Speaking of Du Yuesheng, I think everyone has heard of his name to some extent, he has a beautiful life, he is one of the best figures in Shanghai, he has countless money in his hands, and he has used this countless money to play the power and power. For Du Yuesheng's money, in his words, "I have lived a lifetime, and I have lived more than hundreds of millions of dollars." ”
This word "billion" may only be able to see Du Yuesheng's three or four points at his peak.
The "potential" he had in Shanghai at that time, even the officials appointed by the Nationalist government had suffered under him, who could not politely call out "Mr. Du?" Even if it is only on the surface, it must give Du Yuesheng face!
However, although Du Yuesheng has been brilliant, he has also fallen, and his most depressed period is obviously before his beginnings, and in the period of decline after the glory, there have also been times of decline, but his downfall is completely caused by himself.
In 1937, after the Japanese invaded Shanghai, they found Du Yuesheng and said that they would invest 20 million yen to cooperate with him to open a bank, but he declined.
When the Japanese look at it, is it that Du Yuesheng's appetite is too big? Therefore, it was changed to directly send money, as long as Du Yuesheng was willing to bow to the Japanese and learn from Zhang Xiaolin, 20 million free gifts!
However, Du Yuesheng still shook his head and refused, not why, just because he was Chinese.
The Japanese were also angry when they saw that Du Yuesheng's oil and salt could not enter, and in order to force Du Yuesheng to bow his head, the head of the secret agent, Toihara, actually sent a plane to circle over the Du Mansion to scare you to death Du Yuesheng!
Was Du Yuesheng frightened? Not only that, but he also left the Du Mansion in a car under the eyes of the Japanese agents, went straight to the docks, boarded the ship to Hong Kong, and was so angry that the Japanese stomped their feet and scolded.
Du Yuesheng arrived in Hong Kong, without the fertile soil of Shanghai, he was also in trouble, but he still did not idle, took money from his pocket, presided over the work of the Red Cross Society of China, set up a hospital, and tried to raise funds and buy materials to the front line.
Du Yuesheng actually did not have much concept of money, in his eyes money is just a string of numbers, so on the eve of the fall of Hong Kong, after he arrived in Chongqing, he put his hand into his pocket, and he could not pay much money.
Where is the money spent? In addition to the expenses of maintaining the Du Mansion, almost all of them were spent on supporting the cause of the War of Resistance!
Therefore, it is indeed not an exaggeration to say that Du Yuesheng's downfall was caused by his own hands, but such a "downfall" is very respectable.
Du Yuesheng arrived in Chongqing, his pocket was empty, which made him very uncomfortable, he wanted to do a lot of things, but he couldn't do it because he didn't have money, which also made him very distressed. Therefore, he wanted to rebuild a Du's business empire in Chongqing, but he had no money in his hands, no money, and he could only think about it no matter how good he thought.
He is in Chongqing, he has a so-called reputation, but he has no foundation, so if he wants to make a scene in Chongqing, he can only ask for people. It's just that he has rarely asked for people since his inception, mostly others have begged him, which suddenly made him open his mouth to ask for people, and it was really difficult for him to put down his face. What's more, he was also very worried about the matter of asking for someone in his heart, if he opened his mouth, others did not sell him face, rejected him, how could he get off the stage?
At this time, he suddenly thought of a person - Liu Hangchen!
Liu Hangchen was wanted for offending the Sichuan warlord Wang Zanxu and fled Hanoi. When Du Yuesheng learned of this, he sent someone to Hanoi to take Liu Hangchen to Hong Kong, gave him a generous treatment, and later funded him to return to Sichuan, thus making a comeback.
Liu Hangchen is known as the "Sichuan God of Wealth", what he has in his hand is money, Du Yuesheng is looking for him to borrow money, it is not wrong!
Du Yuesheng had already had enough of the pain of not having money and being unable to move in just a few days, so after seeing Liu Hangchen, he recounted the past and said straight to the point: "Brother Hangchen, I promise you to lend me a blank promissory note and let me spend money in your bank at any time. ”
Hearing that, Du Yuesheng asked for not one, but one! What this means is that you give me a blank check, and I can fill in the amount!
Obediently, this appetite is also big, meet the powerful and bad tempered people, see you Du Yuesheng is down in this dynasty, borrowing money but still has such a big breath, I am afraid it is inevitable to have a stinky scolding and insult.
Du Yuesheng is not a person without a bottom line, after seeing Liu Hangchen agree, he said: "Remember when I asked you, what is the maximum limit of my money, your brother said it was one and a half million, right?" ”
Yes, Du Yuesheng wants to borrow exactly 1.5 million.
Liu Hangchen did not say a word, took out a blank check and handed it to Du Yuesheng, "Within one and a half million yuan, Mr. Du made a check, and my bank immediately paid it." More than one and a half million yuan, trouble Mr. Du prophet will call me. ”
Du Yuesheng had a big appetite, and Liu Hangchen was also cheerful, so Du Yuesheng couldn't help but smile: "Life loan, this time is the most painful!" ”
After that, with the money he borrowed from Liu Hangchen, he made a fortune in Chongqing, and from the fact that he later spent 7 million yuan to redeem a kidnapped subordinate, you can see how terrible his wealth in Chongqing is.
In 1949, Du Yuesheng went to Hong Kong, although there was no longer the glory of Shanghai, but it should be known that he still had IOUs of unknown value locked in his safe!
What's more, in Hong Kong, he was also taken care of by the so-called "Hong Kong Du Yuesheng" Li Jufa, and there were still many protégés who followed and cared for him, and his life was not depressed.
Before he died, he still had 100,000 US dollars, and even gave Lu Jingshi 100,000 Hong Kong dollars stored in Zhu Rushan's hand on the grounds that "Jingshi has 100,000 Hong Kong dollars stored here"! However, after Lu Jingshi took the money, he turned around and handed it to Yao Yulan. It can be seen how legendary Du Yuesheng is in this life!