Chao News client reporter Huang Weifen Zhou Xialin.
Starting early in the morning of February 26, the old headquarters of Wahaha, located at No. 160 Qingtai Street in Hangzhou, did not seem to have stopped.
In the closed courtyard gate, under the big words "Wahaha", a banner was hung with the words "Deeply cherish the memory of Comrade Zong Qinghou". Outside the courtyard, bunches of daisies, chrysanthemums, lily of the valley, bellflowers, hyacinths, carnations, lilies, ......In front of the locked iron gate, the line generally spreads to the road, and the small cards, or handwritten or printed words, are all mourning for the patriarch.
Photo by Huang Weifen, Wahaha Old Headquarters, No. 160 Qingtai Street.
Some people say: "When I was a child, I was sick and had the happiness of AD calcium milk, I was rewarded with AD calcium milk when I did the school exam, and when I was hungry on the train, I had eight treasure porridge to satisfy my hunger, and the old man went well and was peaceful." Some people call Zong Lao "Grandpa Wahaha": "Thank you for your companionship since childhood, may you rest in peace and go all the way." Another person said: "The doll who drinks AD calcium milk has grown up, Grandpa Zong, you go all the way." ”
Bouquet of flowers at the scene Photo by Huang Weifen.
Bouquet of flowers at the scene Photo by Huang Weifen.
At 10:30 on February 25, 2024, the news that Zong Qinghou, the founder and chairman of Wahaha Group, passed away in Hangzhou due to ineffective medical treatment, many people felt the most shocked and regretful.
They came from other provinces, other places, and all over Hangzhou to pay tribute to the elders in the place where Wahaha originated and developed.
Let my childhood have color, and the childhood in my heart is gone".
Ms. Yang, 26, heard from her classmates working in Wahaha the day before that her boss was gone, and she came to see her off today.
For Ms. Yang, Wahaha is more than just a drink, "These three words are very important, they are my childhood. ”
For as long as she can remember, the three words Wahaha have accompanied Ms. Yang, and she studied Wahaha Kindergarten and Wahaha Primary School when she was a child.
originally wanted to wait for her daughter to continue drinking Wahaha products when she grew up, "I can point to this brand and say to my daughter that this is the person who made Wahaha, which made my mother's childhood colorful." ”
The daughter was only one and a half years old, and before she grew up, the elder left.
I thought that Grandpa Zong could live to be a hundred years old, and the childhood in my heart was gone. Ms. Yang said that the meaning of Wahaha to her is "** When I was unhappy, I drank Wahaha," I failed the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, and Wahaha accompanied me to spend it, drinking 8 bottles a day. ”
It seems that every Zhejiang child has a deep memory of Wahaha. Chen Jiangsong, who was born in 1982, also came to send a bouquet of flowers, saying that it was the first time he came to the old headquarters of Wahaha, "This building is under the overpass, and I really haven't paid attention to it before." ”
Chen Jiangsong is writing cards on the spot. Photo by Huang Weifen.
His memory of Wahaha is a kind of happiness obtained when he was a child, when materials were not abundant.
My hometown is in Changhua, Lin'an, and I didn't have too many snacks to eat when I was a child, so when I visited relatives and friends, we would bring Wahaha AD calcium milk and Wahaha nutrient solution, and I would be very happy when I received it. ”
When he grew up, Chen Jiangsong felt that there was something worth learning from, "Wahaha is a local enterprise in Hangzhou, and his three-piece entrepreneurial suit, cloth shoes, moldy tofu, and tricycle touched me a lot." ”
In the past, the conditions were so difficult, Grandpa Zong was able to persevere, his deeds, his personality, and his character inspired me and inspired our post-80s generation, so I must come over today. ”
Drinks and flowers sent by citizens Photo by Huang Weifen.
Flowers are all over the ground, Wahaha products are gathered, and someone comes with a pair of cloth shoes.
There were a lot of people who came to the scene.
Quite a few people silently put down their things, and it was obvious that they were choking. Hearing that Zong Lao was leaving, Wei Guo and his wife, who were originally going to Ningbo, temporarily decided to change the ticket to Hangzhou, "What I decided last night is that I think this old man is very great, we also have a small business at home, he is very good to the staff, and it is worth learning from us." ”
Citizens bring drinks Photo by Huang Weifen.
The eyes of a mother and daughter were moist, and the daughter said that when her grandmother was alive, she was an educator in Shangcheng District. ”
There is also a young lady in Deqing City who did not buy a high-speed rail ticket, took the bus to the subway at 8 o'clock in the morning, and put some products such as Wahaha, Nutrition Express, and Babao porridge among the flowers at 11 o'clock at noon, "I just want to come and see." After that, he stood silently aside.
There are also Zhejiang businessmen with children, old teachers and couples who came to the subway.
Takeaway bouquet photo by Huang Weifen.
The people who come here the most are the takeaway guys. Many of them, take off their hats and bow, and then take a picture of the delivered ** and leave.
Ren Shenglong, 26, is one of them.
Since yesterday, he has successively sent more than a dozen flowers to the old headquarters of Wahaha at No. 160 Qingtai Street, helping others and himself.
Early this morning, he specially bought two plates of Wahaha AD calcium milk, "I thought it was a little monotonous, so I went home and got a little bear." "The little bear was brought by Ren Shenglong in his hometown in Anhui during the Spring Festival," I drank Wahaha from childhood to adulthood, and there is no era anymore. As he spoke, Ren Shenglong wiped a handful of tears.
Time passed little by little, and the various products of Wahaha at the door of the small building became more and more complete, and someone sent a pair of cloth shoes.
Cloth shoes photo by Huang Weifen.
From time to time, the staff who maintain order move the larger flower baskets to the edge of the fence.
Some people say, "Wahaha is so powerful, the products are sold overseas".
This morning, at the medical and health products base of Hangzhou Wahaha Group Company located on Qiutao North Road, the Chao News reporter saw that a banner commemorating Zong Qinghou had also been hung at the door of the base building.
Photo by Zhou Xialin.
At noon, several courier brothers sent bouquets and Wahaha products at the door of the communication room, all of which were mourned by netizens.
Photo by Zhou Xialin.
On one of the bags was a message, "To commemorate the Elder of the Sect, just help me put it at the gate." During this period, many citizens passed by and stopped to take pictures. The security guard at the base told reporters that the flowers and Wahaha products at the door were delivered by the courier brother, and there were citizens who came to mourn one after another in the past two days.
Zhou Zhou riding by Photo by Zhou Xialin.
At this time, a lady who was passing by on an electric car stopped for a long time and attracted the attention of reporters, and came forward to talk and learned that she had come to mourn Zong Qinghou.
Zhou Zhou (pseudonym) is 28 years old this year, and like many natives of Hangzhou, she also grew up drinking Wahaha pure water and AD calcium milk.
Photo by Zhou Xialin.
Unlike others, Zhou Zhou and Wahaha have a special intersection overseas. A few years ago, Zhou Zhou was studying in the UK, and by chance she visited a Chinese supermarket, and she actually saw Wahaha's AD calcium milk on the shelf. "It is very kind for a person to see Chinese products in a foreign country, not to mention that it is still a local brand in Hangzhou, I thought Wahaha was so powerful, and the products were sold overseas. ”
Photo by Zhou Xialin.
Zhou Zhou immediately bought a dozen AD calcium milk, and the familiar taste of her childhood alleviated her homesickness to a certain extent. Yesterday, when he saw the news of Zong Qinghou's death, Zhou Zhou thought about coming to the Wahaha Group Company's pharmaceutical and health products base near the unit to mourn Zong Qinghou, "This place is close to the company, I will come over to take a look during the lunch break, and I see that there are still people sending flowers." Zhou Zhou said that she also saw Wahaha's obituary, and if she had time, she would go to Wahaha's Xiasha base and send the elder a ride.
Photo by Huang Weifen.
When the Chao News reporter left, in front of the old Wahaha building, there were still many neighbors, everyone talked about the silhouette of the times of Zonglao's "tricycle trampling" and "book selling", and also issued a sigh of "come to work with integrity, go home with a breeze on your sleeves, the past, the past".
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