Chapter 23: The Third Force

A simple estimate shows that the wealth accumulated by the Li family over several generations is about 14 million US dollars.

A large part of them are fixed assets, such as more than 20 ships of shipping companies, shops and properties on several streets on the embankment, warehouses near the Saigon pier, and thousands of acres of fertile land in the suburbs.

With the development of the aviation industry, there will be fewer and fewer people traveling by boat, and passenger and cargo ships, which are neither fast nor particularly luxurious, will retire from the stage of history in a few years. Other bulk carriers with a displacement of only a few thousand tons will also be eliminated by more advanced, safer, longer-range, and more economical 10,000-ton ships.

It is necessary to transform, and when there are enough funds on hand, go and talk to Liu Jinghui, the actual principal of the shipping company.

Shops, real estate, and thousands of acres of fertile land in the suburbs are easy to solve, and it is not surprising that Saigon will usher in a wave of abnormal prosperity, with millions of people pouring in, everything will rise, and it will definitely be sold for a good price when the time comes.

The rice mill was closed, leaving a pool of idle money.

Including the capital in the three banks and the old man's deposits in BNP Paribas, HSBC in Hong Kong, OCBC Bank in Singapore and Citibank in Hong Kong, he can now draw on at least six million dollars.

Warren Buffett, the "god of stocks", started with tens of thousands of dollars and became a snowball of the world's richest people, and even became the richest man in the world for a time.

Young Master Ben has six million dollars on hand, and he has the advantage of foresight, it is too easy to become the richest man. It's just that people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and they don't want to live again in vain, and they want to do a big career, so it seems that they can only be the invisible richest man.

Six million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 100 million US dollars in the post-world, can count one by one to hand cramps, Li Weimin has never been so excited as tonight.

After determining the first stage of the transformation plan and sending away the Heshan fellow who was going to work hard with him next, he returned to the office again and asked unsatisfactorily: "Jiachang, is there anything else?" ”

"Yes."

Liu Jiachang lit a cigarette and said expressionlessly: "The embankment is mixed, and there are Pingchuan faction ruffians. There are idle, unprofessional, and small-hooligans who want to get something for nothing all day long. You're going to do big things in the future, and it's not safe to continue living in your home.

I helped you find a bungalow near the U.S. Embassy, a three-story building, a single family, the original owner is a wealthy French businessman, very beautiful inside and out, and an air conditioner, you can live in it, close to the U.S. Embassy, much better than home. ”

It is not far from the embankment to the city, but there are many people and congestion often occurs. It's inconvenient and unsafe to go back and forth, and you really should move to the city.

Li Weimin nodded slightly, and Liu Jiachang continued: "I don't understand politics, but I know the situation in Saigon. For the people, to put it bluntly, I really don't think about Ng Dinh Diem. But it's too late to say this, and now that you've made up your mind, be careful wherever you go in the future, whatever you do. ”

"Got it, I'll be careful."

"It's not enough to be careful, Wang Jingui, as for the veteran you took in at the wood factory, I asked people to inquire privately. He didn't lie, he did go to the Whampoa Military Academy, and he was more righteous. His son was not his own, and his wife was not the original match, but the wife and child of one of his brothers, who died in battle, and he helped that brother take care of the pair of orphans and widows, and fled from the interior to Vietnam. ”

Li Weimin was surprised, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Really?" ”

"What happened to him in the past has nothing to do with us, the key is in the future. I asked him to help him pick up his wife from Phu Quoc, it was not a serious illness, and he stayed in Nghe An Hospital for a few days, and now she is arranged in an empty house in Tie Tie Street. By the way, he sent his son to Ngee Ann Secondary School.

He was a man of kindness, and before I could talk to him, he came to me from the woodyard first. To repay the gratitude, willing to go to the soup for you. He had fought battles, seen blood, and was righteous and angry, so I asked him to contact a few veterans who were stranded in Vietnam, who knew everything about it, and from now on they would be responsible for your safety. ”

Saigon is too chaotic, and it is really not good to have a few unreliable bodyguards, and Wang Jingui will be of great use in the future.

Li Weimin couldn't help but smile and said, "Jiachang, I've bothered you, but you also have to pay attention to safety." ”

"I have Ah Cheng, and besides, I'm familiar with the embankment, and those guys who don't know me know that I'm just a buddy, and they won't embarrass me."

"Okay, is there anything else?"

Liu Jiachang snuffed out his cigarette butts, took out a stack of documents and a few photos from the drawer, and said meaningfully: "For the people, I don't know what you want to do, I always feel that my heart is not so steady, so I keep an eye everywhere." Amin Ah Shui, the group of children you asked me to take care of, some time ago I started a Xidi Overseas Chinese Youth Federation, referred to as the Huaqing Association. It meets as often as the revolutionary party, and intends to ask you to be the honorary president.

This person's surname is Qian, his name is Qian Xinlin, and he teaches history at Ngee Ann Middle School. A person who is dozens of years old, with a group of children, does not inquire, does not know, when he inquires, he is a character, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he raised funds everywhere, in the early days of the Japanese army into Vietnam, he did not know which faction he helped to collect intelligence.

Maybe he didn't act too carefully, or maybe there was a traitor inside, and he was discovered, just when the Japanese army and the police were about to arrest him, he took a group of teachers and students to return to China to fight the war like your uncles, and those who went together were either killed in battle or missing, and they came back to him. ”

Thinking that the future backbone he had high hopes for might be co-opted away, Li Weimin frowned tightly and asked coldly: "Do you know which side it is?" ”

Liu Jiachang shook his head and said: "It's not like the north, it's not like Taiwan, it's a bit mysterious." ”

It is not difficult to tell which side it is, Li Weimin picked up the constitution of the federation under the photo, studied it carefully, and suddenly a casual smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The program of the Chinese Youth Association is to unite Chinese youth, actively participate in social welfare and political activities, encourage overseas Chinese youth in Sitty to go out and make friends with locals, establish a new image of overseas Chinese in Vietnam, and improve the status of overseas Chinese.

Neither red nor blue, the ideas are not radical, it looks somewhat mediocre or even mediocre, an upgraded version of the purpose of the entire 15 Gangs.

That's right, people are under the roof, they have to figure out their own situation, what is the benefit of blindly mixing with the Vietminh, and what is the use of hugging President Chiang's thigh?

Thinking of Wu Tingyan's political ideas, Li Weimin couldn't help but smile and said: "Jiachang, it seems that we also need a third force on the embankment. This Teacher Qian is a bit interesting, you can make an appointment for me, the time is set for tomorrow afternoon. After meeting the two brothers of Ngo Dinh Diem, I went to visit him. ”