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"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

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"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

Musk and Twitter's acquisition case has been sawing for more than half a year, mainly because the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" pushes and pulls and bargains too much, one moment he said he wanted to buy, another time he said that there were too many zombies to buy, and the next time he changed his words to say that he would buy at the original price...

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

On the 26th, Musk posted a video of himself entering the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter holding a sink on Twitter, with the text "Into the headquarters of Twitter." Let that sink in," suggesting that the acquisition of Twitter is a foregone conclusion. "Let that sink in" is a very popular "meme" in the English world, which has the Chinese meaning "you taste".

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?
"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

Sure enough, on October 28, Tesla CEO Elon Musk roughly completed a $44 billion (about 317.68 billion yuan) deal to take Twitter private. Twitter will not be a public company for at least three or five years, and its original shareholders will receive $54.20 per share.

After the acquisition, Musk first fired several Twitter executives. Chief executives were fired from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Vijaya Cadade, head of legal policy, trust and security, and the three Twitter executives were rushed out of the building.

You think these people were blasted out by security guards, and you are very wrong. Because the "change of control" clause in the executive's contract guarantees that they can get a generous severance package. According to regulatory documents, the most taken is CEO Parag Agrawal, including his shares and other miscellaneous interests, a total of 38.7 million US dollars (about 280 million yuan), as for the remaining few, the least can also get more than 11.2 million US dollars........ Therefore, these people were "invited" out, which is more in line with the actual situation.

The power-hungry Musk appointed himself CEO of Twitter and changed his social media account notes to Chief Twit. Musk also "amnestied" and revoked the lifetime ban on Twitter users! The ban includes Trump, Project Veritas and others.

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

It has been previously reported by the media that after the acquisition of Twitter, Musk plans to reduce the number of Twitter's 7,500 employees to more than 2,000 in the next few months. However, after coming to the Twitter building on the 27th, Musk gave Twitter employees a reassurance, saying that he did not plan to lay off 75% of employees (then maybe 50%, 25% of employees, is it better for you to accept it?). )。

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

With great power comes great responsibility

Egg Brother always believes that Musk's purchase of Twitter is a failure and will cause endless trouble for himself. Whether Twitter makes money is secondary, and Musk is not bad at money anyway. But you control the business, and you control the media, and the nature is different. In the past, people most said that you Musk was a forgetful capitalist, but this time it can be said that you are a careerist with individual motives.

Things are grouped into groups. Simply integrating the functions of WeChat and Douyin into the Twitter APP cannot be successfully copied. First of all, social networks and ecosystems are different, and secondly, users have preconceptions and path dependence, not to mention that the social giant Facebook will definitely snipe and stumble on Twitter everywhere.

Musk is a tech master, but his business profitability is not optimistic, mostly relying on private donations and government subsidies to get to today. In 2008, when a NASA official called Musk to tell him that he had been awarded a $1.6 billion contract while in debt, Musk blurted out "I love you!" While Musk was developing rockets and space capsules, Washington poured billions of dollars into them, and SpaceX finally made a major breakthrough and got on track.

From 2017 to mid-2019, Model 3 production could not be increased, Tesla was in a hell of production and logistics, and Wall Street capitalists tried to drive Musk out by forcing debt. Tesla's Gigafactory quickly landed in Shanghai in 2018, and seamlessly opened the Chinese market, step by step climbing to the position of the world's richest man.

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?
"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

After having money, Musk floated even more. Putting 4 astronauts and 54 satellites into orbit, launching an electric cargo truck, taking over social media Twitter, Elon Musk also took the initiative to propose a peace plan for Ukraine in his busy schedule, quickly annoying the leaders of the countries concerned and also annoying Washington. As the richest man in the world, Musk announced that he did not want to continue to pay for private satellite services in Ukraine, which angered some Pentagon officials, and later Musk had to retract his threat and said he would continue to pay.

Arrogance will only attract more enemies, and the wise should choose a familiar track to compete with others, instead of taking home who has beautiful paper, listening to others to make money, saying whatever comes to mind...

Openly exchanging ties with the Democratic Party

Once upon a time, Musk was betting on both ends and donating money to candidates of both parties (no one is guilty). So Musk can have dinner with President Ma Obama and join President Trump's economic council (without any obstacles). Now, Musk has a clear sense of superiority, calling President Biden a "wet sock puppet" and saying that Senator Elizabeth Warren reminded him of "my friend's angry mom" to vote Republican in 2024. All this has convinced the Democratic Party that Musk's acquisition of Twitter is a "threat to democracy."

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

Musk's every business plan is carried with private goods, and it is not ruled out that Twitter will be integrated with the "Starlink" system and virtual currency in the future, becoming a tool for lighthouse countries to control the internal affairs of other countries and make money himself. But this suprasovereign model of technology can only arouse the vigilance, disgust and resistance of governments.

The U.S. military uses SpaceX rocket and satellite communications services for drones, ships and aircraft. Without Musk's capsule, NASA can't even send astronauts to the International Space Station. But needing you and being inseparable from you are two different things. Washington has dealt with powerful tycoons who control railroads, oil, or key sectors of the economy before, but is Musk better than the Rockefellers?

For the powerful establishment, find some trouble for you. This includes partnering with competitors and nurturing them through government contracts and subsidies. The Federal Communications Commission decided in August not to provide $900 million in subsidies to SpaceX's Starlink to provide broadband services to rural areas. Congress has also been encouraging Ford and other automakers to build electric vehicles. The federal government's $7,500 tax rebate has a new condition, which is that the price of a new car cannot exceed $55,000. Most Tesla models are more expensive and do not benefit from this subsidy.

Musk's weakness is obvious, and that is his big mouth. A tweet about Tesla's acquisition was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for suspected fraud. The case ended in a settlement that Musk spent a total of $40 million. As the saying goes, what can be settled with money is not a problem.

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

If Musk is "unfortunately" involved in political infighting next time, it will not be solved with a little money. No matter how cunning the fox is, it can't fight the hunter.

"Silicon Valley Iron Man" carried the "sink" into Twitter headquarters, is it a blessing or a curse?

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