"There are more and more conversations, but we all keep silent. Finally, someone moved the online discussion to the internet. A few days later, I noticed someone talking about it in our leisure bar. At this point, some people have been angry at the insensitivity of Alibaba's top management in this matter. Why don't they care about such internet companies? Someone has asked this question "Ma Yun;
In February 2003, about 10 employees of Alibaba were called to Ma Yun's office one by one, waiting for them were Ma Yun and several executives of the company. There was a document on the desk, and Ma Yun told them the same thing, saying that the company had a secret task for them to complete. If you are willing to do it, then sign this document on the table; If you don't want to do it, you can leave the office. Whether you like it or not, you must promise to keep it a secret. If you sign this agreement, you must work alone with a team for a period of time without even telling your family.
This 10 people expressed their willingness to sign this document. However, looking at the document backwards, I believe most people still can't understand it, because it was all in English, and the atmosphere at that time didn't allow them to read it slowly. So I believe that everyone signed this document in a muddle, and they are the core team of Taobao website production. "What we wanted at that time was to keep Taobao completely secret, so we had to keep them completely isolated in the production process," Ma described.
The next situation was SARS, so the team was not isolated, but also isolated. It is under this premise that Taobao website came into being and was officially released online in early May. This is the origin of Taobao.