Now when people talk about the rich, it is really full of yearning, and the absurd things done by the second generation of the rich are also ridiculous, becoming the talk of the common people after dinner. However, if we really talk about wealth and status, the few great princes and brothers selected by modern society are still far inferior to the princes of the previous Republic of China period.
Since ancient times, but where there are talents in that aspect are flourishing, people love to make a selection, the text has "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", the appearance has "Four Great Beauties", and Wu has "Four Great Birthplaces". No, during the Republic of China period, the people also selected the "Four Princes of the Republic of China", and to be able to become the "Four Princes of the Republic of China", first of all, they look at wealth, but more importantly, they also look at their family background.
Sheng Enshuo is one of these four sons, he was born in 1892, is the fourth son of his father Sheng Xuanhuai, but because the first three brothers died early, he became a very favored Sheng Laosi. Even the name "Enshuo" was given to Empress Dowager Cixi herself at that time.
Sheng Enshuo's father, Sheng Enhuai, was a red-top merchant in the Qing Dynasty and the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty. The "11 firsts" such as the Red Cross Society of China, the first public library, and the first bank were all founded by Sheng Enhuai. At that time, the Lingering Garden, one of the "Four Famous Gardens in Jiangnan, China", was the private garden of the Sheng family. Therefore, the so-called "born with a golden key" can be said to be worthless compared to Sheng Enshuo's birth.
As a brother, he still has to learn, and he should go abroad to be gilded. But Sheng Enshuo has been spoiled since childhood, did not learn the ability to make money at all, and when he grew up, he was profligate, and used "spending money like flowing water" to describe the speed at which he spent money, which was really a small witch. His father created so many firsts, and Sheng Enshuo did not want to show weakness, creating several "Chinese firsts", but all of them were absurd.
The first Mercedes-Benz imported by China was the one he competed to buy first, especially afraid that others would buy it later and steal the limelight, simply replacing his license plate with silver. The license plate number of four "4", but also engraved their own name on the car, afraid of driving to where others do not know that the owner of this car is "Sheng Lao Si". Although he had Premier Sun Baoqi as his father-in-law, he still married three aunts and wives, and gave each aunt a bungalow and a car.
But the money spent is only a dime a dozen for the Sheng family's business empire, Sheng Enshuo has money and power, he doesn't need to buy anything himself, and the normal Haohuo speed, he can't spend it all his life. So Sheng Enshuo, who wanted to spend a cool time, thought of a way, that is, to "gamble".
Now the news often reports that gambling money and gambling lose millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, but this is nothing in Sheng Enshuo's eyes. Because other people's gambling funds are counts, and his gambling funds are buildings, he has also become the most popular "fat sheep" in Shanghai. During a gamble, Sheng Enshuo was provoked by Lu Xiaojia, the son of Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang, and sold all his antiques and houses along Beijing Road and Yellow River Road, losing more than 100 houses in one night.
As far as this Sheng family can still give him a bottom, after going back, he didn't say a word of serious words, he still squandered. Sheng Enshuo thus became the "first loser of the Republic of China". With such a loser's brother, even the world's richest man can't stand it. But Sheng Enshuo did not understand, he did not know how to make money, nor did he know how to save money, and all the family property left by his father for him was gambled by him.
Sheng Enshuo did not look back until he was too poor to open the pot, wandering the streets all day, and finally starved to death in his home in 1958. Sheng Enshuo's life is a classic negative teaching material for "rich brothers", but until now, China's entrepreneurs large and small are still plagued by the curse of "not more than three generations of wealth". Looking at Sheng Enshuo's later life, there is no need to say more.