Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 438 Return to Hong Kong Island

Link doesn’t care about the rumors on the Internet.

 He ​​is now a billionaire, a world-class superstar, the boss of Lionsgate Pictures and Link Music. At this level, ordinary gossip has little impact on him.

In addition, continuing to retain the "Playboy" label will also have some benefits for him, such as more exposure, which will be envied and admired by more fans, and it will also make his public image more three-dimensional and distinct.

 At the same time, he also took MJ as a lesson and did not want to be an idol without flaws.

Proactively give the media and public opinion some targets that can be attacked, so that they will not try every means to make breakthroughs on him or create other negative materials in order to earn traffic and eyeballs.

 So what he told Adele and Miss Gaga that he was a good man was true.

  Others who act like a scumbag do so because they are immature in their thinking. Their main purpose of being a scumbag is to protect themselves.

As a top person in the entertainment industry, there are dozens of cameras pointed at her every day, both covertly and covertly, monitoring her every move, waiting for her to make a mistake and then become the target of the media.

As long as you are a bad person, you don’t have to think about how to maintain your positive image all the time. That would be too tiring and not free enough.

  —

 Bang, bang, bang!

While the media continued to hype his affair with Jennifer, Link stayed at the Muscle Beach training ground to practice boxing.

 After more than two months of hard training, his weight has returned to more than 80 kilograms, about 82.5 kilograms.

The body becomes stronger, and every muscle seems to have been scientifically measured, looking well-proportioned and strong.

De La Hoya often sarcastically said that with a figure like his, in fact, he doesn’t need to be a boxer to compete. He only needs to hook up with a few rich women every year to make over 100 million in annual income.

Link knew that he was jealous and ignored him.

The WBA light heavyweight competition was about to begin. Five days before July, he took his boxing training team on a flight to Hong Kong Island.

 The people traveling with me except Coach Brooks, Ms. Anna, and Bob Wallace.

There are also three non-staff members, De La Hoya and Morales, and Dino Dua.

Morales went to watch the game live to gain experience in the competition, while De La Hoya and Dino Duva just went to join in the fun.

 “Mr. Baker, thank you, I like you so much!”

 “You’re welcome, Jack!”

In the cabin, Link handed the signed poster to a fan named Jack, who took the poster and left happily.

 “How many fans are there?”

Dino yawned across from him and asked Hoya.

 “Forty-two or forty-three.”

“There were only over 160 crew members on the plane, and a quarter of them came to see Link for autographs. Link is really becoming more and more popular.”

 “As long as Mr. Captain doesn’t come over, that’s fine.”

Hahaha! Everyone laughed.

“Don’t you find it strange that Link is such a scumbag, why so many people still like him? Especially when there are many little girls here, why would they like a scumbag idol? Isn’t it a good idea to pursue an idol with a healthy image?”

De La Hoya folded his arms and leaned on the seat. He saw two more female fans coming over to ask for Link's autograph. And he, the former world boxing champion and the golden boy in the boxing world, had been sitting here for a long time, and no one came to sign. No.

He also had to lament that boxing is a sport that sometimes depends on appearance, and handsome people are indeed more popular among boxing fans.

"Is it normal to like Link? Link is not only a world boxing champion, but also a pop star, a billionaire, and a movie star. With so many auras added together, no idol can compare to him, just like Anne Hathaway. Would you like her more if she was also a pop music queen, tennis champion, and super hot?”

  Dino Duva is holding a movie magazine, with Anne Hathaway in a white dress on the cover.

 “I prefer Jessica Alba.”

De La Hoya shrugged.

 “I heard that Link had an affair with Jessica Alba.”

 “Stop talking nonsense!”

Link added unhappily, Jessica Alba is a married woman, and spreading scandals with her would be bad for both parties' reputations. It is best to cut off the source of such scandals as soon as they first appear.

“Yes, Alba is a good woman, she won’t hang out with a scumbag like Link.”

Hoya sneered at Link in a secret way.

Link shook his head indifferently, quickly signed a poster and handed it to the fans.

 “Link, don’t you get bored by signing autographs for fans like this?”

Dino asked with a yawn.

“How can it be boring to sign autographs for people who like you? Besides, there are many boxing fans on this flight who flew to Hong Kong Island specifically to support me. It doesn’t matter if I just sign autographs for them.”

Link shrugged.

“Look! Hoya, this is the basic quality of being an idol. You should learn from Link.”

 Dino pointed at Link and smiled.

“Hmph, before I retired, I treated my fans better than Link. He should learn from me.”

Hoya crossed his arms and said.

“Yes, there were reports in the news that you often sleep with powder and you also like older people, so is this how you got the title of Women’s Friend?”

 “Fuck! Dino, shut the **** up!”

Hoya was furious, his face turned red, and the muscles in his arms bulged.

Pfft~hehehehe!

Morales next to him covered his thick lips with force, but still couldn't hold it in. He laughed out loud. The 180-meter tall man laughed like a child.

“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about it, but I’m not framing you. There are a lot of these news on Google. You can find it with a casual search, so you don’t need to be too angry.”

Dino waved his hand and said.

De La Hoya glared at him in embarrassment, and his flushed cheeks gradually cooled down and turned dark. He said with a sullen face: "I don't have any sleeping powder. We only slept together after a normal relationship. It's the media without professional ethics who are hyping it up." , pouring dirty water on me."

“You chat with your fans for a few words and then sleep together. Aren’t you a sleeping fan? Don’t tell me that you always fall in love with your fans for several months before sleeping together.”

Dino joked.

“Hoya, this is indeed sleeping powder, you can’t wash it off.”

Morales advised.

Hoya's bronze cheeks glowed red again. He turned back and glared at Morales, telling him to shut up. His eyes turned to Link.

“It’s very common to fall in love with fans. We are celebrities and idols, and most of the people who are willing to date us are fans who like to admire us. Is it because they are fans that we don’t date them?

If you don’t believe me, ask Link. He has so many girlfriends around the world, and most of them are his fans. When it comes to sleeping powder, Link is the real expert. Compared with him, I am really nothing. "

De La Hoya seemed to have found a shield, and his expression and tone became more relaxed when he spoke.

Link smiled and said: "It's okay if you want to change the subject, but it's a pity that you have found the wrong person. All my rumored girlfriends are celebrities, and there are no ordinary fans. They and I also met at work. Strictly speaking, they are colleagues in the same industry. , not considered a fan.”

"Link is right. All his girlfriends have entries on Google and can be searched. None of them are ordinary people. When Link sleeps with them, he just appreciates each other instead of using his own influence. Come to seduce fans, Hoya, you and Link are really different in this matter."

 Dino said with a evil smile.

"Yes, a lot of media said last year that Link was a scumbag, but not a single report said that he slept with fans. Hoya, you better stop making excuses. We are all men. If you admit that you sleep with fans, no one will laugh at you. "

Morales smiled with bright white teeth.

Hoya was so angry that the two of them gritted his teeth, his face turned black and white, he glared at Dino, stood up and kicked Morales in the calf, left his seat angrily, and went to the bathroom.

 Dino and Morales slapped their seats and laughed, and the coaching staff couldn't help laughing either.

Link shook his head. He was right to choose to sit outside and sign autographs for fans. Sitting inside would just chat with them and spend a boring voyage.

 “Anna, does anyone else want to sign?”

Link asked as he saw off a fan.

Since there were many fans on the plane, it would be easy to get into trouble if they all came to ask for autographs, so Wallace and Bob stood in the business class aisle to guide the fans and let them come one by one.

“Boss, no more for now. There is a Chinese singer who heard that you are here and wants to come over to say hello. Do you want to meet him?”

Anna asked.

 “Okay, invite the other party to come over and have a chat.”

Link put down the pen, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of water.

Soon I saw Anna leading a male singer over. He was not tall, about 172 centimeters tall, wearing a sweatshirt and baggy jeans, with droopy mouth corners and a cocky look.

 It is Jerry Zhou Tianwang from China.

Lin Ke came to Asia for a tour last year and also extended an invitation to him.

However, Jerry Zhou was on the ‘Super Era World Tour’ at that time and did not have time to participate.

Jerry Zhou has also been active in North America recently. In February, the Hollywood blockbuster "The Green Hornet" starring him was released in North America with a production cost of 120 million U.S. dollars, a North American box office of 85.74 million U.S. dollars, and a global box office of 223 million U.S. dollars. Based on the production and publicity costs, the producer and distributor lost about 20,000 U.S. dollars. thirty million.

However, Jerry Zhou can star in a Hollywood A-level production, and his global popularity and influence have increased a lot.

In March, Time Magazine ranked Jerry third among the "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World".

 In June, he was nominated for the American MTV Movie and TV Award for Best Newcomer for his role as "Kato" in "The Green Hornet". This trip to the United States is probably to attend the awards ceremony.

 “Hi, Mr. Zhou, please use Situmi oil!”

Link stood up and shook hands with Zhou Tianwang, inviting him to sit down and chat.

Jerry's spoken English is pretty good. He said hello to him and said that he liked his songs and his boxing matches. This time he came to Hong Kong Island and planned to watch his boxing match live.

Link expressed his thanks to the other party and asked him if he had any tickets. He had some VIP tickets given by the organizer and could give him two.

 The news said that all 15,000 tickets for his boxing match had been sold out.

 At present, the price of ordinary tickets on the black market has tripled, and the price of VIP tickets has more than quintupled. One ticket costs tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. I heard that many celebrities and celebrities will attend, and it is difficult to get a ticket. VIP tickets are even harder to get.

Jerry didn’t refuse. After receiving the ticket, he also asked him to sign the VIP ticket.

The two chatted for a while and took a group photo before Jerry left with satisfaction.

  —

“Jielun, how are you? Have you seen Link?”

 In the first class cabin, Fang Wensan with a mustache saw Jerry coming back and rushed over to ask.

“Hmph, I went out in person, how could I not see him? He also gave me two tickets to the game.”

Jerry took out two tickets and waved them.

“Wow, it’s a ticket for the VIP area, and it’s signed. Jerry, you’re awesome.”

Fang Wensan shouted excitedly.

“Only two tickets? But there are three of us.”

 Another partner Huang Jun said.

“You don’t know anything about boxing, so why are you going to the event? This time Jielun and I will go, and you can go home and watch TV.”

Fang Wensan held the ticket and chuckled.

"How can this be possible? I also want to watch it live. This is Link's boxing match. Watching it live is completely different from watching it in front of the TV. How about we boxing together and whoever wins gets to go?"

 Huang Jun grabbed Wen San’s shoulders and shouted.

"No! This is the ticket for Jerry and me. If you want to see it, just go to the black market and buy a ticket for a few thousand Hong Kong dollars. You don't have no money."

Fang Wensan waved his hands and smiled.

 “Ahem!”

Jerry coughed twice, took back two tickets from Fang Wensan, and looked at Wensan with an apologetic look.

"Wen San, A Jun, I have already given this ticket to someone else. How about you go to the black market and buy two tickets, and I will pay for it."

Fang Wensan looked at his empty hands. The smile that he had not had time to put away suddenly froze on his face, and the mustache at the corner of his mouth trembled.

In the past, he wrote good songs and would sing them all to Jie Lun. He thought they were good brothers and good partners who shared difficulties and shared blessings. But now Jie Lun has two tickets for the Link game, but not one. Give it to him and ask him to buy it on the black market.

Wen San felt a chill in his heart.

“Haha, Wen San, are you stupid? Jielun has two tickets. Of course he has to leave one for his little girlfriend. Why are you fighting with his little girlfriend?”

Huang Jun laughed.

 “Praise **** over friends, hum!”

Wen San rolled his eyes at Jie Lun, folded his arms and turned to look out the cabin window.

Jerry rubbed his nose and regretted showing off the tickets.

With the commotion happening now, he had no choice but to promise his two partners that after flying to Hong Kong Island, he would find a way to get two VIP tickets for them, so that the four of them could enter the venue to watch together.

Wen San calmed down a little after hearing his assurance.

 The plane floated in the sky all night and slowly landed at the Hong Kong Island International Airport at around 10 am.

Link led the coaching team through customs security and walked out of the airport terminal.

 “Link, welcome to Hong Kong Island!”

When I walked out of the airport, there were many fans and media reporters on the square. It was a bustling place. At a glance, there were two to three thousand people.

There was a colorful banner in the middle of the fan queue, which said in English, "Welcome Link to Hong Kong Island to compete." There were hundreds of fans holding his boxing posters and standing signs, shouting his name loudly.

Link waved, and under the protection of bodyguards and on-site security, he walked to the front, shook hands with several fans, and stood among the fans to take a few group photos.

“Mr. Baker, this is your second time coming to Hong Kong Island. What is your impression of Hong Kong Island?”

 The "Global Times" reporter took the microphone and asked in fluent English.

"Very good. Hong Kong Island is a beautiful city. It is very modern and has local characteristics. I like the environment here and the food. There is a food called sweet and sour pork, right? I ate it last time and it was great. This time I’m going to try some more Hong Kong delicacies. ”

Link praised.

"Mr. Baker, this match is your first match when you are promoted to light heavyweight. Your opponent is the WBA world boxing champion Beirut Shumenov, known as the dark horse of Kazakhstan. Are you confident about this match? ?”

 Haunted a reporter from Phoenix Chinese Channel.

“Yes, I have never lacked confidence in boxing matches. I have said this many times and I have never let boxing fans down. Believe me, I will lift the gold belt again on Hong Kong Island.”

Link said while clenching his fists.

“Mr. Baker, according to news from the United States, at this Cannes Film Festival, you bought the North American rights of two Chinese films and distributed them in North America, both of which achieved good box office results.

 There is news that after joining Lionsgate Pictures, you will increase your cooperation with China Film. Is this news true? What plans does Lionsgate have in terms of cooperation with China Film? Can you disclose some of it? "

　　A reporter from TVB, a pay-TV station, asked.

TVB TVB is also a partner of this match and should have taken more care during the interview. However, the question asked by the other party had nothing to do with the boxing match and he didn’t want to answer it.

"Yes, the Chinese film market has great potential, and Chinese films are also good. We have considered this, but the specific method of cooperation is still under investigation. We will talk about this issue again when we have the opportunity in the future. Today is a boxing match During the interview, please ask questions related to the boxing match.”

Link said politely.

"Mr. Baker, among the Chinese boxers, who do you think has the potential to become a world boxing champion? Who do you think you are most optimistic about?"

 Haunted a reporter.

Link thought for a while and said that Chinese boxers are all good, but they lack experience in international competitions. For example, Zou Shiming and Xiong Chaozhong may have good development after entering the world professional boxing ring in the future.

 After answering a few questions, Link left the scene with the coaching team and got into the business motorcade arranged by the organizer.

 Fans and reporters followed him for more than ten meters before waving away.

“Link is so awesome and has so many fans on Hong Kong Island.”

In another business car, Fang Wensan was lying on the car window, looking at the thousands of Link fans in the square and admiring.

“Brother is not bad either. If he goes down now, he will definitely cause a traffic jam on the Airport Avenue.”

Jerry raised his sunglasses and said.

"Stop bragging. Last night you posted a photo of you and Link on Weibo. Link's fans knew he was on this flight. Your fans should also know the time you arrived in Hong Kong Island. Why is there only Link's picture in the square? Fan pick-up, no one for you?”

Fang Wensan joked.

Jerry frowned and was about to retort when Huang Jun pointed to the side and shouted: "Look over there, that group of people seems to be Jie Lun's fans."

Jerry's eyes lit up. He pushed up his sunglasses and looked out the car window. He saw a team of four to five hundred people holding Jerry's posters and looking eagerly at the airport exit.

The same group of people were here just now.

It's just that it's relatively close to Link's fan base, and when Link came out, they also shouted, asked Link for his autograph, and even took photos with Link. They looked like Link's fans.

Jerry originally thought they were Link's fans, but he didn't expect them to be his.

“Jielun, do you want to meet me?”

 The agent turned around and asked from the front seat.

“Forget it, I’m tired after flying all night.”

Jerry put on his sunglasses and leaned on his seat with his legs crossed to doze off.

The commercial vehicle slowly left the Hong Kong Island International Airport and merged into the bustling and crowded Hong Kong Island market.

 (End of this chapter)