Has the status of Internet giants in China fall from the hearts of the Chinese people?

This is how writer Raymond Zhong sees in his report published in The New York Times, where he says that after these were celebrated as vital engines of the economy, they are now being despised for their exploitation of user data, abuse of workers, and crushing innovation. A foreigner as a hero, according to the report.

The report adds that Jack Ma, co-founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba, is one of those icons that have fallen as his companies are subject to government scrutiny for ways in which they have secured their grip on the world's second largest economy.

But there is one tech personality that conquered the hearts of the Chinese, and it seems that Elon Musk's interesting characteristics as a brawny leader and a clever businessman are what attracted the Chinese frustrated by the domestic models in the field of technology, according to the report.

Jin Zhang, founder and CEO of ShellPay, a Shanghai-based cryptocurrency company, said that Musk can "fight the enterprise and become the richest man on Earth, and in the process avoid being defeated," adding, "It's everyone's hope." ".

Tesla electric car company is one of the major sellers in China (Reuters)

Tesla electric cars are one of the nation's biggest sellers, and the Chinese government's growing ambitions in space have generated a group of fans who are tracking every launch of SpaceX, which was founded and also chaired by Elon Musk, along with Tesla.

Social platforms are filled with videos and articles questioning whether the South African billionaire is a pioneer or a fraud, and everything from his upbringing to his taste for Chinese food is scrutinized.

I am author of a series of books by Chinese authors promising to reveal the secrets of "Iron Man in Silicon Valley," a title that appears to be stuck in China, not "King of Mars" or "Rocket Man."

Q&A user Zhihu says he named his son Elon to express his admiration for the American billionaire.

The report adds that the frustration many Chinese tech workers feel with their industry is exacerbated by the feeling that they have not really developed an invention or innovation.

As Musk works to build futuristic cars and colonize the universe, they see the best minds of their generation going to design mobile games, learn how to place more ads on social media and speculate in real estate.

"There are no more mad men in China than in Silicon Valley," Yan said.

He said the tech managers "all love to flex their muscles but are actually cardboard."

Musk praised the intelligence of the Chinese officials he met while preparing for the opening of the Shanghai plant.

Where the company was allowed, in a precedent, the first of its kind for a foreign car maker in China, to operate its plant without a local partner.

The Chinese see American entrepreneurs as having big visions, which is what Chinese entrepreneurs are missing (Reuters)

"He's a real, creative dreamer, and yet he's also a megalomaniac," said Hongbo, a well-known technical commentator in China writing under the name Kisuo. Trampled on the basic principles of humanity. "

The report adds that frustration with big tech companies is part of a broader problem in China.

For many young people, decades of rapid economic growth seem to have resulted in only fierce competition for opportunity and less stability.

Besides criticizing the high-pressure work culture in the tech industry and labor abuses in the gig economy, young Chinese are more skeptical of the massive impact that internet platforms - such as Alibaba - have on trade and finance.

China is not short of vocal tech tycoons.

But the whole thing is that their careers never seem to be stable and trouble-free.

There is Justin Sun, the cryptocurrency expert who paid $ 4.6 million to dinner with Warren E. Buffett, but later apologized for his "excessive self-promotion" in a country that espouses other faiths.

Even Jack Ma of Ali Baba appears to have teased the government against him by speaking very openly at an event about his annoyance with regulators in his country.

Young Chinese see Jack Ma and Bonnie Ma, president of the social networking giant Tencent, as “wealthy and successful businessmen” rather than having Mask-like visions, said Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance, which is A company that provides services in Hong Kong for cryptocurrency financial services.

The report concludes that Jack Ma and Musk spoke at the Shanghai Technology Conference in 2019. But they were never identical in their ideas, as Mr. Ma was serious and a traditional participant, while Mr. Musk was dreamy, funny and interacting with the audience who found him more than what he was.