MA: Opportunity has begun to form

"I had dinner outside this afternoon, and the restaurant owner asked me," Do you expect the crisis to end next year? I said, it will be ready in the second half of next year. He said that the second half of next year will be OK? I said you'll get used to it in the second half of next year. ”

December 7, a long time not in public appearances of Alibaba board chairman Ma Yun, in the "2008 Annual meeting of Chinese business leaders" humor to lecture. Last year, he first warned at the annual meeting that "winter is coming".

This time, Ma Yun again predicted that the crisis will be in two or three years to blow everyone, but with the crisis, opportunities are coming, excellent enterprises in adversity can still develop.

Ma Yun, as the Beijing Tuanjiehu frozen ducks For example, called for changes in the winter. He said that the duck has been with the Ducks, winter has come, the Ducks have flown away, the Beijing duck did not know the change, was frozen.

"If you think it's a disaster, the disaster is coming, and if you think it's an opportunity, then the opportunity is coming." Last year I told you, the disaster may come, now I tell you, the formation of the opportunity has begun, we start to prepare it! ”

"Good entrepreneurs have to learn to adapt to the environment ahead of others, who have the opportunity to adapt first." Doing business is at least 5 years and 10 of consideration, 2 years-3 years of disaster is not a disaster. ”

"A crisis is an opportunity in danger. This so-called crisis, is the human society enters the Business Society globalization The labor throes, the human society must enter the commercial society, moves towards the globalization, has to face this kind of challenge. Mr Ma says today is no longer a disaster or a crisis, but the beginning of a rebuilding system.

"In good times, there will be a great enterprise, in the contrarian era there are great enterprises, like Japan's Sony, is in the downturn was born." He said, "The world is not the lack of money, business society is missing the entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurial dreams, entrepreneurial values, is the loss of values, is the lack of dreams." ”

He called on entrepreneurs to stick to their ideals and deal with the crisis together.

"The 2002 Internet crisis, that my slogan is to be the last one to fall." Even on my knees, I have to fall down. I believed that at that time, I am difficult for someone more difficult than me, I am sad opponents than I am more sad, who can survive who will win. Give up is the biggest failure, never give up their confidence, never give up when the first dream. ”

"Everyone do 10 years after the dream, do 3 years of planning." The first pains of the 21st century show us that only more openness can take longer. Even ' pigs are strong ' can live, why can't you? "Ma said.