Chapter 13: Twists and Turns
Resolving Audrey's identity documents is a problem, though. She used a false identity to marry Zhou Nan in the presence of the Nazis, and then emigrated to Switzerland. What's more, her father was a Nazi supporter, so this way, the identity is not easy to whitewash.
She needs to solve more reputation problems than in another life, but Zhou Nan has no regrets at all. Because if she doesn't leave, she will be starved and bone-covered, causing a lifetime of damage, and even wanting to have a child, she has had five miscarriages.
The matter of immigration documents should not be difficult, he only needs to go to the registry office in Lucerne and change Audrey's identity documents. Now that Germany has lost the war, many people are changing their previously changed identity documents.
But this marriage status is not easy to manage, because their marriage is not recognized by the British government. Coupled with the fact that Lady Hemstra now wants to fight for Audrey for a nobleman, then Audrey, who is married and still married to an Oriental, of course, no single Audrey is easier to obtain the status of nobility.
Zhou Nan pondered for a while and said: "I think I understand your thoughts, in order for Audrey to obtain noble status and not let her be interfered with because of her father's identity, I agree to temporarily hide my marriage relationship with her, and go to the relevant departments in Switzerland to change the corresponding documents." ”
"There's no need to rush. I'm not sure I'm going to convince Audrey's grandfather, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to convince the British royal family. ”
Zhou Nan said firmly: "Even if you spend money, you have to buy Audrey a noble status." ”
Don't say that now, even in the 21st century, an aristocracy is still the envy of all. With this identity, there are many hidden benefits for Audrey's development in the fashion industry and becoming a fashion queen.
Moreover, the status of the British aristocracy is also good in the United States. The United States today is not a posterity, and the racial problem in the United States today is very serious. The Jews lived cautiously, and blacks could only live in designated areas, and as for the Chinese and Latin American colored peoples, they were only slightly better off than blacks.
Who is the highest status in the United States? The Orange-Saxons, this has not changed until the 21st century.
Speaking of which, the Jews in the United States did well in later generations, because they developed through decades of unremitting efforts. But until the 21st century, there are still many industries that they are not allowed to enter.
From the beginning, Jews were not allowed to enter the traditional industrial field, and although it was later liberalized, Jews were still not allowed to enter the field of national security of the United States. For example, the military industry and oil industry are very few well-developed Jews.
Famous universities in the United States have restrictions on Jewish admission, such as Harvard, which once stipulated that Jews cannot exceed 20 percent, although this law did not take effect, but since then, the proportion of Jewish enrollment has not exceeded this data, and it has been declining year after year. Other universities are much the same, with strict Jewish enrollment.
More Jews could only develop in the old profession of finance and in new industries such as film, but the Jews were still very competitive, and they eventually developed many of the new industries into large industries. Like the later IT industry, which was originally a new industry, eventually became a mainstream industry, and the Central Glo-Saxons had no way to control it.
If there were a little more of them, it could affect the position of the Angru-Saxons. But there are only a few more than 5 million Jews in the whole of America, or 3 percent of the population, just the population of a large city. Until the 21st century, they have not really affected the position of the Angru-Saxons.
Audrey does not have the identity of a British nobleman, just because of her background, she was popular with Paramount as a sister after filming a Roman holiday, and her status in the film industry is higher than that of countless old actors.
If she had a noble status, it would be more beneficial to her development.
During Arnhem's days, Audrey accompanied her mother to enjoy rare warmth, but Zhou Nan was busy sorting out her manuscripts.
He needs to go through his manuscript from start to finish, collate all the borrowed content in it, and then make a list of those things so he can know what to look up where.
Most of the content should be available in Swiss libraries, but some of the more confidential records of events in other countries, and some of the more remote data, still need to be consulted in the country where they are located.
How to access these data, Zhou Nan also has to make a plan.
It was also the first time that Mrs. Hemstra knew that Zhou Nan had written a book, and although she was not interested in reading a book on humanities and history, she admired Zhou Nan's talent even more.
Suddenly, Zhou Nan also became someone else's child, and was regarded as a role model for Mrs. Hemstra to educate her two children. This made Audrey's second brother Ian very unhappy, and forced Zhou Nan to agree to many of his conditions, and Zhou Nan's wolf dog car was also lent out by him many times.
It was not until the 5th of January that they left Arnhem in the reluctance of Mrs. Hemstra.
Ian was quite upset, because he was going to get married in the summer, and when the time came, Zhou Nan would come to Arnhem, and then to England. Zhou Nan and the others will not stay in Switzerland, and his plan to go to Switzerland for his honeymoon has also been ruined.
This parting, there is not much sadness, because there is peace, and it is no longer a parting of life and death. The postal systems of European countries are also being restored, and they have left their home addresses and are able to write letters to each other.
Returning to Switzerland, Zhou Nan also met Kelly's boyfriend, Gleiwin. This Mr. Bucher has a strong farmer's build, honest and honest, but a little machismo.
But drinking and beating his wife is the norm for European men in this era, and there are very few men like Zhou Nan. Women are also accustomed to this way of marriage, and there is not much sense of inequality.
After all, society develops slowly. Only after experiencing economic development from the 50s to the 70s and having a better economic foundation will people pursue the spiritual pursuit after material satisfaction.
Kelly is quite satisfied with the other party, and the other party also likes a fat person like Kelly, of course Zhou Nan has no opinion, of course he wants Kelly to be happy.
What's more, a woman like Kelly is strong and strong, and Glevin is not necessarily her opponent, and Zhou Nan is not afraid that Kelly will be beaten by him as a sandbag in the future. On the contrary, he was a little worried about Gleving!
After Audrey came back, she and Stephanie started the next stage of rehearsals, the two girls were very interested and willing to endure hardships, Zhou Nan asked someone to decorate a room on the third floor as their practice room.
In fact, they moved the record player up, and then installed a row of large mirrors on the wall so that they could see their dancing.
After Audrey started school again, Zhou Nan went on a trip to Zurich and Basel, two large cities in northern Switzerland. As in Lucerne, Zhou Nan found two sociology students in each city and asked them to help him make a list of all the history and humanities books and give a brief introduction to the main contents of the books.
This time, he was not in a hurry and gave the other party a month, because in the library in Lucerne alone, he would need at least a month to consult the materials.
If he really writes a book from scratch, I am afraid that he will have to spend decades like the original author, enriching his content little by little.
Every morning, he would leave the house with Audrey. After dropping Audrey off at school, go for a run by the lake. After the library opened, he began his day's work, according to the content of the manuscript, to find the basis for the book, and in this way, all the contents of the book were confirmed.
This is not in a hurry, but Zhou Nan is not in a hurry. He still has a large amount of money in his hand now, saving a little money, enough for them to use for decades.
Without the pressure of life, he can also enrich the content of his books with peace of mind.
But life did not develop according to his wishes, and after Meghan's new mayor came to power, Mr. Thomas, who had a good relationship with Zhou Nan, actually lit Zhou Nan as one of the three fires of his new office.
The time has entered the end of January, and it will be the Spring Festival soon. The Chinese New Year's Eve of 46 is February 1, so Zhou Nan has been preparing for the New Year recently.
Although there is no Spring Festival in Switzerland, Zhou Nan has to spend it himself. He always believes that the customs of the Spring Festival are the most quintessential national culture of the Chinese nation, and the Spring Festival can represent the cohesion of the Chinese nation more than any other custom.
As soon as she came back from Audrey that day, Kelly sat unhappily on the sofa in the living room alone, and when she saw them, she said angrily: "Thomas took office, and all three of us voted for him, but I didn't expect that after he took office, he actually targeted us from the beginning." ”
"What happened?"
Kelly slipped a letter into Zhou Nan's hand: "This is what he gave me this afternoon, saying that he would vote on our residency rights in three days, and asked you to explain on the spot why you did not accept the work arranged by the government." ”
Audrey sighed and looked at Zhou Nan with some concern. "Why would he do that? We have not sinned against him! ”
Zhou Nan read the official letter and understood a little. He didn't want Audrey to worry about this, so he comforted her and said, "It's okay, I think I can handle it, this is political ......"
The words were easy, but Zhou Nan knew that this matter was indeed not well thought out by him, and then it was a little difficult to do.
Although the war is over, Switzerland's wartime economic system has not yet been completely reversed. People also need to serve the country, and then the government is still distributing food to every population.
After Zhou Nan returned from the army, he did not accept the job arranged by the government, but he still enjoyed the food distributed by the government. Although this is not a big deal, and everyone knows that this system will be changed soon, there are many reservists who still enjoy the benefits of the state when they return, but they do not have jobs.
But who made Zhou Nan a foreigner, and he is not yet an official resident of Megan!
Switzerland received him, he was a national of Switzerland, Lucerne received him, he was a resident of Lucerne. But Meghan hasn't really received him yet, as they haven't accepted a community vote yet.
Someone else can enjoy the benefits of the state without working, but in him this is a stain. If he doesn't have the right reasons, then the matter can indeed influence the opinion of the community to vote.
The most hateful thing is that in order to kill chickens and monkeys, this Mayor Thomas actually arranged these two things together. Three days later, he will review and explain at the polling site, and this matter will definitely directly affect the outcome of the vote.
(I promise, there will be no more depressive plots later, and this plot is also to make the protagonist change his mindset.) )