Chapter 30 The New Book Project
Stockholm, an agricultural expert at the Royal Agricultural Society, met with him in London last August for academic collaborations, and he has been collecting information on the spread and evolution of the earth's agricultural species for six months.
Unlike Zhou Nan, who was riddled with trivial matters, the research work of agricultural disciplines has always been monotonous and tasteless. Today's genetics has not developed with the development of science and technology, and agricultural research has become a discipline that eats its old roots, and most researchers cannot see the future path at all.
It was a rare opportunity for Holm to work with Zhou Nan to connect the history of agriculture with human development and expand the impact of agriculture in the humanities, so he cherished this collaboration.
In the past six months, according to the agreement with Zhou Nan, he has counted all the crops that have influenced more than one million people in human history.
This includes wheat, corn, soybeans, and rice, as well as potatoes, sugarcane, tea, and tobacco, which have influenced the course of world history.
There are also cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, sisal, rubber, etc., the emergence of each species, the beginning of human use, and the history of development, can write a thick book.
Zhou Nan cannot be regarded as a scholar alone, everything he is doing now is not so much a scholar as a social activist and thinker.
Although Zhou Nan is not concentrating now, this is more valued by Holm. Because the greater Zhou Nan's influence, the more attention his works will attract from society.
In just one year, Zhou Nan's "General History of the World" laid the foundation for his scholarship, "Humanitarianism" embodied his rich humanistic thoughts, and "European Revival Plan" confirmed Zhou Nan's keen antennae from practical problems.
Even if it is a copy of "Anne Frank's Diary", it has caused huge repercussions all over the world, and everyone is moved by Zhou Nan's humanistic feelings embodied in a simple story.
And that's not even counting that, one of his music recordings has become the best-selling record today, selling millions of copies around the world, which no scholar can do.
On this trip to Switzerland, Holm and his assistant brought a whole box of materials, in order to use Zhou Nan's influence to make his name in the world as an agricultural professor.
Audrey was very happy with Schweitzer's arrival, in addition to learning piano with her mother, Schweitzer can be said to be her first official teacher.
And Schweitzer is not in vain, his piano level is absolutely world-class, even if it cannot be said to be a master, it is definitely world-class, with such a teacher, Audrey has also learned to be strict with herself, and strive not to embarrass her teacher.
In terms of personal conditions, whether it is Zhou Nan or Audrey, they have better basic conditions than ordinary people.
Zhou Nan is gifted, with ten slender fingers, which can span two more keys than ordinary people's fingers. Schweitzer was envious of this, believing that Zhou Nan, like Rachmaninoff, the previous resident of his house, belonged to God's beloved.
Rachmaninov is a genius in the piano world, his hands are bigger than ordinary people, so his piano music is often only played by him, and many of his works are known as the most difficult piano pieces.
Coincidentally, he lived in Villa Sennar for ten years, and after him, Zhou Nan bought the house here and turned it into his home.
Therefore, many people in the festival have always been full of expectations for Zhou Nan, thinking that Zhou Nan can definitely become a piano master as long as he studies hard for a few years.
However, Zhou Nan needs to develop too many directions, and he has not been able to settle down and develop in the piano, which has to be said to be a great pity.
Audrey's condition is also good, her parents are both tall, and in her previous life, she experienced a great famine in adolescence, which caused her a lifetime of damage, but she still has a height of 170.
In this life, she has been well taken care of by Zhou Nan, and now her height has grown to 172. Although she is eighteen years old, it is difficult to grow any longer, but this height is enough.
She has a slender body and a slender skeleton, and in a woman, she also has a great physical advantage in piano performance. However, this advantage is less obvious than that of men.
The real piano masters are almost all men, and this is because men have a greater physical advantage than women.
Schweitzer has always felt regretful, if he had known Zhou Nan a few years earlier, he would definitely have been able to train Zhou Nan to become a piano master.
However, now Zhou Nan has made greater achievements in other directions, and it is destined to be impossible to spend all his energy on the piano.
That night, in the small living room of Zhou Nan's house, everyone listened to a piano concert jointly presented by Schweitzer and Audrey.
Crentweir, the producer of the crew of "The Diary of Anne Frank", also proposed to Zhou Nan to use the piano music of "The Sound of Silence" as the background music of the movie "The Diary of Anne Frank".
Zhou Nan's first set of records can be described as classics, and every piece of music in it has caused a strong response in the world. Although the piano piece "The Sound of Silence" is not a work performed by Zhou Nan, there is nothing amazing in terms of technique, but the waves set off are not small at all.
The melody of this music is slow and sluggish, full of a hallucinatory mood. Listening quietly, it seems that you can feel the confusion and helplessness of life.
This piece is full of a young girl's ignorance and helplessness, and the melody is simple, so it is especially suitable for girls to play. It is also because of this that Audrey, as a player, not only has not been criticized, but has also won the love of many musicians.
It was fitting to use this piece as the background music for the whole movie.
Zhou Nan agreed directly, and didn't even talk about how much money. He handed over these matters directly to Held, and she would never let herself suffer.
Perhaps because he was so excited, Holm couldn't sleep that night, and after falling asleep, he slept very soundly. The next morning, he was awakened by an assistant's knock on the door and found that it was almost eight o'clock.
It's quite rude to come to someone's house for the first time and get up late.
He hurried up to wash up, and when he came downstairs, he found Schweitzer having returned from a run outside, and though he was sixty-two years old, he was as strong as a young man.
"Good morning, Mr. Schweitzer."
"Good morning, Holm, sleep well!"
"Yes, when I came to this quiet farm, I seemed to be relaxed."
Schweitzer stopped and looked around, and couldn't help but sigh: "Switzerland is a country favored by God, and Jonas Farm is the best place in Switzerland among the beautiful landscapes. Even I, confused by the view, had a desire to leave. ”
Holm smiled and said, "Listening to your chat with Jonas yesterday, it seems that you are going to stay in Switzerland for a month, so you can enjoy the mountains and rivers here." ”
Schweitzer smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid that I will lose my will here...... I went to wash up first, and Jonas was on the other side of the woods, and it seemed that he was interested in being a farmer. ”
Hearing him say this, Holm also became a little interested, since Jonas, the master, was not on the side of the main house, he did not need to rush to the main house.
Follow a path next to the guest room, through the woods, and you can see a large pasture. At the foot of the hill to the north of the ranch are two newly-built quaint Swiss houses, which are smoking at this time.
It appears to be the home of Jonas's assistants, Stolko and Held...... This Jonas is not bad for his assistant.
Bypassing the small house of the digester, Holm saw a vegetable garden carved out next to the digester. The vegetable garden is not very large, about five or six hundred square meters in total, half of the area is luxuriously made of glass with a greenhouse, and the other half is open-air, which has been carefully cultivated at this time.
Zhou Nan wore a peasant's suspender pants and was building a wooden frame in the land, and Audrey followed him, handing him wooden sticks and wires from time to time.
The two of them looked as beautiful and charming as the characters in the painting on this quiet morning, and their presence also added a bit of popularity to this quiet farm.
"Hi Jonas......"
Zhou Nan and the others looked back and saw Holm and his student Scott walking over. "Professor Home, did you sleep well yesterday?"
"Very good...... What are you building a shelf for? ”
"Tomatoes, and some are shelves for several kinds of melons and fruits, but they obviously can't be finished today."
Holm approached and observed, "This shelf is quite professional, Jonas, you've learned that before?" ”
"Growing up in the Far East, we grew our own vegetable garden at home, which I learned from my Caroline mother, which is not a profession. Oh...... Professor Home, don't come to help, we should go back to breakfast. ”
Holm looked at his brand-new leather shoes, but did not insist, and stood beside the wooden fence of the vegetable garden and said, "Jonas, is the plan for a new book ready?" ”
"Yes, Professor Home, we have enough time to discuss this today. I have always believed that biological species play an important role in the development of human history, and in fact, it should not be ignored all the time. My dear, pack up your things, don't miss this opportunity when you learn piano with Mr. Schweitzer in the morning. ”
Audrey pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course not, you go back with Professor Holm first, and I'll pack up my things." ”
Walking on a quiet forest path, Zhou Nan told Holm his complete idea.
In fact, this new book is not Zhou Nan's original, but borrows from "Guns, Germs and Steel" that he once read. Of course, he will not copy the original book, but only use the ideas of the original book to write his own things.
He approached Holm to work with him because he had this idea. Otherwise, he would have collected some information on his own and copied the original book directly.
But then, he didn't think it was his own book.