The U.S. government pays for food to ensure the income of American farmers, and then sells the food to South Vietnam, and then pays the expenses of the U.S. agencies in Vietnam and distributes it to the South Vietnamese government
This cheap can’t be touched. Li Min is a little lost and asks expectantly, "Is there anything else?"
"The rest is the church, social organizations and private assistance. The Bishop has a lot of money in his hand, but he has too many children. Don’t expect to get a penny from him. Social organizations and private assistance are relatively small. I knew that the American football club (ARE) sent a batch of medicine and food worth 10,000 US dollars to the suburban refugee camp yesterday."
Private assistance, even social organizations, is not very helpful. Church ideas must be fought.
Li Min knocked on the table and said confidently, "Professor Bishop can give his children food and it is impossible to give it within a limited time limit, but we can give it to them. It is totally different to give them the same dollar directly to me and exchange it for food!"
The industrial village plan needs a lot of money, and once it is successful, the social and economic benefits will be immeasurable.
Professor Anderson didn’t look down on him because he was such a philistine, but thought he had perseverance and a fighting spirit. He patted his arm. "Li, I can help you persuade your Excellency to be so wise and believe that he will support him, but I think it is more important to win overseas Chinese funds than to win assistance from all sides."
The United States has ushered in a prehistoric bull market, but if you want to make money in the stock market, it is impossible to buy and sell today, and you must hold it for a long time.
Li Min had planned to keep half of his own funds of 60,000 US dollars, and the other half was invested in the US stock market through dozens of offshore companies registered in Liu Jiachang some time ago, holding emergency funds for a long time.
In other words, the Li family of the industrial investment company is not going to invest a penny!
Overseas Chinese should spend so much money where they should spend it. Li Min stretched himself and smiled confidently. "I can melt as much as the ip plan allows me to change, and I am afraid that the US Aid Management Group will not change it for me."
Chapter 59 Go back to the embankment
Although the young Chinese on the bank live in Vietnam, many of them were born in Vietnam, but they can’t get rid of their brotherly style.
Five or six years ago, Chinese men and women liked Chinese-style clothes. Men wore cloth buttons, Tang suits, wide crotch pants and black tones. Rich families also wore silk embroidered with flowers or large flowers, which showed that women of different social classes wore black or black-flowered big-breasted shirts and pants. Only some advanced women wore new clothes with patterns or colors.
After the end of World War II, the small society of embankment has undergone earth-shaking changes in recent years.
Men wear big collars, collar shirts and trousers one after another. Women gradually wear wide skirts, blouses or colored skirts. Students wear sports shoes or leather shoes with white trousers and blue skirts. The whole mental outlook is very similar to that of later generations. In those few years after the reform, people will be recognized as Chinese whenever they meet each other.
Because they have changed with the times, people have not changed much.
On whether men and women, old and young, wear clothes or three old ladies’s housewives all wear hats in a bun; Young girls and students like to wear long hair in white or light color. Only the well-off young boys and students are different in different languages from the outside.
Looking at the Chinese students who are fighting in front of them, Professor Anderson can’t help but sigh that he has just visited Pingdong refugee camp. "Li, your compatriots are more generous, compassionate and helpful than I expected. If all the citizens in this city are like you, several refugee camps in the suburbs need to be worried by the Prime Minister."
Most of the overseas Chinese who spontaneously escaped from the north live in Lajia Street (now Ruan Zhifang Street) in the tenth county. The area used to be Yizhuang land (graveyard) of five guild halls. In order to resettle the villagers who have escaped continuously, they enriched the area, leaving two ancient tombs and other relatives to dig and bury.
Five gangs help the needy to buy zinc, iron, wood and thatch. Those penniless fellow villagers build shed factories, rice factories, shops, wood factories and restaurants … Record as many refugees as possible, collect as many apprentices as possible, and start various small businesses with the help of relatives and friends, and the overseas Chinese leaders donate relief food to starve people. It won’t happen.
It is worth one thing that Dahua universities on the embankment have set up teaching points or evening classes in Lajia Street to let the children have a good idea. Hospitals such as Yi’ an and Fude often arrange doctors and nurses to come over for rounds, but the hygiene is not satisfactory.
Tens of thousands of people have settled down without any money from the government, even a little assistance from the International Red Cross and the American government, and it won’t be long before they can almost support themselves. A Chinese Li Min is very proud.
He raised his arm and glanced at his watch. He said without excitement, "Big businessmen, small wealth and frugality are the virtues of us Chinese. Our ancestors’ hometown didn’t want to sit back and wait for death because of the hard life, precarious situation and years of war. The rice jar had to go overseas.
The experience is as bumpy as that of the American ancestors of’ may flower’. Some people were buried in the angry sea, others died in other places, and some lucky people were able to arrive here after many times of displacement.
They are hard-working and not extravagant by nature. In daily life, they want clothes to cover their bodies, food to satisfy their hunger, shelter from the wind and rain, and be full of energy. After they arrived here, they worked day and night, saved food and saved their meager rewards bit by bit.
Decades later, everyone has a considerable sum of money, either remitted back to their hometown to buy fields or land, or stayed here to invest and operate, starting with the smallest business, and so on from generation to generation. "
Professor Anderson mused, Li Min went on, "Some people have changed from small wealth to great wealth because of their good management, diligence and frugality. Although they are already very rich, they are still frugal and addicted to work. From the most successful Guo Tonghe and Guo Yan at the end of the 19th century to the present king of monosodium glutamate, rice, steel and waste materials, they are almost born in a slight cold.
They have worked as hotel handyman, shop handyman, street vendor, and even served as footmen for dancers. They all had the experience of being discriminated against for not having enough to eat and sleeping well, and these experiences gave them another virtue besides thrift. They like to participate in social welfare and charity, so they have schools and hospitals on the bank. "
"Your grandparents were one of them?"
"I’m proud of it."
"Li, I am convinced that you will become an outstanding businessman and philanthropist like them."
"The fact is already, don’t you think so?"
"Yes, yes, yes, you are now."
Just then, a group of Pingchuan soldiers stopped the jeep in front, A Cheng jumped out of the car, adjusted the whole army, took out a certificate and handed it to the officer. He took one look and went to the car and looked inside. He saw Professor Anderson take off his hat and immediately raised his hand to salute the department for release and lead the way across a motorcycle.
Financing can’t be separated from Chinese. If you find Chinese, you must go back to the embankment.
To ensure the smooth implementation of the "industrial village plan", Professor She and his senior officials and friends constantly put pressure on the US Embassy in Vietnam. The military aid and non-military aid plan has been put into practice, and the policy toward Vietnam is getting stronger and stronger. Ambassador Heath can no longer play devil’s advocate with Washington and personally call the commander of the French Expeditionary Force, stressing that Li Min is an employee of the American institution in Vietnam and demands that the Pingchuan faction be controlled by the French army to ensure the safety of the embankment.
Lansdale has the responsibility of urging Vietnamese anti-Viet Cong forces to support Wu Tingyan. It’s not bad for Master Li to come to the embankment yesterday afternoon to suggest that Li Wenyuan support the new government, and at the same time emphasize that Master Li is protected by the US government, suggesting that he should not act rashly.
There is a fate that Li Min denies himself and has good luck in doing heavy work again.
Today, I called Ruan Wenxin again. The Chief of Staff is much more reliable than the French and the Americans. First, I called to warn Li Wenyuan not to get into trouble, and then ordered two battalions stationed in the suburbs to be stationed in the tenth county. If you don’t dare to touch my protector, I will fight with you for the time being without a coup.
Li Wenyuan is not Cixi Lafayette, but he is not crazy enough to dare to declare war on the world. Not only did he tell Li Min’s embankment through France and Lansdale that he was very anxious to come whenever he wanted, but he also asked the urban police to send him an invitation to eat in the world.
Chapter 60 There are thrills
The big world is the red-hot nightclub on the west embankment, which is located in the central area of the embankment. The main entrance faces the sailor street, and the back door faces the Xianhai side street. On the left side of the money building wall, on the right side is the west stage and the Min ‘an building, and the Lido Theater is next door.
There are all kinds of people in the big world to have fun, such as magic tricks, monkey shows, bands, acrobatics, bumper cars, etc. Occasionally, there are international circuses, flying magic groups and dolphin shows, which are more profitable than collecting tickets to watch shows, casinos and nightclubs.
This is the "sin capital" of Saigon, and bullying such as usury, soliciting prostitutes, drug abuse, forcing prostitutes, robbery, kidnapping and extortion occur almost every day.
There is a big boss, and there are young people who have lost their money overnight. Because of curiosity, they have lost all their parents’ savings. They are greedy for small profits, and they have lost all their money. The most pitiful thing is that those foreign businessmen have been fascinated for a while and returned to their hometown. Only boarding the streets has left them.
Because some women can’t resist the idea of "greed", they have to sell their innocent people and money and go to Ximaqiao to throw themselves into the river.
Four days ago, when I passed the Xima Bridge, many people gathered around the "Tofu Chung" river. A woman cried and walked from the river to the deep water. Fortunately, good people jumped into the river to rescue her. Later, I heard that she was ashamed to see her family because of gambling.
Yesterday, when I passed Meishan Street, the road was crowded. It turned out that a middle-aged Chinese businessman world in six provinces lost all night and even lost all the way back, so I ran to the street vegetable garden to borrow an old tree to hang it …
Qian Xinlin is not sympathetic to those who have fallen into a wrong path. He looks leisurely across the small shop and is very nervous.
Mr. Li and the American professor went in, but six guards, including A Cheng, were stopped outside. He was nervous and even more nervous in the day, fearing that Mr. Li would not get out once he entered.
Teachers and students stared at each other and waited for about four minutes without saying a word when the words rang.
"Seven miles away, Lai Wencai, Mr. Li and the professor have just been welcomed into the private room, and none of them have gone in."
The embankment is a Pingchuan school site and a Chinese site.
There are nearly a million Chinese living here. Even the Great World was originally Chinese. Most of the cleaners and chefs were Chinese. Even some lotus dancers were Chinese last night. There were dozens of pairs of eyes and ears, and every move was under control.
Li Wenyuan is far worse than the Japanese, and Lai Wencai is even more of a loser.
Qian Xinlin looked back and deliberately avoided the shopkeeper and said quietly, "Keep the kitchen and the back door, and cover the evacuation of Mr. Li and the professor at any time."
After five or six years of peaceful days, Gui Qingshan finally found the feeling that the enemy was circling around with a cigarette in one hand and a word in the other. Yu Guang looked at the private room and smiled casually. "You don’t trust me when you know that I am doing things?"
Old friends are experienced, and there are eleven former Nong people in them, who are escorted by weapons. The chef brought Mr. Li and American professor An in last night. No matter how many soldiers there are, it’s not more important that the festival is not over yet. The situation in Saigon is so delicate that Li Wenyuan should not make a move.
There is really nothing to worry about. Qian Xinlin didn’t say anything to hang up directly.
At the same time, a dozen Vietnamese people in the truck on the street are also noting the trouble at the entrance of the big world. They are Dinh Nhu Ngo’s hands, and they also shoulder the mission of protecting Master Li. They will not hesitate to rush in to save people when they send a signal.
Compared with their secretive Ruan Wenxin is much more domineering.
A few officers of the General Staff sat at a table not far from the private room. Ruan Shan knew that they were sneer at the door.
In the private room, Lai Wencai held Li Min’s hand like an old friend and plausibly said, "That thing just happened yesterday when I learned that those smelly little people dared to offend me and make amends to Mr. Li for lax discipline. Ruan Shan asked Mr. Li for arms and legs outside."
Li Min didn’t believe his nonsense and said airily, "The past is the past, and the real people have something wrong. Don’t worry."
"Mr. Li is a member of the Refugee Committee just ordered by Prime Minister Wu Tingyan, a consultant of American institutions, and a good friend of General Xin. Seven brothers are all at ease. Do I dare to be at ease with Lai Wencai?"
"It’s really no longer the little things that happened to the refugees."
"Refugees?"
"The talented director really tells the truth that the people are refugees returning to the embankment."
Professor Anderson is here to be a shield. He can’t understand what they say, and he doesn’t want to know what they say. He just sits down and tastes the world food.
Lai Wencai secretly scolded the dog and put on a serious look and said, "Mr. Li is the chief police officer. I have the duty to help relieve and resettle refugees. What can I do for you as soon as possible?"
It doesn’t matter what you say, it matters that people come.
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