Chapter 8 Chapter 3 Du Yuesheng changed from a hooligan to a tycoon

work hard for results What is Shanghai Style?We can see a thing or two by looking at the behavior style of Du Yuesheng, a big businessman who dominates Shanghai.Du Yuesheng's most glorious era was exactly the era when Pao Yugang grew up.Every move of Du Yuesheng back then became the headlines of newspapers, and Du Yuesheng’s banking and shipping business must have had a great influence on Bao Yugang. To understand Bao Yugang’s growth process, let’s take a look at Du Yuesheng first. Du Yuesheng came from a humble background.He is an orphan with no education.But Du Yuesheng was not defeated by the real world. Although he lived a childhood of being bullied, stealing, abducting and begging for food, he was very strong and was not trampled to death by the society. status.

Hu Xueyan is the first generation of businessmen in Shanghai and Hangzhou. I believe he is the patriarch who created the Shanghai style. Du Yuesheng is the one who carried forward the Shanghai style. As for Pao Yugang?Its method can be regarded as passing down in one continuous line.I hope you can experience the Shanghai style from these three successful businessmen. Du Yuesheng was born in a small town called Gaoqiao about ten miles southwest of the Huangpu River Estuary.That year was August 22, 1888, and his father was Du Wenqing.At that time, the Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed on August 15th. Du Wenqing was sitting under the eaves to enjoy the cool, waiting for his wife's stomach to move. Suddenly, a baby was born. The name is Yuesheng.

Du Yuesheng was born at the wrong time. At that time, the opium imported by the British was eroding the private economy in various parts of China. The economic climate of the entire Manchu government had gradually declined.The year Du Yuesheng was born coincided with a flood disaster. Forty-five days of continuous rain not only completely destroyed the crops, but also made the grain seeds stored in the barn moldy.It was just that misfortunes never come singly. After the rain, another plague came.Because too many people died of starvation, there were dead bodies along the streets, and when the bodies were not collected in time, the plague would be caused.The country people lack medical care and medicine, and there are floating corpses everywhere in Gaoqiao Township.

After Du Yuesheng's mother gave birth, not only did she not take good care of her body, but she also went to a spinning mill to work as a wheelman for twelve hours a day for the sake of her family's livelihood.At this time, she was pregnant with her second child. In less than half a year, she gave birth to a premature child due to labor, and gave birth to a younger sister for Du Yuesheng.However, due to excessive blood loss and postpartum imbalance, she lost Du Yuesheng and her younger sister, who were less than two years old, and died. Faced with the pressure of life, Du Wenqing, who worked as a rice shop for a living, couldn't stand the family, so he reluctantly gave his daughter to a businessman surnamed Huang.Du Wenqing couldn't bear to give Yuesheng to others, because Du Yuesheng had the responsibility to continue his descendants.During the day, Du Wenqing stood at the counter with her child on her back to do the rice shop business, and at night she put her son to bed, fed her son, and changed diapers.A cousin couldn't bear his hard work, so he begged everywhere to find a lady named Zhang to marry Du Wenqing to fill in the house.

Mrs. Zhang is also very kind to Yuesheng, taking care of him like his own child.Du Yuesheng was about five years old. Du Wenqing caught a cold because of going out to buy rice. As a result, he fell ill and died, leaving his wife and children behind.Mrs. Zhang took Yuesheng with her. On the one hand, she cut down on food and clothing, and on the other hand, she did the work of scrubbing, washing and mending clothes for others. Finally, she could make ends meet. When she had a little extra money, she even sent Yuesheng to school.When Du Yuesheng was about eight years old, Mrs. Zhang was abducted because she went out on business.

At that time, kidnapping was very popular in Shanghai. There were some hooligans who often introduced women to laundry and mending clothes. At this time, Du Yuesheng really became an orphan, begging for food from door to door in the neighborhood every day.Sometimes by uncle, sometimes by uncle.In short, little Du Yuesheng did not have a good day.Children without parental care naturally learn a way to survive.He likes to make friends, he is a man of loyalty, but he has many bad connections, such as abduction, whoring and gambling, Du Yuesheng is of course an expert at it. When Du Yuesheng was about fifteen years old, an uncle who came back from Shanghai saw that the child had grown up and should learn a craft, so he wanted to train him and introduced him to a fruit stall in Shiliupu, Shanghai as an apprentice (that is, to learn to cook). Business).The old grandmother saw that the child was not outstanding in the country, so she asked Yuesheng to go out for a try.For the sake of auspiciousness, she changed Yuesheng's name to Yuesheng.

One morning in the spring of 1902, the old grandmother walked out of the village step by step with the support of the thin Du Yuesheng.Du Yuesheng was wearing the earthen shirt and trousers that his grandmother had specially sewn for him, with a bundle hanging diagonally from his back, holding his grandmother's hand and walking slowly.They looked at each other, and they all shed tears.The old grandmother said: Our village is poor, and we can't tolerate your old grandmother, who was already crying. She still encouraged Du Yuesheng and said: You have to fight for your breath and be a man by nature.

I want to get ahead, otherwise, I won't come back!With tears in his eyes, Du Yuesheng said firmly. Always so loud.The old grandma said a little reproachfully, as long as you don't learn from bad habits, it's more important than anything else. Under thousands of orders, Du Yuesheng boarded the boat, said goodbye to grandma, and went to the beach.At that time, grandma and Du Yuesheng were not sure about their future.However, it is much more practical to take a step forward than to wait for the opportunity.Only brave people are unwilling to wait for opportunities, and opportunities are often found in the arms of some bold people.A person who is willing to step out is a brave person.

Shanghai Bund is very suitable for Du Yuesheng, because it is a grotesque place. It is a place where gambling stalls, opium stalls, and brothels from all over the country are concentrated. It is a place full of opportunities and traps. A city where people fall and rise. The fruit stall in Shiliupu is also a gathering place for hooligans and hooligans.Du Yuesheng has already practiced a set of survival skills in the countryside. Since he was a child, he has a generous and forthright personality. He took out his money bag, took out the money and stuffed people: take it to eat, and pay me back if you have money.He would rather starve himself than take care of his friends.

This kind of arrogance of a big brother in the underworld can only be obtained after rolling in the real society.After a few years of hard work, Du Yuesheng made a name for himself and became the eldest brother of the gangsters in the Shiliupu area. The nickname of Guoguo Yuesheng spread because of this. In addition to being loyal, Du Yuesheng is also courageous. In the Huangputan Wharf area, he and a group of local ruffians have formed a group to bully the market, solicit business by force, and rob money by force.Shopkeepers in the local area paid protection fees because they were afraid of him.

Some shopkeepers who are more upright don't want to buy his account, so Du Yuesheng and his companions fight outside the door of other shops, throwing feces, causing customers to scramble to avoid them, until the shopkeeper pays the protection fee. Because of Du Yuesheng's unique ideas and many ideas, he also won the nicknames of "Military Master" and "Zhuge Liang" among the gangsters. In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 broke out. Since then, the Manchu government was replaced by the Nationalist government. Except for changing the yellow dragon banner into a five-color flag, nothing has changed.The concession is still the concession, and the hooligans are still the hooligans. The only thing that has changed is the pigtails that look like pig tails after everyone has their heads cut off.Du Yuesheng was twenty-three years old back then, and he was already a very popular gangster. In 1918, when Du Yuesheng was 30 years old, he began to change his luck.Du Yuesheng has been in the fireworks room for so many years, and met a madam named Da Ajie.Through the introduction and arrangement of the elder sister, Du Yuesheng joined the formal gang organization. In the underworld, he can be regarded as a member of the gang from a wandering lone ranger. Du Yuesheng met Huang Jinrong, the elder brother of the underworld at that time, and worked as a servant in his mansion, carrying purses on behalf of the boss.Huang Jinrong is a very respectable person, and Du Yuesheng is also an excellent little boss.Although he is thin, his body is long and straight. Although his face is thin, his facial features are correct and his eyes are alert.Moreover, because he is willing to work hard for Huang Jinrong, he has won Huang Jinrong's trust. Although Huang Jinrong is a gangster tycoon, he has to rely on a heroine behind the scenes, and this is his wife Lin Guisheng. Lin Guisheng is a figure who makes decisions and strategizes.Huang Jinrong's career has developed so much, all thanks to his wife's guidance.In the Huang mansion, she is the main character.But Lin Guisheng is very special, she is lonely, she doesn't like to meet people, she is an ordinary person, and there is no chance to talk to her. Lin Guisheng lived in a room on the second floor. Regardless of season, there was a long curtain embroidered with white bamboo cloth hanging on the door all the year round, and three meals a day were delivered by maids. Without her consent, no one could break into her room.Her life is like a girl waiting to write. From the growth of Du Yuesheng, we can see another character, this is Wei Xiaobao, the protagonist of Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Deer and Ding Tale".The growth of Du Yuesheng and Wei Xiaobao is exactly the same.Mr. Jin Yong once said that he heard the story of Emperor Qianlong in his first novel "Book and Sword Enmity Record" from his hometown.Du Yuesheng's growth must have had an impact on this great Shanghai school writer.I believe that the role of Wei Xiaobao is Du Yuesheng, a big businessman. Once, Huang Jinrong's wife caught a cold because of playing mahjong all night. Seeing that Du Yuesheng was very good at work, Huang Jinrong lent him out temporarily to take care of Lin Guisheng, the princess in the palace. Du Yuesheng is a very hard-working person. He thinks this is his golden opportunity, so he stands at the door of the room every morning and evening. To take care of him with his eyes, hands, and heart, or the relationship between his mother who lost his mother since childhood, is very filial to Mrs. Huang Jinrong, the teacher-wife. Mrs. Huang Jinrong was of course moved. After she recovered from her illness, she even entrusted Du Yuesheng with tasks, such as collecting some private money, interest and so on.Du Yuesheng is diligent, able to keep secrets, and meticulous in his work.In front of relatives and friends, Lin Guisheng praised Du Yuesheng for his ability and good character, and later married his maid Shen Yueying to him. The opportunity for Du Yuesheng to get the important task was won by himself. One night, when Huang Jinrong went out to socialize, Lin Guisheng still stayed in the room. Suddenly, she received a message that someone had snatched a hemp bag worth more than 10,000 yuan from the opium that was being transported on the pier. It has long been a common practice in Shanghai to eat gangsters, but this time it is rare to actually attack Huang Jinrong's sphere of influence.Lin Guisheng thought that if he didn't teach him a good lesson, Huang Jinrong would lose face.But Lin Guisheng is a girl after all, and his husband doesn't know where he is, and he is surrounded by some miscellaneous people. Although Lin Guisheng, who is in charge of the family, has a deep personality, he is also anxious at this time and doesn't know what to do. At this critical moment, Du Yuesheng volunteered to let him try.Normally hired bodyguards always shrink back when they have something to do, but this Du Yuesheng, who encountered this dangerous incident that has nothing to do with him, actually volunteered to volunteer, Lin Guisheng was naturally very moved. Before entering Jinrong Rong mansion to work, Du Yuesheng was basically engaged in the business of grabbing goods at the pier.This is a big event in Lin Guisheng's eyes, but to Du Yuesheng, it is a trivial matter. Du Yuesheng took Lin Guisheng's personal pistol, jumped into a rickshaw and rushed away.According to his estimation, the thieves who robbed the French Concession in Huang Jinrong's sphere of influence must have fled towards the British Realm.Without further ado, Du Yuesheng ordered the rickshaw to drive into the British Concession. As expected, the thieves fled to the British Concession.Du Yuesheng not only chased them back, but also escorted them to the Huang mansion. There was a sudden commotion all over the Huang Mansion.Huang Jinrong and his wife appreciate Du Yuesheng's daring style very much. They think that their career can only be carried forward by asking Du Yuesheng. When you encounter an opportunity, of course you have to fight hard. This is the secret of Du Yuesheng and other successful people.It's like when Bao Yugang started his shipping business, he flew to Japan to solve a small problem in person.When you put in your energy and labor, others know it.At the same time, your hard-working performance will become a story praised by others.Du Yuesheng's performance this time slowly spread among Shanghai people, and it must have had a profound impact on Bao Yugang when he was a child.