Chen Lichun is petite and charming, dressed properly, and is a socialite in the upper class. Now, as the private representative and spokesperson of the new prime minister, she is even more radiant, charming, sharp-edited and extraordinary in conversation, and undoubtedly becomes the focus of the cocktail party.

Women have a lower status, while Vietnamese women have a lower status.

The polygamy system has continued until now. Some Vietnamese men regard women as slaves, allowing them to do the hardest work and make money to support their families. Some even sell their women and even their daughters as commodities and sell them to humans, dealers or prostitutes.

Chen Lichun is undoubtedly an alternative among Vietnamese women. Seeing her full of energy and talkative appearance, Wu Lijun admired her to the extreme.

The cocktail party became her own stage. Ruan Wenxin continued to stay here without any interest, so she found an excuse to leave first. Before leaving, she reminded Li Weimin to be careful and not be affected by the fish in the pond.

Since you are here, you must say hello to your acquaintances.

Just as he was about to introduce his fiancée to an acquaintance at the US Embassy, ​​Chen Lichun suddenly smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Li Weimin, a member of the Government Refugee Committee. Mr. Li has just returned from the north and is very familiar with the refugee situation. If you want to know what you can ask him."

"Hello, Mr. Li, I am an Associated Press reporter. We talked on the plane and it is a great honor to see you again. Mrs. Wang just mentioned the refugee committee and your new identity. Does this mean that you are the first official appointed by Prime Minister Yan after he entered the Jialong Palace?"

This guy is much more interested in politics than in refugees.

Li Weimin cursed inwardly and replied with a smile: "Mr. Konain, I am also honored to meet again. As for the members of the Refugee Committee, you can understand it as a semi-official position with a humanitarian nature. My main job is to find ways to raise funds and assist the government in rescuing and resettling refugees in urgent need."

"Not a formal official?"

"At least the government didn't pay me a salary." He shrugged and everyone burst into laughter.

A reporter asked another question, and Li Weimin simply put down his wine glass and continued with a solemn look on his face: "Although the Geneva peace negotiations are underway and the dawn of peace has appeared, a large number of northern refugees still flock to Hanoi and the two cities of Haipin. They have experienced long distances of trekking and are exhausted and penniless when they arrive in Hanoi or Haipin.

By the time I came back, more than 60 refugee camps had been spontaneously built around the two cities, and the conditions for food, clean drinking water and medical treatment were seriously insufficient. The International Red Cross, the Catholic Church and some charitable groups in the north were trying to raise food and medicine, but their efforts were always a drop in the bucket compared to hundreds of thousands of refugees."

A reporter from either Hong Kong or Singapore asked impatiently: "Mr. Li, the refugee problem is so serious, how do the government plan to deal with it?"

"Of course the government will not sit idly by, so the first thing Prime Minister Yan did on his first day of taking office was to establish a refugee committee. Specific measures are being formulated, but in my personal opinion, France should assume more obligations on the issue of refugee relief and resettlement.

This is not only because France has an unshirkable responsibility for the displacement of so many people, but to date, France still controls major institutions such as military, public security, transportation, civil affairs and finance. If France does not assume responsibility and does not cooperate, it will be difficult to implement refugee relief and resettlement measures."

The French senior officials didn't say a word, and the American diplomats agreed with it, and even some national military officers nodded repeatedly. After all, there is nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Office now, how can you ask others to help?

Since you have become this official, you have to be like that.

Li Weimin paused and said with a sincere face: "Here, please allow me to express my most sincere gratitude to the US government on behalf of the Refugee Committee. Although peace negotiations are underway, peace has not really come, and wars are still ongoing in the north and even in the south.

In such a dangerous situation, the United States Agency for International Development is repairing Highway 5 from Hanoi to Haiphong, and the United States Special Technical and Economic Mission is renovating the Haiphong terminal. When I returned, I had invested three barges and expanded the Hanoi airport at the same time. It has provided great help in diversion of refugees and alleviating the relief and resettlement pressures in Hanoi and Haiphong."

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Have a clear position, polite and concise.

What's even more rare is that he is proficient in Vietnam, French and English, and does not need anyone to translate. He answered more than 20 questions from more than a dozen reporters in one go.

No wonder the uncle and her husband insisted that she pull him together. They are easy to deal with reporters and have a good image. As expected, they have helped the new government to gain a face and fired the first shot of the public opinion war.

Chen Lichun secretly praised one, and took over the conversation and answered the sensitive questions he deliberately avoided.

The fiancé spoke freely and was full of spirits. Wu Lijun had never been as happy and proud as she was today. She stood beside him with a smile and felt happy.

I just said a few words to a few acquaintances in the US Embassy. A middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a gray suit, with his hair shining, glasses, and bright eyes walked over and stretched out his right hand to greet him: "Mr. Li is young and promising, Jiang Enkai, I am very happy to know Mr. Li."

Li Weimin was surprised to speak Mandarin with a Suzhou or Shanghai accent, and suddenly realized after thinking for a while. The Consul General of the National Government's Consulate in Saigon, in the domestic terms, was "the Consul General of the Chiang Gang Pseudo Consulate in Saigon."

"It turned out to be Consul Chiang, who was disrespectful."

"Mr. Li knows me?"

People always have a psychological belonging, especially overseas Chinese who wander outside and live in other countries. No matter how miserable Chiang Kai-shek was, wherever the National Government retreated, he was the official representative of the government in Saigon. So the old man was often invited to attend receptions before he went to France. It is said that the five big bosses including Ma Guoxuan also had a good relationship with him.

Although Li Weimin was unwilling to get too close to him, he still held his hand tightly and smiled: "I heard from my father."

Jiang Enkai only knew that he was a Chinese and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Li, who is Lord Lingzun?"

"My father Li Guanyun, I just went to France with my mother and sister some time ago. I wonder if Consul Chiang remembers it."

"Oh, I said why is it so familiar? It turns out that he is Brother Guanyun's only son. Aren't you studying in the United States? When did you come back?"

"I have been back for a while and haven't visited you. Please forgive me for Consul Chiang."

A few days ago, I wondered why Li Guanyun had a good business, so why did he go to France for no reason? It turned out that his son had a relationship with Ng Diem, and perhaps his relationship with Americans was not ordinary. Staying in Saigon would only make a dilemma, so he simply left.

Chiang Kai-shek always thought about counterattacking the mainland, and he always regarded Vietnam, especially overseas Chinese on the embankment, as a national living abroad. The consulate has done a lot of work in Xidi, set up secret party departments, developed Kuomintang members, and distributed Chinese newspapers. The secret bureau spies who used various identities as covers are fighting against the underground organizations of overseas Chinese led by the Vietnam League on the secret front.

Most overseas Chinese in the dike are doing business and don’t care much about politics. Very few people are police officers or hold public offices in the government. The first person who holds a high position like him is really the first.

Jiang Enkai was surprised and asked with a smile as if nothing had happened: "Mr. Li, you have a good relationship with Premier Yan?"

How could Li Weimin not know that he was tempting and said ambiguously: "I respect Mr. Yan very much, and Mr. Yan also takes good care of me."

"I've known each other for a long time?"

"I've known each other for a while, but not for a long time."

"I wonder what Mr. Li thinks of the joke that General Ruan Wenxin made just now?"

Obviously, he was not optimistic about Ng Diem like most diplomats in Saigon. Li Weimin smiled with a double word: "Consul Chiang, you all say it's a joke. Since it's a joke, what do you think of the younger generation?"

Jiang Enkai was a wonderful person and couldn't help but joke: "No matter how much water is leaked, Mr. Li, you are more like a diplomat than me. As expected, a tiger father has no dog son."

"If you are not in his position and do not do your own affairs, the younger generation is just a businessman. He just wants to repay the society and do some good deeds. He will not miss it. Why not talk about it? Consul Jiang, don't joke."

Chen Lichun looked here, as if she was going to ask him to leave together. Jiang Enkai hurriedly said, "The consulate will have a reception the day after tomorrow. I wonder if Mr. Li has time to enjoy the glory?"

Li Weimin didn't want to get too close to him, not because he was worried about what the overseas Chinese underground organizations would think, and would put him on the assassination list as a representative of "making accomplice for the tiger", but because the relationship between South Vietnam and Taiwan was too complicated.

Due to ideological relations, they have to cooperate on the one hand and keep warm together. At the same time, there are many historical problems, and on the other hand there are many contradictions, such as how to treat the millions of overseas Chinese living in South Vietnam, and how to view the bad things the National Government did when they accepted the surrender of the Japanese army.

If you go along with Ng Diem and have no future, you will have no future when you are with them.

Li Weimin didn't want Ng Diem to have any thoughts, and declined apologetically: "Consul Chiang, I'm very sorry. So many refugees need relief and resettlement in urgent need of relief and resettlement, I'm afraid I won't have time to participate. After the time of work, I will come to visit again."

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Chapter completed!