In China, Jack Ma is synonymous with success. The English teacher turned internet entrepreneur is the country's richest person. He founded Alibaba, the closest thing that Amazon has to a peer and rival. After Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, Ma was the first high-profile Chinese person he met with.

That success has translated to a rock-star life for "Daddy Ma", as some people online called him. He played an unconquerable kung fu master in a 2017 short film packed with top Chinese movie stars.