Volunteers from the International Red Cross, Church, American Cooperatives, Vietnam Charity Federation, Vietnam Youth League and China Youth League were divided into sections and had clear divisions. They also had temporary "battalion protection teams" to assist them, and they were counted early on how much food they needed in their respective areas in the next three days.

Li Weimin doesn't have to worry about how to distribute it. The so-called "presiding" is just an excuse for Huang's Liliu. His job is to show off, stabilize people's hearts, and at the same time accumulate some reputation for himself.

There is no need to worry about safety when there are Catholic militia and Nong brothers. In fact, with his current reputation, anyone who shows dissatisfaction with him will be beaten to death by the refugees.

Hug the children, visit the elderly in poor health, enter the literacy class set up in a large tent to encourage students, comfort teachers, randomly check whether the food is distributed to individuals, sit on the grass and watch the drama with the refugees for a while, and before they know it, the afternoon passed.

Porridge was just pickles, and after dinner with the refugees, it was late at night when they returned to the Tushan Peninsula villa. Ruan Mingxiu reminded in the afternoon that a group of uninvited guests came from Saigon and Hanoi, and they would not want to rest if they were not settled.

"I visited Hanoi refugee camp in the morning, where it was managed impeccably. Lee, you did a better job than I thought."

Wesley Fisher had an extremely enthusiastic hug, and then hugged his shoulder and introduced with a smile: "Gentlemen, this is the executive chairman of the 'Joint Refugee Rescue Joint Conference', chairman of Vietnam Industrial Village Investment Company, and the most outstanding student in Msu's history. I am proud to have such a student and colleague."

An American in his fifties stood up and said, "Bernard Forre, Syracuse University."

"Milton-Osborne, University of Melbourne, young man, I'm happy to know you"

Henry, president of the Bank of East Asia, personally accompanied them and added with a smile: "Professor Osborne studied in the United States and a Ph.D. at Cornell University, this trip was employed by the Australian government."

There are scholars from the MSO Government Research Agency, professors from Princeton University, Harvard University, and Syracuse University. They conducted field investigations on the economy, society and security of Vietnam through the US government organization and funding. The survey results will be used as the main basis for formulating policies toward Vietnam.

He is not a high-ranking government official, but his influence is no less than that of a high-ranking government official.

After introducing each other, Li Weimin explained modestly: "Dear professors, it is easier to organize refugee evacuation than to resettle refugees. They are unwilling to live under the rule of the Vietnam League and are eager to leave North Vietnam. They do not have much demand for the joint meeting. As long as they can help them leave smoothly and provide the food they need to survive, they will support our work.

And the church has played a huge role in the management of refugees. Priests and monks have an unparalleled influence and everyone respects them. Besides the church, we have many volunteers from the International Red Cross, Vietnam Charity Federation, American Cooperatives, Vietnam Youth Federation and Vietnam Overseas Chinese Youth Federation.”

Things are far from as simple as he said. Professor Bernard picked up the coffee and said seriously: "In peacetime, it is already a miracle to transport 1 million well-trained troops from a long distance. And you need to successfully transport 1 million or even more unorganized civilians who are almost broken in physical and mental aspects within a year, which is even more epic miracle."

Professor Milton sighed: "This is simply the Vietnamese version of "Exodus". Dear friend, everything you do now can be recorded in history."

Speaking of the achievements of our graduates, Wesley Fisher smiled knowingly: "Li, the international community has a high opinion of you. I talked with the Prime Minister before coming. He intends to recommend you to serve as a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Chairman of the Vietnamese Red Cross."

I didn't expect that I would become the chairman of the Red Tenth Society.

Li Weimin was ridiculous and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "Professor, the Industrial Investment Company is just starting out and there are too many things to do. Besides, I am so young and it is obviously not suitable to take such an important position."

"I can't imagine anyone in Vietnam is more competent than you. As for age, it's not a problem at all. You have to know that this is just a position in a humanitarian institution."

Fisher and Professor Henry looked at each other and added: "More importantly, serving as an international Red Cross member will help you go to the Free World to raise funds for Industrial Investment Corporation. We have repeatedly considered this and it is very necessary."

The next overseas financing is summarized as "crying poor" and "pretending to be pitiful". It is undoubtedly much more convenient to have an International Red Cross membership.

Li Weimin weighed the pros and asked in a low voice: "What should I do with the Industrial Investment Company? If humanitarian causes are confused with business, it may be counterproductive."

All the funds of Industrial Investment Corporation are settled by Bank of East Asia, and all the bonds are sold by Bank of East Asia.

Professor Henry doesn’t want to always serve as the president of this small bank now. He said for granted: “Li, I think the ICT company can be managed like the Bank of East Asia. Liu is very capable, and you can feel at ease.”

“Downplay the board of directors and highlight management?”

Wesley Fisher nodded slightly: "Industrial Investment Corporation is different from general commercial companies and can be regarded as a government agency. Moreover, the board of directors is not responsible for specific matters, and downplaying publicity will not affect the overall situation."

Li Weimin could imagine that Ng Diem had three considerations for his proposal. One was to reward him according to merits, and others could be promoted and appointed as a high-ranking government official. He was young and not a Vietnamese, and becoming a high-ranking government official would undoubtedly attract criticism.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the President of the Vietnamese Red Cross are not even considered a government official, and they are not worth much money, which is equivalent to an honor. He has made obvious achievements in the refugee retreat south. Not to mention that no one will fight, even if someone fights, he can't fight;

Second, in order to develop South Vietnamese industry and promote South Vietnam's economy, because with this humanitarian identity, it can help the government seek international community assistance more easily; third, in terms of how to resettle people, the government is not very authentic, and giving an honorary unofficial position can ease the relationship.

The Red Cross Society is just the Red Cross Society. Anyway, it has served as several members and an interim executive chairman. I don’t care about serving as one more.

Li Weimin weighed the pros and consented: "Okay, for the sake of the overall situation, I can do it together."

"Actually, this time I came here to discuss the economy of South Vietnam with you."

Wesley Fisher put on his glasses and took out a piece of material and said: "We noticed that after the armistice, many French and Chinese merchants used the foreign exchange profits earned in the war to purchase and export Vietnamese goods such as rice and tea, and freely transferred funds to France, Switzerland, Hong Kong and even the United States.

It can be said that the current capital flight has developed to an extremely obvious level, and this happened at the same time as the migration of a large number of refugees. Some people sold North Vietnamese assets and brought the money to South Vietnam. All the wealthy people transferred almost all their assets to South Vietnam. They also believed that Saigon was just a stage of their retreat, and they just waited for the time to leave, and brought their assets abroad.

To put it simply, the political crisis caused by the war has caused extremely difficult currency problems to South Vietnam. The commodity import plan we formulated cannot curb inflation and cannot prevent currency depreciation at all. If the US aid management team relaxes supervision and if the government is not honest enough and causes the market to be filled with a large amount of dollars, it will have a profound impact on the industrial village plan."

Li Weimin thought about it, Professor Henry added: "There is not necessarily a good thing to have too much foreign exchange. If people can purchase imported goods with very little money, the South Vietnamese industry will not develop at all because it has lost its most basic market competitiveness."

"Professor, the question of the Foreign Exchange Administration is still in the hands of the French, and they will not easily hand over to the new government. Even if handed over to the new government, the government may not be able to agree to adjust the exchange rate."

"It is true, I have talked with the Prime Minister, who believes that adjusting the exchange rate and depreciating Piast will affect the people's confidence in the government."

Li Weimin frowned slightly and asked, "What can we do?"

Fisher put down the materials and said: "The industrial village plan must be implemented, but some necessary adjustments must be made, such as increasing tax reduction and exemption efforts and raising funds for subsidies. This is the opinion of all consultants and experts of the Government Research Agency."

Controlling imports is a solution. The problem industrial village plan has just been launched, and even the factory has not broken ground, so it cannot produce so many commodities to meet the needs of South Vietnam.

Once the opening is opened, it will be difficult to block it, which means that all factories in the industrial village will compete with Western countries such as the United States, Japan, West Germany, France, etc., and there is no way to protect Vietnam's industry at all.

I thought about it before, but I didn't expect it to be so deep.

This is not a small matter and requires careful research. Li Weimin pondered for a moment and looked up and said, "Professor, I asked the Development Research Center of the Industrial Investment Company to consider it and strive to come up with a set of plans as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!