Petite and well-dressed, Chen Lichun was already an upper-class socialite, but now as the new prime minister's personal representative and press spokesman, she is even more radiant and charismatic, and her sharp words and extraordinary conversation have undoubtedly become the focus of the reception.

Women have a low status, and Vietnamese women have an even lower status.

Polygamy continues to this day, with some Vietnamese men treating women as slaves and leaving them to do the hardest work to earn money to support their families. Worse still, they sell their women and even their daughters as commodities to traffickers or brothels.

Chen Lichun is undoubtedly an alternative among Vietnamese women, looking at her high-spirited and eloquent appearance, Wu Lijun admires her to the extreme.

The drinking party became a stage for her alone, and Ruan Wenxin continued to stay bored, so she found an excuse to leave first. Before leaving, he told Li Weimin to be careful, so as not to be affected by the pond fish.

Since you came, you can't help but say hello to your acquaintances.

Just as he was about to introduce his fiancée to an acquaintance at the U.S. Embassy, Chen Lichun suddenly turned sideways and smiled: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Li Weimin, a member of the Government Refugee Committee. ”

"Hello Mr. Lee, I'm an Associated Press reporter, we talked on the plane, and it's an honor to see you again. Mrs. Yao has just mentioned the Refugee Committee and mentioned your new status, does this mean that you are the first official appointed by Premier Yan after he entered the Jialong Palace? ”

This guy is much more interested in politics than in refugees.

Li Weimin scolded secretly and replied with a smile: "Mr. Connein, I am also honored to meet again. As for the members of the Refugee Committee, you can understand as semi-official posts of a humanitarian nature. My main job is to find ways to raise funds to assist the government in helping and resettle refugees in dire need. ”

"Not an official official?"

"At least the government didn't pay me." He shrugged, and everyone burst into laughter.

When a reporter asked another question, Li Weimin simply put down his glass and continued with a solemn face: "Although the Geneva peace talks are underway and the dawn of peace has appeared, a large number of refugees from the north are still flocking to the two cities of Hanoi and Haiphong from all directions.

By the time I returned, more than 60 refugee camps had been built spontaneously around the two cities, where food, clean drinking water and medical care were scarce, and the International Red Cross, the Catholic Church and some charities in the north were trying to raise food and medicine, but their efforts were still a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands of refugees. ”

A journalist from either Hong Kong or Singapore asked impatiently: "Mr. Lee, what is the government's plan to do with such a serious refugee problem?" ”

"Of course, the government will not sit idly by, so the first thing Premier Yan did on his first day in office was to set up a refugee committee. Specific measures are being worked out intensively, but in my personal opinion, the French side should take on more obligations on the issue of refugee relief and resettlement.

This is not only because the French side bears an inescapable responsibility for the displacement of so many people, but also because it still controls the main military, security, communications, civil and financial institutions. If the French side does not take responsibility and cooperate, it will be difficult to put into practice the measures for refugee relief and resettlement. ”

In a word, the senior French officials did not say a word, and the American diplomats were deeply convinced, and even some officers of the national army nodded their heads again and again. After all, the Prime Minister's Office doesn't want anything now, how can you let the family go to relief?

Now that he has become this official, he has to be like that.

Li Weimin paused and said sincerely: "Here, on behalf of the Refugee Committee, allow me to express my heartfelt thanks to the US government. Although peace talks are ongoing, peace has not really come, and some provinces and cities in the north and even in the south are still fighting each other.

In such a dangerous situation, the USAID mission is rushing to repair Highway 5 from Hanoi to Haiphong, the U.S. Special Technical and Economic Mission is renovating the Haiphong dock, I have three barges in when I return, and the Hanoi airport is being expanded at the same time. It has been of great help in diverting refugees and alleviating the pressure on relief and resettlement in Hanoi and Haiphong. ”

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The position is clear, polite and courteous.

What is even more rare is that he is proficient in Vietnamese, French and English, and does not need to be translated at all, and answers more than 20 questions from more than a dozen reporters in one breath.

No wonder the uncle and her husband insisted that she take him with him, he was able to deal with reporters with ease, and his image was good, and he really helped the new government grow its face and fired the first shot of the public opinion war.

Chen Lichun secretly praised it, and took over the conversation to answer those sensitive questions that he deliberately avoided.

The fiancé talks freely and is full of energy, and the whole personable diplomat, Wu Lijun has never been so happy and proud as today, standing beside him with a smile, and her heart is happy.

As soon as I said a few words to a few acquaintances at the U.S. Embassy, a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a gray suit, no messy hair, glasses, and bright eyes, walked over, stretched out his right hand and greeted: "Mr. Li is young and promising, Jiang Enkai, I am very happy to know Mr. Li." ”

Speaking Chinese with a Suzhou or Shanghai accent, Li Weimin was surprised, thought for a moment and suddenly reacted. The consul general of the Consulate General of the Nationalist Government in Saigon is "the consul general of the puppet consulate of the Chiang Gang in Saigon" in domestic parlance.

"It turned out to be Consul Chiang, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"Mr. Li knows about me?"

People always have a psychological belonging, especially overseas Chinese who are adrift and sojourn in other countries. No matter how miserable Lao Chiang was and where the Nationalist Government retreated, he was the official representative of the government in Saigon after all. Therefore, the old man was often invited to attend receptions with him before he went to France, and it is said that Ma Guoxuan and other five gangsters had a good relationship with him.

Although Li Weimin was reluctant to get too close to him, he still held his hand and smiled: "I heard my father say it." ”

Jiang Enkai only knew that he was Chinese, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Li, who is Lord Lingzun?" ”

"My father, Li Guanyun, just went to France with his mother and sister some time ago, I don't know if Consul Jiang remembers."

"Oh, I said why is it so familiar, it turns out to be Brother Guanyun's only son. Didn't you study in the U.S., and when did you come back? ”

"It's been a while since I came back, and I haven't been to the meeting, please forgive Consul Jiang."

A few days ago, I wondered why Li Guanyun went to France inexplicably after doing a good job. It turned out that his son had a relationship with Wu Tingyan, and perhaps his relationship with the Americans was not ordinary. Staying in Saigon would only be in a dilemma, so he simply left.

Lao Chiang always thought of counterattacking the mainland, and always regarded Vietnam, especially the overseas Chinese on the embankment, as nationals living abroad, and the consulate did a lot of work in Xidi, setting up a secret party headquarters, recruiting Kuomintang members, and publishing Chinese-language newspapers. The spies of the Secret Bureau, who used various identities as cover, were in full swing fighting with the overseas Chinese underground organizations led by the Vietminh on the secret front.

Most of the overseas Chinese on the embankment are businessmen, do not care much about politics, and very few are police officers or hold public office in the government, and he is really the first one in a high position like him.

Jiang Enkai was surprised, and asked with a casual smile: "Mr. Li, you have a good relationship with Premier Yan?" ”

How could Li Weimin not know that he was tempting, and said ambiguously and perfunctorily: "I respect Mr. Yan very much, and Mr. Yan also takes good care of me. ”

"So you've known each other for a long time?"

"We've known each other for a while, but not for long."

"I don't know what Mr. Li thinks of that joke that General Nguyen Van Xin made just now?"

Obviously, like most diplomats in Saigon, he is not optimistic about Ngo Dinh Diem, Li Weimin smiled with a pun: "Consul Chiang, you said it was a joke, since it is a joke, what can the younger generation think?" ”

Jiang Enkai is a wonderful person, and he couldn't help but quip: "Not a drop of water, Mr. Li, you are more like a diplomat than me, and sure enough, the tiger father has no dog." ”

"If you are not in your position, you will not seek politics, the younger generation is a businessman, and the commissioner just wants to repay the society and do some good deeds. Not a drop of water, how to talk about it, Consul Jiang, don't be joking. ”

Chen Lichun looked over here, as if he was going to ask him to go together, Jiang Enkai hurriedly said: "The consulate has a reception the day after tomorrow, I wonder if Mr. Li has time to appreciate it?" ”

Li Weimin did not want to get too close to him, not because he was worried about what the overseas Chinese underground organization would think and that he would be included in the assassination list as a representative of "fighting for the tiger," but because the relationship between South Vietnam and Taiwan was too complicated.

Due to the relationship of ideology, on the one hand, they have to cooperate and keep warm; At the same time, there are many problems left over from history, on the one hand, there are many contradictions, such as how to deal with the millions of overseas Chinese living in South Vietnam, and how to treat the bad things done by the Nationalist Government when it entered Vietnam to accept the surrender of the Japanese army.

There is no future for going to the black with Wu Tingyan, and there is no future for mixing with them.

Li Weimin didn't want Wu Tingyan to have any ideas, so he politely declined with an apologetic face: "Consul Jiang, I'm very sorry, so many refugees are in urgent need of relief and resettlement, I'm afraid the younger generations won't have time to participate." After this busy time, the juniors will come to visit again. ”

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PS: It's almost time to go down to Sanjiang, ask for a collection again!