Chapter 119 Cocktail Party

For Link, the biggest gain from defeating Tyson is not getting a large prize money, but the experience of fighting against heavyweight boxers.

After fighting with Tyson, he also knows what his strengths and weaknesses are compared with heavyweight boxers, and he will be more confident when he encounters higher-weight opponents in the future.

In addition, Tyson is a legendary boxer and a spokesperson in the field of boxing. It is also the wish of every boxer to compete with him on the same stage.

In the past, Link also thought about fighting with Tyson, but when he debuted, Tyson was already in his fifties and the two were at different levels.

Now I have the opportunity to fight with Tyson and defeat him while Tyson can still fight. It feels very good.

"Link, what are you doing here?"

In the hotel lobby, Evaka walked through the crowd in a burgundy off-shoulder dress.

With long golden hair, her fair skin glowed with cold light, and a string of colored gemstone necklaces hung on her slender swan neck. Below are two full curves. Although they are perfectly wrapped by the chest wrap, the exposed outline will also make people unable to help but look at them a few more times.

The hem of the skirt is slit higher than the knee, and when walking, it will reveal long and straight legs. It is estimated to be nearly 1.1 meters tall, which is the same as Taylor. The difference is that Taylor's is whiter and slender, while Evaka's is rounder and looks more elastic.

Link looked at it with appreciation and shifted his gaze to Evaka's exquisite makeup.

"I just had a few drinks and came here to listen to music."

"Don't stay here. You are the protagonist of the party. Many people want to talk to you."

Evaka pointed to the lively crowd next to her and said.

Link was a little helpless.

After the boxing match, Mr. Thompson held a grand celebration party in the hotel and invited hundreds of VIPs to attend. On the surface, it seemed to be celebrating his victory, but in fact it was more like an investment promotion meeting for the Thompson Group.

Link was indifferent to this kind of party. After dealing with a few people, he came to the piano alone to watch the band's performance.

"Why don't you wait a little longer? Your father seems to be giving an important speech."

Link looked at Mr. Thompson who was talking loudly in the crowd and smiled.

"Don't worry about him. The party will be over when he finishes speaking."

Ivaka said helplessly.

Link smiled lightly and agreed with Ivaka. Mr. Thompson was a social terrorist. If he was given an audience, he could talk all day and all night.

Ivaka brushed the golden hair beside her ear and said as she walked: "Link, you are now a celebrity, a multi-millionaire, and a member of the upper class. You should learn how to socialize here. For example, when you attend a party, get to know as many people around you as possible and get their business cards.

Because most of the people who are qualified to come here are of noble status and have some resources in their hands. If you get to know these people, you will have the opportunity to get their help in the future when necessary. This is the network."

Link nodded. He understood what Ivaka meant and the importance of network.

It's just that he has his own way to make money, so he doesn't value these networks very much, and he doesn't want to disguise himself and dress himself up as an upper-class person.

"Eva, we are partners. I will be responsible for music creation and you will be responsible for social management. How about that?"

"But you can't stand here either. It will make you look cold and no one will dare to approach you to talk."

Evaka didn't care whether he was willing or not. She pulled his arm and walked into the crowd and introduced him to a bunch of acquaintances.

There were New Jersey congressmen, New Jersey real estate tycoons, Atlantic City casino owners, Atlantic Records presidents, Fox TV executives, etc. They were either billionaires, politicians, or senior executives of Fortune 500 companies.

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At first, Link thought that Evaka brought him here to help him expand his network, until he saw the sons and grandsons of several tycoons showing hostile eyes towards him, and he suddenly realized that he seemed to have become a shield.

"Remember to treat me to dinner some other day."

In the middle of the crowd, Link bowed his head and said to Evaka.

"Why?"

Evaka kept her smile unchanged and asked in a voice that only two people could hear.

Link glanced around and said with a smile: "Look at their eyes. If eyes can kill, I'm already riddled with holes."

Ivaka noticed his gaze, looked at his lips and said: "You are a boxing champion, why are you afraid of these gay men?"

"Of course not, that's why I want you to treat me to a meal instead of leaving you and running away."

Link suddenly reached out to hold Ivaka's waist, and his palm accidentally slipped down a little and fell to a more dangerous place.

The eyes of those people suddenly became sharper, and the eyes they looked at him became more unfriendly.

Ivaka's body tensed up for a moment, then softened again. She pursed her lips and said, "Don't go too far. If they want to beat you up, I won't help."

"Wouldn't that help you more?"

"You're being a hooligan."

Ivaka pinched the flesh around his waist, trying to find a piece of fat, but couldn't find it. She had to pinch his skin and asked coldly, "How does it feel?"

Link retracted his palm and praised, "First-class!"

"Humph!"

Ivaka pinched him hard before letting go and looking at several middle-aged women chatting in the crowd.

"The woman in the pink suit in front is Murdoch's wife. Don't you know Chinese? Go talk to her. Maybe she will like you. The person next to her is a member of the board of directors of the Hearst Newspaper Group. She is a widow. You can also try her touch."

"No chance, your father is here."

Link looked into the crowd and saw Mr. Thompson, with a dark face and strange steps, walking towards the two of them. His blond hair was flowing, like an old but ambitious lion.

"He's so annoying."

Eva Cassia let go of Link and took the initiative to greet him.

The father and daughter walked aside and communicated quietly, seemingly unhappy.

Link had no intention of getting involved in the other party's family dispute. When he saw Director Woody Allen coming, he took the initiative to say hello.

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"Hey Link, are you dating Miss Tomp?"

Director Woody Allen came over and asked.

He was accompanied by director Martin Scorsese.

Director Martin is also a famous Hollywood director, with representative works such as "Taxi Driver", "The King of Comedy", "Cape Fear", "The Departed", "The Aviator", "Gangs of New York" and so on.

He has won the Best Director Award at three major European film festivals, the American Film and Television Golden Globe Award, and the Oscar for Best Director Award. He is almost a Grand Slam director.

Different from director Woody Allen's casual dressing style, he wears a straight suit and tie, with a full head of black hair and thick and dark eyebrows. He does not look like a man in his sixties.

Link greeted the two directors, "Don't get me wrong, Miss Thompson and I are partners, and we founded a record company."

"Is that so? At the party just now, everyone was talking about when you will get married? They are all very envious of you." Director Woody Allen winked and joked.

"Haha, I'm going to disappoint everyone. We don't have that kind of relationship."

Link said while holding up his wine glass.

"Link, Director Allen said you are interested in acting?" Director Scorsese said.

"Haha, this guy said he wants to be an Oscar winner."

Director Woody Allen burst into laughter and coughed several times.

Director Scorsese also looked at him with surprised eyes. A boxing champion wants to become an actor? This is an attempt to scorn professional actors across industries, unless they have god-level acting skills.

Link shrugged and smiled: "I like to do challenging things, such as boxing, singing, and acting. If I can become a professional actor, then an Oscar is my goal."

“It’s nice for young people to have goals.”

Director Scorsese smiled and exchanged contact information with him.

The two directors were older and left early after chatting for a while and went back to the hotel to rest.

Link saw them off and returned to the party, where he met Holyfield, De La Hoya, and Larry Holmes who came up to say hello.

Holyfield is a boxer under the Main Event banner and the two have met in the ring.

Larry Holmes is a New York native. After retiring, he was hired by major events to become a part-time boxing coach. Link also talked to him several times.

Only De La Hoya saw it for the first time.

This man is 35 years old, short, light-skinned, Latino, and handsome. He has won six levels of world championship titles. He is currently one of the boxers with the highest appearance fees in the boxing world. He is known as the 'Golden Boy' in the boxing world. .

He is not only a boxer, but also an entrepreneur. He owns a Golden Boy promotion company, a casual clothing company, a real estate company, a Spanish-language boxing channel on HBO cable TV, and the distribution rights to the four major boxing magazines.

With a net worth of hundreds of millions, he is a perfect example of a successful boxer.

"Link, are you interested in coming to Golden Boy Promotion? I heard that you made a condition with Franco before. If you want 100 million U.S. dollars, I will give you 50 million, as well as Golden Boy Promotion shares worth no less than 50 million. How about it?"

De La Hoya wore a suit and tie, with his hair slicked back, looking like a successful man.

Link was a little surprised that the other party would dig him out at this time. He thought about it and refused.

Golden Boy Promotions was founded in 2004 and is mainly responsible for De La Hoya’s boxing events. It has also signed several boxers in the past two years and is developing well. In the future, it will also sign boxing champions such as Alvarez and Golovkin. Become one of the top five promotion companies in the boxing industry.

If it was before Dynasty Promotion, he would consider joining Golden Boy Promotion, but now that he is the world boxing champion, Dynasty Promotion's treatment is also good, and after becoming the boss, De La Hoya has also become a capitalist and has arrears of boxers' profits. case.

He doesn't believe De La Hoya will offer a better share of the fight's revenue than Dynasty Promotions.

"Link, can I give you 70% of the game income?" De La Hoya further said.

"90% I can think about it." Link smiled.

Hoya thought for a moment and shook his head. With a 9:1 share, the promotion company made no profit at all.

"Link, if we have a chance, let's have a fight and see who of us has better skills."

"you sure?"

De La Hoya was pretty good when he was young. He has won Olympic gold medals, the Golden Gloves Championship, and the U.S. National Boxing Championship. His amateur record is 223 wins and 5 losses. In terms of amateur results, few people in the boxing world can match him.

After changing his career in 1992, he successively won the world boxing titles in six levels: flyweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, super welterweight and middleweight. Austria's idol.

However, after being promoted to super welterweight and middleweight in recent years, his strength has declined a lot, and he has lost to Bernard Hopkins, Mayweather, and Pacquiao.

Fighting against himself, Link didn't think the opponent had much chance of winning.

"I think the income from our competition will be considerable."

Hoya smiled meaningfully.

Link thought about it and understood the other party's idea.

After losing to Pacquiao, there were rumors that De La Hoya was ready to retire, but he is one of the boxers with the highest appearance fees in the boxing world, and it is not cost-effective to retire directly.

The other party probably wants to make another fortune before retiring. With the skin color, appearance, skills, and fame of the two, if the operation is done properly, the attention this match will receive will not be less than that of De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao.

The prize money of the match may have a chance to exceed 100 million US dollars.

Thinking of this, Link felt that it would be a good idea to have an exhibition match with the other party.