In the 1980s, "Shanghai Beach", which depicted the love affair of characters in the old Shanghai gang, premiered on TVB in Hong Kong, and once it was broadcast, the drama was enthusiastically sought after by a wide audience. The drama deeply touched many audiences with the story of revenge and the love between Xu Wenqiang and Feng Chengcheng, and while constantly creating a very high rating, it also influenced the creation of later Chinese film and television dramas, bringing out a boom in the filming of Republic of China dramas with the background of the old Shanghai gangster fights in the early Minchu.
So in reality, is the story of the three giants of Shanghai as wonderful as in the TV series, in fact, the danger of Shanghai Beach in that year can be much more dangerous than that played in the TV series. And we all know that the three most famous people in Shanghai at that time were Jin Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin. The influence of these three people in Shanghai is very large, and the people of China do not know that there are very few of them, but in Shanghai Beach, the three of them are actually the bosses of some rogue gangs, and their final outcome is diametrically opposite to their brilliant lives.
The first thing to say is that Jin Rong, the leader of the Green Gang, who originated in the Patrol House of the French Concession but refused to take up a false post. For the life of Jin Rong, various historical records are very detailed, but there is very little information about his descendants. According to the available data, Jin Rong has two wives, Lin Guisheng and Lu Lanchun, and many aunts, but he does not have a biological child.
Probably because Jin Rong was usually flying and bold, he became a famous "rogue tycoon" in Shanghai, so heaven gave him infertility. In the end, Jin Rong had to choose to adopt, and the adopted child was called Huang Junpei. To say that Golden Rongdo likes this son? In the French Concession, the name of the Huang family's property Junpei Lilang is derived from his name. And this son did not have the style of his father, but Huang Junpei died young, and failed to leave a small grandson for Jin Rong. After Jin Rong was once beautiful but could not have children, this was miserable in the eyes of Chinese!
Compared with another tycoon of Jin Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin, who was originally a street ruffian in Suzhou, went to Shanghai to develop together after getting acquainted with Shanghai gangster Ji Yunqing. In 1920, he co-founded the Sanxin Company with Jin Jinrong and Du Yuesheng, and began a criminal career of selling opium and forcing Liang into prostitution. After the Japanese entered Shanghai, he acted as a traitor and was shot and killed by agents of the military command.
His son Zhang Fayao was a typical playboy who did not learn any techniques. He went to France to study law, and after returning to China, he asked Du Yuesheng for help in finding a job. Du Yuesheng recommended him to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek found that he did not have real talent and practical learning, so he sent him away. In the end, Zhang Fayao died in a small alley in Shanghai because of opium smoking.
And Du Yuesheng is the most patriotic of the three, his descendants are also the most of the three, Du Yuesheng married five wives in his lifetime, a total of ten children, although Du Yuesheng is the boss of a gangster, but he attaches great importance to the cultivation of children's education, he knows the importance of knowledge, in this point Du Yuesheng does not dare to be sloppy, Du Yuesheng stipulates that if you do not study well, you will be punished, not allowed to eat, sometimes even whipped, and good academic performance can be rewarded
In addition, he founded Zhengshi Middle School in the French Concession and served as the chairman of the board, and later established the "Pudong Du's Library" in Pudong, Shanghai, and set up a private school. This Du Yuesheng never let his children participate in the affairs of the Green Gang, let alone allow children to be contaminated with the bad habits of smoking and gambling prostitutes, so under his education, the children grew up with excellent grades, all of them studied abroad and lived overseas.
Today, Du Meiru and his wife live in Amman, Jordan, and have opened a Chinese restaurant there, the Chinese Restaurant, which has been open for 37 years. Du Yuesheng's youngest son, Du Weishan, now lives in Vancouver, Canada, and has donated rare collections to China for many times. As for the rest of Du Yuesheng's descendants, they lived in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States and other places, which were no different from ordinary people.