Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

Director Zhang expressed his understanding.

After seeing off Director Zhang, he called Mandy and Anna to discuss the new movie invitation from Director Zhang and asked if they were available in February or March.

Ms. Mandy told him that the filming dates for "Captain America" were between October and February, and in February and March, they needed to shoot "Friends with Benefits" and "The Time Management Bureau."

Also, he was releasing a new album at the beginning of the year, and February and March were the award season. If he took on "The Flowers of War," he probably wouldn't have any days off at all.

Listening to this made Link's head spin. After thinking about it, he could talk to Director Will Guler to see if the filming could be delayed by a month or two. If not, they could look for a new lead actor.

Palm Beach Films was one of the producers of the movie, so as the boss, requesting the crew to delay the shooting by a month or two was not a problem.

If the crew was already prepared and delaying the shoot would be costly, they could also change the lead actor.

This type of commercial film didn't have high demands for the lead actor. As long as he was handsome and popular, there were many in Hollywood who could fit the role.

Ms. Mandy said it was okay as long as he didn't mind the exhaustion. He was the core of the entire team. If he worked harder, everyone could receive more bonuses and profit shares.

Over the phone, Ms. Anna told him that the promotional work for the World Tour in South Korea had already started. According to the negotiations between Universal Records and the Korean side, the original plan of five concerts in South Korea was increased to eight.

Listening to this, Link felt helpless. His workload was already substantial, and Universal Records kept adding more, setting a pace that might lead to his overworking to death.

Anna continued, saying that Universal Records had also promised that for all the additional shows, they would give him and the performance team an extra $500,000 per show, and ensured that each show would have no fewer than 30,000 attendees. Any shows with audiences under 30,000 would still be paid as if they were full at 30,000.

Hearing this, Link closed his mouth again.

With each additional concert, he could earn an extra $1.5 million in performance fees, with ticket revenue also totaling over $300,000 per show. Adding three more concerts would bring in more than five million dollars, more than the salary for filming a movie.

Moreover, the more concerts held in a region, the more tickets sold, which further demonstrated the singer's local popularity and appeal.

Adding more concert dates was actually something most singers looked forward to.

Many singers claim they want to hold a hundred concerts before they start, but when the time comes and no fans show up, they end up wrapping up after just a few shows.

Moreover, holding concerts is also a way to promote the singer and their albums. Before and after concerts, a singer's fame and album sales in that region generally increase.

For instance, during Link's concert tour in Huaxia, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan, just in Mainland alone, his three albums' total legitimate sales reached 620,000 copies, which was more than thirty times higher than in July, a very significant effect.

It's said that the pirated tape and CD sales of his three albums exceeded eight million copies, purchased by many high school students as English listening practice tapes.

Link wasn't too concerned about this. Once these pirated fans gained some financial capability, they might convert to legitimate fans, and perhaps in the future, they could be like the fans of superstar Stephen Chow, who claimed that everyone owed Stephen Chow for a legitimate album.

As he was about to go to South Korea for concerts, Link first visited two Japanese language teachers and spent a day learning Japanese at his apartment.

He also arranged for company staff in Japan to buy a luxurious apartment in Tokyo in advance.

On one hand, it could serve as his future residence in Tokyo, and on the other hand, it could take care of Nozomi Sasaki-chan.

Nozomi Sasaki-chan was beautiful, with a sexy figure and skin that seemed as though it had been soaked in milk. Her voice was also sweet when she spoke, and she possessed the gentle demeanor typical of Japanese women, offering great mental and physical satisfaction.

Link felt that having a Japanese lover wasn't too bad.

Additionally, to thank Yui-chan for her help, he based on his impression wrote a piece of music and handed it to a musician under "Link Music" to refine it, creating an English duet song "Good Time," planning to perform it with Yui-chan at the Tokyo concert.

In Yui-chan's two albums, there are also several English songs, her voice is sweet and warm, which matched well with "Good Time."

Yui-chan was very happy after receiving the invitation and every time she saw him, she would show her eight white teeth and even took the initiative to apologize to him, saying that she studied Japanese on a low table to prank him and asked for his forgiveness.

Link smiled and said he didn't mind.

Feeling guilty, Yui-chan deliberately prepared a large table of Japanese cuisine as an apology and mentioned that she would invite him to eat again when they were in Tokyo in the future.

Link asked her if she realized that being friends with a playboy like himself could lead to misunderstandings in the media and among fans, and asked if she wasn't worried?

Yui-chan said she didn't care and praised him as a good person, not the playboy others claimed he was.

She also expressed how honored she felt to be his friend.

There were several times Yui-chan almost couldn't resist revealing their purpose for being there, but each time she was about to spill the beans, Nozomi Sasaki-chan would interrupt her with a change of topic.

Seeing how innocent and cute Yui-chan was, Link sometimes felt a bit bad about himself.

Before flying to South Korea, he also made a trip to the Capital City, stayed at Chris Liu's house for two days, accompanied Chris and Jennifer to the courtyard house that was being renovated, and spent two nights in a luxury apartment in the Chaoyang District.

However, due to being careless, they were photographed by paparazzi walking hand in hand and watching a movie.

After the photos were leaked, a lot of negative online commentary about him appeared on the domestic internet, with many netizens indignantly calling him a "scum" and "flirtatious big radish," demanding him to leave Huaxia and never come back.

When he initially came to Huaxia, netizens welcomed him enthusiastically, calling him "Text Bro" and "Boxing Bro."

But now, they were all clamoring for him to leave sooner.

It truly was a case of, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west."

Nevertheless, before leaving Huaxia, he and Link Music respectively donated fifty million Huaxia currency to Huaxia Charity Association, Huaxia Youth Development Foundation, and Link Charity Foundation's Huaxia branch to support charitable causes in Huaxia, almost leaving all the money he earned on this trip in the land.

This act was immediately reported by many official domestic media outlets, praising him as a philanthropist devoted to public welfare and welcoming his future exchanges in Huaxia.

The public's opinion of him slightly improved, feeling that aside from some flaws in his personal life, he was almost a perfect idol in other respects.

So, when he posted a farewell message to his fans in Huaxia on Weibo before leaving, the comment section turned into a brawl, with more than 120,000 comments in three days, some welcoming him back, others not, and some saying they would welcome him as long as he didn't flirt.

He had become a semi-red, highly controversial foreign celebrity.

This controversy also gave him tremendously high popularity and visibility among the people of Huaxia, and in a subsequent Weibo poll on the most popular foreign celebrities, he outclassed Leonardo, Lady Gaga, Kobe, Jordan, and Avril Lavigne to take first place.

Even the endorsement offers from domestic advertisers increased from seven to eight million US dollars to over twelve million after taxes.

Seeing his fame and profitability, many Huaxia companies actively contacted Dynasty Promotion, hoping to secure the rights to his next boxing match.

The appearance fee offered was also over twenty million US dollars.

This was the highest appearance fee a foreign boxer could achieve in a domestic match.

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Buzz buzz buzz!

As the plane took off, Link looked out at the vast lands of Huaxia and softly said, "I will come back."