Do you still remember the Shandong man who was nicknamed "Alipay"? At that time, he also sued Jack Ma and claimed 1 million. So, how did this Alipay man become famous all over the Internet in the first place? What became of him?
Uncle Alipay was born in 1962. His ancestors have lived in a small village in Shuanghou Town, Yinan County, Shandong Province for generations.
Everyone in their village has the surname Zhi for generations, and their children are named according to their seniority. When it was his generation's turn, he happened to be ranked in the generation with the word "pay", so the names of his brothers and sisters were "pay" followed by "pay", so he was called Alipay and his brother was called pay. Shun, his brother is called Fufa and his sister is called Fuhua.
In 2009, he opened a convenience store in the village, mainly selling cold meat and some daily necessities. The name was "Alipay Store", and the family lived a peaceful and happy life. . How did Mr. Alipay become popular?
Because there is little information in the village, Mr. Alipay has lived here for more than fifty years without knowing that there is an Alipay software in the outside world. Until one day, this software was promoted to their village, and for a while, the surrounding neighbors were using this new payment tool.
Hearing that everyone in his store was shouting to use "Alipay", even his little grandson shouted to scan "Alipay" to receive red envelopes, he felt very unhappy. He didn't know how he could become a tool for others to use.
In addition, the neighbors often teased him about his name after dinner. At first, he didn't pay much attention, just thinking that everyone was joking. After all, his own name was named half a century ago. Yes, even Alibaba and Jack Ma didn’t exist at that time.
However, something happened later that directly angered Mr. Alipay. It turned out that someone secretly posted his ID card online. At first, most netizens thought that the ID card was fake and was completely created by a certain netizen.
But after this photo went viral on the Internet, some attentive netizens actually found Mr. Alipay’s home based on the address on his ID card. As a result, many Internet celebrities came to the small village where Mr. Alipay lived to live broadcast. They did not care whether they disturbed Mr. Alipay's life, they just wanted to use this to gain attention and traffic for themselves.
With the spread of the Internet, the matter of Mr. Alipay’s naming of the “Alipay” software quickly spread on the Internet, and even reached the ears of the program crew of Mango Channel’s “Tian Tian Shang Shang”. The program team was invited to Mr. Alipay.
With the broadcast of the "Tian Tian Shang Shang" program on February 26, 2016, Mr. Alipay completely changed from an amateur to a big internet celebrity.
After becoming popular, many people come to Mr. Alipay’s house every day. According to Mr. Alipay, twenty or thirty people came to take photos with him every day. It was also at this time that he began to hang "Alipay" QR codes in the store for consumers to use.
But as time went by, these people had a great impact on Mr. Alipay’s life. Coupled with the behavior of Internet celebrities who used his ID card to attract people’s attention, Mr. Alipay became furious. Later, In anger, he sued Alibaba for infringement of his reputation and demanded one million yuan in compensation.
On the matter of Mr. Alipay suing "Alipay", netizens started a heated discussion. Some people ridiculed that the matter was quite dramatic, while others questioned that Mr. Alipay was deliberately hyping it.
However, in the end, the uncle did not win the case. Because the lawyer told him that according to relevant laws, when registering names as trademarks, there is a difference between the names of ordinary people and the names of famous people.
In other words, there are restrictions on the use of names as trademarks for the names of influential celebrities, but there are no restrictions on the names of ordinary people.
Therefore, "Alipay" cannot obtain legal support for suing "Alipay" for infringement, and compensation is even more out of the question. However, the matter of Mr. Alipay suing Alibaba was still a sensation and attracted many netizens to watch.
Not long after, Alibaba also responded to the matter and received unanimous praise from netizens.
On August 10, 2018, Alipay’s official Weibo posted a blog post on the social platform. The full text is as follows: “Your name is Alipay, and I am also called Alipay. You use Alipay to collect money in Alipay stores. As a code dealer... Our designer just told me that we are so destined that we hope to contact you and build an 'Alipay Demonstration Store' together. We will pay for the design and decoration costs. How about it?"
Later, Alibaba actually designed and decorated Mr. Alipay’s Alipay store, and Alibaba borne all the expenses.
Seeing his store take on a new look, all the unhappiness Mr. Alipay had had before disappeared. Later, he happily ran his own shop, and in order to attract customers, he even enlarged his ID card. After that, many customers came here every day, just to see the dignity of Mr. Alipay. and took a group photo with Mr. Alipay.
However, Mr. Alipay still has one wish that has not been fulfilled. He said that he really wanted to meet Jack Ma. Later, Alibaba also promised to arrange a meeting between the two, but there has been no response after so many years.
From an ordinary farmer to a popular Internet celebrity, from failing to sue Alibaba to running an "Alipay Demonstration Store", Mr. Alipay's life is full of opportunities, and this opportunity came to him , is both accidental and inevitable.
The world is full of wonders. Just after the experience of Mr. Alipay spread all over the Internet, and on the occasion of Double Eleven in 2018, some netizens discovered another "Tmall".
It is reported that the person named "Tmall" is a young man, whose full name is "Qin Tmall". He was born in Hejiang Village, Guangxi in 1996. The villagers call him "Amao". It is reported that Tan Tmall's family also names their children according to their seniority. When it comes to Tan Tmall's generation, he happens to be ranked in the generation with the character "天". His brother is named Tan Tianbing, he is named Tan Tmall, and his sister is named Qin Damei. .
When he was a child, he had always been curious about why his name was not "Tin Tianjiang", because since school, he would always be teased by his classmates every time he introduced himself or was called by the teacher. Later, he even I don’t even want to go to school.
He asked his father more than once why he named himself "Tmall", but he never got an answer. Later, he proposed to change his name more than once, but his father did not agree. After becoming popular after becoming famous under the name "Tmall", he wanted to make more money through his own efforts and develop slowly in the future.
What do you think of Mr. Alipay and Tan Tmall’s experience of becoming popular?