Du Yuesheng went from being a poor white boy to the biggest gangster in Shanghai. So, how did he do it? Who helped him the most? Speaking of several turning points in his life, I think the following three people are inseparable.
(Du Yuesheng stills)
1. Chen Shichang.
Before meeting Chen Shichang, Du Yuesheng's life was very difficult.
He lost his parents before he was 4 years old and lived with his stepmother until he was 8 years old, when she was abducted by traffickers. As a last resort, he had to live with his uncle.
Unable to tolerate life under the fence, Du Yuesheng left his hometown of Gaoqiao to make a living in Shanghai after the age of 10.
Du Yuesheng had earlier worked as an apprentice in a fruit shop, and the boss saw that he was hard-working and flexible, so he left him in the shop as a handyman.
Who knows, after Du Yuesheng had a place to stay, he made friends with a group of hooligans and was contaminated with the vice of gambling.
The owner of the fruit shop saw that he was not studying well and kicked him away.
Du Yuesheng did not have much capital in his hand, so he got some rotten fruits and began to do fruit business.
Usually, who wants rotten fruit?
Du Yuesheng has a method. He cut out the rotten area, then cut the fruit into even sizes, inserted it on a stick, and gave a piece when he saw someone. After eating, I am embarrassed not to buy, and it is not expensive to sell, so although his fruit is the worst, it always sells the fastest.
However, this money was often used by Du Yuesheng to gamble.
In the process of gambling, Du Yuesheng met Chen Shichang, who set up a stall.
Chen Shichang is not a big hooligan, he is just a small hooligan, but because he is a disciple of the Qing gang, his gambling table is rarely disturbed, so his life is still quite comfortable.
After Chen Shichang knew Du Yuesheng, he pointed out the way for Du Yuesheng. He said that if he wanted to mix in Shanghai, playing alone would definitely suffer losses. He must join the underworld organization and have a backer in order to mix well.
Du Yuesheng suddenly realized, worshiped Chen Shichang as an old man, and became a member of the Green Gang ever since.
Although Chen Shichang is actually not good enough in the Green Gang, he knows the big man Jin Rong. Therefore, Du Yuesheng, under his recommendation, got the opportunity to work in Jinrong Province.
(Lin Guisheng stills)
Second, Lin Guisheng.
At that time, Jin Rong was a detective in the French Concession and secretly the boss of the Qing Gang. The two identities are interdependent, coupled with the advice and counsel of Lin Guisheng as a clever helper in his work in pornography, gambling and drug dealing. Because of his illegal behavior, while recruiting disciples, he soon became the most powerful gang leader of the youth gang.
For Du Yuesheng, who worked in the mansion, Jin Jinrong naturally looked down on him.
However, Du Yuesheng regarded Huang Jinrong as an example and hoped to become a figure like him in the future. Therefore, he not only worked diligently in the mansion, but also got rid of the problem of gambling for many years. In addition, he is very good at observing words and deeds, so the whole mansion has a good impression of him.
Jin Rong valued Lin Guisheng, and the Qinggang disciples respected her even more. Du Yuesheng naturally knew that Lin Guisheng was an important person, so when Lin Gui was ill, he took the initiative to take care of Lin Guisheng, who was sick. Under his care, Lin Guisheng quickly recovered his health.
Since then, Lin Guisheng has admired Du Yuesheng and has always been by his side.
Once, when the smoke soil of the Golden Rong Order arrived, he went out, and Lin Guisheng collected it for him. In the evening, Lin Guisheng found that there was one less sack. But at that time, all the useful people in the family were taken away by Jin Rong, and Lin Guisheng had no one to dispatch, and he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.
After Du Yuesheng knew, he took the initiative to ask Lin Guisheng to borrow a pistol, and quickly found the smoke and soil back.
Now, Lin Guisheng felt more and more that Du Yuesheng was a good person, so he recommended him to Jin Rong.
(Stills of Golden Rong)
Third, the golden glory.
Du Yuesheng followed Behind Jin Rong, doing nothing and waiting for him.
Du Yuesheng is diligent, hard-working, and obedient to Jin Rong.
Once, Jin Rong took Du Yuesheng to the casino to gamble. On the way, Jin Rong had something to do, so he asked Du Yuesheng to bet on him. He never expected that Du Yuesheng would finally win more than two thousand yuan.
Du Yuesheng put 2,000 yuan in front of Jin Rong, who gave him all the money on the grounds that he could do good things on weekdays.
More than 2,000 yuan, which was not a small amount at that time. Think of Lu Xun's monthly income of 300 oceans, the happy life of buying a house in Beijing.
What will Du Yuesheng do?
In fact, Jin Rong was deliberately testing Du Yuesheng.
If Du Yuesheng uses this money to buy a house and buy land, then he can use it, but he will not make a lot of money; if Du Yuesheng uses this money to eat, drink and have fun, it is naturally useless.
Later, Du Yuesheng's money really disappeared very quickly. When Jin Rong asked, he realized that he had paid off the bill, and then divided the rest of the money between his mother, who saved his life, and the poor brothers who were together before.
Jin Rong admired Du Yuesheng's character of not being greedy for money and being unfaithful, and only then began to cultivate and reuse him.
It was these three nobles who gave Du Yuesheng the opportunity at different times.
Of course, the opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared. The reason why Du Yuesheng was able to succeed was because he was fully prepared first, and then seized the opportunity, so he not only joined the Green Gang to sit on the first chair. It is precisely because he knows how to spread money and has created many celebrities in society. Because everyone bought his account, he soon became the most powerful figure in old Shanghai.