With 58 floors above ground and four floors underground, the Asian American Center is the fifth-highest building in New York at 248 meters, and the four towers in front of it are the Empire State Building, built in 1931, the Chrysler Building in 1930, the City Services Building (70 Pine Street) in 1932, and the Trump Building in 1930.

The "AAG Center" adopts a reinforced concrete structure, all-glass curtain wall, underground parking lot, high-speed elevator, central air-conditioning system, closed-circuit television surveillance, and a helipad on the roof...... Not the tallest in New York, but definitely the most modern skyscraper.

A few years ago, the Vietnam Industrial Estate Investment and Development Company implemented the "Southern Development Plan" and vigorously promoted the shareholding reform of "industrial investment" enterprises. In particular, the major shareholders have withdrawn a large amount of money through the company's listing.

With so much idle funds all at once, of course, you have to find an investment channel.

Li Weimin personally served as the chairman of the committee, guiding the bosses of the "industrial investment department" who had just received a huge amount of money from the stock market circle to go to Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States to stake land and invest in real estate. Some risk-takers lead them to invest in European and American stock markets.

The "Asian American Center" was jointly invested and built by large and small bosses.

The 20th to 48th floors are all owned by owners, some of whom use it as their home in the United States, some as their company's offices in the United States, and some simply entrust the building property to rent it out.

The building, which was built with investment from local businessmen, is not far from the United Nations Headquarters, and is the "Mekong Hotel" on floors 1 to 18. After the opening of the hotel, various business events are often held. The mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations simply moved into the building. Make the 49th floor a veritable diplomatic institution.

Because of its ownership, occupancy company, and diplomatic mission, the Asian American Center is also known as the "Vietnam Building" by many New Yorkers.

The "Mekong Hotel" jointly invested by the Li family and the Wu family is very Vietnamese, whether it is local or from Vietnam, the waitress is all dressed in white Ao Dai, and there are not only shops selling Vietnamese souvenirs in the lobby, posters welcoming American friends to travel to Vietnam, but also various Vietnamese fruits that are flown in.

"Sister-in-law, let's make a night here today. Tomorrow I will go to my new home in New Jersey, in fact, the presidential suite is also good, and I have received several dignitaries since it opened. ”

When his brother and sister-in-law came, Li Weiqing was excited, holding Wu Lijun's arm and chattering.

Vietnam was once a French colony, and both Vietnamese and Vietnamese Chinese were more or less influenced by France. In Li Weiqing's view, people with real status and taste will not live in a noisy city, but should live in a picturesque suburb, preferably with a manor of their own.

De Gaulle wanted to be the boss of Europe. We want the franc to become the currency of international settlements like the US dollar, and take advantage of the massive outflow of US dollars. The opportunity of the imbalance in the balance of payments, using the dollar reserves to buy a large amount of gold from the United States, trying to achieve its goal through the gold standard, directly triggered the dollar crisis.

Over the past two years, gold has skyrocketed.

Li Weimin started the layout as early as a few years ago, and Qingqing naturally did not disappoint his brother and made a lot of money in the dollar crisis. Money earned is spent, simply bought dozens of hectares of land in New Jersey, not only realized the "manor owner dream", but also had its own private airport.

Wu Lijun knows that she is not all for enjoyment, she has invested so much in Europe and the United States, and often has to travel on business, and it is really inconvenient not to have a private airliner. What's more, the private jet is not only used by her, but also by the executives of the U.S. representative office of the industrial investment company, the U.S. branch of the Bank of East Asia, and the executives of the companies she controls.

"Helicopter-by-helicopter?"

"Well, it's convenient."

"I'm a little scared, I've never sat on it."

"The pilot is a retired officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who has been flying for nearly ten years, and he is very safe to pilot."

Looking at her eyebrows, Li Weimin couldn't help but quip: "Qingqing, it's not enough to have a plane, a successful lady like you should have another luxury yacht." ”

"Brother, don't say it, I really have the heart to customize one. People's companies have parties, all on the yacht, we can only be in the hotel, really a little out of the times. ”

She is in charge of six investment funds, three investment companies, and holds more than 120 listed companies in Europe and the United States.

Li Weimin said as a matter of course: "Then go to customize, what is there to hesitate about." ”

"Aren't you too busy to take care of it?"

Qingqing smiled, walked out of the elevator and took her brother and sister-in-law to the presidential suite, which is also very Vietnamese. Mahogany and rosewood furniture, dragon and phoenix carvings everywhere, carefully placed porcelain, calligraphy and painting and other handicrafts and artworks, like entering the tea house club of later generations.

Li Weimin looked around, then walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to look at the scenery outside, and was about to propose to go around Chinatown at night, Sun Ningyu, who followed Chen Jiahui to the business center to pick up the telegram, followed in, and reported in a low voice: "Chairman, Colonel Ruan Gaoqi has been promoted." ”

With such a great contribution, promotion is expected, Li Weimin looked back and asked with a smile: "Air Force commander?" ”

"Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff and Commander of the Air Force, the rank of Colonel of the Air Force was directly promoted to Major General of the Air Force, and the paratrooper brigade was officially included in the command sequence of the Air Force."

The Marine Corps has always been under the control of the Navy, but the Paratrooper Brigade has always been under the command of the Army's General Staff.

Being able to affect a combat unit with good combat effectiveness, Li Weimin was very happy, thought about it and asked: "Have the special forces been safely withdrawn?" ”

Sun Ningyu said with a smile: "Withdrawn, the 19th Air Tactical Support Squadron was put into battle, based on the Xining Qianqian Airport, and sent the special battalion that had been airlifted to the war zone to participate in the search for Nguyen Zhiqing and Nguyen Van Linh, and to fight those Vietnamese G troops who took the initiative to take the lead, and carried our people on the return." ”

"How many special battalions does the military aid command put in?"

"General Huggins believed that the enemy in the west was more threatening than in the center, and the Joint Operations Command took over command as soon as it was established. Not only did it urgently mobilize the scattered 'Green Berets' and Einsatzgruppen armies. And the Marine Division was mobilized. Now there are at least 17 battalions in the entire theater of operations.

In order to prevent the North Vietnamese People's Army, the SLA guerrillas and the local Vietnamese troops in the area from fleeing to Cambodia or crossing the Saigon River to the north, several main divisions of the 3rd and 2nd Tactical Sectors were mobilized. The air force units are on standby 24 hours a day, and the reconnaissance planes conduct non-stop reconnaissance and three-dimensional encirclement and suppression. ”

The determination of the Military Aid Command is not small. Even the "green berets" went into battle shirtless.

Li Weimin asked with interest: "What about the results, it has been more than 20 hours since they took over, it is impossible to get nothing, right?" ”

"As of 4 a.m. Saigon time today, the first batch of paratroopers on the battlefield had defeated two groups of Vietnamese G, numbered 90th Agent Company and the 35th Battalion of the Southern Liberation Army, killing and wounding more than 600 people and capturing more than 100 prisoners. Yesterday afternoon, the three Hmong special battalions that landed on the battlefield successfully surrounded and annihilated a group of guerrillas under the command of the 'Green Berets'.

The 27th Marine Company, which had only entered the battle at night, had the best luck, led by a repentant Viet G captive. A material transfer camp on the Vietnam-Cambodian border was destroyed, and more than 2,000 tons of war materials such as guns, ammunition, food, cooking oil, and medicine were seized. He also shot and killed Pan Wendang, director of the Security Committee of the Southern Bureau, who had fled there for less than three hours, and wounded and captured Gao Dengzhan, deputy director of the Security Committee. ”

The Security Committee of the North Vietnamese Bureau is not only responsible for the public security work in the "liberated areas", but also, like the former Ministry of Social Affairs, is in charge of underground work in the areas controlled by government forces, and these two people are of greater value to the CIA than the Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Cai, who was arrested not long ago.

At least 1,000 people "repent" every year, and not all of them would rather die than give in.

The encirclement and suppression continued, and thinking that the enemy was now leaderless and in chaos, Li Weimin couldn't help but laugh and said: "Engaging in such a big battle, although it can't be uprooted, at least it can be stopped for a while." ”

"General Ren and Chief of Staff Chen believe that after suffering such serious losses, Yue G should not be able to recover in a year or two."

"A year or two, too optimistic."

Li Weimin shook his head and said with a serious face: "The North Vietnamese will not watch the fire in the south be extinguished, if nothing else, they will organize a larger-scale infiltration and launch a large-scale retaliatory action against the national army." In other words, what we will face in the future is no longer a rabble, but the main force of the People's Army, which is well-trained and has a resolute will to fight. ”

"I immediately called back to Can Tho and Embankment to remind General Jen and Mr. Chin."

"Don't worry, let's talk about Ruan Gaoqi first."

Li Weimin beckoned him and He Tianming to sit down, and muttered: "It is said that women become rich when they become bad, and men become bad when they are rich, but in fact, men will become bad when they have power." Ruan Gaoqi was originally unconventional and liked to be in the limelight, but now that he is in power, he will definitely become invincible and domineering. ”

If you don't avoid yourself, you can listen and you can express your opinions.

Wu Lijun, who had never asked about these things, couldn't help but say: "For the people, Lianfang has called several times, and last month she made a special trip to the Special Economic Zone to complain to me. ”

"Complaining?"

She said that Nguyen Gao Qi had a woman outside, as if she was a flight attendant of Vietnam Airlines, and the child was so old that she wanted to divorce her because of a woman. It's not that power makes it bad, it's that it has long been bad. ”

I can't really say anything about men and women.

Li Weimin sighed secretly, and said with a bitter smile helplessly: "He is determined to be Chen Shimei, we can't manage it and it's not easy to manage, but he can't be greedy." Ning Yu, you help me send him a telegram to tell him that Vietnam needs a hero who is honest and self-disciplined. Prepare another sum of money to give him a small amount of money that he doesn't like to be given by others. ”

"Piast or dollars?"

"5 million Piast, $500,000 to help him open an account with the Bank of East Asia."

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

As soon as Sun Ningyu walked out of the room, He Tianming spoke: "Chairman, Ruan Gaoqi is the deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff and the Air Force Command, and the Fourth Air Division does not have to be transferred to the Bianhe base. ”

Such a great credit is not given in vain, Li Weimin nodded slightly: "The Fourth Air Division must stay, and the Fourth Tactical Region Air Force will also be formed, but the bases will no longer be located at Cha Nuo Airport, but will be located in Boliao, Longchuan and Phu Quoc Island respectively." (To be continued.) )