After Yang Hansen s monthly salary of 3.16 million yuan, Yu Jiahao s salary in Europe was also made public, and the gap was obvious!

Yu Jiahao, a young center of Zhejiang Men's Basketball Team, used his own practical actions to explain what it means to "get out of the comfort zone". The 22-year-old inside star, who chose a different path from most of his peers, gave up the high salary that was easily available in the domestic league and decided to go to Europe. Under his contract with Spain's Bilbao, he will be loaned to Spain's second-tier league Alega Cantabria in the new season. According to the salary details disclosed in "Sports Business", Yu Jiahao's monthly salary in Europe is only about 2,000 euros, which is about 16,719 yuan in RMB. This salary is not even as good as many ordinary white-collar workers in China. The huge sacrifices they have made to pursue their basketball dreams are admirable. (Information source @后后后后后)

In order to understand more clearly how much sacrifice Yu Jiahao made, we might as well compare the income he may earn in China. After the contract expires this season, with Yu Jiahao's strength and potential, if the Zhejiang Men's Basketball Team wants to retain this inside core, it will almost certainly provide a maximum salary contract for the CBA league. According to the current salary standards, the annual salary of a maximum salary contract is as high as RMB 6 million. If a three-year contract is signed and his basic salary alone will reach 18 million yuan. Including the club's annual regular season winning bonus and the additional rewards set to achieve the playoff goals, if Yu Jiahao chooses to stay in the CBA, his total revenue within three years will easily exceed the RMB 20 million mark. On one hand, there is a comfortable life of 20 million yuan for three years, and on the other hand, there is an overseas trial of 16,000 yuan for a monthly salary, which is enough to reflect this young man's determination to travel to Europe.

If Yu Jiahao's salary represents the hardship of young players' overseas "leveling", then his former teammate Yang Hansen in the National Youth Team's income level represents the glory of successfully entering the world's top hall. The total contract amount is as high as US$21.39 million in four years, which is approximately RMB 153 million. After breaking down this huge contract, Yang Hansen's average annual salary is about 38 million yuan, which is as high as 3.16 million yuan per month. This number is not only at the top level of the pyramid in the Chinese sports world, but also in the entire society. From a CBA maximum-paid player, to an apprentice in the European League, to an NBA first-round pick, the income level difference between the three is fully demonstrated at this moment. When Yang Hansen made the most direct comparison of the monthly salary of Yu Jiahao, the monthly income of the former was 197 times that of the latter. This huge salary gap is not only a reflection of the personal value of the two players, but also reflects the three completely different professional paths faced by young Chinese basketball players today. The first is to stay in China and stay in high salaries and be sought after by fans, becoming a star in the league, which is also the choice of most players. The second point is to give up immediate interests like Yu Jiahao, go to the ocean, and receive training in a higher-level basketball environment in order to achieve long-term improvements in abilities. The third and most difficult one is, like Yang Hansen, who directly knocks on the door of the NBA with his extraordinary talent, and achieves both fame and fortune in one step. These three paths represent three different choices and correspond to three different risks and returns.