In 2004, Ma invited an elegant and intellectual woman to visit Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou.
Ma's actions convey to Alibaba employees how important this woman is to him.
Surprisingly, the woman who holds a central place in Ma's heart is neither his wife, Angela Cheung, nor peng Lei, his partner, who has been dubbed "the woman behind Alibaba." She's just a down-on-earth Japanese actress named Yumiko Araki.
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
Not many people know her name, but what about "blue sky thunderbolt," "high throw," and "Phantom flow"?
The memory of the post-70s and post-80s generation will be instantly awakened. She is the leading role of Junko Koshi in Volleyball Women.
How did a Japanese actress get involved with Jack Ma? Why did Jack Ma go to Japan six times to find Araki yumiko? What happened to her after she was taken to China?
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Junko Deer born in response to The Times
Although there is a saying in sports that "friendship comes first, competition comes second", every athlete knows clearly that competitive competition is, to a large extent, about winning the championship.
In 1974, The Japanese Women's Volleyball Team won the World Championship. In 1977, the Japanese women's volleyball team won the World Cup.
The two gold MEDALS of the Japanese women's volleyball team aroused the volleyball fever in Japan, which also spawned a number of volleyball related works, including manga stories based on the volleyball spirit created by Japanese cartoonist Shotaro Mori.
Later, the manga story was made into a 71-episode television series, The Flame of Youth, starring rookie Yumiko Araki as junko.
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At that time, the heat of volleyball in Japan is high, "The Flame of Youth" once broadcast ratings exploded, the heroine Junko Kodeer has become a synonym for youth, struggle, tenacity.
While volleyball has become a trend in Japan, things have been a little sluggish in China. Since the establishment of the National Women's Volleyball Team in 1954, the players of the National Women's Volleyball Team have participated in many international competitions, but none of them achieved a good ranking.
In order to win the championship, lang Ping and Sun Jifang, the core of the women's Volleyball team, trained hard and finally defeated Japan 3-2 in 1981 and won the third Women's Volleyball World Cup.
Lang Ping and Sun Jinfang are the core women's volleyball players
After a long period of time, The Chinese women's Volleyball team continued its glory and won an unprecedented five consecutive titles, which also set off a wave of volleyball fever in China.
China Central Television (CCTV) took advantage of the popularity of the popular Japanese drama "The Flame of Youth" and renamed it "Volleyball Women".
The Chinese people, who were already influenced by the Chinese women's Volleyball team's spirit of fighting hard and climbing high peaks, were overwhelmed by the difficult volleyball movements and moved by her belief of loving volleyball when they saw junko Ogura's beautified volleyball.
Junko has captured four generations of Chinese people, including the old, the middle, the young and the young, and has become a national idol in China.
In the fans who like Junko, Jack Ma is definitely the most enthusiastic fan.
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Jack Ma resonates with Junko
In his middle school years, Ma Was seriously biased in his studies. His English scores were the best, but his math scores were in a mess. In an exam, he scored only 31 points in math.
Want to be admitted to the university, each subject can not be too bad, such as Ma Yun serious partial subjects of students, in the eyes of many people, he and the university.
But Ma had a college dream in mind, and when he took the gaokao for the first time in 1982, he got an incredibly low score of 1 in math.
There is no doubt that Mr Ma failed.
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A strong sense of frustration like a huge mountain suddenly hit, pressure Ma can not breathe. But the cruelty of reality is far more serious than a failed college entrance examination.
The family economic conditions are not good, not able to support Ma Yun to study again for a year, he is also a little disheartened, decided to work with his cousin to a hotel waiter subsidies.
However, the hotel owner hired his cousin, telling him: "Young man, your appearance is not suitable for the service industry. Take my advice, you may find a way out by moving bricks in construction sites."
Ma Yun was rejected, although some lost, but he firmly believes that he can do. Since then, he has applied for many more jobs, each time with hope and disappointment.
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For a long time, Ma Yun fell into self-denial, father Malay law can not bear to see his son decadent go down, gave him a magazine to send books to live.
Had eaten the bitterness of life, more determined Ma Yun university idea. In 1983, he took the college entrance exam for the second time. Unfortunately, his math score was still terrible, only 19 points.
In the face of reality, Ma Thoroughly disheartened, firm belief in the university almost collapsed.
It was at his lowest point that Junko koshi showed him the way like a beacon that suddenly appeared in the darkness.
Junko is in a similar position to Ma in that her biggest dream is to become a professional volleyball player and fulfill her mother's dream of competing in the Olympics.
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In order to realize her dream, she came to Tokyo alone white Fuji School. The school volleyball team training is very strict, she overcame the frustration, grit her teeth to stick to it, and become the main volleyball team has the opportunity to participate in the national volleyball league.
In the fierce league, Junko deer met the biggest crisis of her volleyball career, her Achilles tendon injury is serious, there is no risk of volleyball.
But the deer chunzi in the despair of the past, and learned the volleyball stunt "clear sky thunderbolt", "phantom flow", she through efforts and persistence, step by step to the dream close.
In Junzi, Ma found emotional resonance. So in 1984, despite his family's opposition, he took the exam for the third time.
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This time, he scored a rare 89 in math, but his overall score was still five points below the undergraduate line, missing the university once again.
However, luck is on the side of those who pursue their dreams. Ma was admitted to Hangzhou Normal University because of his excellent English scores.
In Ma Yun's opinion, the accumulation of four years' study in college plays a crucial role in his future entrepreneurial path.
And again and again to pull him back from the abyss of confusion, encourage him to adhere to the college entrance examination fawn Chunzi, naturally also became his heart of the white moonlight.
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From the "China Yellow Pages" website, to the establishment of China International E-commerce Center, and then to the establishment of Alibaba, the entrepreneurial process was faced with many difficulties, but it was Junko Koka who encouraged him not to give up, keep on, keep on.
After successful career, Ma Yun decides to search his goddess to Japan, but Japanese people do not know Japan has "volleyball female general" this TV play, more do not know small deer pure son is who this is how to return a responsibility?
Junko deer disappeared
After a long search, Ma found the reason for the strange phenomenon. The original "Volleyball women" in Japan called "the flame of youth", is the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games as the background of the creation of sports works, broadcast at the beginning of the Japanese people really love.
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But not long after, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to the detriment of American interests. Right now, the Japan that stands on chain of same interest with the United States, also made boycott Moscow Olympic Games of handle buy, first "the flame of youth" adjust midnight file from golden paragraph, blocked this TELEplay directly later.
This is the main reason why Japanese people have not heard of Volleyball Ladies.
Yumiko Araki
Some people will ask, Junko played by Araki Yumi did not only "The Flame of Youth" this TV series?
From what she can collect, she is famous only for "The Flame of Youth", the rest may not be famous, or no other works at all.
Ma Yun went to Japan for 6 times to find the news of Junko, he finally in 2000, and Japanese friends at dinner accidentally got her news.
Japanese friends listen to Jack Ma looking for fawn chunzi after greatly moved, immediately contact Japanese film friends looking for Fawn Chunzi.
That night at three o 'clock in the morning, friends of the film circle came to the news: Junzi deer found.
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
At this point, Jack Ma to Japan need to deal with the work is still in the discussion, Japanese friends and Araki by meiko is also communicating the details of the meeting.
Ma's journey across the years of stardom was realized just 15 minutes before he boarded the plane to return home.
By this time, Araki is already 40 years old, and although she has been elaborately dressed, there are still signs of age on her body.
The former dream lover's appearance is no longer, even some down and out from the dress, but she is still the deer in his heart chunzi.
Because Araki by meiko is through the years of precipitation left beauty, her story is drunk, admire...
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
Crying is a powerful weapon for girls
Ms. Araki was born into an ordinary family in Japan, where men hold more power and women place more emphasis on obedience.
Little Araki Yumiko was a crybaby girl, beautiful enough to feel pity when she cried, who had more than once earned her privilege by melting her father's hard heart with tears.
When she was a student, she used tears to get her father to let her participate in the TV talent show, but on the day of the game, she was deeply lost.
Yumiko Araki
Many of the girls in the talent show are 1.7-meter tall, and some are about 1.65-meter, but she is only 1.5-meter tall, which is far from the other contestants.
There is no doubt that Araki yumi's dream of film and television was shattered when other appearance conditions and singing and dancing skills were not different.
At the talent show, she began to cry, tears are her lethal weapon, the audience saw her lovable appearance, have stood up to cheer for her.
Forced by Araki Yumiko's popularity, the network signed her contract.
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Then, she was Shouting in the fans, the success of the "deer pure son" the role, in her joy, how to put the "deer pure son" live has become the biggest problem.
Araki had never played volleyball before, and in a short period of time she learned the rules and techniques of the sport for her role.
She does physical training such as running and jumping every day to get closer to her role and show off her appearance as a powerful volleyball player.
First right: Yumiko Araki
Suddenly super physical training, brought serious muscle strain, sometimes her wrist also because of the overload volleyball training and dislocated; Most seriously, her arm was broken and her jaw dislocated.
But Araki always wiped away tears after injuries and kept training. She never said she would give up.
Araki by meiko for the role of the director tanaka hideo and the cast staff look in the eyes, although she is not the best person to play The deer Junko, but the cast or in order to cooperate with her height under the full effort.
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The cast first looked for a supporting actor of about 150 height, scaled the U disk of the court, volleyball and other props to create a suitable prop for Araki By Meiko, and then through the late exquisite sculpture, this is to present the audience's favorite Junko.
"The Flame of Youth" brought her high national recognition, even if the TV series was banned later, she also has a lot of advantages over other newcomers, but why did she disappear?
Play as life
In 1983, when she was 23 years old, Araki met famous Japanese singer Masayuki Yuhara. The two quickly fell in love and married.
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
Things change, she just married, did not even have time to spend the honeymoon period, originally suffering from Alzheimer's mother-in-law was paralyzed.
She had no choice but to retire and take care of the elderly at home.
People who stay in bed for a long time will smell bad if they don't get good care. Araki yumiko's mother-in-law is always clean. She does everything herself, like gargle, feed medicine, rub the body and massage, without complaining.
But Araki yumiko's efforts did not win her mother-in-law's gratitude, but endless abuse.
Yumiko Araki
The old woman was unwell and in bad spirits, and she was scolded if she did anything unsatisfactory. Sometimes the old man could not remember who Yumi Araki was, so he thought she was a bad person who had broken into his house and beat her.
Araki yumiko is a strong person, and whenever she can't hold on, she says to herself, "You must be like Junko, you must not give up."
She took care of her mother-in-law for 20 years. In the past 20 years, she suffered too many grievances, fortunately, she has persevered through self-adjustment.
Before she died, her mother-in-law took her hand and said, "Yumiko, thank you for all these years."
A simple thank you was not enough to offset her care for her mother-in-law, but it made the 20 years worth it.
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Just as she was trying to enjoy life after her mother-in-law's death, fate pulled another trick on her.
During a checkup, Araki was found to have a tumor growing inside her body. In the face of heavy blows, she once had suicidal thoughts, fortunately, in her husband and son's enlightenment, she actively treatment, active life.
conclusion
One day in 2000, Araki Yumiko was suddenly told by a friend in the film industry that Jack Ma liked her role as Junzi deer for many years and proposed the idea of meeting her.
That 15-minute meeting gave her a new perspective on China, and when Mr. Ma duly invited her to China, she said yes without hesitation.
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
When She was invited to Alibaba in 2004 at the age of 44, Mr Ma graciously declared to employees that "Araki is my goddess".
Since then, Araki yumi came to China several times and with Ma's help successfully published her autobiography The Consciousness of Nursing, thus awakening the public's memory of Junko.
Her career came to a climax in December 2004, when she appeared on the CCTV program "Art life".
The audience applauded and she was moved to tears by the enthusiasm of her Chinese fans. "Thank you for loving Junko," she promised viewers at home. "IN the future, I will do my best to promote china-japan friendship."
Jack Ma and Yumiko Araki
With Ma's help, Araki's career improved and she truly considered China as her second home. In the following ten years, Araki came to China almost every year to promote the friendship between China and Japan.
In 2018, The Japanese side honored her with the china-japan Friendship Contribution Award.
In 2022, during the Beijing Winter Olympics, she reposted olympics-related posts on weibo and sent her best wishes to Olympic athletes.
Araki Yumiko has been showing her longing for life and love for China with her actions. She is the real Junko.
In fact, Junko has always been there, she belongs to the role player Araki Yumiko, but also belongs to everyone who fights for their dreams.
Those passionate burning youth, for the dream to do insist, we have always remembered the beautiful.
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