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One of the reasons why I was looking forward to Hangzhou was because of Jack Ma's Alibaba.
Before this, I had heard about the innovative and strong corporate culture of Alibaba Group, and I finally had a chance to experience it for myself that day.
On the first night of the visit to Alibaba, Mr. Gu told us about Alibaba in the dream town and told us in advance about the procedures of the visit to Alibaba. So the next day, when we actually "fucked", everything went smoothly.
At the door of Ali Group, Ms. Lihua's good friend Mr. Gu and her friends who are employees of Ali successfully got the visiting card, and we entered the heavily guarded Ali Group as we wished.
The Taobao logo on Ali's doorstep was particularly conspicuous, set on the outside of the building, grinning and beckoning us to smile, as if welcoming us!
Following the entrance path, we entered the interior of the building. On weekends, there are no employees at the reception desk and everything is self-service. The corridors were decorated with LED screens showing the achievements of Jack Ma's dad.
I stopped to watch, and in that moment, was genuinely blown away by Jack Ma, and as a result, learned more about this great entrepreneur.
Think I am still a frog in the well, before this my understanding of Jack Ma only stays in the establishment of Alibaba and Aliyun, know that Taobao has something to do with him, Alipay has something to do with him, and Aliyun also has something to do with him. Of course, also know that he is one of the richest people in the world, other than that not much to know.
Until this visit to him to have a more in-depth understanding of his struggle to know his history: since childhood, like English, math is extremely poor, serious parochial people. The third time, under pressure, he took the college entrance exam, and his math still didn't pass the undergraduate line, but his English score was surprisingly good, so he was admitted to Hangzhou Normal University, where he majored in foreign languages.
After entering the university, he was not willing to fall, determined to rise up, and became a good student in both character and academic excellence, with excellent English sitting in the top five of the foreign language department. Ma was then elected president of the student union and later served two terms as president of the Hangzhou Federation of Students.
This is just a sampling of Ma's early accomplishments. His path to business came by chance when he became a part-time foreign language teacher after graduation, working part-time as an interpreter for various overseas businesses.
In '92, Ma started the Hai Bo Translation Agency on the side, hiring retired teachers as translators. In order to survive, he went to Yiwu and Guangzhou with a big sack on his back to buy goods, and Hai Bo Translation Agency began to sell flowers and gifts, and once sold medicine for a year, from big hospitals down to barefoot doctors.
95 officially quit his job as a teacher, and his sister borrowed a few thousand dollars to go into business. During the period also encountered a series of bumpy experiences, really verified that the old saying: "the sky will come down to the people also, must first bitter their will, hungry their skin, labor their muscles and bones, lack of body ......"
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Life has never been Smooth sailing, and because of love, Ma has accomplished others and himself.
In recent years, Ma's career has been booming, and he has been "attacking the city" in business while being chivalrous to the world.
Looking at the information about Jack Ma's philanthropy in the LED, I would like to say that - when you understand the goodness behind Jack Ma and Alibaba, and understand the Alibaba system, or those magnificent or "small and beautiful" public welfare words and deeds, you may be interested in the "goodness" of Jack Ma.
When you learn about Jack Ma and Alibaba, you may have a new understanding of this "China's No. 1 Internet company".
To his alma mater, Hangzhou Normal University donated 100 million; out of 200 million, the establishment of the rural principal award, to recognize the educators who work in the countryside; led the Ali Group to donate 30 million to the Wenchuan earthquake victims ......
Money is just a number for Jack Ma, his spirit has far exceeded all of this. spirit has gone far beyond that, and has risen to the level of benefiting others and winning the world." Sister narrated from the sidelines.
"Benefit others to win the world." I'm afraid this is the highest level of doing business or even career. I can't help but think of the words of Kazuo Inamori: "Running a business with an altruistic heart is a truth that transcends industries and national boundaries."
Having such a state of mind, thinking more about others, emphasizing less on yourself, and exchanging a year-on-year heart for a true heart, then the world will give you back more love and wealth.
Yes! Why should there be too much utilitarianism between people? Anyway, I don't like it. People and people's acquaintance itself is a kind of fate, talk about cooperation, there is a chance to talk about, no chance to talk about as a friend, really can not do friends, then not to turn against the enemy, each other denigrate.
After all, everyone's life is not easy, but all that exists is reasonable. I'm not sure if you're a good person, but I'm a good person, and I'm not a good person.
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Ali's reception room is cozy and heartfelt. Everything is self-service, coffee, milk, snacks at your disposal.
Ali people are busy working on weekdays, and Jack Ma has long considered these for his employees. The parlor is a place for Arizonans to meet with their families after work, so places such as nursing rooms and mother and baby rooms have been designed to be very cozy.
At the same time, understanding the nature of children, the reception room also has toys for employees' children. Dabao was very excited about the toys in here, and while we were chatting around the round table and marveling at all the thoughtfulness of the place, she was playing all by herself until we called out to her and she came back to her senses.
Following her sister forward, she walked along the pond to Jack Ma's dad's office area, a modern wetland park on one side and the style of a Jiangnan town on the other.
"Wetland Park" a small bridge called: "think over the cliff", it is said to be through the past is Jack Ma's father's office area.
"Sizhao Cliff is a very artistic name, Ma Yun has already made the whole Ali into a martial arts jianghu." On the sidelines, Secretary Liu lamented.
I think this is all because Ma Yun is a solid Jin Yong fan. Indeed, Ma's obsession with martial arts and deep into the marrow of Ali, the spiritual level, the entire Ali internal can be seen full of martial arts atmosphere, his office called Peach Blossom Island, the conference room called Bright Top, look at those executives within the Ali, a lot of have their own flower name. This should also be considered a unique culture of Ali.
This is not to visit the authorized person in the card - Ali's employee friend, her flower name Qiu Qi Qi. Jack Ma's flower name: "Feng Qingyang", Ali's vice chairman of the board of directors Lu Zhaoshi flower name on the name: "Iron Wood" ......
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Ali's strong
"Most of these are abstract sculptures, which you need to savor." Mr. Gu, a fellow traveler, said.
Gu is a middle-aged entrepreneur with a burst of temperament, rich in the precipitation of experience that makes her look ten years younger than her peers. In her case, the noble temperament pressurized her body with elegance and wisdom, and she also had rich experience in childcare.
Her daughter is six years old and is also in kindergarten. So there were more topics of conversation between us.
When it came to childcare, Gu couldn't stop talking about it, and we were amazed by the fine feeding of her child when she was young and the investment in her education as she grew up.
"Children in kindergarten, 350,000 a year, not because we are rich as hell, but the concept of education, would rather suffer themselves, but also can not let the child lose at the starting line."
There is a saying that goes particularly well, "You reap what you sow." Gu is willing to invest in children's education, her children are also very competitive, only six years old in literacy equivalent to sixth-grade students, dance hosting all kinds of proficiency, often take the international awards, but also on the Broadway stage ......
"Go back to stay with your child, teach her more. " Liu Secretary and I looked at each other, looking at Dabao ashamed.
"The child's childhood is very short, the real companion time is not long, really should be accompanied." Mr. Gu said.
"Keep going, we'll finish shopping soon, after that we'll eat in the staff cafeteria." Seeing us stopping, Sister Lihua urged.
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Forward again are several good-sized sculptures, about 5 meters high. Lack of art cells, I appreciate the abstract sculpture works of Ali, so several sculptures to see down, only in front of these sculptures in front of me to let me y feel the Ali people's humility of the cultural connotation.
Sculpture work is three low in walking people, body covered with scars, the text behind the background is: "Thank you for ever hard work yourself."
In fact, isn't life exactly like that? The road of life, full of rugged and bumpy, people who know how to bow their heads, in order to better raise their heads, thanks to the thousands of people, don't forget to thank yourself for once worked hard, it was once that imperfect self, only cast today's excellent self.
Really, some things, when we are young, can not understand. When we know, we are no longer young. Some things in the world can make up, some things never make up. So, in the limited years, to be better to yourself, is not too much.
Immersed in the thinking of life, while walking and watching, a circle down, meal time, has been hungry. Ali's cafeteria in front of us naturally became our urgent need to "enter" the place.
In the cafeteria, Ali people in a team gathering, sitting together to eat. From the smiles on their faces, the smell is full of the flavor of happiness.
"As an Arizonan, they feel proud." Perhaps this is a sense of cultural identity and belonging.
Aliens are well paid because Jack Ma doesn't treat his workers badly. These people have become his "children". Yes! What parent doesn't love their children?
Letting every employee have dignity and happiness is the realm that Jack Ma is pursuing. At that moment, I thought, in Ali as long as you work hard, this is your dream heaven! Because, Daddy Ma is the legend of Ali people. Of course, after this visit, he has become my myth too!
(Several travel journals, will be sent out later, stay tuned.)