Mencius. Lou Shang wrote: "There are no rules, no square circles", this sentence was already well known in the Warring States period in our country, its meaning is to say that when doing anything, do not be blind, do not do it without rules, there must be rules. In the eyes of most people, "gangster" is a existence without "rules", but in fact, an organization can be condensed together, can develop and grow, there must be "rules" to restrain its members.
It can be seen from the movies and tv series that the "gangsters" here have left a certain stereotype to a certain extent: people who think that the "gangsters" are all fierce and are involved in fighting, killing and killing all day long. In fact, these only exist in film and television dramas, the real "gangster" can not be without rules, if there is no rules, it is just a mess, anytime and anywhere may disintegrate, it is impossible to dominate on one side.
So what does the real "gangster" look like? Is there a difference between it and film and television dramas? The world's largest "gangster" exists in our country, with a history of more than 300 years, 900,000 members of the organization, and no one has dared to move. The story of this gang we have to start from his predecessor, this gang named "Hongmen", formerly known as the "Heaven and Earth Society Organization", was established more than 300 years ago, the organization has a long history, and also laid a solid foundation for its later development.
During this period, the "Heaven and Earth Society" involved many forces, and its influence was also quite far-reaching. Then some people will ask: What is the organization of heaven and earth? The "anti-Qing and restoration" recorded in the "Chinese Dictionary" should be heard by everyone, and the Tiandihui is an organization that implements the "anti-Qing and restoration", they are committed to fighting against the Qing Dynasty, until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, at this time the Tiandihui turned into a gangster, named "Hongmen", and continued to operate in the name of the gang.
In fact, when it comes to gangsters, what comes to mind must be the Italian mafia or the Yamaguchi group in Japan, after all, these two major gangs are famous in the world, everyone will not have any connection between the gang and China subconsciously, as everyone knows, China's "Hongmen" is a more powerful existence than the first two gangs, in the heyday of the "Hongmen", the organization alone has more than a million members, the number of people alone has crushed the first two world-class gangs.
It is worth mentioning that "Du Yuesheng" is also a member of it, Du Yuesheng is known as "Shanghai's uncrowned king of the earth emperor", in Shanghai Beach can be described as the head of the legend, as the boss of the Green Gang, in the underworld mixed with the smooth water, but also served as the chairman of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the French Concession, is such a figure, in the "Hongmen" is only a small part of the small, which is enough to prove how powerful the "Hongmen" force is.
The reason why "Hongmen" have such a powerful scale is that they have real rules, these rules are not a kind of decoration, and they are very strict about the implementation of rules. Second, the "Hongmen" organization has never liked to collect "congregations" indiscriminately. To sum up the above two reasons, the "Hongmen" has been able to grow stronger, and it is also integrated inside, and it will not be afraid of the disturbance of external forces.
In the organization, it is absolutely not allowed to have too many contradictions between members, so the organization has set up a lot of different positions and levels, a system of one link and one link, and it is also convenient to not find a specific person in charge when doing things, which can also enhance the cohesion of the organization to the greatest extent, and also allow the top management of the organization to better manage the organization.
The original ordinary gangster also became a little different from their gang leader "Situ Meitang", and the Hongmen gang organization also made a lot of efforts during China's War of Resistance Against Japan, and it was also a group of patriotic people who burst out of blood. Situ Meitang did their best to give help during the Anti-Japanese War, because of their best help, at the founding ceremony, Situ Meitang was also invited to participate as a special guest.
With the change of times, Hongmen also thought about his future development direction, they believed that it would not be long-term to continue to exist as an "underground gangster", so they held a meeting on July 28, 1992, and announced at the meeting that they would no longer be an underground gangster, and since then transformed into a business organization.
Since the day of the conference, they have started an industry that everyone recognizes, so as the world's largest gangster, they are not the most vicious organization that they show to the world in movies and TV series, they are also a group of people who love peace and work hard to live.
Resources:
Mencius. Away from Lou Shang"
Dictionary of Chinese