No matter in which era, it is difficult to start from scratch, perhaps it can be found by luck at first, if there is no learning and family style blessing, decay is only a matter of moments.
For example, Hu Xueyan, the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, was rumored at that time: "To be an official to be Zeng Guofan, to do business you have to read Hu Xueyan", which shows how successful Hu Xueyan was, but the fall was only a matter of a moment, and finally Hu Xueyan lost to Sheng Xuanhuai.
Sheng Xuanhuai climbed the big tree of Li Hongzhang, rose rapidly, not only the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty, the family wealth, but also the father of China's industry, founded 11 "China's first".
Sheng Xuan was pregnant with 8 sons and 8 daughters, and the first 3 sons unfortunately died early, so when the fourth son was born, Sheng Xuanhuai was particularly fond of him, and cultivated him as an heir, and also went to ask Cixi to give him a name, named Gu Enyi.
Sheng Enyi can be said to have grown up on a road paved with gold, eating, wearing and attending the best school, with dozens of servants around him. In order to let Sheng Enyi lay a good foundation, he also sent him abroad for further study, and after returning to China, he asked him to marry the daughter of Sun Baoqi, the inspector of Shandong.
Sheng Xuanhuai's vision is poisonous, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Baoqi became the premier of the Republic of China, if Sheng Enyi follows the path paved for him by his father, the future is unlimited, but he is a loser.
The father has only one son, the future property is his own, the money is piled up into a mountain, the flowers can not be spent, so why work hard?
He squandered, married 11 house aunts, in order to show his magnanimity, each room aunt wife was equipped with bungalows, cars and maids, full of rows, even the current rich people in front of him are slightly lost.
The first Mercedes-Benz car imported from Shanghai was bought by him, in order to be more eye-catching, he engraved his name on it, the license plate is 4444, as soon as he sees the car, others know that he is Sheng Enyi.
In 1916, Sheng Xuanhuai died, and Sheng Enyi received a rich inheritance and took over the family business. If he squandered according to his previous habits of life, he could live this life without worry, but soon, he was not satisfied with everything in front of him, and he wanted to seek more exciting things, which was gambling.
Since ancient times, gamblers have been very crazy, many people have lost their billions of dollars at the table, and they will not wake up until the next day.
Sheng Enyi sleeps during the day, gambles at night, goes to the bank to get no money, if the bank is closed, go to the pawnshop to make antiques, anyway, some at home are, the next day to redeem back, Sheng Enyi's bet is getting bigger and bigger, losing more and more.
One night, Lu Xiaojia, the son of Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang, got on the bar with him, Lu Xiaojia was also a loser who did not lack money, both of them were very aggressive, and when they were provoked, they said that the casino was big.
Every day and night upside down, coupled with smoking a lot of cigarettes, Sheng Enyi had already lost himself at the gambling table, so he took the alleys with more than a hundred houses along The Yellow River Road on Beijing Road as a bet, and lost them all overnight.
By the time of the victory of the War of Resistance, Sheng Enyi's family property had basically been completely lost, because when dividing up the property, he wanted to seize the three daughters of the Sheng family, so he also went to court, and finally lost the lawsuit, not only did not get the money, but also made the relationship frozen, so no one was willing to help him.
After the victory of the War of Resistance, Sheng Enyi was already too poor to eat, his eyes were hungry and shining, if he could eat a hot meal at this time, what a luxury.
Who would have thought that the great young master, who was once born with a golden key, has now become a beggar, and there must be regret, if he honestly guarded the family business at that time, he would not have come to this step.
In 1958, at the age of 66, Sheng Enyi died in the lingering garden of his ancestral mansion.