The sun shines through the window, and the windowsill is full of colorful flowers, including a pot of rare yellow roses. This pot of blooming roses also attracted Zhou Nan's eyes, and he carefully admired this pot of flowers when he was bored.

John meekly lay at Zhou Nan's feet, enjoying the caress of Zhou Nan's palm, as if he was asleep.

Kelly was a little nervous, afraid that this application would not be approved. However, with Father Baffrenner's assurance, if it can't be passed here, there are also Engelberg who are willing to accept them, so the tension is limited.

Only Audrey sat in front of the teacher and was being criticized, her eyes timidly glancing at the Madame Dinier from time to time, and then dodging away in panic like a fawn.

Zhou Nan felt a little funny, she still experienced too few things. He took her hand and motioned for her to look at the flowers on the balcony. Beautiful flowers can relieve the tension in the mood, Audrey looked at the flowers, then looked at Zhou Nan's face, and gave him a sweet smile.

Madame Dignier finally raised her head from the information in her hand, and in fact, she had been secretly observing Zhou Nan as well. She had seen very few Oriental men, and in her impression, she thought they would be as obscene as advertised in the media.

But the young Oriental man in front of him, or rather the boy, was full of indifference and elegance, and he did not have braids. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was an artist and very wealthy.

"Jonas Hoffmann Zhou, I have read your profile in detail and what Mr. Seskner has to say about you, and to be honest, talents like you have always been very welcome in all walks of life in Switzerland. However, there are some places that we still need to verify in person, and some things that are not clear, and we still need your answers. ”

Zhou Nan nodded and said, "This is as it should be, and I am also obliged to meet any questions you may have." ”

When she wasn't laughing, Madame Dineier looked just a little serious, but when she laughed, she looked a little scary. However, her attitude was very sincere, so that Zhou Nan did not feel any malice and rejection from her.

Compared with the indifferent and somewhat repulsive old man, her attitude is already very good.

She sorted out the paperwork, divided it into two parts, held it in her hand, then stood up and said, "We need to have a discussion about your application, it will take about an hour, so the morning time is not enough for a hearing." You can wander around the streets, near the train station, there are a few restaurants open, you can have lunch there. And then at half past one in the afternoon, there will be a hearing for you. Please prepare, in addition to asking you some questions, we will also listen to your music level, which is related to whether your application will be approved or not, so please be cautious. ”

"Thank you, madam, this arrangement is very reasonable, and I will prepare carefully." Zhou Nan stood up, saluted her slightly, and said, "I wish you a good day." ”

Audrey and Kelly also nodded to her a little crampedly, and followed Zhou Nan out of the city hall building in her sight.

Although it is August, the temperature in Lucerne is only in the mid-twenties, not more than 25 degrees, which is very pleasant. After buying a few loaves of bread at the train station, each of them drank another bowl of vegetable soup, settled their lunch, and walked to Lake Lucerne.

In later generations, there were many white geese swimming in the lake, but in this era, there were none. As a result of the war, there were almost no tourists, no boat movements, only the occasional bird that flew by, splashing layers of ripples on the surface of the lake.

After spending a pleasant noon by the lake, Zhou Nan and they came to the city hall again.

In Europe, Germany and Switzerland are countries that pay great attention to the concept of time, and it is not right to be late for a scheduled time, even in advance.

This point has been clearly stated in the documents of Swiss citizenship, and during this period of time, the three of them have also learned about the customs of Switzerland in detail, and Zhou Nan believes that he can also answer the questions they ask.

This time, the old man guarding the door didn't even ask Zhou Nan a word about them, so he took them to a reception room at the staircase on the second floor and asked them to sit down at a long table.

At half past one, a large group of people suddenly came in from outside the door, which made Zhou Nan and the two women look very surprised and stood up.

Mrs. Dinenier asked Zhou Nan to sit down again, emphasizing that there were two men in their fifties and sixties and a woman in her early thirties sitting at the table.

The two men, one is Hartmann, the speaker of the parliament in Lucerne, and the other is Werner of the Ministry of Defence, Civil Defence and Sports, and he is a federal official, not a local official in Lucerne. In Lucerne, most of the officials are local officials in the cantons or municipalities, and there are no more than 30 federal officials.

It's still a big state, like the Upper Walden semi-state to which Engelberg belongs, and there are only five federal officials in the entire state, which makes people wonder what the state can do if it runs a province with five officials.

The other woman, surnamed Keosser, is a staff member of the state Ministry of the Interior, belongs to Dyniere's colleague, and is also the specific undertaker of Zhou Nan's registration. If Zhou Nan settles down successfully, he will have to deal with her.

As for the other large group, most of them were women, ranging in age from teenage girls to white-haired old ladies in their seventies and eighties, who belonged to the representatives of the citizens.

Again, the hearing was chaired by Dinier, who began by explaining the responsibilities of each person. Speaker Hartman came with only one ear on behalf of the state government, but his opinions had veto power.

Werner, an official representing the federal government, would ask Zhou Nan mainly about military service.

As for the group of public representatives, they voted to accept Zhou Nan's application for citizenship by observing Zhou Nan and them, a bit like a jury in the court.

First of all, Werner asked Zhou Nan about his willingness to serve in the military, including whether he had any illnesses, whether he had any special demands during his military service, and what personal strengths he had.

Zhou Nan's health is of course very good, the only injury on his body is the bombing in the Netherlands two months ago, and it did not affect his body. So in this regard, he had no problems, and wisely did not give any personal opinions, and everything was subject to the arrangement.

In terms of specialties, Zhou Nan's physical fitness is good, although he has not been a soldier now, but in another life, he has been a soldier, has been on the battlefield, and has also received shooting training in the German military camp.

What caught Werner's attention was John at Zhou Nan's feet, and his expression was even more satisfied when he heard that John had been trained to cooperate with Zhou Nan's instructions to carry out the task of search and prevention.

Then there are the questions from Keosser, who asks about almost all her life experiences from the time she was born in Zhou Nan to her arrival in Switzerland. Especially at some turning points, she paid more attention to it and wrote it all down in her notebook.

For example, Zhou Nan's 20% stake in the Hoffman family was very detailed in her question. Of course, Zhou Nan would not say that the money was exchanged for the antiques that his father had stolen after killing the Japanese, but that it was left over from the Taoist temple where his father used to stay.

This kind of inquiry was much more detailed than Seskener's original question, and even the story of his acquaintance with Audrey was very interesting, which also made the representatives of the public opinion equally interested. No matter what country a woman is, no matter how old or young, it seems to be the same gossip.

Regarding Yannick's transfer of the military supply business and the stake in Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the other party also asked in great detail, and even asked about the mentality of why the transfer was made.

Finally, she asked Zhou Nan in detail where she hoped to live in Lucerne, what requirements she had for housing, what requirements she had for the surrounding environment, and what her plans were for the future.

Zhou Nan also answered her clearly to this point, hoping that there will be a small farm, so that Kelly will not be idle, and it will not be too far from the middle school, so that Audrey can continue to go to school.

As for himself, after his military service, he should have lived mainly by writing and music.

Next, it was those public opinion representatives who began to ask, and their questions were more strange, and it was normal to ask Zhou Nan if he would mind if his neighbors had cats? What are your hobbies? What is his faith? When I heard that it was Taoism, I asked about some of the main ideas of Taoism.

There are all kinds of questions, and some people ask him if he can swim, ski, and whether he likes sports. Why would you like a girl like Audrey? Some people even strangely asked him if he ate dog meat? Why only one dog and what should John's partner do?

Fortunately, these questions are not difficult to answer, and Zhou Nan patiently answered them one by one.

Later, they began to ask Audrey and Kelly questions, but women in Switzerland had a relatively low status and were now only vassals of men, and it was not until decades later that women had the right to vote and be elected. Because these women consider themselves vassals, the questions they ask Audrey and Kelly are relatively simple, and they don't treat them as separate individuals at all.

Zhou Nan suspects that if it weren't for the war, I'm afraid that all the people who participated in today's hearing might be men. I heard that men are more conservative and xenophobic, and if men come, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

After questioning Audrey, they entered the talent testing stage. Zhou Nan's manuscripts are not too much, and most people are not too interested in those manuscripts, only Speaker Hartmann is interested, and asks in detail about his creative ideas and the next direction of the book.

When he heard Zhou Nan say that he wanted to write a tome of human historical analysis, his calm face was also full of surprise. However, he still maintained restraint and did not directly evaluate Zhou Nan, a young man, who did not know the height of the sky.

Entering the stage of playing the most popular music, a group of women came to the scene. Zhou Nan also knew that the book had not yet been written, and the place that could really show his "talent" was to play the bamboo flute. His playing skills will be directly related to whether his application will be approved, so be calm and ready to perform.

For the first piece, he played the famous "Scarborough Market" in Europe, which also won everyone's applause. Later, at their request, Zhou Nan played another "original music", and he chose the Austrian-style song "Edelweiss", which would not be released until more than ten years later.