Chapter 127: A dilemma
It's the same every year, not a big talk.
Since August last year, the industrial investment company has invested more than $9 million and more than 460 million piasts on the island, and more than 100,000 people, including foreign engineers and workers, have all been engaged in infrastructure construction.
More than 100,000 people consume a large amount of grain and oil, chicken, duck, fish, melons, fruits and vegetables every day, and need to buy all kinds of daily necessities. Thousands of people do business on the island, even Cambodian and Vietnamese farmers from the nearest countries, such as Kampong Son, Ha Tien and Di Shih.
Most of the ring road has been completed, but it is not as wide as the later roads, the standards are not as high as the later highways, and it is not extravagant enough to pour cement.
People no longer live in tents and are moving into a dozen living quarters that were built just a month ago. The three-storey buildings, one row after the other, are still spectacular at a glance, even though they are not decorated on the outside.
There are communal facilities in each living area, with primary schools, shops, and clinics. There is a temple of General Fubo in the Nong living area, and a chapel in the Catholic living area.
There are not many Cantonese, Teochew and Hakka people doing business on the island, but they have the money to buy a piece of land from the infrastructure planning department of the industrial investment company and build a Guandi temple and a Confucian temple. An open-air market has been developed around the two temples, and it is said that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning is seeking the approval of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning to develop the area into a commercial street like an embankment.
Huang Duqing pointed to a few people on the side of the road who were chatting with their eyebrows and said with a smile: "Those few are from the Embankment Chamber of Commerce, and many businesses on the island are monopolized by them, and the Cambodian Five Gangs Association can't do it." Yesterday I went to the company to protest. β
The embankment is equivalent to the "Yiwu" of the three states of Indochina. Many goods from Cambodia, Laos and even Thailand are imported from the embankment. They will definitely not be able to get rid of this group of Chinese businessmen who have both funds and channels.
The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat.
Li Weimin didn't want to favor anyone, after all, competition is a good thing, and after thinking about it, he asked: "There is no monopoly on building materials, right?" β
"The building materials are not monopolized, the demand is too great, and the brick factories and sand and gravel factories they have opened in Ha Tien are simply not busy, and many materials have to be purchased from Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines and even Malaysia. However, the suppliers are basically Chinese, and their own people are given priority under the same conditions. β
"Is there anything shoddy?"
"Yes. Last month, there was a boatload of yellow sand, and it took half of the engineers to find out that it was sea sand, and the foundation had to be dug up and rebuilt, and the loss of hundreds of thousands of yuan also delayed the construction period, and the people were now locked in the security team, and they didn't know what to do. β
The island has the equivalent of a police security force, a prison, but no courts and judges.
Coupled with the political instability some time ago, Saigon was in chaos, and no one cared about it. Li Weimin turned around and said, "Pingxiang, I'll send a telegram to Vice Chairman Chen Shiguo later." He was asked to apply to the Prime Minister's Office in the name of the board of directors of the company for the establishment of a circuit court to hear civil and criminal cases in industrial estates. β
It is not without precedent that a special court was formed before the abolition of the Alien Police Brigade.
Moreover, Vietnam has never been a country governed by the rule of law, and the courts set up by the French only handle cases in a few large cities, and there is no law at all in rural areas, especially in remote areas.
The matter of forming a circuit court in a word, to put it bluntly, is just a name, and it seems justifiable to handle people and things through the court in accordance with the law.
Sang Pingxiang was full of confidence in this, nodded and smiled: "Okay." β
Phu Quoc University of Technology project is relatively large, the tallest building designed is a five-story building, now only see the foundation, not the building, around a circle, Li Weimin finally came to a new home on the island.
"Young master, this place is so beautiful, I asked someone to send a telegram to the master and wife, and they said that they would come back for a few days."
After a long absence, Liu's mother, who came first after the Spring Festival, was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
As she says, the new home is impeccably beautiful, with an all-wood two-storey sea view villa complex with a garden and lawn between the villas. Behind the villa is a large coconut grove and in front of the soft sandy beach. The scenery is picturesque, like being in a fairy tale, you can fall asleep listening to the waves at night and wake up to the waves in the morning.
There are several large windmills not far away and wind turbines provide electricity to the villa.
What felt "lofty" in later generations was actually popularized in the United States for a long time.
As early as 1927, the JOE brothers in the United States began mass production of wind turbines, which are widely used in rural areas far from central power stations and distribution lines, and it is said that more than 300,000 units have been produced.
This is more than a thousand watts, and I heard that there are already 1.25 megawatts, but this one has stood the test of time and the market, and the price is not high, it is not distressing to buy, and it is easy to maintain.
Li Weimin gave a warm hug, then took her hands and looked her up and down and asked, "Uncle Liu, why didn't you see anyone?" β
"I heard that you came today, I asked him to buy fish and shrimp, and it is estimated that the boat did not dock."
Not only do you Chaozhou people know how to do business, but we also know how to do business, Huang Duqing couldn't help but smile and said: "The boat of the fishing company will not come back until more than 4 o'clock, and you will eat seafood in the future, tell me, I am a shareholder." β
The trawlers that the old man's family urgently helped them build were built six at a time, and they were completed and launched in three months. Li Weimin heard about it, turned around and smiled and asked, "Mother Liu, does Cousin Lijun usually come over?" β
"I lived here when I first came, but then I felt inconvenient and moved to the construction site. She's busy and doesn't come over often, and I often visit her when I'm shopping. β
The location here is relatively remote, and it is not very convenient to go back and forth.
After visiting inside and out, I helped myself choose a room where I could see the sea when I looked up, and Qin Nanjian, manager of Phu Quoc Island Industrial Village of the Industrial Investment Company, Ding Yousong, president of Phu Quoc University of Technology, Gu Jianhua, captain of the security team, Chen Runwei and Nguyen Minh Xiu arrived.
Liu's mother hurriedly went to Zhang Luo for dinner, and Ruan Mingxiu became a waitress to make tea for everyone.
As soon as there was such a major incident in Saigon, Li Weimin first reported on the process of eradicating the Pingchuan faction and introduced what the next move of the government would be.
Members of the "Vietnamese-Chinese Research Society" have to discuss current affairs every time they meet, and today is no exception.
Qin Nanjian was the latest to join the association, and he had the most power on the island, and he was the first to say: "Mr. Li is right, on the surface the situation is very good, but in fact, there are many crises in the undercurrent surge. If Ngo Dinh Diem does not change his way of governing, he will inevitably attract opposition from all sides. Specific to our industrial village, ordinary workers will not be affected, but the University of Technology, which will officially enroll students next year, may be affected, and even become the most unstable unit. β
"That's what worries me the most."
Ding Yousong said solemnly: "The industrial village was set up with the support of Ngo Dinh Diem, and the University of Technology was also built with the support of Ngo Dinh Diem. If we treat students and public opinion as we did before the Nationalist Government withdrew from power, we will be tantamount to getting on the thief ship of Ngo Dinh Diem, and we must follow him all the way to the dark. β
This is a dilemma, Li Weimin felt helpless and said with a wry smile: "It's because I didn't think about it, and I shouldn't have set up the University of Technology in an industrial village at that time." β
Ruan Mingxiu sat down next to Chen Runwei and said worriedly: "Compared with the University of Technology, the problem of the Huaqing Association is more serious. Either for it or against, there is no middle ground to take. β
"Ngo Dinh Yao mentioned to me yesterday that he plans to abolish the University and let the Chinese Youth Association merge with the Viet Minh Youth Association to form a Republican Youth League, accept the leadership of the People's Workers' Party, and the outstanding members can join the party, which is similar to the Viet Minh, and he also wants me to be the chairman of the Republican Youth League."
"You promised?"
"The merger can only be supported, and as for that, the chairman certainly can't agree to it. I studied with Mr. Qian and Mr. Gu for one night, and finally decided to focus on the development of branches of the Chinese Youth Association in Phu Quoc, Xining, and Boliao, and organize activities in the name of the Republican Youth League, and the Xidi Chinese Youth Association will no longer participate in sensitive activities. β
Li Weimin paused and continued: "In the next period of time, including myself, I will try to speak out less in politics, bury my head in the development of industry, do some public welfare from time to time, show my face more, and strive to completely reverse the image of the Chinese within five years." At the same time, we will increase publicity efforts to let more locals know that Vietnamese Chinese are also Vietnamese. β
Saigon people are troubled, and the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" has never thought of focusing on the development of embankments.
From now on, it is indeed a relatively safe plan to keep a low profile politically and prepare for the future cutting, Ding Yousong groaned: "The key is that there are some things that cannot be hidden, such as the students that the University of Technology is about to enroll." β
Huang Duqing proposed: "We should not build a branch school, engineering in Phu Quoc, and liberal arts in Saigon." In addition, students who were more interested in politics during their middle school years should not be accepted as much as possible. β
Li Weimin shook his head and smiled: "General Huang, the Vietminh needs hot-blooded youth, and we also need hot-blooded youth, how can we push talents to them?" β
"What then?"
The reason for the collapse of South Vietnam in history is that there was no strong person after the death of Ngo Dinh Diem, and he could not suppress the group of young Zhuang officers, so that he coup d'Γ©tat again and again, the political situation was unstable, and he only knew about internal strife; Second, the United States has a very big problem with its policy toward Vietnam, shrinking back and vacillating, and finally turning into "chaos from the beginning to abandonment."
There are not many intellectuals who really support the Viet Minh, but after so many years, people are determined and tired of it. In addition, North Vietnam continued to make promises that amounted to "one country, two systems" and would not change the way of life of South Vietnam, and finally turned to North Vietnam.
It is worth mentioning that North Vietnam did not keep its promises. Those opposition and centrist figures who had supported North Vietnam did not have a good time after reunification.
Li Weimin smiled confidently: "Students are not terrible, the key is to guide." I thought about it, when the industrial village is on the right track, and when the University of Technology is built and starts recruiting students, I will go to the University of Technology as an adjunct professor, and I don't believe that I can't get the Vietminh on the propaganda front. β
Sang Pingxiang asked again and again: "But...... But didn't you say that you should try to be as vocal as possible in politics? β
"Try to be as vocal as possible on issues involving Ngo Dinh Diem, and we must be clear on the issue of dealing with Viet Minh. I am like this, and the same is true of the Huaqing Association, it involves life and death, and there can be no ambiguity. (To be continued......)