Zong Qinghou, the founder of Wahaha, passed away, and many netizens nostalgic for the childhood memories of the post-80s and 90s
Text/Wang Xinxi
Today, Zong Qinghou, the founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away.
Wahaha released an obituary: Member of the Communist Party of China, National Model Worker, National May Day Labor Medal Winner, Outstanding Builder of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, 100 Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up, Deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People's Congress, Representative of the 12th, 13th and 14th Congress of the Communist Party of China in Zhejiang Province, Comrade Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, died at 10:30 on February 25, 2024 at the age of 79 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Zong Qinghou passed away, and Wahaha's official website has now been changed to black and white.
Zong Qinghou commented on himself in his autobiography: An ordinary person who met a good era and rose at the bottom. At noon on the 25th, Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi Group, posted a message to mourn Zong Qing, and his evaluation was: a generation of legends.
Zong Qinghou's death triggered the nostalgic memories of many post-80s and post-90s netizens.
In 1989, according to the problem that children did not like to eat at that time, Zong Qinghou developed the "Wahaha Children's Nutrition Solution" and established Hangzhou Wahaha Nutritional Food Factory. Some netizens said that when they think of Wahaha, their first impression is Wang Leehom, when he was a child, Wahaha's advertisements were overwhelming, and this brand was a household name. In particular, the advertising slogan "Loving you is equal to loving yourself, Wahaha pure water" is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Some netizens said: "I, a post-80s generation, still have quite emotions for the brand Wahaha founded by Mr. Zong." Because it almost grew up with my generation. At that time, the most famous nutrition brands were Sanzhu Oral Liquid, Helios Oral Liquid, and later Wahaha. I still remember the smell. ”
"I grew up drinking Wahaha since I was a child, and I feel very kind when I hear the name. ”
"Thank you, AD calcium milk is really delicious and the taste of the childhood of our generation. ”
"When I was a child, I was most looking forward to my father coming home from work to bring me a board of Wahaha, thanks to Wahaha in that materially barren era. ”
"As long as it's a New Year's dinner, the children's table is almost a bottle in everyone's hand, and they drink with a straw. This little green bottle is probably a kind of memory that many children can't erase from their childhood memories. ”
"The collective memories of the 90s generation are really from childhood to adulthood. I went to buy two plates to show my remembrance. Go all the way. ”
Why can Zong Qinghou make so many post-80s and post-90s memories, Wahaha is delicious, having childhood memories is a part, and more importantly, Zong Qinghou represents a kind of entrepreneurial spirit.
A reporter asked Zong Qinghou before, you are always so energetic, what is the motivation? Zong Qinhou replied: As an entrepreneur, I bear social responsibility, this responsibility, there are employees, consumers, and people in all links of the product supply chain, so I can't stop.
In addition, according to a detail reported by "Zhejiang Businessmen" magazine, Zong Qinghou was lying on the hospital bed while inhaling oxygen while discussing things in the company with his colleagues. The people who visited him asked him why he didn't arrange for someone else to do the work for him? Zong Qinghou said that the company was like his own child, and he could not rest assured.
Can't stop, can't rest assured, this is Zong Qinghou's interpretation of the entrepreneurial spirit.
Zong Qinghou is also one of the few entrepreneurs in China, on the basis of having a large number of assets and cash flow, cherishing his feathers, not engaging in real estate, not engaging in finance, it is commendable that he repelled the French Danone company with his own strength. Moreover, from beginning to end, its nationality and company registration are in China, which may be worth learning from many entrepreneurs.
The world is impermanent, and the old man Zong has gone all the way!