Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 508 Musical Arrangements

Yourtoughlove

Your persevering love

IswhatIdeserve

No doubt it only belongs to me

Sweettoughlove

Sweet and strong love accompanies me as I move forward

You'remyprettygoodluckcharm

You are my lucky lady

In mid-September, Link Music released "Tough Love", the first promotional single for Link's new album. In the first week of its release, it received 380 million plays worldwide on the Spotify platform, 14% of which were paid users, setting multiple records for the platform.

At the same time, it also topped the Billboard singles chart in the United States, as well as the singles charts in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and other countries.

This song is a love song composed by Swedish singer Avicii. In terms of quality, it is not necessarily better than songs such as "Allofme", "SaySomething" and "Loveisgone".

But because Link is currently more famous than when he released his fourth album last year, his singing ability is even stronger.

After the song was released, it was highly sought after by fans and praised by many music critics, who are all looking forward to his fifth album.

—

This year's MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles. Link once again attended the party as an award guest to present the award to Taylor Swift, who won Video of the Year.

That night, link music singer Ariana Grande also won the Best New Artist Video Award for her song "The Way", while Charlie Puth, who debuted at the same time, was also nominated for the award.

"Link, the news said that you will retire from the music scene after the release of your fifth album. Is it true?"

Katy Perry asked from the audience.

"Yes, I said that before."

Link said.

"Link, we all thought you were joking. Are you really planning to quit?"

Miley Cyrus asked, turning sideways.

"Yes."

"Why quit? You are so popular now. You can get hundreds of millions of plays by just releasing a single. The media predicts that the sales volume of your fifth album in the United States will not be less than that of your fourth album. If this situation continues, the sales volume of your sixth album will be Maybe it will be more than the fifth album, maybe it can sell 10 million copies a month, that’s amazing, don’t you want to set a few more new records?”

Katy Perry asked.

"I'm too busy, I don't have time to create or promote."

Link said.

"I think you make too much money. A boxing match can earn hundreds of millions of dollars, which is much faster than racking your brains to write a new album. If it were me, I would consider quitting the industry."

ladyGaga turned around and said.

"It's like this. People who engage in art can't be too rich. As a fan of Link, I very much hope that he will go bankrupt, so that he will have to write more good songs to sell them for money."

"Haha, I agree!"

"Link, money is your enemy. You might consider donating all your money."

Singers such as Carrie Underwood, Kesha Kesha, and Pink all around made jokes.

Link shook his head, "I just won't release new albums. It's not that I will completely quit the music industry. If I have new songs in the future, I will release them on Spotify. This will save a lot of trouble."

"Link, you sound like you are very busy, but I heard Selina say that you are taking care of your children at home every day now. Is this true?"

Miley Cyrus asked with a sweet smile.

"Almost, taking care of children is also work, isn't it?"

Link laughed.

"Link, do you like children?"

Katy Perry asked, blinking.

"Katie, why are you asking? Do you also want to give birth to Link?"

ladyGaga joked.

"One is too few, at least two."

Katy Perry joked.

Link smiled and shook his head. When he saw Ariana Grande on the stage receiving the trophy and finishing her acceptance speech, he clapped his hands with everyone.

In her acceptance speech, Ariana mentioned how she met Link on Miami Beach in 2010. She thanked Link for his guidance and called him a 'teacher'.

Link was a little ashamed of this. He was too busy in the past two years. He only met Ariana a few times, gave her advice on the style of her songs, and helped create three new songs. He didn't interfere much in other matters.

Now Ariana can become the 'winner' among new singers, mainly because she is talented enough, and also has the help of producers under Link Music, as well as the resources and channels of Link Music.

In addition to Ariana and Charlie Puth, the company now has five new singers and two bands signed, including Ed Sheeran, Carly Rae Gibson, Halsey, and One Direction. , rapper Travis Scott, etc.

Some are trainees signed from YouTube, and some are already debuted singers. They are temporarily placed under SBprojects Entertainment Company. Link Music is responsible for the music work of the singers, and SB is responsible for commercial marketing and promotion.

Ariana and Charlie Puth are considered the third generation of Link Music, and the newly signed singers are the fourth and fifth generation.

With these new talents, coupled with the resources and channels of Link Music, we can ensure the company's steady development.

At the end of the MTV Awards Ceremony, Link left in a car. He met Taylor's car on the way, and he changed to Taylor's business car to sit down.

"I heard that Katy Perry wants to give you a baby? You are so charming now."

Taylor was wearing a white dress, holding a glass of fruit wine in her hand, with a sarcastic sneer on her lips.

"You're just joking, how can you take it seriously?"

Link shook his head, gaining a new appreciation for how quickly rumors could spread. "How do you know Katy Perry isn't serious? Why don't you give it a try? Maybe she'd really like to give you a baby."

Taylor said with a half-smile.

"Are you jealous?"

Link looked at her, put his arms around her slender waist and smiled.

"what are you doing?"

Taylor rolled her eyes at him and threatened him not to move.

"How about my new song?"

"Average! I prefer songs like "Allofme" and "Loveisgone"."

Taylor said.

"Do you remember what you said last time?"

"Last time? What words?"

Taylor blinked and looked to the side slyly, not meeting his eyes.

"Don't try to deny it, ToughLove is now number one on the singles chart, I'm here to fulfill my promise."

With a gentle force of his arms, Link took Taylor into his arms, lowered his head and looked quietly into her beautiful eyes.

In order to encourage him to continue creating, Taylor agreed with him that as long as the song he wrote could top the singles chart, he would be bullied once. Because of this, Link had new motivation to create, otherwise his brain would not be wasted. Cells think of songs.

"Pervert, let me go, or I'll beat you up."

Taylor pressed her white fist against his chest.

But she was too weak to escape from Link's clutches. Link lowered his head and kissed her lips that smelled of moist wine, and gently placed his palms on her round and slender thighs.

This is a commercial vehicle. There is a partition between the cab and the rear cabin. The two of them can be intimate in the back without being discovered by Taylor's driver and assistant.

However, Taylor had her own reserve and only allowed him to kiss and take advantage of her. He was not allowed to mess around, otherwise she would bite his lips. Link had no choice but to follow her wishes.

When they arrived in Beverly Hills, Taylor asked him to get out of the car and buy a bouquet of flowers. But as soon as he got out of the car, Taylor closed the door and asked the driver to start the car and leave. Taylor proudly waved his fist at him.

Link shook his head and decided to leave this debt to be settled together next time.

—

Back at the mountainside villa, Ivaca hadn't gone to bed yet. She was watching TV in the small living room, wearing a facial mask, and doing Pilates before bed on the blanket.

After more than three months of exercise, her figure has returned to its pre-pregnancy state. She is tall, sexy, and round. Her skin seems fairer and more delicate than before, and she has a faint milky fragrance, which is elegant and charming.

Link took a shower, put on a loose T-shirt and shorts, and accompanied Ivaca to do some exercise.

"Dear, today Universal Music President Lucian Grainge called and proposed a financing plan again. He is willing to invest US$1 billion to acquire 50% of Link Music shares based on a market value of US$2 billion. What do you think?"

Evaka sat cross-legged on the blanket, wearing a white suspender belt. The thin shoulder straps were stretched on her fair and smooth shoulders, and they were heavy underneath, leaving two obvious strangulation marks.

"Have you discussed it with the company's management? What are their opinions?"

Link asked while doing warm-up exercises.

"Some of them are in favor and some are not, so the decision ultimately falls to us."

Ivaca shrugged.

Link stopped to think about this matter. When he and Iwaka founded Link Music, the purpose was mainly to make money, not to have a musical dream. He had no pursuit in this regard.

Therefore, after making the company bigger, selling it to the five major records is also the earliest plan. But the problem is that he and Ivaca are not short of money now. They make tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, from the profits and dividends of Link Music every year. Selling the company Not very cost-effective.

He thought for a while and proposed a plan to split Link Music, SB Entertainment, and Spotify Holdings. If Universal Music wanted to raise funds, it could invest in Link Music Company. Calculated based on a market value of 1.4 billion, it could release 35% of the shares to ensure that both of them People's controlling stake exceeds 50% and has the greatest decision-making power over company affairs.

In addition, he doesn't need money. Currently, Universal Music Group has not yet been listed separately, with a market value of about 22 billion US dollars. It can be replaced with shares of Universal Music.

His purpose in doing this is to deepen his relationship with Universal Music and use Universal's channel resources to more conveniently promote the albums of its singers.

Compared with a behemoth like Universal Music, Link Music has only been established for more than four years, and its distribution capabilities in the international market are very lacking. This gap cannot be made up in a short time, or even catch up in twenty years. The use of Universal Music's channels is undoubtedly A good idea.

But using Universal's channels means sharing the other party's cake, and Universal Music may not be willing to do so.

This requires both parties to negotiate and find a balance of interests on the premise of cooperation.

"That's fine. I will continue to negotiate with Universal Music and see what their opinion is."

Ivaca nodded slightly and said.

"That's fine, but don't worry. Link Music is still on the rise and has great development potential. We can talk about it slowly."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Ivaca gently held up the sweat-damp blond hair beside her ears.

"Honey, do you really listen to me?"

Link sat behind her, kissed her swan neck and smiled.

Ivaca smiled slightly and did not refuse his intimacy. She wrapped her slender arms around his neck and kissed him tenderly.

(End of chapter)