The original three-language edition was initially only ready to print 20,000 copies to test the market. However, after some investigation, the publisher increased the print run to 50,000 copies.

From its launch on 11 May to 6 p.m. yesterday evening, the General History of the World ranked second in comprehensive sales of all kinds of books in Switzerland, France, and Italy with 80,000 copies beyond everyone's imagination.

There is no comparison with the champion, because the champion is the Bible, and no book can touch its status at any time. So much so that in later generations, no one included the Bible in sales data at all.

80,000 copies, this data exceeded everyone's predictions, including Zhou Nan. He could have predicted that his book would sell well, but that was after society accepted his theory, and at that time, it was possible to sell millions, if not tens of millions.

But at the beginning, he was able to have such good sales, and he still underestimated the propaganda ability that a political party could play.

The most anxious are the publishers, each of whom is busy increasing the print volume with the printing house, rearranging the process according to the standards of bestsellers, for fear of delaying sales.

On the afternoon of May 18, the first stop of Zhounan's propaganda was the University of Lucerne at his doorstep. In the auditorium, nearly 300 students were given a comprehensive history class of more than two hours, and questions were accepted from the students.

Perhaps because he was also from Lucerne, Zhou Nan was treated with great courtesy, and he was not too embarrassed by the students.

During the four-hour contact process, Zhou You completely explained his original intention of creation, the basis of various perspectives, and some new methods of his own historical research.

This was his first public speech, so he just introduced himself and didn't say anything about the more sensitive topics.

The students still very much agree with him, a "senior" who is not much different in age, and have been asking questions about the content of the book, and there is no mention of his skin color and beliefs.

However, at the end, he was also a little "embarrassed", and some students asked him to perform a song for the students before leaving.

In fact, this student was originally arranged by Etini to promote Zhou Nan's musical talent.

Because Zhou Nan wants to use this lecture and publicity at European universities, and at the same time promote his own music. If you want to become a master, if you are not versatile, how can you be called a master!

The students present were fascinated by the flute song, and as soon as the flute sound fell, it ushered in warmer applause than before.

Early the next morning, the Lucerne newspaper devoted two pages to the full text of Zhou Nan's speech at the University of Lucerne, and selectively published some questions from students.

Zhou Nan finished reading this newspaper in the car, and he was really a little ashamed of the reputation of the newspaper. However, this is also a "hometown" newspaper, and it is natural to promote it from the position of Zhou Nan.

Around noon he arrived in Bern and checked into the Hotel Diteau on the banks of the River Vig. The hotel is the property of a senior party member and has been the home of the Liberal Democrats' party gatherings for more than a decade.

In the afternoon of the same day, at the internal rally of the Liberal Democratic Party, Zhou Nan made his first official appearance and once again promoted his theory to all his colleagues.

However, in the face of these part-time politicians, the focus of Zhou Nan's exposition is certainly different from that of students. For students, his exposition mainly focused on the study of historical theory, social and humanistic changes, and the narrative of philosophical theories.

But in the face of politicians, his main direction of elaboration became the dissemination of the ideas of political economy.

Wandering economic theory lies somewhere between a free economy and proper intervention, opposing unrestricted government intervention in the economy, but also not in favor of a completely free economy.

He has always believed that a completely free economy will only make the economy uncontrollable, and that economic development has periods of rise and decline, including financial crises.

Therefore, appropriate government intervention can not only control the trend of the economy and regulate the economic bubble, but also stabilize the natural forces of the economy.

In fact, from the thirties onwards, a completely free economic market was already unpopular. The financial crisis in the United States has taught all countries a cruel lesson, and Congress and the White House have exerted countless influences on the development of the United States in the past ten years.

An even more striking example is Germany, where people in the early thirties did not even have enough to eat. But it only took ten years for the German economy as a whole to take off.

Although National Socialism has not been recognized by the world because of Hitler, his economic policies have been studied by countries around the world.

Zhou Nan was well aware of the future social changes, and his economic theories were also completely borrowed, organized, and summarized according to the historical development process of another life.

Therefore, although the second volume of his book has not yet been interviewed, his summary of modern society and some of the central ideas of the future can already be released.

Zhou Nan's theory is in line with the needs of the times and is also the mainstream ideology at present. Therefore, his speech at the rally was also welcomed by the vast majority of people.

Even Carl Corbert, the president of the Christian Democratic Party and chairman of this year's Federation Council, extended an invitation to Zhou Nan to hire him as his economic adviser after he stepped down.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Zhou Nan saw the action that made Nord shake his head, so he politely declined.

This is not because the two belong to different political parties, but because Zhou Nan has not had much time for at least a year or two.

Moreover, this adviser is not as glamorous as the presidential adviser of the United States, except for a good reputation and a grant to attend the conference, this adviser has no power.

Switzerland's political system is very strange all over the world, and the country does not have a clear leader, but a coalition of seven people.

Although there is an honorary president every year, he is only useful in diplomatic situations, and he still only cares about his own business internally. Other than that, there is no binding effect on the other six consuls, and they change every year.

With the exception of administrative staff, the vast majority of politicians in Swiss politics work part-time. That's right, whether it's a member of the House of Parliament or a member of the National Council, it's only part-time.

Each councillor has a job of his own, either as a businessman, or as a worker, or even as a farmer. Don't think that just because a farmer can't be a member of parliament, in fact, the percentage of farmers who serve as a councillor is not small.

In Congress, the number may be a little less, but many of the state and municipal councillors are real farmers.

They don't get paid anything other than a stipend when they go to meetings as compensation for lost work. In addition, the annual compensation for lost time cannot exceed the average national income.

That is, even if you are a billionaire, hundreds of thousands per minute. But according to the current standard, when you are a member of parliament and hold a meeting, the daily allowance cannot exceed three times that of ordinary people, and the annual allowance cannot exceed the annual income of ordinary people.

Zhou Nan refused because almost half of this year has passed, and he is afraid that he can only serve as a consultant for half a year at most, or as a competitor.

More importantly, he is not ready to step into the political arena on his own, and if he wants to step into the political arena, then he must at least come up with his own political ideas and development directions, as well as solutions to the political problems that he is concerned about and concerned about.

He was not prepared at all, and of course it was good to refuse.

But seeing Jean Nord's shaking of his head, he then asked Jean Nord separately why he objected. Jean Nord's words are simple: "If you are going to maintain your detached position, you must not have any partiality, and you must not act in a way that is offensive to either side." ”

Of course, Zhou Nan would not let go of this opportunity to ask for advice, and asked: "Then how should some of our political ideas be realized?" ”

"Of course, it's about finding the right agent, and any of our claims will have more positive people who want to realize it, and we just need to find out this person."

Zhou Nan completely understood at this time, not only could he not charge at the front line, but even had to hide behind the scenes. It seems that this position, like the theory he is familiar with, must grasp the balance and compromise of politics.

He laughed again and said, "I haven't congratulated you on the big sales of your book, and the media from all walks of life have spoken highly of your book." ”

Zhou Nan didn't have any smugness, shook his head and smiled: "When they have studied my book thoroughly, they will naturally attack me with some shortcomings in it, and now it is just the calm before the confrontation." ”

He laughed and said, "It's good that you're prepared, but I don't think you're afraid of any academic attacks." ”

Zhou Nan said without modesty: "Before I published it, it was ready. ”

Zhou Nan will not look down on the world because he has more theoretical knowledge and social experience than others, even if he has future knowledge, it does not mean that he can do better than others.

In the case of Jean Nord, he is certainly far inferior to Zhou Nan in terms of theoretical knowledge. But in terms of politics and social aspects, including the experience of compromise and balance, his practical experience definitely surpasses that of Zhou Nan.

Playing politics, Zhou Nan is just a novice, and no matter how rich the theory is, it can't compare to the experience brought by life. If you just apply theoretical knowledge, Zhou Nan will be played around by these politicians.

Coupled with his indifferent nature, he never really wanted to develop in the political arena, which was just his umbrella.

Jean Nord's political resources are very suitable for Zhou Nan, because he has always been a centrist, and as long as he has a good balance, he can exert greater influence than either side, because the centrist is often co-opted by the other two factions.

The Liberal Democrats are centrist in Switzerland, and he and Jean Nord are the centrists of the Liberal Democrats. This also means that they can pry up far more resources than they actually control.

The rally did not end until 11 p.m., and Zhou Nan kept his drinking under control, drinking less than two glasses of red wine in one night. Originally, he wanted to talk to Jean Nord all night about Swiss politics today, but he rushed back to Geneva without hesitation.

The reason turned out to be that he was reluctant to raise those beauties at home...... This made Zhou Nan can't help but complain secretly, it's really a lewd person who can't be without a woman for a day, stick! It's best to end up like Ximen Qing in the Golden Bottle Plum.