There are two widely spread passages in the jianghu that are closely related to business tycoons.
The first is "I don't know my wife Liu Qiangdong." It is about the fact that DongGe mentioned in an interview that he did not know that his wife's milk tea sister's appearance was quite high.
The second is "repentance of Ali Jack Horse". Ma Yun's English name is Jack, foreigners are accustomed to putting the last name in the back and the first name in the front, so Ma Yun's title in the English file is "Jack Ma", which literally translates to Chinese is Jack Ma.
"Regret Ali Jack Horse" originated from Ma Yun mentioning regret when introducing the entrepreneurial process to the host on a forum.
Both of the above passages have been ridiculed by people, especially the latter.
Ma Yun's speech ability is outstanding, there are many golden sentences, and there are many paragraphs, such as "house prices are like onions", "I don't care about money", etc., plus "regret to create Ali", in the eyes of many people, these words are Ma Yun showing off, in Versailles, and even a little high above all sentient beings, do not know the meaning of the world's suffering.
However, looking at it now, I feel that Ma Yun's words at that time were not duplicitous, you can say that his attitude is more high-profile, but this is his character, and most of the people in the world are afraid that if they are as rich as Ma Yun, they are much more arrogant than him.
Founding Ali is the greatest thing in Ma Yun's life, and at the same time, he may be just like what he said, quite regretful, and the point of regret is that he can't control his fate in his own hands like ordinary people.
At the time, Mr. Ma gave an example before coming to the conclusion that he regretted starting Alibaba.
Roughly speaking, the ultimate goal of mountaineering enthusiasts is to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, and when they reach the summit, they can overlook the world and enjoy the pleasure of seeing the world.
However, when climbing to more than 7700 meters, I don't think so, not to mention the hardships in the process of climbing to 7700 meters, after reaching this height, I found that the scenery was far less good than imagined, except for the thin air, the biting cold wind, and the avalanche that could endanger life at any time.
At this time, the climber may have regretted that there are more than 1,000 meters left from the highest peak, should he continue to climb or give up?
Continuing to hit the summit requires more effort, challenges and crises than the previous 7700 meters, and may fail at any time, or even lose their lives; Stopping at this point means abandoning the previous achievements, and now not seizing the opportunity to challenge the peak in the future is gone.
In addition, the higher the altitude, the harsher the climate, the thinner the air, and these unfavorable conditions are increased geometrically, each step upward is much more difficult than the previous step, at the same time, the early physical strength has been almost consumed, the concentration has dropped seriously, and if one does not pay attention, it is possible to fall down the valley and fall to a crushed end.
This is true of people who climb the peak, and it is also true of people who are close to the top in the business world.
Back to reality, Ma Yun said the classic regret of founding Alibaba, my understanding is that the main point of his regret is that Alibaba has become a behemoth, and it is no longer realistic to want to be rich and secure after the scale is up.
Ma Yun also added, "If a person earns 1 million yuan a month is very happy, but when he can earn more than a dozen or two billion yuan per month, it is not necessarily, because at this time the money may not be just his own, he can't spend it at will, he can only take it back and do new things later." ”
This passage is also hotly discussed by people, and they still regret earning more than a billion yuan every month? The interest generated by this money stored in the bank for a month can buy a house in a second-tier city, which is the wealth accumulation of many families for two generations.
Is Ma Yun moaning without illness and worrying about giving new words?
I don't think so, a company to reach the scale of Alibaba has to take care of a wide range of things, there are many things to be scrupulous about, just to maintain the status quo is not possible.
Large groups are not only the personal assets of the boss, shareholders, employees, suppliers, and even banks are counting on the enterprise to eat, if you do not advance or retreat, if you can not maintain combat effectiveness, then the recession will be inevitable, rely on the enterprise to live what to do, they will not allow you to stop and rest.
More importantly, after the enterprise becomes bigger, it must assume more social responsibility, and it cannot only manage its own acre and three points of land.
I know a factory, more than a decade ago business booming, made a lot of money, in recent years the rise in labor costs led to the factory in the profit and loss of the hovering, the possibility of future losses is greater, the boss wants to close the factory retirement but the local government hopes to make more contributions, because after the collapse of the factory a large number of employees unemployed, fiscal taxes will also be reduced, helpless under the factory owner insisted until now, even if the loss of money can only take a step to see.
On the other hand, team members do not want to stop, they will force the leader to continue to move forward with them, whether the leader is willing or not, the environment is stronger than the person, and the individual will often only has the share of obedience under the collective consciousness, even the boss is no exception, unless completely lying flat, let the enterprise fend for itself.
Therefore, from the perspective of freedom, Ma Yun may not be as good as the top middle class who earns more than 1 million yuan a month, the burden on his shoulders is too heavy, and there are too many helpless compromises.
When Ali became one of the largest enterprises in China, Ma Yun wanted to do more, but sometimes there are many objective obstacles between "wanting to do" and "being able to do", the most painful thing is not that it cannot be done, but it is bound to the hands and feet that cannot be done, and the sense of loss arises spontaneously.
If Ali is a small and medium-sized enterprise, Ma Yun will not have so many ideas, then there is no need to experience disappointment, which is another aspect of his regret, I don't know if everyone can understand the logic.
No longer serve as any administrative position in Ali, many times to reduce Ali shares to less than 5%, Ant Technology listing indefinitely suspended, now Ma Yun is not so busy, there is not so much scruples, leisure time to drive a yacht to Europe to play golf, when there is time to participate in some forums organized by the Chamber of Commerce, bragging, nagging, what to put down there is no regret to say.
For Jack Ma, the current situation may be the best state of his life.