Tang Hemin's words struck a deep chord with Chen Yu.
Professional sports were, by definition, a profession. That meant they were about money, and money was the foundation of everything.
So many young people in the United States were fighting tooth and nail to get into the four major leagues. Why? For the money, of course. They knew it was a way to completely turn their lives around.
Take Durant, for example. He was just a kid, but he trained relentlessly for years. Wasn't it because his family was poor and he knew that getting into the NBA meant big money and a chance to change his family's fortunes?
His dream back then was simple: he just wanted to buy his mother a house.
But in Europe, with its high social welfare, you earned about the same whether you worked hard or not. Naturally, people had plenty of free time to pursue their hobbies.
