Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

"Link, at the press conference later, someone will ask a more pointed question. Please be careful when answering. If you can't answer, just skip it."

On the day the album sales exceeded 1 million copies, Link Music held a press conference at its Los Angeles branch. At the reception, Link would answer questions from reporters head-on and address issues of public concern.

Ms. Mandy was worried about making mistakes, so she prepared a stack of backup interviews in advance and asked him to read them before appearing.

"I see."

Link stood in front of the mirror, his body straight like a javelin.

The assistant Anna next to him was tying his tie. He was wearing a custom-made casual suit, a charcoal gray suit with silver dark patterns and an embroidery on the cuffs.

In Link's eyes, this suit is a bit nondescript, but Ivaca, Mandy, and assistant Anna all think it looks good.

Because Anna had been the editor of a fashionable men's magazine for several years and was familiar with fashion elements, Link chose to obey and let them do whatever they wanted when it came to dressing.

"Would a suit look too formal?"

Link asked when he saw the platinum collar button clipped on his collar. Anna originally suggested that he wear an earring to match this outfit, but Link didn't agree and asked him to draw eyebrows and apply lipstick, but not wearing earrings.

He is a straight man and is not interested in neutral dressing.

After compromise, turn the earrings into collar buttons.

There is also a platinum watch worth 680,000 US dollars on his wrist.

"Today's press conference requires taking photos. Dress up brightly, which will attract more people to pay attention to you. You are good as you are now."

Ms. Mandy looked him up and down and smiled.

Link already had a good appearance and figure. After putting on this suit, he looked even more handsome and upright, with an aristocratic air about him, and his whole body seemed to be glowing.

"Mr. Baker, your figure matches your temperament. If you become a model, you can become the world's supermodel."

Ms. Anna praised.

Link smiled softly. He was indeed much more handsome than before, but he didn't care too much about this. If a man wants to live a wonderful life, the most important thing is his ability, not his appearance.

He read the interview transcripts for a while and memorized several knowledge points.

Hearing the receptionist say he was ready, he took Ms. Mandy and his assistant Anna to the interview hall.

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Click click click!

When he appeared, the cameras buzzed.

Link walked up to the reporters and began to be interviewed by everyone.

More than 80 major media reporters came to the scene, from newspapers to TV stations to international news agencies. There were a lot of long guns and short guns, all aimed at the position of the rostrum.

"Mr. Link Baker, congratulations on your first album selling over one million copies and becoming a platinum album."

"Thanks!"

Link said politely.

"Mr. Baker, we all know that the theme of "The Fighter" is 'inspirational'. Seven songs in this album were composed by you yourself. I would like to ask you what was your original intention in releasing this album? Singer Kanye West believes that your album is to cater to the market and the public and take advantage of the financial crisis to make a lot of money. Do you agree with this view?”

The New York Times reporter asked a rather pointed question at the beginning.

Link picked up the microphone and smiled: "These are two questions. Let me answer the first question first, what was my original intention in creating this record.

A lot of things happened to me last year, including injuries, boxing matches, the Olympics, etc., which turned me from an unknown person into a relatively successful public figure.

In the process of transformation, I experienced many things and had many insights. I wanted to express them, but there was no good way. Later, I met a singer friend, she is a very talented singer-songwriter, and under her guidance Next, I started learning guitar, piano and music composition.

I tried to compose these songs only after I learned how to compose them from her.

You asked me about my original intention of writing songs. I think it should be to share my feelings about growing up through music and tell my story to more people. "

The reporters nodded, took the microphone and said, "What does Mr. Baker have to say about the second question?"

Link looked at the reporter and said: "I heard that Mr. Kanye West suffers from a neurological disease and cannot be stimulated. I will not respond to his comments for the time being. I will follow up in person after he recovers. Chat with him.”

Wow!

Hearing what he said, the reporters at the scene instantly became restless.

‘Kanye has a neurological condition? ’

‘Can’t be stimulated? ’

Although Kanye West once publicly stated that he has 'manic depression', which is a kind of mental illness that is sometimes depressed and sometimes manic, this disease will not affect his work and life. Normal people.

But in Link's response, he directly treated Kanye West as a psycho. This answer was too bold.

Ms. Mandy quickly winked at Link. Kanye is a famous black singer, a top music producer, and a top star in the United States. His status is not much worse than Michael Jackson.

It is more straightforward to express it with a data.

Kanye is 32 years old. He debuted in 2004. His first studio album "The College Dropout" sold 441,000 copies in the first week and ranked second on the US Billboard album chart. In 2005, he was selected into Time Magazine's "100" list. Big shot".

In 2005, the second studio album "Late Registration" was released, which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 860,000 copies in the first week.

In 2007, he released his third studio album "Graduation", which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 957,000 copies in the first week.

Earlier this year, he released his fourth studio album "808's \u0026 Heartbreak", which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 450,000 in the first week.

Currently, Kanye's album sales are close to 100 million worldwide and he has won more than ten Grammy Awards. He is a king-level figure in the American entertainment industry.

Link, a newly minted singer, would be inappropriate to publicly criticize Kanye.

Link received Ms. Mandy's signal and shook his head slightly, indicating that it didn't matter.

Although Kanye is great, he is not bad either. He is not only a singer, but also a world boxing champion. If he behaves too softly in public, he will disappoint boxing fans.

"Mr. Link Baker!"

After hearing his answer, more than eighty reporters raised their hands.

Ms. Mandy pointed to the reporter from "American Express", who held his breath and asked: "Mr. Baker, by not responding to Kanye West's comments, are you taking care of his condition? Do you think he is sick? ?”

Link smiled lightly and found that these reporters were not very good at asking questions during interviews, but their ability to stir up trouble was maximal.

"Yes, the news said he was sick. I hope he recovers soon and can bring more good songs to his fans."

Link said seriously.

"Mr. Baker, are you saying that Kanye is mentally disturbed?"

"Mr. Baker, Kanye West is a patient. Are you discriminating against him by not responding to his comments?"

"Mr. Baker."

reporters rushed to ask.

Link pressed his hands, looked at the reporters and said: "Journalists, gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. This is the "The Fighter" album press conference. Please ask questions related to me or the album. I will not answer other questions. ”

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The reporters opened their mouths and could only swallow some of the questions in their mouths.

"Mr. Baker, is the singer friend you just mentioned Miss Taylor Swift? What is your relationship?"

Other reporters also listened attentively when the "American Express" reporter asked questions.

Link smiled when he heard this question. When Taylor released his second album last year, he originally planned to disclose the relationship between the two. However, he was training in retreat. He was worried that he would be besieged by paparazzi and reporters after the incident was exposed, so he asked to delay the exposure. The relationship between the two people.

At that time, some media in New York exposed the relationship between the two, but the two did not admit it in person, and the scandal went away.

Now it should have been exposed, but the two broke up not long ago, so this scandal no longer needs to appear.

"Yes, Miss Swift is my guitar teacher and my music creation teacher, but we have no relationship for the time being."

Link said.

"Why, you look like a perfect match."

a reporter yelled.

Link smiled softly, supported the table and said: "Thank you, I also think we are right for each other, but we are both too busy. I am busy training and competing, and Taylor is also busy. We have no time to communicate about relationship issues, right? I also regret this.”

"If you had the time, would you pursue Miss Taylor Swift?"

shouted an Entertainment Weekly reporter.

Link thought for a while, "Yes, Taylor is a very good girl, I think there is no one who wouldn't want to date her."

"Mr. Baker!"

A reporter from HBO TV station also came to join in the fun, and the questions he asked were naturally related to boxing.

After Link's album became a hit, the boxing circle expressed different views on his cross-border career as a singer.

Some people think that he is very cool. He is not only good at boxing, but also good at singing. He is really very good. For example, De La Hoya has publicly praised Link many times and said that he is planning to form a group with Link.

Some people also think that he is a promising boxer and should focus more time and energy on boxing instead of singing and dancing. If he spends time in the music industry, his boxing strength will definitely decline.

For example, Tyson, Holyfield and others stood in the position of seniors and advised him not to be distracted by things other than boxing.

"Mr. Baker, your album sales are good. Will you give up boxing and become a full-time singer in the future?"

an HBO reporter asked.

"Won't!"

Link said flatly, "I said my goal is to be a world boxing champion in five or more levels. Until I achieve this goal, I will fight hard in the boxing ring."

"Mr. Baker, last week Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. held a boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium. Mr. Calzaghe defeated Roy Jones Jr. in twelve rounds and took away his The light heavyweight ring gold belt, as a fellow countryman of Roy Jones Jr., would you consider avenging him and competing with Mr. Calzaghe again?”

an HBO reporter asked.

Link smiled and said: "I also followed their matches. They fought very well. There are few boxers who are more technically proficient than them. As for revenge? Mr. Roy Jones Jr. has not retired yet. I don't need revenge." Come and do it.”

"Will you fight Mr. Calzaghe? Boxing fans are looking forward to seeing you compete with him." HBO reporter said.

Link said: "I also look forward to a match with Mr. Calzaghe, but the match depends on the company's arrangement and Mr. Calzaghe's physical condition. If there is a match, Dynasty Promotions will make an announcement on the homepage of the website. Please stay tuned."

"Mr. Baker."

The HBO reporter wanted to ask more questions, but the two reporters behind him grabbed him and pushed him to the back. Today is the album interview meeting. This guy keeps asking questions about boxing. It's really annoying.

"Mr. Baker, Lil Wayne said on a TV show yesterday that you can't sing and advised you to go back to boxing. What's your response?"

"Mr. Baker, singer 50 Cent believes that Link Records is cheating because "Unstoppable" has been ranked first in the singles chart for three consecutive weeks."

"Mr. Baker, your new girlfriend Amber Heard publicly said that you are super good in bed and you can do it all night. Is this true?"

The reporters threw a bunch of questions related to music and boxing. Link answered them one by one, trying not to fall into their traps.