Chapter 20: Father-Son Negotiation
(Yesterday I received the attention of the platinum gods, I am very honored, thank you for the love of the two gods!) )
Vera had gone to sleep, and only Hoffman and Zhou Nan were left in the room. Looking at Zhou Nan with a sunny face, Hoffman had countless questions in his heart, but finally turned into a long sigh.
He didn't know where Zhou Nan got the prophetic ability, this ability surprised him, but he felt fear from the depths of his heart. Because he doesn't know if this change of fate will lead to a greater disaster.
Although he was a businessman and spent eighteen years in the East, Hoffman was still a devout Christian. He wanted to change the fate of his family, but he was afraid that such a change would bring more serious harm.
As for the fate of Germany, he felt that he was even less capable of changing it.
"Jonas, at this time, you should have thought about your future plans. I hope to listen to your plan before making an effort. ”
Zhou Nan looked at his tired face and said softly: "Yannick, I will tell you the direction of fate, in order to let you avoid unknown risks, not to let you fall into the pain of this choice. Fate can be changed, and I believe that I can see the path ahead and bring good changes to the Hoffman family. ”
Hoffman shook his head and said, "Jonas, but have you thought about it, where will the unknown brought about by this change take us?" ”
Zhou Nan is also not sure, but he believes that this change will be good, not worse. But no one can be sure until it happens.
So, he could only continue to use his prophet to convince him. "Yannick, Daozun has lit a light on the path of my life, and I believe that this kind of instruction will not be accidental, as long as I continue to believe in my Daozun, he will definitely give me more guidance in the future."
Hoffman asked, somewhat confused, "Are you sure?" ”
Of course, Zhou Nan was sure, because he didn't tell him everything. He nodded and said: "The main issue now is the protection of our right to life. ”
Hoffman nodded and said, "Your plan to immigrate is correct. But unfortunately, your immigration is very easy to handle, and it is impossible for me and your Caroline mother, including Vera, to immigrate. ”
Zhou Nan is also very clear that in Germany today, the control of household registration is comparable to that of the motherland decades later. Now is the time of war, especially for rich people like Hoffman, if they want to emigrate, I am afraid that they will be directly put in prison.
"Is there no other way? You, Caroline's mother, and Vera all have jobs now and can't immigrate, but Claudia and Leone are still children, so it should be easier for them to immigrate, right? Or, if you don't immigrate now, you can't just let them leave Germany? ”
Hoffmann laughed and said, "Even if they can leave Germany, where can they go?" Jonas, did this war ignite on the territory of Germany? ”
Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "Except for some places in the Ruhr industrial area, the war is far away from Germany. However, East Germany was occupied by the Soviets, and East and West were separated, and it was not until 50 years later that East and West Germany were reunited. ”
"I remember you once said that in order to resist the Red Soviet Union, Britain and the United States regarded Germany as the front line of confrontation, so Germany did not lose everything, right?"
"Yes, Germany has been the third largest economy in the world for a long time."
"Oh, I've always been sure that the United States is the most powerful, but which country is the second largest? UK? ”
"No, it's Japan. In order to contain the expansion and development of the USSR, in the Pacific direction, the United States supported Japan. In the European direction, the United States supported Germany, so although Germany lost the war, it did not lose everything. Although Japan was also a defeated country, they received a large amount of post-war dumping and assistance from the United States in wartime resources, and they quickly developed. ”
"According to your theory, Germany will be safer than the rest of Europe, right? The war would have been fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, but not in Germany, so why emigrate? As long as we avoid the usual risks, in the future, we will get back what belongs to us. ”
Zhou Nanleng paused, he had been thinking about leaving this whirlpool, but he didn't think the other way around, the safest place in the whole of Europe was actually in Germany. Although Germany was almost robbed after the war, there was no war in Germany itself.
Since you can't do without Germany, you only need to avoid the risk of property, and it is actually safer to stay in Germany than in other regions. Of course, this is for the Germans, but for the rest of Europe, the crisis will become even greater.
Hoffman, apparently interested in the economic prophet, asked, "What about China?" ”
Zhou Nan laughed and said: "In the future that I know, China's economy will become the second largest economy in the world after the United States. ”
Hoffman asked with some confusion: "I'm curious, are these future news fragmented, or are they like movie pictures, showing them in front of you one by one?" ”
Zhou Nan paused for a moment and pondered for a while before saying, "It's hard for me to explain. When I was unconscious, it was as if I had gone through my life, and all of this was my memory in another life. It's just that there are some things that I remember deeply, and some things that I remember vaguely. However, I still remember everything about the Tao Sutra, everything about Taoism, so I think it's the Tao Venerable who is guiding me. ”
Hoffman pondered for a while and said, "In this case, I won't ask you more unknowns, so as not to ruin your fortune." You can choose something that is beneficial to you and me in the future, but remember that you don't tell anyone but me. Because these things will arouse the darkest desires in the heart of a good person, hope, these things, as you know, will become the source of chaos for all people to go crazy. ”
Zhou Nan nodded, but pulled the wound on the back of his head, and couldn't help but groan, which made Hoffman nervous. "Are you alright, do you need me to help you change your dressing?"
"It's okay, I'll go to the city tomorrow to change the medicine."
Hoffman saw that he really didn't look like something was wrong, so he was relieved. "We have to make this our biggest secret, not only other people, but even Caroline and Vera, so that they don't bother them, don't tell them."
Zhou Nan agreed, and then he asked again, "So, what is your next plan?" After immigrating to Switzerland, have you ever thought about what you are doing? ”
"Kelly wants to have a farm of her own, and I don't care. Because of the experience of my life in my dream, I have more life experience and knowledge than anyone else. I can write books and music, and in every aspect, it makes my life very good. ”
"You can also be a virtuoso, Jonas, you have far surpassed me in your performance today, your understanding and integration of music, you are almost a master now. However, your proficiency in playing seems to have declined, why is that? ”
Zhou Nan smiled bitterly and said: "Because in that life, five years later, that is, in 48 years, I lost my left hand, and in the years to come, I always had only one hand." ”
Hearing Zhou Nan say this, Hoffman fell silent and had more pity for the godson in front of him. After a while, he said, "Kelly is just an ordinary German woman, her immigration is much easier, I will find a way to get her to Switzerland with you." If it goes well, I'll take you to Switzerland after selling your current business. ”
Hearing him say this, Zhou Nan was not surprised. He said with some embarrassment: "Yannick, can you go through the immigration procedures for a few more people?" I know a family in Arnhem and I want to leave Arnhem with them. ”
"What kind of people?"
Zhou Nan introduced the identity of Audrey's family, and also said their family's wishes, adults are more difficult to operate, try to focus on children.
Hoffman looked at Zhou Nan, who was a little embarrassed, and laughed. "My Jonas has also grown up, and since it is someone you like, of course I will do my best. They are not Germans, so this is not a difficult thing to do, but I am not sure whether the Swiss side will accept them. You know, Switzerland now has 300,000 refugees, and their lives are not at all easy. ”
Zhou Nan also understood what he meant, because Audrey's family was not German, so as long as General Falkenhausen issued a pass and Dutch Governor Seth Inquart allowed it, Audrey's family could leave the Netherlands.
However, they don't have much property now, and Switzerland has closed its borders to accept refugees, so it is uncertain whether they will be allowed to enter the country.
Switzerland, which has less than four million people, now has an army of 500,000 and now 300,000 refugees. Their country does not have enough land like France, Germany, Italy.
The whole of Switzerland, which is mostly mountainous, then has forests and shallow sandy land where food cannot be grown, and these lands can only be used for grass and pasture, so there is no self-sufficiency in food at all.
Now that men are all serving as soldiers and working in the country, and the farmland can only be cultivated by women, and so many people have to be fed, life in Switzerland is not easy at all.
However, Zhou Nan didn't pay too much attention to these difficulties. Because he still has some money on hand, and it is no problem to rely on this money to support him for two years. By the end of the war in 45 years, Audrey's family would no longer have to take care of her.
Hoffman and Zhou Nan had a discussion about Zhou Nan's life in Switzerland, and it was not until it was getting light and Zhou Nan was exhausted that Hoffman ended the conversation.
However, when he entered the room to rest, Hoffman handed Zhou Nan a stack of materials and asked, "Jonas, since you are going to immigrate to Switzerland, are you ready to become a soldier?" ”
"Ah......h
Although the sky was getting brighter, Zhou Nan didn't feel a little sleepy. In Hoffmann's policy on Swiss naturalization, it is clearly stated that in today's Switzerland, naturalization must be a compulsory soldier. Or two years......