How much money do you need to make to support your family? This is undoubtedly a question that is doomed to not get a unified answer. After all, everyone's money habits are different, and the number of families is not the same, and the conclusions drawn will naturally vary greatly.
For example, if I throw this question to the author, I will give the answer that a monthly salary of thousands of yuan is enough to support the family. It is not that the author saves money on weekdays, it is purely due to the living conditions of one person eating enough for the whole family and not being hungry. But if the same question were to be thrown to Alexander Song, he would obviously scoff at the author's statement and then report an astronomical number. After all, the Cameroonian star has already proved with practical actions that an annual salary of one million is not enough for him to support his family:
Alexander Song was born on 9 September 1987 in Douala, Cameroon. As the nephew of the famous star Rigbet Song, Alexander Song has a good talent for football. He embarked on the road of football early on, and showed far more than his peers, and it did not take much effort to become a professional player with a much higher income than the average person.
With excellent physical condition and excellent athleticism, Alexander Song impressed Wenger, who was known for his discernment, and became a member of Arsenal, gradually making his own name in the Premier League. Although there is no way to compare with a star player like Drogba, as an important member of the Premier League giants Arsenal, Alexander Song's exposure is not low, and many fans remember his name.
The increase in fame often means an increase in income. Although among the football giants, Arsenal's economic situation is not good. But to offer Alexander Song a contract with an annual salary of millions of euros is not a problem.
According to the understanding of many fans, the income of millions of euros per year, no matter which country it is placed in, can be called a high salary, let alone a family, or living a luxurious life is not a problem. However, Alexander Song's situation was somewhat special, and this income was indeed not enough for him to support his family.
As for the reason for this, the main reason is that the home that Alexander Song needs to raise is really too large, far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Although Alexander-Song's biological father died early, he was left with 5 wives and 28 children— all of whom were part of Alexander Song's family in every sense.
Seeing this, there may be many friends who are puzzled, these people add up to just 30 people, how can they eat a professional player with an annual salary of millions of euros?
The reason is very simple, because the family of Alexander Song will also multiply. In the absence of constraints, the reproductive ability of human beings is actually quite exaggerated, and the population of this large family will only soar all the way. What's more, Alexander Song had other relatives who were related to him. Anecdotally, the number of relatives that Alexander Song needed to support once exceeded the 400 mark.
What is even more frightening is that Alexander Song's relatives are willing to do even the most basic subsistence work. It is rumored that Van Persie once introduced alexander Song's relatives to a lot of work, and no one could last a week.
In other words, the family of more than 400 people, may be Alexander Song alone to make money. Then, the annual salary of millions of dollars is indeed not enough. This is actually a very simple mathematical problem, you may wish to spread the annual income of Alexander Song equally to the head of each relative, and the money that each person can share is actually a few thousand euros.
The above calculations are still based on a relatively ideal state. If there are several or even dozens of lions among Alexander Song's relatives, then this account is another algorithm. In fact, one of Alexander Song's cousins shamelessly threatened to burn down the house and forced Alexander Song to come up with 50,000 euros.
All in all, Alexander Song's deeds of earning millions a year but not enough to support his family are not just a mouthful, and they definitely stand up to scrutiny.
To this point, Alexander Song would naturally rack his brains and figure out how to make more money. So, when Barca offered a more lucrative contract, Alexander Song quickly made the decision to leave Arsenal and became a member of camp Nou. Although everyone is very clear, Alexander Song's style of play is actually not suitable for Barca, which is mainly based on passing. But in order to make money, Alexander Song could not take care of other problems. The player himself has publicly admitted that he went to Barca only for money.
However, is Alexander Song's dilemma really saved by raising the annual salary? The answer is clearly no.
In fact, in the years when Alexander Song played for Arsenal and Barcelona, at his peak, he had to accept the relief of his teammates. Fabregas, for example, delivered food to Alexander Song's home in one cart after another, and the car was full of beef, milk, bread and other food. And, Busquets lent his own sneakers to Alexander Song to play...
It's hard to imagine that a star who earns millions a year and has played for arsenal and Barca can actually accept the relief of his teammates when he is at his peak. I'm afraid that even the most imaginative screenwriters don't dare to write scripts like this, right?
But this kind of thing that sounds extremely absurd happens in real life, echoing the old saying: reality is more absurd than fiction.