Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 498 Avengers Alliance

Bang bang bang!

In the Muscle Beach training ground, Link wore a palm bandage and hit the special sandbag alternately with his fists, making a dull sound, as if each punch could explode the sandbag.

From 2008 to 2012, Link kept training every day for four years, and his strength, speed, endurance, reaction ability, and other physical qualities were greatly improved.

Some have doubled from the original basis, and some have tripled or four times. In addition, the body's ability to recover after fatigue or injury is getting stronger and stronger.

As he continued training, Link felt like he might become Superboy.

"Hey, Link, why did you come to the club for training today?"

Hoya walked in wearing a T-shirt and big pants, with a white towel around his neck.

"I have time today."

Link said as he put away his fist.

"Really? You don't have to take care of the kids today? Hey, I saw the news. You've been a baby daddy at home recently."

De La Hoya quipped.

While they were talking, Bernard Hopkins also walked in, glaring at Link with a dark face.

Although nearly half a year has passed since that game, and Hopkins has long since recovered from the injuries he sustained during the game, every time he sees Link, his face will show signs of atavism and become darker, as if Link The psychological trauma caused to him is still there.

"Hey, Bernard, I heard that you participated in the WBC boxing championship qualifying competition. I hope you can get the title of boxing challenger."

Link greeted.

"Hmph, Link, don't be complacent. I will definitely defeat you in the next competition and get back what belongs to me from you."

Hopkins said, clenching his fists tightly.

Link nodded, feeling that this guy had a good psychological quality. He was beaten so badly last time and still dared to yell like this. He was a tough guy.

After saying hello, Link continued training.

Hopkins glared at him and prepared to train in the training area next to him.

Hoya looked at him and asked curiously: "Bernard, next time you meet that pervert, are you confident in defeating him?"

"No!"

Hopkins said unhappily that that **** Link was too powerful and had better boxing qualities than him. Even in his prime, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to last six rounds in his hands.

"Then you still dare to grin at him. Aren't you afraid of being beaten up by him next time you meet him?"

Hoya asked.

Hopkins' eyes twitched and he touched the bridge of his nose that had regrown. Although the injury was healed, the pain was still fresh in his memory. He couldn't help but glare at Link who was not far away, and said with force:

"I'm not afraid. Next time I meet him, I will knock his nose out."

"That's good, Bernard. Apart from you, all the boxers in the light heavyweight field are afraid of Link. I hope you can create a miracle and beat him hard."

De La Hoya encouraged.

Defeat Link?

Hopkins didn't have much interest, but facing De La Hoya as his boss, he didn't refute. After wrapping his hand with a bandage, he started fighting in front of the sandbag.

After practicing for half an hour, he was about to take a break, but found that Link was still continuing to practice, never stopping from beginning to end. He curled his lips in displeasure, took a deep breath, and continued to punch.

If he couldn't beat Link in the boxing ring, he didn't believe that he would lose to Link in training.

Twenty minutes later, Hopkins was sweating profusely, gasping for air with his mouth open, the muscles in his arms were trembling, and his physical strength was at a loss.

He glanced at Link next door and found that the guy was still hitting the sandbags hard and never stopped. His punches were very powerful and his steps were still very nimble. He didn't sweat much, let alone Big gasp.

Hopkins was very angry. Is this **** a pervert?

Not wanting to be outdone by Link, he gritted his teeth and continued to hit the sandbag. After more than twenty minutes, he felt that the blood vessels and muscles in his arms were about to burst, but Link over there still had no intention of stopping.

Hopkins roared angrily and punched the sandbag. Then a sharp pain came from his wrist. He hissed and quickly held his right wrist. The right wrist joint suddenly swelled and became red and red. There was swelling and severe pain in the muscles of the forearm.

Farke! Hopkins cursed and hurriedly ran towards the medical center holding his right arm.

"Hey, Bernard, how did you do this?"

De La Hoya was coaching the boxers on the side and asked in surprise when he saw Hopkins' wrist.

Hopkins was sweating profusely in pain and had no intention of paying attention to him. He shouted "doctor" and got into the infirmary.

De La Hoya was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at where Hopkins was training and Link, who was still training next to him. He shook his head helplessly. This pervert was indeed a scourge.

"Link, why don't you go to your exclusive training ground to train?"

"Practice here, the atmosphere is better." Link stopped and said.

"But it's very dangerous for you to train here and others can easily be injured."

Hoya said unhappily.

Because of Link's existence, several of his new boxers were retired early before they could compete on the stage. There were also several old boxers who were injured because of training with him and had to end their careers early.

Link is a dangerous person who can wipe out a group of his boxers without taking action.

This guy is the enemy of Golden Boy Promotions.

Link shrugged his shoulders and returned to the exclusive training ground with a water glass and towel to continue training.

Compared with the public training ground, the atmosphere here is a bit worse. There is no sound of fists hitting sandbags, and there is no shouting. It feels almost like training at the training ground in the mid-level villa.

After practicing for a while, Emma Roberts came over to train wearing a vest and hot pants and carrying a sports backpack.

She has practiced with Link more than ten times in the training ground. Now she has a certain level of boxing. She has also filmed two action movies, in which she played a girl who knew how to box and beat up her ex-boyfriend.

But her figure is still petite and exquisite, less than 160 centimeters, with chopstick legs, a small waist, and pink cheeks, like a little loli who can box.

Link gave her a few pointers as usual, taught her some hitting skills, and then continued training.

After training in the afternoon, he walked into the locker room to change clothes. Emma Roberts came over with a red face, holding a bottle of essential oil, and asked him if he wanted a massage. Her expression was very shy, and her bright face and eyes were full of expectation.

Link did not refuse her kindness.

After venting his anger on Emma, ​​Link felt that all the fatigue caused by training had disappeared. Afterwards, he kindly sent Emma home, who was inconvenient to drive.

I originally thought that after this incident, Emma would be as afraid of him as Scarlett Johansson, but she wasn't.

After a few days of rest, Emma returned to the training ground to train with him, helping him massage his muscles and relax his body. This also gave him an interesting program after each training session.

In May, "Avengers" is about to be released. In addition to taking care of the children, training, and intervening with several companies every day, Link will also participate in some movie promotion activities.

"Avengers" was released in 4,349 theaters in North America on May 4, with a first-day box office of US$80.81 million, setting a new first-day box office record. It earned US$207 million in North America over the three weekends, becoming the fastest film to exceed US$200 million. movie of.

It was released simultaneously in 42 countries and regions overseas, with a total box office of US$317 million in three days.

The production cost of "Avengers" was 220 million U.S. dollars, and it was repaid in three days. This result shocked people in the industry.

In the past few years, except for the "Iron Man" series and "Captain America", the Marvel series of movies have been considered blockbusters. The box office performance of several other movies has been relatively average, such as "The Incredible Hulk" and "Thor" can only be regarded as blockbusters.

The film directly broke multiple box office records in the North American film market, surprising countless people and making them envious of the film's distributor, Walt Disney.

"Avengers" is very suitable to be turned into a series of movies. As long as Disney Pictures produces it carefully, it can make a lot of money with this series, just like Lionsgate Pictures' "The Hunger Games".

As of the summer season, "The Hunger Games" still has more than 400 theaters left to show, earning over a million US dollars at the box office every week, ranking among the top 20 in the same period.

The current cumulative box office of "The Hunger Games" in North America has reached 462 million US dollars, while the cumulative overseas box office has reached 346 million US dollars, and the global box office has just exceeded 800 million.

In terms of revenue ratio, "The Hunger Games" is more profitable than "The Avengers" and is more enviable by its peers.

In April and May, Lionsgate has two more movies to release, "The Cabin in the Woods" and "The Complete Guide to Pregnancy."

The first one is one of Lionsgate’s main thriller movies this year and will be released in mid-April.

At present, the cumulative box office in North America has reached 40.81 million U.S. dollars, and the overseas box office has reached 35.57 million U.S. dollars. The production cost of the film is 35 million U.S. dollars. The profit at the box office is expected to be about 20 million U.S. dollars. The income from video tapes, Netflix channels, cable TV, etc. is no less than 20 million U.S. dollars. Ten million.

The second part, "The Complete Pregnancy Guide," stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Amy Adams and other older actresses. It tells the story of five families facing Disagreement over issues such as pregnancy and children.

The film was initially canceled due to the high investment. Later, when Ivaca became pregnant and found the script interesting, the project was restarted.

The production cost was 40 million U.S. dollars, and it earned 36.4 million U.S. dollars in the North American film market during its two weeks of release. The overseas box office also exceeded 30 million U.S. dollars. It is expected to break even at the box office and earn tens of millions in other aspects.

Counting these two movies, as well as movies such as "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Help" released at the end of last year, the total box office revenue of movies released by Lionsgate this year in North America reached 660 million U.S. dollars. This figure is higher than that of 20th Century Fox and Pie Ramon Pictures is higher.

Ranked fifth among Hollywood studios in the first quarter.

This achievement has also led the media to praise Lionsgate Pictures. The "Big Six" are all veteran film companies that have been established for hundreds of years. Lionsgate was founded in 1997 and has been here for 15 years. Compared with the Big Six, it is just one. juvenile.

However, in terms of movie box office, Lionsgate Pictures has surpassed the two major movie studios and entered the top five. This has never happened before.

The "Los Angeles Times" and other media said that Lionsgate Pictures has created a "box office miracle" and also praised the way Link and Ivaca ran the company.

The people who were hostile to Link were so angry that they gnashed their teeth and cursed Link for his bad luck, hoping that he would be unlucky soon.

In response to this, Link asked everyone not to be proud during a meeting in the company. A temporary victory is nothing. Real victory is if the top five can be stabilized for a long time. Everyone should continue to work hard to achieve this goal.

At the same time, in order to motivate the company's employees, he also proposed a series of reward measures, with a bonus of approximately 10 million, making the working atmosphere within the company more uplifting.

(End of chapter)