Why does Ma Yun almost never attend Internet dinners organized by Ding Lei?

Ma Yun never attends Internet dinners organized by Ding Lei because there is a "knot" between them.

Ma Yun and Ding Lei are both Zhejiang businessmen and influential entrepreneurs in the Internet industry. Ding Lei started earlier, and was the founder of Netease, one of the three major portals. He started much earlier than Ma Yun. Ding Lei reached the top of China's richest man in 23, when Ma Yun's Taobao was just created.

in the early days, there was a lot of interaction between them, and their relationship was a little close.

according to research, in 25, Taobao and ebay were in full swing, and Taobao was banned by ebay's advertisements. Helpless, Ma Yun only used his own relationship to contact the major portals, hoping that they would accept Taobao's advertisements. Ding Lei agreed at that time, with a certain taste of supporting fellow villagers.

But then, in a miraculous turn, ebay poured money on it, telling major portals that it would double the advertising fee as long as they didn't advertise Taobao. Netease is a public company listed in the United States. Obviously, it is impossible to refuse to double the income and take care of a little bit of fellow villagers' friendship. I guess I dare not take care of it. You should know that American regulators can be merciless, and so many lawyers are waiting for fees. Then Ding Lei was the first to go back on his word and stood Ma up, which left a big knot in Ma's heart.

Then, after more than ten years' efforts, Ma Yun turned Alibaba into a multinational company with world-class influence, leaving many established Internet companies such as Netease behind. At this time, there is no need to have too much negotiation with Ding Lei.

And because there was an incident, although it was business, it did have a certain impact on their personal relationship, so Ding Lei organized a dinner and didn't invite Ma Yun to attend.

And Ma Yun doesn't need to show his existence through such a dinner now. His current dinner, as he said: "Eating a meal is a big deal. Ali's dinner is no less than any dinner in the world. " .

In addition, Ma Yun should have a new understanding of the dinner: "My favorite dinner has nothing to do with the public, and it should be my own life, singing opera and bragging. I like it."

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are heroes. It is natural that heroes see things slightly differently.