Svmuu News: Recently, @leto_bao—who recently gained widespread attention for his “ByteDance Stock Trading: 30 Million to Financial Freedom” persona—posted on X to address the rumors, stating, “I’ve already returned 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 set up a stall to sell barbecue, and when I wake up I have to go sell breakfast outside the school gates. I only sleep three hours a day, shuttling between McDonald’s and the hospital outpatient department. I don’t dare go home because debt collectors block my doorstep every day. I eat by opening loot boxes, I shower in the company restroom. I’ve already worked out a repayment plan with the bank and expect to pay it off in 50 years. Please stop exploiting my suffering.”
Some community members speculated that this might be a meme-style response for entertainment purposes; but others in the comments questioned whether they had provided any evidence of actual investment trades, suggesting it was merely a publicity stunt; some even claimed to have found records of their previous failed attempts to build a following.
Later, they stated bluntly: “I’m no longer posting in Chinese. The Chinese community on X is toxic—full of anger, bot accounts, and no real discussion. Everyone is chasing creator revenue rather than genuine communication. My posts haven’t received any feedback worth responding to. I feel I can get more out of the English-speaking community here.” However, the reach of his subsequent tweets dropped from hundreds of thousands to only about 40,000–70,000.