The imminent establishment of the "Southern National Liberation Front," which sells dog meat on sheep's heads, means that the vigorous Vietnam War is about to begin.

It is not a small fight in the past, but the scope of this hot war in the Cold War is rare in the history of modern warfare because it involves a wide range and lasts for a long time.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold.

As far as the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" is concerned, it is necessary not only to defend the base camp of Phu Quoc Island, but also to ensure the safety of the nine industrial villages and more than a dozen resettlement villages in the southern part of the country, and to ensure the normal operation of enterprises in the industrial villages. If this is not done, and it loses its own hematopoietic function, it will not be able to resist North Vietnam with American assistance alone.

It is not difficult to develop a security plan, but it is not so easy to organize and implement, and both funding and authority are indispensable.

As soon as the meeting ended, Li Weimin rushed to the Independence Palace again to inform the Ngo Dinh Yen brothers of the latest information received by Gui Qingshan and Han Shuo.

Ngo Dinh Ngai did not doubt the authenticity of the information, but was surprised by the fact that the "industrial investment department" was so well informed.

In order to avoid some unnecessary suspicions as much as possible, before coming, Sang Pingxiang sent a telegram to Lansdale, who was far away in Washington, and Li Weimin asked half-truthfully: "In March '55, the Chinese Youth Association submitted a twelve-page report, and a list of personnel was attached to the report. ”

"Remember, it seems that the CIA also has one, but many of the people on the list were exposed in the purge."

"There are still some people who are not exposed."

Li Weimin smiled and explained proudly: "In fact, before that, when I went to Hanoi Haiphong to organize the evacuation of refugees to the south, I provided a sum of money to the Chinese Youth Association at the suggestion of Colonel Lansdale and installed several internal lines in Hanoi Haiphong. There are Chinese, there are Vietnamese, and there are Catholic brothers who are determined to take revenge.

I don't know much about intelligence work. Leave only one sentence, let them 'only lurk, inactive, wait for the war, see miracles'. Frankly, I didn't have much hope for them at the time. It's not so much a deliberate arrangement. It's better that they offered to stay.

Later, there were too many things, and the North Vietnamese organization was so tight, that they lost contact after the fall of Haiphong, and it was not until a few days ago that one of the brothers infiltrated the Parrot Point area with the North Vietnamese People's Army and contacted the vice president of the Chinese Youth Association there with a pre-agreed code, and did not know that they were not all exposed. ”

At that time, there was chaos in the south, and Saigon was in turmoil.

The issue of sectarian warlords has not been resolved, and Nguyen Van Thanh is clamoring for a coup d'état every day, and the decree does not leave the Prime Minister's Office. I don't know if I can survive until the next day, I don't know if I want money or not, I don't have power, I want people without people, where can I care about arranging an intelligence network in North Vietnam.

At that time, many of the Nong district children and the North Vietnamese Catholic militia, who had not yet retreated south, had a deep blood feud with the Viet Minh, and even plundered the French arsenal more than once in order to continue the fight with the Viet Minh. It's normal to be willing to stay and help the government gather intelligence.

Wu Tingjiao reacted and couldn't help sighing: "It's really unintentional to insert willows and willows!" ”

"I think so too."

North Vietnam continued to infiltrate South Vietnam. South Vietnam knew nothing about North Vietnam.

In recent years, the secret organization of the People's Workers' Party, the Intelligence Bureau of the General Staff, and the Saigon Intelligence Station of the CIA have sent many people to the north. Nguyen Gao Qi once served as the captain of the air transport brigade, and often airdropped personnel, weapons, radios, and other equipment to the north, but without exception there was no return.

If you can be like the one in front of you, you can plant sleepers when the Viet Minh has not taken over Hanoi's coastal defenses. Intelligence work against North Vietnam will certainly not be as passive as it is now.

The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it, the more excited he became, and he could no longer care about the contradictions between them, and asked expectantly: "For the people, how many of us are over there." Did you break into the Workers' Party of North Vietnam, did you break into the North Vietnamese People's Army? ”

He had North Vietnamese spies close to him and was trusted by the family.

Li Weimin would not be stupid enough to tell the truth, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "At that time, a total of 16 people were left, 7 were exposed, 5 were inexplicably cleaned, and only 3 people remained, and all of them were Chinese. They belong to the 'Hua-Yun' under the dual leadership of Beijing and Hanoi, and this time they were sent to the south to strengthen the 'Hua-Yun' organization on the embankment and to make trouble in the Chinese area of the embankment. ”

Han Shuo installed many people in North Vietnam, but none of them joined the "Hua-Yun".

The reason for saying this is that a few days ago in the Parrot's Beak area did catch a few "Hua-Yun" elements who tried to infiltrate the embankment, and if Ngo Dinh Diao inadvertently leaked such "important" information and fed back to Hanoi through North Vietnamese spies such as Nguyen Ngoc Cao around him, the top level of the North Vietnamese Workers' Party would certainly not have had as much trust in the "Hua-Yun" as they do now.

Once they can be suspicious of each other, it can greatly reduce the pressure on the embankment, after all, if they want to make waves on the embankment where the Chinese gather, they can only go through the "Hua-Yun".

There were only three people, and all of them belonged to the "Hua-Yun", and Ngo Dinh Yao was a little disappointed.

Li Weimin didn't want to waste his words on this issue, so he suddenly changed his words: "Mr. Yan, Mr. Yao, we must attach great importance to the upcoming establishment of the 'Southern National Liberation Front', and in order to unite all the forces that can be united, and in order to raise the necessary funds for the response, I plan to separate the securities trading business of the Bank of East Asia, and the government will set up a stock securities trading management committee to levy stamp duty and handling fees on stock transactions." ”

Unlike the Industrial Investment Company, the Bank of East Asia did not invest a penny from the government and belonged entirely to the Li family's property.

Spinning off the securities trading business is tantamount to giving up a considerable amount of income, and Diem Dinh Diem, who has been silent, was confused and asked: "Isn't there a handling fee now?" ”

"There is a fee for every transaction, but there is no stamp duty. Actually, I didn't just think about money, but I wanted to promote the shareholding process of large companies in this way. After the formal establishment of the Stock and Exchange Management Committee, all the enterprises of the Li family, including DreamWorks, were listed, and the shares were issued in a reasonable, legal and justifiable manner.

I will take the lead, and then do the work of shareholders of large companies such as Wu Ji Heavy Industry, United Textile, Vung Tau Machinery, Wells Fargo Airlines, and Industrial Investment Telecom, and list those that are not listed as soon as possible, and increase the issuance of those that have been listed as soon as possible. Let more people hold it, more people will make profits, and when hundreds of thousands or even millions of people become shareholders in these companies, then they will not stand on the side of the Viet Minh, but will only and can only support us. ”

Bundle the centrists with interests. Wu Tingyan nodded as if he didn't understand.

Li Weimin paused and continued: "In this way, many Chinese businessmen, including myself, can not only recover part of their investment, but also silence those oppositionists. They no longer have an excuse to attack the government for favoring the Chinese and allowing the Chinese to control the country's economy. ”

DreamWorks Pictures & Entertainment is a cash cow. The films he made have won Oscars for several years in a row and made more than $14 million last year, making him one of the most profitable film companies in the world.

And drive more than a dozen large and small film companies to develop together, the film and television base in Pingdong Industrial Park is known as the "Oriental Hollywood", with a box office of more than 5 million Piastor movies one after another, and now it has gone out of Vietnam and into Southeast Asia.

Among the ten films released in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries and regions, at least two are from the Pingdong Industrial Village Film and Television Base.

The same is true for pharmaceutical companies, which are now able to produce a wide range of commonly used medicines such as antimicrobials and vaccines. Not only to meet domestic demand, but also exported to more than 40 countries and regions around the world, even the North Vietnamese are trying to smuggle their much-needed antimicrobials.

Listing DreamWorks, pharmaceutical companies, and apparel, reducing the stake in the three major companies, and divesting the Bank of East Asia's securities trading business is tantamount to sending money to the government and to the people of South Vietnam.

Wu Tingyan was stunned, hesitated for a while before he asked again: "For the people." So...... How much money do you lose by doing so? ”

If others want to buy stocks, they have to pay real money, and they don't give it away for nothing.

What's more. Compared to the assets held directly and indirectly by the Li family abroad, Vietnam is really nothing.

In the face of the threat of North Vietnam, you can't just care about money and don't want a good reputation, Li Weimin smiled casually: "Mr. Yan, money is not brought in life or in death, and it is better to be a miser and eventually fall into the hands of North Vietnam." It is better to unite more people in this way. ”

On the issue of dealing with North Vietnam, the interests of both sides were identical.

Wu Tingyan nodded slightly, and asked again: "What does the government need to do?" ”

"The stock offering is based on the market capitalization of the company, in other words, although part of the shares are relinquished. But the same can make a lot of money, which is equivalent to cashing out in advance. I will pour the proceeds from the sale into a foundation dedicated to fighting the North Vietnamese People's Army (NPA) that has infiltrated the Lower Six Provinces and the resurgence of local Viet Minh forces. ”

The Securities Trading Department of the Bank of East Asia is known as the "Wealth Factory".

Many businessmen fought to raise funds for the issuance of stocks or bonds, and if it were not for the extremely strict vetting and supervision, there would now be more than 1,000 listed companies and bond issuing companies in South Vietnam.

For other businessmen, this is definitely a capital operation of fame and fortune.

He took the lead in setting up a foundation, and those businessmen who were only his own eyes would certainly respond positively, and one can imagine how much money the foundation would have.

Those bosses didn't believe in the government, they didn't believe in the national army, they only believed in him and the industrial investment company, and Diem realized that it was not so easy to use the money, and couldn't help asking: "For the people, how are you going to use this fund?" ”

"Strengthen the border troops on the Hezhu line and guard the southern border line; Four inland river warship brigades were set up to ensure the safety of the waterway from Chung Binh to Can Tho to Long Chuan; The Long Zhu Highway Patrol was formed to prevent the North Vietnamese People's Army and local Viet Minh troops from other provinces from infiltrating the six provinces by land.

So I need a border division, a water patrol corps and a road patrol number.

In addition, the Reserve Officer Training Team of Phu Quoc University of Technology needs to be moved to Can Tho as soon as possible and the Border Guard Command of the Kim Ou Peninsula will be established to oversee the border division, the water patrol corps, the highway patrol team and the security teams of various industrial villages in the south, integrate resources, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and ensure the safety of the rear. ”

The whole local force or security force, but the total strength should not be underestimated.

If the reserve forces of various industrial villages are mobilized, the militia self-defense units of the southern Nong resettlement villages and Catholic villages are organized, plus the border defense units formed the year before last, as well as the water patrol corps and the highway patrol team that will be formed soon, at least 10 divisions can be drawn!

The industrial investment system is self-contained, and it has unconsciously developed a force that can confront the national army, but there is no navy and air force, and there are no heavy weapons such as 105 howitzers.

It is certainly not possible to allow them to expand savagely, but if they are not given the power to establish a border guard command, the Golden Gul Peninsula will gradually become a base for the North Vietnamese People's Army, like other provinces.

What's more, they have money, people, guns, the backing of the U.S. government, and the strength to bargain with the government. In a sense, the current government is a coalition government, but not with the opposition, but with a work-to-investment system composed of businessmen, Chinese, and some Vietnamese intellectuals.

At present, the great enemy does not care so much, at least they only want to maintain the status quo and not endanger their dominance.

Ngo Dinh Diem weighed it and conditionally agreed: "The border guard command on the Jinou Peninsula can be established, but the main responsibility of the command is to guard the border line and prevent the Vietminh from infiltrating the six lower provinces." They must not interfere in local government affairs and have no right to interfere with the police system. At the same time, the previously planned handover area should be extended to the garrison command. ”

The headquarters that is about to be formed is not a monolithic industrial investment company, and it stands to reason that he can send people to participate in the formation.

The problem is that he has just experienced an attempted coup d'état, and the North Vietnamese People's Army and the local Viet Minh forces are expanding so rapidly in the countryside in other provinces that he is overstretched to purge the national army of dissidents, to hunt down the opposition, to reclaim the so-called "liberated areas".

The establishment of the Jinou Peninsula Frontier Garrison Command is another important step towards turning the six provinces into "independent kingdoms."

You can't just take advantage of it without showing it at all, otherwise you will be taking advantage of others, although in fact it is.

Li Weimin nodded slightly, and said sincerely: "Mr. Yan, my position of supporting you will never change, and the reason why I put forward this suggestion is really forced by the situation. It won't last more than three years, but as long as you control the situation in Saigon and deal with the North Vietnamese People's Army that has infiltrated the northern and central regions, you will be free to take over the defense of the six provinces. When the time comes, regardless of whether the Ministry of the Interior or the Ministry of Defense, I will hand it over to whoever you ask me to give. ”

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After getting what he wanted, Li Weimin didn't stop for a moment, and planned to go straight to the airport to return to Phu Quoc.

The car drove out of the Independence Palace and disappeared from sight, Wu Tingyao couldn't hold back any longer, and said coldly: "The people have changed, and they dare to fall into the well by proposing such conditions!" ”

Wu Tingyan also felt bad in his heart, lit a cigarette, and said expressionlessly: "He has completely fallen to the Americans, and these are all instructed by the Americans." Wait, wait until the results of the U.S. presidential election come in. ”

The elder brother pinned his hopes on the Democratic candidate, John F. Kennedy, as a Catholic, and that the Catholic president would certainly support the Catholic president.

Having experienced so many "betrayals" by Americans, Wu Tingyi was not so optimistic, and reminded in a low voice: "He had a very good personal relationship with Kennedy, and Li Jun participated in many activities organized by Mrs. Kennedy when she was in the United States. It is said that the relationship with vice presidential candidate Lyndon Johnson is not ordinary, and we can't afford to be on guard. (To be continued.) )