Overseas, Chinese are often wary of Chinese.

For the sake of interests, to avoid suspicion, for the sake of ideology, anything can be done, so it is said that a Chinese is a dragon, and a group of Chinese is a worm.

With the rise of Ngo Dinh Diem, Li Weimin has become a pivotal political figure in the South Vietnamese government and a new generation of overseas Chinese leaders who surpass the leaders of the Five Gangs.

In the eyes of the National Government, he was one of the most difficult people to deal with.

In order to avoid suspicion, his position is more like that of the Vietnamese, and what he has done in the past period of time is not an exaggeration to describe him as a "traitor".

He had so much influence in South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem trusted him so much, and was in charge of the economy, industrial development and part of the military power, and many things could not be bypassed him, which made the newly appointed Minister Yuan Zijian very troublesome.

I thought it would not be easy to meet him, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to come to the door.

Whether the relations between the two countries can develop healthily and whether the tasks assigned by the president can be successfully completed is extremely important, and Yuan Zijian immediately turned down the banquet of several overseas Chinese leaders on the embankment and warmly received them together with Jiang Enkai.

"Minister Yuan is in office, and it stands to reason that I should be the east, and I should take the wind and wash the dust. I had no choice but to buy a plane ticket, and I couldn't take a flight to the United States at 3 p.m. ”

"Mr. Li is so polite, it is our honor for you to come to the door in person."

In this chaotic era, anyone has it, and anything can happen.

As long as they are political leaders, almost all of them shout "peace", and their President Chiang is undoubtedly an alternative among political leaders, who has been looking forward to the outbreak of a third world war and counting on the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United States and China to fight. so as to realize its dream of counterattacking the mainland.

The Korean War wanted to be involved. The Yankees disagree. An opportunity was missed.

For President Chiang in Taiwan, Vietnam was the last chance of his lifetime, and if Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold a national election to reunify the North and the South and form a coalition government, and North Vietnam was embarrassed and launched an all-out attack, he might be happier than the Japanese navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during the war.

As a matter of fact, Ngo Dinh Diem also hoped that Taiwan would be able to fight with the mainland, and only when the fight was fought would New China not care about supporting North Vietnam, and only then could it have any hope of recovering North Vietnam and realizing national reunification.

From this perspective, the two countries are natural allies. It should be kept warm in a huddle.

The reason why diplomatic relations are lukewarm is, first, that there are a series of problems left over from history between the two countries, and second, that the United States does not want the situation to deteriorate further, does not want to fight another war with New China, and does not allow Taiwan to stir up trouble.

Li Weimin was very clear about the bottom line of the negotiation, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Yuan, Mr. Jiang, I don't hide it, Weimin is here to borrow money from the Nationalist Government. As the U.S. Aid Management Mission has scheduled this year's $16 million foreign exchange plan until the end of the year, the company's funds are tight. I couldn't turn around, so I had to ask the two for help. ”

6 million the year before last. 12 million last year, 16 million this year, the U.S. government is not a little bit generous to the industrial investment company, and the amount of aid to the "commodity import plan" of 35 piastes to 1 dollar is increasing every year.

Not to mention that such a big thing can't be the master, even if he can be the master, Yuan Zijian will not agree.

Still, he asked, "How much does Mr. Li want to borrow?" ”

"US$20 million, guaranteed by both the government and the Bank of East Asia, will be needed in June and will be returned by the end of the year."

Borrow so much, dare to speak!

Taiwan had just completed land reform, and it had to guard against the mainland's attack on Taiwan, military spending was large, the economy was in recession, and the people were not having an easy time.

He is a cunning little fox, the relationship between the two sides is not only not good but even very tense, and he will not run to the door to borrow money inexplicably, Jiang Enkai thinks that there must be a following, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, you once told me at the wedding that 'you are talking about business', Minister Yuan is not a businessman, and I am not a banker, let alone 20 million US dollars, even 20 million Piast We can't take it out." But as friends, we can help you match up and see if we can convince the bankers in Taipei. ”

As soon as the Suez Canal war starts, the United States will take the opportunity to clean up Britain and expand its influence to the traditional sphere of influence of Britain and France in the Middle East.

What a good opportunity for the pound to depreciate.

Wu Tingyan wanted an interest-free loan, but Li Weimin never thought of taking advantage of Lao Jiang. After all, Taiwan is not yet the "Four Little Tigers," and its economic and financial situation is not much better than that of South Vietnam.

He took a sip of his teacup and said slowly: "President Yan hopes that the government of the Republic of China can lend a helping hand and provide us with a short-term interest-free loan of $2,000 for our industrial investment company, and I personally hope that there will be more." If the national government can borrow 40 million yuan before June, I will pay 10 million dollars in interest through the Bank of East Asia in Hong Kong before the end of the year. ”

Borrowing 40 million and repaying 50 million is simply usury.

If others said so, Yuan Zijian would not hesitate to coax him away. But he is none other than the chairman of the Vietnam Industrial Village Investment and Development Company, and the "God of Wealth" of Saigon!

If you lead a delegation to go abroad, you can raise tens of millions of dollars and sell tens of millions of dollars in industrial investment bonds. His family's film company makes millions of dollars for a single movie and an Oscar.

The total assets of the industrial investment company he controls are more than 100 million US dollars, and the US government is still supporting it. The combined annual profits of his family's three companies exceed 10 million US dollars, and even the Bank of East Asia, which is equivalent to the "central bank", is his family's.

Yuan Zijian calmed down, and asked again and again: "Mr. Li is not joking, right?" ”

"Who would dare to joke about such a big deal?"

Li Weimin asked rhetorically, and said with a sincere face: "Minister Yuan may think that I am not easy to get along with, and even contradict the Nationalist Government on some issues, but I do have my own difficulties, because I am responsible for the millions of compatriots living in Vietnam. If the Nationalist government can lend a helping hand and provide a short-term loan of $20 million, diplomatic relations between the two countries will be upgraded from the current ministerial level to the ambassadorial level.

If the Nationalist Government understands my plight, believes in my creditworthiness, and provides a short-term loan of $40 million, then it will win the friendship of the Industrial Investment Company. I believe that in the future, there will be more and closer cooperation. ”

The Phu Quoc Iron and Steel Company was built by several Japanese banks in advance, and so many construction and equipment payments were paid at any time in several industrial villages, and there were never disputes, not even labor disputes, in the case of such a chaotic political situation.

His credibility is not to be said, borrowing 40 million to repay 50 million can basically be done.

Yuan Zijian and Jiang Enkai glanced at each other and said, "Mr. Li, such a big matter, I ...... We really can't call the shots, so we have to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to President Chiang. ”

"There's no hurry, it's only needed in June anyway."

"Mr. Li, can you tell me what you are doing with so much borrowing?"

"Sorry, it's a trade secret."

With the guarantee of both the Vietnamese government and the Bank of East Asia, and his creditworthiness is so strong, there is nothing to worry about the safety of the loan. It is profitable, and diplomatic relations can be further advanced, and I believe that President Chiang should agree.

As the representative of the Nationalist Government in Saigon, Yuan Zijian wanted more, and asked expectantly: "Mr. Li, after diplomatic relations are upgraded to the ambassadorial level, can we set up a consulate on Phu Quoc Island." We have expatriates investing in Phu Quoc Special Zone, and we want to serve expats nearby. ”

For Li Weimin, the Chinese living in Vietnam are all Vietnamese Chinese, and they must be self-reliant and find ways to protect themselves; For them, the Chinese living in Vietnam are all forces to counterattack the mainland, so when they see a needle, they will go wherever there are Chinese.

It can be seen from the assassination list of the "Hua-Yun" that they are the first to deal with, and the second is the "industrial investment" Chinese.

There is no way for the embankment to be too close to Saigon, Han Shuo can't do too much, so he can only turn a blind eye and let them make waves.

Phu Quoc Island is a heavy industry base and the base camp of the Chinese in the "industrial investment department", Li Weimin did not want to lure the wolf into the room, so he said with a wry smile helplessly: "President Yan did not give me the authority to do this, if it were not for the urgent need for capital turnover of the industrial investment company, I would not and did not have the right to intervene in political and diplomatic affairs, if the two really want to set up a consulate, they can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or directly to President Yan." ”

The consulate didn't agree to set it up, let alone anything else.

On the way to Tan Son Nhat Airport, Jiang Chao couldn't help but ask: "Chairman, will the national government lend us money?" ”

"It should be, but it may not be possible to borrow that much."

"What if you don't borrow it?"

"I don't think of anything else, but I don't think they're going to miss this opportunity. President Chiang is like a mahjong player who misses the North Korean card game and can no longer miss the Vietnam game. And he wants to join in the fun, sit down and play together, and only cooperate with us. ”

Jiang Chao couldn't help but smile: "Saigon is messy enough, why is he making this fun." ”

Li Weimin sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "It's not a mess now, if you don't believe it, wait and see, it will be even more chaotic in the future." As for President Chiang, no matter what happened to Saigon, he had no chance of getting involved. ”

As the assistant to the chairman, Jiang Chao knows more things than ordinary company executives, and he has just been developed into a member of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" some time ago, and of course he knows that Taiwan's involvement is not in the interests of the Vietnamese Chinese, because his involvement will only intensify the contradictions and will only make New China more supportive of North Vietnam.

It was inappropriate to talk about these things in the car, and he said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang Muxiang has news, he has persuaded several Indonesian overseas Chinese leaders that if nothing else, he should be able to raise 20 million US dollars by April." ”

I finally waited for this opportunity, and I definitely had to do a big job.

The working capital of the Industrial Investment Company, the Xidi Chinese Charity Fund, the funds of the Li family, and even the emergency funds of the Vietnam Youth Development Foundation and the Vietnam Red Cross Society must be used.

Li Weimin thought about it for a while, and muttered: "After I arrive in the United States, I will think of a way to get 100 million yuan before June." (To be continued.) )