Shanghai at the end of the Qing Dynasty was already a prosperous scene, and countless people came to Shanghai from their hometowns, hoping to get ahead. In the alleys of Shanghai at that time, people often saw a young man, who was plainly dressed, capable, very smooth in speech, and had the skill of cutting fruit with one hand. Nearby residents were very fond of this young man and thought he was very clever, but no one would have thought that this young man would become a shanghai talker and the master of the gang in the future. And this young man who sells fruits is called Du Yuesheng.
Du Yuesheng's family is very poor, and he can only go out to work from an early age in order to live. Du Yuesheng worked as a small worker and also sold fruit, and it is said that his craft of cutting fruit is very famous, and he also won the title of "Fruit Moon Sheng". Du Yuesheng was appreciated by Jin Rong for his ability and cleverness, and came to his men to do things.
Although Du Yuesheng came from a poor family, he knew the rules very well, and he was even more respectful to the golden honor that promoted him. Du Yuesheng was a very talented man, so he soon made a name for himself in Shanghai and had his own power. At the height of Du Yuesheng's glory, his influence in Shanghai was even greater than that of Jin Rong, and all underground transactions in Shanghai had to be carried out with Du Yuesheng's permission.
However, even so, Du Yuesheng had never confronted Jin Rong. Once, Jin Jinrong misunderstood Du Yuesheng and scolded Du Yuesheng in front of everyone, but Du Yuesheng did not say a word. Of course, Du Yuesheng was not afraid of Jin Rong, this was because his principle of being a man had always been like this.
Du Yuesheng is very different from the public perception of the gangster boss image, he likes to wear a long shirt on weekdays, there are very few rings on his fingers, and he speaks very gently. After Du Yuesheng's departure, there were often beggars and displaced people who went to the door of his mansion to ask for money, and Du Yuesheng was not angry every time, and would give a lot of money. At the beginning, there were also literati who had just arrived in Shanghai, who looked down on Du Yuesheng very much, thinking that he was just a scoundrel, but when they encountered difficulties, it was always Du Yuesheng who helped them break the siege.
However, we must not feel that Du Yuesheng is a good temper, and once he violates his bottom line, he will be very cruel. When Du Yuesheng's power had just expanded, the famous gang "Triad" in Shanghai at that time felt that Du Yuesheng was a bully, smashed his casino, and tied up his men to demand ransom. When the news reached Du Yuesheng, he did not hesitate in the slightest, and directly ordered a firefight with the triad to directly destroy the triad in Shanghai, and countless people died tragically in the process. Du Yuesheng is also quite domineering, whether it is his casino or drug smuggling, as long as it is in Shanghai, you need to pay him a protection fee, otherwise you will not be able to gain a foothold.
At the height of Du Yuesheng's glory, his company's annual profits were equivalent to half of the state's finances. However, Du Yuesheng is not a person who cherishes money, he is generous, friends will always help when they have difficulties, so the money lent is countless, and there are many IOUs and IOUs stored at home. However, the Du family also had a time of decline, especially when Du Yuesheng was about to die, and the family members pinned their hopes on those IOUs. However, no one expected that when Du Yuesheng was lying on the hospital bed dying, he would call out his most trusted housekeeper, and then let him burn all the IOUs in front of him, and the countless money would also be burned.
No one knows why Du Yuesheng did this, some people said that he was thinking about future generations, afraid that these IOUs would cause them to kill them, and some people said that he had such a personality, but the truth was what only Du Yuesheng himself knew.