Chapter 344 Hong Kong Island Concert

When Link boarded the flight to Singapore, he was still thinking about his encounter with Daddario's mother the day before.

When he saw Mrs. Daddario, he greeted her politely, but did not get a positive response, so he took the initiative to say goodbye to Daddario.

Before the door was closed when he left, he heard Mrs. Daddario's voice from the room: 'Yani, you know he is a playboy'

Out of courtesy, Link did not eavesdrop on the conversation afterwards, but he could roughly guess that Mrs. Daddario thought he was a playboy and did not approve of Daddario dating him, and wanted to break up the couple.

He was worried that Daddario would be persuaded by her mother, so he sent a message to ask Daddario if her mother was angry. Daddario replied, 'Link, I like you, it has nothing to do with her'.

Link was moved by what he heard. If Daddario had not been ordered by her mother to go home, he would have wanted to rush over to accompany her in the middle of the night.

At the same time, there were some regrets in my heart. If I could split myself, I could split more than ten clones, one to hold concerts for me, one to train for me, one to film for me, and one to travel around the world for me.

The original body stayed at home to accompany them every day, but unfortunately there was no way to split myself.

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"You, you are Link, Mr. Link Baker, I am your fan, I am very happy to see you here, can you sign for me?"

In the business class, Link was looking at the clouds outside the window and thinking about it, and a surprised cry came from the side. The person who came was a tall young girl with blond hair and blue eyes.

The other party was wearing a suspender skirt, with a youthful and beautiful appearance, about 20 years old.

The other party introduced herself as Emily Salas, from New Jersey, preparing to travel to Singapore, and was his die-hard fan and liked his songs very much.

Link expressed his gratitude, took the notebook, and wrote the other party's autograph, but declined the proposal to take a photo together. He had too many scandals now and could no longer provide hype materials to the media.

The girl didn't mind, she sat in the empty seat next to him and chatted with him, asking him about his concert.

Link replied politely.

The chat was normal at first.

After two minutes, the girl began to touch his body, saying that she admired him very much, and asked if he needed anything, and she could help him here, and licked the corner of her lips with her tongue.

Seeing that the other person didn't look very old, Link thought of the plan of Epstein Jr. and others, and immediately became alert.

He winked at Anna and asked her to ask her to leave.

At the same time, he called Anna and three assistants, Wallace, Bob and three temporarily hired bodyguards, and held a small meeting. During the tour, no strange girls should be allowed to approach him without his consent.

Those who needed autographs and photos were also handed over by them.

Wallace was responsible for this matter.

Everyone nodded and wrote it down.

After the meeting, Link leaned back in his seat and sighed helplessly.

When I saw celebrities before, I thought they were very cold and difficult to deal with. I thought that after I became famous, I would strive to be a down-to-earth big star, but the reality did not allow it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening! Our plane is expected to arrive at Singapore Changi International Airport in 30 minutes. The ground temperature in Singapore is 31 degrees Celsius and 87 degrees Fahrenheit."

The sweet voice of the stewardess sounded in the cabin broadcast.

The plane arrived in Singapore, which was also the first stop of Link's concert in Southeast Asia.

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When Link started his tour in Southeast Asia, Taylor's third album's second promotional single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was released.

This song is also about the breakup of the two, and the song sounds great.

On the first day of release, the download volume of all platforms reached 1.45 million times, which was more popular than the previous song "the story of us". It also successfully topped the major digital music charts and the Billboard singles chart, becoming the second champion single of this album.

The strength is quite strong.

Rolling Stone Magazine commented that judging from the two promotional singles released, the songs in Taylor's third album are of high quality and are also loved by fans. 'This is an ambitious work that also contains Taylor Swift's personal sincerity. It is coming with great momentum and is likely to rewrite the current Billboard album chart sequence. '

Jonathan Preston, a famous music critic of the Los Angeles Times, said in a joking way, 'Taylor Swift is holding the sword of revenge called 'Last Kiss' and aiming at her ex-boyfriend, the annual sales champion Link Baker. This is a battle of love and hate. Can Taylor succeed in revenge? Can Link guarantee the sales crown? It is very worth looking forward to! '

Other media also reported extensively before the release of Taylor's third album.

Taylor's new album is opposed to Link's new album, and it is exaggerated as a revenge battle of 'victim girlfriend against scumbag ex'.

It is also considered to be the second album chart battle this year after Link vs. East Coast Rap, and it is a battle between ex-girlfriend and ex-boyfriend.

These titles are very provocative, attracting not only fans but also ordinary people, who are curious about who is better in music after the breakup of the former lovers and mentors.

There are even bookmakers that set up betting projects specifically for this purpose.

Because Link's new album has sold more than four million copies in the United States, which is an astonishing number, the odds given by bookmakers are also relatively high. Taylor's new album will surpass Link within a year of its release, with odds as high as 50:1.

The extremely high odds also attracted many people to place bets.

"Link, is there any chance that you will lose in the competition with Taylor?"

Dino Dua sent a message during a concert in Kuala Lumpur.

"No!"

"Not at all?"

"Not at all!"

"What a pity! If you lose, you can make 500,000 by betting 10,000. It's a good deal."

Dino said regretfully.

Link shook his head helplessly.

"How is Mario's training recently?"

"Not bad. This guy has lost weight again and is a little stronger. He said he is going to fight in the super middleweight class and wants to snatch the gold belt of the four major organizations from you."

Dino smiled.

"Tell him to be down-to-earth and stop thinking about it all the time."

After replying a message, I saw another unread message. The sender was an old acquaintance, country music queen Carrie Underwood.

"Link, Taylor is going to steal your championship. Are you nervous?"

"Of course not! She is no match for me."

"Taylor is right next to me. Can I tell her what you said?"

"Sure, tell her by the way that it will take her at least five years to catch up with me."

"Haha, I told you, Taylor said you are an arrogant man. She will use facts to make you lose face and admit defeat. I feel that you two love each other. Have you ever thought about getting back together?"

"I have, but she can't tolerate my cheating."

"Well, can't you not cheat?"

After chatting for a few words, Link turned off his phone and took a car to the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, where the concert was being held.

After more than two months of publicity, Taylor's third album "Last Kiss" was also released worldwide on July 22. On the day of its release, it sold 267,000 copies in the United States, only 1,000 less than the first-day sales of Link's third album, which was very popular.

Because the songs in this album are of good quality, the main content is to complain about Link's fickleness and ruin their love. There are also several songs accusing his rumored girlfriends, believing that they seduced Link and were the cause of their breakup.

The lyrics of these songs are very topical.

In addition, Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Records is also a person who is good at hype. He hinted through the media that these songs are "love elegy" written by Taylor after the breakup, and the songs contain many words she wanted to say but didn't say.

After the release of this album, it received two hot searches on the first day, four on the second day, and four on the third day. In the first week, there were an average of three hot searches per day, and the popularity remained high.

After hearing those songs, fans also gathered online to discuss who the celebrities involved in the songs were.

For example, "Better Than Revenge" is considered to be accusing Emma Watson, and "Devil in Love" is considered to be an allusion to Eva Ka.

Also, a female actress in "I Knew You Were Trouble" is considered to be Amber Heard, Doutzen Kroes, Kristen Stewart, Emma Roberts, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Michelle Rodriguez, Emma Stone, etc., all actresses who have worked with Link or have a good relationship with him.

A female singer in "Blank Space" is considered to be Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, etc., all singers who have a good relationship with Link.

Songs such as "Haunted", "Enchanted", "Dear Link", and "Innocent" have also been taken out for analysis to see how much black material Link has.

Some fans joked that Taylor's third album is completely exposing Link's past and settling accounts with Link.

With Taylor as his ex-girlfriend, Link is also in trouble.

During the concert, Link also took the time to listen to the songs in this album.

At first, I broke out in a cold sweat, and even the physical discomfort caused by the hot weather in Southeast Asia for many days was much better. After listening to it three or four times, I got used to it and found it quite interesting.

Being scolded by the big star Taylor in the song, and being able to have my name associated with so many outstanding women, is also a kind of praise. My name may be immortalized with these songs.

For this reason, he retweeted Taylor's tweet promoting the new album on Twitter, and attached the text "Songs are art, art is the reconstruction and sublimation of life, and the people or events in the songs are not real. Please do not blindly speculate and hurt innocent people."

It would have been better if Link did not post the post, but after posting the post, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

Fans swarmed to his Twitter, saying that he was the most courageous scumbag, who dared to speak out at this time and help promote Taylor's album. This is not worried about being scolded at all.

Some people also asked online who the actress and singer written in Taylor's new album was, and asked how many times he cheated during his relationship with Taylor?

Many of Taylor's fans also posted messages to scold him, saying "his songs are really good, but he is really a jerk."

Link ignored these restless fans and continued to hold concerts in Malaysia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand and other places.

Those fans failed to find an answer from him, so they went to other female stars' social accounts to ask about the situation and asked them to come out and explain.

But except Amber Heard, no one else stood up to express their opinions publicly, and it seemed that they didn't want to take advantage of this wave of traffic.

And Amber Heard's tweet pushed the game of "Guess, guess, the third party in Taylor and Link's love" to a new climax.

Amber revealed in her tweet that Link and Taylor had dated before 2009, but they broke up for unknown reasons.

Then she became Link's girlfriend, the first hostess of Link's villa in Santa Monica Bay, and the first celebrity girlfriend that Link publicly acknowledged.

Later in February 2009, Taylor suddenly returned to the United States and asked her to leave with a one million dollar bill. Seeing that the two were in love, she took the initiative to withdraw and let them be together.

After Amber's tweet was sent out, it directly caused an earthquake on the American Internet.

This melon is too big and the structure is relatively complex. Many people don't know where to cut it.

First of all, the authenticity of this melon is very high. Amber can't be self-deprecating for the purpose of breaking the news.

Secondly, Link and Taylor had started dating in 2008, not in 2009 as previously rumored on the Internet, which means that this is not the first time they broke up.

Third, after the previous breakup, Taylor took the initiative to ask for a reunion and spent money to drive away the rival, instead of Link actively pursuing Taylor.

And the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.

Analyze whether Amber is a victim or a beneficiary, a gold digger or an idiot, whether it is worthwhile for Taylor to buy back love with money, whether Taylor is innocent in this breakup, why Link broke up with Taylor, etc.

A big melon is cut into countless small pieces, with various shapes and flavors, suitable for all kinds of melon-eating people to watch.

There are many seeds in these melons, which are also suitable for eating and complaining.

The most complained thing is that Amber chose one million dollars between her boyfriend Link and one million dollars.

Some people also mentioned that Taylor ended his world tour early in early 2009, which was probably related to Link, saying that Taylor was not worth it.

Some people also said that after Taylor broke up with Link, he saw that he quickly made a new girlfriend Amber, so he should have known that he was a playboy. He knew that he was a fire pit but still jumped into the pit. Later, he was cheated by Link and it was his own fault.

There are also many men who envy Link. There was once a woman who was willing to spend one million US dollars just to get back to him, but unfortunately he did not cherish her and regretted it until he lost her.

It is said that a Hollywood film company is going to use this joke to make a movie.

After the controversy, none of Link, Taylor, and Amber could get a decent evaluation.

But the benefits are real, especially for the latter two.

Amber's fame in the entertainment industry has increased greatly through this explosive news. Almost everyone in the United States knows that she is an actress with a reputation comparable to that of a first-line star. She also got a few roles of gold diggers.

Taylor's new album sold 1.572 million copies in the United States in the first week. Although it is slightly lower than Link's third album's 1.74 million in the first week, it is also an amazing number.

It rushed into the sixth place in the US album first week sales history list.

All 14 songs in this album entered the top 100 of the Billboard singles chart, and "Devil" topped the singles chart.

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Blank Space", "Better Than Revenge" and "Mine" ranked second, third, fifth, seventh and eighth respectively. The songs are extremely powerful and all have the strength to top the singles chart.

Six songs including "The Story of Us", "Last Kiss", "Ours" and "Mean" entered the top 40, and the popularity is very high.

Billboard magazine said that this year's competition for the championship of the US album chart will probably fall on Link and Taylor again.

At the American Music Awards in December last year, Taylor's second album "Fearless" won the championship with 3.32 million copies sold and also won several heavyweight awards. Link's second album "Go Forward" ranked third with 3.12 million copies.

But in May this year, "Go Forward" came from behind and surpassed.

This year, the two released their third albums one after another, and the sales in the first week were very amazing.

At present, Link's third album "The Woman I love" has sold 4.33 million copies in the United States, far ahead in the annual album chart. Whether Taylor's "Last Kiss" can catch up depends on its performance in the market in the next few weeks.

Many fans who support Taylor have posted the slogan "Support Taylor, defeat the scumbag" on the Internet, calling on Taylor's fans to unite and compete with the scumbag Link.

Link secretly sighed that Big Machine Records was no weaker than Link Music in album marketing. If the hype continued, his album might not be able to dominate the charts.

Although he knew that Taylor's new album had fierce sales, Link didn't have much to do. "The Woman I Love" had been released and its market potential in the United States was about to be exhausted. It was useless to continue to promote and market it.

Now all he could do was to concentrate on the tour, expand his influence overseas, and sell more records.

"Boss, the Beyond band is ready."

At the Hong Kong Island Hung Hom Stadium, Link was changing clothes backstage, and his assistant Anna reminded him at the door.

"OK! Let's go!"

Link put on his guitar and met several members of the guest performer Beyond band in the aisle, and took the elevator to the brightly lit stage together.

"Link! Link! Link!"

"Beyond! Beyond!"

The audience shouted excitedly when they saw him and the Beyond band appear in the center of the stage at the same time.

Link waved his hand and stood in the middle of the stage. He first played guitar accompaniment for the current lead singer of Beyond Band, Huang Guanzhong. Huang Guanzhong first sang Beyond Band’s representative song "Really Love You", pausing in the middle to shout "Welcome link!" ’

Link walked to the middle and sang another masterpiece "Glory Days".

The bell rings the signal to go home

There seems to be a bit of sadness in his life

The meaning of black skin to him

is a person who devotes his life to fighting for the color of his skin

Years and months turn possession into loss

Tired eyes with hope

This song is the work of the late former lead singer of the band Beyond, Wong Ka Kui.

Created based on the deeds of South African black leader Mandela, this song pays tribute to Mandela and praises his lifelong efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in South Africa and realize a democratic and free society. The work has a high purpose.

It is also very popular in Hong Kong Island and Asia.

When Link sang this song in not very fluent Cantonese in the middle of the stage, the audience of more than 10,000 people burst into cheers like a roaring tsunami.

Link is the world's top star and one of the singers with the highest album sales in the world. He is also an Olympic champion, a world boxing champion, a swimming star, a movie star, a famous Hollywood playboy, and a man who has a way of killing both East and West. Top faces.

It has many fans in Asia.

Now he's standing on Hong Kong Island singing songs by Hong Kong's big stars, which is so cool.

Every time he stopped singing, the fans at the scene would applaud hard, cheer loudly, and jump on their seats. In the end, tens of thousands of people sang along, and the sound was deafening.

"It's too exaggerated! Why is this ghost guy so popular?"

In the audience, Chen Xiaochun heard the shouts around him like thunder, and looked around with his lips curled up.

I found that the surrounding audience were applauding and cheering, including many Hong Kong celebrities, especially female celebrities. They all looked up at Link on the stage, their faces flushed with excitement, as if they had never seen a foreign man before.

"Don't call me ghost, it's too ugly. Link is a handsome boy, the most handsome man in the world."

His wife Ying Cai'er also waved a fluorescent stick and shouted.

"Cai'er, you are my wife, can you please stop praising other men in front of me? You are mentally cheating."

Chen Xiaochun said unhappily.

Ying Cai'er rolled her eyes at him and continued yelling at the sisters.

Chen Xiaochun was helpless. He originally didn't want to come to Link's concert, but Ying Cai'er and several of her best friends were coming. They bought a lot of VIP tickets in advance and said they would go backstage to meet Link.

He was worried that his wife would be abducted by Link, so he could only follow her to the scene.

On the stage, after singing "Glory Days", Link invited Wiz Khalifa to sing "See You Again" to commemorate Huang Jiaju.

It's been a long day without you my friend

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

We've come a long way from where we began

Oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

"See you again" is also one of the most popular songs in Hong Kong among all Link's songs. When he sang it for the second time, thousands of people sang along, and the sound rumbled throughout the Hung Hom area.

“Llink is so handsome!”

"His stage performance is pretty good!"

"Link's singing skills are so good!"

In the audience, singers such as Eason Chan, Zheng Zhongji, Zhang Weijian, Joey Yung and others were a little surprised.

The performance of Link, a foreign singer, was no worse than that of local singers. This kind of performance could only be compared to the scene when MJ came to Hong Kong.

Link sang one Cantonese song and nine English songs that night, including "See you again", "chasing the sun", "unstoppable", "give me reason", "All of me" and other songs that ranked high on the Hong Kong Island music charts. song.

Due to the explosive atmosphere at the first concert and the limited capacity of the Hung Hom Stadium, which only has 12,000 seats, many fans wanted to come to watch but could not get tickets.

After investigation, the organizers hope that Link will hold eight more games, and they guarantee that the number of spectators at each game will be more than 10,000.

After consideration, Link agreed to add three more games. He was pressed for time and adding too many games on Hong Kong Island would affect arrangements in other cities.

During the concert in Hong Kong Island, he also participated in several public events and met several Hong Kong stars, including actors and singers, including Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Joey Yung, Michelle Yeung, etc., all of whom were over thirty years old. As a veteran singer, there are almost no outstanding figures in 8090.

Several celebrities were arranged by Universal Music to take him around Hong Kong Island, taste delicious food, visit Hong Kong University, Victoria Peak, TVB TV Station and orphanages. After the concert, they will make a documentary "Link World Tour·Hong Kong Island" OK".

Link also proposed to watch a local boxing match, and later donated HK$1 million to orphanages and other charities, and set up a branch office of Link Global Charity Foundation in Hong Kong Island.

In addition, he also held two autograph sessions in Hong Kong Island, selling more than 60,000 albums in three days, including the first, second and third albums.

When he held concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan continuously, the second week sales of "Last Kiss" were released, 686,000 copies, and a total of 2.258 million copies were sold in two weeks.

Seeing that Taylor's new album sold more than two million in two weeks, Link was a little nervous. According to this momentum, this album has a great chance of breaking through four million sales in the United States.