According to the "Surging News" reported on April 28, local time on April 28, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on social media Twitter that he wanted to acquire the US consumer giant Coca-Cola Company. While stating his acquisition plans, Musk also claimed to "add cocaine back in."
This remark caused a heated discussion among netizens, and someone synthesized a screenshot and joked in Musk's tone, "Now I'm going to buy McDonald's and fix all the ice cream machines." In response, the Tesla CEO responded, "Listen, I can't do miracles. ”
It is worth mentioning that on April 25, local time, Twitter announced that it has reached an acquisition agreement with Musk, agreeing to Musk's wholly-owned acquisition of Twitter at a price of $54.20 per share, totaling about $44 billion in cash.
The deal is expected to close in 2022, which means that Twitter will become a privately held company. Affected by this news, the U.S. stock market closed up 5.64% on Twitter at $51.69 per share. Twitter also issued a statement saying shareholders would receive $54.20 per share in cash after the deal closes, a 38 percent premium to the closing price on April 1, the last trading day before Musk disclosed his holdings.
Although Musk himself claims that his next plan is to buy Coca-Cola, many people point out that this is not feasible. That's because, it's estimated, Coca-Cola's market capitalization is now about $284.2 billion. According to the earnings report, Coca-Cola's net revenue in the first quarter of this year was $10.491 billion, an increase of 16% compared with the same period last year, exceeding market expectations of $9.83 billion. In other words, even if Musk is the world's richest man, with a net worth of about $253 billion, it will not be easy to become the big boss of the beverage giant.
Although in 1894 the first bottle of Coca-Cola was publicly sold, which contained 3.5 cocaine. It wasn't until 1929 that Coca-Cola was completely free of this ingredient. But today, cocaine is tightly regulated around the world, and even in the United States, where drug controls are relatively lax, cocaine is currently only allowed to be sold legally for medical purposes. If Coca-Cola contains cocaine ingredients, it will not only affect sales, but also break the law and cause trouble.
It is reported that because of its excitatory effect on the central nervous system and lead to misuse, cocaine has become one of the world's leading drugs since 1985. Cocaine not only affects the central nervous system, but also damages the digestive system, immune system, cardiovascular system, and genitourinary system.