Chapter 123 Busy
Clarence House and Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle are all the main residences of the British royal family.
Buckingham Palace is the office space, and Clarence House is currently Eliza's new house, and five years later, when Eliza ascended the throne, she moved into Buckingham Palace, which became her mother's residence and later Prince Charles's residence.
As for Kensington Palace, it became the residence of Marita, and later the residence of Prince William and Prince Harry.
Windsor Castle, on the other hand, is the main residence, and when there is no official business, the royal family likes to live there.
Clarence Palace is also part of St. James's Palace, so it is much smaller in size. However, even with Eliza and her female officers, the place was still empty.
Zhou Nan didn't like such a big house, he felt that he didn't have any popularity when he lived in it, and it was going to be haunted.
However, the gringos are not taboo about this, they do not have the concept of oriental ghosts, and even the houses near the cemetery are sold for a little more expensive than the houses in other places.
There is a buffet at noon, but in the evening there are fewer people, so the food is much more plentiful. However, most people don't care about food at all, they care more about being in the ranks of invitations, and it will be more face-saving to say it.
It was also at this time that Zhou Nan had a brief conversation with Philip, he was a few months older than Zhou Nan, and although he showed great respect for Zhou Nan, it was also clear that he had no interest in academics.
His interests are in eating, drinking, and having fun, and how to attract girls. If it weren't for the fact that he was really handsome and extraordinary, Zhou Nan really had the feeling of flowers inserted in cow dung.
Because it is the wedding night of the newlyweds, the British do not have the habit of making a hole in the cave room, let alone the princess cave room. So at ten o'clock in the evening, the band broke up and the ball ended.
The young people who attended the dinner party left one by one, and when they left, Marita didn't know what to say to Audrey, so that Audrey, who had a good personality, chased after her smiling coquettishly.
After getting into the car, Zhou Nan couldn't help but ask Audrey with curiosity, Audrey looked at Popler who was driving and refused to speak.
After arriving home, Audrey was tired from the day and went upstairs to rest. Zhou Nan didn't have such a good life, and several assistants and Stolko were still waiting to report to Zhou Nan.
"The OECD in Paris invites you to attend their negotiating meeting on the 24th when you return to Switzerland."
"What's the meeting?"
"Or an arrangement to coordinate the needs of countries for economic assistance projects......"
The main thrust of the European Recovery Plan is to look at Europe as a whole, so it is necessary to classify the aid programs of the United States, and the assistance received by each country varies slightly.
"Reply to them, I'll participate."
"The selection of the Jonas Foundation's Top Individuals has come to an end, and the Red Cross in Geneva would like you to do some selection at your convenience."
Zhou Nan looked at the calendar in the room, he was attending a meeting in Paris on the 24th, he was going to have a regular meeting in Bern on the 26th, and he had time to go to Geneva on the 27th.
"Then go to Geneva on the 27th. Before the 10th of next month, it's not an important arrangement, so help me push it off. ”
Etinny looked at the schedule and said, "Other arrangements can be postponed, but the interview with Time Magazine, which has been confirmed on December 1st, cannot be dismissed, because it is related to your appearance on the cover of the Person of the Year on January 1 next year." ”
"I know this...... Winter is coming, and it's time for me to write quietly. In the second half of this year, I barely wrote anything, but I don't have time to write yet. ”
Etinny looked at Stolko and said, "Then in the period before going to Sweden to receive the Nobel Prize on the 10th, we will try not to disturb your creation." ”
Nanhua is preparing to hold the founding ceremony on January 1, 48, and Zhou Nan is ready to return to Asia after receiving the award. I will have to stay in Asia for at least half a month before I can come back.
Then he has to prepare for the Jonas Foundation awards, the third economic forum, etc., in short, before March next year, he wants to write, and he can only find time to write.
And the book "Human Society" that is being written now is almost entirely new, and if you want to write it no worse than "General History of the World", you must seriously study and create it.
Zhou Nan didn't want to create a book casually, and in the end he was criticized by others for being indiscriminate, and Jiang Lang was exhausted.
Originally, I wanted to write half this year, half next year, and sort it out the year after next, but this year is almost over, and now less than one-fifth of the whole book is written, far behind the scheduled plan.
Stolko said: "Rotentum sent a telegram saying that Professor Lin and the others have completed the design draft, and they just need to wait for you to go back and finalize it, and then we can start construction." ”
Zhou Nan asked strangely: "Didn't you say that it is not suitable to start work in winter?" ”
"It's just digging the foundation, not building, and it can start in winter."
The most difficult part of building a house on the peninsula is digging the footing, because the whole peninsula is made up of rock jutting out of the Rigi Mountains, and only a layer of soil covering is not thick on it.
You don't need to dig a corner to build a small house, but to build a large building like a museum, you need to use explosives to blow it up.
Like the main house where Zhou Nan lives now, he dug an extra basement at the beginning, and it took more than a month to dig a basement of more than 100 square meters in the stones under the ground.
Now the museum also needs a secure basement to store some valuables, and the basement needs to be built for a longer time.
Zhou Nan nodded and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
Stolko handed Zhou Nan a copy of the document and said: "This is a summary of some sensitive political events that happened today. You can read the evening newspaper in a moment. As for tomorrow's work schedule, we will talk about it tomorrow morning. ”
Zhou Nan smiled: "This is the best news." You all know that I am most annoyed by socializing, but after a whole day of socializing today, I am already exhausted. ”
When he was about to go upstairs with the materials, Zhou Nan thought about it again. "Have you found out the identity information of those Chinese in Malaysia?"
Etinny pointed to the information in his hand and said: "We sent the name to Nanhua, and then Nanhua also replied to the telegram, but unfortunately even Song did not understand the content. ”
It turned out that Zhou Nan had two full-time telegraph operators around him, and even more part-time. But as the relationship with Nanhua became closer, two telegraph operators who knew Chinese were added to help translate the messages.
Song Daguang was the telegraph operator who followed Zhou Nan, and he stood up a little embarrassed and said: "Maybe in order to save money, the telegrams they sent were translated into classical Chinese, and I don't know the meaning of some places." ”
Zhou Nan flipped through the information and found two telegrams with thousands of words at the end, and more than a dozen people, each of whom introduced their general situation in less than 100 words.
For classical Chinese, Zhou Nan has no dyslexia. He smiled and said: "Daguang, you also need to strengthen the training of classical Chinese, this is the essence of our ancestors!" If you translate this thousand words in English, it would be more than 5,000 words, but now you can do it in two pages. ”
He modestly said, "Following you is a good opportunity for me to learn." ”
Zhou Nan waved his hand. "I'm going to rest, you should rest and rest, and if you want to go to the nightlife, don't disturb the others."
Back in the bedroom, Audrey had finished her shower, and was still chatting with Mrs. Hemstra about some of the events of the day. Seeing that Zhou Nan was about to lie on the bed, he hurriedly grabbed him. "Don't crumple this dress, we'll have to wear it in a while!"
"Then you help me find my pajamas, and I'll go to the study next to me to change."
Lady Hemstra laughed and said, "I'm done, Jonas, the Queen knows that you are going to Asia for the New Year, and you will definitely not be able to receive the medal on the number one, and she said that she will propose that Congress present you with an award in Asia." ”
Zhou Nan shook his head and said: "I don't want to publicize this matter too much, I may still receive the award in Europe, if the award is presented to me in Asia, I will refuse." ”
She paused and asked, "Why?" ”
"Don't you think it's a bit too lofty to present me with an award in front of the people of Nanhua? I am the pride of the South Chinese, they are proud of me, and now I am receiving a medal from them? What will this make the people of South China think? ”
Mrs. Hemstra's political sensitivity is also very keen, and she immediately nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, I will help you coordinate it and not let this matter affect your image." ”
Zhou Nan was originally willing to accept this award because it was the highest medal of the Netherlands, and it was also to bring him closer to the Netherlands.
However, the impact of this incident should not spread to the newly founded South China, because it will cast a shadow on the newly established national self-confidence of the South Chinese people.
Therefore, you can ask for medals, but you can get them in Europe, even if the Dutch parliament develops a conference. You just can't do this in South China, in front of all the Chinese, it's not good for anyone, including the Dutch.
Maybe they didn't pay attention to the hurt of the feelings of the Nanhua people in this matter, but Zhou Nan, who was now much more sensitive, could suddenly feel that something was wrong.
After Mrs. Hemsstra left, Zhou Nan changed into pajamas and was finally able to lie comfortably in bed.
Audrey was also tired for a day, lying beside Zhou Nan and not wanting to move. "Jonas, Marita said she'll bring two more friends to our house this year, okay?"
"Of course it doesn't matter, although we are not big, but there is no problem with a few more people, you can decide for yourself."
Seeing that Zhou Nan's eyes were still staring at the information in her hand, she was a little unhappy and grinded her teeth on Zhou Nan's arm, and Zhou Nan hurriedly raised her arm in fright. "What do you want to do?"
Audrey Jiao smiled and said, "Who told you not to care about me...... I see you're enjoying dancing with Pamela tonight! ”
Zhou Nan laughed, pinched her little face and said, "Jealous? They're your friends, and they're deliberately teasing me tonight! ”
"But you're enjoying it......"
This is really a little jealous, Zhou Nan put down the information, looked into her eyes and said: "Everything I did was because of you, I tolerated them, just to make you more face-saving in front of them." ”
"Then you're not tempted?"
Zhou Nan said firmly: "No! ”
Audrey smiled again, got up and kissed him, shrunk into the bed again, and wrapped her arms around him like an octopus. "Okay, I believe you, you look at the documents, I won't bother you."
Zhou Nan threw the information aside and lay down. "I've already bothered me, think about it, you are much more important than information, my main task now is to serve you first......"
Audrey grinned, avoiding Zhou Nan's kiss, but her arms were hugged tighter......
(Thank you Lin Yayidong for your reward, I am grateful)