There is a saying called, rich is willful, although not personally practiced this sentence, but have not eaten pork has always seen pigs run, these two days, Tesla CEO Musk's behavior is very profound confirmation of this sentence.
On April 25, Musk wholly acquired Twitter for $44 billion, a wholly-owned acquisition that proves his money and willfulness in just four words, but that's not all.
On the 28th, Musk posted on Twitter that he wanted to buy Coca-Cola and put cocaine back.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the development process of Coca-Cola.
In 1885, a pharmacist named John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola, in the original formula did contain cocaine as an ingredient, but in that century, cocaine was not banned as a drug as it is now, but a legal common ingredient in drugs, people thought it was safe to use a small amount, Pemberton said at that time that this drink was a brain supplement, but also a cure, relieve headaches, stomach discomfort and fatigue, now it seems that coca-cola can relieve pain, Instead, Coca-Cola, which has cocaine added, has a palliative effect.
By the 18th century, some Americans began to oppose the inclusion of addictive ingredients in patented drugs, and over time, the cocaine content in Coca-Cola began to decrease, and by 1929, the cocaine in Coca-Cola finally disappeared from the drink, and Coca-Cola had a history of more than one hundred and thirty years from its invention to the present.
Musk is estimated to have underestimated his public influence, and soon after he posted, there were a large number of retweets, comments and likes.
An hour later he changed his tune to "joking," but the news that Musk was going to buy Coca-Cola had already spread around the world.
Whether Musk is joking or not, let's imagine if Musk really wants to buy Coca-Cola, then let's calculate the money first. According to statistics, Musk's assets are $290.3 billion, which is indeed astronomical for an ordinary person, but Coca-Cola's market value is already $280 billion, and it only acquired Twitter two days ago, spending $44 billion, so to be honest, Musk can't afford Coca-Cola now.
For Musk's jokes, many netizens said: PepsiCo thanked Musk for his free ads.
Even if Musk has enough money, but Coca-Cola has a largest shareholder, Buffett, he will not agree. According to the data, as of the end of 2021, Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway held 9.25% of The Coca-Cola Company, the largest institutional shareholder of The Coca-Cola Company, Buffett is also very fond of Coca-Cola, and has repeatedly said in public that Coca-Cola is one of the four companies he will permanently hold. Therefore, Musk said that the acquisition of Coca-Cola should be fake, and joking is true.
As the big boss of the future Twitter company, Musk's self-indulgence remarks make people guess, do not know whether it is addictive to buying things, although it can not buy Coca-Cola, but other industries similar to Twitter are minutes for Musk, do not know what Musk wants to buy next.