Chapter 213 Boxing Match Preparation

"Hi! Evaka, what's up?"

After the call was connected, Link had a chat with Evaka in front of Taylor.

Fortunately, Evaka was talking about serious matters. Lana's first single "Young And Beautiful" was also released last week.

The first week sales were 12,000 copies, ranking 42nd on the Billboard singles chart.

The ranking is lower than "Let It Go".

However, professional magazines such as "Rolling Stone", "Billboard" and "Pocket Music" have given high praise to this song.

It is said that this song uses the patina of retro aesthetics to sing heartbreak, sadness and other similar dark themes in a desolate way.

It is somewhat similar to Amy Winehouse and Adele in the UK, but Lana's singing style has more classical charm.

"Rolling Stone" magazine praised Lana as the most anticipated newcomer in the field of neo-baroque pop music, without a doubt.

Although neo-baroque pop music is not mainstream music, there are still some hardcore fans who like this kind of songs very much. As long as Lana Del Rey can persist in this field, the future is promising.

After the release of "Young And Beautiful", Link Music will continue to release the second single "Video Games", and the first album is scheduled to be released in early November.

Evaka told him about the world tour again.

In the tour schedule sent by Mandy before, the sales of his two albums in all cities where concerts were planned were more than 50,000 copies.

This shows that he has a market there and can sell tickets for concerts in those places.

After hearing that he refused, Universal took the initiative to increase the price, raising the basic appearance fee for each concert from 800,000 US dollars to 1 million US dollars per concert, and the 30% share of concert tickets remained unchanged, and the tour period was extended to 18 months.

1 million per concert, 200 concerts is 200 million US dollars in appearance fees, which sounds like a lot, but this money is not for the singer alone.

Singers often hold concerts in a team mode, including dancers, makeup, costumes, lighting, directors, art directors, cameras, etc., sometimes up to hundreds or thousands of people.

The wages and expenses of these people also account for more than 30%.

If there is an agency, the company must be given a share. If the copyright of the song is not in the name of the singer, the creator must also be given a share.

Generally, singers can get 30%-60% of these incomes.

Link's song copyrights are all in his own hands, and Link Music also belongs to his own label. He earns more than 60% from each concert.

If he can persist in doing more than 200 concerts, the income from appearance fees and ticket sharing alone can reach more than 200 million US dollars.

Including album sales and other peripheral income, the income from a tour is not less than 300 million US dollars.

At the same time, the tour can also expand their own fame and influence.

Overall, it is very cost-effective for popular singers to go on tour. This income is stable and sustainable, and they can make money continuously.

In this regard, it is better than boxing.

Boxing matches cannot make money just by fighting, but also require publicity, choosing the right opponent, and creating selling points.

After defeating an opponent or being defeated by an opponent, the audience will lose interest in his game.

For example, De La Hoya, a top boxer in the boxing world, competed with Pacquiao in December last year, with a prize of up to 100 million US dollars, but after the game, De La Hoya had to consider retirement.

Because he has competed with several other top players including Bernard Hopkins, Mayweather, and Pacquiao.

The audience knows who is better, and they have lost their curiosity about their games, so they will no longer pay for their games.

If no one pays, the boxer will not make money, and there is no way not to retire.

In the music industry, the music market is larger. Although it is not like the top boxers who can make tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in a game, it is common to make hundreds of millions or even billions in a tour.

Taylor opened a small-scale tour in 2008/09, earning more than 30 million US dollars. Counting the income from the record share, she is almost a billionaire. In the future, her tour income will be more than hundreds of millions of dollars.

After hearing Eva Ka's explanation, Link decided to agree.

He needs money now.

He needs billions to do something big.

In addition, a world tour can also increase its own influence. In the future, boxing matches will be held, and PPV and ticket revenue will be higher.

The two complement each other and are not contradictory.

"It sounds good, but I need time to train boxing, and to accompany Taylor. Last year, she cut more than ten concerts for me. I can't go out to tour and leave her at home."

Link glanced at Miss Taylor next to him and said.

Taylor raised the corner of her lips and turned her eyes away from him.

"Okay, we will have another meeting to reduce some. Please say hello to Taylor for me."

Evaka hung up the phone.

"Okay, goodbye!"

Link secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Look, we are really just talking about work, you don't have to think about it."

"I'm not thinking about it, you are too nervous."

Taylor took a tissue to wipe his forehead and said with a smile, "Look, you are sweating from nervousness."

"It's too hot, not nervous."

Link pushed her hand away and concentrated on driving.

Taylor held his chin with his fingers, thought for a while and said:

"Actually, it's a good thing for you to go out and hold a concert. On the one hand, you can expand your influence and sell more albums.

On the other hand, when you go out to hold a concert, I'm alone at home. Maybe I can find inspiration when I think of you and write a few good songs."

"I can hear that you want to kick me out of the house, right?"

"No, I'm a country singer. Rural small cities are the soil for our survival. I originally planned to go out for a walk in a while to find creative inspiration.

I just don't know how to tell you that now you are going to go on tour, I don't have to care about you, and I can arrange my time freely in the future."

Taylor waved his hand and said excitedly.

"Okay, be careful and don't go to some strange places."

Link also saw that Taylor was a wild horse. If she wanted to grow quickly, she needed a larger grassland. The area around her was too small to meet her needs.

"Don't worry, I'm not a child."

Taylor kissed him on the face excitedly, almost making him drive the car into the gutter again.

After returning home, Taylor continued to read books, play the piano and pet cats, while Link went to the boxing gym for training.

The WBA-WBC super middleweight championship is about to begin, and he needs to use all his time to train.

When he was training, De La Hoya would sometimes come to watch and stare at him and Morales sparring.

When he invited De La Hoya to come up and fight, De La Hoya refused, saying that he would fight after he got on the boxing ring in the future, leaving some suspense for the match between the two.

Morales laughed at him for being afraid of losing.

De La Hoya certainly would not admit it, saying that he had found a way to defeat Link, and when the two really competed, he had a 60% chance of winning.

Sometimes Emma Roberts would come over, and when no one was around, she would practice boxing with Link, and when there were others, she would just stand by and watch for a while and leave early.

In mid-September, two days before the opening of the WBA-WBC championship, Link came to London with a logistics and medical team to prepare for the match.