Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Forgotten
Although General Falkenhausen was not an outstanding figure in the ranks of German generals, he did not even go to the battlefield at all in World War II.
But for the Hoffman family, for Zhou Nan, he is the most important nobleman.
From the deep friendship with him in the Far East Yannick, the Hoffmann family also had the opportunity to take off. Departing from Puhai, then staying in Yangcheng for a short time, and finally leaving the Far East for Europe.
Whether it is the Hoffman family or Zhou Nan, they have received too much care from him. Even if Zhou Nan can come to Switzerland with hundreds of thousands of dollars in 43, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve without his help.
What's more, he was an old man with a love for the Far East, not only as the fourth head of the German General Staff, but later as the honorary president of the Sino-German Friendship Association, and in Europe he was always promoting Chinese culture.
Therefore, Zhou Nan was full of respect for this old man.
Upon learning of this news, Zhou Nan immediately sent a telegram to Yannick in Germany, and the result was indeed the same. As a result of Yannick's persistent lobbying, the Americans had decided to release General Falkenhausen for the time being, after communicating with the Belgians.
General Falkenhausen was once the governor of Belgium, and when it came time to settle old accounts, Belgium should have settled with him.
In the original history, it was not until 51 that it was the turn of their group of German officers who committed not very great crimes. General Falkenhausen was sentenced to twelve years, but only three weeks later, the Belgians released him.
Therefore, Zhou Nan has not been worried about his safety, and he has not dared to contact the Americans in person to fight for better conditions for him. Because if he had come forward in person, it would have been difficult to imagine what kind of conditions the Americans would have proposed.
It makes sense for Yannick to come forward, but it will not let the Americans blackmail him once because of this.
Compared with him, the affairs of another general Rommel are more difficult to deal with, because in the original history, Rommel was forced to commit suicide. There was no approval and processing results for him at all, and Zhou Nan had no memory to refer to.
However, the results of his handling can be referred to another German field marshal Dönitz, who was a professional soldier and had not participated in the massacre of civilians, so Dönitz was sentenced to ten years in prison, and he should have been in prison for a shorter time.
Because he was not included in the scope of the Nuremberg Trials at all, he was not a felon. This may also have something to do with his later involvement in the plan against Hetler, and in the eyes of Britain and the United States, a pure military man is worthy of respect.
On September 18, members of Cottages came to Zhou Nan's home to meet with Liang Lin and his wife to discuss the design of the museum and the shopping street.
Zhou Nan also followed them to the selected address to see the scene and put forward his own requirements. First of all, it should conform to the style of harmony between man and nature, secondly, the Oriental Museum should have a pure oriental charm, and then, the commercial street can be a combination of East and West.
This commercial street is not a straight road, but a winding hill, with a total length of only 500 meters, and with the addition of two museums, one east and one west, the actual length should be only about 300 meters.
Although this section of the road is only so short, it is still a wavy shape, roughly high in the west and low in the east.
put forward his own requirements, and Zhou Nan let them discuss it on their own, and then returned to his office and began to deal with the backlog of official affairs and some things that needed to be dealt with during this time.
For example, it is necessary to mobilize two million dollars to the banks in South China, and to send Kelvin, an ambitious young man, to South China to keep an eye on the preparation of the university and look for business opportunities.
Nanhua does not yet have its own national bank, but several Chinese banks have already opened branches in Pontianak, and it is possible that they will relocate their headquarters to Pontianak in the future.
According to Zhou Nan's estimate, Nanhua probably will not set up a national commercial bank in the future, and at most set up a central bank to add a lock to those commercial banks.
Kelvin is not very old, has been engaged in financial work, and has repeatedly suggested that Zhou Nan invest in the banking business. However, although Zhou Nan attaches great importance to finance, he has no intention of controlling a bank.
For Zhou Nan, it is enough to take a stake in a bank, and he values not the bank, but the sovereign wealth fund or investment fund established by the bank.
In fact, all the business activities of a bank are subject to many restrictions, and the development of the banking industry for hundreds of years has basically eliminated the possibility that a commercial bank can directly affect the economy.
Banking is related to the financial stability of a country or a region, and any business activity will involve many things, and it will also face the constraints of unfair competition from banks in other regions or countries.
But funds are different, whether they are equity funds, investment funds, or sovereign funds, they are more flexible than banks, and they are much less restricted.
It's just that although Zhou Nan attaches great importance to the role of the fund, he doesn't know much about this aspect personally.
Funds are a double-edged sword, and if they are not well controlled, they will not only hurt others, but also hurt themselves. Therefore, until he learned more about fund management, he did not dare to enter the industry casually.
It took a week for Zhou Nan to deal with the affairs at hand, calm himself down, and prepare to continue creating.
However, a phone call from Geneva forced him to leave for the Red Cross headquarters in Geneva.
The Jonas Foundation, co-founded by the Red Cross and a number of international celebrities, has finally completed all the preparatory work and is ready to be officially established.
In the preparation of the Jonas Foundation, Schweitzer spent a lot of effort. He is the world's No. 1 volunteer, helping to formulate various selection criteria, determine the selection rules, and improve the selection regulations.
Although this Jonas Foundation bears Zhou Nan's name, it is only because the sources of funds come from Zhou Nan's book "Humanitarianism", and Schweitzer's efforts in this foundation are far greater than Zhou Nan himself.
Because of the best-selling book "Humanitarianism", the Jonas Foundation can now be said to have deep pockets. So the selection rules were divided into two directions from the beginning.
One is for various organizations, and each year an international humanitarian organization is selected with a prize of 500,000 Swiss francs.
The number of individuals is 10, and 50,000 Swiss francs are awarded to each of the nationalities and colours of the world, as long as they meet the criteria for the selection of humanitarianism.
The Nobel Prize prize for 46 years is 150,000 Swedish kronor, which is only about 80,000 Swiss francs at the current exchange rate.
At present, the prize money of the Jonas Fund is not as high as theirs, but the principal is still accumulating, and the prize pool will continue to expand as long as the book "Humanitarianism" continues to sell well.
This is mainly because the Nobel prize pool was originally less than $10 million, and the principal was unchanged. The prize pool of the Jonas Fund, on the other hand, is gradually rising.
Zhou Nan came to Geneva this time, but did not see Schweitzer, and after completing all his work, he went to the tense Balkan Peninsula.
Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union were at odds over aid to the European Recovery Program, which turned the already dire Balkan Peninsula into a powder keg.
Schweitzer collected a batch of medicines and food and recently carried out humanitarian aid in Albania.
For Schweitzer, Zhou Nan admires him from the bottom of his heart, he can indeed be called a great person, a person who has escaped from low-level interests.
At the very least, Zhou Nan thought that he couldn't do his kind of selfless dedication.
Because, now he only thinks about going on vacation with Audrey and Liang Lin on the weekend.
For personal life experience, Zhou Nan attaches more importance than anything else.
He has always believed that nothing in this world is eternal, and that people should experience all kinds of life in their short life.
Although he often convinces himself inwardly, this is also in line with the Taoist theory of emphasis (pronounced zhong) life. But in fact, he is a person who does not depart from low-level interests and pays attention to personal experience.
The first selection of the Jonas Foundation is about to kick off, because of Schweitzer's significant contributions, the first selection, Schweitzer and the leprosy hospital he founded, are among the winners.
But the foundations did not tell Schweitzer and gave him three nominations.
In addition, the Foundation will select about 20 candidates from all over the world. Six winners will then be selected in December, and the awards will be presented in February.
After all this work in Geneva, Zhou Nan couldn't wait to leave here and prepare to go on vacation to Leukerbad.
But when he returned, there was an extra oil bottle by his side, and Melissa heard that they were going to the hot springs, so she had to go with him.
Giving Nord a few business meetings to attend and not having time, but also allowing Melissa to return to Lucerne with him.
Melissa's arrival has also made Jonas Farm a little more popular, Kelly usually likes this little girl the most, and with her in the place, it will not be lonely.
Audrey is a very quiet girl, usually very quiet, and the same is true of Mrs. Lin, who is now a guest on the farm.
Zhou Nan They don't have children now, and during the day, there are more people on the farm, and they don't feel lonely. But at night, such a large farm, just a few of them, is naturally deserted.
Zhou Nan enjoys this kind of loneliness, and Audrey is also used to this kind of life. Only Kelly has been thinking about wanting Zhou Nan and Audrey to have a child, so that the family will be more lively.
led the chirping Melissa into the room, Zhou Nan was still wondering why he didn't see Audrey today, and saw a beautiful woman wearing a light cyan cheongsam, holding a handkerchief, and walking down the stairs.
Zhou Nan couldn't help but be stunned for a while, he didn't expect that Audrey would be so charming in this kind of cheongsam. She already had an oriental graceful temperament, and now it was like a boulder smashing on his soft heart.
For a moment, it occurred to him that he had overlooked something. The founding of the South China Kingdom, how did he forget the ancient costumes and traditional costumes!