How many times have you watched Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Deewar’? 10 times? 20 times? And even if you haven’t watched it, you might be familiar with his iconic dialogue.
Now, in theory, people will agree with this notion of not taking free money that’s being thrown away without any respect. However, in reality, only a select few will show restraint, while others will rush to get some moolah.
Yesterday, Japanese billionaire and future SpaceX lunar orbit tourist, Yusaku Maezawa’s tweet got over 5 million retweets. Why? Because he was offering free cash.
ZOZOTOWN新春セールが史上最速で取扱高100億円を先ほど突破！！日頃の感謝を込め、僕個人から100名様に100万円【総額1億円のお年玉】を現金でプレゼントします。応募方法は、僕をフォローいただいた上、このツイートをRTするだけ。受付は1/7まで。当選者には僕から直接DMします！ #月に行くならお年玉 pic.twitter.com/cKQfPPbOI3
— 前澤友作【お金配りおじさん】 (@yousuck2020) January 5, 2019
The rough translation of this tweet is:
“Zozotown Spring Sale is the fastest in history and topped 10 billion yen!! With a daily appreciation, I will give 100 million yen (total of gifts million yen) in cash. The only way to apply is to follow me and RT this tweet. The reception is up to 1/7. I will DM the winner!”
As of now, the tweet has received over 5.6 million retweets and over 1.5 million likes to claim a prize of 100 million Japanese yen (around Rs. 6 crore). The previous holder of the title of “most number of retweets was held by Carter Wilkerson, who wanted to have Wendy’s chicken nuggets.
While there are literally millions of responses, here are some of the reactions to Maezawa’s tweet:
https://twitter.com/PutsiQuinn/status/1082500726390120449
In my country Mexico is 07 january yet 🙏 give me, to me please 😅#月に行くならお年玉 @yousuck2020 https://t.co/FK0tumwW1J
— knepas (@knepas) January 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/AKyslov/status/1082502512043794432
Here's to our collective hope and positivity 🙂
Thanks @yousuck2020 ! 🙂 https://t.co/wKOZmRQO3H
— Sim Run (@metrofreak) January 8, 2019
I joined Twitter just last night to fully my brother @peteybergen and his red carpet comments. Today I see this. Figured this was worthy of my first-ever tweet! 🤞 https://t.co/ahurMziuWl
— Kaybeefoss (@kaybeefoss) January 8, 2019
Money please!! 😁😁😁 https://t.co/Roig5uVF7k
— Rachel Buxton (@RachelBuxton1) January 7, 2019
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars. @yousuck2020 https://t.co/9e11aY8ncl
— Kenneth Hou (@HouKenneth) January 8, 2019
One drop in ocean of 5.5M retweets.. @yousuck2020 https://t.co/i6xPpvJ37w
— Hardik Upadhyay (@HardikUpadhyay) January 7, 2019
After the deadline came to an end, Maezawa tweeted out that he has DM’d the winners and even set up a sequel to this lucky draw.
100名の当選者さまにDMを送り終えました。皆さまの素敵な夢とRTに改めて心から感動と感謝です。あまりにも好評でしたので、いずれ第2弾もやりたいと思いますが、、、その前に #ZOZOからもお年玉 えっ!?えっ!?こちらもご覧ください！https://t.co/TS9b1eHF4S pic.twitter.com/7nMvGAj61t
— 前澤友作【お金配りおじさん】 (@yousuck2020) January 8, 2019
“I finished sending DM to 100 winners. I am deeply impressed and grateful to all of you for your wonderful dream and Rt. Because it was too popular, I would like to do the second one 、、、 before that
#ZOZOからもお年玉 eh!? Eh!?”
In case you’re looking to get lucky after reading this, keep your eyes peeled for Maezawa’s tweets. But in case you have a time-travel device, you can try to go back to the 7th of January and change the present as we know it.
