Chen Lichun said that Ngo Dinh Diem wanted to buy $6 million in local currency from the Bank of East Asia, which was about to be listed in Saigon, but he did not mean to sell it for Ngo Dinh Diem because he did not have much say on this issue.

It doesn't matter whether it's selling well or not, but it means that the merchandise import assistance program developed by the "alma mater" government research agency has been adopted by Washington and is beginning to be implemented.

Don't say that Jiang Enkai is a ** annoyance, there is no benefit to getting along with him, even if he doesn't trouble Li Weimin, he won't have time to waste on him.

Leaving the Queen's Hotel, Chen Lichun was sent back to Jialong Palace intact, and without even bothering to say hello to Wu Tingyan, he hurried home in a hurry to ask Professor Anderson about the news in the United States.

"I'm really well informed, and I just found out."

Uncle Sam wants to make a selfless dedication, thinking about the billions of US aid Li Weimin enthusiastically worshipped, closed the door and said with anticipation: "Professor, I only heard a little rumor, I don't know the specific content." ”

Anderson pushed the mountain of investigation materials to the side, took off his glasses and smiled: "I only know part of it, the non-military aid part." ”

"I'm not a general, I'm not interested in military aid, I just want to know the non-military aid part."

"Well, you'll find out sooner or later anyway."

Professor Anderson put on his glasses again and wanted to find the message he received in the morning, but unfortunately the room, especially the table, was too messy, and he couldn't find it for a long time. The United States bails out the dollars, and the recipient country, which is the Vietnamese government, uses these dollars to buy local currency from banks or importers......"

I only remember that there was such a plan, but I didn't know that the plan had requirements for South Vietnam.

For example, the South Vietnamese government wants to set up a "National Import Committee" supervised by the United States, and it must apply to the U.S. Aid Management Mission before exchanging the local currency (piast) from banks or importers. Another example is that these dollars will not enter the Vietnamese market for circulation, but will be imported from American companies in the form of bank settlements, and the amount of goods imported from third countries will not exceed 10% of each aid.

American goods are not necessarily the best, and now West German goods and Japanese goods are also good. Especially Japanese products, high quality and low price, who wants to buy cost-effective ones with high cost performance.

Li Weimin frowned: "So I can only purchase American equipment?" ”

"My friend, don't be so greedy, know that you have taken a big advantage in exchanging dollars at the official rate, and only for the CIP plan and the seed funding part. In contrast, the capital owned and about to be raised is the big one. ”

"But I can only melt into Piaste in Vietnam!"

Professor Anderson spread his hands and smiled helplessly, "I'm sorry, I can't help you." You know, those guys who help lobby in Congress will be rewarded for their efforts. ”

"It seems that we want to sell the bonds of the industrial investment company to the world, otherwise there will be no competition at all, and I can only be the big one in bulk procurement."

"It's a good idea, as long as you can sell it. I almost forgot the good news that BEA's application to set up branches in New York and San Francisco has been approved, and it can operate non-personal businesses such as cross-border settlements, which I think should include underwriting bonds. ”

It's really not so easy to get the money of the American people, and if it's not a personal business, it's not a personal business, and then we will talk about it when the capital is abundant in the future.

Li Weimin touched his face and asked, "Professor, what other aid projects are there besides CIP?" ”

"There are some general project aids, which do not generate counterpart funds, do not support and are not included in the Vietnamese government's budget, and are mainly engaged in infrastructure construction, such as roads, medical facilities and refugee settlements, and the United National Assembly provides raw materials and technologies and supervises them, which is realized in the form of technical assistance.

These projects are led by the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Special Economic and Technical Mission, which will provide a large number of engineering technicians, agricultural specialists, road engineers, financial experts and medical experts. We can try to get it, maybe they are willing to cooperate, they are willing to combine some projects with the industrial village plan. ”

The industrial estate project is extremely large and requires talents from all walks of life.

Qian Xinlin and his old friends are trying to recruit people, and several of the Li family's old directors are also idle, recruiting talents in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and even Li Guanyun, who is far away in Paris, is helping to hire experts from all walks of life.

It is worth mentioning that under the guise of helping the industrial investment company to set up a technical team, Ngo Dinh Ngai is arranging for people to recruit talents in the fields of engineering technology, electric power, machinery, and chemical engineering from several universities in Hanoi and Saigon. We will try to make sure that the industrial investment company will not become another country within a country for overseas Chinese in Vietnam.

One can imagine how complex the personnel of the future are, it's already complex enough, don't care about being a little more complex. Besides, those American experts do not pay salaries from investment companies, and even have free raw materials.

Li Weimin said as a matter of course: "The industrial village plan does not contradict the resettlement of refugees, and they should cooperate with us as long as they have a little bit of foresight." ”

"I'll get it for you, and so will Professor Fisher."

"Thanks, anything else?"

"Yes."

Professor Anderson smiled and continued, "'480 Public Law' aid, food surplus will lead to food security problems, and in light of this, Congress passed the 'Agricultural Trade Development and Aid Act' some time ago. The main content is 'foreign currency sales', that is, the United States sells food domestically to the government of the recipient country on preferential credit terms, and the currency of the recipient country is owned by the United States, and then used jointly in the recipient country according to a pre-agreed distribution ratio for the economic development of the recipient country, the expenditure of the United States in that country, and the common defence expenditure. ”

The U.S. government pays for food to ensure the income of U.S. farmers. The grain was then sold to South Vietnam, and the proceeds were used to pay for the expenses of the U.S. agencies in Vietnam, which were then distributed to the South Vietnamese government.

This cheap can't be reached, Li Weimin was a little disappointed, and asked expectantly: "Is there anything else?" ”

"All that remains is the Church, social organizations and private aid, and the Bishop has a lot of money, but he has too many children to expect a penny from him. There is relatively little social and private assistance, but I know about the American Global Cooperative (CARE), who airlifted a shipment of medicine and $10,000 worth of food, which was just delivered to a refugee camp in the suburbs yesterday. ”

Even if there is private assistance, there is no oil and water for social organizations, and the idea of the church must be beaten.

Li Weimin knocked on the table and said confidently: "Professor, Lord Bishop can only give food to his children, and it is impossible to give it indefinitely, but we can work for his children. The same dollar, handed directly to me, is completely different from exchanging food for his children! ”

Industrial village projects require a lot of money, and the social and economic benefits generated if successful are immeasurable.

Professor Anderson did not look down on him for being such a philistine, but thought that he had perseverance and a fighting spirit, and patted him on the arm: "Lee, I can help you lobby, Lord Bishop is so wise, I believe he will support it." However, I think it is more important to win overseas Chinese capital than to seek assistance from all sides. ”

The United States has ushered in an unprecedented bull market, but if you want to make money in the stock market, it is impossible to buy today and sell tomorrow, and you must hold it for a long time.

Li Weimin had already planned to keep half of the $6 million of his own funds as the principal of the Bank of East Asia, and the other half to be invested in the US stock market through dozens of offshore companies registered by Liu Jiachang some time ago, and hold them for a long time as emergency funds in the event of life and death.

In other words, the Li family of the industrial investment company does not plan to invest a penny!

There are so many overseas Chinese capital, they should be allowed to spend where they should be spent, Li Weimin stretched his waist and smiled confidently: "I can finance as much as the CIP plan allows me to change, I'm afraid that the US Aid Management Mission won't change it." ”