On the second day after the award ceremony, Zhang Guan took a leave of absence and then went to the headquarters of OPAP Company. It is not difficult for athletes who no longer have competition events to take time off.
For Zhang Guan, getting the bonus of more than 10 million euros first is a top priority, and OPAP company also sent a special car to pick Zhang Guan up at the Olympics.
Is Zhang Guan short of money? of course! Someone will say you are talking nonsense! The world record holder can accept one or two advertisements for free, so how can he be short of money? How is it possible that the difference is just tens of millions
Actual numbers tell the story best. To give the most representative example, in 2003, Liu Feiren’s total advertising endorsement bonuses were 1.6 million. After becoming famous at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he unexpectedly signed several endorsements, and his income only reached 23 million. In 2005, It was 26 million, 58 million in 2006, and peaked at 170 million in 2007. According to statistics, Liu Feiren's total income in 11 years of his career was 535 million.
Five hundred million, a lot! But this figure is pre-tax income, not actual money put into your pocket. According to the provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law, 535 million will have to pay about 171 million in personal income tax, and then about 363 million will be left.
So does this 362 million belong to Liu Feiren
of course not! According to the provisions of the "Interim Measures for the Management of Prize Money for National Team Athletes" and the "Interim Measures for the Management of Bonuses and Prizes for Social Donations (Sponsors) Athletes and Coaches", at least half of the 363 million must be handed over, of which the bonuses are up to Pay 40%, and the remaining 60% will be divided with the coach. The actual amount received by the athletes may be less than half of the total bonus; 15% of the advertising endorsement fee will be turned over to the Athletic Association Development Fund, 20% will be turned over to the unit, and 15% will be given to the coach. and meritorious personnel, the last 50% can be included in the athletes’ pockets.
Therefore, the actual money Liu Feiren received in his career was only 180 million. The average annual salary of his eleven-year career was 16 million, which is about 1.6 million euros. This is only equivalent to one and a half months' salary of Messi or Ronaldo. Not to mention that it is only 2004, Liu Feiren still earns less than 16 million a year. Even for Liu Feiren five years later, the amount of tens or hundreds of millions is by no means "just".
This is track and field, not football with a weekly salary of 200,000 euros, nor basketball with an annual salary of 20 million US dollars. In commercial sports, athletes have generous salaries from clubs, but in track and field, even track and field athletes on the national team only earn a monthly salary of 1,000 US dollars. It’s only a few yuan, and athletes on local teams may only get a few hundred yuan.
So Zhang Guan felt that he was short of money. He didn't want to save money like Liu Feiren who had worked hard for more than ten years, so he chose a legal way to get money the fastest. For this, he is willing to bear some costs, such as being exposed by the media and being punished. Then he received an income of more than 15 million euros, which is equivalent to Liu Feiren's peak income in ten years. If inflation is taken into account, 15 million euros will definitely be more than 150 million in the future. In this way, Zhang Guan is already better than Liu Feiren this time. You can earn even more in your career.
15 million euros is not only Zhang Guan's confidence, but also his escape route. With such a sum of money, at least in some aspects in the future, he will not have to worry about being controlled by others. With this money, he can do more things, such as investing.
In fact, this is a very simple arithmetic problem. For Zhang Guan, it is definitely worth taking a risk in exchange for ten years of career income. With this 15 million euros, what if it is exposed by the media? So what if you get punished
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At the OPAP headquarters, Zhang Guan saw Osedolis and Flegusquez, as well as an old man with white hair who was the chairman of the OPAP board of directors. If an ordinary person won a grand prize of tens of millions of euros, they would not bother someone of the OPAP chairman's level to present the award in person. However, Zhang Guan is the new Olympic champion and world record holder, so the OPAP chairman personally came to present the prize to Zhang Guan. .
There were many media reporters at the venue, all invited by OPAP Company. It is impossible for OPAP Company to miss this kind of publicity opportunity. Of course, most of this kind of publicity is carried out in the form of news and cannot be straightforward advertising endorsements. .
"Shoot, shoot, shoot. As long as the money is enough, you can shoot with all your heart! There are so many euros. I have never seen so much money in my two lives. If you change it to national currency, you can kill someone. No, use it." Euros can also kill people!" Zhang Guan thought silently in his heart
Accountant Flegusquez accompanied Zhang Guan out of OPAP's headquarters. As he walked, Flegusquez said: "Mr. Zhang, I have made a more complete plan for your bonus." I hope I can explain the plan to you in detail, and some of it requires your authorization."
"Okay." Zhang Guan looked at the sky and saw that it was already lunch time, so he said, "Why don't we go eat first and then talk in detail."
"Of course." Flageskus invited Zhang Guan into his car, and then said, "I don't know what you want to eat."
"I really want to try Greek specialties. You know, I have been staying in the Olympic Village before. Although there are many varieties of dishes, they are the same every day. I have not tasted the taste of Greek food. But I am Athletes, I'm afraid they can't eat meat." Zhang Guan said.
"That's no problem. I know a restaurant. Their chef is great, and their desserts and snacks are also very good. I'll take you there now." Flagex said and started the car.
There are a lot of alleys in Athens, but there are very good restaurants hidden in these alleys. Flageskus took care of himself, and the car finally stopped in a block that was not wide.
"Mr. Zhang, please get out of the car and wait a moment. Parking is not allowed on this street. I want to drive the car to the front." Flagesquez said. So Zhang Guan got out of the car and waited on the roadside.
This block has a pure Athenian architectural style, and it seems to have been built for some years. The buildings on both sides of the street look a bit retro, and some shops even retain the traditional European revolving doors of the last century.
Zhang Guanzheng was admiring this exotic building when he suddenly heard a female voice shouting: "Robbery!"
"It's Chinese!" Zhang Guan was startled. It's not easy to hear Chinese in a foreign country. He immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged couple. Black hair and yellow skin are obvious characteristics of Chinese people. The man was chasing the robber in front of him, but the man was a bit bloated and it was impossible to catch up with the robber at his speed.
"Since we are compatriots, help them!" Zhang Guanmeng began to accelerate and chased the robber.
The robber had a disdainful smile on his face. Apparently he knew that it was impossible for the middle-aged man to catch up with him because of his size. He turned around and yelled: "Zhuang, you can't catch up with me." of."
The next moment, a figure flew past the middle-aged man. The robber took a closer look and saw that what was chasing him was also a Chinese with yellow skin and black hair.
"Damn yellow man! He wants to chase me. I was the sprint champion when I was on the school team." The robber immediately quickened his pace.
"With my speed, that yellow man must have been thrown away by me!" The robber just wanted to look back, but felt that his shoulder had been grabbed by a hand, and then the hand was pulled back violently. , throwing the robber to the ground.
Originally, the robber was not so unbearable, but it is easy for people to lose their balance when running at high speed, so he was dragged to the ground by Zhang Guan, and the fall was not light.
"What's going on? Why is he running so fast!" The robber was shocked. A few seconds ago, the other person was still more than ten meters away. How come he was caught up in just a few seconds.
At this time, the siren sounded, and a motorcycle carrying two patrol officers drove over in the distance. The robber got up in a hurry, staggered away in the other direction, and dropped the bag he grabbed on the ground. Then the two patrol officers ignored Zhang Guan and chased in the direction of the robber.
At this time, the middle-aged man also caught up.
"Thank you..." Halfway through his words, the middle-aged man had already seen Zhang Guan's face clearly, and then said in surprise in Chinese: "Zhang Guan! You are Zhang Guan!"
This time, it was Zhang Guan's turn to be stunned. He didn't expect that he was quite famous and the other party actually knew him.
"It's really Zhang Guan! I didn't expect to see you in person!" The middle-aged man seemed very excited. He continued: "I didn't buy a ticket yesterday, otherwise I would have gone to see you receive the award, but I'm here I watched it live on TV!”
During the subsequent conversation, Zhang Guan learned that the couple was traveling to Athens. He heard that there was good food in this neighborhood and came here. As a result, he encountered a robber, who happened to be met by Zhang Guan.
"Thank you so much!" The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment. He thought for a moment that he had no way to repay Zhang Guan, so he took out a gold-rimmed business card from his arms, handed it to Zhang Guan with both hands, and then said: "This This is my business card. I have opened a small company, and my business is mainly in China. If you need anything after returning to China, you can call me. I am not familiar with the place in Athens, so there is nothing I can do, but when I return to China, , I still have a lot of ways to go.”
Zhang Guan politely took the business card and put it away, and then was invited to take a photo with the couple before the couple said goodbye and left.
At this time, Flagex also parked the car and walked over, asking: "Mr. Zhang, have you met an acquaintance? Are they compatriots?"
"We are compatriots." Zhang Guan said what happened just now, then took out his business card and looked down at it.
"General Manager of Yiming Consulting Company: He Yiming. It turns out to be the boss of the consulting company." Zhang Guan looked down and found that there were three addresses for Yiming Consulting Company, one in each of the three first-tier cities. The following contacts There are three ways.
"It seems like this company is quite big. It has branches in the three largest cities." Zhang Guan thought to himself.
Flageskus, who was beside Zhang Guan, suddenly pointed to the company logo on the business card and said, "Mr. Zhang, I want to disturb you. I seem to have seen this logo somewhere before."
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Chapter 2 has been sent, please vote for recommendation. Originally, I wanted to mention the income of track and field athletes in this chapter. After all, the first volume mentioned that athletes hand over half of their bonuses. I think everyone can understand it. However, there are still many readers who say that after becoming famous, they casually pocket tens of millions. There is no need to make money at all, so I can only show my account book. I have too much money and I can’t bear to deduct the tax and then meet up to share half of it. Everyone is wondering if this is true! Thanks to book friends, please give me more advice for the rest of my life, Xin Weixue, _Book-repairing thug_, Yue Zhi crazy hate, Yu Feizi 568, Zhong Zifacai, Ke Jiangxiong, scholar-YES, Porphyry understands you Dē core, Zhu Luoyan, Gods will always gain Promise, Jiu'an Ouyang, handsome as hell, zjfkka, freehire, 9922392, Lanyue Fengwu, C938516, Xing Xuerou, Quan 18, Da 10%, gigiliu5277, Feng Xiaosheng, fenkuang, I'm just a bird, Emperor & Dubu , ferocious ss, and young men giving rewards. Thanks!
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