坐擁百億美金，卻買不來家庭和睦，特斯拉創始人馬斯克稱父親是惡魔
▲埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）
Musk has started no fewer than four billion-dollar companies, so there is no doubting his talent or drive – and he』s happy to enjoy the fruits of his success with five Bel Air mansions, seven private jets and relationships with famously beautiful women, including actresses Talulah Riley and Amber Heard.
馬斯克創立了四家市值以十億美元計的公司，他的才華和執行力都毋庸置疑。他也毫不吝嗇地品嘗著自己勝利的果實，包括加州貝艾爾市的5棟豪宅、7架私人飛機，大美女Talulah Riley和Amber Heard都曾經是他的枕邊人。
▲馬斯克和前女友Amber Heard
據《2018胡潤全球富豪榜》，特斯拉創始人馬斯克以1500億人民幣（約236億美金）身價位居全球富豪榜第40名。
Yet there is one thing that even a $20 billion fortune cannot buy, and that is family harmony – in particular a warm relationship with his father Errol.
但有一個東西是馬斯克用200億美金也買不到的——家庭的和睦，特別是其與父親Errol的良好關係。
▲馬斯克父親Errol，照片背景是一輛特斯拉
『He was such a terrible human being, you have no idea,』 he told an interviewer for the American magazine Rolling Stone with tears running down his face.
「你不知道他是一個多麼糟糕的人，」馬斯克哭著告訴《滾石雜誌》的一名採訪者。
『My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. He will plan evil. Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done. It』s so terrible, you can』t believe it.』
「我的父親心懷詭詐，幾乎任何你能想到的壞事，他都做過，這太糟糕了，你可能都不會相信。」
It is hardly surprising, then, that the two men haven』t spoken for the past 18 months – not even ten months ago when 72-year-old Errol surprised his grown-up children by fathering a boy with his much younger new wife.
馬斯克對父親的評價並不令人感到驚訝，他們父子二人已經有18個月沒有聯絡，10個月前，他72歲的父親Errol「老來得子」，新妻子比Errol要年輕得多。
▲馬斯克父親Errol位於南非的家中
近日，Errol邀請英國《每日郵報》的記者前往其位於南非的住所，他對兒子馬斯克的言論一一作了回應，甚至承認自己曾經被指控殺過3個人。
『Elon needs to grow up,』 he says now. 『He needs to get over himself. I』m not going to hit back. I』m going to wait until he comes to his senses. He』s having a tantrum, like a spoilt child. He can』t have what he wants and now I am apparently an evil monster.』
「馬斯克需要真正長大，」Errol說，「他需要自我解脫，我不會回擊他，我會等，等到他恢復理性思考的狀態，他現在就像一個被寵壞的小孩在發脾氣，他沒拿到自己想要的，所以認為我是一個惡魔。」
▲馬斯克和母親Maye
Errol, a successful consulting engineer, and his first wife, former fashion model Maye, brought up their three children Elon, Kimbal and Tosca in luxury. Musk senior was a millionaire before the age of 30.
Errol是南非當地一位成功的顧問工程師，30歲不到就已經是百萬富翁，他第一任妻子Maye是一個模特，二人共同撫養馬斯克兄妹三人長大，生活優渥。
『I drove them to school in a convertible Rolls-Royce Corniche, they had thoroughbred horses to ride and motorbikes at the age of 14. They were spoilt, I suppose. Maybe that』s why Elon is acting like a spoilt child now,』 he says.
「我開著勞斯萊斯敞篷車送他們去學校，14歲的時候，他們就擁有名貴的馬和越野摩托，我想就是這些把馬斯克慣壞了，他現在表現地就像一個被寵壞的孩子。」Errol告訴記者。
▲馬斯克兄妹三人
『Elon has repeatedly told a story of me telling him computers were a waste of time. That』s untrue.』 Recounting early signs of his son』s intellect with genuine pride, he continues: 『Elon has been generous enough to admit that he inherited his scientific genius from me.
「馬斯克經常說我曾經告訴他用電腦是浪費時間，那不是事實，」Errol自豪地敘述著兒子在年少時期表現出的天賦。「他曾經大方承認他在科學上的天賦是從我身上遺傳來的。」
『When he was 11, he pestered me to pay a huge sum to let him attend a computer course where the first IBM PC, with mouse and keyboard, was to be presented for the first time. 』
「在馬斯克11歲的時候，他央求我花重金讓他參加一個電腦課程，這個課程上，第一台IBM計算機（包括滑鼠和鍵盤）都是首次展示。」
▲馬斯克站在火箭前，照片拍攝於2004年3月19日
『I told him to be quiet and well-behaved, to give his seat up to someone if necessary and sit on a step at the side of the stage.
「我告訴他保持安靜、不要亂動，必要的時候把自己的位置讓給別人，自己坐在台階上就可以了。」
『When I came back after two hours to collect him, I found most people had left but a group had gathered at the foot of the stage. In the centre was my small son, his sleeves rolled up, talking earnestly. A professor listening to him turned to me and said, 「This boy needs to get one of these computers.」 』
「兩個小時以後，我回來接他，那會大多數人都已經走了，只有一群人集中在講台旁邊，而講台上正是我的兒子，他正認真地發言。一個正在聽我兒子發言的教授走向我說——這個小男孩需要擁有這樣一台電腦。」
▲馬斯克和創業夥伴Peter Thiel，照片拍攝於2000年10月，馬斯克通過創立PayPal賺得人生第一桶金
訪談中，Errol毫不掩飾對兒子電腦天賦的自豪。
But Errol admits he was to blame for the divorce which split the family after 16 years of marriage.
但是他也承認自己在婚姻中是過錯方，Errol和馬斯克的母親Maye在結婚16年後離婚。
『I had a very pretty wife, but there were always prettier, younger girls. I really loved Maye but I screwed up.』
「我有一個很漂亮的妻子，但是總有一些更漂亮、更年輕的女孩，我真的很愛Maye，但是我把事情搞砸了。」
▲馬斯克和母親Maye、妹妹Tosca
至於曾面臨的謀殺指控，Errol解釋道，「有一天我和女兒獨自在家，三個匪徒破窗而入，我為了保護我和女兒的安全，對他們開了槍。」
He was acquitted of manslaughter on the grounds of self-defence. 『That』s the only so-called terrible thing I』ve ever had to do,』 he says. 『Maybe that』s what Elon is referring to.』
後來Errol因「正當防衛」被無罪釋放，「那就是唯一一件馬斯克所謂的我做過的糟糕的事。」他說。
『Elon is upset with me,』 he says. 『He is furious that he can』t force me to love America the way he does. I refuse to live there. I tried it, and came back home.
「馬斯克對我感到失望，」Errol說。「他很生氣，他沒辦法強迫我像他那樣喜歡美國，我不願意住在美國，我嘗試過，但是後來我還是選擇回南非。」
▲馬斯克主導的spacex獵鷹9號火箭在肯尼迪航空中心成功發射
Errol recalls feeling like a prisoner as he plotted his escape, making secret appointments with the South African embassy to secure temporary passports. 『I left everything behind. Elon disowned me, he said he wanted nothing more to do with me.』
Errol回憶起在美國的日子就像在坐牢，後來他秘密聯繫南非大使館拿到了臨時護照（馬斯克為了留住父親，把他的護照藏了起來），離開了美國。「我把一切都丟下了，馬斯克和我斷絕了關係，他說他對我別無他求，只希望我能夠我和他一起在美國居住。」
雖然表面上馬斯克對父親有諸多埋怨，但實際上還是愛著父親，18個月前，馬斯克搭乘自己的私人飛機前往南非，給父親開了一個生日party。
『I』m not an evil person,』 he continues. 『I have nothing to regret. I』m just a father who loves his son – and all his children – and is happy to know they are safe and healthy and secure.』
「我不是惡魔，」Errol繼續說道，「我沒有什麼好悔恨的，我只是一個愛兒子的父親，我愛我所有的孩子，看到孩子們安全、健康，我就心滿意足了。」
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