Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 234 Tour Guests

 In mid-October, Link’s first tour began. The first stop was in Miami. The concert was held at the Hard Rock Stadium, which hosted the WBA title fight.

 The first concert attracted 87,000 Miami spectators.

　　It was more lively than the scene where Lady Gaga held her concert in Miami.

The first song of the first concert was "SeeYouAgain", a duet with Wiz Khalifa. The second half attracted the chorus of tens of thousands of people in the audience.

The finale was the Spanish song "Despacito", and invited Fatty James, Michael, Daniel, as well as more than 30 beach neighbors and 50 professional dancers to dance Latin dance on the stage.

During the performance, the audience also danced along with them.

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely explosive.

“It’s great, Link, have you seen it? Tens of thousands of people in the audience danced with us, booming, booming, as if there was an earthquake.”

 After the performance, Fat James was so excited that he danced with excitement and his face turned red.

He still wears a baseball cap, with reddish-brown curly hair hanging under the brim of the hat like a cape. He is wearing a large Heat jersey with a gold chain hanging around his neck, dressed like a hip-hop youth.

“I was lucky. I originally released an album just to test the waters. Unexpectedly, the first one sold well, and then I became a singer.”

Most of the residents on the beach dance Latin dance. They often hold parties on the beach and sing and dance together. The only thing that needs to be considered is courage. When performing on a stage with tens of thousands of people, the timid cannot let go and are prone to making mistakes.

Link was sitting in the nanny car, looking at the three of them with a smile. This time he came to Miami for a concert and invited the three of them and the surrounding neighbors to dance on stage. It was also an impromptu decision.

If the sales of the first album were too poor and the market did not accept a singer of his type, he would focus on boxing and make money through boxing. As a result, both albums sold well.

"feel good."

Daniel from the hot dog shop and Michael from the surfboard shop also talked excitedly.

James originally didn’t want to go up, but after everyone’s persuasion, he went on stage to dance, and ended up having the most fun.

“It’s like I’m dreaming. I never thought that one day I would dance in front of so many people.”

Michael spoke out of breath, as if he was going through that scene.

 “Yes, it feels great to dance on stage.”

Link said with a smile.

"You have to know that this is not the first time I have experienced this kind of scene. I have been in the boxing ring, at other concerts, and on the MTV and Grammy Awards stages. Those scenes are no smaller than this one. I have experienced too many and I am used to it. "

 After trying it, it’s pretty good.

"It's just good? I think it must be very cool. When you first came on stage, more than 80,000 people cheered together. Wow, my heart was beating wildly when I saw that scene in the audience. If I were up there alone, I'd probably have a heart attack in front of eight or ninety thousand people cheering."

“Link, aren’t you boxing? How come you have become a famous singer again? It’s amazing.”

Michael asked, gesturing with his hands.

Daniel from the hot dog shop asked, holding champagne.

Link smiled lightly and poured a glass of champagne for the three of them.

After discussing with director Ortega and choreographer Mikaram, the two thought they could consider it and asked everyone to give it a try first to see how it would work on site.

 “Hey, Link, you’re a superstar now, how do you feel?”

 This is also true.

"Is it so easy to be a singer? Link, look at me, do I have any chance of becoming famous as a singer?"

 Michael asked enthusiastically.

Link took a look at Michael. In the music circle, his image was considered to be at the upper-middle level. However, singers have very high requirements for voice and creative talent. Whether a person can become a singer or not is not obvious.

 “Would you like to sing a song?”

 “Here? Forget it, I’m a little nervous singing in front of you.”

Michael shrugged and smiled.

　　"Michael, don't think too much, being a singer is not that easy."

James said while blowing on the air conditioner in the car.

Link shook his head. He knew that Michael had a dream of becoming a star and did not want to be just an ordinary surfboard shop owner. It was a good idea to have this idea. It was better than Fatty just guarding the Baker shop all day long.

“It’s not that difficult, Michael. If you want to be a singer, you can shoot a cover video and post it on YouTube. Nowadays, many record company talent scouts select people from there. You can give it a try.”

"ok, I get it."

 Michael nodded.

“Link, how many days can you stay in Miami after the concert?”

James turned around and asked.

“Houston is also ready. We will go to Houston for rehearsal tomorrow and perform the day after tomorrow.”

"So soon? You've been too busy all day. We were planning to hold a party on the beach to celebrate the success of your performance."

James said with a frown.

“Next time! I’m very busy during this period and don’t have time to play. I’ll probably be free next year.”

Link smiled softly.

Arrived on the Palm Beach Promenade, the business car stopped slowly, and James and the other two got out of the car. Link glanced at the Baker's shop on the beach from a distance through the car window, and asked Bob to drive away. "Link is a big star now, and I have a feeling he'll never go back to the beach."

Daniel said, looking at the car going away.

“Yes, he is now a billionaire, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I heard he has big villas in New York and Los Angeles. Why would he go back to the beach?”

Michael said with some envy.

"No, he will come back. He said that when he gets rich in the future, he will buy a big villa in Miami Gardens. I believe what he said."

James said nonchalantly.

The three of them walked side by side towards the small shop on the beach. The setting sun shone on the three of them, stretching their figures very long. Suddenly, Michael sighed and said, "Do you feel that life is boring now?"

James shook his head, "No!"

Daniel said it was a little bit, but he felt pretty good.

Michael spread his hands and said: "I think a life like Link's is not in vain. He lives in a big hotel, drives a luxury car, has a girlfriend who is a big singer, and can do whatever he wants every day. Wherever he goes, many people pay attention to him, like He must be very happy living like that.”

“Stop joking, I can’t stand flying around like him all day without even having time to rest.”

James said, shaking his fleshy face.

 “Wouldn’t it be better to be a little busy? I also want to be as busy as Link.”

Michael waved his hand and returned to his surfboard shop. After a while, there was a sound of guitar in the room.

 “We are going to lose another playmate.”

Daniel said while eating ice cream.

 James scratched his cheek, opened the door and entered Baker's shop.

Link’s second concert stop was in Houston, the largest city in Texas.

 The concert was held at NRG Stadium. A total of 65,000 concert tickets were sold, and all were sold within three hours of going online. Because the number of tickets was limited, the sales speed was faster than in Miami.

The guest at the concert that day was Selena Gomez. She is a native of Texas. She went to New York when she was ten years old. She will release her first album soon. Being a guest at his concert is also a good promotion platform.

At the concert, Link sang "Letitgo", "Rainbow" and "unstoppable" with her.

 The atmosphere at the scene was also very warm.

 “Link, how am I doing?”

　　When she came off the stage after singing "Unstoppable", Selena held his hand and looked at him with her big eyes blinking, with "Praise me, praise me, praise me" written all over her small round face.

“Wow~ It’s incredible! Selena, you almost stole my limelight on the stage just now. You are only seventeen years old, how can you be so powerful? Are you a genius?”

Link looked at her in shock and praised.

 “Haha, you are right, I, Selena Gomez, am indeed a genius.”

Selena patted her chest, which was not full, and grinned proudly. If she had a tail, she could lift it to the sky at this time.

 Dang!

 Ms. Mandy tapped her on the forehead and said, "Miss Genius, can you please get all A's in the next exam?"

Selena immediately puffed up her face, covered her forehead, and said dissatisfied:

"Mom, everyone is so happy, why do you say such disappointing words? Also, Ms. Mandy, I am your guest now, not your daughter. You'd better be polite to me, or I will complain to you."

"What?"

Ms. Mandy stared and was so angry that she wanted to hit someone again.

Link smiled softly, stopped Mandy and said: "Selena is right, she is a guest today, we have to treat her better."

Selena raised her little face proudly and stuck out the tip of her tongue at Mandy. Then she heard Link say, "It's not too late to fight after the concert."

Selena immediately lowered her face and rolled her eyes at him. Feeling uneasy, she patted him again.

Link has a performance coming up and has no time to chat backstage.

After the costume change, he wore a sequined leather armor, bared his strong arms, took the elevator, and appeared on the stage again amid a burst of dazzling fireworks.

There is also a rock band next to me. It is a famous underground band in Texas and was invited to attend the concert.

 “Link! Link! Link!”

 More than 50,000 fans in the audience waved their light sticks and shouted loudly, their sound was like a wave.

 Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!

ˆThe band began to play the intro of "Givemereason" with a high and intense sound.

 The shouts from the audience were like waves on the seashore, one after another.

It wasn’t until Link walked up to the microphone with his guitar on his shoulder and started singing that the shouts from the audience slowly died down.

ˆIrememberedblackskies,thelightningallaroundme

 I remember that the sky was full of dark clouds and there was lightning and thunder everywhere

ˆIrememberedeachflashastimebegantoblur

 I recall every moment, and the years pass by in a blur

ˆLikeastartlingsignthatfatehadfinallyfoundme

From mid-October to the end of November, Link held 17 concerts in major cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The largest number of attendees was in Miami. The number of audiences for concerts in other cities also remained above 30,000.

According to the plans of Universal Music and Atlantic Records, there are expected to be 73 concerts in the United States and Americas, 55 in Europe, and more than 50 in Asia and Oceania.

These concerts are held in several stages. After each stage is completed, Link and the tour team will also have some rest time to do other things.

So at the end of November, after performing in Vancouver, Canada, he flew back to Los Angeles to prepare to participate in the combined super middleweight gold belt battle of the four major organizations of WBA-WBC-WBO-IBF in early December.

 (End of this chapter)