Du Yuesheng's death is not strange, it is the oil that has dried up.
Many people have more or less known or heard of Du Yuesheng, who crisscrossed Shanghai Beach between the 1920s and 1930s and 1940s and 1950s, and when it comes to old Shanghai, it is impossible to get around Du Yuesheng.
What kind of existence was Du Yuesheng for Shanghai in that era?
It can be said that a sneeze can set off a nine-level typhoon in Shanghai, and a slight stomp can cause an earthquake or tsunami in the bustling "Ten Mile Ocean Field".
However, many people may not know much about Du Yuesheng's origin, in fact, Du Yuesheng did not come from a rich family, on the contrary, his origin was very low.
His father, Du Wenqing, only ran a millet shop in a miserable way, and his mother even got a job in the factory when she was pregnant with his sister, and later died in childbirth.
Du Wenqing was in a dilemma at that time, holding a child in one hand, because if one person raised two children alone, he might not be able to support him in the end.
Therefore, Du Wenqing made a decision to give his daughter to whom? A Ningbo businessman, Du Yuesheng spent decades after his departure and failed to find this sister.
After Du Yuesheng's parents died, they were not able to go into the ground for safety, but chose to float on the field, what is the floating house? It's the coffin that's parked on the ground, covered up by whatever it takes.
After Du Yuesheng's parents died one after another, and his stepmother was missing, the young Du Yuesheng once lived in his uncle's house, but later he was also driven out by his uncle.
This is Du Yuesheng's origin, without any "plug-ins", poverty made him have to leave his hometown and come to Shanghai alone.
How old was Du Yuesheng at that time? He was only 13 years old, still a child who did not care much, but he was already forced to rely on his own hands to support himself.
The reason why Du Yuesheng was able to rise, there were many people he needed to thank, but there were four people who had to say, that is, Wang Guosheng, Aunt Huang Zhenyi and Lin Guisheng.
After Du Yuesheng arrived in Shanghai, he worked in a fruit shop, but later he was dismissed by his boss because he liked gambling and "causing trouble", and once returned to his hometown, who took him in when he returned to Shanghai later? It is Wang Guosheng.
If there was no royal kingdom to take in, Du Yuesheng would not have found a place to stay in Shanghai for the second time, let alone gain a foothold in Shanghai.
Later, Du Yuesheng was addicted to gambling, gambling in the dark and even fell to his head, Wang Guosheng tried his best to save him, and finally he could only find his aunt to prepare for him.
Gambling is harmful, as can be seen from this.
Fortunately, Du Yuesheng's aunt did not give up on him, but instead went around looking for some earthenware to save him, and finally poured him "toad dung", that is, toad tadpoles, which saved him.
After Du Yuesheng recovered from his illness, he was still living in a muddy mess, when Huang Zhenyi, the "grandfather" of the Qing Gang, appeared in front of him and said that he was introduced to the Huang Mansion to do things.
Where is the Huang Mansion? In fact, it was the golden Rong family that had already become famous, and being able to enter the Huang Mansion to do things was something that countless people at that time did not dare to dream of.
Du Yuesheng was also able to successfully enter the Huang Mansion and have the opportunity to show his talents precisely because of the introduction of Huang Zhenyi, the "Rice Bucket Ah San".
After entering the Huang Mansion, who discovered Du Yuesheng's talent and reused her? Not Jin Rong, but Jin Rong's wife, Lin Guisheng.
Don't look at the Huang Mansion surname Huang, but in fact, it is Lin Guisheng who manages the great business of the Huang Mansion, and it can be said that without Lin Guisheng's appreciation, Du Yuesheng would almost impossible to survive in the Huang Mansion.
Therefore, Du Yuesheng can rise to become a generation of tycoons in old Shanghai, and he should be most grateful to these four people, these four people are the four nobles who are indispensable in his life.
Du Yuesheng really surpassed Jin Rong to become the first tycoon in old Shanghai, after Lin Guisheng divorced Jin Jinrong and left the Huang Mansion under the sadness of Lin Guisheng.
His peak was from 1927 to 1937, and 1937 was also a turning point in his life and the beginning of his decline.
Why? Because his old nest fell this year, he could only leave Shanghai and cross the ocean to Hong Kong.
Although Du Yuesheng was in Hong Kong, he never forgot to contribute money to the front, saying that he poured out his family assets, so that he had to borrow money from friends after he went to Chongqing.
In 1949, Du Yuesheng once again stood at the crossroads of life and faced a crucial choice, whether to go or stay?
If you go, do you follow others or do you go on your own?
In the end, Du Yuesheng chose to go on his own and came to Hong Kong with his family once again.
It was also in Hong Kong that he and meng Xiaodong, the woman he loved most in his life, finally cultivated the right results and entered the marriage hall.
At this time, Du Yuesheng actually had more and more lung disease, breathing had become more and more difficult, and even because of his illness, he had to give up his plan to move to France.
On August 16, 1951, Du Yuesheng finally stopped breathing after making a will, dividing up the estate, and explaining the aftermath.
Therefore, Du Yuesheng's death is not a mystery, let alone a death from murder, but because of lung disease, his life has really run out of oil.