spent a huge sum of money (some guessed it is 250 million US dollars) to take a rocket into space...
completed a journey around the moon...
At the same time, invited 6 to 8 artists for free, including a painter, a musician, and a filmmaker. Director, a fashion designer...
inspired them to create art after returning to Earth.
It sounds real, super rich and super romantic!
Musk recently announced that 42-year-old Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa bought all the tickets for mankind’s first private passenger flight around the moon.
will take artists together on a space trip to and from the moon in 2023 (which sounds far away but is actually five years after ).
Yusaku Maezawa calls this plan " Dear Moon ".
"When I was a child, I loved the moon," he said.
"We all have the ability to dream things we have never dreamed of, to sing songs we have never sung, to picture things we have never A picture of discovery. I hope this trip inspires the dreamer within each of us.”
Why is it so romantic? The media went to dig up this rich uncle's personal life , which is even more eye-catching -
First of all, like Musk, started from scratch.
Yusaku Maezawa was born in 1975. He formed a rock band at the age of 17 and barely finished high school.
At the age of 22, Maezawa founded the e-commerce company Start Today, then gave up music and founded Japan's largest fashion e-commerce website Zozotown.
Today, he has a net worth of US$2.9 billion, ranking 18th on the "Forbes" list of Japan's richest people.
Secondly, I am a person who loves art .
Looking at Uncle Maezawa’s Instagram, most of the photos are different forms of art.
In 2016, Maize spent a record-breaking of 457.3 million US dollars to buy a work by the American artist Basquiat (pictured below).
, plus other works, spent $98 million in two days.
Last year, Maezawa was in the news again when he spent 4.1105 billion to buy another Basquiat work.
will carry it out on a global tour, with the first stop being in Brooklyn, New York, the birthplace of the artist, "hoping to inspire and inspire local young people."
Finally, the uncle is a person who is very good at and enjoys life .
Luxury cars, watches, private jets, etc. are always posted without hesitation.
He also collected thousands of bottles of red wine , some of which were even more than a century old. (Can I still drink it?)
In 2012, he, together with Yuji Oda, Noribu Sasayama, etc., was named the Japanese version of GQ Men of the Year .
After reading these introductions, netizens praised: It’s so classy and romantic. Look at other billionaires, and then look at ours...
Uncle Maezawa is in the online clothing business. Many people call him As "Japanese Jack Ma".
But when I look at it, this is clearly a " Japanese Musk ". The styles of the two are really similar.
1, they all love to date beauties and female stars .
Like Musk, Uncle Maezawa’s relationship with a female celebrity is also very topical.
In 2015, he dated the Japanese actress Saeko , who is 11 years younger than him. He has acted in "5 to 9" and "Symphonic Lover's Dream".
She is a wealthy girl. She was married to the famous Japanese baseball player Darvish and gave birth to two sons.
and my uncle have been on good terms for the past two years, and we even went to attend his company’s annual meeting . The media said that good things are about to happen for them.
As a result, last year, she wanted to take her two sons to study in the UK, and the two broke up peacefully.
Not long after the breakup, the uncle started dating the actress Xia Jingqingzi.
She was 25 years old at the time and was known as the otaku goddess.
How did the two people meet?
Japanese gossip magazine Friday said that the uncle had a beauty selection , and the selected girlfriend...
In April this year, there was another change. The new girlfriend was the Japanese actress Goryi Ayame , who is 16 years younger than him.
looks very sweet! She participated in the All-Japan National Beauty Competition when she was in the fourth grade of elementary school. She has a typical girl-next-door appearance.
has been in the industry for many years, has never had any scandals . Japan's "Female Seven" magazine said it was because Ayame's agency had an unwritten rule that she could not have free love until she was 25 years old.
So now we are officially in love at the age of 26!
's daily date consists of a luxurious restaurant + luxury car pick-up and drop-off. Both of them dress casually, and the uncle even wears flip-flops.
"Female SEVEN" magazine also said that the uncle sent Caiya home every day after they dated, which was very considerate.
Japanese media calls it " father-daughter love ", which is also quite vicious.
In July this year, the two went to Russia to watch the World Cup together. They each posted pictures on Instagram, which was severely criticized by Caiya fans .
said that she associates with rich uncles and does not care about the negative impact on her personal career; others said that she is too willful, "please open another account to post private photos."
Even the Japanese host Okamura Takashi criticized Ayame on the show: Why don't you think about the fans' mood?
This girl is also quite strong-willed. First, cleared her ins of , which means I can post whatever I like.
then posted a photo of the uncle taking a rest, with the text saying that the uncle works hard every day, "I really hope I can give him more support."
How can I support it? Cai Ya started to show off her outfits on Instagram, including various Chanel Hermès clothes and clothes from uncle company, which she strongly promoted.
was once again criticized by fans: Don’t use your own image to make a human billboard for your boyfriend!
By the way, in addition to being beautiful, my several girlfriends also chose , height, and .
Uncle is 162cm tall, Saeko is 157cm tall, Shimokyo Keiko and Gouri Aya are 162cm tall. If they don’t wear high heels, they won’t be taller than the uncle~
2. They completed the reproduction and plan with high efficiency.
After Musk and his first wife Justine’s first son died in infancy, he didn’t want to waste time anymore, so he let her give birth to twins and triplets through and two test tubes , effectively giving birth to five sons.
Uncle Maezawa is even more "sober" than Musk in this regard. He has never married and has three children with two women whose identities have not been disclosed.
He also said that will never get married , "Only when you are not bound by the form of marriage can you freely devote yourself to work and love."
is the chic state that many men yearn for!
3, all love to create hot topics .
Musk is very topical and has caused a lot of controversy in recent years. Many people think that he is the " hype king ".
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (pictured below) said this year that "I don't believe a word of what Musk said."
Maezawa is also the same, with a high-profile style and easy to cause controversy.
For example, buying a baseball stadium and changing it into the company's name, or planning to open an art museum in my hometown, are all considered to have commercial public relations purposes.
As for this trip to the moon, just take a look at the earth + moon photo posted by Uncle Instagram yesterday - it is closely related to the company's global expansion plan.
He said in the accompanying text, "As of last month, the company has grown to 72 countries and regions around the world," followed by a bunch of company advertisements.
The title of " Nihon Keizai Shimbun " is very straightforward: Yusaku Maezawa went to the moon for . What is the real purpose of ? The
article analyzed that Zozotown, which has little reputation for and outside of Japan, launched overseas expansion in July this year and plans to achieve 10% of its own brand business from overseas in fiscal year 2018.
In an interview with Japanese media in March this year, Maezawa also said that he hopes to make the company a leading and clothing retailer in the world.
So "Nihon Keizai Shimbun" concluded that the actual purpose of this seemingly romantic space art journey is to "increase the company's overseas visibility."
The article also pointed out that "Maezawa is very similar to Musk and often makes amazing moves in and ."
But now, "Maezawa's growth rate is slow and Tesla, co-founded by Musk, has deteriorated financial conditions."
The implication is that both Maezawa and Musk need this promotion of to attract attention.
"The Japan Times" was even more sharp, directly saying that Maezawa is "the most savvy self-promoter of in Japan."
If you ask me, Maezawa and Musk are both successful entrepreneurs with the ability and dreams. If they have money + imagination, they can do anything.
However, some media attribute 00% of Musk and Maezawa's motivations to for the future of mankind and the development of art, which seems a bit too much.
Selfishness and greatness are sometimes not contradictory. Only when making money and romance are not delayed is the sustainable development path for a rich man!
