Huang He curiously opened the entire magazine and read it. It told the story of how a naturally indifferent wife changed herself and embraced life in the face of an enthusiastic husband.
There were a few extremely exciting passages during which Huang He felt his blood rush and his mind replayed the words endlessly. He then secretly tucked this copy of Zhiyin into his pile of tutoring books.
Later, Huang He saw an even more stimulating article in another Zhiyin titled "I am intersex, and I also long for a normal life!" This article essentially opened a new world for Huang He.
Unfortunately, Huang He only read this particular issue of Zhiyin once, and then it disappeared. He didn't know if it had been sold to a scrap dealer.
Of course, this time, our Boss Huang didn't see such stimulating content in Zhiyin. Instead, he saw a business-related article, which was rare for Zhiyin.
"Landing on Mars, building residential areas on Mars, is it madness or genius? Let's look at the great dream of American billionaire Elon Musk."
"Has Musk already prepared to land on Mars?" Seeing this news, Huang He was startled.
Musk's name would be known to everyone in the future. Someone once said that in the first decade of the 21st century, China's most admired foreign entrepreneur was Bill Gates.
In the 2010s, China's most admired foreign entrepreneur became Steve Jobs.
And by the 2020s, this person would have to be Musk.
Actually, Boss Huang didn't think much of these three men.
First, Bill Gates. Before the 1980s, he could be considered a hero, and his contributions to graphical operating systems were immense.
However, after the 1980s, Bill Gates and his Microsoft largely rested on their laurels. They were incompetent in everything they did; their mobile phones failed, and their game consoles gradually became marginalized. Today, when you mention Microsoft, apart from the operating system, you can't think of anything else associated with it.
Even with the operating system, since Windows XP, no operating system that satisfied users has been born. If Microsoft hadn't monopolized the entire market and prevented other operating systems from developing, the situation might have changed by now.
Then there's Jobs. The world says Jobs was incredibly brilliant, but in reality, he had no outstanding achievements in technology.
Apple's early computers were completely a self-enclosed system. They were defeated in the competition with Microsoft, and Jobs was unable to clean up the mess. His personality was also terrible, and he was kicked out of Apple.
Although he later became a god in the tech world with smartphones, Jobs's smartphones were actually products that were bound to emerge as the mobile phone industry developed to a certain extent.
The simplest example is that before Apple's smartphones were born, the Android smart operating system had already been developed. However, Google, the then-owner of Android, had no intention of making phones, nor did it have the hardware foundation like Apple.
It wasn't until the release of the Republic of China mobile phone that numerous mobile phone manufacturers were eager to find a platform that could compete with the iOS platform. It was then that Android seized the opportunity.
In the later development plans announced by many mobile phone manufacturers, smartphones that could freely install various applications were already included in their original development plans. Apple merely produced one and brought smartphones into reality.
Of course, the innovation capability of Apple under Jobs's leadership is still highly commendable. For example, his persistence with the full touch screen ultimately created a mature smartphone.
Therefore, Huang He believed that in the early years, Bill Gates was a god of technology, but in his later years, he had become a standard businessman.
Jobs, from beginning to end, was only half a god.
As for Musk, Huang He couldn't help but laugh. Forget about being a god; this guy is just a dog.
Many people now like to praise Musk, calling him the technological god of the new era, representing the future of technology.
Let's then enumerate the high-end technological inventions that Musk truly commands and are worth promoting.
First, Musk's most well-known achievement is probably his Mars landing plan, and the ambition to build a settlement city on Mars. This indeed has practical results: the reusable Dragon spacecraft developed by Musk's SpaceX company, which is considered his mark of success.
However, a little thought reveals that a reusable Dragon spacecraft offers no help to Musk's Mars exploration plan. It is at most a means to reduce launch costs, although it is indeed one of his achievements and should not be dismissed.
But the question is, were these technologies truly created by Musk?
Of course not. Musk's space exploration company actually poached a large number of scientists from NASA when its funding was cut. Later, it directly leveraged official resources to absorb a vast amount of NASA's legacy.
So, to put it bluntly, Musk's space exploration company is merely a private enterprise shell of NASA. It is a reluctant move by the US government to transfer it to private institutions due to severe corruption within NASA. After all, all of NASA's rocket launches are now entrusted to SpaceX, which is basically family. This is not Musk's own ability.
As for landing on Mars, those who truly believe that Musk will drive a Tesla to Mars in the future can leave a '1' in the comment section of this chapter.
Speaking of Tesla, that seems to be another great achievement of Musk.
Indeed, Tesla is very popular, but who knows that Tesla was actually a company acquired by Musk? The research and development work from beginning to end was solely the responsibility of Tesla's original team; Musk was only responsible for providing the money.
Of course, since Musk provided the money, Tesla is undoubtedly Musk's achievement. However, Tesla's current achievements are merely due to its first-mover advantage.
Tesla began researching electric vehicles in 2001 and only launched its first finished product more than ten years later.
In contrast, Chinese electric vehicle companies have bloomed everywhere in just a few short years. And to be honest, in terms of technology, Tesla no longer has any advantage. In fact, in technologies like batteries, Tesla has already fallen behind Chinese companies.
As for the fact that Tesla still seems to have some advantage in batteries, it's entirely because he spent a large sum of money to purchase China's most advanced batteries. Tesla itself has basically abandoned battery research and development.
Tesla's own operations are not particularly successful. In 2017, Tesla faced the crisis of near-bankruptcy three times.
It is said that Musk, in his desperation, finally approached China, knelt for three days and three nights, and only then did he finally sign the agreement for cooperation in building a factory and allowing full entry into the Chinese market. After that, Musk became the currently formidable future richest man, Musk.
But how does Musk's Tesla treat Chinese consumers?
Everyone can look this up for themselves.
Of course, you can't say that all of this is Musk's problem; these are just business tactics. Boss Huang's tactics may not be much cleaner than Musk's.
However, what Musk is most criticized for is his character, especially his recent operations in cryptocurrency, which can be described as a prime example of fleecing unsuspecting investors.
Musk first invested in Dogecoin, which was worthless, with hundreds of coins costing only 1 dollar. Then, he publicly promoted Dogecoin on his Twitter and other social media accounts, saying what a great currency it was, how much he had invested, and that it would definitely yield hundreds of times the profit in the future.
Not only that, but Musk also participated in various programs, declaring himself an ardent supporter of Dogecoin and singing its praises. He tirelessly uttered effusive words on his social media, shouting its praises, saying, "We don't need to be billionaires to own Dogecoin," "Dogecoin is the people's cryptocurrency," and "I'm not drunk, I'm not feeling down, I only have Dogecoin in my heart."
The facts proved Musk right. With the news from his various accounts, the value of Dogecoin increased by hundreds of times, and then some.
Then, while everyone was flocking to Dogecoin, Musk secretly cashed out all his Dogecoin, making a profit of over ten billion dollars.
But that's not the most infuriating part. The most infuriating part is that after Musk cashed out, someone discovered his actions and directly asked him in a program if Dogecoin was considered a scam.
Then Musk confidently replied that it was indeed a scam, and Dogecoin plummeted by 40% overnight. After a while, it fell to rock bottom, and countless people were fleeced by this "leek knife."
Some might ask why Musk would do such a thing.
Couldn't he have just secretly cashed out? Why did he have to add insult to injury and make himself hated?
This is where you misunderstand Musk. Later, people discovered that due to Musk's endorsement of Dogecoin, many investors whose Bitcoin investment returns had decreased because of its high price began to exit Bitcoin and buy Dogecoin. After all, the price of one Bitcoin could buy tens of thousands of Dogecoin.
Then the price of Bitcoin began to fall sharply. After Musk sold all his Dogecoin, he directly used the money to buy Bitcoin when its price hit the bottom.
Then came Musk's god-like operation. After heavily investing in Bitcoin, he immediately began promoting Dogecoin as a scam, causing its price to plummet. Countless people began to cash out and flee.
Therefore, these people could only escape with about half of their money. However, they still had money on hand, and they needed to invest it somewhere. Then they discovered that the price of Bitcoin had fallen, so they happily returned to Bitcoin, which then began to rise in response. Musk then took the opportunity to cash out again, fleecing another ten billion dollars.
Musk's actions cannot be judged as right or wrong. After all, the market is risky, and one should invest cautiously. However, this act of treating fans who trust him as mere commodities to be fleeced is an extreme manifestation of poor character. He doesn't even bother with basic pretense anymore.
Therefore, Huang He has no regard for Musk and predicts that this guy will sooner or later end up penniless and in debt of hundreds of billions.
So, the question arises, why did we water down so much of Musk's plot? What use does Musk have for our Boss Huang?
Of course, he is useful, because Boss Huang has foreseen another earth-shattering plan of Musk's: the vacuum high-speed train project.
Boss Huang genuinely thinks this is quite good and can be done. This 60 billion has a place to be spent!