Speaking of the people of the year in Shanghai, Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng are definitely on the list.
They have been active in Shanghai stalls for decades, and their strength is all over black and white, and they have a certain right to speak and influence in various industries.
Such a big man, no one dares to provoke normally, let alone offend.
However, when Huang Jinrong was powerful, he was planted in the hands of a young man, this person was named Lu Xiaojia.
Lu Xiaojia
In 1922, Huang Jinrong, the boss of the Shanghai Youth Gang, was listening to the play, when suddenly a gun was put on the back of his head, and two big men broke into the private room and slapped him a few times.
A black hood then covered his head and lifted him into a car.
Huang Jinrong was openly abducted in his own dance hall, and as soon as the news came out, it caused a heated discussion in the society.
It turned out that Lu Xiaojia was the only son of Lu Yongxiang, the overseer of Zhejiang at that time, and he was a rich child.
On weekdays, relying on the power of his father, he is happy in the entertainment venue, and he comes to Huang Jinrong's territory to tease women, and he does not hesitate to offend the Qinggang boss.
The conflict between him and Huang Jinrong this time is that he fell in love with the smash hit drama Lu Lanchun.
Huang Jinrong has a protégé named Zhang Shi, Zhang Shi and his wife adopted an orphan girl, Zhang Shi and his wife love this daughter very much, and often take her to the Huang Mansion to play.
This child has been smart and clever since she was a child, with a round little face, big eyes, and is very likable.
She has loved singing since she was a child, and Master Zhang specially invited a famous teacher to teach her.
After growing up, Xiao Maotuan is outstanding, and Huang Jinrong decided to use his own dance hall and spend a lot of money to make her a famous character.
Lu Lanchun is beautiful and moving, and she is even more outstanding on the stage and is deeply loved by the audience.
After she sang on stage, she knew a lot of rich sons, including Lu Xiaojia, the eldest son of Lu Yongxiang, the overseer of Zhejiang.
Lu Xiaojia didn't seem to have much sense of existence, and he was also famous back then, he and Sun Yat-sen's son Sun Ke, Zhang Zuolin's son Zhang Xueliang, and Duan Qirui's son Duan Hongye were called the "Four Great Sons of the Republic of China".
One day, Lu Xiaojia wore a green shirt and made a special trip to the stage to find Lu Lanchun, gave her a diamond ring, and agreed to spend a good night together after the play, but she was rejected by Lu Lanchun on the grounds of physical discomfort.
It just so happened that Lu Lanchun didn't play well that day, and she sang out of tune in the first sentence, and she didn't kick her legs in a body performance.
Because Lu Lanchun is a person of Huang Jinrong, everyone knows it, so they don't dare to say anything.
Lu Xiaojia didn't care who she was, it would be a shame to be rejected by Lu Lanchun in person before, so he cheered in a weird way: "Ouch, good girl, good kung fu!" ”
Lu Lanchun's tears fell in an instant, and after singing a paragraph, she ran to the backstage and cried.
At this moment, Huang Jinrong couldn't listen to it anymore, and turned his head to his subordinates and scolded: "You guys, don't arrest the troublemakers for me, and dare to provoke people in my territory." I'll let him see who is the boss of Shanghai Tang today. ”
Several bodyguards rushed into Lu Xiaojia's private room, gave him a few loud slaps without saying a word, and then brought him to Huang Jinrong.
At this time, Huang Jinrong didn't know that this young man was Lu Yongxiang's son.
Golden Glory
Lu Xiaojia was beaten and was extremely angry. He is determined to take revenge and let Huang Jinrong taste the taste of being beaten.
A few days later, Lu Xiaojia contacted He Fenglin, his father Lu Yongxiang's henchman in Shanghai, and ordered him to come forward to give Huang Jinrong some color.
He Fenglin quickly led people to attack Huang Jinrong's residence, knocked Huang Jinrong unconscious, who was dining, put on a black hood and got into the car, and tied him to the dungeon of He Mansion in Longhua.
After waking up, Huang Jinrong's hands and feet were chained and he couldn't move, and at this moment his heart fell into boundless darkness.
Lu Xiaojia's subordinates surrounded Huang Jinrong in the middle, brandished iron rods and leather whips, and beat them severely, and Huang Jinrong's life and death were at stake.
In the end, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin came forward, spent three million silver, opened up the internal relations of the Lu Mansion, and finally redeemed Huang Jinrong.
This incident also became a turning point in Huang Jinrong's life, the boss of the Green Gang had no face, no prestige, and Du Yuesheng rose.
杜月笙
Lu Yongxiang has a son in old age and loves this little son very much, so what is Lu Xiaojia's final ending?
When Lu Yongxiang controlled Shanghai, he was satisfied with Lu Xiaojia's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and Lu Xiaojia's arrogant and domineering character must have offended many people.
In the 20s of the last century, the forces of all parties in Shanghai were complicated, and many people wanted to occupy this feng shui treasure, and Lu Yongxiang also wanted to take this piece of fat.
At that time, if you want to take Shanghai Tang, you must stabilize the officials in Shanghai. At that time, Lu Yongxiang had already co-opted most of the officials in Shanghai.
But only Xu Guoliang, director of the Shanghai Police Department, couldn't take it down no matter how much he coerced and lured. The main reason is that Xu Guoliang was a loyal subordinate of Qi Xieyuan, the overseer of Jiangsu.
Next, Lu Xiaojia did the second major event in his life, but it was all disgraceful, that is, the assassination of Xu Guoliang, director of the Shanghai Police Department.
On November 12, 1923, Xu Guoliang came to a hot spring to take a bath, and after taking a bath, he was about to go home, but found that the driver was not in the car.
Just when Xu Guoliang was looking for the driver, a person suddenly came out of the alley and shot Xu Guoliang in the neck, killing Xu Guoliang on the spot.
Xu Guoliang is Qi Xieyuan's right-hand man, how can he give up. Although there is no evidence to prove that Xu Guoliang's murder was Lu Xiaojia's impulse or Lu Yongxiang's advice, because of this incident, Lu Yongxiang withdrew from the political stage ahead of schedule.
In 1924, Qi Xieyuan launched a war against Lu Yongxiang, which was the famous Jiangsu-Zhejiang War during the warlord melee, which ended in Lu Yongxiang's defeat.
After Lu Yongxiang's defeat, he was forced to go into the wilderness and fled to Japan. Lu Xiaojia has also lost his backer since then, he can't be high-profile at this time, he was afraid that Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng would find trouble with him, so he embarked on the road of relying on women.
The most famous of these is Tang Yiying, the wife of Pu Yi's younger brother Pu Jie, and the two took most of Pu Jie's fortune.
They first went to the British Concession in Tianjin, and soon returned to Shanghai, where they lived a life of luxury and corruption with the property brought out of the palace of Prince Alcohol.
Tang Yiying
After the money was spent, Lu Xiaojia fell in love with a Kuotai surnamed Liu, who was the wife of the director of the Printing and Casting Bureau at that time. Mrs. Liu was generous, and Lu Xiaojia also got a lot of money from her.
The son-in-law, who was once arrogant and domineering on the beach, finally became a little white face who relied on women to eat soft rice, which is really embarrassing.
After experiencing upheaval and displacement, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lu Xiaojia saw that the situation was tense, and then chose to settle in Taiwan.
In 1946, he went to Taiwan, no longer as ostentatious as before, but relied on the wealth he had accumulated, low-key business, engaged in import and export business.
Being in a foreign land, although his life is no longer as good as when he relied on his father to live, he has long lost the sharpness of his youth, and feng shui takes turns.
At a certain stage in life, sometimes he will be ashamed of his past impulses, maybe he will occasionally think of Shanghai Tang, and he will compare it with his current self!
No matter how beautiful everyone is, there will always be a time when the prosperity will fall. In addition to Lu Xiaojia, Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong are the same, they are famous all over the world and majestic in all directions, and they will eventually be drowned in the torrent of history.