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According to CTOnews.com on February 19, the retired founder of Alibaba is rarely seen in public nowadays, but recently, netizens ran into Jack Ma in Melbourne, Australia, where he was seen drinking Coke on his mobile phone while wearing cloth shoes. In addition, photos of Jack Ma and his foreign friends were also posted online.

CTOnews.com learned that the foreign friends were the Molly family who took a photo with Jack Ma, a middle school student, by the West Lake 43 years ago. In the summer of 1980, Jack Ma, who was looking for foreigners to practice English by the West Lake, accidentally met the Morley family from Australia. Jack Ma, who was only 15 years old, was still a middle school student. Old Molly often took his son, little Molly, to talk to Jack Ma. Jack Ma was about the same age and soon became acquainted with each other. After the separation of the West Lake, Jack Ma and the Molly family became pen pals. The two sides often corresponded with each other, and the old Molly often corrected Jack Ma's grammatical errors when he replied to Jack Ma.

In 1985, the elder Molly invited Jack Ma to travel to Australia, although Ma applied for a visa seven times before he successfully went to Newcastle, but the experience also completely changed his view of the world.

After returning to Hangzhou, the two sides not only kept correspondence, but also provided support to Jack Ma, who was studying at Hangzhou normal University, and sent a total of A $200 over the past two years. In 2017, Ma rewarded the guidance and support that the elder Molly had given him with a scholarship program of A $26 million, when Newcastle University in Australia announced that Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma, through the Ma Yun Public Welfare Fund, had allocated A $26 million to set up the "The Ma & Morley Scholarship Program" program. This is the largest donation ever received by Newcastle University. Ma said the scholarship is designed to support people who want to explore the world and think about the world with their own heads.

It is reported that there are always photos of Jack Ma and the Molly family in his home and office.

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