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During the Republic of China, Shanghai was the most prosperous metropolis in China at that time, and being able to call the wind and rain in such a metropolis was something that many people dreamed of. To say that this figure who can make a name for himself in Shanghai, the well-known is undoubtedly the three big figures known as the "three tycoons of Shanghai", namely Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin. However, there is also a "Jiangbei tycoon", who was also once called the "Jiangbei Emperor". Such a gangster could not avoid being liquidated in the post-liberation operation against gangsters, but only he was able to stand alone, and even such a gangster was invited by the then Shanghai Mayor Chen Yi as a special guest to participate in the People's Congress after the liberation, he is Gu Zhuxuan.
With such a big man, can you imagine how he went from an inconspicuous rickshaw driver on the beach to a gangster boss?
From pulling rickshaws to make a living, to Jiangbei tycoons
After understanding Gu Zhuxuan's history of struggle, he will know that there are traces that such a gangster as he can end up well in the end.
Gu Zhuxuan's first struggle began by becoming a rickshaw in Shanghai. Gu Zhuxuan was born in Yancheng District, Jiangsu, his family was poor, and when he was 16 years old, the northern Jiangsu region encountered a famine, and his family was too poor to open the pot. Under the leadership of their mother, they were displaced from northern Jiangsu to Shanghai, the most prosperous city in the country at that time.
When he first entered the metropolis of Shanghai, Gu Zhuxuan did not have any skills, but fortunately, Shanghai's economy was quite prosperous at that time, and the labor force was also extremely short, and he quickly decided to pull rickshaws for a living. And he, even if he made up his mind to work hard to make a living, was not to find a dock to move goods at random, nor to think of buying his own rickshaw to do it alone like Mr. Lao She's Xiangzi, but by inquiring about news, he signed up for the stronger Xieji company among all the rickshaw companies at that time. At this point, he began a self-reliant career in Shanghai.
Because of this job, he has accumulated many contacts, especially in the dealings with fellow villagers in northern Jiangsu, everyone feels that he is righteous, and he is down-to-earth, so that he gradually gained a foothold in Shanghai. Several years of working as a rickshaw driver have also allowed Gu Zhuxuan to accumulate considerable capital and experience, and at the same time, he has many people who follow him with a dead heart.
When Xieji Company pulled rickshaws, Gu Zhuxuan's down-to-earth ability was extremely trusted by foreign bosses, and he won a lot of long-term rental orders for the manpower company, and the boss of Xieji Company also valued him very much and handed over the company's main rental business to him. In order to seek further development, he joined the rickshaw company owned by the German boss, worked for it, and even took over a rickshaw company in Germany.
Working for others is just to seek a way to live, if you really want to get rich, you still have to let others work for yourself, Gu Zhuxuan deeply understands this truth. After he came to Shanghai, his ambitions grew with Shanghai, and he had to have a platform to carry his will. Finally, after having his own rickshaw company as the foundation, Gu Zhuxuan officially began a brilliant business career, creating several industries firmly tied to his name, the most famous of which was the Tiantoad Stage, which was a well-known entertainment venue in Shanghai at that time.
Gangster strife, master and apprentice turn against each other
No one wants to watch Gu Zhuxuan grow up slowly, in the realm of Shanghai Beach at that time, the cake was so big, foreigners took some, the army and patrols took some, and the remaining social gangsters naturally wanted to fight and kill to seize market share. As far as Gu Zhuxuan's development process is concerned, it is good to pull rickshaws in the early days, and with his own righteousness, there is nothing that cannot be solved, after all, everyone is at this level. However, as his own strength became stronger and stronger, and his position of power became higher and higher, Gu Zhuxuan had a calculation in his heart - he understood that with his current background, he was completely unable to support his further development in the future, and if he wanted to go further, he had to make friends with nobles.
Gu Zhuxuan soon managed to get acquainted with a boss with a very high rank in the Qinggang, he was Liu Dengji of the big character generation. This Liu Dengji is not to say how powerful and powerful, but he is similar to the steward of the royal sect mansion in the feudal period of the mainland, and he does not have any special power, but it is scary to be high, and there will generally be no one who does not give face in a word. Gu Zhuxuan seized the opportunity, worshipped him as a teacher, and directly became a member of the Qinggang Tongzi generation, which was a real benefit for him.
The underworld has connections, and the next thing is to fight the idea of the white way. Gu Zhuxuan relied on the gang relationship and smoothly climbed to the position of patrol. Don't underestimate a small patrolman, in the hands of Gu Zhuxuan, this position is the stepping stone between him and the upper class, and soon, he got acquainted with the big man Jin Rong, who was the chief inspector of the patrol, and successfully worshiped under his door.
Gu Zhuxuan, who ate both black and white, immediately showed his strength, won people's hearts, and made disciples, and Gu Zhuxuan at his peak had at least more than 10,000 people under his hands. Looking back, some people say that Gu Zhuxuan relies on stammering, but in fact, the ability to "social stammering" itself is a social technology, and in the Republic of China, this will only be regarded as a valuable social charm, but what Gu Zhuxuan did not expect was that soon, he felt the warmth of human feelings.
With the continuous expansion of Gu Zhuxuan's power, although the other bosses did not say anything, they were already dissatisfied, and the most prominent of them was Jin Rong, who had the reputation of master and apprentice with Gu Zhuxuan, and it was he who personally sent Gu Zhuxuan to prison.
Tang Jiapeng originally followed Gu Zhuxuan to do it, but in the gang, it is easy to have various interests entanglement, as long as there is a gap, it is likely to cause the gang brothers to part ways, Tang Jiapeng is such an example. Out of Gu Zhuxuan's door, Tang Jiapeng also turned around and entered Huang Jinrong's door, but not long after, the abnormal body suddenly changed, and after Tang Jiapeng entered the "Rongji Great World", he had a conflict with Chen Rongsheng, another younger brother under Jin Rong, and a few days later, people found Chen Rongsheng's body.
The murderer naturally pointed directly at Tang Jiapeng, and when such a thing happened, Huang Jin Rong was furious, and Gu Zhuxuan also took the opportunity to fan the flames and came to Jin Rong's mansion claiming that he could help eradicate the traitors. And a few days later, Tang Jiapeng was shot to death on the road, which was naturally done by Gu Zhuxuan. But what he didn't expect was that Huang Jinrong actually fell into the well, seizing this opportunity to kill Gu Zhuxuan.
Huang Jinrong borrowed his identity as the chief inspector of the patrol house, coupled with various relationships in the society, and with the limelight of this incident, he quickly cracked down on the forces in Gu Zhuxuan's hands, and Gu Zhuxuan was also sent to prison by his own hands. Although the entire Gu family lobbied in many ways and sold property, Gu Zhuxuan still experienced more than a year in prison.
After being released from prison, Gu Zhuxuan really changed, and there was nothing more popular in society than this, and in the end, his family was more reliable. Gu Zhuxuan began to integrate his few assets and put his future path direction to a higher level.
At that time, the number of people fleeing famine or natural disasters was innumerable, and the final destination of the fleeing was generally the periphery of Beijing and Shanghai, and affluence was always attractive. Gu Zhuxuan opened his door to these poor people, he sold his property, and even did not hesitate to close his Heavenly Toad Theater just to settle for those homeless refugees. Provide them with food and clothing, and even Gu Zhuxuan also donated money to help them rebuild their hometown, it can be said that Gu Zhuxuan has achieved the four words of fighting righteousness and squandering wealth to the extreme.
Everyone should have the impression that Gu Zhutong's name is the same as the same surname, Gu Zhuxuan tried his best to establish a good relationship with him at first, and met many senior Kuomintang officers through Gu Zhutong. However, after in-depth understanding, Gu Zhuxuan saw that the Kuomintang government was fighting for power and profit for its own interests, and in troubled times, most senior Kuomintang officials not only did not reflect on how to resist external humiliation to save the country and save the people in embarrassment, but were arrogant and indulgent to entertain themselves. If this continues, China will not end well under the rule of the Kuomintang. It was then that his nephew appeared. Gu Zhuxuan came to Shanghai Beach with his eldest brother to start his family, and the two brothers have been one heart for many years, and Gu Zhuxuan is also very concerned about his nephew.
Gu Zhuxuan's nephew Gu Shuping was a communist, and under his influence, Gu Zhuxuan sent his son to the army of the New Fourth Army and made immeasurable assistance to the initial cause of our party. Not to mention tens of thousands of funds, just Gu Zhuxuan used his own forces to fight in the communist uprising, and repeatedly rescued the wounded of our party and assisted our party in transferring important figures, these are already great merits.
During the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Gu Zhuxuan also firmly chose to support the Communist Party, and in the acre of land in Shanghai, he did everything he could to play a vital role in the battle to liberate Shanghai, and was personally received by President Chen Yi after the war.
In 1956, 70-year-old Gu Zhuxuan died of illness, it can be said that Gu Zhuxuan died in peace. In that era when the liquidation movement was prevalent, as the premier gang leader in Shanghai, Gu Zhuxuan used his actions and attitudes to buy a good end for himself, and his Gu family and his son who joined the New Fourth Army were also treated favorably.
Conclusion
For Gu Zhuxuan's ending, naturally part of it is because of his righteousness and wealth squandering, because of his contribution to our party's cause, compared to the three bigwigs of Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin, Gu Zhuxuan's path is completely different; Another part of the reason is that he made the right choice, from rickshaw driver to a big man, from the peak beach to the prison sentence, Gu Zhuxuan deeply recognized the warmth of human feelings, and he raised his thinking to another dimension, that is, committed to building the communist society preached by the Communist Party. And our party did not disappoint him, and repaid Li with peach, this powerful Jiangbei boss has been in his life, and he must be very pleased with his original choice.