Alibaba, the internet giant, recently released a piece of news that shocked the world.
Joe Tsai, the American NBA's return to Alibaba, known as the "Eighteen Arhats," has ended his work. In an open letter sent to all employees, he said, "He will become chairman of the group, and Wu Yongming will serve as president of the group." This also means that the "Eighteen Arhats" who followed Jack Ma to work hard in the world will return to power ten years later, and Alibaba will usher in a great change.
1. This is a huge change for the network industry around the world.
The man who helped Jack Ma defeat Son and lead Alibaba to glory has now become the helm of the entire company.
On Alibaba's 24th birthday, Tsai Chongxin announced that Wu Yongming, the company's chairman, will serve as the chairman, and Wu Yongming, as the company's CEO.
As soon as this news came out, the entire network exploded. Many people remember that Jack Ma summoned the "Eighteen Arhats" in a small room to talk about how to change China, and even the world's network.
At that time, no one would have thought that this person, known as the "18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China", would be a miracle of China's network. They were the founders of Alibaba and their partners, but just as Alibaba was about to go public in the United States, they chose to retire.
This is the first time that Alibaba has carried out an organizational restructuring under the guidance of Jack Ma. There has been an analysis from the outside world that Alibaba is in urgent need of new blood, "Eighteen Arhats have rich experience in various departments, and over time there will be a phenomenon of relying on the old and selling the old, which is not a good thing for the long-term development of the enterprise." ”
In 2014, the bell of the United States rang, and the "Eighteen Arhats" came to an end, leaving a legendary story about them.
Since then, Alibaba has entered the era of Daniel Zhang and is known as "the best programmer". In 2015, Daniel Zhang became the CEO of Alibaba Group, working to build a complete e-commerce platform system. The "Double 11" shopping carnival, Tmall, and big names rushed to stay, all of which made Alibaba the most dazzling star on the world's Internet, and Alibaba can be said to be Daniel Zhang's single-handedly created the glory of this Internet era.
However, Alibaba also has its own difficulties, Daniel Zhang did a good job in those days, but in the end, he is just a "best online worker". He was not an entrepreneur, but a "professional manager" who caused problems for the development of the company.
The first headache is Ant Group. In 2020, Ant Group's Hangzhou headquarters ushered in a warm applause, and according to the plan, this "financial giant" will start with 2With a market capitalization of 1 trillion yuan, a large number of executives and employees will become billionaires.
Market Cap 2Is 1 trillion RMB reasonable? However, with the intervention of the regulatory authorities, Ant Group withdrew its listing application and began rectification, which was three years. On the issue of rectification, Ant Group has several major things to do, including that all financial businesses must be supervised; Return to the payment service of the origin of payment, and apply for the establishment of a personal credit information company; All "borrowing" and "Huabei" will be incorporated into the consumer financial system to strengthen the protection of consumers' rights; Strengthen the company's management and maintain market order; It is necessary to standardize related-party transactions, strengthen risk management, establish a fair market environment, and strengthen the corporate social responsibility system.
These things cannot be done overnight, and they need to be done by the boss himself, not the "best network worker". As a result, Ma Yun of "Xianyun Wild Crane" returned to China and helped Ant Group carry out a positive rectification.
Because, this year is a very important year for the rectification of Ant Group. In 2021 and 2022, they completed the restructuring of their operations and management. Alibaba announced its latest list of partners in July this year, and Jing Xiandong, Ni Xingjun, Zeng Songbai and others have withdrawn from Alibaba's partners, and they will adjust them in accordance with the requirements of regulators to improve corporate governance.
Jack Ma is not a "god", and he also needs a competent assistant to convince Alibaba's management and convince new and existing employees. 
2. In this year's Chinese business world, Jack Ma's appearance in Hangzhou is the biggest news.
He talked a lot about artificial intelligence, and Chat GPT sparked the imagination that Alibaba would lead a new wave of technology trends.
In an unexpected way, Jack Ma led Alibaba to a second round of restructuring. According to the "1+6+n" architecture, Daniel Zhang will be his Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, ** Tmall, Local Life, International Digital Commerce, Cainiao, Big Entertainment, Small, Small Fish, Big Entertainment, Daniel Zhang.
"Eighteen Arhats" reappeared in people's sight. This news has caused a lot of discussion on the Internet, and some people think that Ma Yun abandoned the eighteen Arhats and now uses the eighteen Arhats, which is very interesting. This is not surprising, standing in different positions and from different angles, Ma Yun is not thin on the "Eighteen Arhats", so that they all sold their shares and became hidden rich.
Alibaba has to make new achievements, and Jack Ma doesn't want Alibaba to be a family-owned company. To this end, he resigned as the controlling shareholder of Alibaba and Ant. In this case, why did Ma Yun call all the "Eighteen Arhats" back?
This brings us to the second and third headaches, which are investment and technology. This is not because of Alibaba's technical problems, but because Daniel Zhang is neither a tech guru nor an investor.
From the perspective of the world, Internet giants around the world are actively developing new technologies, so that the world's investment focus has shifted from the Internet to hard and soft technologies.
Over the past 24 years, Alibaba has maintained the ability to keep pace with the world trend and lead the trend of the times, which lies in "change", and a good enterprise must always maintain "change". Microsoft, Google, Amazon, the world's most popular companies, all started with investment and technology.
Under the leadership of the "Eighteen Arhats", Alibaba has the most solid basic technology in the early days of China's Internet. Wu Yongming, Alibaba's chief executive, is a technology expert. A technologist as CEO is bound to change the face of Alibaba's technology.
This is true both in terms of technology and investment. In this era, all technology is driven by money, which is why Tsai Chongxin gave up his favorite basketball sport and returned to Alibaba to become the "first person".
What Tsai Chongxin is best at is not the Internet or basketball. "As an NBA China board member and owner of the Nets, Tsai has in fact secured the biggest investment in the history of the global network.
There is a saying circulating on the Internet that Son Masayoshi invested in Jack Ma, and Jack Ma impressed Son with his persistence. The fact is that Tsai Chongxin reached an agreement with Son Masayoshi through his relationship, and used his talent to help Ma Yun and buy the money.
And Tsai Chongxin, known as one of the "Eighteen Arhats", is known as the "Fire Captain", who seems to be omnipotent.
Tsai Chongxin officially became chairman and Wu Yongming became CEO, which is a signal that Alibaba wants to make the next big move in the technology field.
Ma Yun, known as the head of the "Eighteen Arhats", is he really going to retire? 
3. Ma Yun's retreat is confusing.
A few years ago, he said that "it is impossible to be a teacher anymore", but this time, he is still making a huge reform at Alibaba.
He returned to China for more than 100 days, and there was a lot of uproar, and no one knew if he would retire, but few ** would believe him.
Jack Ma's retirement" is more like ceding control of Alibaba to someone else, which is an entrepreneur's bearing.
According to domestic and foreign ** and various information, Alibaba has not clearly stated the whereabouts of Ma Yun, but he is very likely to fill the vacancy left by Daniel Zhang. It has already been said above that Daniel Zhang is a master of networking, Tsai Chongxin is a master of investment and financing, and Wu Yongming is a master of science and technology.
What is Jack Ma best at? Internet. Whether it's China Yellow Pages, ** or Alibaba, Jack Ma is good at e-commerce, the Internet. And Alibaba's main business is the Internet. Daniel Zhang's departure has deprived the network of a leader.
As a next step, it's clear that Alibaba is focusing on investment and technology, so how can we fill the gap? Jack Ma has found his job again.
recalled that Ma Yun was dealing with the affairs of the Ant Group, announcing the organizational structure of "1+6+N", and calling back the "Eighteen Arhats", he quietly disappeared. The Tribune, an English-language newspaper, revealed that Jack Ma had appeared in Pakistan.
* Jack Ma has also visited Bangladesh, but he has not left there, according to The Times. What is this for? During the visit, he visited Alibaba's overseas e-commerce division. This company, the main focus is Dalaizan. The two brands are Pakistani online fashion retail companies that were founded in 2012. In 2015, Dallezan established his own company in Bangladesh. Entered Sri Lanka and Nepal in 2016. In 2018, Alibaba made a merger, which was also a significant step forward in its global e-commerce space.
According to the news of **, Ma Yun held several meetings in Huaxia, one of which was to convene the heads of various departments of ** and Tmall to hold a small meeting to discuss the competition of the Internet and Alibaba's network business.
It is said that Jack Ma has not talked about the Internet so excitedly for a long time, "He told all the executives, return to **, return to users, return to the Internet." "In the past, this was Daniel Zhang's responsibility, but now, Ma Yun is going to take over.
If you ask about China's network industry, Jack Ma can definitely rank in the top three. After a decade, the "Eighteen Arhats" are back in charge of the Internet, and I don't know what kind of changes it will bring to the Internet and technology.
One thing is for sure, that is, Alibaba will change dramatically, and even the Internet of the whole world will change dramatically.