Du Yuesheng burned the IOU before his death and left a message that his son Du Weishan would never forget that he was Chinese. What do you think?

When talking about Shanghai Beach, I always feel that it has a touch of mystery, especially in that special era, one after another legendary figures emerged. Du Yuesheng is one of them. In Shanghai in the first half of the 20th century, he was a man of the hour.

Du Yuesheng had a legendary life. He was once the most dazzling figure in Shanghai. He grew up from a small gangster to a famous gang boss in Shanghai. An inconspicuous young man has become a wealthy tycoon involved in all walks of life.

People not only pay much attention to Du Yuesheng himself, but his family members also receive a lot of attention. As a father, he also had a great influence on his children, especially his patriotism. This is also vividly reflected in Du Yuesheng's youngest son Du Weishan. In line with Tao Xingzhi’s words, the country belongs to everyone, and patriotism is everyone’s duty.

A boyhood life in embarrassment

Du Weishan is Du Yuesheng’s youngest son, and his mother Yao Yulan is Du Yuesheng’s fourth wife. Before marrying Du Yuesheng, Yao Yulan was a famous Peking Opera actress and was somewhat famous at the time. When he was young, Du Weishan and his mother lived at No. 16 Lafayette Square, Lafayette Road, while Du Yuesheng's other three wives lived on Huageni Road.

The Du family's living conditions were very favorable at that time. In Shanghai at that time, the Du family's annual expenses were almost 20,000 times that of ordinary families. But Du Weishan's life was not rich when he was a boy. This started when his family moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong. After living in Hong Kong for several years, Du Yuesheng suffered an asthma attack and was dying. Recalling the situation when his father was dying, Du Weishan said: His father, Du Yuesheng, has always been very traditional in his treatment of children. He paid special attention to and loved his eldest son and daughter, so he gave the keys to the safe and other places to his eldest sister for safekeeping.

On his deathbed, Du Yuesheng asked his eldest daughter to bring a box. After opening it, everyone realized that what was inside was not gold and silver jewelry, but a thick stack of loan documents. Most of the borrowers on these documents They are all core figures of the Kuomintang, and the total amount of borrowed money is at least US$100 million.

Mr. Du burned these IOUs one by one in front of the shocked eyes of his family. Faced with the confusion of his family, Mr. Du explained that he did not want his children to have to collect debts one by one after his death. He said: I, Du Yuesheng, cannot do such a thing. Therefore, Du Yuesheng only left an inheritance of US$110,000 when he died.

With financial constraints, they finally managed to bury Du Yuesheng smoothly by seeking help from some friends. In order to make a living, Yao Yulan took Du Weishan to settle in Taiwan with the help of Song Meiling. During their time living in Taiwan, their lives were still very difficult. Du Weishan recalled, "At that time, our life was very poor and we could only live by borrowing money. My mother had to deal with "upper-class people". She had to sell jewelry to exchange for suitable performance costumes. In order not to let I look too shabby, so I can only buy some fake jewelry.”

No matter how poor you are, you can’t afford education

Although Du Weishan and his mother’s life has always been very difficult, and they even once had sex with others. Living on borrowed money and being laughed at. But Yao Yulan has never thought of letting her children drop out of school. She knows that if she wants her children to have a good future, they must receive a good education.

No matter how difficult life was, Yao Yulan tried her best to provide her children with the conditions for learning. Her mother's decision also affected Du Weishan. Since his boyhood, Du Weishan has developed good reading skills and studied very hard.

As Du Weishan grew up, he also did many jobs while studying. He worked as a miner, drilled in mines, surveyed geology, and even painted for others. These jobs relieved him of some financial pressure and at the same time cultivated Du Weishan's ability in art appreciation. Later, while studying abroad, Du Weishan and his wife met and fell in love. The two soon chose to get married and have children. At that time, Du Weishan's income from work was just enough to make ends meet. Du Weishan is not satisfied with the status quo. He is also looking for other opportunities after work.

By chance, he discovered that the beef and mutton market in Australia was profitable, so he began to resell beef and mutton to Taiwan. Sure enough, Du Yuesheng made a fortune not long after. He later used the money to buy a silver mine in Australia.

Later, with the help of some of his father's old friends, Du Weishan's oil business prospered and he soon made a fortune and became a billionaire.

I will never forget that I am Chinese

Du Weishan has done geological research before and collected many geological samples, so he also did some research on the collections left over from ancient times. In the late 1990s and early 1990s, Du Weishan, who settled in Canada, returned to the embrace of his motherland. Accompanied by relevant personnel, Du Weishan visited the Shanghai Zhonghui Bank Building, which is now the Shanghai Museum and was once the residence of Du Weishan and his mother.

The museum director accompanied Du Weishan to visit many collections. As he walked, the curator pointed to one of the slightly broken gold coins and explained to Du Weishan: "This is the treasure of our museum, a gold coin from the Sasanian Dynasty of ancient Persia. This gold coin is very precious in modern times." Du Weishan Upon hearing this, he smiled and said: "I can give you 300 gold coins like this." The curator did not take this sentence to heart at the time. He thought it was just a joke by Du Weishan.

The ancient Persian Sasanian dynasty did not exist for a long time in history. As a country that briefly existed on the Silk Road a thousand years ago, it left not much to the world, so the Sasanian dynasty Gold coins from the Shan Dynasty have become very rare and rare collections.

A month later, Du Weishan, who returned to Shanghai, donated more than 300 ancient Sasanian gold coins he brought back to the Shanghai Museum. There are 367 of these gold coins, which Du Weishan has collected himself over the years, with a total value of approximately 350 million yuan.

Facing the shock and gratitude of the curator, Du Weishan slowly revealed his origins with these gold coins. Once, he went to the collection hall to drink tea and saw an ancient coin. At that time, he only used I bought it for the money of a pack of cigarettes. In fact, it's worth much more than that. Since then, Du Weishan has wanted to use his own efforts to recover some of the collections scattered in various places and return them to his motherland. Du Weishan said that these collections he collected were originally intended to be donated to the motherland, because this is the real return home.

With this idea, Du Weishan started his collection. Once, in order to buy back two gold coins, he mortgaged his house despite his wife's dissuasion. It can be seen how much he cares about these collections and how much he loves his country.

For many years, Du Weishan and his family have always kept in mind his father's dying words: never step into the underworld, and never forget that he is a Chinese. Du Wei used his practical actions to prove that he truly remembered this sentence.

Chinese people’s patriotism is a profound emotion deeply rooted in their blood, which is vividly reflected in Du Weishan. As a Chinese, you should have love for your motherland in your heart. Because of love, I am willing to contribute, just to make my motherland more prosperous.