On the ** street of Harbin, you will often see a burly, over sixty years old but still fashionable man, he always wears strange clothes to shoot **, one will hold the beauty, the other will indulge in singing.
Do you think he's just an influencer looking for attention? However, perhaps his true identity will surprise you.
The well-known name in the Northeast is Jia Jihai, he is not an Internet celebrity, on the contrary, as early as the 80s of the 20th century, he became a famous local rich man.
He is worth more than 100 million, and his identity is no longer limited to "rich".
He is not only the image ambassador of ** Street, but also the tourism image ambassador of the whole Harbin. In addition, he is also the founder of a number of companies, which has caused successive reports from abroad.
He is not only an actor, a deputy to the National People's Congress, a master and a collector, but also the first person in the Northeast to buy an airplane.
However, the most striking thing is his foreign wife who is 33 years younger than him.
At that time, he was already a fifty-year-old man who had experienced a failed marriage, but ignored the outside world and married Yelena, a 20-year-old Russian woman.
Jia Jihai is 66 years old, and he has been married to her for nearly 13 years. So now, what is the situation of the two?
Why did 20-year-old Yelena marry Jia Jihai? Is it just because of the money?
Jia Jihai has been labeled with various labels, such as "local tyrant", "rich man" and "big star", but he likes to call himself "Harbin's old gun" the most.
For most of the time, Jia Jihai has been in Harbin, except for a period of time when he left Harbin when he went to the countryside.
For Harbin, he is a different existence; For Jia Jihai, Harbin is also a unique existence.
Jia Jihai was born in a working family in Harbin, although the family is not rich but not poor, and can basically solve the problem of food and clothing.
In that era, boys still carried an important mission for a family, and the birth of Jia Jihai also brought hope to the whole family.
At that time, Jia Jihai's parents never imagined that their son would have such a legendary life.
At a young age, Jia Jihai showed a talent that surpassed his peers.
He was intrigued when he saw his neighbor sewing clothes, and soon he learned to sew clothes at a young age.
When he saw others playing musical instruments, they imitated them, and even played them very well.
He had a very cheerful personality, which, combined with this, was praised by both adults and children in the workers' compound. In a group of children, he is their big brother.
Under the influence of his uncle, Jia Jihai developed a strong interest in the profession of soldiers, which also laid the foundation for him to engage in aircraft sales and collect the world's best equipment in the future.
After graduating from junior high school, he ushered in the era of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside", and unlike other children, he was not crying like others, but full of energy and enthusiasm. Although he is the youngest member of the team, he shows the most diligent attitude.
He stood out from the ranks, but never became complacent. When working with teammates, Jia Jihai will even perform shows for everyone when they are bored.
Jia Jihai deeply felt this experience and accumulated rich experience, such as farming, driving a tractor, cooking, etc., which benefited him a lot.
From worker to salesman to actor and eventually boss, he continued to succeed along the way.
After two years of grassroots training, Jia Jihai ended this experience and returned to his parents. Then he joined a local auto parts factory as a worker. However, "gold cannot be hidden." ”
Although Jia Jihai is just an ordinary worker, he is more careful than other people in the factory when working, and he can bear hardships and stand hard work, and never complains about fatigue. Who doesn't love such an employee?
Therefore, Jia Jihai quickly won the appreciation of the factory leaders, and was fortunate to get the guidance of the oldest master in the factory to learn more technology.
He lived up to the good intentions of the leader, and his steadfastness and hard work have become people's greatest praise for him.
That year, he went on a blind date with Ms. Xia under the arrangement of his parents and met his first wife. After marriage, they had a daughter and a son.
Maybe it's because of his wife's "help", or maybe Jia Jihai has an innate extraordinary talent, and after getting married, his career has been smooth.
In 1982, the Northeast region also ushered in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, and his auto parts factory began to merge with a washing machine factory, and the factory's demand for talents became more urgent.
At this time, Jia Jihai was recommended, he has a cheerful personality, is eloquent, and skilled. Soon, the leadership promoted him to salesman.
Maybe at that time, this was a huge challenge for others, but for Jia Jihai, it was a rare opportunity.
He became the sales champion of the unit in a very short period of time, and the leader gave him a promotion and a salary increase for it.
If this trend continues, the future of Jia Jihai will be bright. However, fate arranged for him to usher in a third career - theater actor.
Director Li Wenqi has been unable to find an actor for his new drama "Love is Extending".
By chance, he met Jia Jihai, who was engaged in sales, and felt at a glance that he was the actor he was looking for.
He began to invite Jia Jihai, but Jia Jihai did not agree at first.
For Jia Jihai at that time, there was no problem with sales, but if he wanted to engage in acting, he had to quit his job.
Considering that I have not been trained to perform professionally, if I quit my job immediately and my theater career is not successful, what will I do in the future?
In the case of hesitation, Jia Jihai decided to give it a try, after all, the joy of life lies in trying.
He resigned to devote himself to the film and television industry, but he didn't expect that just by starring in the first play, he quickly became popular all over the Northeast and became an instant hit.
If he insisted on continuing acting at that time, he would have become a national-level veteran actor by now. However, Jia Jihai is a person who likes to take on challenges. After a few years of filming, he made the choice to jump out of his comfort zone again and devote himself to the business world.
In the late 80s, Mr. Jia Jihai founded a local hardware and building materials store, and due to his operation, the store's revenue continued to grow, bringing him considerable profits.
At that time, he met a Hong Kong businessman who happened to be engaged in the sales of auto parts. After discussion, the two sides decided to have Jia Jihai help in sales.
In just a few months, hundreds of thousands of inventories were completely sold out, and Jia Jihai made huge profits. Therefore, he reached a long-term cooperation with Hong Kong businessmen, thus establishing the "Harbin Isuzu Auto Parts ** Station".
After the 90s, Jia Jihai devoted himself to the catering industry and opened a restaurant called "Shunfeng Fat Cow" in the northeast, after he was known as a "rich man" because of his wealth.
Unexpectedly, it suddenly became a leading enterprise in Harbin's catering industry, and the business was extremely hot.
In 1995, he bought an airplane. Two years later, SF Fat Beef also developed into a catering group. In order to better manage the business, he then went to Harbin Institute of Technology to study for a master's degree.
He has achieved so much success in his career, but it means that he has lost so much in his family life.
During that time, Jia Jihai devoted himself to his career, so he paid relatively little attention to his family and children.
Unable to see his wife for a long time, the two eventually decided to divorce. At present, the ex-wife and children have settled abroad.
After the divorce, Jia Jihai has been committed to his career, and after a long period of hard work, he ushered in a new chapter in his love life at the age of 50.
As a local celebrity, he went to Heilongjiang University to attend a lecture, and it was his current wife Yelena who received him.
At that time, Yelena was only 17 years old and was still an international student, but Jia Jihai became interested in this foreign girl, and he was tempted.
In Jelena's opinion, the man does not look like he is 50 years old, but looks as young as he is 30 years old.
After they met at a university lecture, they kept in touch frequently, and eventually A plucked up the courage to confess to Jelena, and the two formalized their relationship.
At that time, people were suspicious of both Yelena and Jia Jihai.
However, they don't care about that. When they first started to fall in love, Jia Jihai often drove his luxury car to pick up Yelena, and would show affection in the circle of friends. He even gave Yelena a nickname - "Kitten".
The two of them often kissed openly on the street, and shortly after Yelena graduated that year, Jia Jihai married her. After that, the couple often appeared together on the street.
They are not deliberately showing affection, but promoting Harbin.
The two are still in love with each other, 13 years have passed, and until Valentine's Day in 2023, Jia Jihai still shared a photo of them on the beach on social platforms, and Jia Jihai in ** does not look like a man in his 60s.
Their love is not limited by age and geography, and despite the many negative voices online, they still insist on being themselves.
Jia Jihai is currently paying more attention to promoting "Harbin", especially since the popularity of the Internet, he has begun to continuously publish about Harbin**, in order to promote his hometown.
The local ** also recognized his efforts and invited him to take up the position of image ambassador.
On December 8, 2023, he was still busy promoting the ice festival in his hometown, which caused many people to comment: "The development of Harbin is inseparable from Brother Jia!" ”
Dressed in fancy clothes, Jia Jihai went down to the street in early March 2024 to inspect and sat on the ground with a tourist from Hangzhou and chatted cordially.
In his career, he has experienced a transformation from an ordinary worker to a businessman and then to an ambassador, and in his love life, although he is questioned, his relationship with his wife is still very happy.
He has always had his hometown in mind, and even after his success, he has always spared no effort to promote his hometown. As a result, he is known as the "winner in life!" ”