In the 1980s, a TV series called "Shanghai Beach" caused a huge sensation as soon as it was broadcast. How many people have been touched by Xu Wenqiang's tortuous life, of course, in addition to this TV series, how many people are full of infinite yearning for the city of Shanghai.
Indeed, as China's early window to the outside world, the Western powers forced the Qing government to sign an unequal treaty and built Shanghai into China's first relatively modern city in order to protect its own interests in China.
There are too many stories happening in this city, he has also witnessed China's modern history, witnessed China's occupation from being invaded to independence, witnessed China's transformation from poverty to prosperity, and the development of the entire Chinese nation, and what has not changed is Shanghai, even now he is still an important city in China, and is becoming an international metropolis, known as China's "magic capital".
During the chaotic period of the Republic of China, there was a person who was a household name in Shanghai, this person was Du Yuesheng, he was strictly a gang leader, but the difference was that his connections were all over the industrial and commercial and political circles, it was such a person who burned all the IOUs before he died, and his family was reluctant to do so, and he roared: This is to save your life.
Born into poverty, he joined a gang
Modern society science and technology are more and more developed, but the development of the spirit has not caught up with the rapid development of materials, more and more people are confused, and the whole society is becoming more and more impetuous. Even now there are people on the Internet who peddle the so-called "Three Months put you on the road to success", and it is ridiculous that many people will be fooled.
In fact, everyone's success is not replicable, if you have to say that there is any shortcut, Du Yuesheng told us with practical actions, practical and diligent is the golden key to success.
Du Yuesheng was born in 1888 in Chuansha Hall, Jiangsu Province, which is now The Pudong New Area of Shanghai, and his birth environment was very bad, when the Qing government was already crumbling, the country was in turmoil, and the Western powers had already opened the prelude to the partition of China.
What was even worse was that his family was poorer, and to make matters worse, his parents had both died before he was four years old, and he was an orphan who had been lucky enough to grow up in that era.
Because he had no talent, when he was 14 years old, he worshiped Chen Shichang as a master, and what he didn't know at the time was that this decision would completely change his life, and it was also the most correct decision he had ever made in his life.
Because the Qing government's ruling ability declined at that time, Shanghai was also very unstable, and the Qing Gang was actually a gangster organization in Shanghai, and in today's terms, Du Yuesheng became a small gangster at the age of 14.
With Chen Shichang's connections, Du Yuesheng entered the Golden Rong Mansion of the Green Gang's Shanghai Dragon. He became a subordinate of Shanghai tycoon Jin Jinrong. He knew it was an opportunity, a chance to decide whether he would be a little jerk all his life or be able to jump the dragon door.
Du Yuesheng, who was a young man, had been groping and crawling in the society for so many years, and he had already had a set of skills for dealing with the world, and he did his best to be a horse boy for Jin Rong, and at the same time, his ability to do things was also very strong, which made Jin Rong slowly look at this horse boy, and gradually handed him some important things and began to reuse him.
Be open-minded and make friends widely
There is an investment called investor pulse, in Chinese society sometimes people are more sophisticated than you have how much money is better, but the investor network is a very risky, and want to get the income needs a relatively long investment, it is not like you invest in stocks, buy today, if you are lucky, you can double your value tomorrow.
But just as the so-called greater the risk, the more the return, network investment can bring you unexpected surprises at some point, and the person with this awareness must be a visionary person who has achieved great things.
Obviously, Du Yuesheng is one of them, when he has no trace, he often fights for righteousness and money, and every time he gets a reward, he will invite his companions to eat together, and when he has a certain status, he is also eclectic to his subordinates.
Of course, Du Yuesheng's pattern is not only this, in addition to treating his subordinates very well, he will also do his best to help others in society, and regardless of status, no matter whether he is noble or lowly, as long as he feels that people who are worth making friends will help them.
The people he helped were the famous Zhang Xueliang, who was spurned by everyone when Du Yuesheng tried his best to save him, and in the casino he opened every day there were many gamblers, one of whom was Lao Dai, but he was very unfortunate, in the casino, he lost all his family property, and then used the yin method to get caught by others.
According to the law at that time, he would break his leg and throw it out, but Du Yuesheng thought that he was a material that could be built, not only helped him pay back the arrears, but also funded him to enter the Whampoa Military Academy to study, and later it turned out that Du Yuesheng did not misread him, and gave Du Yuesheng great help after becoming famous.
Brilliant life, the pattern is very large
Of course, as a gangster, Du Yuesheng certainly could not have no black material, his first bucket of gold was actually obtained through opium, in July 1925, Du Yuesheng established the "Sanxin Company" to monopolize the shipment of opium in the French Concession.
At that time, he treated Li Yuanhong well in Shanghai, although at this time Li Yuanhong had stepped down from the position of president, but still had a certain influence in society, and Du Yuesheng was touted as the "contemporary Chunshen Jun" with his help. The university scholar Zhang Taiyan, the famous scholar Yang Du, and the famous lawyer Qin Liankui were all his guests. As a result, Du Yuesheng's social status has been continuously improved.
However, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Du Yuesheng used his influence to provide many important strategic materials for the kuomintang and communist armies, and prepared a lot of money for the war against Japan, and was also keen on charity, perhaps because he was an orphan since childhood, and he was particularly concerned about orphans in the war at that time.
However, after the War of Resistance Against Japan, Du Yuesheng and Chiang Kai-shek had a conflict, were forced to move to Hong Kong to live, and were co-opted by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party due to their strong influence in the War of Liberation, but they have always been in a neutral position for their own safety.
On August 16, 1951, Du Yuesheng died of illness in Hong Kong at the age of 63, and when he died, he asked people to open a safe, and then burned all the things inside, which were the IOUs that others had written to him over the years, how much and how little, it can be said that it was extremely valuable, so he was burned by him.
The fifth aunt was very reluctant, and in the face of the puzzled look, Du Yuesheng replied: "What do you think I am doing, I am saving your lives, I do not want you to be mixed in this after death."
brief summary:
Du Yuesheng's behavior of burning the IOU is actually full of great wisdom, he is not wrong to lend out real money and silver, but what he has recovered is endless connections, and after his death, there are no connections, and then let others carry debts, it is inevitable that some people may take risks and hurt his family, and he has a big pattern in doing so.