Many friends are familiar with the story of Jack Ma and Alibaba’s 18 Arhats. Especially more than 20 years ago, when Alibaba was first founded, Jack Ma’s passionate speech in the Lakeside Garden was even more memorable.

18 Arhats sat down and listened to Ma Yun’s speech. Their eyes were full of confusion and doubts, but Ma Yun’s words echoed in their ears for a long time. What we will get from our efforts in the next few years will not be like this. of houses but 50 such houses.

Many years later, Jack Ma fulfilled his promise and became the richest man in China. Everyone in the 18 Arhats has financial freedom. If Ant Financial can go public, China's new richest woman will be born among the 18 Arhats, and she will be Alipay Queen Peng Lei.

Today’s story is not about the 18 Arhats, but the story of Alibaba’s 19th employee, Jack Ma’s first secretary, Ma Chun, a senior sister in the Foreign Languages ??Department of Jack Ma’s Hangzhou Normal University, and the wife of Jack Ma’s university teacher. .

Ma Chun also graduated from the Foreign Languages ??Department of Hangzhou Normal University and is a few years older than Ma Yun. She met Ma Yun because of her husband. Her husband was Ma Yun’s university teacher and often mentioned Ma Yun in front of Ma Chun.

It is said that Jack Ma is very good at foreign languages. He is also the chairman of the student union of Hangzhou Normal University and the chairman of the Hangzhou Federation of Students. He has very strong social activities and is a genius. He and Ma Yun were both teachers, students and brothers. Ma Yun often came to their home to play, and Ma Chun and Ma Yun became familiar with each other.

One night in August 1999, Ma Yun asked Ma Chun to drink coffee in the lobby of the Overseas Chinese Hotel. Ma Yun waved his hands and described the blueprint in his mind, chatting for more than two hours. He said that Alibaba’s future employees would all have equity, but at that time Ma Chun didn’t even understand what equity was.

At that time, Jack Ma said that he would buy land and build a building in Binjiang, and he would make Alibaba the greatest company in the world. Ma Chun was infected by Jack Ma's passion. She decided to join Alibaba and resolutely quit her job with a monthly salary of 6,000. She didn't ask about Ma Yun's salary at first. After joining, she found out that it was 2,000 per month. At that time, her friends thought she was crazy. Yes, I don’t want to leave the 6,000 yuan salary, and get 2,000 yuan instead.

On the first day of work, Ma Yun asked Peng Lei to talk to Ma Chun. After a short chat, he decided to let Ma Chun be Ma Yun's secretary. Later, due to insufficient manpower, Ma Chun also served as administrative manager and public relations. Although he was very tired, Ma Chun was very happy and fulfilled.

Not long after, the good news came. Ma Yun raised US$5 million from Goldman Sachs. In 2000, he met Mr. Masayoshi Son, chairman of SoftBank, at the Jinmao Tower in Shanghai. The itinerary and information were given to Ma Yun by Ma Chun. arranged and prepared. Within a few minutes of Ma Yun's talk, Son decided to invest 20 million US dollars in Alibaba.

Alibaba is getting better and better, and the number of employees is increasing. The following family photo of Alibaba was taken by Ma Chun’s husband in 2000. Ma Yun liked this photo very much, and he took it Hang up in the office.

Ma Chun later participated in organizing and planning Alibaba’s West Lake Sword Discussion. This event invited Jack Ma’s idol Master Jin Yong. Ma Chun was responsible for Jin Yong’s early contact and subsequent reception.

Because he was too tired during the "West Lake Sword Discussing", Ma Chun had three colds in a row and had no time to see a doctor. After two colds, he could not recover and he felt very weak. Because his body was overdrafted, it induced asthma.

Furthermore, Ma Chun's son was in the third grade of junior high school at that time. She didn't go home until 10 o'clock every day. No one took care of her son. He and his father often had packed lunches.

< p>Ma Chun felt very ashamed of them. After careful consideration, she decided to resign and return to her family to take care of her husband and children.

On April 30, 2002, on the day of her resignation, Ma Chun received 70 or 80 letters from her colleagues who worked overtime. Blessings and messages, they all said that from the first day they entered the company, they could always see Ma Chun’s smile in the corridor of the company, and they would miss her smile and come to take photos with her.

When Ma Chun left Alibaba, Ma Yun asked her if she wanted to teach in a university. He could introduce her. Ma Chun did not go to work in other companies after her resignation. She believed that no company could compare with Alibaba. In the end, he was engaged in his old profession of education, children’s English education.

On September 10, two years before Alibaba went public, Ma Chun called Jack Ma to wish him a happy birthday.

Ma Yun was very happy and finally asked: Ma Chun, do you still have your equity? You must not sell it.

Ma Chun, her husband and Jack Ma

Alibaba later went public. Although Ma Chun’s wealth is not as much as that of the 18 Arhats, it is enough for her to have food and clothing for the rest of her life.

This story illustrates the proverb that a small fortune depends on hard work, and a big fortune depends on fate. If Ma Chun, including Alibaba's 18 Arhats, had not met Jack Ma, they would not have gained so much wealth today even if they worked hard.