Du Yuesheng was born in 1888 in Dujiazhai, Gao Qiaonan, Chuansha Hall (now Pudong New Area) in Jiangsu Province. Before the age of four, his parents died one after another and were raised by his stepmother and uncle Shang Qingguo.
when Du Yuesheng was fourteen years old, he worshipped green gang Chen Shichang as an old man. Thanks to Chen Shichang and others, Du Yuesheng entered the Huang Jinrong Mansion, the leading residence in green gang and Shanghai. Du Yuesheng was trusted by Huang Jinrong to run the casino "Gongxing Club" in the French Concession. After Du Yuesheng corrected the contract partners, colluded with warlords and sold opium.
in July, 1925, Du Yuesheng established "Sanxin Company" to monopolize the opium transportation in the French concession.
in April, 1927, Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin organized a Chinese * * * meeting. After the establishment of the Nanjing government, he served as an adviser to the general command of the army, navy and air force, a major general of the military commission and an executive yuan.
In p>1937, after the fall of Shanghai, Du Yuesheng refused to win over the Japanese and moved to Hong Kong in November.
In p>194, Du Yuesheng organized the People's Action Committee, which actually became the general leader of China gangs.
in December p>1941, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, Du Yuesheng moved to Chongqing, established the head office of Hengshe, and expanded his power to the rear area. He organized China Trade Trust Company and Tongji Company to exchange materials with the occupied areas, so as to enrich himself.
In September p>1945, after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Du Yuesheng returned to Shanghai at the beginning, harvested the old headquarters and rallied.
In December p>1946, the Shanghai Senate elected its Speaker, and Du Yuesheng was elected Speaker with the highest vote. However, because the Kuomintang did not support him so much, he resigned immediately after his election. Since then, he has developed power in industry and commerce, finance, transportation, culture, education, journalism and other industries, and served as a variety of chairman, president and managing director.
in the spring of p>1948, he participated in the "National Congress of the Constitution" convened by the National Government and elected Chiang Kai-shek as president.
In April p>1949, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Du Yuesheng alone, hoping that he could go to Taiwan Province with him, and the * * * production party also met Du Yuesheng through secret channels, hoping that Du Yuesheng could stay in Shanghai. Du Yuesheng finally decided not to go to Taiwan Province or stay in Shanghai, but to go to Hongkong.
On August 16th, 1951, he died in Hong Kong at the age of 63.
Extended information:
Du Yuesheng is a legendary figure in the modern history of China. He went from a little punk to a ten-mile foreign market, became the biggest gang leader in Shanghai, became a modern industrialist, a celebrity and a local leader, and became an active political figure at that time. ?
Du Yuesheng has extraordinary skills in speculation and cunning in playing politics. He is respectful to the old people of the former Qing Dynasty, warlords and politicians, high-level party and state officials, celebrities, and even financial and industrial tycoons, and makes every effort to make friends. And Chiang's top leaders, such as Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen and Dai Li, are all close friends of Du's giants.
Du Yuesheng has always yearned for and revered culture. After he made his fortune, he became very close to the cultural circles, and he was able to deal with the intellectual and cultural circles with ease.
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