Family of four persons, but five came here, right? Oh man, they are so rich! You keep investing your money into the airline companies. You have some stocks, and at the end of the year, they will give your money back manyfold. We give money to the airlines. Every year, the initiates invest their money in the airlines. That’s why a lot of people criticized me, saying, “My God! She rode in a limousine, so cool!” I then said, “Limousine is nothing! I only fly with airplanes!” Right? […]
Why you sit so far? They told you to sit so far? Maybe it’s better. If it’s too near, they cannot walk or what? Is that for walking? (The electricity goes there.) Maybe that’s why. Also, the roof is there – in case it rains, doesn’t drop on your head. OK. I don’t think I can walk all this way. I don’t need to. Huh? You’ve seen me today. You’ve seen me today. Some of you haven’t seen me yet? People from Taiwan (Formosa) haven’t seen me? Tomorrow. (OK.) Tomorrow. I can also see you now. But this way, they’ll have to come up and sit here? And then you won’t see me. Is that OK? If people sit here, talk to me, and you cannot see me, is that alright? Because they will obstruct your view. No problem? Alright. Is brother Yang here? Has he come?
The next group is who? (Âu Lạc [Vietnam].) Huh? (Âu Lạc [Vietnam].) OK. Tell them to come up. OK. The next group can come here. Then I might try to do my job quickly. And you don’t mind sitting there? Come here. Come up! Let the Aulacese (Vietnamese) coming from Âu Lạc (Vietnam) sit in the front. The Aulacese (Vietnamese) coming from the United States sit at the back. Don’t fight with each other. The ones who haven’t seen me for a long time, can sit in the front. (Yes.) Those who have never seen me in the past can go to the front. Those who have seen me many times, can just stand. You’ve never seen me before? You two? And three and four? Let the Aulacese (Vietnamese) who just came here from Âu Lạc (Vietnam) sit in the front, understand? (Yes.) Yeah. Then the Aulacese (Vietnamese) who came from United States can sit at the back, or behind here. Sitting nearby is OK already. (Sit up there, near Master.) Do you remember? This side is OK too, no problem. Yeah. There is a lot [of space]. Is this stage OK? Can so many people sit here? (Yes.) Probably OK? OK. Sit. Sit. Sit.
The Aulacese (Vietnamese) who came here from America, sit in the back when I am here, so that those who came from Âu Lạc (Vietnam) can sit in the front. I said that all the time, but you don’t listen. Tomorrow, the ones who came from America sit in the back, otherwise go down there. Today... Today, I just want to see the Aulacese (Vietnamese) from Âu Lạc (Vietnam), not you. You’ve seen me many times already. It’s fine now. OK? Yeah, can also sit there. Fine. Don’t touch the lights; they are very hot. It’s OK to sit over there, no problem. OK, done. Sit down; don’t stand up. Five hundred dollar fine to whoever stands. It’s done. My God, so crowded? Just sit there. And if there is not enough space, then go sit on the other side. OK, done now? OK? Sit on this side. No, sit down there but on this side. On both sides. If you don’t know Aulacese (Vietnamese) then I will speak in Chinese. It’s done, right? (Yes.) My God, the nets, blankets, mats, and cushions are slowly coming up as well.
So how are you, comrades? How are the comrades? (Thank You, Master.) Yeah. I don’t ask the other people, OK? The ones from America, I am not your “comrade,” OK? I am not talking to the Aulacese (Vietnamese) from overseas. I am only talking to the Aulacese (Vietnamese) who love their nation. So, is the country better this time? Can you still love it? How are you, comrades? Was it easy to come here? (It was easy, Master.) Easy, huh? (Yes.) Ah, it should be so. It was difficult over there, right? (Yes.) It was difficult to find a country [to settle down], right? (Yes.) So, do you want to ask something? Prepare a microphone for them, OK? If you want to ask, make it short, OK? How about the female comrades, do you want to ask? Do you want to ask something? (No, just want to look at Master.) No need to ask, right? My God! You are that enlightened? Wow! I am happy to see that. I love the enlightened people. The ones who cause troubles vex me.
The comrades didn’t ask you anything when you were coming here? Didn’t ask anything? Did they ask where you are going? Coming here to visit me? (We are happy to see You, Master. We miss You so much! We are so happy [to be here]. We miss You so much, Master. This is the first time I see Master.) First time? (Yes.) How many of you see me for the first time? Raise your hand. Is that so? So you came here by ox cart or what? (We came by plane.) Airplane, huh? My God, you are that rich! Nowadays, the comrades have made great progress, all becoming small capitalists!
How much was the air ticket? (It was five hundred for one ticket, Master.) Five hundred dollars? (Six [tickets] by five [hundred each]. It was $600 [per ticket].) Six hundred dollars for one ticket? It is only a two-hour flight, and it costs $600? (Yes. It was a round-trip ticket, Master.) Same thing. They charge like “cutting ears or cutting nose”? This is not cutting the throat, but “cutting the nose, cutting the ears”! Oh my, so expensive! So I should open an airline company to make money then. How come it is so expensive, my God! It costs only $500 to fly from the United States to here, right? (Yes.) A little more than $500. You can ask others, I don’t lie. Yeah, it is only a two-hour flight from Âu Lạc (Vietnam) to here, just crossing the border! If you cross the border, it only costs two maces of gold.
Now you fly, you go legally but it is too expensive! (We go many times.) Oh my! Why so expensive? Poor you. This is not cutting throat. Don’t talk nonsense! I told you already, it’s cutting nose! Cutting nose and can’t breathe! Cutting nose, cutting ears! Even that, you still try to go at any cost! ([Because] I love You. We miss You very much.) I know. But if you don’t have money, then how can you miss me? If you don’t have money, then don’t miss me! (Even if we don’t have money, we’ll still go to see You.) If you don’t have money, how can you go? Hiding underneath the airplane wings? (Yes, we just go.) You just go, no matter what. How could you go? Huh? What did the air stewardesses tell you? They didn’t say anything? (No, they didn’t.) You hid inside a box, sealed it up and have it sent here? It is OK. As long as you are here, then it is OK.
It is very hot these days, right? It is hotter than Âu Lạc (Vietnam)? (Yes.) Oh God, so pitiful! Why don’t you stay over there? Cooler. (We miss You, Master.) Why run around and get hot. (But we are very happy [here]; we miss You, Master.) You’ve never seen me before, how could you miss me? (I saw You in my dream.) You saw me in your dream? (Yes.) The dream lover? (You are more than that to me.) So strange! You only miss the one who you knew for a long time and was good to you, no? This lady is a stranger. How come you miss her? So funny! So, now you are here, do you feel better? It is hot these days, I sweat a lot. (I can’t talk anymore.) You can’t talk anymore? (Right, because I am so happy.) So happy. No wonder! I know.
No wonder, in the afternoon, when the Chinese talked, I could not understand at all, because they were so happy, they could not talk! They just blah, blah, blah... They talked in Chinese to each other, but even the Chinese could not understand either! I asked, “Did you understand? What did she say earlier?” Answer: “I don’t know.” Even the Chinese could not understand each other, then how could I? I said, “Forget it! No one understands what you are saying!” I told them to write down their questions, so that I can read; it’s easier to understand. Otherwise he sat there and blah, blah, blah all the time. I think I got a headache. Headache! The Chinese, some of them have an accent, and it is hard to understand. (Yes.) Aulacese (Vietnamese) people, with whatever accent they speak, I could still understand after a while. Huế accent, “Quảng Nôm” [Quảng Nam] accent, whatever they talk, after listening for a moment, I still could understand. Chinese, they have all kinds of Quảng accents, such as Cantonese, a lot of Canton! We have Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and that’s it. But they (Chinese) have Quảng Châu, Tiều Châu, Quảng Đông, Quảng Tây. So many different dialects and accents – messing up everything. Shocking and panicking! So they talk and they listen to themselves; and we talk and we listen to ourselves.
So how many hours you traveled? Two hours, right? (Yes.) (Flying) only two hours but costs $500. How come it was so expensive? Was it official price or black-market price? (Official price.) Official price? You must have had someone to help, right? Someone from overseas sent money to you? Or what? (Police helped us.) The police helped you? My God, the government was that good? (Yes.) Then what else do you want? The comrades (helped) wholeheartedly already. I guess your husband is a policeman? I know, you ladies are pickpocketing – pickpocketing your husbands! Just like the people out there asked, “Madame Ching Hai, what does she do to become so rich? Where does the money come from?” I said, “I took the money from the bank. Whenever I need the money, I go to the bank to get it.” Is that not so? We go to the bank to take the money, otherwise, where? (I think Master helped us to come here, not the police.) Is that so? Of course. That lady talked nonsense. Because her husband is a policeman, so she talked like that. Because it is kind of easy to come into this country.
So the Mrs.’ family all came here? (Yes.) Always like that, right? (But she stayed home.) Only she, right? (Yes.) And the rest of the family all came? (Yes.) Family of four persons, but five came here, right? Oh man, they are so rich! You keep investing your money into the airline companies. You have some stocks, and at the end of the year, they will give your money back manyfold. We give money to the airlines. Every year, the initiates invest their money in the airlines. That’s why a lot of people criticized me, saying, “My God! She rode in a limousine, so cool!” I then said, “Limousine is nothing! I only fly with airplanes!” Right? Once you rode a Rolls-Royce, a limousine is nothing. Flying with airplane is cooler! Any airline is ours. We fly with any airline we want to. See that? Do you see it is cool? Is it cool? Isn’t it cool? It’s cool, isn’t it? (Yes, yes.) Yeah. We are high up... High, high level. (Yes.) We only fly; rolling on the road is nothing. And they dared to criticize that I ride a limousine and a Rolls-Royce, so I said, “Those are nothing!”
