Chapter 302 Another new song

After April, the weather in Los Angeles became hotter and hotter. I sat under the awning and read dozens of pages of a book, and I felt the heat waves attacking my skin. The cicada noise in the surrounding woods also hit my eardrums. It's rare to find peace.

"Hey, Link!"

Link put away his books and was about to go back to the villa to take a nap when he heard someone saying hello in front.

Looking back, I saw Elon Musk riding a bicycle on the driveway in front of the villa. He was wearing a sun hat, a blue and white beach shirt, shorts, and big slippers. His arms and neck were all red from the sun. Not unlike young people on the beach.

"Hi! Elon!"

Link responded and invited Elon Musk to sit in the pavilion.

Elon Musk brought him an invitation letter. Tesla is currently preparing for its listing. Over the weekend, Musk is planning to hold a cocktail party to invite partners to prepare for the first round of public offering IPO.

Elon Musk asked him if he had time and said that he would hire him as a global spokesperson after Tesla went public.

Link was not interested in being a spokesperson and asked Musk when Tesla would go public.

Ailon told him that it would be around June, and that the company was not short of money for the time being. If it did not get a higher evaluation from Wall Street, the listing plan would be postponed for two to three months.

Link nodded.

After he discussed with Cathy Wood in January, Cathy contacted Elon Musk through Pioneer Asset Management and proposed investing in Tesla.

Tesla was short of money for research and development. When he heard that someone wanted to invest, Musk personally went to Wall Street to interview Cathy.

The two parties talked several times, and Cathy paid 52 million U.S. dollars to get 5% of Tesla shares from Musk, promising not to throw them away within three years and continue to support Tesla in technology research and development.

This investment brought Tesla's market value back to 1 billion.

It also makes Musk more confident when preparing for Tesla's listing.

Link told Musk that he still had a sum of money in hand, about 50 million US dollars, which was boxing match prize money and record company dividends. He was going to subscribe for some more Tesla stocks and asked how much he could buy.

Musk thought for a while and said that if he was willing to hold it for a long time and serve as Tesla's global image spokesperson, he could sell him 5.2% of Tesla shares at $10 per share.

Link agreed after thinking about it.

He remembers that when Tesla went public, its market value was only US$1.7 billion and its IPO price was US$17 per share.

In 2013, Tesla's market value exceeded 10 billion, and it will exceed 1 trillion US dollars in 2021.

Investing in Tesla this year is more cost-effective than investing in Facebook and Amazon.

"Link, do you live alone?"

After talking about business, Musk turned to look at the villa and asked.

"Yes! Now a single man."

Link shrugged and smiled.

"You and Taylor haven't reconciled yet?"

"Have you seen the news too?"

Link said helplessly.

"Haha, of course, you are big stars and the news is on the headlines every day. It's hard not to notice."

Musk laughed.

Link shook his head, "Do you have a girlfriend now?"

"I don't have a regular girlfriend."

Musk smiled and said that he had a girlfriend who was a model and asked if he would like to introduce some to him.

Link said no, the models he knew were prettier than the ones he knew.

After chatting for a while, Musk said he still had work to deal with and said goodbye.

Link also put away his books and returned to the villa.

Looking at the empty room, there is a clear echo when walking.

He suddenly felt that he should have accepted Musk's proposal and invited a few models to stay at home temporarily. Whether they could go to bed or not was another matter. It would be more lively in the villa with a few more people.

When passing by the piano room, he seemed to hear the sound of a piano. He opened the door and took a look into the room. No one was playing the piano. There was a room full of musical instruments, but it was empty as never before.

Unlike when I passed by the piano room before, sometimes through the crack in the door, I could see Taylor lying on the carpet, sitting in front of the piano, or sitting on the windowsill, playing the piano and ruffling his long blond hair for new songs.

Unfortunately there is nothing left now.

Link began to reflect on his past behavior. If he had pushed away Amy Adams, Beyoncé, and Emma Watson, and stopped flirting with women outside, would everything have been different?

After much deliberation, I don't have much certainty.

Taylor is a singer and an artistic young man. This type of person is more free and easy emotionally than ordinary people, at least more free and easy than himself.

Compared with Taylor, I am really not a scumbag.

He sat in front of the piano, pressing the black and white keys with his fingers, and played for a while, when a song suddenly appeared in his mind, Dylan Matthew's sad pop song "Love is Gone" released in 2019.

Don't go tonight

Please don't leave tonight

Stay here one more time

Stay for me one more time

Remind me what it's like

Always reminding me of the good times

And let's fall in love one more time

After playing a few times, Link stopped, took out a camera and tripod, placed them next to the piano, and clicked to take pictures.

"Link has released a new song again."

A little after 2pm in Los Angeles time, a singing video went viral.

The video was posted on Link's personal YouTube account.

In less than two hours, the number of views exceeded 1 million, and it became popular on the Internet at an extremely fast speed.

At the beginning of the video, Link was wearing a loose shirt and casual trousers, sitting in front of the piano. The sun shone into the room through the arched window. There were two vases on the windowsill. The tulips in the vases were drooping and almost wilted.

The sun also reflected Link. His hair was longer than last year. I don't know if he forgot to comb it or if it was a new hairstyle. His hair was messy, but with his angular profile, he looked more handsome, like a work of art in a museum.

"So handsome. A man like Link can become a big star just by his face, but he is also a world boxing champion and sings so well. He is so amazing."

"Link is so outstanding, how could Taylor bear to break up with him?"

"Link cheated. Men who cheat are poisonous. The sooner they break up, the sooner they are free. Taylor is right."

"Cheating, so what? Which man doesn't cheat? If Link was my boyfriend, I wouldn't care if he cheated every day."

Netizens watched the video and discussed it in the comment area.

Dongdongdong! Dongdongdong!

In the video, Link finished playing the prelude of "Love is Gone" and began to sing into the microphone on the piano cover.

Don't go tonight

Please don't leave tonight

Stay here one more time

Stay here for me again

I need you now by my side

I need your company now

It tears me up when you turn me down

Your rejection breaks my heart

I'm begging please， just stick around

I beg you, please don't leave

"Link's song is great, Catherine, have you heard it?"

In the crew, Emma Stone walked to Catherine with a tablet and handed it to her to show her.

Catherine listened for a while, "No, it's probably another new song."

Emma Stone blinked and stared at Link playing the piano in the video, "Catherine, Link wrote a breakup song, did he and Taylor really break up?"

"I don't know either."

Catherine thought about it, took out her phone and called Link to ask about his situation.

I'm sorry, don't leave me, I want you here with me

Sorry, please don't leave me, I just want you to be with me at this moment

I know that your love is gone

Although I know that your love has disappeared

I can't breathe, I'm so weak, I know this isn't easy

I can't breathe, I'm so weak, I know it's not easy to accept the fact

Don't tell me that your love is gone

"This song is not bad, but it's too sad."

In the recording studio, Katy Perry wiped her tears with a tissue and said.

In the video, Link was alone, his voice was low and sad, singing I'm sorry, don't leave me over and over again, feeling very sad.

"Why sad, Link and Taylor broke up, it's a good opportunity for you, shouldn't you be happy?"

Rihanna said while chewing gum.

"Eh, it seems so."

Katy Perry immediately turned from sadness to joy, took out her phone and sent a message to Link, saying that she had written a new song and was going to use it as the album's lead single, but she was unsure and wanted him to listen to it and give her some advice.

In addition to Katy Perry, Emma Roberts, Lana Del Rey, Doutzen Kroes and other acquaintances sent messages to congratulate him on writing another good song after seeing this video, and asked about his relationship status indirectly.

While Link was replying to the message, an uninvited guest came to the villa, Taylor Swift.

If it was a few hours ago, he would be very happy to see Taylor return to the villa, but after receiving those text messages, he knew more about Taylor and knew that even if she came back, the two would never be able to reconcile.