If there is anything that the United States is not as good as Europe, it is that there are only a few high-end technologies or disciplines left.

Although as early as 70 years ago, the economy of the United States had surpassed that of the Qing Dynasty and the United Kingdom to become the world's largest economy. But they are like China in the 2000s, relying on scale rather than leading technology.

Before World War I, the United States was a "backward" region. But the two world wars brought too much technical talent and money to the United States, and they gradually caught up with Europe.

However, until the sixties, the advantage of the United States was not obvious. Technologically, they are at most on par with Europe, and militarily, they are not even comparable to the Soviet Union.

It was not until the 60s that the United States finally made them the world's only superpower and power through all-round talent and technological upgrading, and thus gave birth to the world's No. 1 "bandit".

In the seventies, the United States did not dare to act arbitrarily, and in order to contain the Soviet Union, they had to win over the Far East. But by the time we entered the eighties, when the Soviet Union was in decline, their bandit faces were immediately exposed.

From the 90s to 2017, when Zhou Nan's memory ended, it was an era when the United States exercised hegemony and contained the Far East around the world. Although his motherland has gradually caught up in the economy, industry, and science and technology, it has been unable to make major breakthroughs in some traditional cutting-edge fields due to too many constraints.

In this era, no one has yet regarded the United States as the hegemon, because there is a simple and crude Soviet Union, which is a major problem for all European countries.

However, Zhou Nan has always had a very clear purpose in his heart, that is, to restore the vitality of Europe as much as possible, to compete for the interests that originally belonged to the United States, to weaken their power, and to make their hegemonic road a little more difficult.

This, of course, is his most obscure purpose. Not to mention the others, even Etiny, Stolko and Yannick, Zhou Nan has never revealed this thought.

Because now his motherland is completely poor and white, and it cannot even solve the basic national livelihood guarantee, let alone any international competitiveness.

If he tells others now that his homeland will replace the United States as the world's number one industrial power in the future, I am afraid that others will listen to it as the biggest joke.

Zhou Nan didn't play any conspiracy now, it was all a righteous and bright conspiracy. He is now a European, so it is only natural to take the pulse of the European economy from the standpoint of Europe.

As long as he is not openly digging into the corners of the United States, even the Americans cannot say that he is not on this matter. The development of the United States and Europe has always been one of competition and mutual assistance.

In the face of other regions, Europe and the United States seem to be one family, but in many things, the two sides are also inextricably linked, and there are many contradictions.

The simplest example is that de Gaulle was forced to resign by the United States. This incident made France now move closer to the Soviet Union in order to bargain with the United States.

"Although there are external reasons for the detour in the development of Europe, it is more due to the outbreak of contradictions accumulated in the development of its own social mechanism in the course of historical development. Europe's development needs a peaceful environment, and all European countries need to seek common ground while reserving differences and make concerted efforts in order to make better use of existing resources and boost economic development. Today, people gather here from all over the world to let various ideas collide with sparks of wisdom and achieve high output with less input, which is the purpose of our economic forum. ”

"'It's the best of times, it's the worst of times,' the English writer Charles Dickens once described the world after the Industrial Revolution. Today, too, we live in a world of contradictions. On the one hand, material wealth continues to accumulate, scientific and technological progress is changing with each passing day, and human civilization has developed to the highest level in history. On the other hand, wars and regional conflicts are frequent, and countless resources have been turned into weapons to destroy mankind, rather than the source of sustainable human survival and development. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends! The development of world history tells us that there has never been a smooth road to the progress of human civilization, and mankind has advanced in the struggle against difficulties. No matter how great the difficulty is, it is impossible to stop the pace of human progress. When you encounter difficulties, don't blame yourself, don't blame others, don't give up confidence, don't evade responsibility, but work together to overcome difficulties. History is made by the brave. Let's take action, and move forward into the future together! ”

There was warm applause from the audience, but Zhou Nan was not satisfied with today's speech.

Mainly because in such a formal setting, he could not bring up many issues. He dared to say it today, and others will dare to say it in the future, that if the forum is to remain neutral, just, and fair, and does not involve internal affairs, it must not cross that line.

Therefore, Zhou Nan's speech is rather false and empty, and the only central idea is the title of this forum, "The Basis and Conditions for the Revival of Europe", but it does not go into depth.

But on such occasions, this is enough.

The forum's emcee, Fronal Stock, took the stage again and first announced the venue for the five breakout sessions in the evening, then announced that the meeting would be adjourned and everyone would return to the Hilton for dinner.

Dinner is free, and all participants will pay a meal fee for the meeting, and the organizing committee does not care whether they eat or not.

This is the second session, and the influence has not yet spread, and because of Zhou Nan's seedlings, this forum is fundamentally different from the previous life.

In the past, the World Economic Forum was originally the European Management Forum, and the participants were all business people, experts and scholars.

The collapse of the Bretton Woods fixed-exchange-rate mechanism in 1973 and the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war led the Forum to broaden the focus of its annual meeting from the area of management to economic and social issues, and political leaders were invited to participate for the first time in 1974.

In addition to the annual forum, the organizing committee has also set up a number of foundations and industry mutual aid organizations.

This also made the organizing committee of that forum full of money, and its influence became more and more influential.

From the very beginning, the forum of Zhounan did not directly attract industrial and commercial enterprises to join. The main reason is that World War II has just ended, the development of all walks of life is very uneven, and the regional economy is also unbalanced, so he is not in a hurry.

Zhou Nan was prepared to start membership services after the third session at the earliest, and at the latest in the fifties, at that time, as long as there was influence, there was no worry about no members joining.

Moreover, he will also set a high threshold, so that all members who can join will be proud of it, and will never be afraid of the high membership fee.

The elevator goes up to the fifth floor of the Hilton Hotel, because the hill at the top of the peninsula is only more than 30 meters high, so all the buildings here cannot be taller than the hill. The Hilton Hotel has five floors and the Convention Center has three floors, and neither of them is more than 30 meters high.

At the door of the elevator stood an acquaintance whom Zhou Nan knew, the deputy head of the delegation from the Netherlands, and the congressman Niskeren. He warmly shook Zhou Nan's hand and said, "Jonas, please come with me." ”

The Hilton Hotel is a newly built hotel, and the facilities are state-of-the-art for its time, but it is definitely not luxurious. The hotel is positioned as a conference hotel, not a luxury hotel.

So even the Dutch Prime Minister Louis Bell lived in a suite.

Sitting down in the living room of the suite, some of the security personnel left the room, leaving only Bell and five or six high-ranking officials. And Zhou Nan only followed Stolko here, he had too many entertainments, and Etinny had to help him entertain some guests who were not important.

Bell also knew that Zhou Nan's time was urgent, and after greeting Zhou Nan, he said straight to the point: "Jonas, we need your help, in Borneo, the Chinese community there does not trust our promises very much, they would rather believe in the Soviet Union and the Yankees, but dare not believe us." Although we have secretly explained to them that this plan has your shadow, they still need to see you before they can decide. ”

Of course, you Dutch have been too treacherous in the past and have formed a deep hatred with the Chinese, so the Chinese refuse to believe you.

But of course, Zhou Nan couldn't say this, because he knew that this plan would be beneficial to the Chinese for at least decades. With their own independent country, it is impossible for the massacre to happen again in the future, and if they have their own guns, the Chinese will not be lambs to be slaughtered in Southeast Asia in the future.

"I can't go to Southeast Asia, the Americans, the Soviets, they don't want me to go. Moreover, the natives there probably hate me even more, and if I dare to set foot on the land there, countless assassinations await me. ”

"We know, so we invited the Chinese representatives to come to the Netherlands to negotiate. Next month, I hope you can go to the Netherlands, and I will arrange your meeting. ”

Zhou Nan agreed directly, and said with a smile: "I hope they can listen to me." ”

Bell looked at Zhou Nan's young face and couldn't figure out how such a young man had now become a spiritual symbol of the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

And all this is the result of their Dutch initiative to create gods.

In order to win over the local Chinese, they told the local Chinese about Zhou Nan's role in this plan, showing the sincerity of their side. Those Chinese knew that all this was Zhou Nan's operation from the beginning, and immediately made her an idol to worship.

He also saw some photos taken from Southeast Asia, and countless Chinese families have collected photos of Zhou Nan, and in interviews with those Chinese, their admiration for Zhou Nan was overflowing.

Fortunately, Zhou Nan is one of the Orientals who sees the world with his eyes open, and he sees the development of the world more clearly than the vast majority of people in the world. And his thinking is also Western-style thinking.

The relationship between the Netherlands and the Chinese changed from oppression to mutual support, and only in this way could the Netherlands maintain its interests in Southeast Asia under the double oppression of the Soviet Union and the United States, and the Chinese could have their own country.

At least for the time being, their interests are aligned.