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After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Du Yuesheng, the most famous gangster in Shanghai Beach, returned to Shanghai as the general representative of the folk gang, but his golden age of echoing was gone.
Because he actively participated in various anti-Japanese national salvation movements during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and raised a lot of money, Du Yuesheng felt that Chiang Kai-shek should give him a bowl of good rice to eat—at that time, there were rumors in Shanghai that he would be appointed mayor of Shanghai. However, before Du Yuesheng arrived, a large-character slogan appeared at Shanghai North Railway Station: "Down with the evil forces in society!" Down with Du Yuesheng!" Frightened, Du Yuesheng temporarily decided to get off at the South Station instead.
After Du Yuesheng arrived in Shanghai in embarrassment, he waited for his protégé, Wu Shaoshu, who was also the political and military commissioner of Shanghai Municipality and the vice mayor of Shanghai Municipality, to meet him, but he never saw anyone else. Later, Wu Shaoshu finally came to the door, du Yuesheng hugged the illness and received him warmly, but Unexpectedly, Wu Shaoshu's attitude was arrogant, and he left a few official words and left. Later, Du Yuesheng learned that as soon as he returned to Shanghai, he was hit in the head by Wu Shaoshu. Wu Shaoshu knew chiang kai-shek's aim that "the long-term policy toward the gangs is to eliminate them," so he had to break away from Du Yuesheng and overthrow Du Yuesheng to build a threat and openly set up a rebellion.
Then, the blows followed. Du Yuesheng's disciples were shot for adultery; his chief housekeeper was thrown into prison for "operating smuggling, monopolizing the market, manipulating prices, and cheating on funds"; even Du Yuesheng himself was later detained in disguise. The Kuomintang collected "relief donations" in Shanghai to support the civil war, and the fundraising goal could not be achieved, so Du Yuesheng was detained for eight hours, and Du Yuesheng was forced to pay for his life.
In August 1948, in order to save the crisis of rule, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chiang Ching-kuo to Shanghai to implement financial and economic emergency measures to crack down on giant merchants, rich households, and big bureaucrats. Du Yuesheng knew that he would bear the brunt of it, and immediately instructed his eldest son to close his Weichang Securities number and go to Beiping to hide. However, his third son was still caught by Chiang Ching-kuo and imprisoned.
Du Yuesheng, who was forced into a corner, openly expressed difficulties at a meeting of Shanghai's industrial and commercial and financial giants convened by Chiang Ching-kuo, saying: "I expect that the authorities will investigate and verify my son's matter, handle the case impartially, and I completely obey the government." But as everyone knows, Yang's subsidiary (owned by Kong Xiangxi's eldest son and second daughter) hoards supplies that are second to none in Shanghai. If you can't find the company's warehouse, you can send someone as a guide in the next!" After saying this, he said that his body was sick and whisked his sleeve away.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard that the tiger had hit his relatives, he immediately ordered Chiang Ching-kuo not to act arbitrarily, and Du Yuesheng's third son was released.
In 1949, the Kuomintang and the Communists fought a final decisive battle. Du Yuesheng decided to stay away from the political whirlpool and settle in Hong Kong. Later, Du Yuesheng wanted to move to France, but the family needed 27 passports to move to France, and he applied to the National Government of Taiwan, and the Taiwanese side would charge a "passport fee" of 150,000 US dollars. Du Yuesheng's property remained in the mainland, and the only thing transferred out was 300,000 US dollars from the sale of a property, and it also had to supply dozens of people in Hong Kong with huge expenses.
In the summer of 1951, Du Yuesheng was terminally ill, and when he made his will, his entire estate was only $110,000. I don't know how Du Yuesheng, who had spent so much money, was in a good mood at this time, and the only thing he could do was to wait for death with peace of mind.