34-year-old Ma Yun was meditating with a newspaper from a few days ago in his hand. There was always a passion for entrepreneurship in his heart, and he firmly believed that he was on the right path;
The Internet is like an infinite treasure, waiting to be excavated by forerunners. Just like the cave opened by Alibaba with a spell, the future has unlimited possibilities.
The direction of history has not changed
Ma Yun went through a tortuous entrepreneurial process in the early stage. After the failure of China Yellow Pages, he went to Yanjing City. A year later, he was fed up with the rules and regulations of government enterprises, so he resigned from the e-commerce center of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and returned to Hangzhou.
One year earlier than in the original history, in February 1998, Ma Yun founded Alibaba.com with 18 partners, dedicated to the development of e-commerce.
The website is opened at Ma Yun's home. They work frantically for 16-18 hours a day, designing web pages day and night, discussing web pages and ideas, and lying on the floor when they are sleepy.
Ma Yun kept encouraging her partners; "Once the starting gun is fired, you don't have time to see how your opponent runs. You have to run all the way."
"The biggest failure is to give up, the biggest enemy is yourself, and the biggest opponent is time."
In March 1998, the Alibaba website was conceived in this way, born in Ma Yun's home, and went online.
"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
This sentence woke up Ma Yun who was deep in thought. He looked up at his wife Zhang Yin and silently handed her the newspaper in his hand, believing that his wife could see what he was thinking;
The Hong Kong Wang Family Foundation founded the largest private charity in China - the China Nursery Charity Foundation.
The eye-catching headline reports the hot news that happened more than ten days ago.
In News Roundup;
It introduces in detail the brilliant achievements of Wang Yaocheng, the world's richest man, along the way, including the recent merger and acquisition of HSBC after three years, each of which is an earth-shattering event in the world's financial industry.
Zhang Yin knows her husband Ma Yun best at this moment. He is a silent volcano about to erupt, with infinite passion hidden under his calm appearance.
"When I went to the United States in 1994, I came into contact with the Internet for the first time, and a completely different world opened up in front of me."
Ma Yun was immersed in memories. He knew that his wife Zhang Yin would listen to him quietly;
“At that time, I went to Silicon Valley with the mood of a pilgrimage, and I saw with my own eyes that the majestic building of Red Hat was like a monument to the historical process, which was deeply imprinted in my heart.
From then on, I knew that the career I would strive for throughout my life was in the Internet field.
Boss King is my entrepreneurial idol, and it has been and always will be in the future. After the Alibaba website was launched, I have been thinking about visiting Boss King, hoping that he can invest in Alibaba."
Zhang Yin completely understood what Ma Yun said. She knew that her husband had made up his mind; "The newspaper said that the boss will attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Shenzhen Future Science and Technology Park on March 22. What do you mean?"
"Yes, I must seize this opportunity."
Zhang Yin gently held her husband's slender waist, pressed against his horse's face and said, "Go! I support you."
"Um!"
Ma Yun nodded heavily, as if to encourage herself.
Shenzhen City
Xiangmi Lakeside
In the spacious hall of the future science and technology park project team.
Leaders from Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City, who were preparing to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Future Science and Technology Park, could not help but sigh in admiration as they walked around the huge real-life model created by a famous European designer.
"This group of architectural shapes that show the post-modern style of the future is really amazing. It is cleverly conceived and fits the theme of the science and technology park very well. It symbolizes the fleet cutting through the waves and breaking into the sea of future science and technology. It is really spectacular."
"Tsk tsk tsk...it's so beautiful. It has a futuristic sci-fi feel inside and out."
"Yeah! These nine white sail-shaped skyscrapers are arranged in an orderly manner, just like a sailing fleet going out to sea to fight, with high masts and sails exposed on the blue sea, and a silent momentum comes out."
"There are also the azure auxiliary buildings below, with smart shapes and jagged milky white lines on the floor surface, which look like the magnificent sea. They set off the 69-story sailing main building, which is even more majestic and full of future technological style."
"This group of buildings is really eye-catching! It feels so amazing."
The provincial leaders looked at the accompanying Secretary Luo of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee with a smile and said meaningfully;
"Secretary Luo, I am moved by what I see. If you have good things in the special zone, you should share them with everyone. You can't hide them. They are all for the economic development of Guangdong Province! We warmly invite Chairman Wang to visit Yangcheng. You
You won’t stop it, right?”
"I know they have several investment projects in Yangcheng, including Carrefour Supermarket, Pacific Electronics Market, and several projects developed by Côte d'Azur Real Estate Company. You are familiar with them, right?"
"Those are all companies under Chairman Wang. We have never had contact with him personally, so we still need to ask Lao Luo to help connect the two."
"There is no problem in building a bridge. You can discuss the details yourself. But let me give you a precaution. Chairman Wang has a very tight schedule. He will fly directly to South Korea in two days and then return to the United States."
"Secretary Luo stepped in and it would be no problem to retain him for a few days." The provincial leaders unknowingly dug a hole.
As the top leader of the SAR government, Secretary Luo is on the Provincial Standing Committee. How can he be so easy to fool?
"I can't be the boss of Chairman Wang. In order to invite him to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, Mayor He contacted him no less than ten times before he finally decided. This time I only have four days to go to Shenzhen. I will inspect the Atlantic Industrial Park for one day and attend the groundbreaking ceremony.
One day, the city invites you to inspect the project for one day, and you plan to arrange a tour for one day. Do you have any extra time?"
Secretary Luo's words were an exaggeration. Mayor He did contact him two or three times before finalizing the decision, but it was definitely not as exaggerated as ten times.
The words came out of Secretary Luo's mouth so naturally, as if they were meant to be, without any trace of embellishment.
"Oh, you old Luo, just for your sake, I just invited you to stay for two more days. How can this be a big deal?"
"More than 10,000 workers of the Hyundai Group Hynix purchased by Chairman Wang in South Korea are on strike and causing trouble. The company cannot produce normally and is losing tens of millions of dollars a day. It must be negotiated with the local government to resolve the issue. What do you think?
Are you embarrassed to say something to others?"
"This... really can't be done."
"hehe!"
The provincial leaders were so choked that they could only shake their heads regretfully and temporarily give up the idea of inviting them to Yangcheng for inspection.
As a heavyweight leader, you need to be respectful, so you can't just send out invitations casually.
Usually, when the communication with heavyweight investors is almost complete, the leaders will personally invite them to show their solemnity.
Just talking
A group of people walked in from the outside. In the middle of the crowd was a tall young man with serious eyes and a vague sense of power. This was the kind of domineering that can only be cultivated after being in a high position for a long time and wielding great power.
Next to me, I was accompanied by the deputy mayor and other leaders, who walked into the hall chatting and laughing all the way.
The provincial leaders and Secretary Luo looked at each other and smiled;