After saying this, Wang Ai picked up the cup and took a sip of water, looking at the quiet cabin: "Many of the people here are from various sports committee compounds. In fact, think about how many people there are in that compound.
We work harder than you and have won more world championships than you, but who has as much money as you? Are we really that great? We are just lucky enough to play football. Speaking of myself, my total income last year was 108 million euros.
I alone can beat all the four all-star teams of the Chinese table tennis team, the Chinese diving team, the Chinese swimming team, and the Chinese badminton team put together. I ask you, why should I? My efforts alone are better than those of so many people.
Is it enough to put all your efforts together?”
This is the first time Wang Ai disclosed the huge gap between his annual income and the income of other star athletes.
Therefore, everyone listened attentively.
"You always asked me in the past, why do you donate so much money? Others said, donate less, it will make others disappear. But am I worth so much money? I just happened to have the best food in the world.
It's just a bonus from a major sports event." Wang Ai calmed down and continued: "You have to be a human being and know what's going on. How many stars at my level have had trouble just because they didn't know what was going on? Count them, Ma.
Does Ladonna do drugs? Does Ronaldo go clubbing? Is Ronaldinho the little prince of nightclubs? If I don’t donate more than 100 million this year, then I have to spend it, right? I fell in love with a yacht today. I asked, how many tens of millions?
Buy! Are you planning to get on the plane tomorrow? Ask about it? Tens of millions? Buy! Not to mention real estate, jewelry, or even women. Just buy it and spend the money. But after going back and forth like this, how much do you think I still have?
Time to practice?”
At this time, the flight attendant team leader gently filled a cup of tea for Wang Ai. Wang Ai picked it up and said thank you: "Desire is a good thing and a bad thing. It is said to be a good thing because it is the driving force for human progress.
For example, the plane under our feet was developed because we thought it was too far to walk and too slow to take a boat. For example, we want to win the championship, so we train hard and improve our level, and we develop a tactical system that suits us.
They are all good. But desires are also bad. For example, Hitler wanted to control the world, so he launched World War II. For example, Japan wanted to conquer the world, so it invaded Northeast China and all of China, and eventually suffered the atomic bomb. There are also some people
It is bad to pursue happiness and end up getting addicted to drugs. Many people have studied this thing throughout the ages. For example, there was a philosopher named Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty. He wanted to preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires, which meant cutting off human desires. In the end, it was proved that
No. Capitalism has completely gone to the opposite direction, completely releasing desires and completely following desires, so they have many lunatics. What about us? What we pay attention to is controlling desires. When desires are beneficial to our career, we will follow desires.
Go ahead and let desire drive us. When we find that desire begins to drive us to the opposite direction, we must control desire and suppress desire."
"My donation, in a narrow sense, is to help me suppress the reaction of desire. What I am doing now is to help you suppress your desire, suppress the desire that will lead you to the opposite direction and lead you to make mistakes." Wang Ai looked at his teammates and said:
"After I donate, I have cut off the source of this error. In this way, I can no longer do many things. I can concentrate on playing football, honing my skills, and thinking about tactics. When I am free, I also participate in charity activities.
I care about poor families and poor children in those mountain villages. Let me put it bluntly, I experience happiness from them, both the noble happiness of helping others, and the vulgar happiness of helping others after donating money. I am still very rich in comparison. I help them
After improving the school building, they helped me improve my spirit, so that even today, I am still a normal person, not a madman. Do you think I have lost money or gained money?"
Without waiting for his teammates to answer, Wang Ai replied: "I think I made a profit. I threw away what I had extra and got what I lacked. From 2003 to this year, I have maintained a full competitiveness for 8 years."
Status and competitive level. In the past five or six years, I have broken records one after another in Europe and won one award after another. The National Museum made an exception and opened a personal exhibition stand for me. This year is the fourth year. Why should I? Just because of me
I controlled my desires very well, and thus achieved achievements and honors that even I could not imagine before, including this World Cup championship. Again, the moment we embarked on the path of football, the moment we became the national football team, we
What do you want? Just football, just happiness, just praise, money is just an appendage! If we are ultimately driven by money, then we will not only become slaves to money, but also lose football, happiness, and
Praise for losing these things we love most."
Shortly after the words were spoken, applause rang in the ears, and it turned out to be Li Bing and Ou Chuliang. The two seniors sighed and nodded, saying nothing, but their hands were very busy.
Hey, hey, the cabin king, who was applauding enthusiastically, said: "Originally, I just wanted to say a few simple words, but it took me a long time to say it. I don't know how many words or two. Some people must have understood it a long time ago.
And some people may have just understood. As for me, I would rather some of you find me nagging than have a teammate who doesn't understand. After all, you are too important to me, and I can't lose you. Director Wade is not here now.
Now, Yan Tou has also gone to the General Administration of Sports, so I will tell you, it will be Brazil in four years, and I hope you will still be with me then, instead of replacing someone. To be honest, this really needs to be replaced.
I really don’t have much confidence.”
After hearing this praise, everyone laughed, and Wang Ai also laughed: "Speaking of four years from now, some of you may think that winning the Hercules Cup once in your life is enough, but I feel that I have to win again no matter what.
Take it once. Anyway, I just like this Hercules Cup, so I think it’s not enough to take it once.”
"Boss, no matter how many times you win the Hercules Cup, it belongs to FIFA, not the Jules Rimet Cup." Chen Tao reminded the crowd.
"That's right." Zhao Xuri shouted: "Boss, if you really want it, just make one yourself!"
Zhou Haibin gave a two thumbs up: "Make ten of them yourself and put them on the windowsill!"
Wang Ai waited for the crowd's noise to subside with a smile on his face, and then said, "What I actually thought was that Maradona only took it once."
Everyone was at a loss when they heard the sound, but Fan Zhiyi, who had always been silent in the crowd, suddenly stood up and pointed at Wang Ai and said: "You want to be the king of the ball?"
