On November 1, Germany's Sport Picture selected the highest-paid athletes in sports in 2008. In this latest list of athletes' richest people, Hayes ranks 4th with an annual income of 38 million euros, becoming the "gold king" among NBA players. In fifth place is Michael Jordan. Although the flyer is away from the arena, his income is not low. It relied on various product endorsements to earn 35 million euros.

NBA stars like to invest in business and continue to make money, and Hayes doesn't do that. Now money is just a number for Hayes.

There was no game on this day, and Hayes called Yao Ming, who wanted to donate to the newly established "Yao Foundation".

On May 14, 2008, Yao Ming donated 500,000 yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area and 214,000 U.S. dollars to the foreign currency account of the Red Cross Society of China in the United States, with a total donation of about 2 million yuan.

On June 11, 2008, Yao Ming announced that he would donate US$2 million to the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan and set up the Yao Ming Foundation to help rebuild the campuses in the stricken areas. So far, Yao Ming's total donation has reached 16 million yuan, becoming the largest individual in the sports industry. Previously, Yao Ming had taken a selfie public service advertisement, calling on the world to donate to the Wenchuan disaster area, and after returning to China, he went to the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area to greet the people in the disaster area.

On June 26, 2008, the Chinese official website of "Yao Fund" was officially launched.

It is not difficult to set up a personal foundation, but the difficult thing is how to carry out the later work. Especially since Hayes is an American, it would seem strange if he set up a foundation mainly to help Chinese. So Hayes decided to work with Yao Ming.

Getting through the phone, Hayes asked, "Yao, how is your foundation?" ”

"It's okay. More than $2 million has been raised so far. Do you want to make a donation? Yao Ming said with a smile.

"Well, I'll donate 20 million." Hayes said lightly.

"How much do you say to donate?" Yao Ming's voice on the other end of the phone was much higher.

"$20 million. I'm not kidding, I'm sure the person you're looking for won't do anything shady. Hayes smiled, "Tell me the fund's account number, and I'll send the money over." ”

"I don't know what to say. Thank you...... Do you know that my foundation only has a start-up capital of 2 million? Yao Ming asked.

"Yes, it doesn't matter. If you make some achievements at the beginning, there will be more people who are willing to donate money in the future, right? I don't need to announce the number of my donations, I don't want to participate in the celebrity donation competition, so I didn't contact you after so long. Hayes said. When the earthquake struck, he just symbolized the donation of his surname, in order not to fall into the handle. Avoid news stories like, "Hayes Scrooge, don't donate." "This kind of negative news.

The amount of donations on Hayes Ming's face did not exceed Yao Ming, which avoided Yao Ming's embarrassment. Otherwise, there will definitely be news: "Yao Ming's donation is not as good as that of foreigners, and his donation is disgusting and ......chilling".

There are indeed a lot of such posts on the Internet, and some people are just afraid that the world will not be chaotic, as if Yao Ming must take out half of his income to help the disaster. These people certainly don't know how much tax Yao Ming has to pay.

First of all, nearly half of Yao Ming's annual salary has to be used to pay taxes and send it to the US treasury. The rest is divided equally by the Chinese Basketball Association and the Shanghai Basketball Association, which is 12.5% each.

Domestic endorsement income is taxed according to China's tax standards and then distributed in the same way. However, domestic businesses are not very large, and this part has little impact on the overall proportion.

Yao Ming also has about 25% of all income, and Yao's team is equivalent to the surname of his team of economists, arranging a series of his activities to develop his commercial value. This part of the expenditure is not a fixed proportion. However, the number of people is relatively large, and it is almost 5-10% of Yao Ming's total income. For example, Yao Ming's annual income is 30 million US dollars, and 10% is 3 million, more than a dozen people.

In the end, Yao Ming still has about $5 million left a year, and if he pays his wife according to Chinese's marriage habits...... So Yao Ming seems to have a very high income, but it's actually quite miserable.

Yi Jianlian's situation is similar to Yao Ming's, but the income base is much smaller.

Those who posted about Yao Ming don't know how much they personally donated, and it is estimated that few people have more than 1,000 yuan, but they can call people who donate more than 10 million yuan sinners in a high-sounding manner. They just said, "If I were Yao Ming, I would definitely not donate such a small ......", as if it was great. Of course, this group of people can never become Yao Ming.

The Yao Foundation's immediate goal is to rebuild the school building. At present, there are 8,000 classrooms in the disaster area that need to be rebuilt or repaired, and the average cost of rebuilding a school will be about 1 million yuan.

Yao Ming used his influence to raise a large amount of money for the "Yao Fund". The mayor of Atlanta personally helped Yao Ming contact some commercial companies and received a lot of sponsorships. Some NBA players, including Davis of the Warriors, Nash of the Suns, Kobe Bryant and others, also donated money.

Now Hayes alone has donated 10 times more than everyone else during this time.

"Chuck, I think this fund has been renamed the Sea Fund. I'm sorry not to disclose the amount of your donation. Yao Ming smiled bitterly.

"I've made a lot of money in the past two years, so you're welcome. As long as all the money is used for the reconstruction of the disaster area. For me, 20 million is nothing, but if you spend it, you can help a lot of people. It's worth it. Hayes laughed: "This is just the beginning, if things go well, I will donate again in the future." ”

Yao Ming said solemnly: "Thank you for trusting me so much, I will be very responsible for the donations received by my foundation, every penny of money will be used to help the places in need." ”

"You're welcome, I won't be polite when I need your help." Hayes laughed. He didn't think it was a big deal. After all, his family background is much higher than Yao Ming.

Hayes's assets have been growing, and he has so much money that he doesn't know how to spend it. He also plans to spend tens of millions to build a villa with the surname of the manor, like Jordan. But Gao Tongxuan felt that it was more cozy to live in a smaller house, so the plan was put on hold for the time being.

In addition to his donation to the Yao Foundation, Hayes also made a donation to support the Obama campaign.

Hayes has always been close to Mr. Obama, and it's no longer news that the two are good friends in the United States.

Obama is a sports fan, having led the Punach High School basketball team to the Hawaii state championship in the No. 23 jersey; During the campaign, he also often appeared in the stands of the NBA as a spectator; He also wore Hayes' No. 44 jersey to Warner Arena at Bobcats Times, claiming to be a Hayes fan...... It costs a lot of money to run for president in the United States. And in recent years, the cost of the U.S. presidential campaign has continued to break records. There is a Chinese saying that "money is not everything, but no money is everything", and this phrase could not be more apt to describe the presidential election in the United States.

By the end of the campaign, Obama will spend more than $500 million on the campaign. This cost is a world away from that of the founders of the United States.

In 1789, Washington, the first president of the United States, spent hundreds of dollars traveling by train to attend a lecture tour around the country. After he was elected president, he borrowed money to pay for the journey from his hometown to the capital.

Abraham Lincoln, who was elected in 1860, spent $100,000 to run for president, about twice as many as his opponents. After '72, Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign was $1 million. Roosevelt repealed Prohibition laws as soon as he took office, in return for $100,000 in campaign funding from wine merchants. Since then, the US president's campaign funding has skyrocketed. In 1960, Kennedy's campaign was $30 million, and eight years later, Nixon's campaign was $100 million.

By this term, campaign funding was already astronomical. Obama is not a monopoly. Little by little, his campaign money was raised from voters. If you are nominated by the party, you can get a political axe, but not much.

And there are also a lot of restrictions in the fundraising process. The U.S. election prohibits not only foreigners from participating in donations, but also banks and corporate institutions from donating, and only donations in the name of individuals are allowed. Not only that, but it also limits the amount of money that can be made by individuals, preventing the rich from giving too much money and affecting the future of fair governance, not only can the rich themselves not be able to donate more, but it is illegal for a boss to call on his employees to donate money to someone or vote for a candidate. Therefore, if you want to raise tens of millions of competitive funds, the only way is to win the support of more voters and raise money little by little.

So the amount of money Hayes donated to Obama was very small. He also thought about investing tens of millions of dollars to make Obama owe him a personal favor, and he would definitely earn it back in other aspects in the future, and he could also give Obama some advice as a friend. It's a pity that this hole is not easy to exploit.

In fact, Obama's election had a detrimental effect on Hayes's money.

When Obama used his status as a sports fan to win votes, his influence on American sports was already beginning to be felt; And if he is elected president of the United States, the American sports world will also face many changes because of him. Based on Obama's views and positions on the campaign, he is likely to increase taxes on team owners and players, slow down the transfer or sale of professional teams, and increase the power of players' unions.

Increasing taxes on high-income earners will affect all NBA players. And this will have a big impact on those team owners and stars. Mr. Obama had promised his voters that he would raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year, and even Major League Baseball's minimum annual wage was $400,000. It can be expected that almost all NBA players will be affected.

Paradoxically, Hayes is actually supporting a guy who has shrunk his annual income a lot to become president. Obama has one advantage, though, that his ideas are leaning toward civilians.

Under Obama's tax policy, families with incomes of less than $100,000 can get more tax breaks. Households with more than $250,000 will benefit more from the tax policies of Obama's rival McCain. According to official statistics, the median annual income of American households is $50,000, and only 3% of households earn more than $250,000. So on tax policy alone, Obama can get more voters to support him.

The rich want to cut taxes, and the poor want to eat. Prescribing a dose of medicine can cure two mutually restrictive "diseases" at the same time, and I am afraid that it is difficult for a miracle doctor to do it.

Hayes, who was already wealthy, supported Obama's initiative. He felt that it was also a kind of charity for the people to be able to think about the people.

In fact, Hayes just got a friendship by pushing the boat, and whether he supported it or not, Obama would be elected president. Hayes' priority is to improve the Bobcats.

He's reached a point where his individual ability has reached a point, so he's more in training to help the young players improve. After beating the knights, the Bobcats were given a day off.

Hayes accompanies Brook Lopez for two hours of practice. Lopez received the ball at a 45-degree angle in the low post, Hayes was behind the defense, and Lopez chose to turn around and shoot to the baseline with the ball, or take it out and shoot at a 45-degree angle.

Happily, Lopez is really talented, and he has a good shooting percentage. As long as you master the rhythm of shooting, because of the height gap, Hayes can't cover him, and he can hit continuously.

Haslem will also be very uncomfortable with the tricks that Hayes can't prevent. Nov. 2, the Bobcats' home game against the Miami Heat, became a lot easier.

(To be continued)