Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

  Chapter 184 New Script (Update 710 for the leader)

When we walked out of the Staples Center, the artificial rainfall ended, and the crowd who came to pay homage also put down their umbrellas, revealing sad faces.

Link looked at the endless crowd in front of the venue and admired MJ a little. A black singer could become a world-class idol through music, making hundreds of millions of people around the world fascinated by him. He was also sad for his death. This kind of achievement even affects many heavyweights. Politicians can't do it either.

In the streets around the Staples Center, there are hundreds of police cars, thousands of police officers maintaining law and order at various traffic arteries, and four helicopters patrolling back and forth in the air. In addition, there are many media reporters and Paparazzi crowd both sides of the street.

During MJ's lifetime, they were like wild wolves staring at food. They often wandered around him, relying on the news materials they dug from him to support their families and make a fortune. Now that MJ is gone, today's memorial service may be Their last interview.

“Mr. Link Baker, can I interview you?”

“Mr. Baker, can you tell me what you think of MJ?”

“Mr. Baker, will you still compete with Jay-Z and Kanye for the rap charts?”

 A large group of reporters and paparazzi saw him and shouted, holding cameras and microphones.

Link waved his hand, indicating that it was not convenient for him to be interviewed. This was a memorial service, and being interviewed in such a place would be suspected of gaining popularity, and he did not lack this kind of popularity.

Getting in the car and blowing on the air conditioner in the car, I felt much more comfortable.

Ms. Mandy handed over a bottle of water and said: "Link, Jay-Z's group of people are very powerful and influential in the music industry. We only have a few people in Link Music. Why don't you stop fighting with them and wait until they grow old?" You have to deal with them now, you are only 21, you have a lot of time, don’t be too anxious.”

When Link heard her suggestion, he smiled softly: "It's a bit difficult. Except for Jay-Z, who is over forty, the others are all in their twenties. When they get old, it's almost time for me to withdraw from the group. So if you want to defeat them, it's best to do it while they are still strong, and you will gain more.

Also, it’s not that I want to compete with them now, it’s that they are too stingy and don’t want to see me get ahead in the rap field, nor do they want people under Link Music to get ahead, so I can only reluctantly accept the challenge. "

“But there are so many of them, and they debuted earlier than you.”

Ms. Mandy said worriedly.

 “It doesn’t matter, I have confidence.”

Link clenched his fists and smiled.

 During this period, many media reported on the news that Link Music and East Coast rap groups were competing for the charts.

 However, compared to the Grammy Awards conflict in March, the media are now very restrained in reporting.

　　Only discuss the competition in the music industry, the conflict in the rap industry, the competition between Link Music and Epic Records, Def-Jam and other companies, etc. The topic is strictly limited to the music industry, and it definitely does not involve the issue of racial discrimination.

It is also because of this that Link dares to continue to compete with Kanye and others. If the media claims that Link Music competes with East Coast rap for charts, it is racial discrimination, then he will definitely go around a few people.

In addition, when the media reported the conflict between the two parties, Link Music also became famous in the circle at an extremely fast speed, becoming one of the most prominent new labels in the music industry this year. It is also a banner that can attract the attention and joining of many musicians.

Several new singers under Link Music will also receive extra attention from the media.

With all this attention, Lana, Mars and Wiz can save a lot of money on publicity when they release records.

This is also one of the benefits of continuing to compete with Kanye and others.

In addition, in the current music scene, rock music is gradually declining, and pop music, country music, and hip-hop rap music will become the mainstream of the music industry and are also the three most profitable genres.

There are too many singers in the pop music field, and the competition is too fierce. Major record companies including Universal, Sony, and Warner are all focusing on this field. Link Music has limited funds and is alone. It is too difficult to make money in this field.

Country music has a unique style and is difficult to enter. Taylor is also his girlfriend, so there is no need for him to compete.

 The rest of rap music has become an area that he must get involved in. If he wants to make money in the field of rap, he can only have two relationships with Kanye and others: competition or cooperation.

 Due to the exclusive nature of East Coast rap groups, it is difficult for outsiders to integrate into them.

If he were a black man, he would have no problem cooperating with Kanye and others, but he is not black, and at the beginning of his debut, he was hostile to Kanye, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and others because of boxing issues.

Hence, he can only have a competitive relationship with the East Coast rap gang.

 When competing with the East Coast, it is also very beneficial to have the support and help of West Coast rap.

 For the above reasons, he is not in a hurry to seek reconciliation.

“How are you preparing for the album release?”

"It went very smoothly. The first batch of 20,000 vinyl records, 50,000 deluxe edition records, and 500,000 standard records have been delivered to record distributors around the world. They are just waiting for their official release next Monday. Overseas, Universal Music and Atlantic The record is also ready and scheduled to be released on the same day.”

Ms Mandy said.

Link nodded. By July, the release of the second album "KeepOnMovin\'" was also put on the agenda, due to the excellent sales performance of the first album "thefighter".

So far, this album has sold 5.27 million copies worldwide, with a five-time platinum rating, making publishing companies and distributors full of expectations for his second album.

 After representatives from several companies auditioned the songs in the album, they became more confident in the album.

 At present, online and offline pre-sale activities have begun, and the pre-sale volume in three days has reached 45,000 copies. The number of pre-sale albums this week ranks first, which also shows that fans are looking forward to this album.

“In addition, new album concerts and autograph signings are also being arranged. There will be 22 concerts in July, almost one every day. You will be busy starting next week.”

Ms. Mandy shook a thick stack of information in her hand and smiled.

“One game every day? Don’t you have any plans for the Berlin Swimming Championships?”

Link reminded.

 The swimming championships were held in Berlin, Germany. Over seven days, there were more than 30 events, and Link registered for eight.

“It’s arranged, some activities are held twice a day.”

Ms. Mandy smiled.

"All right!"

Link shrugged his shoulders. He would be busy again in the next period of time, but since he had chosen to work hard, he couldn't expect to have a chance to lie down.

The commercial vehicle returned to Santa Monica Beach. Link said goodbye to Ms. Mandy and others and returned to the villa.

The villa is still rented. He plans to buy a villa in Beverly Hills, but he has only picked it out several times and nothing suitable.

 “Are there many people there at Staples?”

Taylor was sitting on a wicker chair on the second-floor terrace, wearing a ponytail, a white vest and blue shorts, and shouted from upstairs.

“Tens of thousands of people, you should have gone with me just now.”

Link took off his clothes and put them in the basket, wearing only a pair of shorts. When the wind blew, he felt much cooler.

“There are too many people, so I don’t want to go. Besides, I don’t like the sad scene. I feel very uncomfortable when I see many people crying.”

Taylor said shaking his calves.

Link smiled softly. Before setting off just now, Taylor had originally planned to go, but she just wanted to put on makeup and change clothes. She thought the weather was too hot, so she decided not to go after half the change.

"Tyler, as a creator, you should try to get in touch with this kind of thing to get creative inspiration and materials. Just like just now, when I saw the portrait of MJ, a melody suddenly ran out of my mind. On the way back, I put It turned into a song, a great song.”

 “Are you serious?”

Tyler asked in surprise, holding on to the railing beside the terrace.

"Of course! I never lie to you." Link smiled proudly and jumped into the swimming pool. The light blue water stirred up waves.

“Wait a minute! Stop swimming, how about you get up and sing first, and I’ll listen.”

Tyler picked up the guitar that was leaning on his chair and shouted.

“It\'sbeenalongdaywithoutyoumyfriend,AndI\'lltellyouallaboutitwhenIseeyouagain”

Link floated on his back on the water, kicking the water and singing a few words loudly, "How are you, my dear?"

Taylor learned to sing a few lines and asked in surprise: "Did you just write this?"

 “That’s right!”

Link said with a smile.

 Taylor curled her lips and looked at him enviously, "You knew that kind of scene could inspire creative inspiration, why didn't you take me with you? If you take me with you, maybe I can write a good song too."

 “I called you, but you didn’t go.”

Link laughed.

"Hmph! You are so domineering. If you force me to get into the car, I will definitely not resist. Why don't you pull me? No, I will go over now. I want to write a better song than yours."

Tyler ran back inside to change.

“Tyler, don’t go. You are not familiar with MJ, you have no feelings, and you will have no inspiration if you go.”

Link shouted.

Taylor came out of the terrace with her skirt in hand and said while putting it on: "But if anything happens, get up quickly and come with me."

Link slapped his forehead. He really shouldn't have been bragging just now. It was so hot and going out with clothes on was a complete suffering.

Fortunately, the two of them had just put on their clothes and before they went out, Mrs. Andrea came and said that she wanted to talk to them about something.

Link secretly said thank God, someone can finally control Taylor.

 “Are you going out?”

Mrs. Andrea asked.

Link did not speak, but poured a glass of lemonade for Mrs. Andrea to relieve the heat.

Taylor said: "We are going to attend MJ's memorial service."

Andrea looked at Link and said, "I remember in the morning, Taylor said you had been there? Didn't you go?"

Link looked at Taylor and tilted his head, asking her to explain. Taylor shrugged and said with a smile: "You are going with me. He was inspired by MJ's memorial service just now and wrote a very good song. I am also preparing it." Go and have a look, maybe you can find inspiration.”

Andrea was a little surprised that Taylor, a picky guy, could call it a good song. That song must be good. You can write a song just by going to the memorial service. It's pretty good.

"The weather is so hot. If you want to go, just go alone. Why are you dragging Link along? You are an adult, so don't be too willful."

Mrs. Andrea said.

Taylor looked at her mother in surprise. When she said she wanted to date Link, Andrea strongly objected, thinking that Link was uneducated, too rude, and prone to domestic violence.

 But now Andrea seems to treat Link better than herself. She asks Link to accompany her daughter out, but she is worried that the heat will injure Link.

This contrast is too great.

“Sit down, I have something to talk to you two about.”

Mrs. Andrea waved and said.

Link sat down on the leather sofa opposite. Taylor rolled his eyes at him, pushed him away with his butt, and sat down in his seat.

Mrs. Andrea smiled when she saw the two of them joking, took out a script from her bag and handed it over for them to take a look.

 “What script? Do you want the two of us to read it?”

Taylor grabbed it and flipped it over. There were two words written on the title page of the script, 'Valentine's Day'.

 When Link saw this name, he thought of a bad movie.

Starring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, and Taylor, as well as "Twilight" actor Taylor Lautner The movie is also Taylor's debut.

The film follows the structure of the British film "Love Actually", using multiple big stars as selling points, and interweaving several love stories to form a film, like a New Year's film.

“Mom, this script is great, I decided to take it.”

Taylor read only a few lines before closing the script and saying.

“Don’t make a decision so quickly. Read the script first.”

Link reminded.

Taylor shook his head, "You don't need to read it. Anne just said that the script is modeled after "Love Actually". I have seen that movie and it was great. Julia Roberts also agreed to star in it. This movie will definitely not be bad."

“Link is right, let’s read the script first.”

Mrs. Andrea took the script and handed it to Link's hand. Taylor curled her lips in displeasure.

Link turned it over and looked at it. He felt it was very ordinary. The plot was patchwork and scattered, as if dozens of characters were trying to fit into a 90-minute video. There were too few scenes between him and Taylor, like It's a foil.

Seeing that Taylor wanted to act, he thought for a moment and said, "Annie, Taylor and I have too few scenes and are not outstanding enough. Acting in this kind of movie will not help us much. My opinion is that if they really want to invite us, Just write a better story and make it more interesting.”

Mrs. Andrea nodded, "You are right. I will negotiate with the film company and ask for their opinion."

“Will the film company agree?”

Taylor blinked and asked, this was the first time such a big production approached her, and she was working with a big star like Julia Roberts. She didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"Don't worry, we are popular stars, and the film company will take it seriously. If they don't change, I will find you a better role to ensure that you can satisfy your addiction as an actor."

Link said with a smile.

Taylor is also an actress. After she became famous, she often received scripts and filmed them. However, her taste in selecting scripts was very poor. In her first movie "Valentine's Day", she was a high school girl holding a silly bear. It was silly and didn't have much plot.

Later, she played a rich girl in the new movie "Amsterdam" by David Russell, the director of "The Fighter". She was pushed under a car and died within a few minutes of the appearance. It was also a bad movie.

Link felt that as her boyfriend, he also had the responsibility to help her plan.

 “This is what you said, I remember it, let’s go, let’s find inspiration.”

Taylor pulled him and said.

Link smiled helplessly and could only get up and run with her.

 (End of this chapter)