The richest man at the end of the Qing Dynasty was Hu Xueyan, Hu Xueyan was born into poverty, all the way with the support of nobles, the business was prosperous, and finally became a red man around Zuo Zongtang, and his career also reached its peak. Just as the so-called tree is a big move, so is Hu Xueyan, who declined overnight, and after his downfall, Sheng Xuanhuai rose rapidly.
Sheng Xuanhuai was not a big official, but because he had business acumen, the good things of founding 11 "China's firsts" such as the Bank of China, schools, and libraries fell on his head, and he became the richest man in the Republic of China in one fell swoop. Sheng Xuanhuai's success was thanks to the help of his eldest son, Sheng Changyi, who was busy with his family business, but he left at a young age because he was overworked.
Sheng Xuanhuai was heartbroken, and his other sons did not live long, and finally only the fourth son, Sheng Enyi, was left with this single seedling. Sheng Xuanhuai naturally pampered him, his family revolved around him, no matter what needs he had, even the name was to find Lafayette to help get it, but it was precisely because of this that Sheng Enyi developed a proud and indulgent, profligate character.
Sheng Enyi is famous for his extravagant spending money, he was the first person in Shanghai to buy an imported car, and in order to show his difference, he replaced the driver's handlebar with silver and engraved his name. Afraid that he did not know that this car was his, he deliberately changed the license plate number to 4444, and drove the car in and out of the major bustling places in Shanghai every day, which became a big beautiful talk at that time.
In 1916, Sheng Xuanhuai died, because of his great influence and was a famous philanthropist, so the funeral ceremony was also very large, even there were a hundred coffin bearers, who were the people who carried the coffin for Cixi. After his death, he handed over all his family property to Sheng Enyi's hands, which was enough for him to live a life without worry, but he did not expect to be defeated by him. Sheng Enyi may have felt that the money could not be spent, so he equipped all his aunts and wives with garden houses and cars, plus a hundred servants, which was really rich.
Sheng Enyi was infected with a lot of vices, like to smoke and gamble, even his son when he was young, most of the memories left were his father smoking a big cigarette on the bed, and gambling, everyone liked to play with him, like sending money. Sheng Enyi's card skills are average, but the people who block him will flatter him, making him a little drifty, even if he loses every day, he doesn't care.
At that time, Lu Xiaojia, the son of the governor of Zhejiang, paid attention to him for a long time, set a trap to gamble with him, Sheng Enyi lost the red eye, the bet was getting bigger and bigger, and the result was that he lost a street in Shanghai overnight, and it was all houses with lanes. He was not at all distressed, and if he lost, he would lose, and even the most generous inheritance could not withstand such a toss.
Who would have thought that the former four great young masters would end up in such a fate, they could not even afford to eat, once they sneaked to the entrance of the park, they wanted to go and see, but they didn't have a penny in their pockets, and they could only sit at the door. In 1958, Sheng Enyi died, ending a life of ups and downs. Originally, he had a good starting point, and his brothers and sisters were all famous, and the mutual gang group was not too bad, but those huge assets bound him.