Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 541 Circle

 “Is Link coming? He’s a busy man.”

said Robert Downey Jr., turning over the cards at the Beverly Hills Movie Club.

"He said he would come over later."

Leonardo shrugged his shoulders and said, "After this guy came back from the set, he took care of the children at home all day long and drove Ivaca to and from get off work. I really don't understand how he, a world-famous playboy, has become a **** now. Male nanny? Married men are terrible."

"This is normal. Men are a little wild when they are young. Only after they get married will they settle down and become a good man. No one can be a **** all his life."

Matt Damon flicked the ashes from his cigarette and took a sip of his beer.

"No one?"

"Matt, what you said is a bit absolute."

The people around looked at Leonardo with a smile. This guy is 40 years old and is not far away from being a **** for the rest of his life.

"Damn it, what are you looking at me for? I'm not a playboy, I just haven't met the girl of my dreams."

Leonardo said with a dark face.

"I think there are two things that are very difficult for Leon to achieve. The first is to win the Oscar for Best Actor, and the second is to meet her destiny."

Tobey Maguire quipped, leaning back on the sofa.

"Don't blame me, no one has won the Oscar for Best Actor."

Leonardo snorted coldly and glanced at the people around him. Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Joaquin Phoenix, Ryan Gosling, Ben Affleck, etc. are all fallen people from the end of the world. Who can Don't look at anyone's jokes.

"Don't look at Joaquin, he can get it this year."

Casey Affleck laughed.

"Don't mention Oscar, it's boring."

Joaquin held a cigarette in his mouth, grabbed the cards on the table and shuffled them.

A few people continued to play cards for a few rounds, and then Link and Paul Walker walked in.

"Link, come and play cards. It's no fun without you."

When the people at the table saw Link's arrival, they stood up and offered their seats to the two of them.

Link sat down to play cards and listened to everyone chatting about some gossips in the movie industry, movie box office, actors' acting skills, auditions for new movie roles, and some fresh scandals.

It's just that he is now the boss of a film company and a billionaire, and everyone else is an actor. Except for Leonardo and Joaquin, who can speak casually, the others are very cautious when speaking, as if they are worried that they will offend if they say the wrong thing. Same as him.

After playing a few rounds, Link felt that it was not interesting, so he gave up his seat to Tobey Maguire and sat next to him to watch the cards and chat.

Joaquin said that he had recently spotted a good script and asked if he would be interested in reading it.

Link said yes. Most of Joaquin's current films are art films, which won't be too high at the box office, but are of high quality and have certain investment value.

Matt Damon also chimed in and asked if he could work with him if there was a good project.

Link didn't refuse. Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Ben Affleck were all very cost-effective actors. They had suitable projects and could work together. He didn't mind that the other party had been close to Harvey. .

At the card table, Ryan Gosling also took the time to chat with him, acting like an adult.

—

"Didn't you say you were going to play cards? Why did you come back so soon?"

Link returned to the mountainside villa and saw Eva coming downstairs with moisturizing cream on her face.

"It's not interesting. Playing with them is worse than staying at home with you and the children."

Link picked up the little Margarita who was crawling on the carpet and placed her between Alexander and Cynthia. By the way, he mentioned the situation in the club. Originally, he wanted to use his identity as an actor to communicate with everyone and gossip about women. OK.

But everyone regarded him as the boss of the film company, and he was quite restrained in his speech and the atmosphere was not lively. He didn't want to be a spoiler of the atmosphere, so it would be more appropriate to leave early.

“It’s normal, when you were a diver, you were surrounded by Fat James, Daniel from the hot dog shop, Michael from the surfboard shop, and Mario.

After becoming a singer and actor, the people around me became Taylor, Katy Perry, lady Gaga, Paul Walker, Casey Affleck and so on.

Now that you have become the boss of Lionsgate Films and a billionaire, your work is no longer focused on music and acting, and it is normal to have fewer conversations with your original friends. I suggest you join more banks, investment companies, and billionaire clubs. At the cocktail party, get to know more high-level people in the upper class and chat with those people, there will definitely be many topics to talk about. "

Ivaca squeezed his shoulder and smiled.

"No, those people are all old men in their fifties, sixties, and seventies. When they are together, they mostly talk about health, life-extending technology, and young women. Listening to them chat is more boring than participating in a Hollywood poker game. ”

Link shook his head. After being on the Forbes list, he had received invitations from hundreds of wealthy clubs, including various clubs.

I have also attended many cocktail parties for wealthy people, such as the Morgan Investment Bank super VIP cocktail party, the senior partner party of Vanguard Asset Management, the Forbes Rich List dinner, the Bill Gates Charity Fund dinner, etc.

At these gatherings, most of the guests are old men, who exude an old-fashioned smell, and their words and deeds also reveal the atmosphere of the old times. There is also an obvious generation gap in the content of the chat.

This situation made it completely impossible for him, a newbie in the capital circle, to adapt.

At first, he attended several events, but now he goes less often. He basically only attends the drinking parties of young rich people such as Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Musk, and Zuckerberg.

Chat with these people to find common topics.

"Husband, you ran too fast, even your peers couldn't catch up with you."

Ivaca joked.

"No, you caught up with me."

Link hugged her Iwaka waist and smiled.

"I didn't. It was you who pulled me forward, otherwise I would have been far behind you."

Ivaca put her arm around his shoulder.

The two swayed around the living room to the music. "Dad! Dad! Margarita peed and peed everywhere. Please take her away quickly."

Cynthia shouted in a clear voice.

"Coming."

Link shrugged his shoulders, kissed his wife's neck, went to wipe the little one's butt, and called the maid to clean the living room.

—

After filming "Gone Girl", Link was busy in the post-production team of "Captain America 2" for more than ten days before he completely completed the shooting of this movie.

While he was busy filming, Taylor's new album "Enchanted" was released around the world.

The songs in this album were written by Taylor in the past few years. They are a selection of songs that were not released in the first five albums, including "NeverGrowUp", "Haunted", "LongLive", "IfThisWasAMovie", "Ours", "Superman", etc. The quality relatively high.

The album was released in early August and topped the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart with sales of 1.047 million copies in the first week. It also successively won the top spot on the album sales charts in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, and Taiwan, China. .

As of mid-August, the album has sold 6.8 million copies worldwide and is also a best-selling album.

Before August, Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Dream Dragon, Selena, Bruno Mars, Charlie Puth, Carly Rae Gibson, Drake, Beyoncé , Blake Shelton and others have also released records.

The current top-selling album is Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," with 2.27 million copies.

Taylor is currently in second place and is expected to pass Justin in October.

Compared with last year and the year before last, the album sales market this year seems a bit deserted. Except for Taylor's album, which sold over one million copies in the first week, no other album has sold. At the same time, there is no more competition to hit the charts.

"Billboard" magazine commented in July that after Link announced that he would no longer release new albums, the entire U.S. album sales market seemed very deserted. There were no hot news, no record-breaking albums, and everything seemed calm. .

It was also because of the huge contrast with previous years that everyone remembered how much news Link had created in the music world in the past few years. At that time, the music world had more news than any other industry and received more attention. Likewise, Everyone earns more.

The music world cannot do without Link, or in other words, it cannot do without singers like Link who are good at creating topics.

Link doesn't agree with Billboard magazine's statement.

In the past few years, the European and American music scene has been lively and prosperous because, in addition to him, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Taylor, Adele, Kanye, Pink, Justin Bieber and others are also indispensable.

With his withdrawal from the album market, lady Gaga's popularity has declined rapidly, and Katy Perry and Adele have no new albums.

Now among the One King and Five Queens, only Taylor is still releasing albums.

It is normal that the total album sales this year are not as good as last year.

Although Link did not release a new album this year, his fifth album "As It Was" released in August last year is still on the Billboard 200 album chart, ranking in the top 50 for 47 consecutive weeks.

The album sold 11.07 million copies in the United States a full year after its release, making it Link's first album to achieve diamond status during its release period.

The global sales of "As It Was" are currently approximately 79.57 million copies, which has also set a new global sales record.

At present, the total global sales of Link's five albums have reached 182 million, although it is still not as good as the total sales of all albums of famous singers and groups such as MJ, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey, and The Beatles.

But with only five albums, he has sold more than 100 million copies, making him the fastest among all singers and groups.

"Rolling Stone" magazine's evaluation of Link's performance in the music world is that all five of his albums are qualified to be recorded in the history of modern music, and Link is also an unavoidable superstar in the music world in the 2010s.

"What are you doing at home?"

"Reading books, training, and taking care of children."

Link said looking at Taylor in the video.

"If you have time to write more songs, you'll make enough money, and you don't need to make so much more. No matter how many songs you have, it won't be enough."

Taylor said.

"I understand, when will you come back? Alexander and Cynthia miss you."

Link said.

"Mom! Mom! When will you come back."

Cynthia and Alexander also lay on the table, looking at Taylor with disheveled hair on the computer and asked.

After the album was released, she followed the company's promotion team to hold autograph sessions and small concerts, traveling to four or five countries a week and becoming a trapeze artist.

"Alexander and Cynthia, do you miss your mother? When your mother comes back next month, how are you having fun at home with your father?"

Taylor leaned in front of the camera and said with a smile.

"Dad took us to see the fish."

Alexander pouted and said.

"It's an aquarium. I'll take them to learn about fish."

Link laughed.

Taylor ignored him and continued to chat with the two children in a very childish voice, asking them if they were obedient in class and eating. After a while, Margarita also ran over and followed Cynthia to call her mother.

Taylor covered her mouth and laughed non-stop, saying that the margarita was so good, and she shouted two more times.

Little Margarita is not afraid of multiple mothers and keeps chirping.

"You look very tired, and you have dark circles under your eyes. Please pay more attention to rest. There is no need to work too hard. I will always support you."

Link said as he saw her yawn.

"Who wants you to back you up?"

Taylor wrinkled her nose in disgust and continued to lie on the table chatting with Sanxiao. After chatting for four or five minutes, she fell asleep in front of the computer. It was Link who called her manager Amy. Li, take her to bed.

(End of chapter)