Musk, the world's richest man who has always gone off the beaten path, is "doing things" again.
On the morning of April 28, Beijing time, Musk posted a message on social media Twitter, saying that "the next step is to buy Coca-Cola." As soon as the news came out, it immediately triggered a hot search on major platforms at home and abroad.
Everyone has expressed disbelief: after all, Musk's "spending $44 billion on high-profile Twitter" has not dissipated, and he wants to buy Coca-Cola non-stop, is this the legendary willfulness of money?
The richest man mouthed a "joke", just for the disgusting Buffett?
But more than an hour later, Musk, who seemed to have "played enough," tweeted in response to the incident: "Listen, I can't do miracles."
Obviously, the acquisition of Coca-Cola is just a joke for the richest man. It's really unreliable to think about it: even if you are the richest man, Musk will inevitably be a little stretched if he wants to swallow Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola's market capitalization is as high as $283.9 billion, while Lao Ma's current wealth is about $260 billion; not to mention the recent collapse in Tesla's stock price.
According to industry analysts, Musk's "jokes" are mostly for two reasons: one is that he has just successfully collected the "new toy" Tweet, which is inevitable to be proud; the other is to tease the "sworn enemy" Buffett by the way.
As we all know, Coca-Cola has always been a "good heart" of the gods. Since 1988, Buffett has been firmly holding it for a long time; Berkshire is now the largest institutional shareholder, with a 9.25% stake. In addition, the stock god is like a spokesperson for Coca-Cola walking, and often attends events without leaving a can of Coke.
The richest man and the stock god have been at odds for a long time. Musk has provoked many "polemics", first publicly mocking Buffett's moat theory as "extremely outdated and stupid"; also saying that he wants to set up a candy company (the happy candy that defeats Buffett); and even tweeting "to build a moat and fill it with candy".
Accused of running a train with a mouth full of mouths, calling itself "abnormal"?
In fact, Musk's "jokes" and "wild talk" are not new, and the news that is mutually exclusive with other rich people is frequently in the news. In addition to Buffett, Musk is also secretly competing with one: bezos, the former richest man and founder of Amazon.
Previously, the two had "formed a beam" because of the competition for NASA's moon landing project, and then the competition for the position of the richest man was even more intense. After winning the rich list, Musk also said for the first time that he would "give Bezos a silver medal" to show ridicule.
What's more interesting is that in 2020, just after Bezos invested in Altos, an aging intervention company, Musk began to frequently publish anti-aging denials in public, saying that "anti-aging is useless", "there is no interest in longevity" and "human beings do not have to live so long".
However, he may have forgotten that his girlfriend Grammuth is an anti-aging master, and he is a loyal fan of the "Emuni" elderly intervention substance; his mother Meyer is also a related spokesperson; and even Musk himself has been privately sharing his girlfriend's anti-aging artifact due to the increasing thinning of his hair in the past two years.
After all, this "Amuyin" substance originates from the laboratory of the famous harvard, and has also been clinically treated by top research institutes such as the University of Tokyo and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, and has achieved anti-aging by rejuvenating mitochondria and so on. It is said that at the beginning of its existence, even Li Ka-shing could not help but try it himself, lamenting that he had "become dozens of years younger", and since then he has spent 1.5 million yuan a year to maintain his immortal state.
However, with the renewal of the production process, the current threshold of Amuyin has dropped significantly, and the query of Bodong data has been exclusively enjoyed from The rich such as Musk to hundreds of thousands of middle-class and second-tier cities. I don't know if it is after "flying into the homes of ordinary people", the attraction to the richest man is limited, and it may be that the immortal way of consciousness such as brain-computer interface is more suitable for Musk who "does not take the ordinary road".
Frequently caused controversy because of "amazing language and maverick behavior", Musk himself has revealed an attitude of indifference. Not long ago, he called himself "Asperger's syndrome" in an interview and said that his brain works in a unique way that he "often makes strange remarks." It is reported that the typical symptoms of the syndrome include going their own way, lack of attention and perception of the feelings of others, and easy to offend words and deeds.
The patient, or the "misunderstood ideal futurist"?
On April 26, Musk was once again on the cover of Time Magazine. In the magazine article, Musk's brother Kimba said of him as a genius in business; but socially, he is really not good at "resonating with others."
In addition, regarding "many people resent Musk, thinking that his public image is as annoying as a hooligan", the article said that Musk was misunderstood by the public. Time magazine argues that Musk is an "ideal futurist," a seeker who seeks to find and mobilize all resources to find answers to humanity's biggest questions.
Perhaps going it alone, maverick and idealistic, and pursuing enterprising are two sides of the same coin, depending on what angle you look at, Musk's complexity and controversy may also be concentrated here. What is the image of the richest man in your eyes?