Musk's evil little brother

“Tesla has truly reappeared in the world as Dr. Evil!!!”

The domestic internet exploded first.

Tesla was originally seen by ordinary people as a technology fanatic, and then his name was used as a logo by the real-life tech rogue, Musk.

And now, he has been summoned into the world by the even younger and crazier Lin Yuan.

The domestic internet quickly portrayed Lin Yuan as an evil, silicon-based believer with a religious fanaticism for technology, who, under the guise of food delivery, intended to summon Tesla's will back into the world.

Because Lin Yuan had concocted the concept of “robot overseers.”

This was an explosive existence across the entire world; when in human history had such a thing ever truly been done?

Soon, this trend spread from within the country, sweeping across the global internet.

Thus, there was all sorts of talk on the global internet.

“Musk has already gained control of the Old Boy at Mar-a-Lago, and thus America. Then, through his even more evil younger brother, under the cover of food delivery, he is holding a silicon-based summoning ritual in Dragon Country, attempting to summon Tesla's will to the world, thereby controlling Dragon Country's internet, and then controlling Dragon Country through the internet.

At that time, the two most powerful countries in humanity will be controlled by him.

Musk and his evil younger brother will control all of humanity.”

“Is there a possibility that the evil kid named Lin Yuan is the incarnation of Satan...?”

“Alright, Earth, be destroyed…”

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Lin Yuan truly admired the imagination of global netizens; he also didn't know how he had become “Musk's evil younger brother.”

Of course, these were all jokes from the internet. Almost no one truly believed them.

Under the immense wave of traffic, Tesla's stock exploded again. Major financial media outlets from The Other Shore in Eagle Country sought out Musk for an exclusive interview, asking him how he had once again ignited a global tech wave and his outlook on the future development of AI.

Musk characteristically pursed his lips, “In fact, I've done almost nothing; I've been too busy lately. You know, California is burning, and I simply don't have the mind to care about other things. In fact, all those things you mentioned were done by my evil younger brother.”

The reporters pressed on, “Is Lin Yuan really your brother?”

“You'll have to ask my mother about that,” Musk displayed his dry humor.

And so, gossip began to circulate on the global internet—that something had happened during Musk's mother's earlier trip to Dragon Country… which was why she was now moving to Dragon Country, ostensibly to live with her younger son.

When Lin Yuan saw this piece of gossip, his brain buzzed.

How did such a huge piece of gossip land on his head? The imagination of the world's netizens was simply too rich.

Facing the rampant public opinion and the swirling gossip, Lin Yuan decided to accept an exclusive interview to answer the questions everyone cared about.

Thus, Lin Yuan, as Tesla's Food Delivery CTO, participated in a formal exclusive interview hosted by CCXV. (The public's attention was too high, drawing even national media to join in the fun.)

Lin Yuan also hadn't expected that he would one day appear in a live broadcast studio, the kind he only saw on television.

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Due to the high public interest and the Tesla management's desire to leverage this opportunity to further boost attention, Lin Yuan's interview was even arranged with a dedicated image consultant.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Lin Yuan finally understood the saying, “Clothes make the man.”

As an IT guy, even after rising to a high position at Tesla, Lin Yuan's daily work attire was almost always unkempt.

But now, dressed in a suit with all the accessories, the aura of a domineering CEO immediately emerged.

However, Lin Yuan did not deliberately try to act the part. He even ignored the image consultant's advice to change the suit to a shirt and cashmere sweater.

Yet, when Lin Yuan appeared on stage, he still drew gasps of admiration from the audience.

After the commotion subsided, the host calmly stated, “As far as I know, our CEO Lin already has a girlfriend, so those young ladies don't need to get so excited.”

This was naturally the host's jest, and the atmosphere on stage became livelier.

Following this was a slightly gossipy opening, where the host inquired about Lin Yuan's resume.

Lin Yuan did not shy away, directly stating that he was still delivering food a year ago and did not believe his technical skills were particularly impressive. As for why he achieved his current success, it was due to Musk's patronage.

Lin Yuan could only attribute the credit to Musk as much as possible; otherwise, it would be difficult for him to explain his transformation from a food delivery person to his current status in just one year.

“Is CEO Lin really not Musk's brother?” The host continued to tease Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan quickly denied, “That's just internet gossip.”

“Then how did you gain Musk's recognition?”

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, “Perhaps it's because of aspiration. I personally quite identify with Musk's 'madman' personality. Although he often doesn't act like a human, overall, he still has aspirations.”

Hearing Lin Yuan's irreverent comments about Musk, those present were once again surprised.

“I think this doesn't sound like an employee evaluating his boss at all. I've never seen an employee dare to do that. It sounds more like a younger brother complaining about his annoying older brother.”

Lin Yuan smiled awkwardly, “Elon is a very easygoing person, really. Even if he wants to sell you out, he'll talk to you very casually.”

Lin Yuan's words sounded like dark humor but concealed some truth.

Musk's ability to 'harvest leeks' (exploit investors) was simply ruthless. Just recently, he again touted that digital currencies would be fully adopted after AI became widespread, and that he would use his position as Efficiency Minister to promote the piloting of digital currencies in Eagle Country.

Anyone with an ounce of sense knew this was just Musk's old trick to 'harvest leeks,' but the problem was, it worked.

bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital currencies immediately surged, and Lin Yuan could tell with his toes: Musk and the people behind him must have already laid their ambush, just waiting to pump up and harvest.

This was the advantage of controlling the narrative.

Once you control the narrative, no matter how many clear-headed people there are in the world, there are always plenty of people who are brain-dead and eager to be 'harvested.' Furthermore, many people, even knowing it's a trap, will jump in, because these people are gamblers; they are betting on pulling chestnuts from the fire.

So, Musk was purely the king of the 'leek-harvesting' world.

Lin Yuan's words seemed like teasing, but in fact, they were not entirely so. However, many people on the scene apparently did not understand. Of course, even if some people knew these things, they would not speak them out in public like Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was one of Musk's own people, so it was fine for him to speak. If others spoke, they would have to wait to be criticized and receive lawyer's letters.

Lin Yuan's conversation with the host was actually half-truth, half-fiction. He used a playful, sarcastic, and joking manner to subtly try and tell the world—this world is complex, and one should not hope to deconstruct a person like Musk with simple, templated perspectives. And people like Musk are not isolated cases.

Some dark truths were thus starkly presented to the world, yet most people only listened to them as gossip.