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Heijiantao photographer

I wonder if you have read a book called The Power of Time. The cover of this book is very interesting. It is a little boy who is only five or six years old. Wearing a military green coat and holding a bottle of Coca-Cola, behind us is our Great Wall. This photo was taken at 1979. Now more than 40 years have passed, and the little boy has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The boy became a successful man. He became a successful man, with a family and a career. This boy also reflects the changes in our motherland over the years. This photo was taken by a foreigner, who came to China for the first time. The Great Wall best represents China. So, he decided that his first photo must take a picture of the Great Wall. At this time, he happened to meet the little boy Black Taojian in the photo.

The little boy who is a few years older behind the photo has never seen a foreigner and feels very curious. The two men looked at each other, and the photographer decided to take a picture of the little boy. With the consent of the little boy's parents, he took out his camera, but at this time he felt that something was missing in the little boy's hand. So he took Coca-Cola out of his backpack, and the little boy was curious to see such a novel drink. Because 1979 Coca-Cola has not been popularized in China, many children have never drunk this drink, so Black Pottery also tried the first Coca-Cola in his life.

In this way, this representative photo was recorded and used as the cover of a book. By chance, Hei Taojian saw this book. In fact, he has no memory of what happened that year, but when he saw himself in the photo, he was deeply moved. Now he is holding this book and Coca-Cola with the same smile, which is really meaningful.