Recently, some media reported that Internet celebrity professor Zheng Qiang bought his sixth car, all of which were of a domestic brand.
A vivid patriotic education was staged in Professor Zheng Qiang's gestures, which made people listen to it extremely excited.
In December last year, Zheng Qiang retired from his position and immediately participated in a TV variety show that was completely unrelated to his major.
Then he went to various tourist areas for investigation and research, and accepted the honorary title issued by a higher vocational college in Chongqing, although there were no academic achievements, but after retirement, he lived a very nourishing life.
In an interview with The Paper, Zheng Qiang also insisted that he was not completely retired, but only retired from his administrative position, and his identity is still there, and he will insist on doing cultural popularization work that has nothing to do with his profession in the future.
I have to say that Zheng Qiang, who has retired from the leadership position, has appeared in front of the camera less and less, and this time the purchase of a car was reported, which is quite surprising.
It is indeed not a big deal for a retired leader to buy a car, and it seems that there is no need to waste public resources and write a special report.
Zheng Qiang retired from the post of the department level, belongs to the senior leader, whether it is retirement salary or other treatment, far more than ordinary people, he himself is also a professor of Zhejiang University, the relevant allowances and scientific research funds must be worth a lot.
It is worth mentioning that in October 2023, someone broke the news on the Internet that Zheng Qiang, then Secretary of the Party Committee of Taiyuan University of Technology, was suspected of cheating on a female student in marriage, and the information spread overwhelmingly on the Internet.
Immediately afterwards, before there was no official reply, Professor Zheng took the lead in standing up to refute the rumors for himself, saying that the rumor-mongers wanted him to guarantee and borrow 10 million from the bank.
It can really be described as a lion's mouth, but it can also be seen from the side that Professor Zheng Qiang's economic strength is very good, after all, the bank's loan amount is at least 10 million.
All in all, with his financial resources, it is more than enough to buy six domestic cars.
Obviously has the conditions to drive a luxury car, but still insists on choosing a domestic independent brand, and only drives domestic cars in public, which is what Professor Zheng is commendable.
What is curious is that Zheng Qiang, who has bought six domestic cars of the same brand in a row, is there any additional discount for buying a car this time?
Or, to put it more bluntly, does he have to pay for the car himself?
In the reports of relevant media, it is described that Zheng Qiang has four hobbies in his life, the first three are love education, academics, and students, and the fourth hobby is to love a certain domestic brand of cars, which has reached the level of favorite, or even preference.
The report also said that Zheng Qiang has been jokingly called the brand's spokesperson by netizens.
But I've been looking on the Internet for a long time, and I haven't seen any netizens call Zheng Qiang "so-and-so spokesperson", maybe there were, but it was not well-known.
It is worth mentioning that the media that reported Zheng Qiang's purchase of a car is the municipal official media where the headquarters of a certain brand of automobiles is located.
Zheng Qiang's hobby of domestic cars was formed and persisted in 2012, when he bought the brand's car for the first time, and before that, what car he drove was not disclosed.
That year, Professor Zheng was in high spirits, and he was promoted to a happy event, and it is understandable that he will be in good spirits for a new car.
Judging from his later performance, he is also very competent as a spokesperson, and he often blurts out the brand, which has almost become a habit.
Zheng Qiang, a department-level leader, began to advertise on various occasions, and some people will ask, how can Professor Zheng's recommendation of students to buy domestic cars be advertised?
People are patriotic.
However, since it is patriotic, it should only recommend domestic cars, rather than emphasizing a certain brand every time, because buying any domestic car is patriotic.
Here's an example.
A certain teacher was concerned about his classmates' grades, so he recommended a set of tutoring materials that he thought were particularly good, but he emphasized that students could only buy them at a specific bookstore.
Why should you go to a specific bookstore to buy tutoring materials that can be bought at any bookstore?
If not, it doesn't matter where you buy it, and the teacher won't care.
The same applies to Professor Zheng, since it is recommended to buy a domestic car, then BYD, Geely, Xiaomi, Ideal, etc. can be recommended, these are all domestic cars, buy them are to support domestic production, why repeatedly emphasize a certain one?
Professor Zheng even publicly said that driving this brand of car is a kind of happiness and enjoyment for himself.
The implication of inducing consumption is too strong.
In fact, Zheng Qiang has not bought other brands of domestic cars, can't other brands of cars make him happy, happy and enjoyable?
The Xiaomi car that has been on fire recently, is Professor Zheng not interested in it at all, and he is not even willing to learn about it?
If everyone only loves or prefers a certain brand of domestic cars, this is not conducive to the development of domestic brands.
are all domestic, then we should speak with strength, rather than relying on the "preference" of users, and in reality, only those spokespersons and partners who are invited by real money will unconditionally prefer the products he endorses.
What's even more surprising is that due to Professor Zheng's special status, he is also a leader and an Internet celebrity, and the chairman of the car brand also wrote a letter of thanks to Zheng Qiang, which seems to be a two-way rush, no wonder Professor Zheng's hobby can be consistently persistent.
An old customer for more than ten years, who is also an endorsement and a letter of thanks, how to say that there must be a big discount, with Zheng Qiang's influence in the online world, it is not too much to send him a car.
There is no need to worry about Professor Zheng losing, he probably does not need to pay for it, because his endorsement value is far more than a car.
It is worth pondering that Zheng Qiang and the brand are really just a simple buying and selling relationship?
I have never seen the secretary or president of a university, or other leaders and public figures, tirelessly persuade everyone to buy the same brand of car in public for more than ten years, which is too strange and too much like an advertisement.
If you like it, you can buy it, why force your students, audiences, and fans to like it too?
Turnip and cabbage, each with its own love.
In addition, after retirement, Zheng Qiang was on the news because he bought a car, which made people feel a little shabby, Wang Shuguo, who is also an Internet celebrity principal, was invited by the well-known entrepreneur Cao Dewang to be the president of Fuyao University of Science and Technology just after retiring for a week.
And Zheng Qiang, who has been retired for almost half a year, not only did not return to Zhejiang University to concentrate on academic research, but also wandered around the country, completely unaware of what he wanted to do.
Now I go to advertise cars again, and there is no one who is not doing business.
Finish.