Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 461 Making money to pay off debts

One month after the album was released, Link held 26 book signings in more than ten countries and regions around the world.

 The trip circled the earth almost three times, and the daily workload was more than eight hours.

 Fortunately, his hard work was not in vain.

On the 13th day and 10 hours after the release of the album "Loveisgone", global sales officially exceeded 10 million, making it the fastest album to surpass 10 million in the past decade, six months earlier than Lady Gaga's album "Bornthisway" in May. sky.

In the third week, "Loveisgone" sold 627,000 copies in the United States, with cumulative sales of 3.192 million copies, breaking the record of the fastest three million copies set by "The Woman I Love" last year, and advancing this record to 19 days and 15 hours.

However, Link knew that this record would not last for a few years. When Adele's next album "25" is released, it will sell 3.37 million copies in the United States in the first week, sweeping all records in the European and American music circles.

Taylor’s subsequent albums have also set many records, with each album’s first-week sales exceeding one million, and all of the top 10 on the Billboard charts are her songs.

 Everyone is a child of luck.

Link feels that no matter how many good songs he has, he may not be able to compete with Adele and Taylor in three or four years.

  Retiring early can also leave an undefeated legend.

However, when promoting the album, the publisher did not promote this album as his last work.

 The reason is that in the past two years he has released many hit singles that were not included in the album.

 For example, "Seeyouagain", "legendsneverdie", "sugar", "Wedon'ttalkanymore", "BlindingLights", "lighters", "GoodTime", "Listen", "Justthewayyouare", etc.

Some of these songs have been sung by others, and some have not. Together with the good songs that were discarded during the production of the first two albums, they can form a selection album, and the quality is no worse than the previous ones.

Link didn’t object after hearing this.

Releasing this kind of album does not require the creation of new songs, or even the need to enter the recording studio. It does not require his time to be produced and released, and he can also make extra money. There is no reason not to accept it.

  —

 After finishing the album promotion work, Link returned to the Bay Villa to rest.

During this period, just like Ivaca said, I was flying around every day and had almost no time to rest.

Now the first round of promotion work for the album has ended, and there is still one week left until the IBF light heavyweight challenge in late September.

 He can also take a few days off while training.

　　Not long after he returned to the United States, bad news came from Nashville.

In July, the legal team filed a lawsuit in Nashville District Court, hoping to obtain custody of Alexander and Cynthia.

 After more than a month of trial, the Nashville court rejected his request because he had no marital relationship with Taylor and no legal relationship with his two children.

 But since he is the biological father of the children, and Taylor relented, he also gained the right to visit the children regularly.

 When Link got the news, the media also knew about it.

 Mainstream media have released instant news, saying that Link and Taylor failed in their child custody battle.

 Unexpectedly, after this news was reported, it did not attract much attention in either traditional media or new media.

 The amount of discussion on this matter on the Internet is not high, and it only ranks ninth on the Twitter hot search list.

Also because the news was not very popular, an article from The Hollywood Reporter questioning the low popularity of this news rushed to the top of the hot search list.

  The news headline published by the official account of "Hollywood Reporter" is "Link and Taylor's reputation has collapsed."

The report stated that with the popularity of Link and Taylor, any news related to the two people in the past would receive a lot of attention. If the names of the two people are paired together, the popularity will double.

The news that the two are fighting a lawsuit to fight for their children has not received much discussion after being reported.

 So the newspaper suspects that because of what happened in July and August, Link and Taylor's reputation on the Internet has fallen into disrepute.

 Netizens and fans no longer pursue the two, which is also the main reason for the decline in news popularity about the two.

 After this news was released, it received 12,000 retweets, 68,000 comments, and 320,000 likes in less than half a day.

In the comment area, netizens ridiculed that "The Hollywood Reporter" is very good at raking in traffic, linking Link Taylor and "Collapse House", creating a strong contrast, and it reached the top of the list in one go.

For the "Hollywood Reporter" to question Link and Taylor's poor reputation.

Some netizens posted a joke saying that it is impossible to predict Taylor's reputation as there are no new works for the time being, but Link is definitely not ruined.

His new album has topped the sales charts for four consecutive weeks, and the new movie "Captain America" ​​is about to reach a global box office of 500 million US dollars. His boxing matches in September and October are also the most watched events in the current sports world.

If this can be considered a collapsed house, all the stars in the world are in it.

Some netizens also commented that they did not pay much attention to the news about Link and Taylor's child custody battle this time.

 Mainly because there has been so much news about the two of them online in recent months that it is a headache.

First in June, it was revealed that Taylor was hiding her child, which set off the entire Internet. Public opinion was boiling. For two weeks in a row, it was in the top three searches every day.

In July, Link transformed into a scumbag father and brazenly took custody of the children. Public opinion boiled again, and the two of them took turns to be in the top three of the hot search list.

By late July, news about Link winning the World Championships gold medal appeared on the hot search list every day. From the first to the seventh, the swimming great.

  When "Captain America" ​​was released on the 22nd, Link and Captain America took turns to be on the hot searches.

 In August, Link released new songs and a new album, which were constantly being searched every day. In the meantime, Captain America was also a hot search at the box office.

This situation continued until September, and the names of Link and Taylor still appeared on the hot search list from time to time.

In the past three months, everyone has seen their names countless times, and has read many news reports related to them, almost to the point of vomiting.

Now a piece of news about Link’s failed custody battle suddenly appeared on the hot search list.

 After reading too much, I feel numb. When I see this kind of news again, no one is interested in clicking to read anymore, so the popularity is naturally not high.

This netizen also suggested that the Twitter platform should reduce the trending searches of Link and Taylor in the next few months. I am really tired of it now.

This comment has been liked 53,000 times.

Some netizens also expressed emotion under this news, asking Link how far away he is from the collapse of his house?

 It is said that Link once attacked Obama outside the Grammy Awards, which angered many black celebrities and fans and was almost banned.

 While dating Taylor, he cheated on her and turned into a scumbag.

 Last year during the global tour, it was revealed that he was trying to pick up girls all over the world. He had a United Nations girlfriend group and was promoted to the number one **** in the world. Not long ago, despite the reputation, he took action to fight for the custody of the child from Taylor, and was known as a scumbag dad.

 Putting so much "stigma" on other celebrities can bring down the house three or four times.

Can

 Link is still a world-class superstar, a top star in the entertainment industry, and a youth idol. People magazine selected him as the most influential pop culture idol this year.

The netizen finally raised a question, how can Link's reputation be ruined?

 This comment received 35,000 likes and 18,000 replies within three hours of being posted.

 Netizens replied that it was too difficult for Link to collapse his house.

Link is no longer an ordinary star. He is worth more than 3 billion. He is the boss of Lionsgate Pictures and the owner of Link Music, the largest independent music label in the United States. He has become a capital investor.

 To destroy his house, you have to go bankrupt or have a criminal case.

Some netizens commented that Link has too many part-time jobs. No matter whether he is a boxer, singer, actor, investor, entrepreneur, athlete, etc., he is also at the top of the industry and has super strength.

This kind of person is like a monster walking on a dozen thick legs. As long as he doesn't act randomly, there is almost no chance of collapse of the house.

 At the end of the discussion, netizens called Link the most popular star in the entertainment industry, and some people called him Voldemort in the entertainment industry.

  —

 “It’s not easy, this matter is finally over.”

 In the villa, Link put down his tablet and sighed.

"It's not easy. This public opinion crisis almost caused Taylor's reputation to collapse, but you blocked it so easily. Many people in the industry find it incredible. I heard someone privately praising you as the best ex-boyfriend."

 Catherine smiled while holding the coffee cup.

Link smiled lightly, he couldn't deserve the title of best ex-boyfriend.

He also did this to compensate Taylor. In any case, he was at fault in the original incident. Because of his mistake, Taylor made a mistake and plunged her into a crisis of public opinion.

At that time, if he had watched her suffering and ignored her, he would not have had the shame to see the two children who were still nursing.

 “When are you going to Nashville to see the kids?”

“I originally planned to go in the next two days. Taylor called me in the morning and said that he would bring the child to Los Angeles for two days to live there. It will be more convenient to take care of him and there is no need for me to go to Nashville.”

 “That’s not bad.”

 Catherine nodded slightly.

 “How is the situation of the company? Now that we have money, we can make more movies.”

 At the end of August, the global box office share of "Bridesmaids" was received one after another, with about 85 million U.S. dollars, making small-budget movies, which can be invested in four, five, or even more.

"We are still looking for suitable scripts. Currently, the company has three projects, "The Master", "Beasts of the South" and "Lawless", which are being filmed and produced. "The Help" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are waiting in line for release. The company does not have many employees. During the year I can’t take on too much work.”

Catherine said.

Link nodded, because "Scandal Project" and "Bridesmaids" did well, he had forgotten that Palm Beach Pictures was just a new film company that was established less than three years ago.

Five film projects have been invested and produced this year, and various departments are overloaded. A few more films will probably be too much.

"Link, I heard that you still have a loan of 300 million in the bank. How about you use this money to pay off the debt first? The internal test screening reviews of the two movies "The Help" and "Silver Linings" are good, and there should be some success at the box office. The profit will be enough to make a movie next year. If we don’t make a movie now, it will be useless if we keep it in the company’s account.”

 Catherine suggested.

Link thought for a moment and agreed.

Last year, "Scandal Project" was a hit, and the company earned about 50 million U.S. dollars from box office share and subsequent copyright income. This money, plus the 20 million he invested, was used to produce several movies this year. The company has no foreign debt.

This year’s remaining two movies, “The Help” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” are both hit movies, and are expected to gross more than $100 million at the North American box office.

 When these two movies are released, Palm Beach Pictures will be able to get a large share of the profits. There is indeed no shortage of production funds.

"At the company, you continue to select scripts. You don't need too many. There are two or three small and medium-cost film projects every year. In addition, Palm Beach Pictures currently has a good reputation. Both films are high-quality. Next, you must be more careful when selecting film projects. ”

Link said thoughtfully.

 Catherine nodded, smiling and saying it was a bit difficult.

 Palm Beach Pictures' first two films started too high. The first one had a revenue ratio of 20 times, and the second one had a global box office of more than 300 million.

In terms of profitability, Palm Beach Pictures’ performance this year ranks among the top 12 in the independent film field, not much worse than Relativity.

 The progress was too fast, which also made it difficult for Palm Beach to continue its subsequent development.

Catherine laughed and said she felt a little anxious when preparing for a new project.

Link also feels that Palm Beach Pictures is developing too fast, but the matter has come to this, and we can only find ways to continue to develop.

To this end, he is also planning to take the time to read more scripts and help Palm Beach Pictures find a few film projects with good box office.

 As for Lionsgate, Eva is here, so he doesn’t need to spend too much energy for the time being.

 Lionsgate Pictures initially started out by relying on bad horror films. When investing in movies, they only care about profits and don’t care about word-of-mouth issues.

Just like after the movie "The Crazy Madam's Happy Family" became a hit, the production department immediately came up with three sequel plans, "The Crazy Madam's Witness Protection Plan", "The Crazy Madam's Marriage Counselor", "The Crazy Madam's Marriage Counselor" Those of us who are crazy women”.

 The production costs are all below 15 million, and these projects have been successively reviewed and approved by the production department.

After Iwaka brought it up, Link didn't say anything. This kind of movie sequel has the potential to be a hit, and the production cost is not high. Investment can make money. If you don't invest because of word-of-mouth issues, it would be too stupid.

These sequels are added to several horror movie series, "The Hunger Games" series, "The Expendables" series, "Moneyball", "The Vow", "Escape from Tehran" and other Oscar-winning films, as well as "Fifty", which has purchased the rights and has not yet been developed. Grayscale".

 Lionsgate will have no shortage of film projects in the coming years.

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After talking to Catherine, Link proposed 75 million U.S. dollars from Palm Beach Pictures. Adding the first singer's share of the fourth album, the first half of the third album's share, and part of the film remuneration, it was about 55 million U.S. dollars.

The two funds totaling 130 million were used to repay the loan. His debt instantly dropped to 170 million, and it is expected to be paid off within the year.

 (End of this chapter)