The "eldest sister" in the popular TV series "Wind Chaser" is not only politically left and right, but also when the country encountered difficulties, she took the opportunity to fill her pockets, frantically searched for up to 115 billion yuan and then ran to the United States, and turned over in the United States to become a financial master!
As the eldest sister of the three sisters of the Song family, she went to the United States to study with outstanding talent, and the New York Times once praised her as a woman who has achieved outstanding achievements in the field of finance.
Three sisters of the Song family
In order to consolidate the family status, she single-handedly arranged the marriage of Jiang and Song, with such a high social status but never did things for the people, but used her shrewd means and brains to make a fortune, she made countless people in dire straits, but she went to the United States to mix in the financial circles to make a lot of money, she is Kong Xiangxi's wife - Song Ailing.
During the Republic of China, there was such a sentence: "The Jiang family is the world, the Chen family is the party, and the Song family sisters are Kong family wealth." ”
Born in 1889 into a wealthy family in Shanghai, Song Ailing was immersed in excellent living conditions and a good educational environment from an early age, all thanks to the careful upbringing of her father Song Jiashu and her uncle Wen Bingzhong, and her two younger sisters, who are famous in history, Soong Ching Ling and Soong Mei Ling.
Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi
In 1904, Soong Ailing rushed to the United States to study, becoming the first Chinese student to enter the United States Willion Women's College.
But because of her unique temperament and charm, she soon became the focus of everyone's discussion, in fact, the three Song sisters all studied in this school, and this became a point of pride for the school later.
Although she is very fluent in spoken English, Song Ailing did not show it at first, everyone thought that this subtle Chinese girl did not have any edge, and when the results of an exam came out, the students found that Song Ailing's math score was very good, so they were very optimistic about this girl, and tried to get in touch slowly.
As they got to know her better, it was discovered that Song Ailing, a girl from China, had a very warm and generous personality and was friendly to others, and she quickly got along well with her classmates and became a good friend to everyone.
Once a professor said that Soong Ailing had become a beautiful American citizen, Soong Ailing was furious, and she firmly corrected: "I am Chinese! I am proud to be a Chinese citizen! I am not an American citizen!"
Soong Oi Ling, who had an indomitable personality, boldly expressed her views on American democracy at a banquet hosted by President Roosevelt for the Chinese education delegation with her uncle Wen Bingzhong, for which she confessed to the many injustices she had experienced when she first arrived in the United States, for which President Roosevelt solemnly apologized to her.
The incident was quickly reported by the media and spread all over the world, and when the father learned of the incident, he praised his daughter, and in 1990, when Soong returned to China after completing her studies, she was fortunate to become Mr. Sun Yat-sen's secretary, and with her ability to speak multiple Chinese, she won the appreciation of his husband.
Later, Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi got married, she chose to say goodbye to the secretary position, at this time she cleverly recommended her sister Song Qingling to fill the vacancy, this proposal was approved by Mr., but I didn't expect this change to invisibly also plant the seeds for the marriage between Mr. and Song Qingling.
Later, Soong Ailing almost became the head of the Song family, and she noticed Chiang Kai-shek's talent and actively promoted his marriage to her sister Soong Meiling.
This marriage meant the combination of two major forces: on the one hand, the huge family of the Song family, and on the other hand, the military group at the highest level, and such a combination would undoubtedly greatly enhance the social status of the Song family.
Song Ailing also put forward conditions to Jiang someone, that is, not only to divorce the original wife, but also to ensure the political status of the Song family in the future, the situation is difficult, Jiang also needs the power of the Song family, plus Jiang and Song are already in love, so they agreed to these requests.
Under the leadership of Song Ailing, the Song family not only consolidated its original prominent position, but also strengthened its momentum and skillfully facilitated the marriage with the Kong family and the Jiang family, so that the interests of these powerful families were closely linked.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the United States borrowed $500 million from China, and Soong Ailing and his wife took more than half of it for investment; in the early period of the Republic of China, Kong Xiangxi took advantage of his position to issue public bonds and amassed a fortune of 30 million yuan in just a few days.
Soong Ailing has a very cool head, can make quick and accurate judgments according to the current situation, she can use her family position to easily find out political secrets, so as to frantically accumulate wealth for herself, taking advantage of the vagaries of prices during the war and the difference between domestic and foreign exchange rates to make a lot of money.
With the advantage of her position, Song Ailing had an insight into the crisis that Chongqing would encounter a Japanese blockade, and she acted quickly to urgently transport a large number of materials to Chongqing, and sold them at the right time when the market price was soaring, earning dozens of times the profit!
In 1936, in the name of raising funds to fight against the Japanese invaders, the four major families (Jiang, Chen, and Song Kong) issued the "Ersanguan Treasury Bills", when Song Ailing and her husband Kong Xiangxi used their power to buy a large number of such bonds in the market, and they used various strategies to manipulate the market trend, making the price of these bonds rise.
Song Ailing and others hoarded a large number of bonds through their own banks and companies, constantly sold and bought in the market, and constantly earned the price difference, so as to obtain huge profits and obtain a fortune of up to 20 billion US dollars!
Later, she used her husband Kong Xiangxi's authority as Minister of Finance to arbitrage state secrets and swallow a full 11.5 billion legal currency of state property, equivalent to 115 billion yuan at that time, accounting for half of the country's GDP, which was also the largest corruption case during the Republic of China!
After squeezing out the hard-earned money of ordinary people, Song Ailing immediately flew to the United States, and through the wealth that was difficult to accumulate in the country, she directly made her one of the richest people in the United States.
After watching "The Wind Chaser," some people found that many of the assets left by the elders were also fake silver dollars, and we are still victims in modern times! Song Ailing's descendants have lived the rich life we imagined......
In 1973, Soong Ailing died of illness in New York, USA, and the New York Times described her life as predatory when describing her, which is very accurate.
If she can use her means of accumulating wealth to help the people in need, history will remember her better......
After Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi got married, they gave birth to two sons and two daughters, but their heirs were pitiful! Song Ailing's eldest daughter, Kong Lingyi, had been married twice, but she never had children;
The marriage of the eldest son Kong Lingkan is even more strange, first he fell in love with his uncle's little wife, but was forcibly stopped by Song Ailing after learning about it, and then he fell in love with his friend's girlfriend, in order to avoid Song Ailing's opposition, they fled to the United States together to get married, but sadly they did not have any children of their own;
The second daughter Kong Lingwei has a strange personality, she has preferred male dresses since she was a child, cut her hair short, wore a suit, and acted like a "tomboy"!
Only the youngest son, Kong Lingjie, inherited Song Ailing's intelligence and business acumen, and Song Ailing had high hopes for him.
However, Kong Lingjie is a foreigner, he actually fell in love with the Hollywood star Depole Becky, and gave birth to a mixed-race son with her, that is to say, Kong Jianuo's big family property was finally all attributed to this improperly blooded grandson!
Song Ailing and Kong Xiangxi's four sons and daughters also entered the ranks of corruption, and this greedy gang of the Kong family wantonly looted the people's wealth when the ordinary people were hungry and displaced! The appearance of the Kong family was so unbearable that Jiang couldn't help but scold them in his diary as "shameless!"
The bureaucratic capital under the pursuit of profit swept in like a storm, but the luxury and waste behind it was built on the sadness of countless broken families.
Thanks to New China, to Chairman Mao, and to countless martyrs who have dedicated themselves to the revolution!
Text/Shi Zhenxiang
Editor/Shi Zhenxiang