Great Expectations Does Zhu Meng's father have a historical prototype? Great expectations are greater than Zhu Meng's father.

The prototype corresponding to father Yu should be. Yu Qiaqing went to Shanghai alone in his early years. With his extraordinary courage and keen perception of the current situation, he successfully laid the foundation in Shanghai and slowly turned the initial small stock exchange into a famous business empire in Shanghai. Yu Qiaqing was elected president of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.

As the most influential businessman in the period of the Republic of China, although Yu Qiaqing had extremely strong economic strength, he was not the kind of profiteer who was mercenary. Although he is in business, he still sticks to the bottom line and morality in his heart and has never done anything to hurt or oppress the people.

He loved public welfare all his life, from running schools and building roads to actively participating in various patriotic movements. Later, after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Yu Qiaqing actively supported the Anti-Japanese War until 1945 died in Chongqing.