text/Wang Xinxi
Today, Zong Qinghou, founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away.
Wahaha issued an obituary: Member of the Communist Party of China, National Model Worker, Winner of the National May Day Labor Medal, Outstanding Builder of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, One of the Hundred Outstanding Private Entrepreneurs in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up, the 10th, 11th, and 12th National Comrade Zong Qinghou, deputy to the National People's Congress, representative to the 12th, 13th and 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Zhejiang Province, and founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away at 10:30 on February 25, 2024 due to ineffective treatment. , died at the age of 79.
Zong Qinghou passed away, and Wahaha’s official website has been changed to black and white.
Zong Qinghou commented on himself in his autobiography: an ordinary person who encountered good times and rose from the bottom. At noon on the 25th, Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi Group, issued a message to commemorate Zong Qinghou, and his evaluation of him was: a legend of a generation.
Zong Qinghou’s death has aroused the nostalgia of many netizens born in the 80s and 90s.
In 1989, Zong Qinghou developed "Wahaha Children's Nutritional Solution" based on the problem that children did not like to eat at that time, and established Hangzhou Wahaha Nutritional Food Factory. Some netizens said that when they think of Wahaha, their first impression is of Wang Leehom. When I was a child, Wahaha's advertisements were overwhelming, and this brand is a household name. Especially the 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, who was born in the 1980s, still have quite a lot of affection for the Wahaha brand founded by Mr. Zong. Because almost everyone of our generation grew up with it. At that time, the most famous nutrition brand was San. Zhuzhu oral liquid, Taiyangshen oral liquid, and later Wahaha. I still remember the taste."
"I grew up drinking Wahaha since I was a child. The name makes me feel very friendly."
"Thank you, ad calcium milk It tastes really good and is the taste of childhood for our generation."
"When I was a child, I was most looking forward to my father bringing me a plate of Wahaha when he came home from work. Thank you for having Wahaha in that era of material poverty."
"As long as It was a Chinese New Year dinner, and at the children's table, almost everyone had a bottle in their hands, with straws inserted into them to drink. This little green bottle is probably an indelible memory in many children's childhood memories."
"The collective memory of the 90s generation, In the true sense, I have been drinking since I was a child. I bought two boards to express my memory. Have a good journey."
Why is Zong Qinghou so remembered by so many people born in the 80s and 90s? Wahaha is delicious, and having childhood memories is part of it. More importantly, Zong Qinghou represents an entrepreneurial spirit.
A reporter asked Zong Qinghou before, you are always so energetic, where is your motivation? The queen replied: As an entrepreneur, I bear social responsibilities. This responsibility includes employees, consumers, and people in all aspects of the product supply chain, which makes me unable to stop.
In addition, according to a detail reported by "Zheshang Business" magazine, Zong Qinghou was lying on the hospital bed, breathing oxygen, and discussing company matters with his colleagues. People who visited him asked him why he didn't arrange for someone else to do it for him? Zong Qinghou said that the company is like his own child, and he cannot worry about it.
Can’t stop and can’t rest assured. This is Zong Qinghou’s interpretation of entrepreneurial spirit.
Zong Qinghou is also one of the very few entrepreneurs in China who, on the basis of possessing a large amount of assets and cash flow, cherishes his own feathers and does not engage in real estate or finance. What is commendable is that he defeated Danone of France with his own strength. company. And from the beginning to the end, its nationality and company registration place are in China. This may be worth learning by many entrepreneurs.
Things are unpredictable, Mr. Zong, go all the way!
