Elon Musk Twitter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter on social media, is Coca-Cola’s next goal?
Musk has become a hot topic by posting on his Twitter on the 28th (local time), “Next time I will buy Coca-Cola and add cocaine.”
The Coca-Cola acquisition appears to have been playfully hinted at as a reminder that Coca-Cola was introduced as a tonic in 1886.
The coca tree, grown in the alpine regions of South America, has an excellent awakening effect and is considered a traditional ‘cure for all diseases’ among indigenous peoples. The stigma of coca being a ‘drug’ came following the drug cocaine was created in the process of being transmitted to the West through Germany and other countries.
It seems like Musk’s joke that he wants to buy Coca-Cola and add cocaine, but the market is reacting to Musk’s words.
The market is reacting to Musk’s post because in 2017 comedians Dave Smith and Musk joked regarding buying Twitter on Twitter.
At the time, Musk tweeted, “I love Twitter,” and Smith said, “Then you can buy it.” Musk replied, “How much?”
On the 25th, when Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was completed, Smith posted the conversation on his Twitter and wrote, “I still remember the conversation we had at that time.”
In this regard, Bloomberg News, a media specialized in financial information in the United States, said, “We must not forget that Musk owns the world’s largest electric vehicle company and is now in the business of sending mankind to Mars.” paid attention to
“Coca-Cola, with a market cap of $284 billion, makes Twitter seem trivial,” he added.
Reporter Yoo-kyung Jo, Donga.com polaris27@donga.com