At the beginning of the day, the banquet hall of the Empress Hotel is brightly lit, and the well-dressed dignitaries and bejeweled ladies gather in twos and threes to chat, or listen to soft music and taste food.

As soon as the president left, Chen Lichun took the bride to meet the members of her "women's corps."

The groom is also the protagonist of tonight, Ambassador Collins, Professor Fisher of MSU, Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam, Ambassador of the Republic of China to Vietnam...... They all went up to congratulate.

An officer hesitated for a while, and waited until Yang Wenming and other colleagues finished greeting one by one before he stepped forward with a wine glass and said, "Mr. Min, congratulations." ”

Du Gaozhi, twenty-seven years old, commander of the airborne brigade, a real officer of the Young Zhuang faction.

Li Weimin was deeply impressed, put down the cup and quipped: "Lieutenant Colonel Zhi can come to the wedding, which was unimaginable before, thank you, thank you very much." ”

Last year, when Nguyen Van Thanh was clamoring for a coup d'état, three officers of the General Staff rushed into the Prime Minister's Office to spread wildness, and Defense Minister Le Ngoc Chinh could not bear it anymore and ordered the Prime Minister's Guard to detain the three officers. When Du Gaozhi learned the news, he called the Prime Minister's Office and issued an ultimatum to Ngo Dinh Diem, demanding that he be released immediately, otherwise he would personally lead his troops to attack Norodom Palace.

The call was answered by Li Weimin, and Du Gaozhi was very embarrassed when he thought of it: "Mr. Min, I'm sorry, I'm ...... I ......"

When we meet, we laugh and enmity, not to mention that it is just a small misunderstanding, and there is no deep hatred at all.

Li Weimin looked back at his wife, and smiled casually: "A soldier takes obedience to orders as his duty, and you were carrying out orders at that time, so there is no need to say sorry." Even Mr. President didn't take it to heart, can I take it to heart? And I'm a friend of General Xin just like you. It's just that the position was different at that time. ”

Du Gaozhi has a straight temper. Lecture on righteousness. is very popular in the national army, and seeing that Li Weimin is so reasonable, he can't help but smile and ask: "Does Mr. Min have any contact with General Xin now?" ”

"Since they're friends, how can they not be connected."

Li Weimin took him to the window with him, looked at the night view of Catina Street, and said meaningfully: "For well-known reasons, he can't go back to Saigon to attend my wedding with Lijun, so he sent a congratulatory message. And asked someone to bring a gift. It made me feel guilty, after all, as a friend, I should have supported him at that time, not stood against him. ”

"Actually, General Xin is a very good person to get along with."

"I couldn't agree more."

There are not many officers in the national army who can fight, and he is undoubtedly one of them, and there is a common topic of Ruan Van Xin, and the conversation is hot, when the newly appointed chief of the General Staff, Chen Shanqian, came over with a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes.

Today is a day of great joy for people, and we should not talk about work, let alone those things that make people unhappy. Chen Shanqian was reluctant to introduce the person around him to Li Weimin.

Ngo Dinh Diem is as easy as the "emperor" to see people, he is the opposite of Ngo Dinh Diem. As soon as you have time, you either go to various industrial villages to meet contractors, bosses who invest in factories, and even ordinary workers, or lead delegations to go abroad to solicit investment, inspect or sell products in industrial villages, or go to refugee camps or poor villages to comfort the poor.

It can be said that it is more difficult to see him than to meet President Diem.

Entrusted by people, loyal to people.

Chen Shanqian really couldn't help it, and said with an embarrassed face: "Mr. Min, this is Mr. Nguyen Gui, the general manager of Saigon Construction Company, I have always wanted to visit you, but I have never had the opportunity. ”

The security measures are so tight, and there is no him on the guest list, so it is amazing to be able to find this place. Li Weimin pretended to be extremely enthusiastic and greeted: "It turned out to be Mr. Gui, I am fortunate to meet you." ”

Ruan Gui was short and chubby, wearing a suit on him, looking awkward and awkward. He took out a beautiful gift box from his purse, and said with a sneer: "Mr. Min's newlywed wedding is a little meaning, not a tribute." ”

"It's my fault for this, I forgot to send an invitation to Mr. Gui, and only received blessings and not gifts, Mr. Gui really doesn't need to be so polite."

"Marriage is such a big event, how can you come empty-handed, Mr. Min, you give face." Afraid that the master would not look down on him, Ruan Gui hurriedly put the briefcase under his arm, and clumsily opened the gift box, which turned out to be a golden Buddha.

"It's too expensive to take it."

Li Weimin shook his head, Ruan Gui was anxious, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Mr. Min, I am just a son, I have always supported the government to support the president, I believe in Catholicism, I have bought 600,000 industrial investment bonds, and I even advanced funds to build buildings 6 and 10 in the living area of Vung Tau Industrial Village. ”

He was not the only uninvited guest today, but no one dared to speak just now when Wu Tingyan was there.

Li Weimin looked sideways at the strangers who were looking this way, put down his wine glass and asked, "Mr. Gui, what is your son's name?" ”

"Nguyen Mao."

"Mr. Guo, Mr. Liu, please come over for a moment."

You can't hide, Chen Shiguo sighed secretly, and walked over quickly with Liu Jiachang.

Li Weimin didn't want to entangle with those people, so he simply asked loudly: "Mr. Guo, you are responsible for punishing corruption, do you know about Mr. Gui's son, Ruan Mao?" ”

"Know."

Chen Shiguo cleared his throat and said expressionlessly: "During the construction of the living area of Vung Tau Industrial Village, Ruan Mao saw that a large amount of sand and gravel was needed in the industrial village, and when there was neither a quarry nor a means of transportation, he teamed up with two officers of the national army stationed near the industrial village to bully and dominate the market, injured and even robbed many suppliers, raised prices, monopolized supply, and had a bad impact. ”

"Hurt someone?"

"To be exact, it should have shot many people, but fortunately the rescue was timely, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Do you stop other people's sand and gravel materials, ask them to sell them at a low price, and then sell them to industrial investment companies or investors who invest in building factories in industrial parks?"

"That's why it's a bad impact."

"What about others?"

Almost all the dignitaries and dignitaries in Saigon were here, and Liu Jiachang couldn't let Tran Shiguo bear all the pressure, so he took over and said: "Nguyen Mao has been detained by the Vung Tau Industrial Village Police Department, and his co-defendants have also been arrested, and the prosecutor's office is conducting an in-depth investigation, and it is estimated that it will be transferred to the circuit court for trial in a few days." ”

Li Weimin turned around, stared at Ruan Gui's eyes and said, "Mr. Gui." What the hell did your son do. I guess you should know a little bit more. The law is sacrosanct. At least within the industrial estates. ”

Chen Shiguo also didn't want to grind with those who interceded, and added coldly: "We will not wronged a good person, let alone let a bad person go." ”

"Mr. Min, Mr. Guo, can't you be accommodating at all?"

"We respect the law and we respect judges."

Don't blame me for being unjust, Ruan Gui threw the briefcase to the side and said in a fierce voice: "If you don't teach, you will be punished." It's not fair! Besides, this is Vietnam, not China! ”

Li Weimin touched his nose and said slowly: "The law on intentional homicide and bullying and dominating the market existed after the referendum and before it. In addition, at the beginning of its establishment, the company reminded and warned investors, contractors, suppliers, and ordinary workers in industrial villages in the form of documents or notices on more than one occasion to abide by the law and discipline. As for Vietnam, not China, please make it clear. ”

"The shareholders of the company are all Chinese. Isn't it enough that all the business in the industrial village is done by Chinese? ”

It's not a small amount of courage. There must be someone behind him.

Li Weimin smiled and said seductively: "Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and friends, since Mr. Gui mentioned this issue, I think it is necessary to take this opportunity to clarify. First of all, the shareholders of Vietnam Industrial Village Investment and Development Company are not Chinese, but citizens of the Republic of Vietnam, in other words, all Vietnamese Chinese.

As many of my friends know, the government has allocated a lot of land to the industrial investment company but does not own the shares, which on the surface seems to be the loss of national assets, which is all cheaper for Vietnamese Chinese shareholders like me, but in fact it is not. The reason for this situation is to start from the background of the establishment of the industrial investment company.

At that time, Mr. Yan had just returned to China to become prime minister, the Geneva negotiations were continuing, the French army was still exchanging fire with the Vietminh in the north, the former chief of the general staff of the national army, General Nguyen Van Xinh, was dissatisfied with the new government, and the warlord problem and the refugee problem had not been resolved. The political situation is turbulent, stormy, and there is not even a glimmer of hope in sight. ”

Chen Shiguo was deeply touched and couldn't help adding: "At that time, the treasury was empty, the government decree did not leave the Prime Minister's Office, people in the north wanted to flee to the south, people in the south wanted to flee abroad, who would invest in industry?" In order to develop the national industry and help the government reduce the pressure on the resettlement of refugees, Mr. Min broke the kettle and bankrupted his family to set up an industrial investment company.

In order to carry out such large-scale infrastructure construction, it is far from enough for him to rely on his financial resources alone, and he can only find ways to mobilize the Chinese people on the embankment to become shareholders and raise more than 10 million US dollars in start-up funds. Can you imagine how much risk and pressure all shareholders, including Mr. Min, took at that time? ”

It's only been a little over a year, and it's not a history I can't remember.

Looking at everyone's thoughtful looks, Li Weimin continued: "This does not mean that the Chinese can share the national assets by taking risks, and friends who know a little bit about the economy and industry know that the projects invested by the industrial investment company cannot be profitable in a short period of time. In other words, we are lending money to the government, and we don't even know if we can get it back.

In addition, the company only has a board of directors, does not set up a general meeting of shareholders, and all major decisions are made by the board of directors, and there are only three shareholder representatives on the board of directors, accounting for only a minority, and they rarely participate in the board of directors and almost never participate in the company's decision-making. As for the business of the industrial village, all the Chinese, Mr. Guo has more say. ”

Chen Shiguo sighed lightly and patiently introduced: "Ladies and gentlemen, the company does not have a general meeting of shareholders or a board of supervisors, but it has a special fair opportunities committee, and I am also the chairman of the committee. Frankly, the most unfair thing in the whole company is the Fair Opportunities Commission.

Because the main work of the committee is to create opportunities for the Yue people (the Jing people were named after the unification), especially the Yue merchants. Friends who have been to industrial villages should be able to notice that most of the infrastructure projects are contracted by local construction companies, and only some companies with relatively high technical requirements will be hired by foreign general contractors.

I can tell you clearly that only 1.13% of Chinese businessmen are engaged in the construction industry in the industrial estate. They either invest in industry or engage in the retail and wholesale of daily necessities, and only a small number of them are engaged in the supply of building materials such as sand and gravel. It is worth mentioning that to date, Chinese investors have provided at least 160,000 jobs to locals. (To be continued.) )