Nowadays, people are running for life, so they are constantly making money. Some people make money by doing serious business, and some people go out to work for others to make money. These are all formal ways of making money. channel.
Just like Gu Chunfang could have had a bright future. She was a model and could have relied on her looks to earn a living and live a good life. However, her greed made her gradually lose herself. He followed the path of illegal crime and eventually became a death row prisoner. Her story is thought-provoking and alarming.
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One morning, what was supposed to be an ordinary case heard by the Intermediate People’s Court of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was instead handcuffed by a “rich woman” with a huge amount of money. It seems different from the court hearing. This "female billionaire" named Gu Chunfang was sentenced to death by the court for committing fund-raising fraud, contract fraud, and tax evasion, and all her personal property was confiscated.
She could have lived a good life, but why did she embark on the path of crime?
In March 1972, in a small town in Changshu, Jiangsu, a baby of the Gu family was born. When relatives and friends saw it, they all praised her, saying that the child was so good and would be a beauty when she grew up. Her parents were very happy and named her "Chunfang", which means "spring fragrance".
And Gu Chunfang’s growth trajectory is just as they hoped. She becomes more and more beautiful, stands out among her peers, and becomes a unique beauty. Obviously, her future modeling career will be smooth sailing. .
But Gu Chunfang seemed to have no interest in learning. She only wanted to break out of her own world. She dropped out of junior high school before graduating from junior high school and went to work without studying.
Since her father is a senior bank clerk and her mother is a production team leader, she works as a typist in a local steel factory and relies on her parents for financial support.
But this kind of boring job was obviously not Gu Chunfang’s cup of tea. She only worked for two years and then left. So she found another job in town, this time as a front-desk salesperson in a cosmetics store. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a sweet mouth. She sells cosmetics very well and plays an important role in the store.
For the naturally beautiful Gu Chunfang, this job seems to be suitable for her. But this small world could not accommodate Gu Chunfang's heart with lofty dreams, so she decided to leave her hometown and venture further afield.
The road to modeling was full of twists and turns
In 1995, a model training class was held in Changshu City. Gu Chunfang knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she participated in the model training class without hesitation. Because of her outstanding figure, fair skin, good looks, and her eloquence as a salesperson in her previous job, she quickly stood out from the crowd.
While working as a model, Gu Chunfang is very good at making friends and expanding her network. Due to her continuous efforts, it didn't take long for her to get the opportunity to star in Changshu City's promotional video "The Lakes and Mountains of the World, Changshu the World", and she made a special report in the local brochure. Gradually, her fame became more and more She grew up and won the title of "the most beautiful woman in Changshu" locally. From then on, she entered the peak period of her career.
While Gu Chunfang became a local celebrity in Changshu, she also met many corporate dignitaries and wealthy businessmen through the circle. She gradually became rich, but she was not satisfied with the status quo and began to become financially poor. Expanded, she felt that she could do something big and live like those rich and powerful people.
Bindly borrowing money and gradually getting lost
In 1996, Gu Chunfang opened a clothing store and did some small business, but the profit was not big. But she considers herself a well-known local model, and her network of connections has made her more and more eager to compare. She feels that she must dress elegantly and look like a rich girl.
She began to package herself, buying brand-name bags and jewelry, driving luxury cars in and out of high society, and having various lovers' dinners one after another. It wasn’t long before she found herself in a situation where she had very few assets left.
Gu Chunfang has never thought about the consequences of spending so much money. The money she earns is simply not enough to support such a life. In addition, her wool processing business also needs capital turnover, which makes her money tight. . She was wondering if there was any way to solve her predicament, so she thought of a shortcut, which was to borrow money from others. The first person she borrowed was a customer who often did business with her. Under her rhetoric, this The client actually lent her one million.
Gu Chunfang didn’t expect that money would come so easily. While she continued to blindly consume high amounts of money, she also continued to expand her store, thinking that once she became famous, money would roll in. However, without business acumen, she quickly You lose all your money.
But instead of making up for the losses openly, she continued to look for people to borrow money. In order to successfully borrow the money, she lied that she would get high interest rates.
As a result, the person who lent money to Gu Chunfang received interest, trusted her more, and even approached her to ask for money, which made Gu Chunfang even more unscrupulous.
But she was not good at doing business, and many failed investments left her with too much debt. In desperation, she had to borrow money from others and then pay back the money to the previous person. Before repaying it, she took out a loan from a local bank. Just like this, Gu Chunfang kept borrowing money here and there, borrowing money from different people and lending from different banks. By 2007, Gu Chunfang had accumulated a foreign debt of 800,000 yuan.
This is not Gu Chunfang’s limit. If she cannot borrow money, she will make up all kinds of lies. It is said that he is partnering with others to do import, export, and coal business, and even forges business seals and contracts to make people believe it. Nothing gets accomplished in this way, over and over again. In just four years, Gu Chunfang has borrowed a total of 1.7 billion, which is a shocking figure!
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For such a huge number, Gu Chunfang could not make up for it no matter how hard she tried, her lies were finally exposed. In 2012, creditors began to come to collect debts and divide up her remaining property. However, her property seemed insignificant in the face of the huge number of 1.7 billion, so the creditors who could not get their money back took her to court.
In 2013, the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court heard Gu Chunfang's illegal fund-raising case. Gu Chunfang's illegal fund-raising totaled up to 1.77 billion yuan, of which 450 million yuan has not been returned, which is a huge amount. She was eventually sentenced to death by the court on multiple charges, with a two-year suspended sentence.
Gu Chunfang could have lived a good life, but her greed harmed herself. Her case also warns us that we must rely on formal channels to make money, never forget our original aspirations when we are glorious, work hard when times are difficult, and being swallowed by greed throughout our lives will only harm ourselves!