Forty years ago, he was remembered by everyone for a photo. He was the first Chinese to drink Coke. What is his current situation?
Coke is the most common carbonated drink on the table today. I believe everyone has drunk it. So, how much do you know about Coke? In fact, Coca-Cola was first introduced to China from the United States around the 1980s. At that time, it was the period when China and the United States were established. Many Americans came to China for sightseeing and travel, and they also brought in a lot of Western culture and eating habits. Today, drinking Coke is a common thing, but in the 1980s, a little boy accidentally became famous all over China because of a photo of him drinking Coke.
The origin of Coke
In 1886, there was a pharmacist, John Pemberton, in Atlanta, USA. I run a small drugstore in the city. One day, a customer came to the drugstore and complained of a headache. He wanted to prepare some headache medicine. By some mistake, the clerk at the time accidentally mixed the medicine with soda water. After the customer drank it, he was stunned. He said it tasted good, so the customer came to the drugstore the next day and continued to buy it. When the pharmacist learned about it, he made it into a drink and specially asked someone to name the drink. Once it was launched, it got With unprecedented popularity, "Coca-Cola" was born.
A little boy drinking Coke at the Great Wall
In the late 1970s, when China and the United States established friendly relations, many American capital companies In addition to these entrepreneurs, the Great Wall has become a tourist attraction due to Chairman Mao's saying, "If you don't visit the Great Wall, you are not a true man." People from home and abroad are rushing to see the Great Wall. At that time, a little boy came to the Great Wall with his parents to play. Wearing a green military uniform, he was sitting on the stairs to rest with a bottle of Coke. With a "click", this picture was accidentally captured by a fellow tourist. An American photographer captured it, and the photographer thought the photos were very good and reflected the Sino-US relations at that time. With the consent of the little boy’s family, he continued to take a few more photos of the little boy drinking Coke. What follows The photo was revealed and permanently included in National Geographic Magazine.
Decades later, the little boy named Hei Jiantao also grew up. By chance, he developed in a book about China. I found photos of myself as a child in my photo album. After checking again and again, I remembered the trip to the Great Wall when I was a child. I also discovered that Coca-Cola Company had also announced a search for the boy in the photo, and that I had always been a "celebrity." " Without knowing it, maybe this is his wonderful relationship with Coca-Cola. A few decades ago, he was just an ignorant child. Now he is a successful man and the CEO of the International Business Center. Although his success is not because of Coca-Cola, he cherishes this fate. The Coca-Cola Company also specially made a special effort for him. He held a meeting. At the meeting, against the background of his famous photo, he picked up Coca-Cola again and drank it happily. This moment was also recorded by the camera. Picking up the photo from decades ago and comparing it with today's photo, people can't help but think of the China that was just starting to develop in the old days and the China that is now developing steadily. Everything is getting better and better. All joyful.