In 2011, a very strange "shandong richest man's wife was divorced" by the major news media rushed to report, because this divorce case involved the division of 50 billion yuan of property, the parties Tozhao Steel founder Du Shuanghua and his wife Song Yahong both took the initiative to disclose the truth of the matter.
In the mouths of the two of them, the divorce case has two very different versions.
Song Yahong believes that she was "divorced" without her knowledge, and her husband had a new love, resulting in the marriage of the two; Du Shuanghua issued a 12,000-word open letter saying that the contradictions between the two were "all money trouble", he believed that his wife ran away from home, "abandoned her husband and son", lost contact for many years, and had no intention of living with him at all, and now she is everywhere to launch public opinion, nothing more than money.
So, what is the truth?
1. Husband and wife are both sons of Shougang, and Du Shuanghua went to the sea at the age of 24 to start a business
Du Shuanghua was born on November 26, 1966, originally from Li Village, Hedong, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, his grandfather was a blacksmith, and in the early years he came to Beijing to open a "copper and iron shop", which made the Du family have formed an indissoluble relationship with the steel industry for generations.
In 1984, only Du Shuanghua, who was a Chinese, was arranged by his father to enter the Shougang Labor Service Company to do molds and run sales, where he met Song Yahong, who was also a child of Shougang.
Du Shuanghua and Song Yahong
Song Yahong is two years older than him, graduated from high school, is the driver of the small team, she looks beautiful, has a lively and cheerful personality, and has many suitors, but she and Du Shuanghua can talk in particular, Although Du Shuanghua is young, he is young and old, thoughtful and capable of doing things, Song Yahong feels that he is "a very good person to live a down-to-earth life", and the two quickly established a love relationship.
Because the two families have known each other before, the two are old people in the family, and they are loved by their parents and brothers and sisters, and they can be regarded as the right door, and their love has also been supported and recognized by the family.
Since then, Du Shuanghua has shown a business mind, Song Yahong said:
"In my early 20s, I started to make objects with him, my family lived in Deshengmen, his family lived in Ciqikou, at that time, both of us were paid more than 20 yuan a month, and after work, I went with him to pour fish worms, and I could earn a few cents a day."
After selling fish and insects to save some money, Du Shuanghua poured up stamps, and when he earned money, he took his lovers to a dashing hand, and the Beijing "Moscow Restaurant" (commonly known as "Lao Mo") in the mid-80s was a high-end restaurant, And Du Shuanghua often spent more than 5 yuan to invite Song Yahong to eat a meal of meat, leaving An unforgettable memory for Song Yahong.
At the beginning of 1988, Song Yahong was pregnant and had to obtain a marriage license to register her child, and since Du Shuanghua had not yet reached the legal age of marriage, he had to find a way to change the date of birth on his ID card by one year, and in January 1988, he and Song Yahong received a marriage certificate.
In August of that year, their eldest son Du Qiulong was born, and the family of three lived with their in-laws and Du Shuanghua's sister, and their lives were taken care of, which made Song Yahong feel very sweet and happy.
After running and selling for a long time, Du Shuanghua's mind was also active, he did not want to take a lifetime of death wages in state-owned enterprises, and with the intention of going to the sea, in 1990, he resigned from public office, rented a factory in Chaoyang District, Beijing, and opened a "Beijing Xinghua Welfare Rolling Mill".
When he first started his business, he had no start-up capital at all, only one partner under him, and later became the vice president of rizhao steel, but because Du Shuanghua's father knew some manufacturers that sold equipment, and his personality and ability were very praised, he finally got some equipment on "credit" and began to produce steel pipes.
Because the timing of going to the sea and the direction of entrepreneurship are very well chosen, from the time when the "Xinghua Rolling Mill" produced the first batch of steel pipes, sales were not a problem, from the beginning of Du Shuanghua's door-to-door sales everywhere to the later orders rolled in, only three years, not only on credit to the equipment money, but also accumulated tens of millions of assets.
Recalling the first bucket of gold earned, Du Shuanghua sighed: "The money is packed into sacks, the products have not yet been produced, and the people who want the goods are lined up, and the sales are not worried." ”
At that time, Song Yahong's monthly salary was only a few tens of yuan, and seeing that her husband's career was developing smoothly, she was very supportive and deeply felt her luck.
But as a Beijing girl, she only wanted to live a simple and rich life, and she did not expect that as Du Shuanghua's career became bigger and bigger, the two eventually had a disagreement that could not be bridged.
2, the wife's version: Xiao San came to the door and almost killed her for abortion
At that time, the small factory rented in Beijing was no longer enough, Du Shuanghua decided to return to the original place of origin in Hengshui, Hebei Province, to establish a large-scale modern factory to let the career take off, and Song Yahong did not want to leave Beijing, after consulting with her husband, she stayed in Beijing to take care of her young eldest son and live with her father-in-law and mother-in-law.
According to Song Yahong's recollection, after having money, Du Shuanghua was a little inflated, always wanted her to obey, and held a shelf at home, and rarely told her about work.
Since 1994, Du Shuanghua's career focus has shifted to the Jinghua Welded Pipe General Factory in Hengshui City, starting with half a month, once a month, and then rarely returning, and there is also a scandal between him and a female deputy factory director, which led to the complete breakdown of the relationship between the couple in 1996.
Song Yahong said sadly that in the summer of 1996, seven or eight days before the birth of her second son Du Zelong (who had been named "Du Zegang" when he was born), a guest came to the Beijing family, that is, Du Shuanghua's female deputy, she thought that the guest had something to look for, so she politely invited this woman to sit down in the house, and as soon as the woman opened her mouth, she persuaded her to divorce Du Shuanglong, saying that she and Du Shuanghua had been together for several years and were ready to marry Du.
Song Yahong said:
"I was about to give birth at that time, my heart was not good, where did I have the heart to take care of her, she saw that I was not in a hurry, the strength may stimulate her, come and grab me, aunt came to block, I still fell." Fortunately, he was close to the hospital and was bleeding heavily at that time. ”
Song Yahong, who fell on the threshold, was sent to the hospital for delivery, a few days later the child was born, Du Shuanghua, who heard the news, did not know whether he was ashamed in his heart or his feelings for his wife were cold, he just watched outside the door, but did not enter the ward, "But also do not go far, a moment to come to the probe to see, a moment to come over ..."
I heard that my daughter was stimulated by the "third party", almost the mother and son were not insured, Song Yahong's mother had a heart attack at that time, was admitted to the hospital, and after being discharged from the hospital, she looked for Du Shuanghua to evaluate the unsuccessful, in January 1997, when Song Mother and Du Shuanghua's family theorized, they quarreled and had a heart attack, and died after being admitted to the hospital again.
Seeing that her mother was dying to protect herself, Song Yahong moved out of the Du family in a rage, left her in-laws and mother-in-law, and took care of her two sons alone, she hated Du Shuanghua's ruthlessness, not only did not give the second son a household registration according to Du Shuanghua's good name, but also refused to let Du Shuanghua see the two sons.
In 1996, Song Yahong and her second son
In retaliation, Du Shuanghua cut off her financial resources.
At that time, Du Shuanghua's welded pipe factory operating income was several hundred million yuan per year, Song Yahong wanted to use money to call the finance directly, 50,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, soon will hit her account, and after running away from home, she will not even come out with 50,000 yuan.
Song Yahong, who has not worked for five or six years, feels wrong, she is afraid of being squeezed to death by Du Shuanghua, so she put her second son who is a few months old in the nanny's house, and went out to run the business by herself, with a basic salary of 800 yuan per month, but because her business level is still there, she got a commission of 180,000 yuan in the first year and 400,000 yuan in the second year.
For his stubborn and independent wife who refused to bow his head, Du Shuanghua had no choice, he let the second son be forcibly taken away from the nanny's house and brought to his side, for 11 years, without letting their mother and son meet.
It was not until 2008, when Song Yahong had a heart attack, that Du Shuanghua let her meet her second son, and Du Zelong, who was brought up by his grandfather and aunt in Beijing, also knew for the first time that his biological mother had someone else, not Du Shuanghua's "girlfriend" at that time.
At that time, Song Yahong also saw on the Internet that Du Shuanghua had a girlfriend at that time and had a daughter, so she called him doubtfully and asked him: "Who divorced you?" The answer was, "Don't listen to reporters." ”
At this time, Song Yahong is also considered to have a successful career, has her own two companies, and has a net worth of tens of millions of yuan, due to the fact that the two have been separated for more than ten years, the relationship is broken, and I heard that Du Shuanghua has other children, Song Yahong decided to negotiate a divorce with Du Shuanghua to protect the rights and interests of her children.
After several negotiations failed to reach an agreement, on September 20, 2010, Song Yahong filed a lawsuit with the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing, demanding that Du Shuanghua's 50 billion yuan of assets, including Rizhao Steel shares, be divided equally.
Surprisingly, Du Shuanghua refused to appear in court and told the judge on the phone: "No divorce, our relationship is very good!" After hearing that the court was preparing a default judgment and dividing the property, in 2011, Du Shuanghua's lawyer presented a divorce judgment made by the Hengshui Court in Hebei Province in 2001, which read:
"1. The plaintiff Du Shuanghua and the defendant Song Yahong were allowed to divorce. 2. Du Qiulong and Du Zelong, boys born in wedlock, were both raised and paid by the plaintiff, Du Shuanghua..."
Song Yahong's mind was blindfolded at that time, and she didn't know until this time that she had been "divorced" 10 years ago!
3, the husband's version: the wife abandoned her husband and abandoned her son, and could not be contacted for many years
Because the news of Song Yahong's "divorce" was widely circulated in newspapers and television, on July 19, 2011, Du Shuanghua, the chairman of Rizhao Iron and Steel, the richest man in Shandong, personally wrote a 12,000-word open letter entitled "The Intertwining of Family, Law, and Money——- Those Non-Entanglements That I Cannot Avoid with My Ex-Wife Song Yahong."
In this letter, he denied that he had "three women" and "three children" after he developed.
Du Shuanghua claimed that in 1993, after winning the first pot of gold, Song Yahong did not want him to make the industry bigger:
After having a little money, Song Yahong was very excited and satisfied, her opinion was that with so much money, you can enjoy the blessings in Beijing, don't toss it anymore, what if there is a risk of losing? But I have a strong sense of enterprise, and I think I can do more. In 1993, despite Song's objections, I went to my hometown of Hengshui City, Hebei Province, as the deputy director of jinghua welded pipe general factory, which was considered to have started a second venture. ”
For his later career, Du Shuanghua's decision at that time was obviously correct, otherwise he would not have become a private steel giant later.
The differences in future planning have been buried since this time, Du Shuanghua and the workers live together in the factory's collective dormitory, eat cauldron rice together, song Yahong, who grew up in Beijing, went to Hengshui to see it, felt that the conditions were too poor to settle down, and finally proposed: "You are creating your business in Hengshui, I am watching the children in Beijing." From then on, the husband and wife began to live apart.
At that time, the annual output value of the welded pipe factory was only a few million yuan, the benefits were not good, Song Yahong heard that her husband and a female deputy director were very close, and second, she felt that the welded pipe factory had no future, always urged him to close the factory and return to Beijing, and also came to the factory to make a big fuss, so that Du Shuanghua was disgraced. As for what his wife said about someone making trouble during pregnancy, Du Shuanghua said that it was all made up by her.
Soon, Du Shuanghua spent a lot of money to invite a very resourceful assistant Liu Fengqi, in order to show sincerity, specially spent 1.3 million yuan to equip him with a Mercedes-Benz car, but he only drove Poussang, Song Yahong knew about this matter, borrowed the old to come to the factory to do things, let the Mercedes-Benz driver send her home, halfway she let the driver get off the car to buy water, and took the opportunity to drive the car back to Beijing.
After these two events, Du Shuanghua was disheartened by his wife, feeling that she neither understood herself nor supported her career.
After the birth of the second son, the stubborn wife did not use the name of "Du Zelong" that he had prepared in advance, and also took away the two sons and did not let him meet, which made Du Shuanghua very anxious.
He wanted to use the living expenses to car Song Yahong, and Song Yahong did not eat this set, after weaning, she put the second son in a nanny's house, he went out to run a business, he could only take the opportunity to meet with the eldest son Du Qiulong, slowly set the child's words, and finally learned that the second son was fostered for a long time in a nanny's house in Andingmen Jiang Zhaikou.
Unwilling to sit idly by while the child was fostered, he took the people from the office directly to the nanny's house and forcibly took the second son away.
When Song Yahong came to him to see her second son, Du Shuanghua proposed a divorce, but Song Yahong hung up the phone as soon as she heard this topic.
In February 2001, after nearly four years of not being able to contact Song Yahong, Du Shuanghua sued the Hengshui Court and obtained a divorce verdict, saying that Song Yahong had learned of the divorce as early as 2002 and had not raised objections at that time.
After the divorce, he only had a relationship with his current girlfriend, and later gave birth to a daughter, because he was afraid of affecting the growth of his two sons, he deliberately concealed the divorce.
In 2010, when his eldest son met with him for going through the formalities for going abroad, he also replied to his son categorically: "Your mother and I have not divorced." This sentence was recorded by the son and handed over to the mother as evidence in court.
Du Shuanghua said that after all, it is a married couple, and Song Yahong is the mother of his two sons, so he is willing to compensate her. In the days when Song Yahong left him, he also paid more than 10 million yuan for the education and living expenses of his eldest son.
In 2008, Rizhao Iron and Steel donated 150 million yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake, Du Shuanghua was also elected as the richest man in Shandong for his 50 billion net worth, and Song Yahong, who has a relationship, found out from the news that his wealth was far beyond imagination and suddenly appeared in his life.
She first asked to meet with her second son Du Zelong on the grounds of heart disease, and then asked for a sum of money to be "cut off at one time", she asked Du Shuanghua to buy her a farm in the suburbs, and bought an office building worth 100 million yuan in downtown Beijing for her to collect rent, in exchange, she promised her eldest son Du Qiulong that he could go to Hengshui to live with Du Shuanghua.
Soon, Song Yahong felt that the price she opened was too low, proposed to increase 500 million cash, for the sake of father-son reunion, son's future and career succession, Du Shuanghua agreed to her additional conditions, and Song Yahong once again repented, and proposed to write 50% of the equity of Du Shuanghua Company under her name.
Song Yahong said that he had children with other women, and in order to keep the family property for her two sons, she asked Du Shuanghua to write half of the shares in her name and control them on her behalf until the two sons reached adulthood.
Du Shuanghua was vigilant, he hadn't seen him for 11 years, and they both had other partners around them, and the equity of the Ping branch may be the idea of Zhang Mouzhou behind Song Yahong.
This time, he flatly refused.
Soon after, Song Yahong broke out a sensational "divorce case" across the country.
4. Twists and turns, reconciliation ends
According to Du Shuanghua's open letter, Song Yahong had long wanted to fight this "sky-high divorce" lawsuit, and because she could not afford to pay the high legal fees, she first quietly asked Du Shuanghua for 4 million yuan in cash on the grounds of buying a villa, and then used the money to find a famous law firm in Beijing and asked a lawyer to represent the "re-divorce case" without moving.
Angered, Du Shuanghua also terminated the conversation with her, refusing to give her other financial compensation on the grounds that the two were divorced, and since then, the couple has long argued through the media, lawyers and judges.
In order to find helpers, Song Yahong went abroad to call her eldest son back to China and let Du Qiulong speak on TV.
Du Qiulong, who grew up with his mother, was obedient and obedient, mentioning his father, and he said that one of the pictures he was most impressed by was that he followed his grandfather to pick up the machine when he grew up, "I saw a fat man who was very dirty and surrounded by a group of people and walked out." ”
For the eldest son, who is already in his early 20s, Du Shuanghua has high hopes and wants to cultivate him as his successor, but Du Qiulong said: "What he wants is absolute obedience." ”
His father's sense of authority made Du Qiulong feel a little unfree, even depressed, and Du Qiulong, who had lived a civilian life for a long time, had no concept of 50 billion yuan, and was more worried that he would not be able to control these wealth in the future, but added an infinite burden.
Due to the appearance of the (2001) Hengmin Chuzi No. 14 Civil Judgment that convicted the two of them to divorce, the Beijing Haidian District Court rejected Song Yahong's lawsuit, and Song Yahong appealed to the Beijing First Intermediate Court against the judgment, and because the Hengshui Intermediate Court in Hebei Province had already sent Du Shuanghua and Song Yahong's divorce judgment back for retrial, her appeal was also rejected.
During the retrial of the Hebei Hengshui Court, Song Yahong's attitude was much calmer and she expressed her willingness to accept mediation. The couple has been separated for more than ten years, and a consensus has been reached on divorce, whether to divorce in 2001 or divorce now, the key lies in the division of property, Du Shuanghua's steel business has grown by leaps and bounds since 2001, if Song Yahong can successfully appeal, she can be divided into huge assets worth 25 billion yuan, and if the appeal is not successful, she can only be divided into several million.
Song Yahong, who appeared in the courtroom of the Hengshui Court, no longer spoke ill of Du Shuanghua, but said a lot of praise, and she made it clear that she would not take half of Du Shuanghua's property, because "the money in Du's hands can better achieve value-added than in her hands."
Perhaps it was Du Shuanghua's ten thousand words that gave her a deeper understanding of this marriage, once upon a time she heard that Du Shuanghua and three other women had three more children, worried that the emerging new children would dilute or even take away the property that should belong to her two sons, and Du Shuanghua frankly admitted in the letter that he only had two sons and one daughter, and he regarded the two sons very seriously, which made her feel relieved.
Since then, Du Shuanghua and Song Yahong's divorce proceedings have ended in settlement.
During this period, Du Shuanghua's Rizhao Steel was greatly injured, due to the rapid expansion, coupled with the impact of the divorce case, in 2012, Du Shuanghua's credibility plummeted, personal wealth fell to 15 billion, a total shrinkage of 70%, in 2018 it shrank to 7.6 billion yuan, until 2019 to 40 billion yuan, 2021 reached 62 billion yuan, out of the trough again.
Between family and career, the "steel king" Du Shuanghua and his wife have not been able to balance well, resulting in growing differences between each other, deeper and deeper gaps, fighting non-stop because of mutual resentment, more than half a hundred years old, although they have impressive wealth, they are also hurt by a divorce war, and even leave a shadow in the hearts of their children.
As Du Shuanghua said in his letter:
"In this family lawsuit, no matter what the outcome, I, Song Yahong, and the two children will leave deep scars on either spiritual or family affection or wealth, there will be no real winners in us, and everyone will be hurt, which is a family tragedy in itself."