Chapter 377 End and Beginning

The 27th MTV Video Awards ceremony ended.

Lady Gaga won 7 out of 13 nominations, becoming the biggest winner of this year's MTV Awards.

Link won 1 out of 11 nominations. Although he won the most valuable Video of the Year award, he was still considered the biggest sucker of this year, because before the ceremony, the media predicted that he would win at least four awards, equal to Lady Gaga, but he didn't.

Eminem won the Best Male Video Award and the Best Rap Video Award for his inspirational song "Not Afraid", and was also the second biggest winner of this year's MTV.

Singers under Link Music won 3 out of 19 nominations for this year's MTV Awards, including Video of the Year, Justin Bieber's Best New Artist, and Lana Del Rey won the Best Art Direction for the MV "Young and Beautiful".

Afterwards, the media summarized the three biggest highlights of this year's MTV Awards.

The first was that Lady Gaga changed into eight dresses and eight kinds of makeup on stage, each one more exaggerated than the last.

The second is that the MTV organizers arranged Link and Taylor, the former couple, together. The on-site director often focused the camera on the two of them that day, with a total of 12 minutes. They were the ones who received the most shots among all the guests who did not perform on stage.

The third is the awards that night. Lady Gaga won 7 out of 13 nominations, while Link, who was originally pulled to compete with her, won 1 out of 11 nominations. Lady Gaga won with an overwhelming advantage.

But many fans spoke up for Link afterwards.

The songs he was nominated for this time, including "Legends never die", "See you again", "Girls like you" and "all of me", are all popular songs, and the quality of the MVs is also extremely high, especially the first two, which can be called divine songs.

In the end, he only won one award, which was considered a consolation award.

Fans generally believe that the many negative news about Link some time ago affected the evaluation of him by the MTV jury members.

This also caused a discussion among professional music media. When selecting music awards, should we use professional standards to measure the quality of a song, or should we include the examination of the singer's character in the judging process? Those with good character and few scandals have a higher chance of winning?

Using a professional perspective to select is more objective and fair, but professionalism is not easy to determine, and there will be some social problems.

And adding the examination of the singer's character can only see the singer's state at a certain stage, which is easy to cause false and wrongful convictions.

After "Rolling Stone" magazine put forward this issue, it caused a lot of discussion in the music industry. There were people who supported both, and no one could give the best solution.

Link ignored these controversies, or he didn't have time to pay attention.

After the MTV Awards, he returned to South Korea to hold a concert.

He had held six concerts in South Korea before, and there were two left, but the tickets sold too well. Every time the concert tickets went on sale, they would be sold out within a few hours.

Universal temporarily proposed to add two more concerts, leaving four.

He originally thought that after a two-week break, the scandal between him and Jun Ji-hyun would cool down, or be distracted by other entertainment news.

But as soon as his plane landed at Seoul Airport, the Korean public opinion circle was like gasoline ignited by a spark, and it burned with a bang. The media continued to hype up the scandal between him and Jun Ji-hyun, and also hyped up his relationship with other female stars.

‘Mr. Linkback, who was rated as the number one playboy in the entertainment industry by Vanity Fair, returned to Korea today to continue his concert tour. ’

This was the title temporarily added by Seoul Broadcasting Company SBS on the entertainment news of the day.

In addition, major media such as MBC, KBS, and Peninsula Daily reported the relevant news.

This also led to him being surrounded by many Korean media reporters as soon as he got off the plane, and paparazzi could always be seen around him during the concert later.

There were too many paparazzi around him, and the plan that he and Jun Ji-hyun had contacted on the phone to have dinner together during the concert could not be implemented.

Unable to date Jun Ji-hyun, he temporarily focused his main energy on the concert.

He held four concerts in Seoul, Busan, Daegu and other cities.

During the concert in Seoul, the guest singers included Girls' Generation, T-ara, and 2AM. The finale was the original Korean song "Trouble Maker" sung by him and Girls' Generation leader Kim Taeyeon, which aroused a warm response at the scene.

But later in the Korean media, not only Kim Taeyeon became his rumored girlfriend, but even the other eight members of Girls' Generation were not spared.

"Dong-A Ilbo" claimed that a delivery man with a figure very similar to Link entered the Girls' Generation dormitory that night and did not leave all night.

This is of course false news. Although Link went to their dormitory and was invited by Kim Taeyeon and Jessica Jung to visit, he only stayed for half an hour and left. He did not stay out all night.

During the concert in Korea, he also made two investments.

The first was to invest in Big Hit Entertainment.

The company was founded in 2005. Its president is the well-known music producer and composer Bang Si Hyuk. The company is mainly engaged in music production, album distribution, performing artist management, publicity, planning, training and other related activities.

Currently, there is only one boy band 2AM that debuted at the beginning of the year, and the newly formed trainee group BTS. It is only a second-tier music company in the Korean music scene, far behind SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment.

After talking with President Bang Si Hyuk, Link invested 2 million US dollars, about 2.7 billion won, and got 41% of Big Hit's shares.

At the same time, he promised to use Link Music's channels to promote Big Hit's boy band to the US market in the future.

Second, after Jun Ji Hyun terminated her contract with SidusHQ, she was going to set up a brokerage company to be responsible for her own brokerage affairs.

Link found Jun Ji Hyun to discuss and prepare to cooperate with her.

In the end, he invested 3 million US dollars, got 49% of the shares of the new brokerage company, and Jun Ji Hyun's performing arts agency contract in the United States. Jun Ji Hyun also became a foreign artist under Palm Bay Agency.

Jun Ji-hyun's agency also became 'J\u0026Baker.Entertainment', J is Jun Ji-hyun's last name Jun, and Baker is Link's last name.

Because of this name, Korean media generally believe that Jun Ji-hyun has become his de facto girlfriend. The Asia Daily claimed that the playboy fell in love with his wild girlfriend.

This is not the case. Jun Ji-hyun is a relatively independent woman. The most intimate action between the two at this stage is just holding hands.

After the world tour in South Korea, he flew to Japan to continue his concert.

Due to the downward trend of Japan's economic situation in recent years, the serious solidification of social classes, and the six major financial groups strictly controlling all profitable industries, it is more difficult for outsiders to make a lot of money here than in the United States.

There are no good investment projects, so he concentrated on holding concerts after arriving in Japan.

When he has time, he goes to the Baker Villa in Tokyo's Minato District to chat, walk, and have sex with Nozomi Sasaki.

This villa is a top-notch luxury home that he bought at a cost of 8 million US dollars. Not far away are Tokyo Bay, Roppongi, Tokyo Tower, and the US Embassy. It is also the most famous wealthy area in Japan. People who live here are either rich or noble, and the public security is also first-class.

Link also won this property because of his status as an international celebrity.

After the two lived together, Mr. Tahara Yasue obtained Nozomi Sasaki's agency contract through his connections and returned it, and also gave her 500,000 US dollars in compensation.

After discussion, Link and Nozomi Sasaki jointly invested 1.2 million US dollars to acquire a brand underwear company, founded Nozomi Sasaki's high-end underwear brand, and sent her father to Brazil to grow cocoa.

Occasionally, Yui Shinheng would come over to talk about music and cook Japanese food together.

Although he is very low-key, there has never been a break in the Japanese media about his scandals. First, it was reported that he was in love with Japan's new national goddess Nozomi Sasaki, claiming that the two had lived together, and neither of them came forward to clarify this.

After the news was exposed, Japanese netizens were very angry. Some people went to Tokyo subway stations to protest with signs, calling on everyone to boycott Link's concerts. Some people made homemade Molotov cocktails and tried to blow up the commercial vehicle that Link was riding in during the performance.

But later, Japanese media reported that the "national daughter-in-law" Yui Aragaki was also in a close relationship with Link, and it was confirmed by Yui Aragaki's ex-boyfriend Ryo Nishikido.

Ryo Nishikido claimed that Yui Aragaki was sent to China by the company in August to teach Link Japanese. The two fell in love with each other over time. Yui Aragaki broke up with him shortly after returning, claiming that the two had already lived together.

Japanese netizens were even more angry when they heard the news. First, the national goddess was slept with, and then the national daughter-in-law was slept with. Link Baker was too much.

Angry male netizens set up a website and strongly demanded that the authorities cancel all of Link's concerts in Japan.

But this matter was denied by Yui's agency, Johnny's Office.

First, Ryo Nishikido and Yui Aragaki were just ordinary colleagues. They were not dating, and there was no breakup.

Second, Yui Shintsune and Link are partners, and she is also the guest performer at Link's Tokyo concert.

Because of their work relationship, the two have some contact, but it is only a work relationship. Johnny's said that the two sides have jointly created a new song "Good Time" and recently created another song "Listen", which will be performed at Link's Tokyo Dome concert.

Third, Yui Shintsune and Nozomi Sasaki are close friends. Yui went to Nozomi Sasaki's villa at her invitation, not to date Link.

Japanese fans are skeptical about the remarks made by Johnny's office.

Later, Yui personally came out to explain that she is a good friend of Link, a fan of Link, and likes his songs very much. She went to see Link mainly to help Link master Japanese, and also to create new songs together. There is no other relationship.

Everyone saw that Yui was still so pure and sweet, so they believed her words.

But the fans were worried, so they left a message on her Twitter, hoping that she would stay away from Link after the concert, because that guy is a playboy.

But Yui replied that Link was a good person, not a playboy, and praised him for his talent, humor, and being a first-class good man.

Fans were very anxious to see her so innocent, and left messages to tell her that Link had more than a dozen girlfriends in the United States and around the world, and was called the number one scumbag in Hollywood by American magazines such as Vanity Fair, and was definitely not a good man.

Yui wanted to defend Link, but was stopped by her agent, who asked her not to argue with fans.

The defense ended in vain.

Link held 16 concerts in Japan, successively held in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and other cities, with more than 30,000 spectators in each concert. The audience at the Tokyo Dome reached 65,000.

A total of more than 800,000 tickets were sold for the 16 concerts, and the revenue from this item alone exceeded 40 million US dollars.

During the concert, "Good time" and "Listen" sung by Link and Yui-chan were ranked first on the Oricon chart after release, with first-week sales of 450,000 and 620,000 copies respectively.

In addition, during the tour in Japan, his three albums sold 1.32 million copies successively, and the third album once again topped the Oricon chart for weekly sales after more than three months.

With his handsome looks, strong and sexy body, superb stage performance skills and beautiful voice, Link has created a wave of "Link fever" throughout Japan, attracting countless Japanese worship and admiration, and was also named "the most attractive man of the year" by magazines such as "Josei Jishin" and "Nikkan Sports".

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In early October, the Asian leg of the world tour ended.

The Asian tour lasted for nearly three months, and 48 concerts were held in 37 cities, selling a total of 2.67 million tickets, becoming the European and American singer who sold the most tickets in Asia in the past decade, the last one being MJ.

During this period, the sales of his three albums in Asia doubled, with sales of about 4.2 million copies, a remarkable achievement.

Conservatively estimated, Link's net income from this Asian tour is about 120 million US dollars, and the sources of income include ticket sharing, appearance fees, album sales sharing, single sales sharing, concert video sharing, advertising endorsements, photo albums, etc.

Large media such as "The New York Times", "The Washington Post" and "Los Angeles Times" also used extremely gorgeous words to praise his trip to Asia.

They said that he conquered the hearts of countless fans in Asia with his beautiful songs, superb singing skills, strong stage performance, outstanding creative and learning abilities, and strong personal charm, and that this was the beginning of his becoming a world-class superstar.

People Magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, GQ and other publications have used his photos as covers, saying that he has ushered in a new life after the September public opinion black tide, and is still the most influential man in the international music, fashion, sports, and pop culture circles in August and September.

Of course, some tabloids secretly said that his trip to Asia was a "girl-chasing trip", and some female stars who had only worked with him once or met him once were mentioned.

Including Girls' Generation, Tara, Sun Yanzi, Liang Jingyu, Jolin Tsai, Princess Wang and other Asian female singers are said to be his rumored girlfriends, which has led to a surge in the number of his rumored girlfriends, from more than a dozen to dozens and hundreds.

For this kind of accusation, Link doesn't care much.

After the online violence in early September, netizens seemed to be fed up with it and lost interest in his gossip. They no longer paid attention to how many rumored girlfriends he had, but were more concerned about when his next album would be released, when the next boxing match would be held, and when the next new movie would be released.

Without the trouble of gossip, Link could concentrate on training in the gym, preparing for the boxing match at the end of the year, and have more time and energy to prepare for the role of "Captain America".

"Link, this is your boxing match schedule for next year. Take a look. If there is no problem, I will go to Anna to discuss and arrange the specific time."

Assistant Simon handed over a document.

"It's only October. How can you start arranging next year's match?"

In the boxing ring, Link took off his gloves and asked.

"It's mainly because you are too busy. Anna said that you will have a lot of work next year and almost no time to rest. She asked us to take out the boxing match schedule in advance and arrange your schedule in advance to avoid time conflicts."

Simon shrugged and smiled.

"Every time I see you guys have packed my schedule, I have no expectations for next year."

Link opened the folder and looked at it. There are five boxing matches next year, and the first two are super middleweight champion defense matches.

In order to improve the viewing experience of super middleweight matches, starting next year, the four major boxing organizations WBA-WBC-IBF-WBO will hold boxing challenger title competitions in advance, and the top two will be qualified to challenge Link.

Originally, there was one quota, but in order to give more people a chance, the quota became two.

In the light heavyweight category, three matches are tentatively scheduled.

The first match is against WBA light heavyweight champion Beirut Shumenov.

Beirut is from Kazakhstan. He debuted in 2007. His current professional record is 9 wins, 1 loss and 6 KO wins in 10 matches. He is also the one who became the light heavyweight world champion with the least number of matches, which is 9 matches. He is nicknamed 'Kazakhstan Dark Horse'.

He is quite strong and his fighting style is very strong.

Last year, he won the WBA light heavyweight championship belt from Spanish boxing champion Campiro and successfully defended his title in March.

His disadvantage is that he is not well-known. Even Mario is not as well-known in the American boxing world.

The reason why the opponent accepted his challenge is that he wants to gain higher fame and appearance fees by defeating him as a superstar.

The plans for the second and third games are undecided.

If he wins Beirut, he will be arranged to directly challenge the boxing champions of the remaining three organizations, WBC champion Bernard Hopkins, IBF champion Chad Dawson, and WBO champion Nathan Cleverly.

If the three boxing champions are still unwilling to challenge, they will be qualified as challengers through the Champion Challenge. After obtaining the challenger title, the boxing champion of the organization has only two choices, one is to challenge, and the other is to automatically give up the gold belt.

Those five games are the plan for next year.

There are just some problems with the arrangement of the competition venue.

Simon said that since he became popular in Asia, companies and tourism companies from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and other places have been fighting for the right to host his competition.

The basic quotation now exceeds US$20 million per game after tax.

Link thought for a while and said, there are many people in China and the market potential is great, so we can consider that side first.

Simon nodded and took note.

Link asked again about the Dynasty Sports Agency. In July, Dynasty Promotion succeeded in its first round of financing. Its market value increased from US$120 million to US$200 million. A new management team was established, and the company's name was also changed from Dynasty Promotion. Cheng Dynasty Sports.

Considering Link's contribution to the company, his shares remained unchanged at 30% after the financing, making him the company's second largest shareholder.

Currently, the company has four professional boxers and six other athletes, including badminton, tennis, ice hockey and other niche sports.

When signing athletes, Link also thought about recommending several boxers to the company.

But the last one he recommended, Little Joe Smith, had experienced 12 professional matches after joining the main event company, with 7 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, which was a lot worse than the boxing champion Little Joe Smith he remembered.

It was then that he realized that if a boxer wants to become a boxing champion, it does not mean that he can grow according to his original trajectory by signing him and arranging him to compete.

In fact, if a boxer wants to become a boxing champion, he cannot do without the help of coaches and sparring partners, the promotion of agents and brokerage companies, and the boxer's on-the-spot performance in the boxing ring.

If the coach, sparring partner, and agent are changed, the original boxing champion may become a second-rate boxer.

After seeing Joe Smith Jr.'s record, he doesn't plan to continue to recommend new players, lest he do bad things with good intentions.

"Link, have you ever paid attention to the Professional Wrestling League's games? They want to invite you to be a presenter at the scene. There is no need to compete, and the appearance fee is 3 million US dollars."

Simon said as he took back the folder.

"WWE? If I were invited to participate in a wrestling match, I would be a little interested."

Link said.

"I'm afraid this won't work. Although there are scripts for WWE matches, you have not received relevant training. It is easy to get injured if you participate in such matches. You will also be filming a movie in the near future."

Simon persuaded.

Link nodded and accepted Simon's advice.

He is not worried about injuries. The main reason is that the WWE series lasts for a long time and he does not have time to participate. However, he can also be an award guest and earn some pocket money on the way.

After Simon left, he continued to train in the ring.

Mario came over halfway, but he only watched him train from a distance and did not come to harass him like before.

Since the media revealed in September that he is worth more than one billion, people around him, including Mario, Dino, Simon and others, have become more reserved when dealing with him, and they are not as casual as before, which makes him feel Very boring.

Although he is now a billionaire, his circle is still the same and has not been upgraded.

If people in his original circle ignore him, he will really become a loner.

He waved at Mario and told him to come over for a fight. Mario handed it over hesitantly, put on his gloves and walked onto the ring.

Compared to the first half of the year, Mario's belly is a little deflated, but the overall weight doesn't seem to have decreased much, and his strength hasn't increased much. It's still at a level that can only take one or two critical hits from him.

In order to help him regain his confidence, Link put away some of his punches and sparred with him for more than an hour.

Bang! Bang bang bang! !