Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

"Link, did you write all four songs?"

At Link Music's office, producer Graeme Goodall looked at Link in surprise when he saw the sheet music and lyrics in his hand.

"What do you think?"

"Very good, especially this song "chasing The Sun", which is very consistent with the elements of popular songs in the current market. I can guarantee that the sales performance after it is put on the shelves will not be worse than the sales of first-line singers' albums."

Graeme said excitedly, slapping the table.

"How about this song "Never say never"?"

Link pointed to the second song and asked. This song was written by rapper Travis Garland and sung by Justin Bieber. The phrase "Never say never" has been popular all over the world since 2010, and it is also a popular song that can make people's ears calloused.

Graeme hummed a few lines according to the score and shook his head. "The style is a bit lively, and I don't think it suits you. You are more suitable for lyrical, singing and dancing, and rhythm and blues."

Link looked at Graeme and couldn't help but admire him. He could judge the style of the song with just a few tunes. His attainments in music are indeed very strong.

"Take this song away?"

"No need. This song also conforms to the current popular trend. When recording, you can make some adjustments, and maybe the effect will be good."

Graeme said while looking at the score.

Link nodded. This song is quite popular and is one of the songs in his library that he remembers clearly. It's a pity not to use it.

"Graeme, how are the songs collected?"

"I received more than 100 songs, but the quality is not very good. I found a few old friends and asked them to tailor a few songs for you according to your style. There are two songs now, and there are still six songs to be released. It will be ready by the end of the year."

Graeme scratched his messy hair and said.

Link had no objection.

The two were discussing his first album.

After the single became a big hit, it was natural to strike while the iron was hot and release the first album to expand its influence in the music industry.

The first album was themed "inspirational" and planned to have 12 songs. There were relatively few songs of this type in Link's song library, and he couldn't take them all out at once, so he needed to spend money to order songs and let the musicians tailor songs for him according to his style.

This kind of thing is very common in the music industry. Almost all popular singers have one or more creative teams behind them, creating songs in their style that are in line with the current market situation.

When releasing, the singer's name is added to the composer and lyricist information to indicate that it is the singer's creation, and the singer is labeled as a good singer and composer to attract fans to pay.

It is also because of this that singers under record companies are not eligible to obtain the copyright of the song.

Link's situation is different from theirs. Link Music pays for the song, and the copyright of the creation belongs to the company. Link is the major shareholder of Link Music, so naturally there is no need to worry about copyright disputes.

Link looked at the two newly collected songs and felt that there was no problem. There were no familiar lyrics and tunes, so he didn't comment much.

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"Link, where are you going?"

Link walked into the business car after leaving the company.

Link looked at his watch. It was 11:30 in the morning. "Go to the boxing ring. I can still train for a few hours."

Ms. Mandy nodded, told the driver, and took out a script and handed it to Link.

"This is from Simon. Someone sent the script to Dynasty Promotion and asked you to try the role of the male lead. After Simon read the script, he thought you might be interested."

Link took the script and flipped through it.

After he became famous, there were many scripts inviting him to play supporting roles. Most of them were killers, bodyguards, and policemen in commercial films, trying to take advantage of his popularity.

It was just that the quotations from those people were too low, not up to the 1 million US dollars he and Simon agreed on at the beginning. The roles were too perfunctory. None of them were important roles in big productions, so he didn't take any of them.

Now there was a script for the male lead. He curiously flipped through it. The name of the script was "The Fighter", which was also quite ordinary, but the content of the script made him bright.

The script is adapted from a true story and tells the story of a pair of professional boxer brothers.

The eldest brother was once a boxing star. In 1978, he fought against the former middleweight star boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard and knocked him down once in the match, becoming a local celebrity.

After becoming famous, he became addicted to drugs, his career was ruined, and he was finally imprisoned, becoming a negative example in HBO's anti-drug documentary.

The second brother is also a boxer. He took his brother as an example and wanted to learn from his brother to fight in the boxing world, but because of family reasons, his career was not smooth.

Later, with the help of his girlfriend and brother, he returned to the boxing ring and defeated the IBF lightweight champion Arturo Gatti, who was a boxing figure at the time, and became famous in one fell swoop.

After reading the script, Link found it very interesting. He had seen this movie before. The dubbed film in Hong Kong Island was called "Boxing Brothers".

The brother is played by Christian Bale, an actor with superb acting skills. He has starred in "Batman Begins", "The Prestige", "The Flowers of War", etc.

Since the character he played in the film was a drug addict with a thin body, he lost 30 pounds before filming. Like Jia Ling, he is also a famous weight loss expert in the circle.

The younger brother is played by Mark Wahlberg, who is also a famous actor, and the heroine is Amy Adams, who has starred in "Cat and Mouse" and "Junebug" and has been nominated for an Oscar for supporting actress. She is also a famous actor.

This film was nominated for multiple Oscars at the 2010 Oscars, and Christian Bale also won the Best Supporting Actor Award for this film.

The script is very good and the character is suitable, but Link is a little unsure whether he can take on the role of the younger brother.

This role is not easy to play, and you have to play opposite Christian Bale, Amy Adams and others.

In the presence of his opponents, he was worried that he would become the shortest board in the crew and suffer a critical blow from public opinion.

But after hesitating, he decided to give it a try.

Stephen Herrick told him about the reverse plank theory when filming "Blue Sea 2". According to him, commercial films do not have high requirements for actors, while directors of artistic film crews will ask each actor to produce Best show ever.

This movie has received multiple Oscar nominations, which shows that the quality is very good.

Acting in this kind of crew can improve your acting skills to a certain extent even if your performance is not good.

Link decided to accept the challenge and asked Mandy to contact the director of the show, whom he needed to talk to.

"Link, will you be overwhelmed with so much work?"

Ms. Mandy asked, putting away her script.

"It doesn't matter. After the fight with Tyson, there are no matches scheduled for the first half of next year. You can use this time to film."

Link thought for a moment and said.

The WBO-IBF super middleweight championship is still being held, and the WBC championship has not yet started. It will probably take a few months to unify the gold belts of the four major organizations, and the WBA championship challenge will also be after the year.

You can use this time to expand your reputation and strive to get more than 10 million appearance fees in the next year's competition.

Ms. Mandy nodded, handed him the phone and said: "Taylor just called and said that he was going back to Los Angeles to promote the new album. It will take about two or three days. There was also a message from a contact named Gadot. Do you remember Call them back."

"Gadot is my friend!"

Link said while touching his forehead.

"I understand, don't worry, I won't interfere in your private affairs."

Ms. Mandy blinked and smiled as wickedly as Selena.

Link shook his head and took his cell phone to call Taylor and send a message to Gadot.

Thanks to book friend SwiftVwing for the tip, I wish you a happy New Year and good luck in the Year of the Dragon.