玩梗or自证？“字节炒股3000万财务自由”当事人称“已回老家当保安送外卖”，仅发布英文推文后阅读量暴跌超90%

Odaily Planet Daily News: Recently, @leto_bao, who gained popularity by claiming to have "achieved financial freedom through stock trading with 30 million yuan while working at ByteDance," responded to rumors on the X platform, saying: "I've gone back to my hometown. During the day, I work as a security guard in an office building, at night I deliver food, in the early morning I run a barbecue stall, and at dawn I sell breakfast outside the school gate. I only sleep 3 hours a day, shuttling between McDonald's and the hospital outpatient clinic, afraid to go home because debt collectors are blocking my doorstep every day. I eat by opening lucky boxes and shower in the company restroom. I've already reached a repayment plan with the bank, expected to be paid off in 50 years. Please stop consuming my suffering."

The community speculated that this might be a playful meme-style response for entertainment purposes. However, some questioned in the comments that he still hasn't provided solid proof of his investment portfolio and claimed it was just hype. Others even claimed to have found records of his previous failed accounts used for building an online presence.

Subsequently, he stated bluntly: "I'm no longer posting in Chinese. The Chinese circle on X is very toxic—full of anger, bot accounts, and no real discussion. Everyone is chasing creator rewards, not genuine communication. My posts have not received any feedback worth responding to. I feel I can get more from the English-speaking community here." However, the readership on his subsequent tweets plummeted from hundreds of thousands to around 40,000 to 70,000.