Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 500 The little princess is born

In June, as Ivaca's due date was approaching, Link took the time to go to Las Vegas to participate in a boxing match against WBA title challenger Jean Pascal.

Jean Pascal is an old rival and he competed with him for the WBA North American boxing title in 2009.

Compared with two years ago, Pascal's strength has improved somewhat, but it is still far behind Link. The two sides fought for two rounds, and Link successfully KOed his opponent in the 22nd second of the second round and won.

Professional competition record: 27 wins, 27 KOs in 27 fights.

Due to the obvious gap in strength between the two sides, this game received less attention. PPV sales were also less than the previous game. 1.84 million copies were sold in North America. Other aspects of income were also slightly lower than the previous game.

Link's prize money for this game is 64 million US dollars, which is more than 10 million US dollars less than the previous game.

"Link, have you paid attention to the NBA Clippers? Recently, Clippers owner Sterling is planning to sell his shares, about 58.8%, for $550 million. We plan to win the Clippers. What do you think? Sample?"

After the game, Frank Duva talked about work in the car.

In order to solve the problem of single income of Dynasty Sports, Frank and the management have done some work in the past two years.

This includes signing contracts with professional athletes in other sports, purchasing a small amount of shares in ESPN and Showtime, establishing long-term cooperative relationships with sports brands such as Nike and Under Armor, etc.

The development in the past two years has been pretty good.

The current total market value of Dynasty Sports is more than 600 million US dollars, which is second only to Top Promotions and Major Event Promotions in the boxing field, and is even stronger than Golden Boy Promotions.

The main reason why it has developed so quickly is Link.

With a top boxer like him who can steadily and continuously create profits for the company, there is no shortage of funds for the company's development, which has also led many people to want to invest in Dynasty Sports.

After two rounds of financing, the company has grown from tens of millions in 2008 to more than 600 million now.

Also because Link is crucial to the development of the company and is the company's main source of profit, he still holds 30% of the shares, which have never been diluted, while Frank's shares have gone through two rounds of financing, and now only down 26.4%.

Instead, Link became the largest shareholder of Dynasty Sports.

After hearing Frank's words, Link asked curiously: "The company has more than 500 million US dollars?"

"No, we are preparing for a third round of financing and borrowing another part, which is almost enough. If everything goes well, we plan to list Dynasty Promotion on Nasdaq in two or three years. Yes, this is the development of the company's design planning."

Frank spread his hands and smiled.

Link thought for a moment, this is not bad.

The current market value of the Clippers is about 1.2 billion, ranking among the top ten in market value among NBA teams and among the top three in commercial value. The future market value will exceed US$2 billion. If managed properly, it is also a good investment project.

In fact, Frank didn't say anything, but Link also had plans to buy teams, not only NBA teams, but also NFL football teams and European football clubs.

The purpose of acquiring a team is besides making money. Just like Lionsgate, a good team can create a lot of profits for shareholders every year, like a golden rooster laying eggs.

In addition, owning a team can also increase one's influence in the sports field, as well as in the social and political fields.

There are many benefits.

In addition to the team, Link also wants to acquire a TV station similar to HBO. On the one hand, he can promote his boxing matches, and on the other hand, he can cooperate with the TV department of Lionsgate Pictures to produce more TV series every year.

Good TV series such as "Mad Men" produced by Lionsgate Pictures, the fifth season of which earns about $3 million per episode, including subscription fees and advertising revenue, broadcast sharing, video sharing and other income, while top hit dramas such as "Rights" Game", earning more than 20 to 30 million per episode.

If there are one or two TV stations on hand, Lionsgate will have greater influence in the film and television industry, and will be closer to the Big Six.

It's just that there are no good acquisition targets at the moment, so we can only wait and see for the time being. When the shares in our hands become more valuable in the future, it will not be too late to make a move.

Jingle Bell!

While they were chatting, his cell phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Selina, saying that Ivaca was going to give birth and asked him to come back quickly.

When Link heard that he was overjoyed, he did not dare to delay and drove quickly to a private nursing home near the UCLA Medical Center.

A week before the due date, Link and Ivaca moved here. The nursing home has the most advanced equipment, a fertility and guidance team, and the most professional nursing staff, so after hearing Selina say that Ivaca wanted He wasn't worried during the birth.

When he arrived at the nursing home, Catherine, Ms. Mandy, Tiffany and others arrived first and were all waiting outside the delivery room.

"Link, why are you here? Iwaka is about to give birth and you're still running around."

Selina pouted and complained.

"What do you mean running around? Don't you know I'm playing in Las Vegas today?"

Link did not quarrel with her, and put on a sterile surgical gown and entered the delivery room to accompany Ivaca. Since Ivaca was in good physical condition, she was in a good mood during this period. With proper maintenance, the entire birth process went smoothly, starting from the start. It took less than two hours to get to production.

She is a beautiful little princess who weighed 8.5 pounds and was 48 centimeters tall when she was born. She is very healthy and cries very loudly.

"My dear, thank you for your hard work."

Link held the little one who had not yet opened his eyes and kissed Ivaca's sweat-dampened hair.

Ivaca smiled slightly and reached out to touch the little guy's face, with a gentle smile on her face. According to the two people's previous discussion, the little one's name is Margarita, which also means princess in Spanish.

The day after the little guy was born, his old father-in-law flew over from New York with his family. Taylor, Paris Hilton, and Jennifer Lawrence also came to the hospital to visit Ivaca and the little guy.

The American media also reported heavily on the news that Iwaka gave birth to a daughter, and Link also received congratulations from many people on the phone.

"Is that Daddario?"

In the hospital, Taylor asked as he looked at a car leaving.

"Yes, she came to see Eva, and they have a good relationship."

Link shrugged.

Taylor snorted softly, crossed his arms and said, "You have a child now and you still want to continue fooling around with those women? Are you planning to be a scumbag for the rest of your life?"

"Don't make it sound so harsh. We are in a normal relationship, just like good friends. Besides, we already have children, don't we?"

"Huh! Alexander and Cynthia have turned into wild children after being taken care of by you for two months."

Taylor rolled her eyes at him.

In the past, she would be very careful when taking care of her children. She would not let them run around or stay outside for too long, and her diet would completely follow the nutritionist's plan.

When Link was taking care of the two little ones, he treated them like toys. He taught the little ones over one year old to swim and let them run around. He also followed the two little ones' hobbies when it came to eating. The two little ones were He took it crookedly.

After she took the little guy back, she corrected it for a long time but still didn't change it. What made her even more unhappy was that Alexander and Cynthia also called Ivaca mom, and she was almost furious.

"It would be better if the little guys are more lively. When will you start a world tour?"

Link asked.

"What?"

"Next time you go on tour, I will take them over and take care of them. Plus Margarita, the three little guys will be together, haha. It will be very interesting."

Link smiled.

"It's impossible. I will keep the children away from you in the future to avoid being led astray by you."

Taylor waved his hand, swung his ponytail and walked away. In a simple T-shirt and tight-fitting jeans, his back was still as youthful and beautiful as before.

"Hey! Beauty."

Link shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Taylor stopped and looked back at him, still looking displeased with him.

"Whenever we have time, how about we have a few more little ones?"

"roll!"

Taylor glared at him in embarrassment, said don't even think about it, and walked away with long legs.

Link smiled softly, returned to the inpatient department, and continued to greet others.

When his old father-in-law saw him come back, he talked to him about political matters, said he wanted to run for election, and asked him how he was doing.

Link agreed. If money is needed, he will try his best to support it. After all, we are a family.

The old father-in-law was very satisfied with his attitude and brought up the matter of playing golf again. He said that Ivaca now had a child and they could go back to Manhattan. The environment there was better than that of Los Angeles and the climate was more suitable for children. More convenient for golfing.

Link nodded. Manhattan was indeed better than Los Angeles. The temperature was suitable and the air was humid. He said that after the Olympics, he would consider living in New York.

When his old father-in-law heard him mention the Olympics, he said that he would go to London to support him and hoped that he would win more gold medals.

Link said yes.

After seeing off his old father-in-law and young mother-in-law, Link returned to the room to accompany Ivaca and help her drive the noisy Selena and Tiffany out of the ward.

Three days after Margarita was born, she was in good condition, and Ivaca was recovering well. Link drove them back to the mountainside villa. From then on, the family had a little person worth remembering.

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By June, "Avengers" had been released for more than a month, the large-scale screening ended, and the number of screening theaters dropped to less than 1,000.

The cumulative box office in North America has reached 650 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has so far reached 805 million U.S. dollars. The total box office has exceeded 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, becoming the highest-grossing movie in film history after "Avatar" and "Titanic".

(End of chapter)