Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 113 Reverse Recruitment

 “Link, let’s continue talking about the previous topic.”

 Ivaka turned to look at him and said.

 “Join Tomple Entertainment?”

“Yes, join Tompu Entertainment and we will join forces to break into the music scene. With the strength of our Tompu Entertainment, we will definitely make you a singing superstar. Do you agree?”

Evaka took a step closer to him, staring at him closely and said.

Link glanced at her and found that the other person was as tall as himself.

Ivaca wore a pair of pointed silver-gray high-heeled shoes, which made her taller by more than five centimeters. It also made her figure even more crazy, with slender and straight thighs, a flat belly, and a thrilling arc further up.

Because of the close distance, there is always an alluring smell lingering in Link's nose.

Link shook his head, "Sorry, I refuse."

"Why?"

Ivaca looked at him puzzled.

Link picked up the glass, shook it, and said, "I'm a serious person. If I want to be a singer, I won't just play for tickets. My goal is to become a regular guest at the Grammy Awards and a world-influential music scene." Superstar, and Tompu Entertainment’s goal is just to make money, and your company doesn’t have any outstanding music producers who can promote my growth, so joining you is not a good choice.”

Ivaca frowned, pursed her lips and said, "We can recruit a few music producers. You should know that this is not a difficult task for us at Tompu Entertainment."

“It’s also a good idea, but I have a better idea. Do you want to hear it?”

Link held up the wine glass, looked at Ivaca and smiled.

Looking into his deep eyes, Ivaca seemed to see a deep greed, which disappeared in a blink of an eye, and his eyes became clean and bright again, like the blue sky washed by water.

Iwaka felt that this kind of man was dangerous and instinctively wanted to reject him, but her strong curiosity still made her suppress the idea of ​​rejection and quietly listened to Link's idea.

  —

 After a while, Link left the box. Ivaca looked at his back, a flash of thought flashed in her eyes, and then her cell phone rang.

 “Evaca, how was your chat with Link?”

Mr. Thompson's high-pitched voice came from the microphone.

 “He refused!”

 “If you invite him personally, he will refuse?”

 “Yeah, I can’t convince him.”

"How is it possible? That guy likes you, how could he refuse your solicitation?"

Mr. Thompson shouted in surprise.

Ivaca shrugged her shoulders, leaned on the sofa and crossed her long legs.

"Dad, don't forget what the media said about him. He never relies on his fists to compete, but also on his head. You asked me to invite him to join Tompu Entertainment, and you just wanted to use the popularity of that song to make Tompu Entertainment's The book looks better and can be resold at a better price. He must have read the relevant reports and will not easily board our sinking ship. "

“This guy disappoints me so much. I praised him in public, but he repaid me like this. I will never praise him again next time.”

Mr. Thompson said angrily.

Ivaca smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "He didn't agree to cooperate with us, which just proves that he is a smart man. Dad, you are right to praise him."

"Ivaca, don't kid me. The hole in Tompu Entertainment is so big that I'm going to be driven crazy by the bank, and that **** **** Carl Inkan wants to buy my Tompu Entertainment for only $80 million. Entertainment company, you know, I invested over half a billion dollars in that company.”

Mr. Thompson cursed again on the phone.

 Ivaka was a little helpless.

In recent years, Tompu Real Estate has expanded too fast, and many investments require borrowing from banks. Now the financial crisis has come, and problems with loan mortgages have caused problems for many companies under the Tompu Group. Tompu Entertainment, which has the biggest problem, is also the first to face it. collapse.

The reason why Tompu Entertainment is willing to host the match between Link and Tyson is because it wants to use this method to recover some losses and make more money in the transaction. The same reason why it signed the record contract with Link is also based on the same consideration.

Link is currently popular, both in the sports world and in the entertainment industry. He is very popular. The sudden explosion of "Despacito" has undoubtedly taken his fame to a higher level.

If we can sign him and get the distribution rights of this song, Tompu Entertainment will look better on its books, and it will also have a good asset during the transaction.

 It’s just that Link doesn’t want to get on the boat, and there’s nothing she can do about it.

“Dad, although Link rejected Tompu Entertainment, he did not reject me. He wanted to cooperate with me.”

Iwaka thought about the suggestion Link made before leaving, and decided to tell her father about it and ask him to take some money to sponsor it.

 “Oh, he wants to cooperate with you? How?”

"Link didn't want to cooperate with a big record company, and the small size of a small record company would limit his development, so he wanted to start a record company and become an independent label, but he was busy training and had no time to manage the company, so he asked I extended an invitation to be the president of the record company and also to participate in investment.”

 “This **** is dreaming, I know what he’s planning.”

Mr. Thompson said angrily.

“Dad, isn’t this a good idea? Link’s songs are very popular, and you will definitely make money by working with him.” Ivaca asked doubtfully.

"Damn Link, I wanted him to join Tompu Entertainment, but he refused, and instead invited you to join his company. I know he is trying to figure you out. That beach boy wants to pursue you in this way. He dreams of marrying our Tang Pu family and inheriting our Tang Pu family’s property!”

Mr. Thomp shouted angrily.

Evaka recalled her several contacts with Link. He was strong, confident, shrewd and steady, and was much better than the flamboyant heirs of plutocrats in the upper class.

"Dad, he is an Olympic champion and a multi-millionaire. If he is willing to marry our family, wouldn't he be a good candidate? Dad, don't get excited. I didn't say I wanted to marry him. I was talking about Tiffany. She Now sixteen years old, Link is a good candidate.”

"That's impossible. He is a beach boy, a descendant of a fisherman. Our Thompson family must not have such a son-in-law, otherwise we will become a joke of the upper class."

Mr. Thompson said in a fierce voice.

“But I think it’s a very good idea to collaborate with him. Link said that he started writing songs very early, and “Despacito” is just one of them. He also has many good songs in his notes.

 Dad, can you imagine how much money his record company will make in the future if he can continuously create songs like this? The Tomps need money, and if we go bankrupt it will be an even bigger joke. "

Evaka said.

Mr. Thompson was silent for a few seconds, "He can write so many good songs? I don't believe it."

“Dad, Link says he never lies, and even though he has publicly boasted countless times, he has never failed once.”

 “It took him 101 seconds to defeat Mikkel Kessler.”

“It’s 100.65 seconds! Dad, let’s not argue about these boring things. Since Link is so confident, why don’t we try to believe him once. If it’s true, it might not be a good investment.”

Mr. Thompson hesitated on the other end of the phone and agreed.

However, Ivaka was told to be careful about Link. That kid had evil plans and ulterior motives. The toad wanted to eat swan meat. A descendant of a fisherman actually wanted to marry into a wealthy family in New York. It was a wishful thinking.

 Evaka was asked to be careful when in contact with him and take safety measures to prevent him from controlling her mentally or physically and forcing her to marry him. Mr. Thompson said that he had seen this kind of thing too many times.

After listening to Mr. Thompson’s nagging, Ivaca shook her head helplessly. Dad was good at everything, but he was too nagging.

　　Putting away her phone, she stretched her lazy waist and looked at her own reflection in the floor-to-ceiling mirror. Her delicate and beautiful makeup, tall and plump figure, far surpassed the temperament of ordinary people.

If she cooperates with Link, she is confident that she can conquer him with her intelligence and appearance, instead of being controlled by him.    —

Link returned to the audience and happened to encounter people from the main event company leaving the stage. Old Dua and Nora Dua were also there, but everyone looked not so good.

 “Link, where did you just go?”

Dino shouted.

 “I met an acquaintance and chatted for a while.”

Link said hello to Lao Duva and Nora.

"Did you watch the match between Evander and Valuev? In terms of points, Evander had an absolute advantage, but they ended up with two losses and one draw. It must be that old guy Bob Arum. Make trouble."

Dino said angrily.

Link just listened, but didn't express any opinions.

 First, whoever wins the WBA heavyweight belt between the two of them has little impact on me.

Second, in the previous game, although Lao Huo played very actively and hit Valuev more times, overall, he was obviously tired in the second half and did not show much advantage.

 So the result of this game is that Lao Huo wins, Valuev wins, or the two draw, both are acceptable.

In this situation where the outcome is not obvious, the key to deciding who wins and who loses is not on them, but on the promotion company behind both parties. Who has stronger network resources, who gives more, and who has a higher probability of winning. big.

Although the WBA and other boxing organizations say they will remain neutral and ensure fair competition, they are also profit-making organizations and will use some hidden rules to make money without violating the rules.

This is a normal phenomenon in the boxing world. Both Lao Dua and the main event companies are the beneficiaries of the unspoken rules. However, with the retirement of Lao Dua and the decline of the main event companies, the benefits they provide to several major organizations have decreased, and their influence has also declined. Continuously decaying.

On the contrary, Top Promotions is the largest promotion company in the boxing world. Bob Arum still controls the power of the company and can deliver more benefits to several major organizations. Their boxers will naturally receive extra care.

 This game is not so much that Lao Huo lost to Valuev, but that the main event was lost to Top Promotions.

 “Shut up! Let’s go!”

Old Duva glared at Dino, nodded at Link, and took the lead to walk forward.

As soon as they reached the corner, a group of people came towards them. The leader was Bob Arum, who had a hooked nose, swollen eye bags, and a bit of baldness on his head. He was wearing a black woolen suit and holding a cigar in his hand. He looked very handsome. Very stylish, this person is the Bob Arum that Dino just scolded.

Hongside him are seven or eight other promoters and boxers including Greg Cohen and Dmitry Salita.

"Haha, Louis, I heard that you were hospitalized last week. I originally planned to visit you in the hospital after the game. It's great to see you here now." Bob Arum greeted Lao Dewar warmly. .

Old Duva shook hands with the other party and thanked him expressionlessly.

Bob Arum laughed and said: "Louis, Evander played pretty well in this game, but unfortunately he is too old. If he were ten years younger, it would be difficult for Valuev to win."

“Hmph, if someone hadn’t manipulated the game, Evander would have won.” Dino said with his lips curled up.

Old Duva glanced at Dino and said to Arum: "Don't be surprised if young people are ignorant."

Bob Arum laughed, not surprised, and his eyes fell on Link next to Dino.

Link also looked at Bob Arum and Dua, the two old men in the boxing world.

In the North American professional boxing world, Dewar, Don King, and Arum stand on three sides. The three of them are both partners and competitors.

When they cooperated, they promoted many classic boxing matches, such as the boxing match "Drums of the African Jungle" Ali VS George Foreman, "Manila Tremors" Ali VS Joe Frazier, and the four super middleweight kings' wheel battles. Tyson and Holyfield's rematch, etc., were all jointly created and promoted by the three of them.

However, the three also often dug holes in each other, trying to defeat their opponents and become the dominant players in the American boxing industry. The three fought for more than thirty years, winning and losing each other.

In recent years, with Duva Lao and Don King retiring due to health reasons, Bob Arum has no opponents in the American boxing world. This is also one of the important reasons for the strong rise of top promotion companies.

Link saw the other person looking over and nodded politely to show respect.

 Even if he does not agree with the other party's business philosophy, the other party has indeed made a great contribution in promoting the sport of boxing.

 For ordinary people, the meaning of boxing is not fairness, justice, racial equality, and cultural fashion as he told Emma Watson, but a way to give people at the bottom a way to achieve class transition.

For example, boxers Pacquiao and Klitschko announced their candidacy for president after becoming famous. Pacquiao, in particular, went from being a child laborer in a bridge cave to becoming a billionaire, a seven-level world boxing champion, and a presidential candidate through boxing. Life experiences are more inspiring than Link's.

Also because boxing is a road, after Link became a boxer, he will continue to promote boxing, so that more people will pay attention to this sport, and more interests will come together, and this road will become wider and wider. Only then can he attract countless people like him and Pacquiao to join him.

“Link, I’ve heard your name a lot lately. You’re a very powerful boxer.”

Bob Arum laughed.

 “Thank you Mr. Arum for the compliment.”

Link responded politely.

"Link, I heard that your goal is to become Mayweather? Haha, it's really a lofty goal, but if you want to become Mayweather, you can't just rely on your fists, and you need the operation of the promotion company. I think you should understand this truth. "

“Yes, but Mayweather is not my target.”

"oh?"

 Arum frowned and laughed, "Link, what is your goal?"

Link thought for a moment, "I'm not sure, but I have a plan to surpass Mayweather within five years. Does Mr. Arum think I can do it?"

 “Beat Mayweather in five years?!”

 Everyone at the scene was shocked by his words and looked at him in disbelief.

Mayweather switched to professional boxing in 1996 and currently has a record of 39 fights and 39 wins. He has won four levels of world boxing titles. He is currently the most successful boxer in the boxing world. His appearance fee exceeds 20 million US dollars. legend.

Link actually wants to surpass him within five years. This guy is truly a talker.

"Haha, Link, you won't make another 5 years and 1000 months, will you?"

Greg Cohen quipped.

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Greg was joking that Link had promised to defeat all super middleweight opponents within 100 seconds, but it took more than 100 seconds against Mikol.

 “Please wait and see.”

Link smiled softly, said goodbye to Old Dua and Ms. Nola, and drove out of the Garden Arena.

 “This guy is a talent.”

Looking at his back, Lao Duva and Arum suddenly said in unison.

After saying that, the two looked at each other, snorted coldly, and walked away with the others.

Nora Dua smiled and said: "Father, how about we acquire Dynasty Promotion?"

 Old Duva thought for a moment, "Forget it, the main event is my business, Dynasty Promotion is Franco and Link's business, let them do it."

   Thanks to book friend Yue Hua for the reward, and I wish you good luck in the Year of the Dragon and peace every year.

 (End of this chapter)