According to reliable information, there are 9 branches in Meidi, 7 monuments in Zhoucheng, 2 provinces and counties, and there are no more than 2 Viet Cong organizations and no more than 3 peasant associations.
He got Wu Tingyan’s wish and became "one of his own" like friendship Li Min.
As soon as I came, I teased Chen Lishui to play and often attended Wu family dinners. Wu Tingyan and Dinh Nhu Ngo discussed the situation and formulated policies at the table. Because they didn’t understand Vietnamese and French, they had to always bring an interpreter.
I don’t know how many people have been executed or arrested, and I know that all prisons are full of people.
Trying to manage rice needs money.
Wu Tingyan didn’t want to feed the political prisoners in vain and looked up and asked, "Does the infrastructure construction of Tingzhuo Industrial Village need people?"
Of course, Dinh Nhu Ngo knew what he wanted to say and said casually, "I asked Chen Shiguo and Liu Jiachang that all the projects were contracted out to investors, and it was not appropriate for criminals to work."
Sending criminals to work in industrial villages will rob ordinary workers of their jobs, although they don’t pay salaries.
The plan of the industrial village is to solve the employment problem. Wu Tingyan didn’t remember that he hadn’t seen Li Min for half a year. Lansdale asked curiously, "What does Mr. President Li Xian do and when is he going to come back?"
"Where should the newspaper have him?"
Although Li Min-jen has no influence in Saigon, he is still heard from the newspaper every three days.
Madame ngo dinh blurted out, "Uncle Wu Tinglian, who went to stay at the embassy in London a week ago, was very busy because of his business."
Going abroad the year before last was "crying for poverty". Last year, I went abroad mainly to attract investment. This year, I went abroad to gamble.
Financial speculation has crushed the industrial investment company and his personal fortune. Even Dinh Nhu Ngo has tried his best to help him raise more than 50,000 US dollars. Foreign exchange is the industrial investment company and the top secret of the government. Saigon knows that there are no more than two Wu Tingyan, and of course he will not tell the truth.
Madame ngo dinh was also kept in the dark and got up to find a copy of Saigon Daily. He said cheerfully, "The day before yesterday afternoon, British bankers, entrepreneurs and investors were invited for economic and technological cooperation and exchange meetings. The day before yesterday, the Vietnam Trade Fair was invited to give a speech at Cambridge University. It is said that the royal family invited him to visit Buckingham Palace."
Lansdale, the magical young man, had to shrug his shoulders and smile bitterly. "Musicians are welcome everywhere."
The British welcome now does not mean that they will welcome in the future, because he is hostile to the pound.
But then again, he is not stupid enough to let the British know that he is doing something, and even if he leaves any clues, he will not be personally involved, let alone the Vietnamese government.
Put all your eggs in one basket Wu Tingyan is really looking forward to it at the same time.
If he succeeds in investing in the company, he will not have no money to pay the bonds due. He is worried that several industrial villages under planning will have funds to invest in the military industry to produce and manufacture weapons and equipment that are in urgent need, so more people can go to the industrial villages to work.
There are too many benefits to gamble on.
Returning to China to force Ruan Wenxin to get rid of the Pingchuan warlord is gambling, even risking his life.
Others say that Li Min’s "independent kingdom" is a "new warlord". If even the people can’t believe it, who can believe it in this world?
Laugh at those who slander Wu Tingyan.
After eating his last bite of rice, he suddenly asked, "Have you paid attention to the situation in Egypt?"
"eh?"
"There seems to be tension in the Middle East."
Lansdale looked puzzled and said, "It seems that 99% of Nasser’s absolute advantage was elected as the peak of his power in the presidential referendum."
"He is a nationalist."
"There is no doubt about this."
As soon as his voice fell, he paid special attention to the situation in Egypt and quickly came in to turn over the documents and reported that "Mr. President, Mr. Chang, President of Egypt, Nasser’s Tahrir Square in Alexandria delivered a speech to the people to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the July Revolution, and officially announced the Order of the President of the Republic to nationalize the Suez Canal Company, ordering the Suez Canal to be recovered and opened for navigation to build a dam."
Can Lansdale not know what this means? Put a knife and fork and mumble, "Oh, my God, he’s declaring war!"
Britain and France were the hardest hit when Egypt nationalized the canal.
In particular, Britain not only has shares in the canal company, but also half of its oil imports pass through the Suez canal, while British oil reserves can only last for a few weeks
Min won the bet!
Wu Tingyan said with excitement, "Paris should be very lively now."
"yes"
The secret said gloomily, "France urgently called some radical members of the National Assembly to ask the government to take a tough policy toward Egypt and adjourned for one minute to protest against the military action against Egypt and ask whether the government was brave enough to give up in practice. The press reacted more violently and asked the government why it didn’t invade Egypt."
News came to London that British Prime Minister Eden called an emergency press conference and declared that Britain was determined to defend the interests of this region by force alone when necessary. News came back from the British Embassy that he had received general support from opposition parties and public opinion. "
Everything is going as expected.
Whether you fight or not, you can’t get cheap oil from the Middle East as before, and you have to pay a high price for canal navigation.
The oil price directly affects the British economic situation and determines the exchange rate of the pound against the US dollar. Wu Tingyan finally got up with a sigh of relief and smiled, "You can wait for me to go to the office."
At the same time, Li Min is sitting in the garden of the Embassy of the Republic of Vietnam in Britain and having afternoon tea with Ambassador Wu Tinglian.
Speculation in pound sterling cannot be concealed from others, not only because of his identity, but also because many preparatory workers need the help of the embassy.
Wu Tinglian was not as optimistic and worried as his brother, saying, "Let’s take it as soon as possible. The United States is a big variable. We can earn little or nothing, but we must not lose more."
The United States is indeed a variable, but it will change in the direction of "industrial investment"
Li Min picked up a hurry and smiled firmly. "Mr. Lian, the nationalization of Suez Canal Company in the United States is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters and replace Britain and France." The worry is that if it is dragged into the war, it will hurt the oil interests in the Middle East and Nasser’s unilateral nationalization order may affect the Panama Canal. "
"What position will the United States take?"
"Based on this mentality, the U.S. government may issue a statement that economic sanctions and payment for canal navigation will not be combined with Britain and France."
Li Min finished his dessert and continued, "More importantly, Eisenhower is facing a general election. He is now considering being re-elected if he sings peace, and he is unwilling to be dragged into the war by Britain and France. If nothing unexpected happens, he will take the position of not getting into a military conflict between Britain and France."
"You really should be a diplomat like me."
"This is not my analysis, but the conclusion of senior political analysts in Washington."
"So soon?"
"When Nasser was elected, people expected this day, and political comments in Washington were everywhere. I wouldn’t care if it was for my own interests."
He is not a person who is keen on politics. Wu Tinglian couldn’t help laughing at his funny appearance.
Wu Tingyan celebrated that the Bank of East Asia and the Detroit Representative Office of Saigon Bank Headquarters Industrial Investment Company had bombed the pot by going to work to hide their excitement. Traders, financial experts and economic analysts in opportunists cheered as if the pound would depreciate sharply in the future.
Bank of East Asia’s first purchase of seaside resort has now become the headquarters of industrial investment company.
Liu Jiachang is not so excited, but a little relieved. So are Chen Shiguo and Wu Andong. The three people get together to analyze the economic situation.
"From Nasser’s unilateral announcement of the nationalization of the canal to the present, the crude oil has risen by 54 dollars per barrel. The Ministry of Finance has just calculated that our industrial investment company has earned more than 60,000 dollars through oil futures. With the further tension in the Middle East, the income will be more.
However, we are oil majors, and the monthly oil demand is equivalent to half of the imported oil. If the situation in the Middle East is not reversed in one year, it will directly affect the commissioning of the No.1 and No.2 refineries of the Chemical Industry Company at the end of the year. Can we say that we can avoid a little loss and make a profit? "
Chen Shiguo is more optimistic than him. He lit a cigarette and smiled. "Liu Zong’s oil price is not only rising, but also affecting the investment in infrastructure. In the future, it will be included in the production."
"Yes, and we have avoided so many losses."
Liu Jiachang was really scared and sighed and said, "You two should have woken up at that time and made more oil futures instead of betting on pounds."
"The chairman may have the chairman’s consideration"
Li Min did have his thoughts, because he remembered that after the outbreak of the Second Middle East War, the United States would sell the pound, which directly caused the pound to depreciate by 15%. He knew that oil would rise, but he didn’t know how much.
It’s better to make sure money than to make uncertain money, so invest your main money in speculating on pounds.
It is worth one thing that the capital of the industrial investment company is the small head. He personally owns the capital of the Bank of East Asia and then tries to find a way to get the big head. If history does not change greatly, his personal assets will exceed 100 million dollars in two months!
Chapter 150 Military Observer Mission
London is very lively, workers strike, students street parade, parliamentarians clap tables to protest, and everyone’s attention is almost in the Middle East.
Objectively speaking, the Suez Canal was really dug by France and Britain at that time. Nasser announced that he would be nationalized and charged a high fee for British ships. In a sense, it was a serious violation of the interests of the British people. It is easy to understand that people demanded to use force to attack Egypt.
Why can’t you sit still in Israel? Because Egyptian President Nasser has historical problems based on religious beliefs and religions, it is forbidden for Israeli ships to pass through the Suez Canal, and straits of tiran completely leads to the Red Sea. Two gates are closed to people, and people can wage war to compete for passage.