Walked all the way to comfort the refugees all the way, distributed all ten truckloads of supplies, and rushed to Vung Tau Industrial Village It was already dark.

More than 23,000 refugees are accepted here, and unlike the government settlements, most of them are young people, who have come to work, have just finished their work, and are queuing up outside their respective company tents to eat under the organization of foremen and security guards.

Diesel generators rumbled, and the engineering headquarters was brightly lit.

Li Weimin, accompanied by Ruan Jiang, the manager of the industrial village, went to look at the construction machinery that had just been imported from overseas, and asked while walking towards the fund engineering department: "Manager Jiang, how many contractors are there in Vung Tau?"

Ruan Jiang was recommended by Vice Chairman Chen Shiguo, was born into a famous family, has royal blood, has lived in Hong Kong with Bao University for a long time, is 37 years old, knows Chinese, and can speak Cantonese.

There was a conflict with Prince Bao Loc, and at the same time, he couldn't get used to seeing Bao Da still living in France at the time of the national crisis, and still living a life of spending a lot of time, so as soon as he accepted the invitation, he did not hesitate to join the industrial investment company that supported Wu Dinh Yen, and was the only royal member of the company.

Educated, seen the world, held public office, experienced and capable, and can take charge on his own. When it comes to the construction site, he is a treasure.

"There are 16 in the Ministry of Infrastructure Engineering and 23 on the side of the general contractor of power plants, water plants and sewage treatment plants. The chairman can rest assured that as long as they work with us, they will abide by our rules. Working hours cannot exceed 11 hours, the minimum wage cannot be less than 50 a day, dangerous work must comply with operating procedures, and work-related accidents must be compensated according to our standards. ”

Now the industrial village, the whole big construction site.

The main road, which doubles as an airstrip, has been leveled, and night shift workers are unloading sand and gravel from trucks, and the driver sent by the United States Agency for International Development is bulldozing it with a propulsion machine, which is being pressed over and over again by the rollers behind it.

The foundations of the gas station and warehouse have been almost excavated, and various building materials are piled up. Security guards patrol the area with guns on their backs and flashlights. All of them have fled, there is nothing, everything is lacking, plus the poor villagers nearby, if they don't send someone to guard them, no matter how many things they have, they will disappear without a trace the next day.

Li Weimin climbed onto a West German-made excavator, looked at the construction site of the lighted living area in the distance, and turned around and asked, "Manager Jiang, have there been any work-related accidents in the past two months?"

"It happened, and there was more than one, two dead and six injured, all of which were compensated according to the standard."

"Did the contractor learn his lesson?"

"They have suffered a lot of losses, they will lose 70,000 or 80,000 yuan at a time, and they will be fined again, and they will definitely learn a lesson. However, in one of the two fatal accidents, the contractor was wronged, and their safety supervisor said many times, but the deceased still insisted on doing his own thing, and accidentally got hit by a brick he had piled up himself. ”

Most of the contractors are Vietnamese, and the capital is not much, and they are in the stage of supporting and growing, so it is necessary to take into account their affordability.

Li Weimin pondered for a moment, jumped off the excavator and said: "We can't transfer all the risks to the contractor, go back and contact Yuehua Insurance, and ask them to launch the work-related accident insurance as soon as possible.

Seventy or eighty thousand piasters are not much to be spread over tens of thousands of people, and Ruan Jiang's eyes lit up, and he drew inferences from one case to another: "The investor will pay part of the other projects, so that it will save money for compensation later."

"Well, that's it."

Walking to the big cafeteria, the chef asked for a meal, and sat on the ground chatting with the construction workers while eating. Many workers had seen him in Hanoi or in the Hai Phong refugee camps, and knowing that he had little arrogance, they chatted happily and laughed.

"When the construction workers are only temporary, when the infrastructure is improved, there will be a steady stream of domestic and foreign entrepreneurs to invest in the industrial village. At that time, the company will hold training courses, and those who have participated in infrastructure construction can receive free training, and even get a discount on buying a house in the back living area, and can apply for a low-interest loan from the Bank of East Asia.

Of course, this does not mean that architecture is not a good job, in fact architecture is very promising. The country has just gained independence, and there will be many projects ahead. We want to build high-rise buildings, we want to build roads and bridges, we want to build airports and docks, and as long as we are not lazy, we will never be unemployed. ”

A worker suddenly asked: "Mr. Min, the salary is a lot now, we are young, energetic and capable, what if we can't work when we are old?"

This is a very real problem.

Before they came, they were all farmers, and when they were old, they could farm, and their lives were not necessarily good, but at least they could make ends meet. Now working as workers in construction companies supported by industrial villages will not be included in the government's resettlement scheme, in other words, they will not be allocated land like refugees in refugee camps.

Li Weimin put down the dishes and chopsticks and said step by step: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are so many countries in the world, only European and American farmers can live a good life. In fact, they were not farmers in the true sense of the word, but farmers like the French planters. Asian countries, especially Vietnam, have little land and many people, and there is not so much land for everyone to be farmers, and the allocated land can only ensure food and clothing, and it is difficult to make money and live a better life.

In contrast, being a worker is much more promising.

Now everyone can get more than 1,000 piasts a month, earn more than 10,000 a year, eat company meals, and live in company tents. When the living area is built, you can live in the company's building, as long as you don't spend it indiscriminately, you can save at least 6,000 a year, which is still one person, if there are two workers in a family, the income is even more considerable.

Before leaving North Vietnam, everyone had farmed, and farming depended on the sky for food, and they all knew how much money they could earn in a year? As for what to do when you are old, the industrial investment company has already helped you think about it, and then it will launch pension insurance, and your construction company will bear a little, and you will take out a little more from your monthly salary, and you can receive a pension after the age of 60. ”

"60 years old, Mr. Min, can we live that long?"

The medical conditions are not good, the nutrition is insufficient, and now the average age of Vietnamese people is only over 40, and it is considered a high life expectancy to live to 60 years old. The reason why pension insurance has not been launched for a long time is because of age.

Li Weimin sighed secretly and patiently explained: "If you can't live before, it doesn't mean that you won't live in the future." Many people in North Vietnam eat only two meals a day and do not eat meat more than a few times a year. Now we eat three meals a day, and we have a few loaves at three o'clock in the afternoon, and we can eat meat at least twice a week, and in the future our wages will increase, and our food will be better, and we will be able to eat meat every day in a few years.

If you eat well and eat well, your body will naturally be healthy.

What's more, medical conditions will get better and better, with a large hospital built in each industrial village and a clinic opened in each resettlement village. And we will have our own pharmaceutical factory, and then pay medical insurance like pension insurance, and go to see if we are sick, and we will never drag a small illness into a major illness like before, and we will die of illness at a very young age. ”

He said in Hanoi that the food would arrive immediately and that no one would go hungry. After a few days of waiting, food continued to flow into the camp, and everyone was able to eat.

He said that he would help people leave North Vietnam to live in South Vietnam, and the "Refugee Relief Committee," which he chaired, did just that, sending them to Haiphong one by one and then arriving safely in Vung Tau on a U.S. warship.

He said that when you go to the industrial village, you will have a job and you will be able to make money.

Now not only do you have jobs to make money, but you also get paid more than those who are officials, but it's just a little harder. It's all from the countryside, no matter how fortunate it is, it's hard to plant a few acres of seedlings, it's very good to have something to eat in this troubled era, what is it to endure a little hardship.

Prime Minister Dim is too far away from here to have never seen him, let alone sit on the floor to eat together. In the minds of these refugees displaced to South Vietnam, he was a more trustworthy person than the government.

He said that in the future, the days will get better and better, and that will get better and better.

The workers were so excited that the conversation became more and more enthusiastic, and before they knew it, there were already hundreds of people around them, and they didn't even bother to watch the movie that had just begun.

He has no arrogance, is approachable, can talk to anyone, and what he is accustomed to, Ruan Jiang is really not used to.

However, as the general manager of Vung Tau Industrial Village, since he came, he couldn't help but say a few words, and under the deliberate guidance of Li Weimin, he patiently answered one question after another raised by the workers, many of which were ridiculous.

On the way back to the tent of the infrastructure engineering department, Li Weimin turned around and said: "Manager Jiang, I always felt something short just now, but now I finally remember."

"What's missing?"

"Union! Just because the hearts of the workers are on our side now does not mean that they will still be there in the future. If the iron is not struck while the iron is hot, trade unions are formed, and the workers are organized, then the Vietminh will take advantage of the situation. What do they rely on, isn't it 'worker-movement', 'people-movement', and 'soldier-movement'? Neither for the sake of national stability nor for the sake of the future of our industrial estates, they cannot be given this opportunity. ”

Ruan Jiang nodded and said: "What Mr. Min said is extremely true, it is indeed necessary, the key is led by the company, and it is not convincing."

"Take the lead and don't come forward, go back and study with Mr. Guo, and come up with a set of plans as soon as possible. In order to find ways to cultivate a group of credible workers' leaders, who can organize and mobilize, the company can provide a little money and give them a little time and space to organize and carry out activities.

At the same time, we will be able to unite from the inside out, from top to bottom, and only in this way can we resist the propaganda and incitement of the Viet Minh. ”