book, but Zhou Nan's music of more than four minutes, and this music spread to the world even faster than the news.

Audrey and Stephanie, two people, spent nearly three months finally rehearsing a complete dance.

Because of the pas de deux, and it is two girls, they are in this dance, showing friendship, separation, maturity, and memory.

There are duet dances and solo dances, although there are still some flaws in the structure, but this is their first work, and Zhou Nan is already very satisfied with it.

And in this era, this dance can be said to be ahead of the trend, even if it goes to the birthplace of modern dance, the United States, it definitely surpasses all of them. Because this dance has incorporated countless mature styles and techniques from the future, it will definitely amaze anyone.

After watching the complete dance, Zhou Nan was thinking about what kind of song should be matched. But it's okay to let him appreciate music, but not to create.

Even if it is plagiarized, it is necessary to consider the factors of the times and the acceptance of the audience. It's like rock music, without the post-war reflection of the fifties, without the Beat Generation, no one will accept their own style, the rebellious style of rock music.

The music of this era is still about resonance and public appreciation. Whether it is a record player or a record, the price is relatively high. You can only include one song on a record, at most two songs, or even a long song needs ten discs, and if you come up with a personalized song, I'm afraid no one will buy it at all.

The popularity of rock music, black music, all started after records could be sung for half an hour and tapes became popular, and before that, there was no such condition.

Therefore, it is not so easy for Zhou Nan to choose a song with a meandering tune and full of emotion, and finally chose the "Memories" fragment of the charming cat in the musical.

This clip is also a classic in the famous musical Cat. Emotional, and the melody is sometimes tactful, sometimes high-pitched, corresponding to the dances choreographed by Audrey and them.

It took Zhou Nan a full 3,000 Swiss francs to get the music room to find a group of musicians in Lucerne, and another 1,000 Swiss francs to rent a concert hall to burn the piece. Since I didn't meet a suitable singer, I didn't even look for a singer, but I just used a violin concerto to show the performance of the music.

He had only burned ten discs, but the music room staff had almost all burned one of their own, and it had already been circulated by Audrey and her classmates when they first participated in the school performance.

The speed at which a good piece of music spreads is very amazing. Zhou Nan did not register the copyright at the beginning, and by the time he heard the song on the radio, it had already spread throughout Europe.

He paid attention to it later, and there were already singers who wrote the lyrics to sing this tune, and they were different.

Fortunately, they were still afraid of copyright disputes, so they specially noted that the composer was Zhou Nan, and the arranger was Lucerne Abbey Music Studio. And everyone is willing to pay, as long as Zhou Nan makes a price.

Yes, when this piece was spread, it was already marked that the composer was Zhou Nan, so as soon as it spread, it coincided with Zhou Nan's fame because "General History of the World" began to be known by more people, such a German name, followed by a Chinese surname, Zhou Nan's name coincided in the media.

Well, the works here are still foggy, I only know the name "General History of the World", and the content should also be a large volume of social and humanities.

But you, a literati, suddenly became a musician again, and you created such beautiful music. This made him not popular because of literary works, but first because of musical works.