From a fruit seller to the head of the three tycoons in Shanghai Beach, Du Yuesheng's life can be described as a legend, he can walk to the peak of life, not only because of his outstanding ability, but also because of his high emotional intelligence and ability to be a person.
Du Yuesheng received many people in his life and lent a lot of money, but in his old age, he actually burned these IOUs with a fire, and his family persuaded him, and he also yelled at his family: "I am saving your life!" ”
Du Yuesheng, one of the three giants of the Qinggang, had a difficult early life, and he was born in 1888 in Chuansha, Jiangsu Province.
When he was less than four years old, his parents died one after another, and Du Yuesheng, who had no one to rely on, had to live in his uncle's house and live under the fence, so that Du Yuesheng learned to observe the color at a young age.
In 1902, Du Yuesheng, who had just turned 14, went to a fruit shop as an apprentice, during which time he became proficient in the art of peeling fruit, because of his superb peeling skills, he got a nickname - "Fruit Moonsheng".
However, the good times did not last long, Du Yuesheng lost himself in the praise of everyone, contracted gambling, and he also lost his job because of bad gambling.
In desperation, he had to go to the streets of Shanghai Beach to sell fruit, the life of self-reliance was not good, at that time, there were many forces gathered in Shanghai Beach, hooligans and assholes, so he was often harassed by these people when selling fruit, but he quickly came up with a way to deal with it, and joined forces with other vendors to resist.
In 1911, Du Yuesheng was appreciated by the green gang leader Jin Rong, and he also officially stepped into the gang.
At that time, the Green Gang mainly profited from the yellow gambling and drug business in Shanghai, and once Jin Rong was kidnapped in the process of escorting opium, Du Yuesheng felt that his opportunity to perform came, so he volunteered to go to recover opium, and after completing the task, he also became a red man in front of Jin Rong.
In 1925, Jin Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, zhang Xiaolin three people together opened the Sanxin Company, the company mainly engaged in the drug business, from here it can be seen that Du Yuesheng at this time already occupied a place in the Qing gang, but he was still subordinate to Jin Rong, but what happened afterwards made Du Yuesheng become the leader of the Qing gang.
This matter also starts from a play called Lu Chunlan, Jin Rong likes Lu Chunlan for a long time, and he also offended the warlord Lu Xiaojia because of Lu Chunlan, Xu is to show himself in front of his sweetheart, Jin Jinrong taught Lu Xiaojia a lesson on the spot.
Lu Xiaojia could not swallow this breath, so he sent someone to arrest Jin Rong, no matter how much money the Qing Gang gave, Du Yuesheng felt that it was not a way to go down without a leader for a long time, and he decided to personally go to Lu Xiaojia to negotiate.
Lu Xiaojia made a request to Du Yuesheng: "You kneel down for me and let me breathe." ”
Du Yuesheng knelt down without even thinking about it, and then Jin Rong was released.
After this incident, the members of the Green Gang all felt that compared to the golden Rong who was quick for a while, Du Yuesheng, who could bend and stretch, seemed to be more suitable for being the leader of the Green Gang, so Du Yuesheng slowly replaced Jin Rong and became the leader of the Green Gang.
At that time, Du Yuesheng, who had made a name for himself in both gangsters and businesses, found a new target - the political circle, and he successfully became the chairman of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the French Concession with his money and influence, and he also made friends with many high-class celebrities like Li Yuanhong, Zhang Taiyan and Qin Lian.
In 1929, Du Yuesheng became the Huadong of the Gongdong Bureau, which marked his highest status in the French Concession.
Subsequently, Du Yuesheng developed his business into banking and finance, and also made friends with Xu Xinliu, Tang Shoumin, Chen Guangfu and other financial leaders.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Du Yuesheng also actively saved the country, and as the president of the Red Cross Society of China, he used his resources to open many hospitals.
Chongqing Hospital established in 1942 is one of Du Yuesheng's handwriting, in addition to opening a hospital, Du Yuesheng also attaches great importance to education, he opened a lot of schools, but also organized the masses to participate in the Anti-Japanese War Support Association, has raised 1.5 million yuan for the War of Resistance, he also became a major general of the Republic of China, Du Yuesheng made a lot of contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Du Yuesheng believed that his contribution could at least be mixed with the vice mayor of Shanghai, but when he returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong with great expectations, he found that reality and ideals were very different.
In Shanghai, he was not welcomed by the leaders and the masses, but on the contrary, various slogans "Down with Du Yuesheng" were posted on the street, and Du Yuesheng suddenly realized that Shanghai no longer needed the Green Gang.
However, he still did not die, he could not become a vice mayor, he could also be the speaker of the Senate, he had a hard time competing for this position, but he learned that the most suitable candidate in Chiang Kai-shek's mind was actually Pan Gongzhan, and he thought about it for a long time and decided to read out his resignation.
Soon, Du Yuesheng's son Du Weiping was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for another six months, at which point Du Yuesheng decided to leave Shanghai.
In April 1949, Du Yuesheng and his family ran from Shanghai to Hong Kong, in Hong Kong Du Yuesheng and his family life is not good, a large family can only squeeze in a very small house, the change of the situation, so that he has no past scenery.
In the depression, Du Yuesheng's health also became worse and worse, and within two years, he became terminally ill, at which time Du Yuesheng began to deal with property and arrange aftermath.
After counting, he learned that he only had $110,000 in savings, and his fifth aunt, Meng Xiaodong, was shocked: "How can this be enough for a large family?" ”
Du Yuesheng planned the money like this: the five wives and sons each received $10,000; the daughter who married took $4,000; and the unmarried one took $6,000.
After the money was divided, Du Yuesheng asked his eldest daughter Du Meiru to open a safe, which was not filled with cash, but a box full of IOUs, of which the least one was $5,000, and the most one was written on it with 500 gold bars.
In the eyes of wives and children, this paper is a huge wealth, and if they all come back, their living standards will certainly rise several notches.
However, Du Yuesheng ordered Du Meiru to burn them all, and Du Meiru reluctantly asked, "We are now short of money, why should we burn them all?" ”
Du Yuesheng angrily rebuked, "This is saving your lives, if you go to ask for debts, I'm afraid you won't even be able to save your lives!" ”
This made the family even more confused, Du Yuesheng had to explain: "You don't know the person who borrowed my money, some people have conscience, can remember my good, after I die, you can receive his favor, and some people can't remember my good, you go to the debt, he may kill people to get revenge!" ”
On August 16, 1951, the 63-year-old Du Yuesheng died of illness in Hong Kong, and his words before his death were: I have no hope, but you still have hope, and China also has hope!