Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

"Franco, why are you here?"

When Franco walked into the small living room, Link and Nora Duva were drinking tea and chatting. The folder they had just read was still on the table.

When Franco saw the folder, his expression suddenly changed, and he secretly thought something was wrong.

I heard from the assistant today that Nora came from New York, and when he got home in the afternoon, he only saw Nora’s luggage, but no one from Nora, and he didn’t get through the phone. He asked Nora’s assistant, and the assistant said cryptically Went to visit friends.

He knew it was a lie in one day. Nora's social circle was in New York and she had no friends in Miami.

He felt very bad at that time, so he ran over and saw that Nora was indeed here with Link.

"Hi, Link!"

Franco forced a smile, said hello to Link, pulled Nora out, and almost bumped into James who was walking in.

James was startled, and quickly stepped aside to make way for the couple. Looking at the couple's backs, James realized that today's incident seemed a bit beyond his imagination.

"Link, what are they doing?"

James asked looking at Link.

"Maybe it's a show of affection!"

Link smiled softly and took the contract on the table and looked at it again.

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"Nora, I told you not to poach me, otherwise I would be really angry with you. Why do you do this again?"

Outside Baker's shop, Franco pulled Nola to the door and said.

Nora straightened her hair and saw that her husband was wearing a wrinkled shirt and leather sandals stained with sand. He was similar to the homeless man who picked up garbage on the beach not far away. Compared with his image in New York back then, he was very different. If he was far away, if Old Dua saw him, he might be kicked out of the house.

"Why do you go out dressed like this? Have you been dressed like this all this time in Miami?"

"Nora, don't change the subject. We are talking about work. You promised me not to interfere in Link's affairs, but you didn't do it."

Franco said with a straight face and dissatisfaction.

Nola shook her head, pulled up a chair and sat down and said, "Franco, have you signed a contract with Link?"

"No, but"

"If he doesn't sign with you, he's not a boxer under Dynasty Promotions. After Link won the Americas Qualifying Championship, many companies were in contact with him and wanted to sign him. I'm the president of the main event company. Come talk to him, what’s the problem?”

Nora said calmly and calmly.

Franco covered his forehead and thought for a while, it seemed that there was indeed no problem.

Nora is the president of the main event and is also responsible for signing boxers. It seems that there is nothing wrong with her coming to Link to sign a contract. Instead, she suddenly ran over and interrupted their conversation, which seemed a bit too impulsive.

"Okay Nora, how was your chat with Link?"

"not bad!"

Nora saw her husband's expression change and smiled again, "But Link didn't agree to sign a contract with me."

"real?"

"Yes, Link wants more than 70% of the game share. This requirement is too high and we cannot meet it."

Nora shrugged.

Franco laughed and said to Nora affectionately: "Dear, you should read the recent news and see how they evaluate Link, saying that he is the number one amateur boxer and the best fighter in the next ten years. The biggest surprise in the boxing world is that he may become a boxing superstar like Roy Jones Jr. and Mayweather. In my opinion, he is fully qualified to receive more than 70% of the game income share like Mayweather.”

Nora Duva did not refute his words, because after the previous contact, she suddenly discovered that Link's contract was indeed worth the price.

First of all, Link is very good at fighting, and his amateur performance is better than that of Tyson, Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr., etc., and he has the potential to be a boxing superstar;

Second, Link is famous and has a good foundation. In the boxing circle, there are few people like Link who have not yet entered the professional boxing ring or even participated in the Olympics. Their popularity is already comparable to that of second- and third-tier actors, and is even more famous than many boxing champions.

Such a person will get twice the result with half the effort in future promotions and can save the company a lot of money.

Third, Link is a smart and rational man. Boxers are mostly strong men with strong muscles and simple minds. There are many people with very good potential and good boxing skills. For example, they have defeated boxing champions Ike Ibibuki and Oliver McCall. Others originally had good prospects, but their careers ended early due to problems such as fighting, crime, and drug abuse.

Link, on the other hand, has clear goals and knows what he wants. This kind of person is less likely to go astray, has a longer career, and is also a good partner.

Because of these points, after meeting Link, Nora was really interested in signing Link, and wanted to call Old Duva to explain the situation, but it was a pity that Franco came too early and interrupted her. plan.

Nora shook her head helplessly, sometimes feeling that although Franco was not good at business, he had a good eye for people.

This Link is very likely to be a potential boxing superstar.

However, the two were husband and wife, and she did not intend to continue to interfere with Franco in this matter.

"Link, you should continue to talk. The main event is withdrawn, but don't forget the main event. I hope we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Nora said while holding hands.

"good!"

Link shook hands with Nora.

After sending his wife Nora away, Franco took out a contract and handed it to Link. It was a new contract.

After returning from Havana, Franco ran to Link to sign a contract, hoping to get this trump card in his hand as soon as possible. However, Link was not satisfied with some of the terms in the contract and proposed several amendments, mainly in the income sharing part.

The original draft contract stated that before Link became the world boxing champion, he and the company would share 5:5; after obtaining the world boxing title, he and the company would share 6:4; if he could keep the boxing title for more than five years, he would share 7:3, and if he could keep the title for more than ten years, he would share 8:2.

The amendment proposed by Link was that before obtaining the world boxing champion gold belt, the competition income would be shared 5:5;

After obtaining any of WBA-WBC-IBF-WBO, the competition income would be shared 6:4;

If he obtained three or more, the competition income would be shared 7:3; after obtaining two heavyweight gold belts, the competition income would be shared 8:2; after obtaining five heavyweight gold belts, the income would be shared 9:1.

Franco was stunned when he saw those new terms at that time.

It's not that Link's conditions are too much, but Link's ambition shocked him.

On the train, Link said that he wanted to win five weight classes and four major organizations' gold belts and become a better boxer than Holyfield.

He thought Link was just bragging to increase his value in the negotiation, but now Link openly wrote this clause into the contract as a condition of the income sharing clause, which shows that Link's goal is indeed to dominate five weight classes.

Franco had to admit that Link's goal was really cool.

Before entering the boxing world, other boxers thought it would be great to get a gold belt, but Link wanted to contract five weight classes and four major organizations' gold belts at once.

If he succeeded in this, what would the world boxing world be like in the future? Boxers from all over the world would come to challenge Link alone?

If he could really do that, Link's income from a match would definitely exceed 100 million US dollars.

After discussing in the company meeting, Franco found that it was not bad to modify the terms in this way. If Link was able to get two or three gold belts, or get multiple levels of boxing titles, then Link's fame would not be inferior to Mayweather, and he would deserve such a high share of income.

Compared with the original one, the newly modified contract only became uncertain in terms of time. It used to take three to five years or ten years, but now it is only calculated according to the number and level of gold belts.

This modification is also beneficial to the development of the company. Franco came here today not only to find Nora, but also to completely finalize the contract with Link and settle the matter completely, so as not to worry about Link being signed by others all day long.

"Link, what do you think?"

"No problem."

Link nodded. The new contract was modified completely according to his own opinions, and there was no problem with other terms.