Pony Ma, Chairman and CEO of Tencent: Once considered selling QQ

The financial report data published in March this year showed that Tencent's 2007 revenue was 3.8209 billion yuan, with a net profit of 1.568 billion yuan, and a market value exceeding 1 billion yuan. In light of these excellent results, Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma recently expressed the hardships he faced as an entrepreneur in an interview with the media and revealed that he had once considered selling QQ. Ma said: "Under the circumstances of being unable to secure financing domestically, many friends advised me to sell QQ. During the negotiations for selling QQ, I had very mixed feelings. After negotiating with four companies without reaching our bottom line, I decided to keep QQ and grow it myself."

Message: Many people can hardly believe that a simple QQ messaging software from back then has now developed into China's largest online community. Although Pony Ma once thought about selling his QQ, he ultimately persisted, allowing us today to see a penguin logo on our computers. This is just like the popular advertising slogan nowadays, "Everything is possible."