Professor Anderson believes that this is the largest private commercial cooperation and industrial development project in the history of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, considering that Boeing's total profit last year was only 15 million US dollars.

It is worth mentioning that all this happened in the sacred temple, all under the witness of the sages they believed.

Although there were no commercial contracts, no letters of intent in the form of memoranda of understanding, and no lawyer present, no one could doubt whether the oral agreement was legally valid.

On the way back to the city, Anderson said with emotion: "Lee, until today I really believe in the economic strength of you and your compatriots, and in the influence you have in this community. ”

This is a street that crosses the Mori Oil District, where there was an oil mill called "Nitendo" in the early days, from which the Mori Oil District got its name.

The times are developing, and compared with the Tiger Mai Brewery, Ice Factory and the machinery factories that were built one after another, the "Two Heavens" oil factory can now only be regarded as a small workshop.

The street is the most industrial, and along the way, it is lined with machine factories, iron foundries, black iron processing factories or steam furnace factories, all the way to the city of Heping, where you can see the Zuokai Hospital, the Pétain Bridge and the Zuo Development Power Plant in the distance.

Between the factories there are many shops engaged in mechanical parts processing, welding, hardware accessories sales and car and motorcycle repair, before that Li Weimin bought an Italian-made motorcycle when he was in middle school, he cherished it very much, and often drove to this street to maintain.

In front of a repair shop, the master and a few apprentices were busy around a machine such as a reducer with oily hands.

This picture is familiar, which reminds him of the half-grown child who drove a motorcycle to maintain it, and made him wonder if the so-called afterlife may be a dream, and the current him and the one who drives the motorcycle are real.

In a trance, absent-minded.

Anderson looked at the pedestrians outside the car and continued: "This is undoubtedly an encouraging start, and I have reason to be optimistic about the second round of funding. However, I am more interested in overseas financing strategies than in the second round of funding. $10 million is not a small number, and in a country with such a turbulent investment political situation, Wall Street's investment banks with the most financial strength and investment experience may not dare to set foot in it. ”

Li Weimin came to his senses and asked embarrassedly: "Professor, what do you mean today's financing?" ”

"You're not listening?"

"I'm sorry, I was distracted."

Professor Anderson doesn't say what he said a second time, and laughs casually: "Your friend is very rich, richer than I thought. ”

The $6 million is part of their principal and profits, and it is not so easy to spit it out like a greedy fish biting the hook. As for underwriting bonds, there are more than 30 people, and one person underwriting a few million is really not much. If the old man of their family supports it, it is possible for a family of 20 million.

Whatever the purpose, the means are ultimately not clear.

Li Weimin was secretly determined to take responsibility for them, and no matter whether the plan to unite the Chinese to protect themselves in the future would succeed or fail, he would try by all means to ensure their personal and property safety.

He took a deep breath and explained with a smile: "Professor, for more than a century, the Chinese have always had a commercial advantage in Indochina. Coupled with the diligence and thrift mentioned to you before, plus the accumulation of several generations, it is normal to have some wealth. ”

"Business advantages?"

"Yes, there are many reasons why the Chinese were able to maintain a dominant position in commerce, such as the fact that until the 20th century, the French colonial authorities were unable to expand their commercial system by focusing their financial resources on the development of infrastructure, mainly transportation networks, and the exploitation of mineral resources.

Their income comes mainly from agriculture, mineral resources and income taxes on the sale of alcohol, salt and opium. And the goods that belong to daily consumer goods, French merchants have almost no involvement. In addition to dealing in consumer goods, the Chinese are also involved in the service industry and even light industry. ”

Ngo Dinh Diem is right when he says that Americans are generous, but they don't know Vietnam, they don't know the Vietnamese, they don't know the Vietnamese history.

The idea of the Americans is very simple, as long as they provide assistance to Vietnam, let the Vietnamese people eat, live a good life, and feel happy, they will not believe in the Vietminh, and Vietnam will become a shield for the free world to resist the expansion of the Soviet and Russian camps; Their approach is simpler, summed up in one sentence: "Let's go, let's go and solve those problems!" ”

The American advisers who have been flocking in these days, especially the burly lads in their twenties, don't even know that just a few months ago, their country was helping France maintain its colonial rule.

The Viet Minh leader "Uncle Hu", who did not know what they were trying to help deal with, was already a great patriot in the minds of his Vietnamese peers, and many even grew up singing "No one loves Hu Z Minh more than us."

I don't know what a belligerent and xenophobic people this is.

The Vietnamese believe that the Chinese remained in Vietnam for ten centuries from the time the Chinese army invaded the Red River Delta in 200 AD to the arrival of the French. It is believed that their ancestors successively defeated the invaders of various dynasties of China, and that the enemy was so strong that they won war after war, which is unique in Asia.

And in the face of a strong threat from the north, they can also fight for a long time and extend the territory to the south, until their compatriots can look forward to the Gulf of Siam.

(The history of the current Nanqi, which is also known as Cochinchina by the French, is Cambodian territory.) Therefore, Cambodians still call Nam Chi "Lower Cambodia", and even the "Norodom Palace", the governor's palace of Indochina, is named after a Cambodian king).

Professor Anderson really didn't know much about Vietnamese history and asked with interest, "What about the other things?" ”

Li Weimin smiled and said: "The French colonial authorities want to quickly increase the business income tax of the Chinese, and try to penetrate deeper into Vietnamese society through the role of Chinese business intermediaries. He believes that the Chinese class is a more trustworthy social force than the rising local capitalist class in Vietnam.

In order to isolate the Chinese from the Vietnamese, the French enacted regulations that gradually allowed the Chinese to have more business rights than the locals and other foreigners, as reflected in the various agreements between France and China, such as the Tianjin Trade Agreement signed with the Qing government in 1886, which included provisions allowing the Chinese to operate freely in Vietnam.

In 1930, the Nanjing Agreement was signed with the Chinese Kuomintang, which further expanded the management rights of the Chinese, allowing Chinese businessmen to enjoy the right to directly engage in import and export. In 1947, the "Chongqing Agreement" signed with the Nationalist Government gave special preferential treatment to the Chinese, who could not only operate and live freely, but also did not have to serve in the military.

Many goods, such as liquor, beer, and opium, were strictly censored or strictly forbidden to locals and other foreigners, but there were no restrictions on Chinese. Even give the Chinese a certain amount of extrajudicial jurisdiction, such as some commercial disputes and not very serious crimes, which will generally be handed over to the Five Gangs Association for mediation or arbitration. ”

Professor Anderson pondered for a moment, and concluded very incisively: "This was a Chinese sphere of influence before the French came, and they undoubtedly infringed on China's interests. It is so far away from the mainland, and no one wants to go to war with China, so some privileges are given to the Chinese. ”

"It's possible."

Li Weimin crossed his arms and added with a blank face: "But I think they are doing this more to maintain their colonial rule in Indochina." Dividing and disintegrating, deliberately creating national contradictions, didn't the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company all do this? Once the economic strength and population of the Chinese threaten their dominance, they will not hesitate to ignite the fuse of ethnic contradictions, and let the locals deal with the Chinese without having to do it themselves. ”

Thinking of the growing nationalism in Vietnam, Professor Anderson asked in a low voice, "Lee, do you have some kind of concern?" ”

"Professor, I believe that my compatriots do not need those privileges, and I believe that they are willing to make friends with the natives, live with the natives, and build the country together. Therefore, for me, the industrial village plan is not only an industrial development plan, but also a national reconciliation and national unity plan. ”

The Vietnamese have many views on the Chinese, and the ethnic contradictions are more serious than imagined, but they are covered up by French colonial rule and the Viet Minh issue.

He was indeed a visionary and had a great sense of responsibility.

Professor Anderson nodded slightly, and said meaningfully, "Lee, if you can put this huge plan into practice and succeed, then you will become the most respected person in this country." I wouldn't be surprised if one day you won the Nobel Prize. ”

"It's a pity you're not a Norwegian parliamentarian."

"I will write to them, whether I recognize them or not, and keep writing to them until I am annoyed by the parliamentarians and gentlemen to nominate you."

Li Weimin was happy and couldn't help but quip: "I'll share the prize with you, I swear." ”

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