Movado brand ambassador and International Emmy nominee Sun Li revealed on Monday during a women and entrepreneurship conference that she and Jack Ma have been “online friends” for more than 4 years. The two met in person for the first time on the conference hosted by Alibaba Group.

摩凡陀品牌代言人、国际艾美奖候选人孙俪在星期一举办的女性创业者大会上表示，她和马云是联络了四年多的“网友”，出席阿里巴巴主办的这次会议是他们两人的第一次会面。

The actress told the public that their first online interaction started when she wanted to audit classes at Hupan College, the school for entrepreneurship established by Ma and other heavy-weights. “I left him a message on social media and he replied, ‘Are you serious?’” she said.

这位女演员告诉大家，她想去湖畔大学旁听课程，于是有了他们第一次的在线交流。湖畔大学是马云和其他重量级人物为企业家创办的学校。“我在社交媒体上给他留言，然后他回复我，‘你是认真的吗？’”她说道。

The Chinese business tycoon made her go through formal interviews and she eventually received the permission to audit.

这位中国商业大亨让她参加了正式的面试，最后她就被允许去旁听课程了。

（翻译：Dlacus）