Almighty Coach

Two weeks later, Auckland, where a para track meet is being held.

This is Philip's second official para event, but he is no longer the unknown pawn, although many people have not seen him, but have heard of his name and know that he broke the ball two weeks ago It is a world record, and it is known that as a T43-level disabled athlete, Philip runs faster than a T44-level athlete.

"That person should almost be Barron Phillips, right? I heard that this newcomer broke the world record in Seattle."

"It should be him, only he wears prosthetics on both legs."

"He doesn't look young, he must be in his mid-twenties?"

"I heard that this Barron Philip has also been to Iraq. He should have lost his feet in Iraq."

"To be honest, I still can't believe that he was able to break the world record. It is said that he wears prosthetics on both legs, so he should be even slower in speed. After all, the other contestants still have at least one complete leg. "

"Maybe it's just a coincidence! It's just a game, and it doesn't mean anything. I hope he can still perform well today! Today's game has a lot of charities, maybe he can get some sponsorship."

Amidst the discussions of the people around, Philip had already started running.

In the first 30 meters, he fell behind; in the middle 30 meters, he chased; in the last 40 meters, he overtook, and when he reached the finish line, he threw all his opponents far behind.

"11 seconds 61! He ran under 12 seconds, and he was 0.5 seconds faster than two weeks ago!"

"It's so fast, his speed is really fast, and I heard that he just started practicing track and field not long ago."

In the stands, the heads of several charities all stared at Barron Philip, their eyes glowing.

There are many charities in the United States, and Americans are also loyal to charity. The richer people are, the more they like to donate money to charities, and many middle-class people are also willing to make some small charitable donations.

Because charitable donations in the United States are tax deductible, the charitable donations mentioned here are not just donations of money, but also stocks, real estate, cars, and even old clothes, which can be discounted as charitable donations and then deducted from certain taxes.

To give a simple example, for example, if someone has an income of 100,000 US dollars and he donates 1,000 US dollars of clothes, then when paying taxes, he will pay taxes as 99,000 US dollars. For those who have just reached a certain tax threshold, this donation tax credit is obviously very cost-effective. They can donate to charity to lower their income by one tax bracket. If you go there more, you can get a reputation as a philanthropist.

For the rich, donations can avoid gift tax and inheritance tax. The gift tax and inheritance tax in the United States are very high. The inheritance tax and gift tax may shrink their wealth by half at once. At this time, Charities can then demonstrate their value.

The rich can set up or invest in a charitable foundation, and then let their heirs be the decision-makers of the charitable foundation, so that after the rich dies, the money will still be used by the heirs of the rich. There is no inheritance tax to pay.

Another example is that a rich man wants to give his son 10 million US dollars. In order to avoid taxes, he can donate 10 million US dollars to a charity organization, and then let his son go to this charity organization to take up an errand, and the charity organization will pay his son’s salary. It's 300,000 a month, or maybe 500,000 a month. The money he donates to the charity technician is his son's salary. Ants move the money to his son to avoid gift tax. Of course, charities will also charge part of the fees as compensation.

However, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are many charities, which will naturally attract competition. When people donate money, they tend to choose well-known charities, and well-known charities are more likely to get donations. This also requires charities to do some well-known deeds to promote themselves and increase their popularity. More people will donate to them.

Sponsoring a well-known para-athlete is obviously good publicity. For example, if a certain charity funded Philip, then they can show Philip's photo when they are raising money, and then tell everyone that this awesome disabled athlete once broke the world record, and he is our certain charity Funded, this kind of advertising effect is equivalent to when you open a certain webpage and suddenly pops up "Brother Pheasant Gives You a Dragon Slaying Sword", or when an old driver clicks on a certain video, "So-and-so is open, live dealers online card" sound.

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In the afternoon, Philip appeared in the 200-meter sprint competition.

In the 100-meter race in the morning, Philip broke the world record again, so at this time Philip was already the star of the audience. When he came out, there was a burst of deafening applause from the audience.

On the sidelines, Dai Li looked at Philip with a relaxed expression.

Philip began to train for 200 meters after the Seattle race. However, his talent in the 200-meter dash is better than that of the 100-meter dash, and his progress is also very fast. In the daily test , Philip's performance has repeatedly broken the T43 level 200-meter world record.

In fact, Philip's improvement rate far exceeded Dai Li's expectations. After two weeks of training, he could break a world record, which is unimaginable for athletes with healthy limbs. After thinking for a long time, Dai Li blamed this result on the American athlete training system.

Although the United States is the world's number one track and field power, it is far less dominant than able-bodied people in track and field events for the disabled. Take the sprint event for the disabled as an example, a set of sports prostheses worth more than 20,000 US dollars is enough to discourage many disabled people who want to become athletes.

Half of the disabled in the United States live on government relief, especially some blacks who grew up in slums. Even if they have excellent athletic talents, they don't have the money to buy a set of sports prostheses. The so-called poor and rich, playing sports costs money. Disabled people like Philip who are able and willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to get a set of advanced sports prostheses for themselves are really rare. When more Americans have money, the first thing they think of is to eat, drink, have fun and enjoy life.

Dai Li was thinking about it. Philip on the field had already entered the straight from the curve. His speed was still very fast, and Dai Li even saw the shadow of a normal athlete in him.

"Come on, Blade Warrior!" A voice sounded from the stands, and someone put up a slogan with the words "Blade Warrior" written on it, and a picture of a leopard-style blade prosthesis was drawn beside it.

"Blade Warrior!"

"Blade Warrior!"

This sound obviously infected the surroundings. Gradually, there were already many voices chanting "Blade Warrior" in the area of ​​the stands.

"Philip has a lot of fans! Blade Warrior, this sounds like a cool nickname, and it's very appropriate. His leopard blade prosthesis really looks like a sharp blade."

While Dai Li was thinking, he watched Philip take the lead and finally crossed the finish line.

Philip's time was fixed at 21.58 seconds, a time that had just entered 22 seconds. In the United States, for able-bodied people, professional sprinters with this kind of performance were not far behind. However, for a disabled person like Philip , but broke a new world record.

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"Blade Warrior, that sounds very loud. Are you talking about the young man who lost his feet?" In the central grandstand, a man with white sideburns and decent glasses asked.

"That's right, this should be the nickname people gave Baron Philip. It seems that he already has some fans." A young man next to him said.

"I think this young man is worthy of our investment. Isn't our newly launched accidental disability insurance project a spokesperson? Blade Warrior, a name that is easy to remember." The man with eyes smiled explain.

"Director, I understand. After the game is over, I will go to discuss with Philip." The young man replied immediately.

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The name "Blade Warrior" soon appeared in the media. At first, only the media on the west coast paid attention to Philip, and soon after, the media in the eastern United States also knew that there was such a "Blade Warrior" who lost his feet. , In just one month, he broke the world record for the disabled many times.

The title of "Blade Warrior" became famous overnight, and Philip also became a "famous person" to a limited extent. The reason for this limitation is mainly because disabled sports are not what mainstream sports media pay attention to. Even if there are reports , It was just a few short-lived words.

In a big sports country like the United States, the four major sports leagues can add up to hundreds of games a week. In addition to tennis, golf, car racing, boxing and other sports that are popular with Americans, sports media have plenty of content to report. Who cares specifically about games with disabilities.

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Philip handed a check to Dai Li, and said at the same time, "Coach Li, I can finally pay you the training fee!"

"Twenty thousand dollars? Where did you get so much money? I remember that your prize money for participating in the competition is only two thousand dollars?" Dai Li asked with a puzzled expression.

The per capita annual income in the United States exceeds 55,000 US dollars, but people with this income have to pay personal income tax at a rate of 25%, plus the social security tax that must be paid in order to enjoy social benefits, and the medical insurance purchased from insurance companies With regard to dental insurance, the disposable income of Americans is at most 40,000 U.S. dollars, and this check for 20,000 U.S. dollars is already half a year’s expenses for Americans.

"I just signed a sponsorship. An insurance company launched a new disability insurance project and asked me to be the spokesperson. There are also several charities that have provided me with sponsorship fees of several thousand yuan." Philip There was an excited smile on his face, and then he continued: "Now I finally don't have to work part-time, and I don't need to receive relief money. I can train around the clock!"

"It sounds like you should find an agent!" Dai Li said with a smile.

"It was really hit by you. There was a guy named Steven who got my contact information from somewhere and said he wanted to be my agent! But I ignored it." Philip shook his head and continued. : "I'm not a big-name star, I can't afford a manager!"