Du Yuesheng was depressed in his later years to find Liu Hangchen, Liu said10,000 or less Du takes care of himself.
When reading Mr. Li Xiong's new "Time in the Ancient City, Chongqing Xuantan Temple", I noticed a detail. A few years ago, when I was going from Guanyin Bridge to the Chinese Medicine Hospital, I passed by the Xuantan Temple, and the photo studio used to be nearby.
Standing on the side of the street, I could clearly see many young people and men and women taking pictures at the door.
When the war broke out, the cultural relics of the Forbidden City moved south, and it took half a year from Beijing to Hankou and then to Chongqing during the war. After a short stay in Chongqing, the cultural relics were scattered and transferred, one was sent to Emei, Leshan and Guizhou, and the other was hidden in Chongqing, until 1947, when the cultural relics from all over the country were reconcentrated in Chongqing and returned to the Forbidden City.
The three main sites for the preservation of cultural relics in Chongqing are the Andersen & Co. warehouse in Lion Rock on the south bank, the French Geely & Co. in the Wangjiatuo Japanese Concession, and the Sichuan Salt Bank.
In times of war, we chose Andersen and Geely as safe havens, because Switzerland was a neutral country and Japanese planes would not normally bomb buildings with Swiss flags.
And where is Chuanyan Bank located? What are the reasons for our third choice?
Chongqing Hotel, after the vicissitudes of life, originated from Sichuan Salt Bank and the earlier Chongqing Salt Bank.
Together with the neighboring Sichuan Meifeng Bank, he became the two landmark buildings of Chongqing at that time.
On the eve of liberation, the "92 fire" occurred in Chaotianmen, but fortunately, there were two "steel-concrete" buildings in Meifeng and Chuanyan to protect Chongqing from the destruction of the whole city and save countless lives.
To this day, the people of old Chongqing are still talking about this heroic rescue story.
The Sichuan Salt Bank Building was built in the mid-thirties of the last century, which can be called a representative of modern architecture, and was built by the famous Tianjin Jitai Engineering Division. However, there is still a little-known story hidden between Sichuan Yan and Meifeng.
Meifeng and Chuanyan, the two buildings have risen successively, the founder of Meifeng Kang Xinru is known as the father of the capital, and the founder of Chuanyan Wu Shoutong is a native of Zhejiang. The two buildings face each other across the street, but the relationship between the two owners is not harmonious.
There is a legend that on the day of the completion of Sichuan Yan, Wu Shoutong climbed to the top of the building, saw the Meifeng Building, and suddenly felt that the momentum of Sichuan Yan was slightly inferior. He immediately decided to add a treasure roof to the roof of the building to surpass Meifeng.
Later, Chuanyan really became the tallest building in Chongqing. There are many legendary stories about Wu Shoutong in the financial circles of the capital, and I will not repeat them here. However, what I want to share is an interesting story about Wu Shoutong when he was a child.
It is said that when he was four years old, he went to Qianzhuang with his father as a guest, and the boss saw that he was smart and clever, so he came out of Shanglian: "Children's Sanyuan High School", Wu Shoutong immediately responded: "The old gentleman makes a fortune in four seasons", which is full of praise.
Wu Shoutong was an outstanding banker in the ** period, but he died young, entrusting his Sichuan Salt to Liu Hangchen, and repeatedly emphasized that only Liu Hangchen could make the Sichuan Salt Bank prosperous.
So, who is Liu Hangchen?
Liu Hangchen was an important financial supporter of Liu Xiang, and his early years were legendary. He used to be the general manager of Chuankang Colonization Bank, and he and Wu Shoutong are alumni of the Department of Economics of Peking University, and the relationship between the two has always been very close.
The world is impermanent, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Liu Teng threw the Sichuan salt in his hand, which seemed to be prosperous, but in fact it was private property, and it had nothing to do with the Wu family. On the eve of liberation, Liu Hangchen retreated to Taiwan, and the past was like a dream, which made people sigh.
And his past with Du Yuesheng is also quite interesting. Du Yuesheng was depressed in his later years, and found Liu Hangchen for help, and Liu generously donated money, and he was really wealthy.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the relocation of the people to Chongqing, the population increased sharply, and there was a shortage of housing, so they had no choice but to borrow the office space of Sichuan Yan. And once opened up the famous"Hump route"The headquarters of China Airlines has also been rented here.
By the end of the eighties, the Sichuan Salt Bank was changed to Chongqing Hotel...
As the earliest star-rated Shawai hotel in Chongqing, Chongqing Hotel has always maintained excellent service quality and unique cultural charm in many years of historical precipitation.
On the opening day, the most eye-catching guest was Prince Sihanouk, who cut the ribbon in person and showed a high level of etiquette.
The shop sign of this shop was inscribed by Pu Jie, the last emperor's brother, which is even more precious and rare.
In the world of Chinese calligraphy, Shu Tong's garden pen and Pu Jie's sharp pen are known as the double master, and Shu Tong is known as one of the most famous red calligraphers in China. ”
Mr. Pu Jie is proficient in poetry, especially calligraphy, with a unique style of its own, elegant and gorgeous.
After he was liberated, he always adhered to his principles, rarely wrote externally, and respected his duty.