NEW YORK — A Chinese entrepreneur and community leader in New York City’s Flushing neighbourhood is facing allegations of falsely publicising Mr Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire boss of Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, as the guest of honour at his magazine’s launch party to attract larger crowds but using a celebr
Mr Gary Kong, president of the Sino American Commerce Association, a not-for-profit corporation in Flushing aimed at promoting China-US friendship, hosted the celebration to mark publication of the first issue of Wall St Magazine at the James Hotel in Manhattan on April 27.
It was only after the individual left that some in the crowd pointed out that his appearance and voice were not similar to Mr Musk’s, enraging and embarrassing them as they realised that the celebrity was a fake. A press release for the event dated April 23 described it as an “Elon Musk launch cover appearance party in Manhattan”. Mr Kong said the wording sought to suggest Elon Musk’s appearance on the magazine’s cover, not at the party.
A video on Chinese social media shows a woman from mainland China fuming over spending over a month in the US “just to meet Musk” and only getting a counterfeit in the end. Ms Annie Fu, the association’s founding president, stressed that it did not organise the event, saying “we really didn’t expect such a scene.The question is more than about culture. An invoice also shown online seems to indicate that US$10,000 was paid by unknown attendees to catch a glimpse of their favourite tech titan.
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