Where did musk spend all his money?

这一次，埃隆·马斯克频繁地在屏幕上滑动。

This time, Elon Musk swiped the screen frequently.

上周一10月25日，特斯拉的市值超过1万亿美元，成为继苹果、亚马逊、谷歌和微软之后的万亿美元俱乐部的新成员。特斯拉的市值也超过了丰田、大众和通用等11家老牌汽车公司的总和。

On October 25 last Monday, Tesla's market value exceeded $1 trillion and became a new member of the trillion dollar club after apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Tesla's market value also exceeds the sum of 11 old car companies such as Toyota, Volkswagen and GM.

这是马斯克最近的惊喜。早在2015年，他就预测特斯拉的市值将超过苹果，成为第一家市值超过万亿美元的公司。这个预言没有实现。2018年8月，苹果市值超过1万亿美元，成为美国第一家市值超过1万亿美元的公司。2020年8月，苹果的市值超过2万亿美元，成为第一家市值超过2万亿美元的公司。苹果目前的市值为2500亿美元。

This is a late surprise for musk. As early as 2015, he predicted that Tesla's market value should surpass apple and become the first company with a market value of more than $trillion. This prediction failed to come true. In August 2018, Apple's market value exceeded $1 trillion, becoming the first company in the United States with a market value of more than $1 trillion. In August 2020, Apple's market value exceeded $2 trillion, becoming the first company with a market value of more than $2 trillion. Apple currently has a market capitalization of $250 billion.

特斯拉市值大幅上升的一个非常重要的原因是，美国最大的汽车租赁公司赫兹公司在同一天宣布，将在2022年底前从特斯拉手中购买10万辆3型车，总价值42亿美元。

A very important reason for the sharp rise in Tesla's market value is that Hertz, the largest car rental company in the United States, announced on the same day that it would buy 100000 model 3 from Tesla before the end of 2022, with a total value of $4.2 billion.

特斯拉将在未来14个月内分批完成交付。这一订单直接锁定了特斯拉约10%的年产能，这是历史上最大的单笔电动汽车交易。

Tesla will complete the delivery in batches in the next 14 months. This order directly locks in about 10% of Tesla's annual production capacity, which is the largest single transaction of electric vehicles in history.

马克·菲尔兹是福特汽车的首席执行官，2017年被解雇。在任职期间，他对公司的转型进行了大量投资，并取得了相应的成果。然而，华尔街和投资者几乎没有耐心。他们似乎只关注当前的市场价值。

Mark fields was the CEO of Ford Motor and was fired in 2017. During his tenure, he made a lot of investment in the company's transformation and achieved matching results. However, Wall Street and investors have little patience. They seem to only focus on the current market value.

MarkFields的结论似乎表明，传统汽车企业转型的真正障碍往往不是技术。从某种意义上说，华尔街是马斯克最好的朋友。虽然他不喜欢，但他经常嘲笑。

The conclusion of mark fields seems to show that the real obstacle to the transformation of traditional car enterprises is often not technology. In a sense, Wall Street is Musk's best friend. Although he doesn't like it, he often scoffs and mocks.

特斯拉的市值从1000亿美元到1000亿美元只用了21个月。从9000亿美元到1000亿美元，只花了一天时间。在这一天，马斯克的个人财富猛增360亿美元，达到3300多亿美元，超过贝佐斯近1400亿美元，成为世界上新的首富。

Tesla's market value from $100 billion to $100 billion took only 21 months. From $900 billion to $100 billion, it took only one day. On this day, Musk's personal wealth soared by US $36 billion to more than US $330 billion, surpassing Bezos by nearly US $140 billion, becoming the world's new richest man.

今年10月5日，《福布斯》发布了2021年美国富豪榜。贝佐斯以2010亿美元的收入荣膺"世界首富"称号。他也是福布斯富豪榜上第一位财富超过2000亿美元的富人。埃隆·马斯克紧随其后，获得1905亿美元。

On October 5 this year, Forbes released the 2021 U.S. rich list. Bezos occupied the title of "the richest man in the world" with us $2010 billion. He is also the first rich man on the Forbes rich list with a wealth of more than US $200 billion. Elon Musk followed with $190.5 billion.

今年9月底，马斯克曾超越贝佐斯成为首富。他说："我想送给他（贝佐斯）一尊数字为'2'的巨大雕像和一枚银牌。"

At the end of September this year, musk once surpassed Bezos to become the richest man. He said: "I want to send him (Bezos) a huge statue with the number '2' and a silver medal."

我不知道马斯克后来是否真的送去了"2"的雕像和银牌。在贝佐斯能够发送之前，他可能已经被贝佐斯超越了，但现在他可以发送了。

I don't know if musk really sent the statue and silver medal of "2" later. He may have been overtaken by Bezos before he could send it, but now he can send it.

马斯克在回答记者提问时说，"我为什么要尝试持有股票？因为在火星上建造一座城市需要很多资源，这意味着很多钱。我的一半资金将用于帮助解决地球上的问题，另一半将用于在火星上建造一座自我维持的城市，以确保所有生命的延续。"

Once musk said in response to a reporter's question, "why should I try to hold stocks? Because building a city on Mars requires a lot of resources, which means a lot of money. Half of my money will be used to help solve the problems on earth, and the other half will be used to build a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure the continuation of all life."

10月27日，美国参议院财政委员会主席罗恩·怀登参议员提出一项法案，对资产超过10亿美元或年收入超过1亿美元的纳税人连续三年征收资产"未实现收入"税。

On October 27, Senator Ron Wyden, chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee, proposed a bill to levy asset "unrealized income" tax on taxpayers with assets of more than US $1 billion or annual income of more than US $100 million for three consecutive years.

美国许多百万富翁欢迎"亿万富翁税"。11月1日，250多名百万富翁当天联名致函民主党高层，要求他们将"亿万富翁税"纳入拜登政府的社会支出法案。

Many millionaires in the United States welcomed the "billionaire tax". On November 1, more than 250 millionaires jointly wrote to the top of the Democratic Party that day, asking them to include the "billionaire tax" in the Biden government's social expenditure bill.

然而，马斯克对此非常不满。如果这项建议得以实施，他将不得不额外缴纳500亿美元的税款。

However, musk is very unhappy about this. If the proposal is implemented, he will have to pay an additional $50 billion in taxes.

这真是冤枉他了。他是硅谷的另一个选择。互联网泡沫时期硅谷的惯例是创办一家公司，上市，成为百万富翁和千万富翁，然后千方百计隐藏金钱，然后设计一个商业模式，并利用它作为成功人士的影响力，融化他人的金钱，再次投票。

This really wronged him. He is an alternative in Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley routine of the Internet bubble period is to start a company, make a listing, become a millionaire and a multimillionaire, and then try every means to hide the money, then design a business model, and use it as the influence of the successful people to melt other people's money and vote again.

麝香不是这样的。每次他成功创业，他几乎把所有的钱都投入到下一个企业，有点像硅谷早期的企业家，比如英特尔的创始人。马斯克的职业精神和冒险精神甚至比他们强得多。他总是全力以赴，拿家庭和生命作赌注。如果他不成功，他会变得仁慈。

Musk is not like this. Every time he succeeds in starting a business, he puts almost all his money into the next enterprise, a bit like the early batch of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, such as the founders of Intel. Musk's professionalism and adventure are even much stronger than them. He always goes all out and gambles on his family and life. If he doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent.

他说："我宁愿割破肚子也不愿接受失败。"他的惊人冒险精神应该继承自他的祖父，一个十足的冒险家和马斯克的偶像。

He said, "I would rather cut my belly than accept failure." his amazing adventure spirit should be inherited from his grandfather, a full adventurer and Musk's idol.

马斯克第一次冒险成功了。他的公司Zip2的董事会以3.07亿美元将其出售给康柏。马斯克收到了2200万美元。他几乎把所有的钱都投资到了第二家公司x.com。后来，该公司与Max Levchin和Peter Thiel合作，由musk创建的Consistence公司合并后不久，musk被开除管理层，但他仍然是最大股东。彼得·蒂尔（Peter Teal）担任首席执行官，将公司更名为贝宝（PayPal），随后以15亿美元的价格将其出售给eBay。马斯克收到了2.5亿美元和1.8亿美元的税后收入。他几乎把所有的钱都投资到了后两家公司——特斯拉和SpaceX。

Musk succeeded in his first venture. The board of directors of his company Zip2 sold it to Compaq for $307 million. Musk received $22 million. He invested almost all his money in the second company x.com. Later, the company worked with Max Levchin and Peter Thiel Soon after the merger of the consistency company founded by musk, musk was expelled from the management, but he was still the largest shareholder. Peter Teal became the CEO, renamed the company PayPal, and later sold it to eBay for $1.5 billion. Musk received $250 million and $180 million after tax payment. He invested almost all his money in the latter two companies - Tesla and SpaceX.

当然，在这段时间里，他还买了一套房子来改善自己的生活（在此之前，他一直与三位同事合租一套公寓，这甚至影响了他与女友的关系），买了一辆迈凯轮豪华轿车和一架小型飞机，并邀请媒体现场报道迈凯轮的交付情况，这似乎表明他已经正式进入了美国的上层社会。然而，上层社会的生活并没有使他感到幸福和满足。他决心不这样做。

Of course, during this period, he also bought a house to improve his life (before that, he had been sharing an apartment with three colleagues, which even affected his relationship with his girlfriend), bought a McLaren luxury car and a small plane, and invited the media to report McLaren's delivery on site, which seemed to announce that he had officially entered the upper class society in the United States. However, the life of the upper class did not make him happy and satisfied. He was determined not to do so.

在特斯拉和SpaceX最困难的时候，他卖掉了房子、汽车和私人飞机，把所有的钱都投资到了公司。他开始乘坐西南航空公司的廉价航班。

At the most difficult time of Tesla and SpaceX, he sold his house, car and private plane and invested all his money in the company. He started taking cheap flights on Southwest Airlines.

他的第二任和第三任妻子，英国演员塔鲁拉·莱利（talulah Riley）（曾出演《傲慢与偏见》等电影）回忆说，在她遇到马斯克几周后，马斯克向她求婚。她住在洛杉矶的一栋豪华别墅里。在生活了大约一个星期后，有一天一个陌生的人进来了，他们惊讶地看到了对方。她问他："你是谁？"他说，"我是房子的主人。你是谁？"她告诉他她的身份后，他一言不发地离开了。

His second and third wives, British actor talulah Riley (who once starred in films such as pride and Prejudice), recalled that a few weeks after she met musk, musk proposed to her. She lived in a luxury villa in Los Angeles. After living for about a week, a strange man came in one day, They were surprised to see each other. She asked him, "who are you?" he said, "I'm the owner of the house. Who are you?" after she told him her identity, he left without saying a word.

这个人是马斯克的好朋友。当时，马斯克不得不借用朋友的别墅来隐藏她。在硅谷，他从未买过房地产。当他需要过夜时，他的助手会给他的朋友发一封电子邮件，问"有空房吗？"。如果一个朋友回答说有，麝香会在深夜出现在他朋友家的门口。一般来说，他呆在客房里，依偎在沙发上，玩电子游戏，放松一会儿，经常在沙发上睡着。

This man was a good friend of musk. At that time, musk had to borrow his friend's villa to hide her. In Silicon Valley, he has never bought a real estate. When he needs to spend the night, his assistant will send an email to his friends and ask "is there a spare room". If a friend replies that there is, musk will appear at the door of his friend's House late at night. Generally, he stays in the guest room, nestles on the sofa, plays video games, relaxes for a while, and often falls asleep on the sofa.

莱利和马斯克结了婚又离婚，再婚又离婚。莱利在第一次离婚中得到的钱很少，在第二次离婚中只得到1800万美元。

Riley and musk got married and divorced, remarried and divorced. Riley got little money in the first divorce and only $18 million in the second divorce.

马斯克后来有了三到两个女朋友、一段婚姻和一个儿子，但没有一个花了他很多钱，这与贝佐斯和比尔·盖茨等世界首富大不相同。特别是，贝佐斯与结婚25年的妻子麦肯齐离婚时支付了660亿美元。麦肯齐把这些钱大部分捐给了慈善机构。

Musk has since had three or two girlfriends, a marriage and a son, but none of them cost him much money, which is very different from the world's richest man such as Bezos and Bill Gates. In particular, Bezos paid $66 billion when he divorced his wife Mackenzie, who had been married for 25 years. Mackenzie donated most of these money to charity.

马斯克与恋爱10年、结婚8年的第一任妻子贾斯汀离婚后，他被贾斯汀起诉，因为他不愿意支付各种费用。贾斯汀也出现在CNBC的节目中，并为女性杂志撰写文章。

When musk divorced his first wife Justin, who had been in love for 10 years and married for 8 years, he was sued by Justin because he was unwilling to pay all kinds of fees. Justin also appeared on CNBC programs and wrote articles for women's magazines.

这也符合马斯克的性格。在婚礼宴会上跳舞时，马斯克向贾斯汀重申："我是这段关系的领导者。"他确实是领导者。他追求贾斯汀10年，最后结婚了。当贾斯汀一再犹豫时，他毅然结束了这段婚姻。

This is also in line with Musk's character. When dancing at the wedding banquet, musk reiterated to Justin: "I am the leader in this relationship." he is indeed the leader. He pursued Justin for 10 years and finally got married. He resolutely ended this marriage when Justin hesitated and repeatedly.

然而，马斯克结束婚姻的原因似乎不是他不再爱贾斯汀，或者他有了另一个新的爱人。他曾说："即使我们不得不搬进贾斯汀父母的地下室，我也会把最后一分钱花在公司上。"显然，马斯克在离婚前一直把贾斯汀视为自己的家人，尽管贾斯汀认为她离婚时马斯克将她视为商业竞争对手。

However, it seems that the reason why musk ended his marriage is not that he no longer loves Justin, or he has another new love. He once said: "I will spend the last penny on the company, even if we have to move into Justin's parents' basement." obviously, musk regarded Justin as his family until he divorced, Although Justin thinks musk treated her as a business rival when she divorced.

马斯克的离婚似乎只是为了尽快解决问题，以便专注于他的工作。离婚后，贾斯汀很长一段时间都不能正常谈论她和马斯克之间的关系。即使她很了解马斯克，她也被他的冷酷无情所震惊。

Musk's divorce seems just to solve the matter as soon as possible in order to focus on his work. After the divorce, Justin still couldn't normally talk about the relationship between her and musk for a long time. Even if she knew musk so well, she was shocked by his ruthlessness and coldness.

麝香真是一种奇妙的花。大多数人都不理解他。2014年4月，他首次访问中国。在一次活动中，一位著名的国内金融节目主持人拿出了一张精心准备的照片，这张照片是马斯克在特斯拉上市当天在交易所拍的。

Musk is really a wonderful flower. Most people can't understand him. In April 2014, he visited China for the first time. At an event, a famous domestic financial program host took out a carefully prepared photo, which was taken by musk at the exchange on the day Tesla was listed.

他举起那张照片，问马斯克你是否把这张照片放在办公桌和家里最显眼的地方？马斯克看起来很困惑，说我没有这张照片。我不记得拍过这张照片。主持人不得不直接问，特斯拉的上市是你一生中最辉煌的时刻吗？

He held up the picture and asked musk if you put this picture in the most prominent place at your desk and home? Musk looked confused and said I didn't have this picture. I don't remember taking this picture. The host had to ask directly, is Tesla's listing the most brilliant moment in your life?

马斯克愣住了。他显然不明白这个问题的逻辑，但他没有问。他想了很久才回答。其主要思想是，上市是为了融资和特斯拉的发展，而这与特斯拉的辉煌与否无关。

Musk was stunned. He obviously didn't understand the logic of this question, but he didn't ask. He pondered for a long time to answer. The main idea was that going public was for financing and Tesla's development, which had nothing to do with whether it was brilliant or not.

马斯克无法理解这个问题，这是正常的，因为这个问题背后的逻辑是，当它上市并兑现时，它是辉煌的。然而，马斯克的上市不是为了套现，所以我们无法理解这种逻辑关系。

Musk can't understand this problem, which is normal, because the logic behind this problem is that it is brilliant when it is listed and cashed out. However, Musk's listing is not for cash out, so we can't understand this logical relationship.

这种逻辑关系只能建立在以赚钱为最终目标的价值观上。为了赚钱，赚大钱，赚快钱，上市可以打折在未来10000年甚至永远到今天可以赚的钱。当然，它是辉煌的。

This logical relationship can only be established in the values with making money as the ultimate goal. In order to make money, make big money and make fast money, listing can discount the money that can be made in the next 10000 years and forever to today. Of course, it is brilliant.

对马斯克来说，光荣就是把人送上火星，保护人类，延续生命。他不想公司上市。特斯拉于2010年6月上市，因为缺乏资金，也没有办法。SpaceX不愿意让它公开。

For musk, glory is to send people to Mars, preserve human beings and continue life. He didn't want the company to go public. Tesla went public in June 2010 because of lack of money and no way. SpaceX was unwilling to let it go public.

2013年6月7日，他专门写了一封电子邮件给所有员工，解释为什么SpaceX不应该被列入名单，至少在火星运载系统完成之前不应该。

On June 7, 2013, he specially wrote an email to all employees to explain why SpaceX should not be listed, at least not before the completion of the Mars carrier system.

在火星上创造生命是SpaceX的基本目标，而上市将降低实现这一目标的可能性。特斯拉和太阳城的经验告诉他，资本市场的短期盈利特征将对SpaceX等需要长期发展的公司产生严重的负面影响，特别是在技术发生重大变化的情况下。由于内部原因和无法控制的外部经济原因，股票价格将剧烈波动。他不希望每个人都被狂躁抑郁的股市牵着鼻子走，分散他们的时间和精力。每个人的时间和精力都应该集中在如何创造伟大的产品上。

Creating life on Mars is the fundamental goal of SpaceX, and listing will reduce the probability of achieving this goal. The experience of Tesla and Sun City tells him that the short-term profit seeking characteristics of the capital market will have a serious negative impact on companies such as SpaceX that need long-term development, especially when there are great changes in technology. The stock price will fluctuate violently, for both internal reasons and uncontrollable external economic reasons. He doesn't want everyone to be led by the nose by the stock market with manic depression and distract their time and energy. Everyone's time and energy should focus on how to create great products.

事实上，这首诗有一个经典的英文译本。这是今年6月逝世，享年100岁的翻译徐元冲教授的杰作：

In fact, this poem has a classic English translation. It is the masterpiece of Professor Xu Yuanchong, a translator who died at the age of 100 in June this year:

烧制豌豆的豆荚，

Pods burned to cook peas,

豆子在水壶里哭；豌豆在锅里哭泣

Beans cry in the kettle; Peas weep in the pot；

请从同一根长出来，

Grow from same root, please,

为什么互相煎太急了。为什么把我们烧得这么热？

Why is it too urgent to fry each other. Why boil us so hot?

这个版本故意将奥斯蒙达翻译成pod，它只是押韵而已。豆荚和Osmunda都用作木柴，因此它不影响其含义。曹植写这首诗时用的是"我"的押韵，所以他用的是奥斯曼达。如果他用IA的押韵，他应该用pod。这是许渊冲先生追求精神上的相似而不是身体上的相似的杰作。

This version deliberately translates the Osmunda into pod, which just rhymes. Both pod and Osmunda are used as firewood, so it does not affect the meaning. Cao Zhi wrote this poem with the rhyme of I, so he used the Osmunda. If he used the rhyme of IA, he should use the pod. This is the masterstroke of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's pursuit of spiritual similarity rather than physical similarity.

马斯克此时选择出版这样一首中国古诗，他想表达什么？有人说，这是对美国参议院亿万富翁资产"未实现所得税"提案的无声抗议；其他人说，他是对联合国世界粮食计划署所有人强迫捐款的无声抗议；有人说，这是对中国统一和世界和平的默默祈祷和祝福。

What does musk want to express when he chooses to publish such an ancient Chinese poem at this moment? Some people say that this is a silent protest against the proposal of "unrealized income tax" on billionaires' assets in the US Senate; Others said that he was a silent protest against the forced donation of the owner of the United Nations World Food Programme; Some people say that this is a silent prayer and blessing for China's reunification and world peace.

据估计，没有人比马斯克更希望中国的和平与稳定。中国是他的福地。今年第三季度，特斯拉在全球交付了241300辆汽车，同比增长64%，其中55.3%来自特斯拉的上海超级工厂。除生产基地外，特斯拉第三季度在中国市场的收入为31.13亿美元，同比增长78.5%，是仅次于美国的第二大市场。特斯拉前三季度在中国的收入为90.15亿美元，约占特斯拉全球收入的25%。

It is estimated that no one wants peace and stability in China more than musk. China is his blessed land. In the third quarter of this year, Tesla delivered 241300 vehicles worldwide, a year-on-year increase of 64%, of which 55.3% came from Tesla's Shanghai Super factory. In addition to the production base, Tesla's revenue in the Chinese market in the third quarter was US $3.113 billion, a year-on-year increase of 78.5%, which is the second largest market after the United States. Tesla's revenue in China in the first three quarters was $9.015 billion, accounting for about 25% of Tesla's global revenue.

10月25日，特斯拉宣布上海研发创新中心和上海超级工厂数据中心将于近期建成并投入使用。这意味着特斯拉不仅在中国实现了本地化生产，还进一步在中国实现了研发。

On October 25, Tesla announced that both Shanghai R & D innovation center and Shanghai Super factory data center were completed and put into use in the near future. This means that Tesla has not only realized localized production in China, but also further realized R & D in China.

同一天，特斯拉的市值超过1万亿美元。马斯克大喊股市疯了。马斯克曾多次表示，特斯拉的股价过高，但这并没有阻止股价上涨。

On the same day, Tesla's market value exceeded $1 trillion. Musk shouted that the stock market was crazy. Musk had said several times that Tesla's share price was too high, but this did not prevent the share price from rising.

人们似乎非常信任这个"技术狂人"。当特斯拉事故频发甚至造成多人伤亡时，他们仍然支持特斯拉。他们认为，这是人类发展创新事物必须付出的代价。他们相信马斯克会正视问题并及时解决。

People seem to trust this "technology maniac" very much. When Tesla has frequent accidents and even caused many casualties, they still support Tesla. They believe that this is the price that must be paid in the development of human innovative things. They believe musk will face up to the problems and solve them in time.

在中国，人们是一样的，更是如此，尽管特斯拉的公共关系有时让人们担心它的"傲慢和偏见"会让特斯拉成为一台不知不觉的杀人机器。

In China, people are the same, even more so, although Tesla's public relations sometimes make people worry that its "arrogance and Prejudice" will make Tesla a a killing machine without knowing it.

无论如何，马斯克的诗显示了他对中国文化的兴趣和尊重，也在世界各地的马斯克迷中掀起了学习中国古代诗歌和历史的热潮。他堪称中国文化大使。

Anyway, Musk's poem shows his interest and respect for Chinese culture, and also set off an upsurge of learning Chinese ancient poetry and history among musk fans all over the world. He can be regarded as a Chinese cultural ambassador.

乔布斯从未去过中国。他去过尼泊尔、印度和日本无数次，但从未去过中国。他对中国文化了解不多。在他的印象中，东方文明就是日本和印度的文明。他去世后，中国成为苹果最大的市场。中国每年都有无数的歌迷为他哀悼。我不知道他在天堂的灵魂是怎么想的。

Jobs has never been to China. He has been to Nepal and India and Japan countless times, but he has never been to China. He doesn't know much about Chinese culture. In his impression, Oriental civilization is the civilization of Japan and India. After his death, China became Apple's largest market. Countless fans in China mourned him every year. I don't know what his spirit in heaven thinks.

马斯克取代他成为美国创新能力的新象征，他对自己的祖国中国（特别是上海）怀有深厚的感情。现在他已经开始用中国古代诗歌表达自己的感情。他叫马世科。祝贺

Musk, who replaced him as a new symbol of American innovation ability, has deep feelings for his blessed land China (especially Shanghai). Now he has begun to express his feelings in ancient Chinese poetry. He is called ma Shike. Congratulations.

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update time：2021-11-08 14:58:01