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At noon on December 10, Beijing time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on social media Twitter that he was considering resigning to become a full-time Internet celebrity, and asked netizens what to think.
I have to say that the Internet was played by Musk, and he is indeed very popular. According to statistics, Musk has been on weibo hot search 74 times this year, in the last week, he was on Weibo hot search 5 times because of buying and selling stocks, houses, mocking Apple polishing cloth IQ tax, etc., and even some netizens ridiculed: The earth can no longer tolerate him?
Musk said he was considering quitting his job to become a full-time influencer
Late on The night of December 9, local time in the United States, Tesla CEO Musk posted on social media that he was considering quitting all his jobs, devoting himself to the cause of Internet celebrities, and soliciting the opinions of netizens.
The tweet sparked a late-night frenzy among netizens around the world, receiving nearly 20,000 responses within an hour of posting. MrBeast, which has 84 million subscribers on streaming site Youtube, also threw an olive branch, offering to teach Musk how to get pageviews.
However, Musk clearly gave a negative answer in response to the netizens inviting him to open a YouTube channel, and stubborn netizens began to recommend TikTok (the international version of Douyin) to the world's richest man.
Of course, most of Musk's out-of-the-box tweets are just expressing some ideas and won't really do it, including the previous "seven-step poem" with no follow-up progress. The last time he seriously consulted netizens, it was the vote about selling Tesla's shares, and after getting the "approval" of netizens, Musk sold a total of 11 million shares in the past month, and about 6 million shares are still for sale.
Even if he's not a full-time influencer, Musk himself has reached the level of a super influencer, and according to the Wiki News List, he currently has 65.5 million Twitter followers, ranking 13th in the world.
After publicly stating that he "wanted to resign," Musk commented on the shanghai gigafactory within minutes, saying that tesla's China team had done a surprising job. This proves once again that the "horse boss" will not retire quickly, at least in the short term.
In addition, on December 7, Musk said at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Forum that the CEO is a false title, and he has changed his title at Tesla to "Technoking", which has been officially approved. It is reported that the word "Technoking" is composed of "Techno" and "King", which roughly means "the king of electronic music". Techno is a genre in electronic music, and Musk himself is a lover of electronic music.
According to previous reports, Musk applied for the title as early as March this year, and he had previously publicly posted on social platforms: "I love music. It makes my heart sing. ”
Tesla's regulatory report filed in March said Musk would continue to retain the CEO position in the future and have a new title , "Tesla Technoking." In addition, the company's chief financial officer, Zach Kirkhorn, has also received a new title , "Master of Coin" ( " .
Tesla did not explain the reason for the invention of these two job titles. At present, Musk's new title has no specific practical significance, and his position at Tesla has not changed.
Musk has 74 hot searches on Weibo a year
Netizen: The earth can no longer tolerate him?
As a big man in the Internet technology circle, Musk's various out-of-the-box behaviors and remarks have attracted huge traffic, and have been jokingly called "10G surfers" by netizens.
In November 2021, Musk got 14 hot searches, just one day on November 2, Musk was on 4 hot searches because of the "Chinese Seven Steps Poem", some netizens joked: "The Internet has been played by Musk" "The earth can no longer accommodate him? ”
Screenshots of some of Musk's hot searches
On December 8, Musk posted his new hairstyle on Twitter and said he had cut it himself.
He also said in a recent statement: "I don't know what secret technology is used to fight aging... If you live forever, we may become a very rigid society, resulting in new ideas not succeeding. Perhaps, behind Musk's various whimsical ideas is also the embodiment of his innovative thinking.
In addition, Musk, the world's richest man, recently sold his last property and rented a "movable board house" in Texas that rents $50,000 (about 310,000 yuan) a year.
Why is Musk so popular on the Internet? The reason is simple, compared with other world-class entrepreneurs, Musk's thinking is broader, the way of action is more "cosmopolitan", so Musk, who is always "10G surfing", is not only for marketing, but also to "define the future". Whether it is Tesla or SpaceX, the company he founded covers almost all the major industries that may directly affect the future, and has begun to lay out and produce for these areas.
Musk cashed out again, accumulating nearly $12 billion in sell-offs
Elon Musk sold nearly $940 million worth of Tesla stock on Thursday, one step closer to his goal of selling 10 percent of his stake.
Musk exercised 2165241 options at $6.24 per share on Dec. 9 and sold 934091 shares of Tesla stock worth nearly $940 million for $1,003 to $1,062, according to SEC filings. Stocks are sold to satisfy the withholding tax obligations for the exercise of options.
As part of his compensation plan, Musk received a stock option award of 22.8 million shares in 2012 at an strike price of $6.24 per share. The options expire next August, and Musk must pay income tax on gains earned on exercise.
Musk said in September that he intended to sell a large number of shares in the fourth quarter. The media reported last month that Musk faces about $15 billion in exercise-related tax bills.
Musk has made a series of sell-offs in recent weeks, with the last time he sold Tesla stock on Dec. 2. Since Nov. 8, Musk has exercised about 12.86 million stock options and sold more than 11.03 million shares of Tesla stock worth nearly $12 billion.
On November 6, Musk launched a poll on Twitter asking its 62.5 million followers if he should sell 10 percent of tesla stock. The poll results show that of the 3.5 million votes, nearly 58% support the sale. In fact, however, the share sale plan was arranged before the voting results were released.
When Musk conducted the survey, he owned about 170 million shares of Tesla stock, 10 percent of which were 17 million. That means Musk has now sold nearly 65 percent of his projected sale, and he has about 6 million shares left for sale.
On Thursday, Tesla shares plunged 6.1 percent. On the one hand, Musk has sold Tesla at an unprecedented speed to cloud the stock, on the other hand, Tesla has also faced a series of negative news in recent days.
Tesla's internal service documents released at the end of November show that Tesla will replace the side relay cameras of some U.S.-made models due to circuit board problems.
According to media reports earlier this week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into Tesla because it did not properly notify its shareholders and the public of the related fire risk of solar panels.
At the same time, Tesla is also facing a safety investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTA) into the accident of its assisted driving system.
Tesla shares have fallen more than 6 percent over the past 30 days, but are still up 38 percent so far this year. Despite recent shrinkage in wealth, Musk is still sitting on $282 billion, the richest man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Source丨21st Century Business Herald Comprehensive Public Information, Financial Associated Press, Heyun Data, Phoenix Technology, Weibo
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