Pursuing a better life is what everyone wants to do.

In this pursuit process, some people choose to step by step, some choose to pursue wealth and risk, and some choose to be opportunistic. Different choices lead to different results, either making progress but living an ordinary life, or betting on the treasure to soar, or putting all your eggs in one basket and finally killing an egg, or losing the bottom line and eventually going to jail.

The man I want to talk about today chose opportunism and eventually died in prison. She is Zheng Cuiping.

Zheng Cuiping is just an ordinary woman in China, but she has an extraordinary life. She participated in organizing illegal entry into the United States, that is, she participated in human smuggling and organized people to sneak into the United States. She is called "mother of snakeheads" and "smuggling queen".

Finally, his deeds were exposed and he was wanted by the United States all over the world. After being arrested and brought to justice, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison and finally died of pancreatic cancer in prison. But after her death, there were hundreds of Lincoln funerals and thousands of people to see her off. What did Zheng Cuiping do? What's going on here?

Born in a small fishing village, I have an American dream.

Zheng Cuiping's hometown is Meisheng Village, Tingjiang Town, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. This is a small fishing village and the base camp of Zheng Cuiping's later smuggling career.

Zheng Cuiping was born in 1949. During this period, China was short of materials and had to do everything, which was the most difficult period for the people. The villagers in Meisheng Village make a living by fishing in the sea every day. The hardships of life make the villagers here want to leave here and go further afield to seek a better life. Zheng Cuiping's father is one of them.

At that time, China had just experienced the baptism of war and was poor in all aspects, while the United States had just made a fortune in the war and was very rich at that time.

Zheng Cuiping's father was originally a sailor. During many sea trips, he always planned to leave Mei Sheng Village and stay in the United States forever.

On a sea trip to America, Zheng Cuiping's father jumped off the boat and stayed in America. Zheng Cuiping, like her father, had an American dream.

Zheng Cuiping has a certain ability in business. She used to run a clothing factory in Shenzhen, and her business was booming. Even so, Zheng Cuiping has not forgotten her American dream.

Zheng Cuiping's husband has been trying to stay in the United States by imitating his father-in-law, but all his attempts failed and he was sent back to China by American officials.

196 1, Zheng Cuiping finally realized her American dream. This year, in the shop below her factory, Zheng Cuiping met a kind American couple who agreed to help Zheng Cuiping go to the United States as a "nanny".

In the United States, Zheng Cuiping settled down in Chinatown and began to display his business talents.

In 1980s, China began to implement the policy of reform and opening up, and more people wanted to know the outside world. More and more Fuzhou people want to go to America, including some relatives and friends of Zheng Cuiping.

While helping to know them, Zheng Cuiping also realized this business opportunity, so Zheng Cuiping's smuggling business began.

Human smuggling becomes the "smuggling queen"

From 1988 to 1993, China implemented the policy of reform and opening up, and the policy of the United States became loose at that time. This period can be said to be the heyday of China people sneaking into the United States. Zheng Cuiping seized this opportunity and quickly developed his own smuggling territory.

Zheng Cuiping transported people to the United States step by step according to the set smuggling route. After arriving in the United States, these stowaways will be placed in an apartment by Zheng Cuiping, and then they will call the stowaway's family to ask for a commission. After the Committee arrives, these people can leave.

Unlike other people who run human smuggling, Zheng Cuiping is not so eager for quick success and instant benefit, and seems to be a kind and decent person.

The people who just sneaked in had no place to live, so Zheng Cuiping set up an apartment specially to accommodate them. Without jobs, Zheng Cuiping will arrange for them to work in their own shops until their lives are guaranteed; Unable to pay the smuggling commission, Zheng Cuiping arranged for them to work in their own shop to pay back the money.

In addition to human smuggling, Zheng Cuiping also found another business opportunity.

After making money, people who came here illegally had trouble sending it home. Zheng Cuiping realized this situation and used her personal connections and savings as a channel for remittance between them.

While collecting money from stowaways in the United States, they also send money to the families of stowaways in China. In this transaction, Zheng Cuiping will draw a 3% transfer fee from each order.

Smugglers and remittances made Zheng Cuiping's wallet swell at a speed visible to the naked eye. In recent years, Zheng Cuiping almost monopolized the remittance near Fuzhou, and quickly accumulated a lot of fame, experience, contacts and money, as well as the titles of "mother of snakeheads" and "smuggling queen".

Wanted by the United States all over the world, thousands of people were buried after death.

No matter what people do, it will not be smooth sailing, and this sentence is the same for Zheng Cuiping.

In the process of arranging smuggling, Zheng Cuiping arranged for someone to arrange an old ship called Jin Chuangye, because the arranged cargo ship had an accident. It was in this operation that Zheng Cuiping's smuggling career met with waterloo.

Yes 1993. As usual, the cargo ship carrying more than 300 stowaways sailed for the United States according to Zheng Cuiping's plan. The difference is that the cargo ship had an accident when passing through an island, and everyone on board got off.

The stowaways couldn't go to America as planned, so Zheng Cuiping arranged another boat to pick them up. The newly arranged ship is an abandoned sunken ship. After painting, it has a new name, Golden Venture.

Golden venture finally arrived near the United States with more than 300 stowaways, but the speedboat that was supposed to pick them up did not show up. After waiting for two hours without results, the stowaways heard the order to jump into the sea and swim to the other side.

The movement of hundreds of people jumping into the sea alarmed the American police, and the American police quickly started rescue, but it still caused 10 deaths.

After the incident, all the responsible persons of Jin Venture Capital were arrested, and the leader Zheng Cuiping also caught the attention of the US police. Zheng Cuiping reacted quickly and fled back to her hometown, Mei Sheng Village, before the American police arrested her.

After Jin Chuangtou's accident, Zheng Cuiping also arranged several people to smuggle. One of them had an accident and the boat capsized, causing 14 people to drown.

The US police issued a global wanted order against Zheng Cuiping. Zheng Cuiping was arrested in Hong Kong in 2000 and extradited to the United States two years later. In 2005, Zheng Cuiping was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment for three crimes: human smuggling, illegal money laundering and kidnapping.

20 14 On April 24th, Zheng Cuiping died of pancreatic cancer in prison. After Zheng Cuiping died, her children dispatched hundreds of Lincoln cars and drove thousands of people for her funeral.

Zheng Cuiping had a mixed life. She is a good person for those who want to sneak into the countryside to live a better life. From the perspective of national security, she was an opportunist, and dozens of people were killed.

Zheng Cuiping's life is legendary and complicated.