Du Yuesheng loved Meng Xiaodong very much, or the only woman he had ever loved and loved until the day of his death was Meng Xiaodong, and he had never loved any other woman except her.
Shen Yueying is a matchmaker made by Lin Guisheng, and the reason why he married Shen Yueying is to attach himself to Jin Rong and Lin Guisheng.
Chen Shuaiying, who married home when he was angry with Shen Yueying and wanted to find a female student, the reason why he married Chen Shuaiying can only be said to have just happened to bump into.
Sun Peihao, after Chen Shueying became pregnant, fell in love with her when she went out to play, and then married back home.
Yao Yulan, she and Meng Xiaodong are good friends, but also a famous figure in the Shanghai Peking Opera circle, Du Yuesheng married her, one is because she was born good-looking, and the other is because he saw Meng Xiaodong's shadow in her.
Only Meng Xiaodong is the woman he really spent his heart and feelings to chase, from the love for Meng Xiaodong in 1925 to the divorce of Meng Xiaodong and Mei Lanfang in 1931, to the first time to get Meng Xiaodong in 1937, and finally to take her to Hong Kong in 1949, Du Yuesheng spent 24 years to get Meng Xiaodong's heart.
How many 24 years of life? Du Yuesheng was born in 1888 and died in 1951, he lived to be 63 years old, and he spent the second half of his life to love Meng Xiaodong.
Therefore, Meng Xiaodong was really touched by him and really fell in love with him, so when Du Yuesheng died, the saddest person to cry was Meng Xiaodong.
In 1951, Du Yuesheng died of illness, and Yao Yulan, who had always regarded herself as the mistress of the Du family, quarreled with Sun Peihao and Meng Xiaodong, Sun Peihao went to the United States in a huff, and Meng Xiaodong stayed alone in Hong Kong.
So, how does Meng Xiaodong, who stayed alone in Hong Kong, make a living? In fact, after Du Yuesheng's death, Meng Xiaodong received a large inheritance.
Du Yuesheng was once able to slap the table in Hong Kong and threaten the consul in Shanghai of the great powers: "I Du Yuesheng want to say one word: As long as the bill is passed, I ask the Japanese army to open up as much as possible, and foreign friends do not want to go to me Du Yuesheng to destroy the concession within two hours!" ”
At that time, Du Yuesheng's words frightened the consuls of various countries from saying a "no" word.
When he was in Shanghai, he was also the hegemon of the industrial and financial circles, earning a lot of money, in his own words: "I have lived a lifetime, and I have lived hundreds of millions of dollars!" ”
Du Yuesheng is a person who is very good at making money, but he is even more able to spend money.
He had already poured out his family resources in order to support the cause of the War of Resistance, and although he had the momentum of a comeback in Chongqing, he was not as good as when he was in Shanghai before 1937, and not long after returning to Shanghai, he was deliberately suppressed by Jiang, let alone return to the peak.
After arriving in Hong Kong in 1949, he himself did not experience any more hard work, let the disciples invest, and lost a lot of money, so in the two years after arriving in Hong Kong, all the expenses of the Du family were actually equivalent to "sitting on the mountain and eating the sky".
Therefore, he only had $100,000 around him before his death, plus the $10,000 he earned from buying stocks, and Du Yuesheng's inheritance was only $110,000.
Of course, this 110,000 US dollars is a lot for ordinary people, but for the Du family, who spend money like water, it is very little.
For this $110,000 inheritance, Du Yuesheng also set the rules for distribution - the four wives divided half of Du Yuesheng's estate equally, and among the eight sons and three daughters, it was mandatory to stipulate that those who did not have a family would take one-half more than those who had already married.
In this way, Meng Xiaodong was able to get an inheritance of nearly $14,000.
However, Meng Xiaodong is Du Yuesheng's favorite woman after all, so he also secretly opened a "small stove" for her and gave Meng Xiaodong another $3,000, so Meng Xiaodong's last inheritance was nearly $17,000.
From Du Yuesheng's death in 1951 to her move to Taiwan in 1967, Meng Xiaodong lived alone in Hong Kong for 16 years, is this $17,000 enough for her to live in Hong Kong for 16 years?
I'm afraid not enough.
However, Meng Xiaodong is known as the "Winter Emperor", she is famous as the "Winter Emperor" of the opera industry, not to mention, in addition to du Yuesheng's legacy, how can she not have savings herself? As for how much savings she has, she herself has not revealed, so outsiders have no way of knowing, but it is definitely quite a lot.
In addition, she also accepted some students during her time in Hong Kong, and she did not think that there would be no tuition fees, even if she did not mention the tuition fees, her students would not be so blind.
What's more, with the loud sign of "Winter Emperor", if Meng Xiaodong really lacks money, can he still make money? The reason why she did not use the "Winter Emperor" sign to make money can only show that she is not short of money.
In fact, Meng Xiaodong's later life is not as luxurious as people think, she spends most of her time in simplicity, and her expenses are not as high as people think.
In 1967, Meng Xiaodong reconciled with Yao Yulan, and then went to Taiwan at Yao Yulan's invitation, cared for by Yao Yulan's daughter Du Meixia, until her death in 1977.