On February 3, 2017, Jack Ma came to the University of Newcastle, Australia, and announced a donation of US$20 million to the university as a scholarship, and established a scholarship program called "Ma-Morley" here. This is the first overseas donation of the Jack Ma Charity Fund.

Bursary Fund.

So why did Jack Ma choose this not-so-famous Australian university?

In fact, there is a touching story in it.

The story begins in 1980. At that time, Jack Ma was only 16 years old. He was an ordinary boy in Hangzhou. Because he often fought with others, he was forced to transfer schools. His grades were not good, and he often failed in mathematics.

It took 2 years before he was admitted to a very ordinary high school. At this time, no one would have thought that this child would become the richest man in China in the future.

In 1980, China, which had just opened its door to reform and opening up, welcomed a delegation from Australia. Jack Ma didn’t know where he found out about this, so he squatted by the West Lake early to wait for this group of Australians. He wanted to communicate with foreigners through

The way people speak improves their English (Jack Ma loves English).

Soon, he saw the Morley family. Because his family had three children of the same age as Ma Yun, they should not be so nervous talking to their peers, so the young Ma Yun mustered up the courage to talk to Morley in immature English.

Saying hello to his son David, Ma Yun bluntly said that he wanted to practice his spoken English, and then introduced himself awkwardly.

Because they were both children, David chatted with Ma Yun enthusiastically. Ma Yun also took the family to visit the surrounding scenery, and agreed to meet at the park tomorrow. In the following days, Ma Yun and Ma Yun talked every day.

They played together with David and maintained their friendship by writing to each other after David returned home.

Time passed quickly, and Jack Ma was about to take the college entrance examination, but his grades were really bad. He only scored 1 point in the first time he took the college entrance examination mathematics, 19 points in the second time he took the college entrance examination mathematics, and 89 points in the third time he took the college entrance examination mathematics.

He still did not reach the undergraduate level, but fortunately, Ma Yun had good English scores and was admitted to the English undergraduate major of Hangzhou Normal University. After entering university, Ma Yun studied hard and was elected president of the student union. His abilities began to slowly show.

During the summer vacation of 1985, the Morley family invited Jack Ma to Australia. However, none of them had passports at that time. Morley encouraged Jack Ma to apply for one. Jack Ma actually got a passport, but the passport alone was useless. Australia would not issue it to him at all.

Visa, in order to apply for a visa, Jack Ma has been living in a basement in Beijing for almost a week, and the money is about to run out.

In order for Ma Yun to come to Australia, the Morley family kept sending telegrams to the Australian Embassy in China to explain the situation. After many efforts, Ma Yun finally came to Australia with 100 Australian dollars in his pocket that the whole family had raised for him.

This 29-day trip completely changed Jack Ma's life. This native Chinese saw the bigger world. He believed that China needed to change, and that it needed big changes, and he wanted to do this to change China.

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Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel. With Ma Yun's family's conditions, it would be great if he could support him through college. Even the living expenses are often not enough. After learning about this situation, Mo Li gave him money every six months.

Ma Yun sent him a check, one after another, for 200 Australian dollars (approximately 880 yuan), which was not a small sum at the time. This made Ma Yun very moved and firmly remembered the Morley family's kindness to him.

To this day, there are photos of Ma Yun and the Morley family in his home and office.

Now times have changed, and Jack Ma has become a billionaire and no longer has to worry about living expenses. However, Morley was not able to see this scene with his own eyes. In 2004, Morley passed away at the age of 78, and Ma Yun was extremely sad.

In order to repay the kindness that Morley's family had shown him, Jack Ma chose to come to Morley's hometown, Newcastle, Australia, and donated US$20 million to the University of Newcastle. Because Morley had never gone to college in his life, he had always longed for college.

Jack Ma knew that Morley's family would not accept his money, so he chose this special way to continue to help local college students from poor families complete their studies in Morley's name.