Chapter 178 The Future Direction of Germany
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The yard of the castle is full of cars. It was supposed to be a home place, but it became even more lively than a hotel.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Nan couldn't help but sigh. "Mom, is this the way the family looks every day?"
Caroline smiled and touched his hair, saying, "I know you don't like social engagements, but sometimes life needs to be faced seriously. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight. Yanik is also for this family."
Manfred, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said: "Most of them are Volkswagen suppliers, and you don't need to come to socialize. However, there are a group of guests who come here specifically for you. I also hope that you can allow me to listen when you meet."
Zhou Nan immediately guessed who it was. "Is it Prime Minister Adenauer?"
Manfred nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what to write and what not to write."
Zhou Nan smiled and said, "Last time I heard Claudio complain that you were going to be promoted to editor-in-chief. It was Janik who asked you to resign from the position of editor-in-chief."
Manfred said embarrassedly: "I am only 20 years old and do not have the ability to be the editor-in-chief."
Zhou Nan nodded and said, "Manfred, being able to recognize your abilities means that you are mature. Don't be impatient. When you have any abilities, you will naturally have a position that suits your abilities."
The hall on the first floor was full of guests waiting for Yanik to receive. When everyone saw Zhou Nan and his party enter the door, they all stood up and greeted him.
Zhou Nan nodded to everyone with a smile, but did not stay on the first floor, and followed Caroline to the second floor.
At the staircase on the second floor, there were nearly twenty people standing, and the tall Adenauer was the leader.
The establishment of West Germany and East Germany this year indicates the formal division of Germany. The West German government has Bonn as its capital and originally hoped to develop rapidly with the help of the European revival plan, but the Berlin crisis has made the whole of Germany feel in panic.
In such an environment, the West German government can be said to be struggling.
The CDU led by Adenauer has now gained more and more support within West Germany and has become a political force that cannot be ignored.
No one knows better than Zhou Nan. It is this old man who is over 70 years old this year who leads West Germany to rise again in ruins.
Since the Berlin crisis, Zhou Nan has never been to Germany again in order to avoid suspicion.
Wolfsburg is located on the dividing line between West Germany and East Germany. It is sensitive to the location here. Although it belongs to West Germany, it has to be influenced by East Germany. This is the first time Zhou Nan has been here this year.
Zhou Nan was not surprised by Adenauer's appearance. If he didn't appear while Zhou Nan came here for vacation, he would not be a qualified politician.
And he can be called the greatest German ever, of course he will not miss this opportunity.
Caroline's mother introduced them to meet and took Audrey and the others to settle down first. Zhou Nan did not bring too many entourages this time, and only two telegraphers asked them to settle down first, and chatted with them, one by one.
Of course, this chat is just for him. People in Germany attach great importance to the opportunity they finally had. These people come from different fields and want to raise all the problems they are facing now with Zhou Nan.
Currently, Germany mainly faces two problems. The first is political issues. The East-West Germany is divided, the government is in a leader, and diplomacy and military are almost all controlled by the Allied forces. Now German politicians have no ability to compete with them.
They can only accumulate their own strength in a limited space, and then rely on the alms of the Allies to get back their power from the Allies bit by bit.
Now they are all preparing for the election in five months, hoping to restore West Germany to a sovereign state as soon as possible.
The second problem is economic issues. Germany is barely able to pass this year. After two years of torture, grain production within West Germany is about to return to pre-war levels.
Although the food self-sufficiency is only 70% at present, the food has never been completely self-sufficiency since the history of Germany. Seventy percent is already a very high level.
After the establishment of Nanhua, a ship of rice was transported to Germany through the Dutch cargo ship. Rice was not originally a staple food in Europe, but when you are hungry, it was already a very happy thing to have rice to eat.
Of course, Germany has also received a lot of returns to South China. This year, more than 60,000 German engineers and technicians went to South China to work.
Attracted by the Nanhua Skilled Immigration Regulations, as long as the technicians needed by Nanhua can be assigned a two-story villa with a yard for free. About half of them took their families there.
There are nearly 100,000 Germans who have settled in Nanhua today, and have become the largest foreign race in Nanhua, besides Chinese and indigenous people, and have surpassed Dutch foreigners.
Germany's economic revival was still relatively difficult in 48 years, and several large industrial areas are currently under severe exploitation.
Especially the French, they wanted to empty Germany.
The European revival plan has been implemented, but the entire industrial development has not yet returned to normal.
Professor Ehard discussed the most about the economic development of West Germany.
Ludwig Ehard was one of the representative figures of the Neoliberal School of Federal Germany. In 47, the University of Munich awarded him the title of honorary professor.
After the war, Germany led the introduction of monetary and economic reforms and established a social market economic order; in 1948, he began to implement monetary reforms and replaced the old marks with the new German marks.
Just before Zhou Nan came to Germany, he changed from a liberal to a member of the CDU and was entrusted with important tasks by Adenauer.
Zhou Nan is also very interested in him because he is one of the founders of the social market economy and has served as Minister of Economic Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister from next year.
If Adenauer is a paternalistic politician, good at integrating all forces and uniting.
Then Ehard is a scholarly politician who is good at solving economic problems.
Seeing that they were now like their comrades-in-arms, Zhou Nan always sighed that he had been changing the world.
These two close comrades later had many conflicts due to the development direction of Germany.
Adenauer has always been wary of the United States, hoping to win over the forces of European countries to restrain the United States and prevent Europe from becoming a vassal of the United States.
So even though France has been aggressive, Adenauer satisfies them as much as possible, in order not to leave deeper hatred among European countries.
Ehard's political ability is not as good as Adenauer, his advantage is his professional economic ability. In 49 years, under his leadership, Germany stabilized the domestic economic situation and the monetary reform was a complete success.
Next year, the economic level of West Germany basically returned to its pre-war level. After the supply of goods in the market was abundant, prices began to fall. From then on, the Federal Republic of Germany got rid of severe inflation and deflation and was on the right path to smooth sailing.
This is all Ehad's credit.
However, his political ability is not as good as that of Adenauer. After becoming Prime Minister, he was completely inclined toward the United States in terms of economy, which triggered a serious political and economic crisis and finally stepped down in disgrace.
Germany was able to get out of the predicament quickly after World War II, mainly relying on the combination of their two swords.
Therefore, Zhou Nan intended to guide Ehard to separate economic and political cognitively from the very beginning.
Adenauer is a clear-minded politician, so he knows how to choose and is determined when he goes to the right path.
When Ehard had stronger economic capabilities and more professionalism, his understanding of the entire international situation was not as good as Adenauer.
Zhou Nan did not want to see a Germany that was completely biased towards the United States. He also hoped that European countries could unite as soon as possible and become a pole that was economically on par with the United States.
Only in this way can the United States not act unscrupulously as the maker of world rules and leave more abundant international space for future Chinese people.
Anyway, Zhou Nan started to move this move a few decades ahead of schedule. As long as he could create some obstacles to the development of the United States, it would be successful.
This country is so outrageous!
After fully exchanging opinions on the situation in Germany, Zhou Nan also made no reservations and made a detailed analysis of the current difficulties and changes in the future situation. When it was getting late, no one left for supper and left Wolfsburg.
Zhou Nan only saw Yanik who was free at this time.
Long-term rise has given Janik more of the qualities of a big shot. Volkswagen is not only one of the most successful companies in Germany, but also highly respected in German politics due to Zhou Nan's relationship.
With the policy of introducing technical talents implemented by Nanhua in 1948, Yanik is almost the European agent of Nanhua.
He sent 100,000 people to Nanhua and brought back a large amount of food and clothes from Nanhua.
Under his guidance, small German companies went abroad one after another. They received support from Swiss banks and built factories in South China, with a total contract capital of US$400 million.
Seeing his energetic appearance, Zhou Nan suddenly thought of the scene in his memory of another life where he found his body in the woods of Belgium.
Zhou Nan couldn't help but shivered, shook his head, and forgot that scene.
The world has changed, and that can never happen again.
Yanik greeted Zhou Nan intimately. "Jonas, come here quickly and talk to me about what you talked about when you met with the five-star general."
But Caroline said unstoppably: "Go and wash your hands and prepare for dinner. If you have anything to say, you father and son will say it after dinner."
Zhou Nan shrugged and said, "In the Hoffman family, women are the biggest!"
Yannik shook his head and smiled, "No, no, no, in the Hoffman family, men are the biggest, but men should respect women."
The women in the room couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Melissa suddenly said, "Lion, have you heard that your father said that you should respect women, and you should respect me in the future. Otherwise, I will cry for you."
Even the guest, Jeon Nord laughed embarrassedly, and the laughter of the others became even louder.
Only Leon rolled his eyes, but sighed helplessly.
Chapter completed!