In Professor Fisher's view, his Vietnamese friends now need not only support, but also confidence.

When Ngo Dinh Diem went to Japan a few years ago, he was turned away by MacArthur and did not meet in person; Coming to the United States, he and Cardinal Francis Spelman introduced many dignitaries, but the attitude became colder and colder, and it seemed that the whole world was not interested in the "Humpty Dumpty" from Vietnam.

Running into walls everywhere will be frustrated by anyone.

The support of our graduates and the business community they represent at this time is undoubtedly a "booster" for Ngo Dinh Diem.

In order to let Dim know the good news as soon as possible, he sent a telegram to Paris overnight, claiming that Li Weimin was the most outstanding Asian-American student since the founding of Michigan University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences. Words such as insightful, compassionate, and with a strong sense of justice and mission were used in the message.

The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, and this time I came to the United States to "burn a cold stove".

Li Weimin naturally would not let him talk in vain, and he had a big red envelope of 20,000 US dollars from his father-in-law, who had plenty of money in hand, and generously donated the 50,000 yuan that the housekeeper wanted, and entrusted Professor Fisher to wire it to France early the next morning.

According to the official price, it is equivalent to 1.75 million piast and 24.65 million francs (old francs), this sudden news and this "huge amount" really made Ngo Dinh Diem a little excited: first, after leaving Vietnam for so long, there are people who still remember him, support his ideas, and even donate generously; The second is that this telegram and this remittance do not represent a single person, but an economically powerful group that can represent at least some of the people in the body.

The rest of the game became a no-brainer.

He replied with a telegram apologetically stating that he could not leave Paris now, while at the same time devoting considerable space to reiterating his assertion of a "third force".

Li Weimin is not interested in his proposition, only in him as a person.

On the fourth day after receiving the telegram, Professor Fischer rushed to Paris under the arrangement of Professor Fischer, and in a humble old apartment on Avenue Bertier, he met in front of him, a figure who was often associated with US imperialism in later history and was called "the lackey of US imperialism in South Vietnam".

The first impression he gave people was not the appearance of the blue-faced fangs that he wanted to eat people in the propaganda of later generations, but actually an amiable Humpty Dumpty man, very elegant.

He wears a white double-breasted suit, has neatly combed black hair, and has a wide face, looking like a person who likes to laugh. He was as enthusiastic as the young priest of the monastery had said, and as soon as they met, he extended his right hand.

Li Weimin held his hand tightly and said in Vietnamese with an apologetic face: "Mr. Yan, I took the liberty to visit and made you wait for a long time. ”

Wu Tingyan read poetry and could write beautiful calligraphy, but he could not speak Chinese, so he welcomed with a smile: "There are friends from afar, I am very happy, and I should wait for a while." ”

"Thank you."

Li Weimin nodded slightly, turned around and paid the tip, and sent the taxi driver away, before walking with him to the apartment with his luggage, while explaining: "Mr. Yan, the reason why I came here is to see if I can help him. As a person who was born and raised in Saigon, in the face of this crisis, I always want to do something, but I don't know how to do it. It wasn't until I met Mr. Wesley that I realized that you had been campaigning for the fate of your country. ”

"Mr. Li, you've done you a great favor."

Dinh Diem pushed open the door and beckoned him to sit down, saying bluntly: "No matter what you do, you need funds." I have remitted the US$50,000 you remitted back to Saigon for my brother's and my brother's activities. ”

"Are you saying that Bishop Thien Yen (Ngo Dinh Diem's second brother), Mr. Jin (Ngo Dinh Jin), Mr. Yao (Ngo Dinh Nh), and Mr. Liam (Ngo Dinh Lien) are also campaigning for this?"

Wu Tingyan did not answer this question directly, but asked in surprise: "Does Mr. Li know about his brothers?" ”

"Mr. Ling Zunke is an honest and virtuous official, and his father has mentioned it more than once. Mr. Ling's brother and son were killed in Hanoi, and my father was heartbroken. Mr. Ma Guoxuan, Wu Shounan and other gentlemen of the Chaozhou Gang often said that if the Viet Minh army went south, I don't know how many people would be destroyed. ”

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Hanoi established the Viet Minh and declared independence, and the Workers' Party formed a coalition government with the Vietnamese Kuomintang and other political groups, intending to appoint Ngo Dinh Diem's eldest brother, Ngo Dinh Quy, who had served as the provincial governor, as the Minister of the Interior of the Vietminh government.

Ngo Dinh Cuy thought that they had changed the soup but not the medicine, refused to join, and finally were buried alive by the Viet Minh in Hue with his son.

Speaking of this sad incident, thinking of his experience of escaping from the tiger's mouth with nine deaths, Wu Tingyan's emotions suddenly became a little excited, clenched his fists and said: "They are a bunch of conspirators and criminals, and I will never forgive them." ”

Li Weimin said in a low voice: "History will not forgive. ”

"Yes, history will not forgive."

Wu Tingyan took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, raised his head and said with a smile: "Actually, I know Mr. Ma Guoxuan and your father. ”

Li Guanyun did know him, but only by him. After all, Saigon is so big, and there are so many people with heads and faces, and it is normal to look up and not look down.

Despite this, Li Weimin still pretended to be surprised and asked, "Is it?" ”

"Well, it's just that I didn't have deep friendships."

"Original...... Originally...... It turns out that you know your father, it's... It's really providential, and it took more than half the world to have the honor of visiting you. Mr. Yan, don't call me Mr. Li anymore. You are an elder, call me a people, and you can't mess with the generations. ”

Calling Mr. Li too raw, and about the same age as his father, it is more affectionate to call him by his first name.

Although he was a devout Catholic, he also received the influence of Confucianism, and his father, Wu Dinh Ke, served as a minister of etiquette, and attached great importance to seniority and etiquette.

People have done so much, and they regard themselves as juniors, he is very happy and gratified, and asks with a smile: "For the people, then I will call him by his name?" ”

"Of course, it should."

"Well, from now on I will call you the people."

Wu Tingyan smiled, and suddenly changed his words: "Professor Fischer mentioned in the telegram that the Chinese Council is for the people, and frankly I feel a little incredible. ”

Not everyone is so easy to fool, Professor Fisher knows nothing about the West Cause, and Professor Henry testifies that he believes what.

Wu Tingyan is different, he knows Xidi too well, and if he wants to deceive him, he will shoot himself in the foot.

Li Weimin had already been prepared, scratched his head like a child making a mistake, and explained hesitantly: "Mr. Yan, I knew that I couldn't deceive you, when did the Chaozhou Gang, the Guangfu Gang, the Hakka Gang, the Fujian Gang, and the Hainan Gang unite?" Not to mention that the Five Gangs Association is not so united, even the gangs are not united. I say this because...... It's because ......"

In Saigon, it is often said that five Vietnamese are not as good as one "Tangshanian", but five "Tangshanyan" together is not as good as one Vietnamese. It means that the Chinese are not united, which is similar to the meaning that a Chinese is a dragon and a group of Chinese is a worm.

Ngo Dinh Diem had experienced so many things, and he could see at a glance that there was something wrong with the content of the telegram, and he guessed one or two.

The reason why people say this to the Government Research Agency of the Michigan University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences is purely to increase his weight in the eyes of Americans, and to prove that he has a certain influence in Vietnam.

Seeing that Li Weimin wanted to speak and stopped, he sighed lightly and said sincerely: "For the people, I know your good intentions, thank you, thank you very much." ”

The coming day is long, and he can't be proud of his achievements, Li Weimin hurriedly said: "Mr. Yan, thank you, don't blame me for opening my mouth." In addition, I and many of our Teochew Gang youths really admire you very much, and I sincerely hope that you can return to Vietnam to save the crisis. ”

Things are gathered by like, and people are grouped.

He is the son of the "shipping king", and his friends are naturally in the same position in Xidi, and it is also very happy to get the support of these young Hua Lings.

But the Xidi Chinese are different from other groups, and there are some things that must be said in advance, Diem pondered for a moment, stared at him and asked, "For the people, what do you think of the current situation in the Xidi Chinese District?" ”

He was an extremely radical nationalist and very stubborn.

Sooner or later, what you want to do will be done, and even the French will be expelled in the future, so how can the overseas Chinese on the embankment enjoy the privileges granted by the French again.

Since he has to do it sooner or later, it is better to follow his heart.

Li Weimin took a deep breath and said with embarrassment: "The right to tax is the right to govern, in my opinion, the current way of collecting taxes by the Five Gangs is unreasonable; Not to mention that judicial power is part of national sovereignty, and from the perspective of the rule of law and national sovereignty, the contradictions and disputes in the Chinese circle on the embankment should be arbitrated by the government and judicial departments, not by the five gangs or any overseas Chinese leader. ”

In the end, it is the new youth who has received higher education in the United States that points out the problem to the point.

Wu Tingyan nodded slightly, and asked again, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Then there is rice, and the southern rice is almost entirely in the hands of Chinese businessmen from the purchase, transshipment, processing to export, and the peasants have great opinions about Chinese businessmen. Although this is not a deliberate monopoly, but the Chinese businessmen have certain advantages in capital, transportation, and trade, it has not been conducive to the relationship between the two ethnic groups in the long run, so I am planning to close my rice factory and no longer operate the rice processing and export business. ”

Li Weimin paused, and then said: "Finally, there is nationality, I was born in Saigon, grew up in Saigon, drank Saigon's water, and ate rice from the Mekong Delta. No matter what others think, I always thought I was Vietnamese with Chinese ancestry anyway. ”

Deeply aware of the righteousness, truly aware of the righteousness.

As a wealthy man with a lot of money, as a person who can completely transfer assets and leave Vietnam, it is not easy to do so many things, to think so, to think so.

Wu Tingyan was full of emotion, and couldn't help asking: "For the people, are there many people in Xidi who think like you?" ”

"Frankly not much, after all, after all these years, most people have developed a habit of taking everything for granted. In fact, I have discussed these issues privately with some friends, and the results are surprising, many friends think that the Chinese living in Vietnam to make money owe the locals a favor, and should take some responsibility. ”