"Are you a coach?" Taylor looked at Dai Li with suspicion.
In the United States, the majority of people engaged in the coaching industry are white. People of yellow race often give people the impression that they are not good at sports, and there are very few yellow people engaged in the coaching industry.
"Forget it." Taylor still shook his head: "Even if you are a coach, I don't have money to pay you. In my current situation, I can't pay a penny."
"For the training fee, you can pay it on credit first, and then pay it back to me when you make money." Dai Li said with a smile.
"Credit? Is that okay?" Taylor's eyes widened in surprise.
Credit is not popular among Americans. They are real brothers who settle accounts clearly. For adults, even between parents and children, personal accounts are calculated very clearly. For example, if you treat me to a meal for $10 today, I will definitely pay you $10 back tomorrow, no more than a penny and no less than a dime. And they don't think there's anything wrong with this between friends. Although Americans are accustomed to using credit cards, and every American owes money to the bank, when it comes to individuals, credit transactions rarely occur.
In this regard, Dai Li was obviously not used to American culture yet. He replied: "Of course, you can get credit first. Besides, you are not the first athlete to get credit from me."
"Is there anyone else who trains on credit?" Taylor asked curiously.
"Yes, you know 'Blade Runner' Barron Phillip, right? He trained at my place. When he first came to my place, he had no money. He lived by doing odd jobs and receiving relief, and he had no money to pay for training fees. ." Li Dai opened his mouth and replied.
The expression on Taylor's face changed from curiosity to surprise: "Are you really the coach of 'Blade Warriors'?"
Dai Li did not dwell on this problem. He said, "Phillip back then was much more miserable than you are now. He was a disabled person without legs and could only walk with prosthetics. But even so, he was still there." Try to run like an able-bodied person."
"I know about him. These days, the sports media have been reporting on his deeds. I didn't expect that he was training at your place." Taylor nodded.
"How is it? Do you have some confidence in me?" Li Dai smiled and then said: "But more importantly, you have to have confidence in yourself. You have to believe that you have the ability to return to the top."
"I have confidence in myself..." Taylor's words suddenly stopped. He obviously still didn't have the courage to say the next three words "confidence".
"I told you just now, you have no choice. If you want to pay off your debt, if you want to live with dignity, continuing to box is your only way out. I think Angie doesn't want to see you living on the street either. Right?" Dai Li continued.
Speaking of the dead Angie, Taylor finally nodded, but Dai Li could feel that Taylor still had concerns in his heart.
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Coach Li's physical training gym.
Dai Li looked at Chris Payton, who had just been released, and said with a somewhat stern tone: "Chris, I need an explanation."
Chris Payton certainly knows what explanation Dai Li is talking about. Dai Li had lunch with him, and then he was arrested by the police and was not released until the next morning.
In comparison, Chris Payton was imprisoned longer, but the police never found evidence to prove that he also participated in the crime, and they had to release him in the end.
"I'm sorry, boss, I caused you trouble." Chris Payton looked apologetic. He struggled slightly, but then he started to talk about his family background.
The middle of the last century was a relatively chaotic period in American society. The end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, especially the subsequent Cuban Missile Crisis, caused the panic of the American people to reach its highest peak. At the same time, many young people in the United States began to pursue a set of values that were completely different from their parents' generation. Students began to participate in more political protests. Feminism began to rise, and black people began to demand equal rights.
Various open concepts began to ferment and then penetrated into every corner of people's lives. The civil rights movement, the feminist movement, the anti-war movement, the counter-culture movement, the *** movement... American people are also very busy in this era.
These have impacted the thinking of some traditional conservatives and some religious people, so with the arrival of new ideas, conservative social activities are also on the rise. The confrontation between the two social classes will inevitably cause social unrest, and this unrest has obviously become the soil for the development of gangs. Although this is not as good as the golden period of gang development in the United States in the 1930s, it has been in a relatively short period of time. Within a short period of time, tens of thousands of gangs have been created, and there are even more gangs in big cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Chris Payton's grandfather seized this opportunity. At first, he was just a biker gang, the kind of person in the movie who rode a heavy motorcycle and was very popular. This was a very unique culture in the United States during World War II. . The speedsters of that era were not yet gangsters, but a club for model car enthusiasts.
But later, under the leadership of Grandpa Payton, a group of motorcycle gangs in Los Angeles gradually transformed into gangs, selling drugs, extorting, intimidating, and stealing. Although it cannot be said that they did everything evil, they definitely did a lot of criminal things.
After Payton's grandfather died, his father became the leader of this gang. For decades, the scale of this gang has not been very large. It only has a so-called "turf" in Los Angeles, which is far from the kind in the movie "The Godfather". The Mafia is still a few levels behind.
Chris Payton also grew up in a gang environment. If nothing unexpected happens, Chris Payton will eventually become a gang member like his two brothers.
However, Chris Payton had no interest in this. He liked football and wanted to be a football player, so when his two brothers were wandering around with a revolver, he was holding a football Running around the court.
But the identity of the gangster family has also brought a lot of trouble to Chris Payton. Since childhood, Chris Payton has been regarded as a "dangerous element" in the school. Due to family reasons, Chris Payton is slightly better. Some universities were unwilling to accept him and turned him away.
In the end, Chris Payton went to an ordinary university. For him, this was a very helpless choice. He hopes to become a football player, but if he does not enter a prestigious school, not only will he not receive first-class training, but he will also be unlikely to attract the attention of scouts, and his prospects for participating in the draft in the future will also be very bleak.
The fact is that this is also the case. Although he was the main player of the small team in college, no one cared about him when he participated in the NFL draft. Therefore, he could only hang out in the low-level rugby league for a few years, and then he could only retire in waste.
Chris Payton blames his gang family for all this. Since he entered college, he has seldom been with his family. Except for special days such as Christmas, he has almost never been home again.
But even so, he has always been the target of the police's attention. He was caught, interrogated, released, and then monitored by the police. The police hoped to find clues about his father and two brothers from him, although all of this was It was a futile effort, but Chris Payton was always suspected by the police.
"So, you were shot innocently?" Li Dai asked.
Chris Payton nodded: "If I am really guilty, I will not be released by the police."
"Okay, I understand, let's go to work." Dai Li said nonchalantly.
Payton was a little hesitant, and he asked: "I have brought you so much trouble, are you still willing to let me work here?"
"Why not? Do you think I will fire you?" Dai Li asked.
"I have experienced three bosses before, and they all fired me. They thought I was also a gangster, and they were not as unlucky as you. They were taken to the police station and stayed all night." Payton sighed, and then Said: "Li, I am actually mentally prepared that you will fire me."
"Okay, don't think so much. What I value is your work ability. I don't care about your family background. Besides, being caught in the police station this time was a blessing in disguise. I also took on a large order. Business." Dai Li said, looking at his watch: "According to the appointed time, the customer should be coming soon."