Is it always a good thing to please the boss? Employees of Alipay, China's largest online-payments service provider and part of the Alibaba Group, might be having second thoughts. 
取悦老板总是好事吗?中国最大在线支付服务提供商、阿里巴巴集团(Alibaba Group)旗下公司支付宝(Alipay)的员工们,或许正在三思。
   
Company president Shao Xiaofeng had set a target for the company of reaching a daily transaction volume of 1.2 billion yuan ($176 million). The incentive? Mr. Shao promised to strip to his underwear and run around the company's Hangzhou office once the goal was achieved.
支付宝总裁邵晓锋曾经为公司定下了日交易量达到12亿元(约合1.76亿美元)的目标。拿什么来鼓励大家?邵晓锋承诺,一旦这个目标达到,他将脱到只剩内裤,绕着公司在杭州的办公室跑一圈。
   
The great day came Monday - just one day before the fifth anniversary of Alipay's founding - and Mr. Shao (pictured below) proved true to his word. How he will go about motivating staff towards their next goal is as yet unclear….
这一天在周一(12月7日)到来了,第二天就是支付宝成立五周年,而邵晓锋(如图)也兑现了他的诺言。他将怎样激励员工朝着下一个目标迈进,还不晓得……

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