Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 165 Rapper

"how do you feel?"

Outside the Metropolitan Theatre, Link looked at the silent Selena and asked. Since meeting MJ, Selena the lark has become a silent idiot and rarely speaks.

Selena held his hand and blinked her eyes: "It feels very strange, not as good as I imagined, but he is very good and I don't know how to evaluate him."

Link smiled softly, "It's normal. An idol is like the moon. It looks beautiful from a distance. When you look closer, you can see its more real side, but that doesn't stop it from being a giant."

 Selena nodded her chin, raised her head and looked at him with bright eyes, "Will you become a big star like MJ in the future?"

Link thought for a while and shook his head: "I will become a big star, but not a big star like MJ. He is very famous. No one in the past and present can compare with him, but he lives too restrained and goes out to pick up girls. , I will also be criticized by others, it is too boring.

 Comparatively speaking, I would rather be a celebrity like Bill Gates. Everyone around the world knows his name, but he does not need to bear too much pressure and his life should be more leisurely and comfortable. "

 “So your goal is to become a billionaire?”

"Yes!"

Link chuckled.

 “Then I will also become a billionaire in the future.”

Selena said, clenching her little fists.

"you can."

Link smiled and said, remembering that after Selena entered the music scene in the future, she seemed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars from several best-selling albums and personal investments.

Just thinking that the little girls around him will also be billionaires in the future, Link feels that he should work harder and not be compared with them.

 “Link!”

When he was about to take Selena into the car, there was a shout from behind. Kanye came towards him with Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and more than a dozen black people, with a fierce attitude, like in "Gangs of New York" of battles.

Link patted Selena on the shoulder, looked at Kanye and asked: "What's the problem?"

“Link, we will not have any conflicts with you in the future, but you can’t actively provoke us anymore, let alone mention me in the media. I hate it when someone uses my name to create hype.”

Kanye took off his sunglasses, revealing his gloomy black face.

The black men behind him also had their arms folded and their chins raised high, looking like they were no fools.

Link saw that after he took off his sunglasses, his face looked a bit like Wade from the Heat. He smiled and said, "That's it, but there's something I want to say hello in advance. I wrote two rap songs some time ago. , ready to cooperate with Eminem, I hope this will not be provocative to you."

 “You want to make rap music?”

Kanye's gloomy face showed some surprise.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

 “This guy said he wants to rap?”

“It’s so funny. This guy dared to say he wanted to rap in front of us.”

A few black people in the back laughed, and some held their stomachs and laughed.

Link smiled carelessly. Rap ​​music is the domain of black people. People of other skin colors are considered to be rap idiots, except Eminem. But geniuses like Eminem are very rare, and he is a newcomer. It does sound ridiculous for a popular pop singer to dare to mention this matter in front of several top figures in the rap industry.

 He ​​looked at Kanye and asked: "I ask Eminem or other rappers to collaborate. This shouldn't be considered a provocation, right?"

Kanye gave him a strange look and waved his hand, "As you wish!"

Then he took a group of black people and got into a white stretched Lincoln.

When I got in the car, someone said, "That guy said he wanted to rap."

Then the carriage suddenly burst into laughter, some people slapped the seats, and some people stamped their feet vigorously.

Even Kanye, who looked depressed, was smiling with big white teeth.

Link shrugged his shoulders, feeling that he had the potential to be a stand-up comedian. Ordinary people telling jokes cannot make people with bipolar disorder laugh along with them, but he could.

 “Link, do you really want to rap?”

Selena asked.

“Of course, only by trying out a few more lines of work while we are young can we know how much potential we have.”

 “Come on! I support you!”

Selena shouted, waving her little fist.

Link smiled softly, started the car and left the Lincoln Center for the Arts.

  —

 After coming to Link Music, Link sent a cooperation invitation to Eminem Music Studio through the company’s channels.

At the same time, he handed over an unfinished version of the score of "Lighters" for Eminem to take a look at. This rap song has relatively positive lyrics and a very good rhythm. It is also one of Link's favorite classic rap songs.

Link believes that Eminem will be interested after seeing the score.

 Dong dong dong!

"Come in!"

Link put down his pen and rubbed his forehead.

Two days ago, Ivaca had nothing to do and asked him to write a few more songs and add them to the deluxe version of the album.

 After he called Graeme and asked him, Graeme thought that releasing a deluxe version of the album would increase sales and would be a good way to promote it.

He could only pat his head and think of ways to hold in a few more songs.

Ms. Anna walked in wearing a blue-gray professional uniform, holding several folders in her arms, and she seemed to be delivering a task.

“Boss, here are the work arrangements for this week.”

 Anna took out a folder and put it on the table.

Link looked at the folder and felt like it was a Pandora's box. Once opened, it would lead to trouble, so he didn't want to look at it.

 “Do you have a lot of work this week?”

  “Not much.”

Ms. Anna smiled.

Link opened the folder with a pen and took a look. It was filled with a piece of paper, which looked like a class schedule from elementary school, but the content was obviously more than the class schedule.

 First of all, "Thefighter" sold more than 2 million copies in the United States last week, making it a double platinum record. The Recording Association of America will hold a small ceremony on Monday to certify the record, and he needs to attend in person.

 The company will hold a cocktail party on Friday to celebrate the double platinum status of his first album, and he cannot miss it.

"Pursuit 2" will be officially released this Thursday. He needs to attend several premiere ceremonies. This is a clause in the contract he signed with the production company when he accepted the role and cannot be turned down.

However, because he is now famous enough, the film distributor hopes that he can participate in more publicity, so he promised to give him an advertising fee of no less than 200,000 US dollars for each film.

I will report to New York University on Monday and discuss with the school about participating in the World University Games.

 There are two commercial shoots on Tuesday and Friday.

 There will be two media interviews on Wednesday.

Lady Gaga made an appointment to have dinner and talk about music on Saturday, and Dino asked him to watch a boxing match.

On Sunday, I also had an appointment with director Woody Allen to discuss the script, and Leonardo invited him to go bowling.

In addition to these temporary jobs, he also has several regular jobs. He practices boxing every day, comes to the recording studio to practice the songs for his second album, practices MJ's songs, and may even be called to attend rehearsals on site.

Link felt that this folder was much scarier than Pandora's Box. Looking at it at a glance, he didn't have any time to rest this week.

 “Isn’t this called much?”

Link asked with a frown.

Anna smiled and said: "I have seen Miss Ivaca's schedule, and it is twice as many as these."

 “She’s a workaholic, I’m not.”

Link took over several other documents and flipped through them. Except for two contracts that needed to be signed, the other three were script invitations.

 The first one was "The Twilight Saga 2". The producer invited him to audition for the role of the fourth male lead, a vampire, with a salary of no less than 1 million.

 The second one was "Underground Boxer", which invited him to audition for the male lead, and offered a salary of 1 million.

The third script "Blood and Bone" is also a boxing movie, and he was invited to audition for the second male role, with a salary of no less than 500,000.

Link scanned it again and said: "Anna, don't take on boxing movies in the future. I have already made a boxing movie. If I continue to repeat this kind of role, it will not be fresh, but it will also form a stereotype in the audience's impression. It’s good for long-term development. I’ll take a look at the first script before talking about it.”

The "Twilight" series of novels is extremely popular in the United States, and it became even more popular after being made into a movie. In just one movie, the three protagonists, including Christine, became youth idols.

Performing a role in this kind of movie can also increase your popularity, but with your current popularity in the entertainment industry, the fame bonus brought by playing this kind of supporting role is too small and has little effect.

 So whether you can take this kind of role or not, it all depends on whether you have time.

"OK!"

Ms. Anna nodded, put away the documents and left the office.

Link shook his head and continued working.

 (End of this chapter)