Li Weimin said that he would leave as soon as he left, and he did not plan to come back in a short time.

The first is to avoid the political whirlpool of Saigon, and the second is that after the Constituent Assembly, Ngo Dinh Diem will launch a new round of actions to "eliminate the Vietminh" and make it the top priority of the government of the Republic.

The Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of National Defense took the lead in guiding the provinces, cities, counties, and townships to purge Vietminh elements, "seeing that the grassroots of the Vietminh must be destroyed, and that the Viet Minh cadres must be eliminated," and that all state civil servants should plunge into vigorous action to thoroughly realize the national policy of purging the Vietminh.

It is planned that the national army and police will open the way, sweep and pacify the anti-French base areas, and prepare to comb from the outside to the inside, and then from the inside to the outside, God knows how many people will be involved.

It is not easy to have a good reputation, and it is about to set off a bloody storm, of course, it can be avoided.

Rushing to the United States, the representative office of the industrial investment company has rented a house near the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a two-story, wooden structure, very ordinary and quiet.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Wu Lijun and Li Weiqing personally cooked, cooked several large table dishes, and invited international students from the representative office of the Industrial Investment Company, the Detroit branch of the Bank of East Asia, and several universities in Michigan to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Although it is in a foreign country, it is also lively.

In the next few months, in addition to going out to participate in necessary business activities, Li Weimin almost always stayed with his wife, drove her to school every morning, then went to the company's representative office in Detroit to "work", and drove her home with him after work in the afternoon, and went to the supermarket to buy groceries and come back to cook. After eating, we went to the movies together. Like normal people. Have a sweet and sweet life.

As the situation in the Middle East becomes more and more tense, there is less and less time to imitate the husband.

Jiang Chao put down the file and reminded: "Chairman, it's almost 4 o'clock." ”

Li Weimin looked up at the wall clock, turned sideways and said, "Pingxiang, help me call Qingqing and let her sister-in-law go home, I may be a little late." ”

"Okay."

"Let's move on."

"Yes."

Jiang Chao nodded slightly, and then said, "As of 4 pm London time yesterday." Bank of East Asia, Bank Saigon, OCBC Bank Indonesia, Nanyang Bank of Singapore and several funds have completed 198 short contracts totalling £33.7 million and £45.3 million in the New York foreign exchange market through 36 brokers authorized by the Bank of England ......"

There is not so much principal, and you can only use leverage.

In the past few months, mobilizing all the money that can be mobilized, nearly 80 million pounds have been shorted in the New York and London foreign exchange markets, with several brokers offering margin leverage of up to 20 times. In other words, if the pound appreciates by just a few percentage points, all the previous investment will be lost.

This speculation was a desperate gamble, and I didn't have that much money ready for margin calls. Therefore, Jiang Chao, assistant to the chairman of the board, Liu Jiahui, assistant to the president of the Bank of East Asia, Zhuo Jun, vice president of Saigon Bank, and Yan Renyou, vice president of OCBC Bank Indonesia, have not slept well for a long time.

Before the Spring Festival, he told Divh Diem that the pound would only depreciate and not appreciate.

In fact, it is. Although the British government has been imposing strict foreign exchange controls since the end of World War II, the domestic economy has deteriorated like that, and the pound has not only not appreciated, but has continued to depreciate.

So far, the 6-month short contracts that have been purchased one after another have not been required to add margin even once, and if they are delivered at the current exchange rate, they can even make a small profit of several million.

It must be completed before the end of the year, otherwise it will affect the development of the industrial investment company.

Li Weimin pondered for a moment, put down his pen and said: "From now on, prepare a 3-month contract, send a telegram to Mr. Guo and Mr. Liu, and ask them to hold on a little longer, and then think of a way." I contacted President Henry again and asked him to immediately raise the interest rate on one-year foreign exchange deposits at all branches of the Bank of East Asia, and find ways to do some activities, such as prize savings. ”

The original plan was to raise and invest $100 million, and although there has been no response to the Nationalist Government's $40 million loan, as of noon today, he has raised more than $130 million by smashing pots and selling iron, and has mortgaged all his shares in the Laji Clothing Co., Ltd., DreamWorks Pictures, and even the Industrial Investment Company.

What if you lose?

Jiang Chao reminded in a low voice: "Chairman, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case." If there is a problem with the 6-month contract, we can also tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall by issuing bonds, etc., if we continue to short and there is a problem, we are all done! ”

"Wealth is in danger, and I can't take care of it over there."

After persuading him no less than a hundred times, he was so determined that Jiang Chao didn't want to persuade him anymore, so he raised his head and asked, "What should I do with the National Government, do you want to urge it again?" ”

The hot face was pasted with a cold ass, wanting to take them to make some money, but they didn't take it seriously, and they haven't followed up until today.

With the help of the old man and Zhang Muxiang, they borrowed more than 50 million yuan in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Indonesia and Singapore, and the Industrial Investment Company and the Bank of East Asia tried every means to solve tens of millions.

Li Weimin said casually: "If they are not interested, forget it, don't rush." ”

As a matter of fact, the Nationalist Government attached great importance to this matter, and received a report from the Saigon Legation a few years ago, and President Chiang immediately handed over the responsibility of Chiang Jr.

Borrow 40 million to turn around, and repay 50 million by the end of the year, this business can be done. And in addition to real money, there are other gains.

The reason why it has not been able to make up its mind until today is not that the Nationalist Government cannot come up with so much money, nor is it that it does not believe in the credibility of Li Weimin, but that according to the Geneva Agreement, Vietnam will hold a national election at the end of July for the reunification of the North and the South and the formation of a coalition government.

Ngo Dinh Diem has nothing to worry about, he is in a frenzy of purging the Vietminh elements in South Vietnam, publicly claiming on more than one occasion that North Vietnam does not have the conditions for democratic elections and will not hold national elections.

What about North Vietnam?

Are they willing to allow the North-South split to become a reality?

If a full-scale offensive is launched at the end of July, what if South Vietnam cannot withstand it, and with the existing strength of South Vietnam, Saigon is occupied, and the Industrial Investment Company and the Bank of East Asia become the spoils of war for North Vietnam.

Taipei. Shilin Residence.

Chiang Ching-kuo and Foreign Minister Ye Gongchao. Once again, report to President Chiang on the progress of this matter.

"The investigation by the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the embassy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saigon has been concluded. Judging from the materials, Li Weimin is not a simple person, he has absorbed almost all the national troops that have been exposed in Vietnam, and several officers who graduated from Whampoa have held important positions in the security team of the industrial investment company and the self-defense force of Nongren resettlement villages.

The Fifth Infantry Division, the Embankment Police Station, and the security teams of various industrial villages were replaced by Chinese officers of the Shaozhuang faction whom he trusted. Huang Yasheng went to France, Huang Duqing was transferred to Phu Quoc Island as a prison warden, and Zhang Yinggui was appointed as a nominal member of Congress, and he no longer had much influence in the Fifth Infantry Division and the Nong resettlement site. ”

The times create heroes, a young man who is not serious. It miraculously mastered tens of thousands of troops in just two years. The Vietnamese National Army and the Vietnamese opposition did not even jump out to openly oppose it.

President Jiang looked at the red circles on the map and couldn't help laughing: "It's just that the territory is scattered." ”

Li Weimin's control area is not scattered from one point to two, from north to south thousands of kilometers, east and west, how can Xiao Jiang not hear the old man's words, seeing that he is in a good mood, he said half-jokingly: "Father, if the First Corps does not withdraw, he will definitely do a better job than now." ”

Withdrawal is not easy. It is even more difficult to send troops over again.

Hoang Jie is tens of thousands of people, if he stays in Vietnam. Faced with the threat of an all-out offensive by North Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem would certainly have asked for the help of the First Corps. The United States is unwilling to send troops, and the Southeast Asian defense organization set up by Dulles will not work, so it will definitely turn a blind eye.

Who would have thought that the situation could develop into the way it is now, and President Chiang really regretted it so much.

looked at the map again, turned around and asked: "Gongchao, you went to the United States to see Li Weimin this time, what did he think, and did he have any ambitions?" ”

I met once, and the chat lasted no more than half an hour.

Ye Gongchao really didn't know how to answer, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "President, I don't want to ask many things, even if I ask him, I won't necessarily tell him the truth." Judging by the conversation and what he did in Vietnam, I felt that although he was young, he was very practical. ”

People are under the roof, and Vietnam is so xenophobic, and it is understandable that it is unwilling to get too close to the national government.

President Chiang has experienced strong winds and waves, how could he take the previous little misunderstanding to heart, he is thinking about the future, and whether he can pull Li Weimin and the forces under his control to the side of the Nationalist Government.

He was thoughtful, Ye Gongchao continued: "I agree with Enkai's analysis, he is making a three-handed plan, if Ngo Dinh Diem can eradicate the Viet Minh elements and suppress the opposition, he will support it as always, because maintaining the status quo is in the interests of millions of Chinese in South Vietnam;

If Ngo Dinh Diem is unable to suppress the opposition, or loses U.S. support, he will use his prestige and strength to work with the opposition to maintain the status quo as much as possible; If the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale offensive, he would certainly mobilize all the forces he could mobilize to fight back, and there was no escape, and he had to act. ”

Xiao Jiang added: "It's not that he doesn't want to get the support of the national government, but this matter is too sensitive, and he doesn't dare and can't." ”

President Chiang pondered for a moment and then asked, "What is he going to borrow so much money for, to prepare for war?" ”

"Not really."

Xiao Jiang opened the folder and reported: "From the 26th of December last year to the present, he has never returned to Vietnam, and he seems to be very relieved about the situation. He worked for a time as an adviser to Michigan State University's Government Research Agency, had good relations with many American dignitaries, and perhaps received some promise that the United States would not sit idly by if North Vietnam went to war. The reason for borrowing so much money may be related to several industrial villages that are being planned. ”

He helped Ngo Dinh Diem develop industry, solve employment, and seek international assistance.

On the issue of suppressing G, the government at that time was "three parts political and seven parts military", and South Vietnam obviously learned a lesson and adopted a three-pronged approach of politics, military and economy.

Talent!

He was born a few years younger, and if he had been in time for the founding of the country, and if he had returned to China at that time, it would have been no problem for him to be the Minister of Finance.

The more President Chiang thought about it, the more he didn't feel good, and he was silent for a while before he asked expressionlessly: "What do you think about that loan?" ”

North Vietnam will not go to war at the end of July, and will go to war in the future.

As long as Vietnam fights, the Nationalist Government will have the opportunity to counterattack the mainland, Xiao Jiang knows the old man too well, put down the document and said: "Father, I have studied with the Ministry of Finance and think that I can borrow it." (To be continued.) )