Chapter Seventy-One: Busy
Zhou Nan stayed in Germany for a month, and Yannick and the British did not make their interests clear. How should Zhou Nan's design be calculated, all parties have been entangled for a month because of the distribution ratio of each percentage point.
It wasn't until Rover Motors got involved that the matter was now more complicated.
Major General Ivan Hurst is shooting himself in the foot this time, and he pulls Rover in, so he has to follow the rules of the market.
Yannick asked Volkswagen's legal department, as well as Zhou Nan's lawyer Heitinga, to organize a large number of people to apply for patents for the design of three-point seat belts, automatic glass regulators, and the exterior design of off-road vehicles and luxury cars, as well as the exterior design of Volkswagen's front face.
After Rover joins in, then these designs of Zhou Nan can not be counted in the internal design of Volkswagen, but need to set up an independent design studio, and then license the patent to Volkswagen and Rover.
Rover Cars has gone bankrupt in later generations, but once Land Rover, Jaguar, are their own models, in this era, Rover Cars is still the largest car manufacturer in the United Kingdom, and only their brother Austin can compete with them, and this manufacturer has disappeared in later generations.
In 1928, Rover developed a high-horsepower engine with an overhead valve displacement of 3.5 liters, but due to the economic crisis and war, this engine with a fuel consumption of 13 liters per 100 kilometers did not sell well.
However, now Zhou Nan has taken out this off-road vehicle and luxury car design, and this engine can be used.
Therefore, after more than half a month of negotiations, after Zhou Nan returned to Switzerland, the cooperation was finally negotiated.
Zhou Nan's design was licensed to two factories at the same time, and the patent fee was one thousandth. And in order to promote the three-point seat belt, the production of the seat belt was also authorized by Zhou Nan to two companies free of charge.
According to the current car price, most cars are still selling for about $1,000, and only some luxury cars can sell for $3,000.
The licensing fee of one thousandth is not high, and without producing a single car, Zhou Nan's patent fee is only between one dollar and three dollars. However, I am afraid that the sales will be large, and at that time, these patents can bring Zhou Nan a huge amount of wealth.
Helder and lawyer Heidinga have been going back and forth between Switzerland and Germany during this time, and they have registered a design office in Switzerland, but the design office is not in Switzerland, but in Germany.
In fact, it was at the headquarters of Volkswagen that a warehouse was vacated for him, and all the personnel were arranged by Yannick for Zhou Nan.
Zhou Nan has been campaigning for referendums all over Switzerland, publicizing the necessity of the two bills everywhere and listening to public opinion by the way.
He is not an expert in business matters, and he is not willing to put too much energy into it. Just wait for the busy work in Switzerland, take Audrey to Rome for a tour, spend the vacation, and then go to Germany to plan the subsequent direction of the design institute.
In fact, he already felt that he was running out of time. He now has a variety of jobs, as well as writing plans, drawing designs, and making plans for the Chinese country of the East Indies.
Moreover, most of these affairs cannot be left undone, and there is no way to shirk it, of course, Zhou Nan did not want to shirk it.
In order to maintain his supremacy in Switzerland, he had to make his voice heard in all kinds of national affairs.
In order to help his compatriots, he had to help the Chinese in the East Indies choose an easier path of development.
In order to maintain his worldwide influence, his writing plans could not be affected too much.
When the school year started in the fall, he still had two hours of lecturing a week. Fortunately, he did not accept a formal offer, and if he did become a professor, he would not have time to do anything else just to correct students' homework every week.
For the lectures in the fall, he must also list the content of the lectures in these months, and even if he does not compile a book, he must systematically compile an outline of the content to be lectured from shallow to deep.
So during this time, in addition to the daily walking time and horse walking time, he almost always stayed in the study.
Audrey is on summer vacation, but she didn't do well in math and has been making up classes recently. Under Zhou Nan's urging, she practiced the piano for at least two hours every day, striving for the next record and not letting people criticize her performance level.
EMAI Records has made a lot of money this time, and Zhou Nan's records have sold six million copies worldwide, which has made them urge Zhou Nan to create more classic music as soon as possible.
But their proposal was rejected by Zhou Nanyi who has no works recently, of course, not because he has no works, but because he doesn't want to release records so often and take out all the classics.
All the music he can remember is classics, such a work, it is already great for others to have one song in their lifetime, and if he pulls it out like cabbage here, it will be worthless.
What's more, the playing time of the record is too short now, and by next year, the record will be 33 and a third of the revolutions per minute. One side of the record can be sung for half an hour, and at that time, it is not too late to think about the record.
Zhou Nan's first set of records, in addition to the three existing music, the other five songs are classic. Moreover, Zhou Nan played on the bamboo flute, which was also a form of music that had never been seen in the West before, and he had a deep foundation.
Baidai Company only has dates and no dates, and now they are rejected by Zhou Nan, and they are not disappointed. Because the album is still selling well, it is only a matter of time before it surpasses 10 million sales.
In other words, music, which was originally regarded as a hobby by Zhou Nan, now creates benefits for Zhou Nan that are far greater than the benefits brought by writing books.
His book needs a stage of acceptance by all walks of life. But music knows no borders, not to mention his current light music without lyrics. No matter in any country or region in the world, as long as you understand music, you will know that it sounds good.
Although Zhou Nan was not ready to release a new record now, he still took out a few piano songs for Audrey to practice first. When it came time for the new record to be released, of course, the performer still had to let Audrey be the player.
People may not care about it now, but decades later, when people mention it, it is also a good story that Zhou Nan's music albums were composed and performed by the couple themselves.
Of course, Audrey is very aware of this, in fact, she is very sweet about the cooperation between the two people, and she does not feel hard at all in practicing.
Of course, Zhou Nan did not give up his bamboo flute, he had to practice in the morning, and he would play a few songs every night. At this time, everyone in the family listens carefully, even John, who doesn't hide from Lily.
John has always been a little bully at home, and when he is unhappy, he dares to yell at anyone. But now, it has met a nemesis.
Lily is two and a half years old this year, very lively and cute, and two or three years old is just when she is full of curiosity about the world. It was a bit restrictive to come to Switzerland at first, but it didn't take a few days to get acquainted.
Now that her mother didn't come, everyone spoiled her, and no one cared about her, she gradually became annoying and tired of dogs. Rummaging through boxes and cabinets at home, driving dogs and chasing sheep in the pasture are her favorite things.
The weather was hot, and Zhou Nan also cleaned up the swimming pool at home, and then pumped water from the lake and filled the pool with water.
It was a moment of eating, and everyone was negligent for a while, so she slipped out and somehow fell into the pool.
No one else noticed, except for John, who jumped out of the pool and grabbed her.
Everyone is afraid, Vera didn't come, if something happens to her, everyone is responsible.
The little girl drank a few sips of water, and she cried heartbreakingly at the time, and it will be fine after a while. Because of this, her feelings for John are different, pestering John all day long.
A child less than three years old, pegged to a dog, made John feel a sense of pain. Feed it all kinds of food every day, even when John sleeps, she has to sleep with it.
Within two days, John couldn't stay in the house anymore, and ran away when he saw Lily.
Claudio was happiest during this time. Little Erwin is very well-behaved, he doesn't cry or make trouble when he is full, he can play alone for a long time with a pacifier, and anyone who makes fun will laugh happily.
Claudio eats and plays all day long, except for taking care of the children. After Audrey went out on vacation, she went out shopping a few times, but she pulled her there.
This kind of carefree and enjoyable life is her happiest.
Leon is also happy because of the track built by Zhou Nan's family.
The track at Zhou Nan's house is a circle around the entire farm, except that it is a little shorter than the regular track, only less than three kilometers, and it is not worse than the regular track in other aspects.
He was too young to learn to drive, but when he came to Switzerland, Caroline allowed him to learn to drive because his family had a track.
There is no shortage of cars at home, Zhou Nan left four Beetles, he also has an Alpha wolfdog, Audrey and a Citroen.
The alpha wolf dog Zhou Nan wanted to collect it, so he didn't let him drive it, and arranged a Beetle learning car for him. Zhou Nan taught him for a long time, and then let him open it slowly.
People who have just learned to drive are addicted. Recently, he has spent all his spare time learning to drive, and his skills are getting better and better.
Zhou Nan is busy writing things every day, and Audrey has a full schedule every day. Life on the ranch was peaceful, and the security was watched by special police and hotel security, and Caroline stayed for a while before she was ready to go home.
However, Audrey wants to participate in this year's Weggis Rose Festival, and let her go back after the Rose Festival, because this year's Rose Queen almost does not need to be selected, and nine times out of ten it is already Audrey's.
Just before she could pay attention, people from the Lucerne City Hall also came to visit, and their purpose was to invite Zhou Nan to attend the opening ceremony of this year's Lucerne Music Festival, and Zhou Nan readily agreed.
At this time, she didn't insist on walking anymore, and Claudio and Lily were happy all day long.
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