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Recently, the news that Internet tycoon Zhou Hongyi auctioned a second-hand Maybach at a sky-high price of 9.9 million yuan swept the Internet. From the starting price of 600 yuan to the transaction price of 9.9 million yuan, the value of this car has skyrocketed tens of thousands of times, arousing the curiosity and heated discussions of countless people.
However, what is even more surprising is that some netizens found that the owner of this Maybach is not Zhou Hongyi himself, but Beijing Dajue Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., which is owned by his ex-wife Hu Huan. This can't help but make people wonder, why can Zhou Hongyi control his ex-wife's "property"?
In this regard, the 360 Securities Department responded that Zhou Hongyi and Hu Huan are indeed divorced at present. The reason why Maybach was registered in the name of Hu Huan Company was because Zhou Hongyi himself did not have a driver's license. Although from a legal point of view, as long as Hu Huan's consent is obtained, it can be sold, and Zhou Hongyi also said that the auction money does not go into his pocket, but is donated to the charity Wang Xuan Foundation.
However, discerning people can see at once that 9.9 million is equivalent to "a drop in the bucket" relative to the asset scale of their husband and wife.
The divorce of Zhou Hongyi and Hu Huan has previously aroused high doubts in the market. On the evening of April 4, 2023, when the share price of 360 hit a new high in recent years, Zhou Hongyi suddenly announced his divorce from Hu Huan and divided 6.25% of the shares (about 9.3 billion yuan) to Hu Huan, which was questioned by investors as "fake divorce and real reduction". At that time, the stock price was 20.08 yuan, and the current stock price is only 8.53. Zhou Hongyi currently holds 13.26% of the company's shares.
The decline in stock prices is not unrelated to the performance of 360. 360's performance report shows that the company's net loss last year was about 492 million yuan, and the stock price has fallen by about 60% from the highest point last year, and its most profitable business is actually 360 loans.
Looking at the love story of Zhou Hongyi and Hu Huan, it was also moving. At that time, Zhou Hongyi was still a stunned young programmer, while Hu Huan was the "flower of Founder", and his family background and temperament were above Zhou Hongyi. Zhou Hongyi chased hard, and finally touched Hu Huan's heart. In the early days of entrepreneurship, Zhou Hongyi's income was meager, and he relied on Hu Huan's part-time job to make money. Hu Huan not only supported Zhou Hongyi financially, but also encouraged him spiritually to pursue his dreams. Zhou Hongyi once confessed affectionately that it was his greatest luck in his life to find a wife like Hu Huan.
However, when the 25-year marriage came to an end, when 360 was listed and worth hundreds of billions, Zhou Hongyi lamented that the failure in life was meaningless. Now, the divorce of the two is questioned as a well-designed "cash-out drama", which is inevitably embarrassing.
Although from last year to this year, everyone is staring at whether Zhou Hongyi and Hu Huan have reduced their holdings, they have indeed not reduced their holdings. However, it is not known whether it will be cashed out through other over-the-counter methods, and it is also unknown whether it will reduce its holdings in the future after the stock price rises.
The dialogue between Zhou Hongyi, Li Bin of Weilai, and Zeng Yuqun of the CATL at this Beijing Auto Show suddenly broke the essence, and once said: Now only Internet celebrities like you are powerful. Zhou Hongyi pointed at Li Bin and said: Now these are all Internet celebrities. Li Bin Li Bin hurriedly smiled and said: "I still build cars honestly. The master immediately saw that Li Bin's implication was that you, Zhou Hongyi, are not doing business in a down-to-earth manner, but as an Internet celebrity to engage in traffic.
Although Zhou Hongyi did a good job for domestic new energy vehicles this time, many people questioned that his real purpose was to continuously attract traffic to speculate on the stock price of listed companies, and then wait for the stock price to rise, and then take the opportunity to cash out and leave at a high level. It is said that the end of Internet celebrities is to bring goods, and the goods that Mr. Zhou wants to "bring" are stocks. It is said that free things are the most expensive, and Mr. Zhou earns the "most expensive remuneration" by sharing free "dry goods". From the 360 security guard to the recent 360 model, the performance of related products is not ideal, and the future strategic planning is also ambiguous. Mr. Zhou doesn't focus on the main business, but in terms of traffic, it's really a bit of putting the cart before the horse, what do you think?
Internet celebrity is a double-edged sword, because he is an amplifier, easy to gain fame and fortune, but as time stretches, the true face will be unobstructed.