1. When he was 12 years old, Ma Yun bought a pocket radio. From then on, he listened to English radio every day and became interested in English. From the age of 13, Ma Yun was forced to transfer to Hangzhou No. 8 Middle School because he had too many demerits for fighting. After that, Ma Yun took the high school entrance examination and took two years to get into an extremely ordinary high school. One time, he only scored 31 points in mathematics.

2. In 1982, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the first time and failed for the first time, scoring only 1 point in mathematics. Ma Yun was full of frustration. Later, he and his cousin went to a hotel to apply for a waiter job. As a result, his cousin was hired, but he was rejected. The reason given by the boss was that Ma Yun was thin, short, and not good-looking. Later, Jack Ma worked as a secretary and porter. Ma Yun failed the college entrance examination. His father, Malay Fa, saw that he was depressed and asked him to ride a tricycle to deliver books to magazines.

3. In 1983, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the second time and failed again. His math score improved to 19. Ma Yun's parents persuaded him to give up his ambition to go to college and learn a trade. After that, Ma Yun began to ride that dilapidated bicycle through the streets of Hangzhou.

4. In 1984, Jack Ma took the college entrance examination for the third time despite the strong opposition of his family. This time he scored 89 points in the mathematics test, but he was still 5 points short of the undergraduate level. Since the enrollment quota for English majors has not been met, some students with excellent English skills have been given the opportunity to upgrade to undergraduate programs. Ma Yun was promoted to the undergraduate major in foreign languages ??by Hangzhou Normal University. After entering university, Ma Yun became a good student with both academic and moral excellence. With his excellent English, he was firmly ranked among the top five in the foreign language department. Later, Ma Yun was elected president of the student union, and later served as president of the Hangzhou Federation of Students for two terms.