What is a "Tyrant"? A tyrant is a person who can stir up the world with his own strength and sacrifice the lives of thousands of people to achieve his ambitions. The most famous tyrant in history is Cao Cao, whose sentence "I would rather teach me to bear the world's people, and teach the world's people to bear me" is the best interpretation of the inner world of the tyrant.
During the Republic of China period, the wind and clouds were surging and social turmoil, just as the so-called "chaotic world out of the tyrant, the times create heroes", the tyrant Haojie, the talented and beautiful, like a mushroom appeared in this vast land, and the most famous tyrant in Shanghai beach at that time was The "Three Tycoons of Shanghai" Jin Rong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin. It is no exaggeration to say that these three people in Shanghai can be described as turning their hands into clouds and overturning their hands into rain, and even the government has to give them some face.
But many people do not know that the 2 people in this "three tycoons" are relying on the help of a woman to successfully develop, and this woman is also the real founder of the Green Gang, she opened a brothel and set up a casino at the age of 20, and then supported Jin Rong with one hand, and Du Yuesheng with the other hand, under her management, the Green Gang gradually grew, and this woman was the original wife of Jin Rong, Lin Guisheng, a female tyrant in a chaotic world.
The story of everything begins with that spring more than 100 years ago...
In the third year of Qing Guangxu (1877 AD), a baby girl fell to the ground in Suzhou, her parents named it "Guisheng", inheriting the excellent genes of her parents, Lin Guisheng was a beautiful embryo from childhood, but contrary to her slightly weak appearance, her inner infinite desire, she was not willing to stay in this small place for a lifetime, she wanted to soar in the wider sky.
At the age of 20, Lin Guisheng went to Shanghai alone. A young girl with no background and unfamiliar life, it is not easy to make a name for herself in the bustling Shanghai Beach, but Lin Guisheng already had an idea, and after her careful selection, she finally chose a place called Changchun Street (equivalent to the eight hutongs in Beijing), and then used all her money to open a brothel, and Lin Guisheng also gave the brothel a particularly poetic name - fireworks room.
In order to make his brothel stand out among many peers in Shanghai, Lin Guisheng also made a special trip back to his hometown in Suzhou, found a group of beautiful and tender Jiangnan girls as the top card, and compared with the "old mother" of other brothels, Lin Guisheng, who is in his 20s and has an outstanding posture, is undoubtedly more attractive to dignitaries and talents, plus she is smooth and sweet, and soon she has a reputation among fireworks, and the business is getting more and more prosperous, lin Guisheng has earned a lot of money.
Will Lin Guisheng, who became the owner of the "number one brothel in Shanghai", be satisfied? The answer is clearly no, and her purpose is not simply to make money. As we all know, in addition to the dignitaries and dignitaries who will come to the Qinglou, many people on the underworld also like to gather here, on the one hand, for fun, on the other hand, for "doing things", Lin Guisheng took advantage of this opportunity to vigorously make friends with people from all walks of life in black and white, laying a solid foundation for his future rise.
Just when Lin Guisheng was strategizing, a man who changed her life appeared - Jin Rong.
At this time, Jin Rong was still just a small policeman in the French Concession, and he wanted no money, he had no looks, and he only occasionally came to the fireworks room, compared with other big people, Jin Rong was too ordinary. However, Lin Guisheng was discerning, and after chatting with Jin Rong several times, Lin Guisheng became more and more determined in her thoughts, and she knew that Jin Rong was the key to her rise.
Seeing that the young and beautiful fireworks room owner is so "interested" in himself, Jin Rong is naturally very excited, one after another, the two actually fell in love and entered the marriage hall, at this time people do not know that the combination of the two of them will change the fate of the entire Shanghai Beach in the near future, but this is the last word.
The marriage of Lin Guisheng, the owner of the fireworks room, and the unknown little policeman Jin Jinrong caused quite a stir, but what surprised people even more was that Lin Guisheng actually sold his fireworks room! Soon after, the two moved to Huayang Miscellaneous.
This place is not simple, it is located in the sixteen shops of the "Three Regardless of the Boundary", where fish and dragons are mixed, commerce is prosperous, and it is full of all kinds of "unseemly transactions", lin Guisheng is looking at this. Then she used the savings and contacts she had accumulated over the years to spread the "Hero Post" and recruit disciples, and soon, she recruited thousands of disciples, including Du Yuesheng, a famous gangster in the future, which was the prototype of the future "Shanghai Youth Gang". (Note: This refers specifically to the modern Qing Gang, not the Qing Gang during the Qing Dynasty)
With the people and horses, the next step is naturally to "open up the relationship", this is the time for Jin Rong to come out of the horse, with the identity of his French Concession patrol, many "troubles" will be solved, Lin Guisheng and Jin Rong's organization will expand at a rapid speed, and then Lin Guisheng will open casinos, sell cigarettes, and even smuggle arms, in short, what makes money, she will do. At this time, Jin Rong was obedient to Lin Guisheng, so Lin Guisheng was the real boss behind the scenes of the Green Gang.
If this situation continues to develop, The two golden Rong couple will definitely become the most vocal couple on the beach, and after Lin Guisheng has put all the many industries of the Qinggang on the right track, she decided to retreat behind the scenes and let Jin Rong take power, but at this time, Lin Guisheng did not know that she had chosen the wrong person after all.
A few years later, Jin Rong took sole power and completely gained a foothold, and then he betrayed his wife Lin Guisheng and turned his head in love with the young and beautiful drama Lu Lanchun, who was 30 years younger than Jin Rong. Lu Lanchun said, you Jin Rong wants to marry me, but I am only the wife of the main house. And Jin Jinrong didn't know what kind of magic was there, so he actually promised Lu Lanchun and went back to find Lin Guisheng for a showdown.
Looking at this man who was supported by himself and became a man who called for the wind and rain on the beach, and now so decisively abandoned himself, Lin Guisheng's heart died, she did not say a word, directly divorced Jin Rong, and only took 50,000 yuan when she left, and the rest of the family wealth and countless industries were all left to Jin Rong.
Then Lin Guisheng moved to the old house on Seymour Road in Shanghai, which was the house that Du Yuesheng specially found for her in order to repay her kindness, Lin Guisheng has since closed the door to thank guests, and the fame and fortune that once made her fight for all her strength are now just a passing cloud. In 1981, Lin Guisheng died alone at home at the age of 104.
And the man who betrayed her, Jin Rong, was betrayed by Lu Lanchun shortly after marrying Lu Lanchun, and this woman not only swept away all of Jin Rong's family property, but also put a green hat on him by the way, and for a while, Jin Rong became the laughing stock of Quanshang Beach.