Chapter 1422 - 1412: Grief and Anger

Chapter 1422: Chapter 1412: Grief and Anger

Therefore, Jiang Cheng looked at the middle-aged man before him, feeling a bit annoyed at him. He thought, if you want to die, then just find a secluded corner and die quietly. Why come here and create a spectacle? Isn’t that crazy?

The middle-aged man, upon hearing Jiang Cheng’s question, seemed to have even more deathly stillness in his eyes.

"If things were truly good, why would I consider jumping?" The man spoke faintly, his tone filled with a sense of fatalism.

"If you have any difficulties, speak out. Everyone will understand you. If you die like this, what will happen to your family, your wife, and children?" Jiang Cheng asked. He despised people who were irresponsible to their families.

Upon hearing Jiang Cheng’s words, the middle-aged man suddenly stood up from the ground, shouting at Jiang Cheng, "What the hell do you know? If I die, my wife and kids can live better! Being with a loser like me, they can only suffer forever!" After shouting, his emotions shifted swiftly to sobbing, tears quickly filling his eyes. The man’s vulnerability was completely exposed at this moment.

Indeed, for most men, family is the goal of their struggle. Enduring hardship and fatigue is no big deal as long as the family can live well. Going through hard times is nothing. However, if one cannot provide a good life for their family, as a man, there must be a strong sense of guilt.

Hearing the man’s words, Jiang Cheng could tell there was more to the man’s story.

"Why don’t you tell me about your difficulties? Maybe I can help you," Jiang Cheng said to the man.

Perhaps it was Jiang Cheng’s incredible ability displayed when he saved him that made the man feel Jiang Cheng was no ordinary person. The middle-aged man thought for a moment, then nodded and wiped away the tears on his face.

"My name is Ma Tian."

"My name is Ma Tian." The middle-aged man said, but just this first sentence made Jiang Cheng excited.

"What!? Ma Tian!? You say you’re Ma Tian!?" Jiang Cheng was stunned. How could he randomly save someone who turned out to be so impressive?

A person indeed! No wonder he looked so familiar just now—it turns out he is Ma Tian!

Ma Tian, a myth of Hua Family District in the networking tech industry, one of the three giants, and the founder of Alibaba! Alibaba is the absolute leader in the Hua Family District’s internet industry, a legend that opened the era of online shopping in Hua Family District, becoming the largest online shopping platform, and changing people’s payment methods from cash to mobile payments, making significant contributions to the digitalization process in Hua Family District.

And Ma Tian himself is a legend, having started with nothing and gone through countless storms to achieve such success later in life. But Jiang Cheng didn’t expect that the current Ma Tian would be in such a state. Who would have thought the future brillantly successful Ma Tian would fall to such despair?

"Yeah. What’s wrong?" Ma Tian wondered in his mind. This person recognized him, but he had no impression of him.

"No, it’s nothing. You just happen to have the same name as a friend of mine. Go on," Jiang Cheng waved a hand. He knew he was a bit lost in thought earlier, but it was inevitable given the world-changing things the future Ma Tian would accomplish.

"Ten years ago, I graduated from university. The school wasn’t good, just a second-tier teacher’s college. After graduation, I became an English teacher, but the days of being a teacher were so dull. I even worked as a medical representative, just selling products," Ma Tian spoke. Reflecting on the past, a hint of nostalgia appeared on Ma Tian’s face.

"Well, that’s pretty good for you. How did you end up having suicidal thoughts?" Jiang Cheng found it odd. He hadn’t heard of Ma Tian ever contemplating suicide in the future.

"Why rush? I haven’t finished yet; this is just the beginning." Ma Tian glared begrudgingly at Jiang Cheng with his small eyes.

"Living like this day after day, I really couldn’t bear it anymore, so I resigned and ventured into business. I saw potential in the internet market. You might also think I’m overconfident, ignoring lucrative traditional business to focus on the internet. But I dare say, within five years, there will be a period of explosive growth for the internet in Hua Family District, a qualitative leap. That’s why I want to plant my roots in the internet industry now," Ma Tian said, a strong sense of confidence appeared on his face. He had absolute confidence in his vision. Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement with Ma Tian, and upon seeing Jiang Cheng nod, Ma Tian gave him a strange look but did not inquire further, instead continuing.

"You know Hua Family Yellow Pages, right? That’s my creation. You could say, the first step I took was quite successful, at least I wasn’t wrong in the general direction. However, at this point, my life took a turn," Ma Tian stated, his expression involuntarily showing anger.

Jiang Cheng knew about Hua Family Yellow Pages. It was a business website founded in recent years, mainly featuring a B2B model, providing a platform for companies to release information about themselves. It’s a completely free website where companies can quickly post information they want to share, such as recruitment information. It was currently the largest yellow pages site in Hua Family. Jiang Cheng was surprised to learn it was actually created by Ma Tian.

"Such a good website was founded by you? Why would you consider ending your life then?" Jiang Cheng was utterly puzzled.

"If it still belonged to me now, why would I consider ending my life!? At that moment, Ma Tian’s expression was already filled with anger.

"I couldn’t set up such a website by myself, so I found a partner. This website was a collaboration between us. The next step for the website was to seek investments, but unexpectedly, we had disagreements at that time. I advocated for a completely free, public service type of website, but he wanted to charge fees—short-sighted!" Ma Tian angrily said.

Considering the current internet environment in Hua Family District, charging fees might yield short-term profits, but in the long run, it definitely wouldn’t benefit the development of a website. But he stabbed me in the back, gobbling up all my shares in the company! All my shares! I devoted all my energy to this website, seeing it was about to recoup costs, but he revealed his true colors at this critical moment!" At this time, Ma Tian’s face was full of grief and anger. "I have no money left, and I’m heavily in debt. I don’t even have the face to go home and see my wife and children. I have let them down, just hoping that after my death, my wife can find someone better to marry, at least so she’ll avoid hardships in the second half of her life," Ma Tian spoke.

Upon hearing Ma Tian say this, Jiang Cheng finally understood. It turned out Ma Tian was deceived by his partner, resulting in such despair. Yet judging by future circumstances, Ma Tian should not die soon and would eventually establish Alibaba Group. It seemed Jiang Cheng had unwittingly intervened too much.