Du, 1888, a native of Dujiazhai, Chuansha Club, Pudong New Area, 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 was fourteen years old, he worshipped Lv Shichang as an old man.
With the help of others, Du entered the mansion of Huang, the leader of green gang and Shanghai Gang.
Du was entrusted by Huang to run a casino "Gongxing Club" in the French Concession.
After Du, he corrected his contractual partners, colluded with warlords and sold opium.
1April, 949, Du went to Hong Kong.
195 1 died in Hong Kong on August 6, 2008, at the age of 63.
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Du is one of the most legendary figures on the beach in the first half of the 20th century. He went from a punk to a ten-mile foreign exchange and became the biggest gangster in Shanghai. He is gentle, but ruthless, killing people like hemp. His life is full of thrilling legends. The huge gangster kingdom he established and his unique imprint in the modern history of China are still talked about.
From 1927 to 1937, Du's power reached its peak.
1937 when War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out, Du left Shanghai, first to Hongkong and then to Chongqing. 1945 After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Du returned to Shanghai as the undisputed general representative of the people's gangs, but his golden age of being responsive is gone forever.
At this point, he has entered the last six years of his life.
1 949 May1day, after bidding farewell to Huang, Du and his family boarded the crowded Dutch passenger ship "Bao Shuyun" and sailed for Hong Kong.
The ship crossed the Huangpu River and went straight to Wusongkou. Du's birthplace, Pudong Gao Qiao, is close at hand.
Forty-seven years ago, a country boy in rags came to Shanghai from here and laid a world of flowers with his bare hands. Now everything has been blown away by the wind and rain.
Du Yuesheng, an old patient, stood at the bow and sobbed.