As we all know, Musk, the founder of Tesla , can brag and cheat, deceive, and draw big cakes. Moreover, his ability is very strong, and he can really do all the cakes he draws.
Recently, Musk was proud. Forbes released the 2022 Top 400 list of the United States. His net worth directly reached US$251 billion, replacing Bezos , which has been "dominating the list" for four consecutive years, becoming the richest man in the United States.
is just that he can fool him. Musk is proud, but he claims to be the "truck industry Musk" and the founder of the new energy truck company "Nicolas", but Trevor Milton's fate is a bit miserable.
It is not unfair to say that this guy has come to this point. He is a super scam. He actually deceived the whole of the United States with PPT and toy model cars.
First of all, unlike Musk, who has a double degree in physics and economics, Milton studied marketing. Before he set his sights on car manufacturing, he had already summarized a set of "Fraud Book" in different fields through many years of experience.
24, Milton sold his first company, which is an security monitoring system . In order to make investors more convinced, he even painted a big cake saying that his company will become the biggest competitor of ebay within two years.
Later, a buyer was fooled and spent $300,000 to buy the company, but found that Milton had falsely reported his financial situation, the order was fake, and the employees were not qualified. The buyer who regretted it had to suffer a loss by himself.
And Milton's style of doing things is also very ostentatious, and his entrepreneurial routines are basically based on bragging.
Once upon a time, he also said: "I didn't even (graduate from college) because I wanted to pay someone to help me with homework. This is what a real CEO should do." I have to say that he may have misunderstandings about being a CEO.
Of course, his tricks are endless. He once used superb scam techniques to fool a business partner. According to the victim's recollection, in order to achieve his goal, Milton tried his best to create an accidental encounter in the gym. After working together on
, the victim was originally responsible for technology and Milton was responsible for marketing. Later, Milton applied for a patent for the drawings designed by the others, and fooled the victim to provide himself with a technical evaluation, making himself the co-inventor of his invention.
Not only that, relying on a bragging mouth, Milton also fooled executives of the partner company to sign an investment agreement worth $2 million with himself.
The result is naturally needless to say. The promise reached was not fulfilled, and the money was misappropriated by him. So he played a tug-of-war with the partner company in court, while on the other hand, he continued to cheat on the contract.
After many years of starting a business, Milton's project has involved many fields, but it can be said that there is almost no foundation in the field of new energy technology.
, and Milton, who is used to cheating, has also learned a profound truth with ten years of entrepreneurial experience: how bold and productive people are, as long as they dare to fool money, you don’t have to worry.
In 2014, taking advantage of the new energy vehicle , 32-year-old Milton founded the automobile company and founded Nikola in the basement. Of course, the purpose of using this name is self-evident. The "Tesla" automobile company created by Musk is named after the famous scientist Nikola Tesla . This magical scientist has made countless inventions in his life, including alternating current , X-ray, radio, radar , neon tubes, etc.
So from naming to company planning, Milton started to play tricks and get rid of traffic from the beginning. Isn’t your Musk company called “Tesla”? Then I’m called “Nicolas”.
tells the truth. If someone doesn't know about this, he really thinks it is two brother companies.
Tesla focuses on lithium-ion battery power, while Nikola promotes hydrogen fuel cell power. He even claimed that his own is more awesome and more advanced and environmentally friendly. Tesla sells cars, Nikola sells heavy trucks.
finally positioned itself as "Tesla in the truck world", and even threatened that few people in this world surpassed Musk, "I am one of them."
Following Milton's words, it has really attracted many investors, especially those who missed Tesla before. This time I don't want to miss the next "Tesla".
So PPT is done, so wait for the car to come out. At the press conference, Milton's "we are far ahead" momentum was even stronger than Yu Dazui.
On December 1, 2016, Nikola's No. 1 prototype car was officially released. After the silk cloth slowly slipped down, the new car that everyone had been looking forward to made a brilliant debut in the center of the stage.
For Nikola One's technology, Milton described it as a magnificent one, with a range of 1,000 kilometers far exceeding Tesla. It can revive
in just 15 minutes on a single charge. Even this so-called hydrogen-electric hybrid truck has a load and horsepower that is even better than Tesla. Not only that, he also boasted that it has surpassed mainstream truck companies such as Daimler and Volvo within 1-2 years.
's passionate and vigorous propaganda made hundreds of investors at the press conference take out their mobile phones to take photos and pick up wine glasses to celebrate.
Of course, it is definitely not enough to rely on blowing alone. There is only concept, no spot, and no output, so how can people believe it?
So soon Nikola released an exciting video of "Nicolas Truck One" flying by on the road.
With the support of publicity and all halos, Nichola completed four rounds of financing in three years, and raised about US$500 million in the D round alone. Even from the popularity of the United States to the world, even the media in our country have been fooled and praised them for being against the will of heaven.
By 2019, Nikola had released five models, including private water racing , all-terrain car and a pure electric semi-trailer .
It’s just that Nikola had not sold a car at this time. In other words, he got a lot of contracts just by relying on his big tricks, a few pages of PPT, and a few modified trucks.
After five years of development, Nikola, who has not sold a car, has successfully listed and completed the merger with a large company, becoming the world's "first stock of hydrogen energy heavy trucks". After three days of its listing, Nikola's stock price doubled, with a market value of up to US$34 billion, exceeding the century-old car company Ford.
Be good, just relying on his mouth, he actually fucked his former elder brother. I have to admire his trickery. It's really not a big deal.
to this point, Milton proposed a bigger plan. He not only needs to build cars, but also continue to raise funds. Now he will first build more than 700 hydrogen refueling stations in the United States, , one-stop service.
If he really follows his approach and "lofty ambitions", Nikola will become a revolutionary in electric trucks and the future of the entire new market.
As the company's market value increased against the sky, founder Milton also had a huge net worth, successfully advancing to 188th place in the global rich list. He also took advantage of the situation to cash out Nikola's stocks and bought big villas all over the United States.
However, although it was honey for listing, it made his value rise twice as fast as a counterattack, it was also arsenic. After all, when it was not listed, it would be enough for investors to believe it. But once it was listed, it would be a bit difficult to believe it by countless eyes.
So the stock price soared quickly and a difficult-to-manufacture model aroused the public's suspicion. As a result, after one of the companies unraveled their cocoons, they found that the company's counterfeiting technology had reached its peak.
From the press conference, to the video, to the promised hydrogen refueling station, all of them are carefully planned scams. A former engineer employee even revealed a lot of news. It turned out that the car at the press conference was just an empty shell. The reason why the headlights were lit was because his job was to jump on the stage, plug in the external power supply to Nikola One, and light up the headlights and central control screen.
And that video of the truck galloping on the road is even more of a big joke.The truth turned out to be that Milton had a long downhill on the road that Nikola 1 was driving, and they dragged the truck to the top of the slope and let it slide down the hillside by itself.
and it directly slides downward from the top of the slope, easily scoring a speed of 90 kilometers per hour, which can be said to be able to speed by force even with your eyes. After
, they deliberately tilted the angle of the camera to create the illusion that the truck was driving on its own power.
Of course, the most awesome thing is that after Milton was exposed, he admitted directly and generously that the truck slid down by itself.
Brothers stop pretending and showdown.
After this incident, more and more people have come forward to accuse Nikola of not only being unable to drive the truck, but even the battery has to be "outsourced", and even the appearance design is bought by others.
What's even more bizarre is that Milton brags before that he wants to build the world's largest hydrogen refueling station in the United States, and can also reduce the production cost of hydrogen to nearly 80% lower than his peers. However, the fact is that there is no hydrogen refueling station at all. Milton was also quite frank about this matter and directly accepted it. After the stone hammer, Nicholas founder Milton was also convicted of three counts of fraud and up to 20 years in prison.
is also the founder, and both Musk and Milton can be said to be "crazy geniuses".
is just now, one is the richest man in the United States, and the other has the future that can only be spent in prison.
What’s funny is that after the incident was exposed, the investors who were deceived also began to reflect. How could Milton fool so many investments with just one mouth, a few PPTs and toy model cars?
There is one reason that everyone agrees with, because Milton grew up in Mormon and worked in Brazilian for two years. "If you are a Mormon, you have to spend two years preaching from door to door, then there is nothing you can't sell."
shows that mouth escape is really the ultimate skill in the business world!
