After the TV series "Shanghai Beach" was broadcast, it received support from many viewers. The character Xu Wenqiang was once very popular, and this character has a prototype, and his prototype is Du Yuesheng. Du Yuesheng was originally a gangster. In Shanghai, whether it was a rickshaw driver or a socialite dancing, they would all feel admiration when they heard the name Du Yuesheng. How can a person who is involved in the underworld gain the respect of so many people? What is so extraordinary about Du Yuesheng? You can look at what he said when he was dying. A simple last word allowed his children to survive safely. From here, you can see his wisdom as a person.
Picture of Du Yuesheng
Du Yuesheng was born in a poor family. He came out to make a living since he was a child. Later, he relied on his own ability to become a well-known figure in Shanghai. The hardships involved Unknown. It was those difficult experiences that trained Du Yuesheng and made him a big boss who was familiar with people and the world. By understanding Du Yuesheng's life, you can also learn a lot about life.
Losing his father and mother at a young age, he entered the world of martial arts at the age of 14
Du Yuesheng’s life experience is very pitiful. He lost his parents at a young age. At the age of 4, he was experiencing bereavement. After his father lost his mother, he could only live with his uncle. Born in such a turbulent era and without the protection of his parents, Du Yuesheng's childhood life was very miserable. It is for this reason that he did not have the opportunity to study.
When he was 14 years old, Du Yuesheng said goodbye to his uncle and came to Shanghai. Du Yuesheng, who had just entered the world of martial arts, could only be a small apprentice. He worked with the owner of a fruit shop. The fruit shop was very small and there was very little to learn. Du Yuesheng stayed in that fruit shop for a while and learned about fruit. He is good at peeling, and you can see his intelligence from here.
The smart Du Yuesheng could quickly learn the skill of peeling fruits, but he also soon contracted some bad habits. In such a bustling Shanghai beach, the naive Du Yuesheng got into the bad habit of gambling, and he became addicted to gambling. In order to raise gambling funds, Du Yuesheng did some very dangerous things. He even took away the funds from the fruit shop, but this amount of funds was ultimately lost to the gambling house. Unable to face his boss, Du Yuesheng could only leave secretly. go.
After Du Yuesheng left the fruit shop, he began his wandering career. At that time, he really had nothing. What he didn't expect was that he would meet the owner of the fruit shop in his lifetime. He thought that when the boss saw him, he would ask him for the money he had taken away, but he didn't expect that after the boss saw him, he not only He didn't ask about money, and he still cared about him very much. Du Yuesheng was very moved, and he felt the great power of kindness.
19-year-old Du Yuesheng stepped onto the big stage in Shanghai
At the age of 19, Du Yuesheng’s life underwent a huge change. In this year, he met Jin Rong, the man who changed his destiny. When Du Yuesheng first met Huang Huangrong, there was a huge gap in status between the two. Huang Huangrong was a well-known figure, while Du Yuesheng was just Huang Huangrong's janitor.
Another incident happened later, which made Huang Huangrong look at Du Yuesheng with admiration. One time, Huang Huangrong lost his cigarettes. He and Lin Guisheng were anxious, but they had nothing to do. Du Yuesheng stood up at this time and said that he had a way to get the cigarettes back. I thought he was just a young man who was ignorant and boasted about Haikou. , but I didn’t expect that he really meant what he said. Even Huang Jinrong had to look at him with admiration this time.
With Huang Jinrong's favor and the fact that Du Yuesheng was a very powerful person, his popularity in Shanghai has become higher and higher. Du Yuesheng, who has been in the world since he was a child, is a smart man. He knows what his weaknesses are and has been making up for them. As an orphan, Du Yuesheng did not have the opportunity to go to school. He did not know a word, but he also knew the importance of knowledge, so Du Yuesheng began to take up cultural classes. He especially liked history and liked to study various historical figures. From them Learn the knowledge of being a human being throughout your life. Du Yuesheng, who has never read a book, becomes more and more like a cultural person as he reaches middle age, rather than like a gangster.
The last words before his death highlighted his worldly wisdom
After Du Yuesheng stepped onto the big stage in Shanghai, he also indulged in wine and sex. He had five concubines beside him. He gave birth to eight sons and three daughters.
Du Yuesheng attaches great importance to the education of his children. Their family tradition is very strict and children are never allowed to cause trouble outside. If the children are unwilling to study, they will be whipped by their father Du Yuesheng.
As a father, Du Yuesheng also cares very much for his children. Before he died, he was still thinking about his children. In 1952, Du Yuesheng's asthma attacked again, and his condition became more and more serious, and it seemed that there was no sign of improvement. Du Yuesheng gathered all his children together, and then asked his eldest daughter to open his safe. The children did not know what he was going to do, so the eldest daughter could only follow her father's arrangement and get the safe.
Du Yuesheng opened the safe. What was placed in the safe was not gold and silver jewelry, but those things were more precious than gold and silver jewelry. They were the IOUs signed by others to Du Yuesheng. There were There are political tycoons as well as business tycoons, and the value of these IOUs is immeasurable. But what he didn't expect was that these IOUs were immediately ignited when they arrived in Du Yuesheng's hands. Du Yuesheng destroyed these IOUs in front of his children.
Before he died, he told his children that what he lent was not money, but friendship. He lent money to the other party and helped the other party, and the other party was grateful to him, and now he is passing away. , if these IOUs were handed over to their children, they would probably be killed.
Du Yuesheng’s words reveal a truth in life: If you want others to repay what others owe you, you must be strong enough, and if you are not strong enough It is better to not ask others to repay you for your strength, so that you can at least save your own life. On the surface, Du Yuesheng caused his children to lose a lot of money, but in fact, he saved their children's lives in this way.
Looking at Du Yuesheng's life and reviewing his last words, we can see that Du Yuesheng was a very wise man.