埃隆·马斯克（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.
马斯克创立了四家市值以十亿美元计的公司，他的才华和执行力都毋庸置疑。他也毫不吝啬地品尝着自己胜利的果实，包括加州贝艾尔市的5栋豪宅、7架私人飞机，大美女Talulah Riley和Amber Heard都曾经是他的枕边人。
马斯克和前女友Amber Heard
据《2018胡润全球富豪榜》，特斯拉创始人马斯克以1500亿人民币（约236亿美金）身价位居全球富豪榜第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.
但有一个东西是马斯克用200亿美金也买不到的——家庭的和睦，特别是其与父亲Errol的良好关系。
马斯克父亲Errol，照片背景是一辆特斯拉
‘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.
“你不知道他是一个多么糟糕的人，”马斯克哭着告诉《滚石杂志》的一名采访者。
‘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.’
“我的父亲心怀诡诈，几乎任何你能想到的坏事，他都做过，这太糟糕了，你可能都不会相信。”
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.
马斯克对父亲的评价并不令人感到惊讶，他们父子二人已经有18个月没有联络，10个月前，他72岁的父亲Errol“老来得子”，新妻子比Errol要年轻得多。
马斯克父亲Errol位于南非的家中
‘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.’
“马斯克需要真正长大，”Errol说，“他需要自我解脱，我不会回击他，我会等，等到他恢复理性思考的状态，他现在就像一个被宠坏的小孩在发脾气，他没拿到自己想要的，所以认为我是一个恶魔。”
马斯克和母亲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是南非当地一位成功的顾问工程师，30岁不到就已经是百万富翁，他第一任妻子Maye是一个模特，二人共同抚养马斯克兄妹三人长大，生活优渥。
‘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.
马斯克兄妹三人
‘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.
“马斯克经常说我曾经告诉他用电脑是浪费时间，那不是事实，”Errol自豪地叙述着儿子在年少时期表现出的天赋。“他曾经大方承认他在科学上的天赋是从我身上遗传来的。”
‘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. ’
“在马斯克11岁的时候，他央求我花重金让他参加一个电脑课程，这个课程上，第一台IBM计算机（包括鼠标和键盘）都是首次展示。”
马斯克站在火箭前，照片拍摄于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.
“我告诉他保持安静、不要乱动，必要的时候把自己的位置让给别人，自己坐在台阶上就可以了。”
‘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.” ’
“两个小时以后，我回来接他，那会大多数人都已经走了，只有一群人集中在讲台旁边，而讲台上正是我的儿子，他正认真地发言。一个正在听我儿子发言的教授走向我说——这个小男孩需要拥有这样一台电脑。”
马斯克和创业伙伴Peter Thiel，他通过创立PayPal赚得人生第一桶金
访谈中，Errol毫不掩饰对儿子电脑天赋的自豪。
But Errol admits he was to blame for the divorce which split the family after 16 years of marriage.
但是他也承认自己在婚姻中是过错方，Errol和马斯克的母亲Maye在结婚16年后离婚。
‘I had a very pretty wife, but there were always prettier, younger girls. I really loved Maye but I screwed up.’
“我有一个很漂亮的妻子，但是总有一些更漂亮、更年轻的女孩，我真的很爱Maye，但是我把事情搞砸了。”
马斯克和母亲Maye、妹妹Tosca
至于曾面临的谋杀指控，Errol解释道，“有一天我和女儿独自在家，三个匪徒破窗而入，我为了保护我和女儿的安全，对他们开了枪。”
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.’
后来Errol因“正当防卫”被无罪释放，“那就是唯一一件马斯克所谓的我做过的糟糕的事。”他说。
‘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.
“马斯克对我感到失望，”Errol说。“他很生气，他没办法强迫我像他那样喜欢美国，我不愿意住在美国，我尝试过，但是后来我还是选择回南非。”
马斯克主导的spacex猎鹰9号火箭在肯尼迪航空中心成功发射
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回忆起在美国的日子就像在坐牢，后来他秘密联系南非大使馆拿到了临时护照（马斯克为了留住父亲，把他的护照藏了起来），离开了美国。“我把一切都丢下了，马斯克和我断绝了关系，他说他对我别无他求，只希望我能够我和他一起在美国居住。”
虽然表面上马斯克对父亲有诸多埋怨，但实际上还是爱着父亲，18个月前，马斯克搭乘自己的私人飞机前往南非，给父亲开了一个生日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.’
“我不是恶魔，”Errol继续说道，“我没有什么好悔恨的，我只是一个爱儿子的父亲，我爱我所有的孩子，看到孩子们安全、健康，我就心满意足了。”
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