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Chapter 955: A Dream (First Update, Please Subscribe)
"Chance!"

Chang'an, in the presidential suite of the Pacific Hotel, Wu Tingru, smoking a cigar, uttered these two words and said.

“What we need is an opportunity to rise like Nanyang, and we believe that under the leadership of the president, the future South Vietnam will surely become a prosperous and strong country like Nanyang!”

As the president's younger brother, Wu Tingru led a business delegation to Southeast Asia to gain support.

It is not only to gain diplomatic support, but also to gain technical and economic support. Of course, there is a more important step, which is to pave the way for President Ngo Dinh Diem's ​​visit.

After all, Nanyang was the first country to recognize and establish diplomatic relations with South Vietnam at the ambassadorial level, and Nanyang was also a military and economic power, so diplomacy with Nanyang has always been the focus of Saigon. It can even be said that it is second only to the United States, after all, the United States pays directly.

Of course, it would be great if Nanyang could pay the money. After all, for South Vietnam now, every penny is extremely important.

Gazing at the prosperous metropolis outside the window, Wu Tingru was filled with envy.

In Asia, no, it should be said that the whole world is full of envy for Nanyang. After all, the achievements made by Nanyang in just eleven years have attracted worldwide attention.

From a tropical colony that only produced timber, rubber and sugar, to the world's third largest economic power with advanced technology and prosperous economy!

When other Asian countries still needed to import ordinary light industrial consumer goods, the Nanyang-made jet aircraft, the "White Swan", had already been exported to Europe and the United States.

"Sir, South Vietnam will definitely become like Nanyang in the future, and Saigon will be the next Chang'an."

The attendant at the side echoed, and it seemed that everyone in the delegation was full of confidence in the future, especially after witnessing the prosperity of Nanyang, they believed it even more firmly.

This is exactly the inspiration that Nanyang has brought to the world. Every newly born country looks to Nanyang as a model. Even though Nanyang threw the UN Charter into the trash, the United Nations praised the "Nanyang Model" and declared that the rise of Nanyang has proved a development path to the world.

As the saying goes, "Whoever is close to the water gets the moon first." Countries and regions in Asia have long been emulating the Nanyang model, from Mindanao to Malaya, from Surabaya to Kyushu, and of course South Korea, Siam and South Vietnam. In order to show goodwill to Nanyang, or to attract investment from Nanyang, these countries, which were originally members of the Chinese cultural circle, have begun teaching Chinese in primary schools, trying to strengthen economic and cultural exchanges with Nanyang in this way.

Just like now, one of the important purposes of Wu Tingru coming here is to win investment from Southeast Asia.

In the past few days, Wu Tingru and his group, who had just arrived, were completely overwhelmed by the prosperity of Nanyang. Because of this, like many people, Wu Tingru also transformed himself into a Nanyang school.

Of course, his Nanyang faction does not mean that he supports South Vietnam to lean towards Nanyang, but rather that he supports South Vietnam to emulate the Nanyang model and achieve national prosperity with the support of Nanyang.

It must be said that Ngo Dinh Nhu was also a nationalist. In this respect, he was completely consistent with his brother Ngo Dinh Diem, who was the president.

Just when Wu Tingru was full of endless yearning for Southeast Asia, in the study of the official residence, Li Yian was reading a report. The report came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was delivered personally by Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Guoren.

"It seems that Ngo Dinh Diem has some tricks in his governance. No wonder he was able to attract northerners to flee to South Vietnam."

From any perspective, after Ngo Dinh Diem abolished Bao Dai through voting and established a republic, the policies he implemented were all desirable. Although there were still many problems left over from the land reform, the land problem in South Vietnam was solved to a certain extent through the distribution of unowned land and the redemption of landlords' land and resale to farmers, which made many North Vietnamese flee to South Vietnam. According to the agreement reached at the Geneva Conference, within three months after the conference, Vietnamese could freely go to the north and south to choose their own place of residence. So with the help of the US Navy, about 30 North Vietnamese civilians and soldiers fled to South Vietnam by boat. This was only because of the deliberate blockade by the North Vietnamese government, otherwise there would be more people fleeing.

Moreover, there have been people fleeing from North Vietnam to South Vietnam. These people absolutely support the Ngo Dinh Diem government. These people who fled to the South were even the most important support group of the South during the Vietnam War. In South Vietnam, many people supported the North, including the monks. For a long time, the monks were even the main force against the South Vietnamese government. However, after the unification of Vietnam, the monks even began to miss the Catholic Ngo Dinh Diem. "Yes, sir, in terms of governance, the Saigon authorities are still quite capable. Its economy has been developing very fast since last year, and various countries are also very optimistic about its development potential..."

This is definitely not bragging. During President Ngo Dinh Diem's ​​term, South Vietnam's economic level was second only to Japan and the Philippines in Asia. South Vietnam's per capita income was higher than that of its neighboring countries. It achieved steady growth in the 10 years after and even became a model for the development of emerging countries in Asia.

But all this was just a flash in the pan. Li Yian was very clear about the future of South Vietnam.

This country has no future.

“But the policies now being pursued by the Saigon authorities have, to a certain extent, damaged our interests.”

Li Guoren said.

"Since taking office last year, the government has established trade protection measures through the courts. In order to protect the development of domestic light industry, the Saigon authorities have implemented tariffs and non-tariff barriers. However, the import of equipment, machinery, steel, etc. required by the protected industries enjoys preferential treatment. At the same time, export goods enjoy encouraging preferential treatment, and many export products even receive government subsidies. The Ngo Dinh Diem government devalued the Vietnamese dong to stimulate exports. Therefore, to a certain extent, their trade protectionism violates the principle of free trade and damages the commercial interests of Southeast Asia."

"This kind of trade protectionism is inevitable."

With his eyes closed, Li Yian imagined the future of South Vietnam in his mind, and soon he said:
"Their restrictions on imports have little impact. After all, the domestic demand is there, and the future of South Vietnam... is not as optimistic as they think."

Li Guoren was surprised by your judgment.

"Sir, why is this?"

This judgment is obviously contrary to the judgment of countries around the world.

"Sir, the International Monetary Fund is optimistic about South Vietnam's development. The domestic hidden dangers and the religious armed forces supported by the French have been basically pacified under his appeasement. The French troops have also begun to leave South Vietnam. Its regime is basically stable. According to the development of all parties, South Vietnam will usher in a period of rapid development in the future."

Listening to Li Guoren's analysis, Li Yian shook his head and said.

"All this is just on the surface. Don't forget, according to the Geneva Agreement, the North and the South will hold a vote in two years to decide whether the country should be unified. Do you think this is realistic?"

Li Yian's face was full of sarcasm as he said the opposite. He seemed to be mocking the naivety of those people. He really couldn't imagine how naive they were that made them make such a decision at the Geneva Conference.

It's nothing more than finding a suitable excuse for the next war.

"It is impossible for them to decide through voting. The North will not give up the country just because of the number of votes, and the same is true for the South. As for the United States, it will not accept the South turning red. In this case, there is only one way to solve the problem, and that is to go to war. Therefore, war will break out in the future, war..."

Li Yian said with emotion.

"The outbreak of war will shatter everyone's illusions. In the end... they will understand that it was all just a pipe dream."

(End of this chapter)