Si Tong told his friend two short stories:
It was very popular in Tianjin in the middle and late 1980s. The car that was rumored at that time was a Mercedes-Benz 600. A reporter asked him, "I heard that there are only two people in China, one is Deng Xiaoping and the other is you. How dare you sit in the same class as Deng Xiaoping? " Yu Zuomin replied: "I am a farmer, I have no level, and I dare to take any car."
Objectively speaking, there is still some wisdom in our answer. But this is not the key, the key of this story lies in: what car is a symbol of status; It is a great honor to ride a famous foreign car. This pursuit of value was dominated by the core leaders at that time.
Let's look at the second story, which is also related to taking a car.
In May 2004, Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball", arrived in China for the first time by private jet, and Beijing authorities met him at the airport. As soon as Jordan saw that the car that picked him up was Mercedes-Benz, he refused to get on the bus and asked for an American car. The reception party had to quickly replace the German Benz with the American Ram.
Ram is far inferior to Mercedes-Benz in cost, fame and history, but I was deeply impressed by Michael Jordan's taking an American car. This is Jordan-style patriotism, not in fancy form, but in details such as riding a car; More importantly, he showed a strong sense of country in front of foreigners, which was much more meaningful than shouting a few patriotic slogans. Michael Jordan is not only known as the "God of Basketball", but also a national idol in America. Therefore, his words and deeds will certainly have a wide impact on the American people.
After telling two stories, Hard Rock should have answered my friend's question, "Why is patriotism education in China ineffective?" .