Jack Ma , the eccentric CEO of on-line marketplace Alibaba , has awell - documented flairfor the theatrical . Now the South China Morning Post — a newspaper owned by Ma — reports their boss will assume a asterisk character in the forthcoming short movie Gong Shou Dao .
The moving-picture show ’s get it on credits , other than Ma himself , let in action movie legend like Donny Yen and Tony Jaa , with executive production by Jet Li . It ’s plant to debut November 11th on Youku , a Chinese YouTube competitor .
Supposedly Ma ’s role in the film was intended promote tai chi , which may well be the case . Conveniently Ma and Li co - own a tai chi learning business calledTaiji Zen .
The flick ’s release also coincides with Singles Day , a major Formosan shopping holiday tantamount to Black Friday . According to SCMP , which again , is own by Jack Ma , “ Alibaba said the two events were not linked . ”
On his personal blog , Jet Li writes , presumptuously , that “ we all get it on that Jack is a Taiji Master himself ” and that “ it will definitely be an exciting short film to follow . ”
[ SCMP / JetLi ]
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