Seeing off Ruan Houchang and other emerging tycoons, Wu Andong was still unsatisfied, and while accompanying Li Weimin to walk on the soft sand, he looked forward to the future excitedly.

In the minds of the people, these senior executives of industrial investment companies are all "people who do the right thing" and are not interested in politics, but in fact it is the opposite.

Capitalism, as the name suggests, has capital before ism.

The Industrial Investment Company has the most abundant capital in Quang Viet Nam, can influence more than ninety percent of the capitalists in Quang Viet Nam, deals with the most powerful capitalist countries in the world almost every day, and most of the entire elite has stayed abroad, and is far influenced by the West than those of the opposition of Phan Quang Dan, and many of them are more right-right and radical in their thinking.

It's just that he has always been obscure, trying not to get involved in the political situation in Saigon, and seems to be relatively low-key.

With the rapid development of the company, the confidence of the entire management has swelled dramatically, and like Vice Chairman Tran Thi Kook, he greatly admires American-style democracy, believing that Vietnam should implement a democratic constitutional system, separation of powers, a multi-party system, a parliamentary system, and a one-person-one-vote universal suffrage system, so as to achieve freedom of speech, and regard Western-style democracy as a "panacea" to save the country.

Ruan Houchang's "contractor" pushed open a window, and he wanted to open a door.

He tried to use the Phu Quoc Special Zone as a testing ground, so that the "flower of democracy" could first bloom under his rule, and then replicate it in 11 other industrial villages and the Chinese area on the embankment, and then spread it to the whole country after the results were achieved.

The idea is good, but there is hardly even a little bit of feasibility.

Thinking of so many countries that have been plagued by the United States, Li Weimin smiled bitterly: "Anton, you are undoubtedly an idealist. Frankly, I very much agree with President Yan on this issue. Is Western-style democracy really that universal? I don't think so, at least not for Vietnam now. ”

Wu Andong was stunned.

Li Weimin stopped and looked at a Coast Guard patrol boat. "It has been a few years since the abolition of the constitutional monarchy, but why the political situation is still turbulent, why the military morale is still unstable, and why the Yugoslav solution is getting bigger and bigger, in addition to the problems of the government, I think it has a lot to do with the unrealistic and blind implementation of their system by the United States.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the situation of the country as having external worries and internal troubles. In order to maintain internal stability, to resist and even recover North Vietnam, it is necessary to have a strong government, to have an army that is absolutely obedient to the government, and to suppress all opposition.

But what have the successive U.S. ambassadors done over the years?

On the one hand, he supports President Yan. Demands that the Government unite all forces that can be united, and urges the Government to eliminate the remnants of the Viet Minh as soon as possible and deal with the infiltrated North Vietnamese elements; On the one hand, it sympathizes with and even supports the opposition, and uses aid to Vietnam as a weapon to constantly put pressure on the government. ”

"Chairman, do you sympathize with President Yan?"

"It's not sympathy, it's fact-based."

Li Weimin asked him for a cigarette, lit it with his back to the sea breeze, and took a deep breath. He continued: "American advisers train the officers of the national army and teach them how to fight. At the same time, they were inculcated with that set of ideas, which led to confusion in the minds of the military. As a result, many officers do not know who to be loyal to and what they are fighting for. ”

I have to admit that there is some truth in his words.

Advisers to the US Military Aid Command in Vietnam have been assigned to the battalion level, and almost all officers at the rank of lieutenant and above have received training from US advisers, and they have been imperceptibly greatly affected. It can be seen from the clothing and living habits of those high-ranking officers.

Ngo Dinh Diem's demand that they join the People's Workers' Party and that they swear allegiance to Ngo Dinh Diem is undoubtedly contrary to the ideals they believe in and directly incurs all kinds of resentment.

The industrial village security team is different, there are not so many messy ideas.

For them. Having a job in the company, receiving a salary from the company, and having family and friends all working or living in the industrial village, whether fighting North Vietnam or fighting back against the government's attempts to forcibly repossess the company, they are all defending their homeland.

Wu Andong pondered for a moment, put away his cigarette and asked, "Chairman, are you saying that soldiers should not have thoughts?" ”

"As long as you are human, you will always have ideas, and if you don't have any ideas at all, what is the difference between you and a fool. I mean, the American one doesn't necessarily work, at least not for us. ”

Li Weimin knocked on the cigarette ash, and suddenly changed his words: "President Yan has messed up, and there is no room to turn back." We must learn a lesson, and we must not repeat the mistakes of the past, still less ignore the will of the people. So I agree that you should first conduct a pilot project in the Special Economic Zone, but you must guide it well, and at least make the superficial articles beautiful. ”

The implication is clear: formally democratic, in fact dictatorial.

Wu Andong sighed secretly, and said with a bitter smile helplessly: "Is there no third way?" ”

"How many years has the United States been founded, and how many years have we been independent? Brother Anton, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, no matter what I do, there needs to be a process. Our generation can't achieve it, there is still the next generation, the next generation, the key is to solve some urgent problems first, such as ensuring that the South does not fall like the North. ”

From the "Double 11 Coup" to Wu Ting's reaction in his actions some time ago, it can be seen that the person next to him is willing to go all the way with him.

has already had a showdown with Chen Lichun, and many things can't be delayed any longer.

Li Weimin turned around, stared at his eyes, and said with a serious face: "Anton, I always have a concern about the future, that is, the national issue. I am Chinese, Jiachang is Chinese, the shareholders of the company are all Chinese, and more than 80% of the capital of the industrial village belongs to Chinese. With the retreat of the Nong people to the south and the continuous investment of Chinese entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia, the number of Chinese is growing, and it can be said that without them there would be no company today.

Since most of them were concentrated in the embankment, Hoi An, Bak Lieu, various industrial villages and resettlement sites, their living circles were relatively closed, and they did not have much contact with the outside world, no matter how much the North Vietnamese provoked, they did not have much impact and did not stir up ethnic contradictions. The rural economic strategy of the lower six provinces is about to be fully rolled out, and they will gradually get out of the industrial villages under closed management, and in the near future, Chinese people will be everywhere.

Their economic situation is better than that of ordinary locals, and their living standards are higher than that of ordinary locals, plus me, Wu Jingchen, Wu Changming, Ma Anyi, Huang Ziheng and other old Chinese wealthy businessmen, as long as North Vietnam fanned the flames. It will inevitably arouse the people's hatred of the rich and even China. ”

He is not alarmist, in recent years, the economic strength of the Chinese has swelled dramatically, and the number of Chinese has grown sharply. In particular, the Phu Quoc Special Zone has almost become another "China Town" after Embankment and Hoi An.

On the issue of French colonial rule, Wu Andong was a nationalist who was like a fake; But when it comes to the Chinese, he really doesn't have the same thoughts as Dieh Dieh. After all, without the Chinese, there would be no industrial investment company. Without him today, there would be no possibility of displaying his ambitions.

But just because he doesn't have it doesn't mean that others don't.

Wu Andong muttered: "Chairman, most of the Chinese have been naturalized, as long as they become Vietnamese citizens, they can enjoy the same rights as the locals, and they must fulfill the same obligations as the locals." I feel that as long as we increase our publicity efforts, there should be no problem. ”

In the planning of the "Yuehua Literature and Art Research Association," all the top executives of the "pro-Chinese" industrial investment company will be admitted to the cabinet in the future, and many things must be said in advance.

Li Weimin shook his head: "Anton." It has been less than ten years since we promoted the naturalization of Chinese, and no matter how much we publicize it, we cannot change the deep-rooted views of some people. For most Chinese, a series of discriminatory policies against Chinese in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have given them a strong sense of crisis.

If we want to retain Chinese capital and ensure the steady development of the country's economy, we must give the Chinese a reassurance. President Wu Jingchen, Mr. Zhang Muxiang and Mr. Duan Yucheng have called me more than once, and expressed their concerns on the phone more than once. ”

Among the Chinese rich. These three are the most representative.

Wu Jingchen is a veteran Chinese tycoon, and his father Wu Dayuan was known as the "shipbuilding king" as early as before World War II; Teo Mu Huong, president of Saigon Bank and director of Nanyang Bank, is an Indonesian expatriate. After the industrial park plan is rolled out, you will invest in Vietnam and apply for Vietnamese citizenship;

Duan Yucheng, president of Changfeng Electric Appliances, is a native of the embankment Chinese, with an average family background, and it is all about personal efforts to become a well-known "electrical king".

He has been tinkering with the radio since he was a child, and he is very interested in radio, graduating from high school. I didn't go to college for a day, and I was self-taught through professional books, and I researched six patents in a row. With the support of the Development Research Center of the Industrial Investment Corporation, it has set up its own company, and the home appliances such as TVs and radios produced are exported to more than 40 countries and regions around the world.

DreamWorks Pictures is modeled after his entrepreneurial history. has filmed a very inspirational movie, he is not only young, but also handsome, and for a time he overshadowed Li Weimin and became a famous industrialist in South Vietnam.

The three of them are also the chairmen, directors and honorary chairmen of the shipbuilding industry association, the banking association and the electronics industry association, respectively, and in a sense can represent the chambers of commerce to which they belong.

Ruan Houchang couldn't sit still, Wu Andong could imagine what other Chinese tycoons would think about the future, he was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Chairman, how can I reassure them?" ”

Li Weimin said bluntly: "I have a gun in my hand, and I don't panic in my heart." As long as the Chinese can make up a certain percentage of the leadership of the garrison command and the security force, they are willing to take on more obligations and make greater contributions to the country. ”

The industrial investment company is no longer the industrial investment company of the past, although it has undertaken some obligations that ordinary companies do not bear in the past, but after all, it is a commercial company focusing on investing in infrastructure, and the boss can hire as many security guards as he wants, which is justifiable.

Now the situation has changed dramatically.

The company has become a veritable "small government" with administrative jurisdiction, law and order, judicial power, and taxation power over the Phu Quoc Special Zone and 11 industrial villages, as well as the defense power of the entire six provinces, and is infiltrating the administrative and police systems of the six lower provinces in various ways.

Wu Andong realized that this was an unavoidable question, and asked casually: "Chairman, what do Mr. Guo and Zhiren think?" ”

"Mr. Guo put the big picture in mind and agreed to maintain the status quo. Zhiren, Chen Runwei and Wang Jingui have a very good personal relationship, and they cooperate very happily with each other, and they say no matter how they ask, they have no opinion. ”

You are the boss, of course he listens to you, how can there be an opinion.

The Chinese already have de facto control over so many armed forces, and with so much plutocrats supporting them, it is unlikely that they will be able to lay down their arms. What's more, at present, the great enemy, in the face of the fierce North Vietnam, not only can not reduce the military strength, but strengthen it.

Wu Andong weighed it and said meaningfully: "Mr. Guo and Zhiren have no opinion, and I won't have any." In this way, the government and North Vietnam will definitely make a big fuss about the national issue. ”

When drafting the company's articles of association, he guarded against the Chinese like a thief.

Much of his support now has to do with his complete disappointment with the government, and it does not mean that he really supports the Chinese in their hearts and minds to seize military power.

Seeking common ground while reserving differences, who can not have some ideas.

has already boarded this thief ship, Li Weimin is not worried about what small actions he will make, even if he does, he can't set off much storm, patted his arm, and said sincerely: "Anton, we have worked together for nearly eight years, you know very well what kind of person I am and what kind of person Jiachang is." Maybe in the near future, someone else will put the hat of 'King of Namki' on my head, but I have a clear conscience because everything I do is for this country." (To be continued.) )