The distance from Kyoto to Hangzhou is not far, Lin Yuquan's flight arrived at Xiaoshan International Airport at 8:10 in the morning, as soon as he walked out of the pick-up gate, he saw a middle-aged man in a suit holding a sign with the word Ali written on it, and then walked to the young man without stopping his steps, did not take off his sunglasses, and asked with a warm smile: "Are you Ali?" ”

"Lin Lindao, I am, Chairman Ma is waiting for you outside." Although he couldn't see Lin Yuquan's appearance clearly due to the relationship between the hat and sunglasses, the middle-aged man knew who he was going to pick up, and said in a tone that couldn't hide his excitement.

"Okay." Lin Yuquan nodded, the middle-aged man's Chairman Ma was none other than Ma Yun, chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba, he originally asked Ma Yun not to pick him up, but Ma Yun had to come to pick him up, and then take him to the company to visit.

Under the guidance of the middle-aged man, Ma Yun's driver Huo Zhong, Lin Yuquan soon saw Ma Yun standing next to the black Mercedes-Benz business car parked on the side of the road, with bright eyes.

Ma Yun is more short than Lin Yuquan imagined, and his appearance is not good, today he is wearing a navy blue suit, a white shirt inside the suit, a gray tie, and shiny black leather shoes on his feet, a typical business person's dress. It can be seen that suits, shirts, ties, and leather shoes are all well-known brands, but because of Ma Yun's figure and peculiar appearance, this decent clothing does not show any handsomeness and charm on his body.

If you only look at it from the appearance and temperament, if you are in the crowd, I am afraid that no one will think that Ma Yun is a great character. But in fact, as long as I have talked to Jack Ma. You can know how relaxed and confident, logical and funny he is behind his unsurprising appearance. And anyone who has understood the development process of Alibaba. You will also know how this man who often teases that he looks like an alien is strategizing and far-sighted.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ma Yun's body truly embodies the true meaning of the saying that people cannot be disfigured, and in this regard, Lin Yuquan, who has communicated with Ma Yun on the phone many times, has deep feelings.

"Hello, Yuquan, welcome to Hangzhou*zhou, we have dealt with each other so many times. I'm so happy to finally see you today. Ma Yun said with a smile on his face.

"Heh, me too, I've been looking forward to being able to communicate face-to-face with Lao Ma like now, and then ask you, a business wizard, how to run a business in person." Lin Yuquan said with a smile, took off his sunglasses, and when he came to Ma Yun, he stretched out his right hand and shook it heavily with Ma Yun's hand.

"Do you still need to ask me for advice? Are you far more successful than I am now? Ma Yun shook his head and looked at Lin Yuquan. I joked: "I have to say, Yuquan is far younger and more handsome than what you see on TV, newspapers and magazines." Compared to you, I instantly felt that I was unsightly. ”

"Really? Haha, in fact, many people say so, so you don't have to feel inferior at all. Speaking of which, I've always admired you, do you know Huang Bo? is the one who starred in "Crazy Racing", he is a contracted actor of my Yuquan family, since he first knew you, he has regarded you as an idol, he said, very gratified, because he is not the only one in this world who is so good at congenital conditions struggling. Lin Yuquan had a smile in his eyes.

"I don't know if you're praising me or hurting me, but listening to you say that, it seems that he has the same discounted looks as I do." Ma Yun said without being angry at all.

"That's right, you all belong to the category of people who have fully proven that you can succeed without relying on your looks and family background." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Ha, almost all the really successful people in this world are like that." Ma Yun smiled, opened the Mercedes-Benz door behind him and said, "Okay, let's get in the car and talk!" ”

"Okay." Lin Yuquan stepped into the car, waited for Ma Yun to sit down, and said, "Shall we go directly to the company?" ”

"Well, the employees of the company are very much looking forward to meeting you, the great director, speaking of which, when you came to Hangzhou * Zhou to participate in the director meeting last year, I didn't know in advance, otherwise we would have met at that time, but you are also, why did you come to Hangzhou * Zhou, but did not call me, nor did you come to Alibaba's headquarters to see? You don't know that after the identity of your major shareholder was announced, Alibaba's employees were deeply resentful of it, because you, as a major shareholder of Alibaba, had never been to the company. Ma Yun said with a smile in his eyes.

"I don't want to, it's not busy with work, maybe you don't know, the last time I came to Hangzhou * Zhou to participate in the Film Directors Guild commendation conference, I flew from Los Angeles, USA, and stayed in Hangzhou * Zhou for less than two days, and then flew back to Los Angeles non-stop to continue the filming of the film, and there was no time to arrange other itineraries." Lin Yuquan shook his head and smiled.

"Isn't there always time for filming, well, I know you don't want to expose your identity as a major shareholder of Alibaba, so as not to cause trouble for media reporters, I can understand, but others don't understand, you should be prepared to be drunk by everyone tonight!" Ma Yun said with a smile.

"Oh, that's terrible." Lin Yuquan shook his head.

"I'm sure you'll be fine, by the way, are you concerned about the company's stock price during this time? After arriving at the company, your speech will be arranged, which will definitely cover this aspect. Jack Ma asked.

"Oh, no, I've been busy with other things and I don't care, and I know you're here, so don't worry." Lin Yuquan chuckled.

"I'm not as powerful as you think, and the stock market is not something I can control, it seems that I need to briefly tell you about the company's stock price increase after listing. The issue price of our listing is 13.5 Hong Kong dollars, the opening price is 30 Hong Kong dollars, and the closing price on the first day of listing is 39.5 Hong Kong dollars, according to the stock price at that time, the market value of our Alibaba B2B business is 190 billion Hong Kong dollars, and then our stock price reached 45.5 Hong Kong dollars, with a market value of 227.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, but after entering December, due to the global economic shape is not very good, the market value of the entire domestic Internet industry has fallen sharply, and our stock price has fallen below the opening price, and has hovered around 28 Hong Kong dollars in recent days. Today, the company's B2B market value is about 140 billion Hong Kong dollars.

And according to the analysis of a group of economic experts. Now there is a general disbelief in our share price rebound in the next period. On the contrary, we believe that our stock price may continue to fall in the context of a bad global economic environment, and for this reason, employees are now more worried about the future development of the company. Ma Yun said.

"So you mean let me cheer everyone up." Lin Yuquan immediately understood what Ma Yun meant.

"That's right, the shape of the shì is more serious for us at Alibaba, not only in terms of stock price, but also in the global economic situation, if the global economic situation continues to be unsatisfactory. Then it will not only affect the company's stock price, but also affect the root of our company. Ma Yun said solemnly.

Lin Yuquan nodded, Alibaba's main revenue now comes from Alibaba's B2B business, which is the trade of global enterprises. Although he has no specific involvement in Alibaba's affairs, he will report the company's financial statements and development strategy every quarter, according to the annual report he has received. Alibaba's international operating revenue last year was HK$1.588 billion, accounting for 71.66% of the company's total annual revenue. Once the global economy is in a recession, the impact on Alibaba can be imagined. According to the financial statements, last year, the company's marketing expenses, administrative expenses and equity incentive expenses were as high as 740 million, 230 million and 150 million yuan respectively, and the total cost of its employees was as high as 756.8 million.

Lin Yuquan looked at Huo Zhong who was driving in front of him, Ma Yun knew what Lin Yuquan meant, and simply said, "Ah Zhong has been driving for me for three years." ”

"Isn't the development of our Taobao network very good?" Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, Taobao's transaction volume exceeded 40 billion yuan last year, becoming the largest online retailer circle in Asia, and according to Alibaba's market estimates, Taobao's annual transaction volume this year is expected to exceed 70 billion yuan.

"Hmm." Jack Ma nodded.

"I saw the development plan of the previous year-end summary meeting, didn't I mention that the company's focus this year is to invest heavily in the development of domestic Taobao business? This development strategy is very good, although the global economy is not very good, but the domestic economy still maintains a strong momentum of development, it can be expected that with the economic development and the improvement of people's income level, Taobao's revenue will maintain a substantial growth in the next few years, in this case, as long as we do a good job in Taobao business, then the company will not fall. So why bother? How the stock price falls, what about the decline in international trade revenue, we have to see the future of the company, as long as we get through this slightly difficult period, we will have a wide sky. ”

Lin Yuquan said with a chuckle, not caring at all about Alibaba's stock price falling due to the global economy, not only because in his eyes it was just a bunch of numbers, even if Alibaba's stock price was worthless, it would have no fatal impact on him, but also because he was optimistic about Alibaba's future development prospects. What's more, isn't there a business wizard named Jack Ma? Previously, Alibaba raised as much as 1.5 billion US dollars, with such abundant funds in hand, and Ma Yun strategizing, how could Alibaba fall lightly.

Ma Yun showed a smile, the company's shape is indeed grim, but it is indeed as Lin Yuquan said, Alibaba's prospects are in the future, and as long as Lin Yuquan and Son Masayoshi control Japan's SoftBank does not care about the immediate gains and losses, and maintains enough patience, he can slowly lay out.

"Okay, you can look at it like this, it seems that there is no problem, you can just say this to everyone later, with your cheering, the morale of the employees must be able to stabilize a lot?"

"How can I be so amazing as you say, Lao Ma, you must have said this to the employees before, why did it work as soon as it was my turn." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"It's very simple, because you, a great director, are idols in the hearts of countless people, and you have achieved great success in all aspects, and your cheering will inevitably have a huge impact on the hearts of employees, especially those who regard you as an idol." Jack Ma smiled.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be a master of sycophants."

"I'm just telling the truth."

The two chatted again, and Ma Yun suddenly said: "By the way, Yuquan, a few days ago I participated in an economic forum, met Shi Yuzhu, and the other party invited me and you to join the Taishan Club, how about it, are you interested?" ”

Lin Yuquan didn't answer, and he couldn't answer, because he didn't know what Mount Tai would be? So he could only look at Ma Yun with a puzzled expression. (To be continued......)