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Business Interview: e-Commerce Guru

Business Interview: e-Commerce Guru
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ID: 0965 Upper Intermediate
There are love gurus, spiritual gurus, self-help gurus. These are all good. But what the world has been missing, up until now, is an e-commerce guru. No longer. The e-commerce guru has arrived, and he is going to teach you to live, love and self-actualize through online buying and selling. Listen to his wisdom, in Mandarin Chinese, in this podcast.
Jenny , John
Business Interview: e-Commerce Guru
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电子商务 diànzǐ shāngwù e-commerce
创业 chuàngyè to start a company
起步 qǐbù to begin to move
潜力 qiánlì potential
马总谢谢你接受财经日报的采访你的公司现在是中国最大的电子商务企业但是据说你创业时根本不懂互联网
Mǎ Zǒng 马总xièxie 谢谢nǐ 你jiēshòu 接受Cáijīng Rìbào 财经日报de 的cǎifǎng 采访nǐ de 你的gōngsī 公司xiànzài 现在shì 是Zhōngguó 中国zuì 最dà 大de 的diànzǐ shāngwù 电子商务qǐyè 企业dànshì 但是jùshuō 据说nǐ 你chuàngyè 创业shí 时gēnběn 根本bù 不dǒng 懂hùliánwǎng 互联网
Mr. Ma, thank you for accepting an interview with Finance and Economics Daily. Your company is now China's biggest e-commerce enterprise, yet it is said that when you undertook this venture, you knew nothing about the internet.
是那时候互联网在中国刚起步可是我相信它有很大的潜力
shì 是nà shíhou 那时候hùliánwǎng 互联网zài 在Zhōngguó 中国gāng 刚qǐbù 起步kěshì 可是wǒ 我xiāngxìn 相信tā 它yǒu 有hěn 很dà 大de 的qiánlì 潜力
Yes. At that time, the internet was just getting started in China. However, I was convinced that it had huge potential.
怎么会选择电子商务呢那时候好多人都做门户网站
zénme huì 怎么会xuǎnzé 选择diànzǐ shāngwù 电子商务ne 呢nà shíhou 那时候hǎo 好duō 多rén 人dōu 都zuò 做ménhù wǎngzhàn 门户网站
How is it that you chose e-commerce? At the time, a lot of people were doing portal websites.
我一直觉得互联网最大的功能就是联系人那么为什么不把它用在做生意上呢所以我想搭建这样一个平台把卖家和买家连起来
wǒ 我yīzhí 一直juéde 觉得hùliánwǎng 互联网zuì 最dà 大de 的gōngnéng 功能jiùshì 就是liánxì 联系rén 人nàme 那么wèishénme 为什么bù 不bǎ 把tā 它yòng 用zài 在zuò shēngyi 做生意shang 上ne 呢suǒyǐ 所以wǒ 我xiǎng 想dājiàn 搭建zhèyàng 这样yī 一ge 个píngtái 平台bǎ 把màijiā 卖家hé 和mǎijiā 买家lián 连qǐlai 起来
I've always felt that the biggest function of the internet is to bring people together. So, why not use it for business? That's why I wanted to set up that kind of a platform; to connect the seller with the buyer.
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