I Didn't Know How Good the Elder Was When I Was Young
1998 was not only the great flood of the Yangtze River, but all major rivers in the country experienced varying degrees of flooding. I remember that TV stations from the central to the local level broadcast news reports about the floods in various places and the Elder standing on the Jiujiang embankment directing the flood fighting every day. That was the first impression of the Elder.
When I was young, I didn’t understand politics and rarely paid attention to the Elder. My impression of the Elder was only the photo of the Elder playing the erhu in Zhangjiajie in the junior high school politics textbook at that time. The reason why I was impressed was that the politics teacher at that time happened to be traveling in Zhangjiajie and watched the Elder playing the erhu, and was also included in this photo. Classmates, and even our principal, found it amazing, and often used this photo to apply for education funds from superiors.
In addition to movie resources, the university campus network also had documentaries on historical events, biographies of celebrities, etc. Among them, the “MoHa” (Toad Worship) culture was the most popular among students. Every time there were new resources, they could always rush to the top of the download list. The video of inspecting the Second Institute of National Machinery and educating Hong Kong reporter Zhang was deeply loved by everyone, while the conversation with Wallace was not as brilliant as the Elder himself thought. Ps, later Zhang went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong to teach journalism, and the first lesson was “imparting some life experience”.
The day after Jiang Wen’s “Let the Bullets Fly” was released that year, high-definition seeds appeared on the campus network. On the third day, someone posted a photo of the Elder visiting the crew of “Let the Bullets Fly”. Later, people began to match the Elder with the characters in the play one after another. After discussion, everyone believed that the Elder was “Old Seven”, and “Old Seven” was the Elder.
The Elder has a lively personality and is talented, not only in language expression art and cultural cultivation, but also in academic research ability and theoretical innovation ability. His papers on energy and electronics industries written for seeking a teaching job after retirement are very academically rigorous, and his “Three Represents” is the highest realm of theoretical innovation, concise and profound.
The Elder was very open-minded. In his later years, he knew about those memes about himself, and pointed out, “In the last moments of life, being able to provide fun for young people is also a small matter.” What a broad mind, he often said with a smile, “Let me see what the young people are saying again.”
Published at: Dec 7, 2022 · Modified at: Dec 11, 2025
