Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 470 Seoul Competition

Link was preparing to go to Seoul to compete when he received a call from Bob.

Weinstein Pictures agreed to distribute "Silver Linings Playbook" to Lionsgate and also agreed to help manage the Oscars, on the condition that it earns 10% more North American box office on the original basis.

Link did not agree.

The production cost of "Silver Linings" was 22 million, with Palm Beach Pictures and Weinstein Pictures each initially investing 11 million.

According to the original contract, after the movie is released, the North American box office producers will share half and half, and the overseas box office producers will get 10% more of the Weinstein Pictures share.

 Also ceding 10% of the North American box office to Weinstein Pictures, the North American box office of "Silver Linings Playbook" exceeded 100 million, and 10% means millions or even tens of millions of dollars.

Link counter-offered 5%, or US$3 million in cash, to win the North American distribution rights for "Silver Linings". After the film was released, Weinstein Films helped with Oscar publicity.

Originally, he thought Bob would refuse, but after more than ten minutes, Bob agreed.

 This surprised him a little.

As far as he knows, Harvey is leading the distribution of Weinstein Pictures films. If Bob agrees, Harvey agrees. With Harvey’s character, how could he easily agree to give in?

He didn't care much, so he called Catherine and Ms. Goldsmith and Stacey Schneider, who are responsible for film distribution at Lionsgate Pictures, and asked them to contact Weinstein Pictures to prepare to take over "Happy Country". 》Issuance work.

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 After training for more than ten days, the WBA-WBC light heavyweight title fight is coming.

Link led the logistics team to Seoul, South Korea to participate in the competition. This is not his first time coming to Seoul. He came twice last year for a world tour and once for a book signing in August, so he is not unfamiliar with the situation here.

 This competition was held at the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. On the day of the competition, all the auditoriums were full, with about 38,000 people.

According to KBS TV reports before the game, all regional tickets for this boxing match were sold out within three hours of going on sale.

 Some boxing fans did not buy tickets and went to the official website of the Ministry of Culture and Sports to petition, asking for more seats in the stadium.

Considering safety issues, the culture and sports department did not agree, saying that on the day of the game, the game will be broadcast live on the big screen in Seoul Plaza, and citizens are welcome to come and watch.

The reason why this game is so popular is not only that Link is well-known and has many fans in South Korea, but also because of the good pre-game publicity and promotion.

 When promoting the competition, the organizers focused on hyping up the identities of Link and Hopkins.

  First of all, in terms of life experiences, the two have great similarities.

Hopkins was born in the slums of Philadelphia. He lost his father when he was young. When he was a teenager, he got into fights and robberies on the streets of Philadelphia. He was stabbed in the back twice with a knife, once only a few centimeters from his heart. Hopkins was in the hospital. It took him more than two months to recover.

LinkBaker is similar. He grew up on the streets of Miami and got into fights. He was stabbed in the back and almost died.

Hopkins served five years in a Pennsylvania prison for multiple crimes.

Link also served nearly a year in the Miami Detention Center and prison.

 The Korean media is implying that both of them are ‘murderers’.

Secondly, in terms of professional achievements, Hopkins has become the IBF middleweight world boxing champion since 1994, and has held this title for ten consecutive years.

  In 2004, he successfully challenged the boxing championships of the other three major organizations and became the middleweight hegemon. He dominated the middleweight for two years from 2004 to 2006, and then upgraded to the super middleweight and light heavyweight.

 Has defeated world-class boxing champions such as Trinidad, De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Talvo, and Glynn Johnson.

Link is the 2008 Olympic champion. He has become the WBA super middleweight champion since 2008. Since 2009, he has won the WBA-WBC-IBF-WBO world boxing championship belts, dominating the super middleweight division for two years. Many years.

In the more than three years since he entered professional boxing, he has defeated many world boxing champions, including Tyson, Roy Jones Jr., De La Hoya, Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward, and Carl Furlong. Che, Arthur Abraham, Beirut Shumenov and many more.

beating all the invincible super middleweights and making all opponents fearful. He topped the P4P comprehensive strength rankings published by "Ring" magazine for two consecutive years and was known as the King of P4P.     The former middleweight hegemon VS the former super middleweight hegemon.

KBS TV station described this match as the most exciting, most attention-grabbing, and highest-level boxing event in world boxing in the past decade, no less than the Link VS Roy Jones Jr. fight held in Miami last year.

 Which of the two will win and who loses will be decided today in the boxing ring at Jamsil Stadium.

"Needless to say, of course Oppa Link is the most powerful, he will definitely win."

“Bernard Hopkins looks very fierce, Yoona, who do you think will win?”

 "Link Oppa! I will always support Link Oppa."

 “Yoona is a nymphomaniac again.”

“Isn’t it possible? Link Oppa is so handsome, sings so well, and acts great. He is the most perfect man in my mind. Link Oppa, come on!”

In the VIP seats in Area B, nine girls wearing masks and caps sat in a row, looking at Link on the ring and talking about it. They were members of Girls' Generation, the most popular female pop singing group in South Korea, and Link's idol in South Korea. one of the acquaintances.

 Last year when Link held a concert in Seoul, he had collaborated with Girls' Generation leader Kim Taeyeon and was invited by them to visit their dormitory, which caused quite a scandal.

“Yooner, Oppa Link is a **** and not devoted to his feelings. He is not the most perfect man.”

Girls’ Generation’s youngest member Seohyun said with a serious expression.

“Yes, our Xiaoxian’s idol is Secretary-General Pan Wenji. In our Xiaoxian’s eyes, Secretary-General Pan is the most perfect man in the world, right Xiaoxian?”

　　sunny Lee Soon Kyu put his arm around Xiao Xian’s shoulders and joked.

 Xu Xian nodded, then shook his head again and again, with a dull expression on his face, not knowing how to answer this question.

“Xiao Xian, you said she is the rumored girlfriend, but the rumor may not be true. The newspaper said that Jun Ji Hyun is also Link Oppa’s rumored girlfriend. Do you think this is possible? There is more than ten years age difference between them.”

Lin Yuner said.

Xu Xian blinked and thought for a while. Almost all the media said that Oppa Link was a playboy. This should be true. However, he did not see Link interacting with many girls with his own eyes, so he decided that Link was a playboy. , seems not rigorous enough.

“Sister Xiuyan, is the scandal about Link in the newspaper true?”

 Seohyun looked at Jessica, the eldest sister in the opposite team and the only American player.

“It’s true, but as Link Oppa is so good, it’s normal to have several girlfriends.”

Jung Soo-yeon shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

 “How many girlfriends is it normal to have?”

Xu Xian looked at the other companions blankly, feeling that his outlook on life had been impacted.

“Xiaoxian, don’t think about it. We are here to watch the boxing match. Don’t worry about how many girlfriends Link Oppa has.”

Captain Kim Taeyeon advised.

 Xu Xian thought for a while and didn't understand. He simply followed Taeyeon's advice, thinking about those things and focusing on the competition in the boxing ring.

 (End of this chapter)