Though his companies were confiscated, his mansions ransacked and he himself reduced to menial work, top members of the party shielded him from further terrors.

• 尽管他的公司被查收，他的府邸被洗劫，连他自己也沦为从事杂役，但在共产党高层的庇护下他躲过了进一步的灾难。