A Chinese man has attracted widespread popularity and fame on social media because of the great resemblance that connects him to American billionaire Elon Musk..
In a short video he posted on “Tik Tok”, Yi Long Ma, who called himself “the Chinese Elon Musk”, appears next to a “Tesla” car, imitating the CEO of this company..
According to Monte Carlo, many users who saw the video doubted that Yi Long Ma is a real person, considering that the video relies on “deep fake” technology to show this similarity..
After the uproar on social media, Musk expressed his desire to meet Yi Long if he was a real person.
He tweeted, “I’d like to meet this guy (if he’s real). It’s hard to guess these days because of the deepfake technology.” For his part, Ma responded to Musk’s invitation, indicating that he would like to meet him as well.
Yi Long Ma now has an account on “Tik Tok” under the name “Elong Mask”” “Elong Musk”It is followed by more than 230 thousand people. He has since posted several videos, including an intro clip referring to himself as “The Chinese Elon Musk.”“.
@ mayilong0 I received a gift from Tesla China. Do you know what is it？