Chapter 199: Regal Politics (2)
After seeing off the emerging wealthy people such as Ruan Houchang, Wu Andong was still unsatisfied. While accompanying Li Weimin on the soft beach, he looked forward to the future excitedly.? Want to see?
In the minds of the people, all the senior executives of industrial investment companies are "people who do serious business" and are not interested in politics, but in fact, the opposite is true.
Capitalism, as the name suggests, comes first and then comesism.
Industrial Investment Corporation has the strongest capital of Quanyue, which can influence more than 90% of the capitalists of Quanyue, and deal with the most powerful capitalist countries in the world almost every day. Most of the entire elite class have been abroad. Influenced by the West, many of Pan Guangdan's opposition parties have become more right-wing and radical.
I just kept a low profile and tried my best not to get involved in the political situation of Saigon, and seemed relatively low-key.
With the rapid development of the company, the confidence of the entire management has expanded rapidly. Like Vice Chairman Chen Shiguo, he highly advocated American democracy and believed that Vietnam should implement a democratic constitutional system, separate powers, multi-party system, parliamentary system, and universal suffrage system for one person and one vote to achieve freedom of speech and regard Western democracy as a "golden medicine" to save the country.
Ruan Houchang's "contractor" pushed open a window, and he wanted to open a door.
Try to use the Phu Quoc Island Special Zone as a test field, so that the "flower of democracy" will bloom first under his rule, and then copy it to another eleven industrial villages and Chinese embankment areas, and then promote it to the whole country after the results are made.
The idea is good, but there is almost no feasibility.
Thinking of so many countries that have been harmed by the United States, Li Weimin smiled bitterly: "Anton, you are undoubtedly an idealist. Frankly speaking, I agree with President Yan's point of view on this issue. Is Western democracy really so promising? I don't see it all, at least it is not suitable for Vietnam today."
Wu Andong was stunned.
Li Weimin stopped and looked at a patrol boat of a coastal security team. He said in a temptation: "The constitutional monarchy has been abolished for several years. Why is the political situation still turbulent, why is the morale of the military still unstable, and why is the Southern Jie becoming bigger and bigger. In addition to the government's problems, I think it has a lot to do with the unrealistic and blind implementation of their system in the United States.
It is no exaggeration to describe the national situation as external and internal troubles. If you want to maintain internal stability, resist or even recover North Vietnam, you must have a strong government, an army that absolutely obeys the government, and you must suppress all opposition. Only by concentrating the power and unifying your thoughts can you achieve this goal.
However, what have several American ambassadors done over the years?
On the one hand, we support President Yan, demand that the government unite all forces that can be united, and urge the government to eliminate the remnants of the Vietnam League as soon as possible and solve the infiltration of North Vietnamese personnel; on the other hand, we sympathize with and even support the opposition, and use aid to Vietnam as a weapon to continuously put pressure on the government."
"Chairman, do you sympathize with President Yan?"
"It's not sympathy, it's just a matter of fact."
Li Weimin asked for a cigarette, turned his back to the sea breeze, and took a deep breath. He continued: "The American consultant trained the officers of ** to teach them how to fight, and instilled their ideas at the same time, which led to confusion in the army. Many officers did not know who they should be loyal to and why they fought."
I have to admit that his words do make some sense.
The consultant of the U.S. Military Aid Command in Vietnam was assigned to the battalion level. Almost all officers above the lieutenant had received training as American consultants and were subtly affected. It can be seen from the clothing and living habits of those senior officers.
Wu Ting-jeong asked them to join the People's Workers' Party and asked them to swear allegiance to Ng Diem. This was undoubtedly contrary to the ideas they believed in and directly aroused all kinds of disgust.
The Industrial Village Security Team is different, there are not so many messy ideas.
For them, they are working or living in industrial villages, whether they fight against North Vietnam or counterattack the government's attempt to force the investment of the company, they are all defending their own homes.
Wu Andong pondered for a moment, put away his cigarette and asked, "Chairman, are you saying that soldiers should not have thoughts?"
"As long as you are a human, you will always have ideas. If you don't have any ideas, what's the difference between it and a fool? I mean that the American set may not work, at least it won't work for us."
Li Weimin kowtowed, and suddenly changed his subject: "President Yan has messed up and has no room for his head. We must learn from the lessons, not repeat the same mistakes, and not ignore public opinion. So I agree that you will conduct a pilot in the Special Administrative Region first, but you must guide it well, at least make the surface article beautiful."
The implication is very clear, formally democratic, in fact, dictatorial.
Wu Andong sighed inwardly, smiled bitterly helplessly, "Is there no third way?"
"How many years have the founding of the United States and how many years have we been independent? Brother Anton, I am anxious and can't eat hot tofu. No matter what I do, it takes a process. Our generation cannot achieve it. There is still the next generation and the next generation. The key is to solve some imminent problems first, such as ensuring that the south will not fall like the north."
From the "Double Eleven Coup" to Wu Ting-jeong's reaction during his actions some time ago, it can be seen that the person around him is willing to go the same way as him.
I have already set up a card with Chen Lichun, and many things can no longer be delayed.
Li Weimin turned around, stared at his eyes, and said with a serious expression: "Anton, I always have one concern about the future, that is, the ethnic issue. I am Chinese, Jiachang is Chinese, the company's shareholders are all Chinese, and more than 80% of the capital of industrial villages belongs to Chinese. With the withdrawal of Nongren in the south and the continuous investment of Southeast Asian Chinese entrepreneurs, the number of Chinese people is growing. It can be said that without them, there would be no company today.
Since most of them are concentrated in embankments, Hoi'an, Boliao, various industrial villages and resettlement sites, their living circles are relatively closed and they don't have much contact with the outside world, no matter how North Vietnam provokes, it has not caused much impact and has not aroused ethnic conflicts. The rural economic strategies of the six provinces are about to be fully launched, and they will continue to go out of the closed-managed industrial villages. In the near future, Chinese people will be seen everywhere.
Their economic situation is better than that of ordinary locals and their living standards are higher than that of ordinary locals. In addition, old Chinese wealthy businessmen such as Wu Jingchen, Wu Changming, Ma Anyi, and Huang Ziheng, as long as North Vietnam fanned the flames, it will inevitably arouse the public's hatred of the rich and even the anti-China mentality."
He is not an alarmist statement. In recent years, the economic strength of Chinese people has expanded rapidly and the number of Chinese people has increased sharply. In particular, the Phu Quoc Special Zone has almost become another "Chinatown" after the embankment and Hoi An.
When it comes to the issue of French colonial rule, Wu Andong was a nationalist who was just a falsified one; but when it comes to Chinese, he really didn’t have the ideas of Wu Ting-jeong. After all, without Chinese, there would be no industrial investment company, and without him, Wu Andong, there would be no possibility of showing his ambitions.
But his own is not the same as others don't.
Wu Andong pondered: "Chairman. Most Chinese people have already been naturalized. As long as they become Vietnamese citizens, they can enjoy the same rights as locals and fulfill the same obligations as locals. I feel that as long as they increase publicity efforts, there should be no problem."
In the planning of the "Yuehua Literature and Art Research Association", all senior executives of the "pro-Chinese" industrial investment company will join the cabinet in the future, and many things must be said before.
Li Weimin shook his head: "Anton, it has been less than ten years since he promoted the naturalization of Chinese people. No matter how we promote it, it cannot change the deep-rooted views of some people. For most Chinese, Indonesia, Malay and the Philippines have a series of discrimination policies against Chinese people, which have made them feel a strong sense of crisis.
If you want to retain Chinese capital and ensure the steady development of the country's economy, you must give Chinese people a reassurance. President Wu Jingchen, Mr. Zhang Muxiang and Mr. Duan Yucheng have called me more than once, and have expressed their concerns on the phone more than once."
Among the Chinese rich people, these three are the most representative.
Wu Jingchen is an old Chinese rich man. His father Wu Dayuan was known as the "shipping king" as early as before World War II; Zhang Muxiang, president of Saigon Bank and director of Nanyang Bank, is an overseas Chinese in Indonesia. He invested in Vietnam after the industrial village plan was launched and applied to become a Vietnamese citizen;
Duan Yucheng, president of Changfeng Electric Appliances, is a native Chinese from the Dike. He has an average family background and can become a famous "electrical appliance king" all rely on his personal efforts.
He has been flirting with radios since he was a child and is very interested in radios. He graduated from high school and did not go to college for a day. He became a professional student and developed six patents in a row. With the support of the Industrial Investment Company Exhibition Research Center, he started his own company. The TVs, radios and other home appliances he produced are sold to more than 40 countries and regions around the world.
Based on his entrepreneurial history, DreamWorks Film has filmed an extremely inspiring film. He is not only young but also handsome. He has been overshadowed by Li Weimin for a while and has become a famous industrialist in Nanyue.
The three of them serve as chairman, director and honorary chairman of the Shipbuilding Industry Association, the Banking Association and the Electronics Industry Association, respectively, and in a sense they can represent the chamber of commerce to which they belong.
Ruan Houchang couldn't sit still anymore. Wu Andong could imagine what other Chinese rich people would think about the future. He was silent for a while and asked in a low voice: "Chairman, how can we reassure them?"
Li Weimin said bluntly: "If you have a gun in your hand, you won't panic. As long as the Chinese can account for a certain proportion of the leadership of the Security Command and the security team, they are willing to assume more obligations and make greater contributions to the country."
Industrial Investment Company is no longer the previous industrial investment company. Although it has assumed obligations that some ordinary companies do not assume, it is ultimately a commercial company focusing on investing in infrastructure. It is legitimate to hire as much security personnel as the boss wants.
The situation is changing dramatically now.
The Industrial Investment Company has become a veritable "small government", with administrative jurisdiction, security, judicial power, taxation power and defense power of the Phu Quoc Island Special Zone and eleven industrial villages, and is infiltrating the administrative and police systems of the six provinces in various ways.
Wu Andong realized that this was an unavoidable question and asked as if nothing had happened: "Chairman, what do Mr. Guo and Zhiren think?"
"Mr. Guo puts the overall situation first and agrees to maintain the status quo. Zhiren, Chen Runwei, Wang Jingui and others have a very good personal relationship and have a pleasant cooperation with each other. No matter how you ask, they have no objection."
You are the boss, so of course he listens to you, so how could he have an objection?
The Chinese have actually controlled so many armed forces and have so many wealthy people support it, and it is unlikely that they want them to put down their weapons. What's more, facing the fierce North Vietnam, the military force cannot be reduced, but instead must be strengthened.
Wu Andong weighed it and said meaningfully: "Mr. Guo and Zhiren have no objection, and I will not. But in this way, the government and North Vietnam will definitely make a big fuss about ethnic issues."
When drafting the company's articles of association, he was like guarding against Chinese people.
The support now is largely related to the complete disappointment of the government, and does not mean that he really supports the Chinese in control of military power from the bottom of his heart.
Who can have no idea when seeking common ground while reserving differences?
Chapter completed!