聞香隊

    When you have multiple statistically independent events with likelihood of 1% all happening to the same person, then the question becomes is it luck or is someone simply making the stuff up. 99% of the pre-1949 business elites of Shanghai who stayed behind suffered any combination of the following by 1960: execution, property confiscated, escaped to Hong Kong. Shanghai papa's lifestyle would be foolhardy. Even if families had gold bullions hidden, they would pretend to be poor and eat simple meals to avoid being accused of capitalists. My grandma would tell the story of how she would put the vegetables on the top of her grocery basket and the meats below as not to arouse the jealousy of neighbors. Grandma also got rid of her maid to avoid being accused of a capitalist later on.