After not sleeping all night, Wu Tingyan looked very haggard. Cigarette after cigarette, fingers yellowed.

Li Weimin's return to Saigon at this critical moment and rushing to his side is the only thing worth thanking about from last night to now. I was in a much better mood and made coffee by myself as I did when I was in Paris.

"Although it was not explicitly stated in the telegram, I knew it was a good plan, but I could not risk it, especially when the North Vietnamese infiltrated the south on a large scale."

Ngo Dinh Ngai established a secret police system similar to that of the "Gestapo", and regarded himself as a great man by idolizing the Nazi leader Himmler. In terms of the overall situation, it is far worse than the third brother who is not very in charge of things, not only did he not see the extraneous meaning in the telegram, but he harshly criticized the "industrial investment department" for not saving him when he saw death.

The enemies on the surface such as the Viet Minh and Phan Quang Dan are not terrible, but the terrible ones are the insiders who are deeply hidden.

If the suggestion had been taken last night and the timely withdrawal from Saigon would have been accepted, there would have been many people who could not help but jump out, and when they all surfaced, the situation would have been much better than it is now.

However, as Ngo Dinh Diem feared, the strategy of retreating is extremely risky, and once the Americans clearly support the coup officers and support Nguyen Chinh Thi and others in forming a coalition government with the opposition such as Phan Quang Dan, it will obviously be difficult to turn the situation around with the Workers' and Workers' Forces.

Having a contradiction with Diem Dinh Kyo does not mean having a contradiction with him.

In fact, the Wu brothers are not so united, the relationship between Wu Tingyu and Wu Tingjin is very stiff, and the relatively enlightened Wu Tinglian is also dissatisfied with some of Wu Tingjin's practices. Even Ambassador to the United States Chen Wenwen and his wife believe that democratic reforms should be carried out, and that the son-in-law and daughter should not suppress the opposition too much.

The coup d'état of the officers of the Shaozhuang faction was aborted, and Li Weimin did not want to dwell on this issue. I don't want too many people to know that the industrial investment system has made a bad mistake at a critical moment. He took the cup and said, "Mr. Yan." Just now, I talked with Mr. Yao about the issue of nationalizing the industrial investment company, and the differences were quite large, and he was not very happy. ”

Tacit things, straight to the point.

Wu Tingyan was surprised, and said in a low voice after a moment of silence: "He is too influenced by others, those people are more for their own interests, and I also think that the time is not ripe, so I have not expressed my position." I haven't agreed. ”

The human heart is the least able to withstand temptation.

Temptations come and go, and sooner or later they will turn their faces and intensify the contradictions to the point where they are out of control.

The reason why he returned to Saigon at this time was to take advantage of the miscarriage of the coup d'état of the paratrooper brigade and the panic of the government and the army to have a showdown with their brothers and buy another one to two years for the industrial investment company.

Because they have realized that they are sitting on the crater, how dangerous their situation is, and there are enough people who oppose and disagree with the government, they dare not easily push the industrial and investment system to the opposite side.

Li Weimin doesn't care if he really thinks so, or if it's another delaying tactic. Holding the cup, he said, "Mr. Yan, I don't agree because I am not greedy for power. Rather, they don't want a bunch of laymen to manage the insiders, and they don't want the country's industry to be ruined in the hands of a bunch of people who only know how to compete for power and profit. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the reaction of the US side, and if some unnecessary misunderstandings are caused by this, it will cause a series of heavy blows to industry, the economy, and even the government. ”

Ten minutes ago, Ambassador de Brow and Professor Fischer made it clear that the company is an important part of the University of Michigan Group Program, and that the appointment of the board of directors and managers of the industrial estates, as well as the change of authority of the institutions within the industrial estates, must be communicated with the officials of the MSU, the Agency for International Development and the Special Economic and Technical Mission in advance.

Ambassador de Brow even claimed that the amount of taxes and fees that the company will be able to pay to the government next year will be an important reference for how much aid Washington will provide to South Vietnam next year. He claimed that the House of Representatives would appoint a team to Saigon to assess the South Vietnamese government's government and military budget for next year.

In other words, the Americans have tied aid to Vietnam with the "cash cow" of the industrial investment company.

If it insists on nationalizing the industrial investment company, the United States will certainly cut aid, cancel a series of preferential trade policies with Vietnam, and the US Aid Management Mission will even reduce the dollar exchange quota of the "commodity import plan" again.

U.S. aid, the tax revenue of the industrial investment company, and the tax revenue from the embankment together account for 80 percent of the government's expenditure, and the relationship between the industrial investment company and the Chinese area of the embankment is well known. If one day the United States supports my opponents, which side will you be on? ”

This is a very acute and at the same time real question.

Li Weimin took a deep breath and said seriously: "Mr. Yan, I don't think the U.S. government will give up its support for you, because there is no more suitable person besides you who can lead this country well." Politics is the art of compromise, and as long as some concessions are made appropriately on some issues, how can the United States give up its support for you, so this question is not valid. ”

Wu Tingyan asked, "I mean if." ”

He needed a clear attitude, and Li Weimin could only swear and say, "Mr. Yan, everyone knows that I support you." Besides, if you change your government, you will not treat the Chinese better than you. What's more, we are friends, friends from the most difficult times all the way to today, and I can't imagine any reason against you. ”

When it comes to this, it can be said that I am in my heart.

Because he did not shy away from raising the Chinese issue, he expressed in disguise that he wanted to safeguard the interests of the Chinese.

After all, no matter how much influence the Chinese have in the economy, no matter how much the population has increased in recent years, they will always be foreign nationalities, and they are not even considered ethnic minorities, let alone govern.

What they need is a president who can protect the interests of the Chinese people, who can give almost all the policies to the Chinese, and it is not good for them to support others.

The only thing that is uncomfortable is that the Chinese power has developed to the point where they can put pressure on the government and make demands on the government.

Wu Tingyan is accustomed to controlling everything, and has always regarded the junior in front of him as the most trustworthy subordinate. I'm really not used to treating him as a friend, as a political collaborator.

He had no choice, and the South Vietnamese Chinese could not have a better choice.

In any case, the Chinese are more reliable than the Americans, and more reliable than those who sympathize with and even condone the coup d'état of the paratrooper brigade officers such as Nguyen Chinh Thi.

Since it is a deal, it is necessary to show some sincerity and make some compromises.

Ngo Dinh Diem weighed it up and proposed: "For the people, the industrial villages have grown from six to twelve, and the achievements of the industrial investment company in the past few years are obvious to all, and the Chinese entrepreneurs should have a political status commensurate with the economy." Whether in terms of economic contribution or population ratio, the number of Chinese MPs should be increased, and you think about adding 10? ”

That's right, politicians should bargain.

Li Weimin could not accept this good intention, and he had to make some concessions, and said thoughtfully: "I have no opinion on increasing the number of Chinese parliamentarians, and I believe that Wu Jingchen, president of Wu Kee Heavy Industries, Wu Changming, chairman of Lianhua Textile, and Mr. Zhang Muxiang, president of Saigon Bank, will definitely be very happy and will certainly make greater contributions to the national economy after they are elected."

In addition, the nationalization of industrial investment companies is the general trend, and we can formulate a plan for a smooth transition and a schedule for a smooth transition. Mr. Yan, if we set a deadline of three years, we will first select a group of talents in economic management, industrial development and legal affairs and send them to the Business School of Phu Quoc University for training.

After passing the training and assessment, they will be arranged to serve as deputy positions in various departments of the company headquarters and the management committees of various industrial villages, and they will be able to basically get familiar with the situation for a year, and then they will be appointed as the main positions, and the current management will serve as deputy positions or consultants, and help them to give them a ride, and then the current management will be evacuated after confirming that they are all competent. ”

Ngo Dinh Diem not only wants to take back power, but also wants an industrial investment company that can continue to help the government make money.

This is undoubtedly a very sound and sincere plan, and he is very confident that he will be able to serve as president for another three years, and he agreed: "A transition committee can be set up to be responsible for this work." ”

Li Weimin was more thoughtful than him, and reminded with a smile: "Mr. Yan, the handover work should not be known to everyone, otherwise those with ill intentions will misunderstand that there is a contradiction between the government and the industrial investment company, and mistakenly think that my position has changed, especially at this critical moment." ”

The key to a smooth handover lies in "smoothness", Wu Tingyan is as good as a stream, and after thinking about it, he proposed: "For the people, General Manager Liu Jiachang is very capable, and Assistant Jiang Chao is also good, if there is a suitable replacement, you can consider letting them serve in government departments." ”

The Chinese wanted political status, and he wanted to take back the power of the industrial investment company.

Each takes what he needs, this deal can be done, anyway, with his current way of governing, he can survive this coup d'état but not the next one, and it will be more difficult to do it for another three years.

Let the Chinese be a senior government official, Li Weimin is in the heart, pretending to ponder for a moment, raised his head and said: "Mr. Yan, this arrangement is the best, only by transferring some of their hard-working executives first, the resistance will not be so great in the formal handover in the future, after all, we must also take into account the feelings of the business owners in the industrial village."

After I returned, I immediately mobilized and tried to let the elderly in important positions such as General Manager Liu Jiachang, Assistant Jiang Chao, Director Chen of the Finance Department, Director Gu of the Infrastructure Engineering Department, Director Wu of the Overseas Department, and Director Jiang of the Development Research Center leave their posts as soon as possible and be replaced by their deputies. ”

Wu Tingyan secretly laughed at his younger brother Wu Tingyan outside, who only knew that he wanted to take back the industrial investment company, but he didn't know what people really wanted.

He nodded slightly, and said with a knowing smile: "Liu Jiachang can be the Minister of Economy, Jiang Chao can be the Deputy Mayor of Saigon, and others can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Communications, and the State Bank to serve as Deputy Minister or Vice President." (To be continued.) )