From Oil-Stained Work Clothes to the Throne of Cryptocurrency: Why Do We Call Him 'Big Cousin'?
On September 27, 2024, the iron gate of the California prison slowly opened. Zhao Changpeng walked out of prison, behind him were $4.3 billion in fines and four months of imprisonment, ahead was the roaring waves of Dubai Blockchain Week — this Binance founder stood tall, just like the 12-year-old boy wiping oil stains at a gas station in Vancouver, with a silent resilience that exuded a spirit of 'indestructibility.'
Starting Point: The 'Poor Cousin' in gasoline and hamburger grease
'When I first arrived in Canada, my mom could only go to the clothing factory to sew clothes, her hands were covered in needle wounds.' 12-year-old Zhao Changpeng curled up at the dining table of an immigrant family, with his parents' salaries close to the local minimum wage. To help with household expenses, he worked at a Chevron gas station during the day, soaked in gasoline, and at McDonald's flipping burgers at night, with two years of grease staining his sleeves.