How many billionaires there are in South Vietnam, except for the Industrial Investment Company, no one estimates it's counted.

However, one thing is certain, there are far more billionaires now than there were eight years ago, and many wealthy Vietnamese businessmen who had been suppressed during the colonial rule replaced the French on the economic stage, and together with the famous Chinese tycoons, they dominated the South Vietnamese economy.

The most representative are the "construction king" Ruan Houchang, the "real estate king" Li Huisheng, the "road construction king" Ruan Youzheng, the "automobile king" Huang Wenhao and the "coal king" Chen Wenchun.

Studying the history of the family, we can find that there is one thing in common, almost all of them are supported by the industrial investment company and the Bank of East Asia, relying on the infrastructure projects or other businesses of the industrial investment company to get rich in just a few years, unlike Li Weimin, Wu Jingchen, Wu Changming, Huang Ziheng and other "old Chinese billionaires" A large part of their assets come from inheritance and accumulation of family generations.

The political situation in Saigon is unstable, and Ngo Dinh Dieh tries to get his hands on the industrial investment company, causing these new wealthy to be alarmed.

As soon as Chen Lichun finished his trip to Phu Quoc, Ruan Houchang quietly rushed to the Li Family Villa at No. 16 in the seaside community with his old friends to discuss how to deal with it next.

It is the long-term strategy of the Industrial Investment Corporation and the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" to let some locals get rich first, divert public attention, and then reduce the pressure on the Chinese rich, and the "Fair Opportunities Committee" of the Industrial Investment Company was specially set up for this purpose. After finally supporting a few "allies," Li Weimin naturally had to give them a warm reception, and even asked Wu Andong, chairman of the SAR Management Committee, to accompany him.

Nguyen Houchang, like Ngo Dinh Diem, was born into a family of landowners.

After graduating from high school, he went to France to study civil engineering, returned to China and worked for a time in the colonial government, and was one of the few construction engineers in South Vietnam.

After the establishment of the industrial investment company and the full rollout of the industrial village plan, the company gave him a series of preferential policies, and the Bank of East Asia provided low-interest or even interest-free loans, until now the industrial village project is still as inclined to him as possible in the bidding process. It can be said that without the person in front of him, there would be no him today.

Ruan Houchang is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and he has great respect for the "Party A" in front of him, who is 6 years younger than himself, and said bluntly in front of Wu Andong: "Mr. Min, if there is a first time, there will be a second time, and I don't think there will be such good luck in the future." Whether it's for yourself or for our common cause, you have to be prepared. ”

"yes."

Chen Wenchun, the "coal king" who completely depends on several power plants under the industrial investment company, echoed with apprehension: "The president is too influenced by Ngo Dinh Ngai and his wife, and Ngo Dinh Ngai can do anything in order to monopolize power. He will not allow industrial estates and special zones to remain out of the government forever and will certainly take action in the future. ”

The body has been labeled as "industrial investment department", and it can be said that with the "real estate king" Li Huisheng is not only pro-"industrial investment department". And he has a close relationship with the Chinese, because almost half of his real estate business is on the embankment.

He glanced at Huang Wenhao, the "king of automobile transportation", and tried his best to persuade him: "Mr. Min, we should unite all the forces that can be united, such as the political opposition." If you have no opinion, I can contact Pan Huikuo right now, he has approached me more than once. Want to work with us, want to get our support. ”

looked at Li Weimin's thoughtful appearance. Ruan Houchang said in a low voice: "If you feel that Mr. Pan Huikuo is not suitable, you can invite Mr. Pan Quang Dan back from Cambodia." We can join the KMT, or we can form a new party with them. ”

Phan Hue Kuo has more influence than Phan Quang Dan, and when he was the head of state at Bao University, he successively served as Minister of Education and Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, due to political disagreements. has been squeezed out by the Wu brothers, although he has not openly opposed, everyone knows that he is a leading figure in the opposition.

The "industrial investment system" has developed to this day, and there is no shortage of money, people, or guns, but it lacks political influence. After all, compared with veteran politicians such as Phan Hue Kuo, Tran Van Huong, and Phan Quang Dan, Tran Thi Kook, Vo An Dong and Nguyen Chi Nhon are too young and have served in the "Department of Industry and Investment" for a long time, and do not have so much influence and appeal in Saigon and other places outside the industrial villages.

Their implication is clear.

Now that we have torn our faces, we should change our stance of always participating in politics and first support a few opposition leaders to sing against the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers, and it is best if we can succeed, and even if we can't succeed, we can drag Saigon back.

When the capital accumulates to a certain extent, it begins to find ways to ensure the safety of its capital.

A few capitalists can think like this, which means that the previous work was not done in vain, Li Weimin was very pleased, and after thinking about it, he turned sideways and asked with a smile: "Anton, what do you think?" ”

As the chairman of the administrative committee of the Special Administrative Region, which combines administrative, public security, and economic powers, Wu Andong is more radical than them, and looks down on those politicians who only know about the opposition but cannot come up with a solution, and bluntly says: "Chairman, I don't think it is appropriate to engage with the opposition now. ”

Ruan Houchang asked eagerly: "Why?" ”

"It's very simple, first, we have not reached the point of-for-tat, we have basically controlled the situation, stability is overriding everything, there is no need to intensify or even provoke contradictions; Second, the United States' attitude is not clear enough, and it is only disgusted by some of the practices of the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers, but does not explicitly oppose them, and no matter what we do, we must take it as the premise that it conforms to the US policy toward Vietnam. ”

Vu Andong paused and continued: "Compared to the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers and the aggressive North Vietnamese, some high-ranking officers of the Nationalist Army are more difficult to deal with. They support the government on the surface, but in fact they have been forbearing, always waiting for the opportunity, for the sake of the common cause, we must be more tolerant than them, and we must not give them the opportunity to catch cicadas and yellow finches. ”

The Wu brothers can run a dictatorship by relying on the secret police, and once those military leaders are put in power, God knows what they will do. South Korea's lessons from the past are not a military junta.

Thinking of the economic situation during the warlord rampant period, Ruan Houchang gasped and said worriedly: "Mr. Dong, your analysis is very reasonable, the key is that you have torn your face with President Yan, even if you don't tear your face, we can no longer blindly support it, we can't sit still, we can't do nothing." ”

Their sense of crisis is far stronger than that of the rich Chinese, after all, this is their country.

If the political situation develops to the point where it is out of control, or if South Vietnam is occupied by North Vietnam, rich Chinese such as Wu Jingchen, Wu Changming, and Ma Anyi can abandon their real estate and go to Hong Kong, Taiwan, or other Southeast Asian countries with large Chinese populations. There are very few overseas Vietnamese nationals. Where can they go, are they really in exile in France?

Li Weimin could understand their urgency, after all, Wu Tingyao's attempt to forcibly reclaim the industrial investment company was too scary, so he took over and said: "Everyone, I don't know anything else, but I can confirm one thing. The United States would never allow South Vietnam to be occupied by North Vietnam. Under this premise, neither the Independence Palace nor the General Staff Department will dare to easily get involved in the industrial investment company today, which has been warned many times by American dignitaries.

I share Mr. Anton's point of view, no matter how patient we are, we should maintain the status quo as much as possible, and we will never take any action that aggravates the conflict until it is absolutely necessary. Defend the lower six provinces. Saigon is up to them. We are engaged in business, not careerists, not politicians, as long as we can maintain the status quo, the longer the time drags on, the better it will be for us. ”

Everyone looked at each other, they really couldn't believe that such a big thing happened, and in the face of such a big threat, the two bigwigs were so calm.

Wu Andong coughed dryly. Putting down the cup, he smiled and explained: "Saigon is a big dung pit, and whoever jumps into it will make it stink." The Ngo Dinh Diem brothers are unpopular. Others don't necessarily do a better job than they do. Why can't we endure it any longer, wait for them to appear on the stage one by one, step down one by one, and then turn the tide and come forward to clean up the situation. ”

"But ......"

"I know what you're worried about."

While beckoning everyone to tea, Li Weimin confidently promised: "Since a few people are here." On behalf of the chairman, I can explain that the company has the confidence, determination and strength to maintain the status quo of 11 industrial villages, Phu Quoc Special Zone, embankment business district and Lower 6 provinces. In other words, this is our bottom line, and whoever dares to get involved in the above-mentioned areas, the company's security department and the Jinou Peninsula Border Guard Command. We will take action as soon as possible. ”

"Mr. Min, the government has only transferred the garrisons of the six provinces, and the administrative system and police system are still in the hands of the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers."

"So you have to work with the company and make as much impact as possible. The situation is in front of us, and I believe that those officials and police officers will have a plan for the future, who they should support and who they should listen to, and they will eventually have a correct choice. ”

It was normal to support Ngo Dinh Diem five years ago, but now it is not a big risk to support him.

The "Southern National Liberation Front" was purely a united front organ of the North Vietnamese Workers' Party in the south, and it wanted to implement a Soviet-Russian totalitarian system, and its ideas had a certain market in the countryside and were rarely supported in the cities, especially in the government.

As for those high-ranking officers of the national army, before they came to power, they were a "mound and eight," and they could not even pay their salaries on time, and their future was worrisome.

The "industrial investment department" is different.

With money, people, guns, influence, and the backing of the US government, they are now even in control of the defense of the six provinces, and the whole "small government" with a promising future is difficult to say in other places, but as long as they do their work privately, most of the officials in the lower six provinces will definitely look to the industry and investment company.

Thinking of the joint-stock system vigorously promoted some time ago, Ruan Houchang reacted like an empowerment, nodded again and again: "What Mr. Min said is extremely true, as long as we don't touch our bottom limit, then we don't need to act rashly." ”

It was normal for him to think of this.

Because if I remember correctly, in another time and space, this polite "contractor foreman" fled to California in the United States when North Vietnam fought to Saigon, and succeeded again, making a lot of money in the "old business" of the construction industry. Then, together with Nguyen Khanh and others, he summoned Vietnamese anti-G elements scattered around the world to establish the "Provisional Government of the Free Federal Republic of Vietnam", and even served as the chairman of the government-in-exile.

He has lived in the United States for more than 20 years and is fully qualified for American citizenship, but he has never given up his Vietnamese citizenship and only holds a green card that allows him to live in the United States for a long time. It can be said that he is also a politician, but his luck is not as good as that of Ngo Dinh Diem, and he failed to catch up with his current situation and become a hero.

When you have money, you have ideas.

His political talent was obviously activated in advance, Li Weimin pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Mr. Chang, I always believe that people must rely on themselves no matter what they do, if you are too worried about the future, you can take advantage of the chairman of the Construction Industry Federation and the director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce to form a political group first."

Think about your political proposition and constitution, and mobilize more people to participate in the election of the next member of Congress. I will support it, the industrial investment company will support it, and with the mass base that others do not have, I believe that it will not be difficult to be elected. ”

It is much better to let them rush to the front than to go shirtless in the company.

Wu Andong thought that this was a good idea, and suggested that the "industrial investment department" should form two or three political parties and support one or two student groups, which would be "spontaneous" externally, and that they should actively participate in politics and the company would control the overall situation behind the scenes.

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PS: Happy New Year to all brothers and sisters!

During the Spring Festival, there are too many things, intermittently, and the update is extremely abnormal, it is estimated that it will be the fourth day of the new year, please forgive me! (To be continued.) )