Branded low-IQ by his mother, he became Wall Street’s mysterious genius.

追加: 2026-06-03

[00:00:03]I am an idiot.

[00:00:04]This was the conclusion my mother drew about me when I was seven.

[00:00:10]60 and 200?

[00:00:16]My twin brother Noah, with an IQ of 200, her perfect prodigy.

[00:00:20]And me? IQ of 60. I'm just the genetic garbage on her parenting resume.

[00:00:28]Even though I did better than Noah in school.

[00:00:35]From that day on, my mother poured everything into Noah, all for that IMO gold medal.

[00:00:40]>> Sweetheart, bring that gold medal home for Mommy. Prove to everyone that my theory of inborn intelligence was right all along.

[00:00:48]>> Don't worry, Mom. I'll definitely get first place. I won't embarrass you like that idiot.

[00:00:53]In Mom's eyes, only a smart kid makes her a star parent, so she can sell her concept innate intelligence determinism.

[00:01:02]But a [ __ ] like me belongs in the shadows and do endless chores.

[00:01:08]But was Mom's theory of innate intelligence determinism really true?

[00:01:12]>> Finish my test. Breathe a word to Mom, I swear I'll kill you.

[00:01:16]>> A lot of the problems Noah couldn't figure out, I did for him. That day, it took me just 2 minutes to crack a problem he'd been stuck on all day. I thought I finally had a chance to prove myself when I heard Mom's footsteps.

[00:01:32]>> Noah?

[00:01:35]>> Afraid of being discovered by Mom, Noah kicked into the back of my knee.

[00:01:42]I crashed to the ground, reaching for the notes, but Noah desperately hold me back.

[00:01:47]>> You want credit?

[00:01:49]You idiot. You.

[00:01:52]>> The doorknob turned. He instantly slipped into victim mode.

[00:01:57]>> Mommy, Leon stole my answers, copied my work, and now he's trying to hit me.

[00:02:03]>> Mom, no. I wrote this.

[00:02:15]>> Shut up, a cheating, troublemaking [ __ ] >> I wasn't giving up. On the Christmas Eve test, I solved every problem right in front of them.

[00:02:30]He couldn't figure out, so he started pulling his usual crap.

[00:02:35]>> Noah cried. Mom rushed out, aching for him. Noah, what's going on?

[00:02:39]>> Mom, he pinched me and forced me to switch test papers with him.

[00:02:43]>> No, Mom, I swear I didn't. You can check my handwriting.

[00:02:46]>> Noah has an IQ of 200. Why would he copy anything from you?

[00:02:50]>> But, Mom.

[00:02:53]Mom, please believe me. I can do it again right in front of you. Enough.

[00:02:57]>> You're rotten to the core. Genetic trash like you doesn't deserve to touch mathematics. You're grounded. No math, no nothing.

[00:03:05]>> MOM, DON'T LOCK ME UP.

[00:03:07]>> [screaming] >> BUT, TODAY is Christmas Eve. Don't lock the child down there.

[00:03:11]>> [screaming] >> I absolutely cannot let this imbecile tarnish MY EDUCATIONAL RECORD. NO WONDER he's stupid. He inherited from you.

[00:03:20]>> Fine.

[00:03:21]I don't want to quarrel with you ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

[00:03:24]>> [screaming] >> ON THAT SNOWY CHRISTMAS EVE, THE THREE OF them were enjoying a big feast, a happy family together.

[00:03:31]>> Thank you, Mom. It is so delicious. I love you.

[00:03:34]>> My little genius deserves all of this.

[00:03:37]Just bring home that first prize for Mommy.

[00:03:40]>> And I could only be locked in the freezing basement, starving.

[00:03:47]>> Mom said you don't even deserve a spot in the competition.

[00:03:50]>> I leaned against the icy wall, my stomach cramping from hunger.

[00:03:57]Mom, one day I will prove to you, too, I can also earn this honor for you, just like Noah.

[00:04:06]>> I spent my childhood drowning in contempt and accusations.

[00:04:14]But even then, part of me still believed that if I became better than Noah, she might finally see me as her son.

[00:04:29]Every day, between chores, I dig Noah's discarded IMO papers out of the trash and teach myself from his scribbled notes.

[00:04:38]I organized these into notes and kept them hidden on me.

[00:04:42]Until that day, while I was kneeling on the floor scrubbing, the notebook accidentally slipped out. Noah snatched it away. When he saw the densely packed in formulas, he panicked.

[00:05:06]Then he tried to destroy my notebook and ran straight to Mom acting like I was the problem.

[00:05:13]>> [laughter] >> Mom, Leon hit me. He said he was going to take the exam and make you look like a joke in front of everyone. The moment she heard Noah cry, Mom rushed downstairs. All she saw was him bleeding.

[00:05:25]>> [panting and gasps] >> Noah, are you all right? [laughter] >> Mom, don't be mad at him. He just wants you to notice him sometime.

[00:05:37]>> NO! MY NOTEBOOK!

[00:05:39]>> [screaming] >> I WANTED TO PICK IT UP, BUT MOM thought I was going after Noah.

[00:05:43]>> What the hell is wrong with you? An IQ 60 piece of trash should stay home where he belongs. And now you not only want to take THAT EXAM, BUT YOU ALSO HIT your brother?

[00:05:51]>> Mom, please.

[00:05:53]I figured them out on my own.

[00:05:55]>> You can pretend all you want, but you'll never measure up to Noah.

[00:05:59]>> Mom, please believe me. I can win the Olympian. I really can.

[00:06:04]>> But like always, Mom never listened. She just stood there and watched my notebook burn to ashes, but she never believed me.

[00:06:12]She crushed my hope like it was nothing more than a stain that needed to be erased.

[00:06:18]That's when I saw Dad.

[00:06:20]Dad, please.

[00:06:22]Just talk to Mom. Dad.

[00:06:25]But deep down, I already knew. Dad was never going to stand up for me.

[00:06:29]>> Stop upsetting your mother.

[00:06:32]>> Get [snorts] out and don't come back until you've learned your lesson.

[00:06:45]>> That's when I finally understood. It didn't matter how many problems I solved. In this family, I would always be the broken kid nobody cared about.

[00:06:52]>> Mom, I want to eat your homemade roast chicken today.

[00:06:55]>> Of course, my little genius.

[00:06:58]>> If they refused to see the truth, then I'd make sure they couldn't ignore it anymore.

[00:07:05]The day of the IMO, Noah walked out the front door carrying all of Mom's hopes with him.

[00:07:14]>> Make me proud, Noah. Remind the world what excellence looks like.

[00:07:18]>> Don't worry, Mom. I'll bring the gold home.

[00:07:23]But I was trapped in that house like a prisoner.

[00:07:29]Before getting in the car, Noah looked back at me like he'd already won.

[00:07:39]Second by second, the clock kept moving.

[00:07:42]And with every tick, I got closer to missing the exam.

[00:07:47]Mom, the exam's about to start.

[00:07:50]Just open the door. I can still run there in time. Please. But she acted as if she didn't hear my pleas at all.

[00:07:56]>> Go back to the basement. Don't push me.

[00:08:00]>> Just when I was about to lose all hope, my homeroom teacher showed up at the door in a panic.

[00:08:09]>> Professor Eva, Leon is a once-in-a-generation math prodigy. These are his exams, all perfect scores.

[00:08:17]>> But Mom didn't believe it at all.

[00:08:19]>> Mrs., don't joke around. He's nothing but a low-IQ loser.

[00:08:23]>> If you'd ever bothered to show up to just one parent-teacher conference for Leon, you wouldn't be calling him a [ __ ] You are destroying a genius.

[00:08:34]>> I know my son better than anyone. He's always relied on cheating and cheap tricks to get attention.

[00:08:39]>> I watched him write this with my own eyes. Why can't you believe in your own son?

[00:08:42]>> Enough.

[00:08:43]Have you ever seen anyone with an IQ of 60 become a genius?

[00:08:47]Now, please leave my house and stop encouraging his delusions.

[00:08:53]>> Professor Eva.

[00:08:56]>> The moment the door closed, her expression turned completely grim.

[00:09:02]To her, I was never meant to be a genius. She thought I'd somehow teamed up with the teacher to fool her.

[00:09:08]>> Now you've stooped to this?

[00:09:10]Teaming up with outsiders?

[00:09:13]I'm cursed to have given birth to a disgrace like you.

[00:09:17]>> I didn't fake anything. Let me take the exam. I'll prove it to you.

[00:09:20]>> In your dreams.

[00:09:23]>> She grabbed my collar tightly, trying to drag me to the basement, but I was already too tall and strong for her. She couldn't budge me at all.

[00:09:33]>> What are you still standing there for?

[00:09:34]Get him down there.

[00:09:42]>> Dad.

[00:09:43]Even dad, the master of pretending not to hear or see, became her most obedient accomplice.

[00:09:49]>> Do you have to provoke her?

[00:09:51]Get downstairs. Now.

[00:10:02]>> My mom got me a thicker chain.

[00:10:11]>> Let me out, mom. Let me out, mom.

[00:10:14]>> You stay right there. I'll deal with you after Noah wins the gold medal.

[00:10:23]Don't even think about getting out.

[00:10:25]>> I was bolted into that dark prison.

[00:10:28]And every desperate struggle I made was utterly futile.

[00:10:48]Then I have every reason to fight my way onto that stage.

[00:10:54]And show them all.

[00:11:00]Fighting through the biting pain, I dragged myself out through the tiny window, crashed into the snow, and ran as fast as I could.

[00:11:07]Mom heard the noise and came storming after me in a panic.

[00:11:10]>> STOP RIGHT THERE.

[00:11:12]HOW DARE YOU RUN FROM ME?

[00:11:16]OPEN THAT DOOR RIGHT NOW. [screaming] YOU ARE NOT GOING INTO THAT EXAM.

[00:11:20]>> I COULD HEAR HER screaming and pounding on the door behind me, but I never looked back. I knew she'd never let this go. I had to move faster, faster. I had to take that exams.

[00:11:31]But when I finally arrived, I was a step behind.

[00:11:42]The moment I threw the doors open, the entire room stopped, stared.

[00:11:49]I ignored those cameras and looked directly at the heading Zeppner on the stage. Please.

[00:11:54]Please, you have to let me take the exam. My mother locked me in the basement to keep me from coming here. I barely escaped.

[00:12:01]Noah immediately jumped out pretending to defend the rules while stirring everyone against me.

[00:12:07]Head examiner, you can't seriously allow this. Late is late. Every person here worked hard and showed up on time. Why should he get special treatment? That's unfair to the rest of us. Hearing that, a murmur of complaints started spreading through the room.

[00:12:24]Exactly. Rules are rules.

[00:12:28]This is so unfair to everyone.

[00:12:33]Noah had gotten exactly what he wanted.

[00:12:36]Security, he's seriously disrupting the exam room. Get him out of here.

[00:12:42]I forcefully shook off the security guards, facing all the cameras, finally exposed my mother's true colors to the world.

[00:12:54]I didn't want to be late. It was my own mother. To prove her innate intelligence determinism, she locked me up in the basement, depriving me of my right to take the exam.

[00:13:03]And at that moment, every wound on my body became undeniable proof.

[00:13:11]Oh my god. How can there be such a cruel parent? This is outright abuse.

[00:13:20]Seeing things go south, Noah tried to pin the blame on me. Don't listen to his lies.

[00:13:27]He's been tested. His IQ is only 60. All of his grades were cheated and copied.

[00:13:35]My mom only locked him up at home because he's manipulative and compulsive liar.

[00:13:43]>> Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room changed. How can an idiot be allowed into the IMO exam room?

[00:13:48]>> Look at him. He must be mentally ill.

[00:13:57]>> Time was slipping away. Mom could show up any second. I was running out of time.

[00:14:02]You're so convinced I'm a fraud.

[00:14:04]Fine. Then lock both of us in a transparent exam room. Let everyone watch.

[00:14:12]Noah broke out in a cold sweat, stubbornly clinging to the competition rules.

[00:14:19]No.

[00:14:20]The exam is already over.

[00:14:21]>> But the room erupted in deafening shouts.

[00:14:23]>> Showdown!

[00:14:25]SHOWDOWN! [screaming] >> [cheering] >> SHOWDOWN!

[00:14:37]>> THE HEAD EXAMINER AGREED.

[00:14:39]To ensure fairness, the glass examination room will be open. Prepare two backup test papers now.

[00:14:59]>> The door was locked.

[00:15:02]Noah knew better than anyone.

[00:15:05]He could never surpass me.

[00:15:12]I knew he was already on the verge of breaking down.

[00:15:16]No time to savor his meltdown.

[00:15:18]Mom would burst through those doors any minute. I needed to end this before she did.

[00:15:24]I skipped the rough work.

[00:15:26]The answers went straight onto the paper.

[00:15:30]Time ticked away little by little. Blood caked on my skin.

[00:15:36]Only 10 minutes into the exam time, I put my pen down and stood up. Everyone froze.

[00:15:42]>> He's already done?

[00:15:43]>> Noah still wouldn't give up. He accused me of scribbling nonsense, trying to get it thrown out ungraded. He must have just scribbled nonsense.

[00:15:50]>> Seriously, Leon, you can keep pretending all you want, but it doesn't change what you are. Don't waste everyone's time.

[00:15:56]>> I ignored Noah's sarcasm. Just ignored Noah's, stood there in silence, waiting for the grade.

[00:16:03]Noah's arrogance swelled when I didn't respond.

[00:16:07]>> Leon, isn't that what this whole pathetic act is really about? You want Mom's attention that badly? Fine, you can have it. Just stop humiliating yourself in front of everyone, okay?

[00:16:14]Everyone was stirred up again and began to announce what.

[00:16:17]>> Seriously, are you just wasting everyone's time here? What a phony.

[00:16:20]You're making a mockery of this exam.

[00:16:23]>> And at that moment, a piercing sound of brakes came from outside. Mom chased me all the way to the exam vote sheet.

[00:16:30]She spotted me immediately and lunged forward to grab me.

[00:16:33]>> You disgraceful waste. Who the hell gave you permission to come here? Get back home right now.

[00:16:36]>> Too late. I've already turned in my paper. Hearing this, Eva became even more furious and frantic.

[00:16:42]>> [ __ ] Do you want the whole world finding out that one of my sons has an IQ of 200 while the other's a complete idiot?

[00:16:47]>> Leon, just listen to your mother, okay?

[00:16:50]Come home with us and apologize to her properly. Don't make this worse.

[00:16:53]>> I didn't dignify them then with a look.

[00:16:55]I just stood there in silent. My indifference ignited her.

[00:16:59]>> Unbelievable. Noah, finish your paper.

[00:17:02]Show him who's the real genius here.

[00:17:10]What is it, Noah? You finished already?

[00:17:13]>> Yeah.

[00:17:13]>> Grade it, examiner.

[00:17:16]>> [sighs] >> Leon, this is the last time I indulge your nonsense. From now on you are no longer a part of the Alpha family.

[00:17:23]Take a good look at the score, you idiot.

[00:17:25]>> Leon, this time you've really gone too far.

[00:17:28]I don't think there's anything I can do to help you anymore.

[00:17:30]>> It didn't take long. The scoring screen lit up with the results.

[00:17:34]Everyone stared in shock at the scores on the screen.

[00:17:38]>> Full marks! Leon scored full marks!

[00:17:48]>> No way. This can't be real.

[00:17:50]>> No.

[00:17:51]This is impossible.

[00:17:53]You're an idiot!