Chapter 570 Link's Scandal

Just after the MTV Video Awards, Taylor's fifth album "1989" first promotional single "Shake It Off" was released.

This single was co-written by Link and Taylor. A few weeks after its release, it won the music charts in 24 countries and regions including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Hungary, etc., and won the championship for six consecutive weeks and the runner-up for eight weeks on the US Billboard Singles Chart.

In the first month of its release, the sales in the United States reached 6.2 million copies, surpassing the sales champion single "happy" in the first half of the year, and is expected to become a "diamond single".

The promotional single was a big hit, and "1989" was about to be released. Taylor began to promote it everywhere. His work schedule was very full and he had no time to take care of the children at home. The responsibility of taking care of Alexander and Cynthia fell on Link.

It just so happened that he didn't have much work during this period, so he took care of the three children at home, trained boxing, and prepared for the next boxing match.

However, being in the entertainment industry, Link is a big star, and even if he does nothing, there will be many scandals about him.

For example, in early September, the "Hollywood gossip queen" Lindsay Lohan revealed in an entertainment program that she had "intimate relationships with 36 men."

Including popular Hollywood male stars such as Justin Timberlake, Zac Efron, James Franco, Colin Farrell, Orlando Bloom, Ashton Kutcher, etc., she was called the "Hollywood stamp collecting queen" by the media.

In the program, the host asked if Link was there. Link was also a playboy in the past. The two had several intersections. For example, when Link released "The Woman I Love" and created the "falling and showing off wealth incident", Lindsay Lohan also participated.

When the host asked the question, Lindsay Lohan hesitated for two seconds before saying no, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional. She said that she was a friend of Link and had attended Link's parties several times, but there was no intimate relationship.

Although Lindsay Lohan explained in time, because she paused for two seconds before answering, her expression was ambiguous.

After the show was broadcast, netizens were talking about it, saying that the two had an improper relationship, and Link was stamped.

Link couldn't come out to explain this kind of thing. With his status and influence, the more he explained, the bigger the matter would be. He could only explain to Eva Ka and Taylor at home, and it had absolutely nothing to do with Lindsay Lohan.

Eva Ka believed him. The incident of falling and showing off wealth was planned and implemented by her. Lindsay Lohan was a star contacted by Paris Hilton and had little to do with Link.

But Taylor didn't believe it, saying that he had no taste and was not picky about food. He even wanted to sleep with a bitch like Lindsay Lohan, but he was stamped by a bitch. How did he feel?

Link couldn't explain it, so he could only let Taylor pick on him.

Lindsay Lohan's self-exposure scandal caused a big stir. Once Jennifer Lawrence was asked about this by the host during an interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer sneered and said it was fake. If Lindsay Lohan had an intimate relationship with Link, "then she doesn't need to be famous in this way now."

Although Jennifer Lawrence's words picked Link out, after the media publicity, this matter triggered a bigger news.

A media investigation found that the female stars who had had scandals or relationships with Link in the past are now doing well.

First of all, Taylor, the queen of the music world, Jennifer Lawrence is an Oscar winner and a popular actress. She has been in the top three in the actress rankings for two consecutive years. Daddario is the queen of horror movies, with better and better resources and tens of millions of euros in income.

Marion Cotillard is the first actress in France and one of the shareholders of Paris Rose Pictures. She has done well in the past two years and is worth tens of millions of euros.

Emma Watson has not been in the United States much in the past two years, but she is still a popular actress in the circle.

And Amber Heard is now Johnny Depp's wife.

Supermodel Doutzen Kroes is now a wealthy wife after a short relationship with Link and became a mother in July.

And Emma Stone, who had a scandal with Link, is also a popular actress now.

If we count Link's legal wife, Miss Eva Ka, her net worth this year exceeds 1 billion. It seems that the closer she is to Link, the better her career will develop.

In summary, everyone thinks that what Jennifer Lawrence said is right.

Lindsay Lohan does not have much to do with Link, otherwise she would not be getting worse and worse. In addition, Link's rumored girlfriends seem to have a good reputation, unlike Lindsay Lohan who often breaks out some messy news.

At the same time, the media also found that Link, the former number one playboy in the entertainment industry, seems to be a bit unworthy of his reputation.

Link is a world superstar, a sexy male god, and a super rich man. In the entertainment industry for so many years, he has only had less than ten rumored objects, while Leonardo, James Franco, Ashton Kutcher and others have more than ten or twenty, and sometimes change several female companions a year.

Compared with them, Link is really not a playboy.

And for so many years, the women who have been involved in scandals with Link are still the same few, which shows that Link is very loyal.

Under the hype of these media, Link accidentally became a clean stream in the entertainment industry and a perfect good man.

"Is this our public relations team guiding public opinion?"

Link held the newspaper and looked at the news on it, feeling a little incredible. He had so many rumored girlfriends. Even if he was not a scumbag, he was not a good man. The media said he was a good man. This could only be the public relations team helping him with image public relations.

Evaka smiled slightly, put down the coffee cup and said: "The public relations department has not reported on this work recently. It should not be their job."

"The media spontaneously helped me promote it?"

Link shook his head, feeling that the media was not so kind, maybe there was some conspiracy.

"Honey, is there a possibility that you are a good man and the media is just reporting objectively?"

Evaka smiled while pursing her bright and plump lips.

"Good man? Am I? I think men like Tom Hanks are good men."

"Husband, you are hardworking and motivated, have a healthy lifestyle, are very good to me and the children, and take good care of your friends. In my heart, you are the best man in the world."

Evaka took his hand and smiled dotingly.

Link smiled gently and kissed the back of her hand, "Wife, you are also the best woman in my heart."

Dinglingling!

Just as the two were about to kiss, the phone on the table rang. It turned out to be Leonardo's call.

"What's up?"

"Hey, Link, I heard that you've become the number one good man in the entertainment industry. Congratulations. How does it feel to go from being the number one playboy to being the number one good man?"

"Just say what you want to say. Don't be sarcastic."

"Hmph, can you not use me as a negative example when you're hyping up 'good men'? Although I'm a playboy, I don't date several women at the same time. Compared to you, I'm a real good man."

Leonardo said dissatisfiedly.

"What do you mean I'm hyping up good men? Do you think these news are the press releases I arranged?"

"Isn't it?"

"I'm not that boring. With my identity, what's the point of having an extra 'good man' label? I have a wife and children now. I'm not like a bachelor like you who needs to fabricate the identity of a good man to deceive girls."

"What! Deceiving girls? Who are you talking about?"

"How's the movie?"

Link didn't want to talk to him, so he changed the subject.

Leonardo is currently filming for The Revenant. Before filming this movie, Leo also invested in a documentary about poachers, Virunga.

It tells the story of a group of poachers hunting endangered mountain gorillas in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, and fighting with the park management team.

This documentary is co-produced by Appian Trail Films and Netflix, and Leonardo is the producer of the documentary. The story is somewhat similar to The Revenant. Leonardo also wants to use this documentary to learn more about the stories of hunters, find inspiration for filming The Revenant, and enrich the character setting.

After filming the documentary, Leo joined the crew of The Revenant. The film was filmed in several national forests in Canada and the United States, and is expected to be completed early next year.

When Leonardo heard him ask about the movie, he complained to him that the filming environment of the crew was very bad.

When he slept in the nanny car at night, he could hear the wolf howling in the Dinosaur Valley in Calgary. When he got out of the car in the morning, he accidentally stepped on a frozen poisonous snake. He was originally a vegetarian, but he was forced to eat raw beef for the film. He almost vomited afterwards.

Link said that this was not enough. If he wanted to win the Oscar for Best Actor, he needed to suffer more, such as being chased by wolves in the forest and being crawled into the bed by poisonous snakes.

Leonardo cursed him and said that he made movies because he loved it, not for awards.

Link asked him to remember this sentence and not complain until he didn't win the Oscar next time.

After chatting for a few words, Link hung up the phone and continued to read other news in the newspaper.

In September, Lionsgate Films had two movies released, "Whiplash" and "The Conjuring 2".

"Whiplash" was released on Friday, September 5th. It tells the story of a young drummer who opposes the devil music coach PUA. The film was completed at the end of last year. At the 30th Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year, it won the Jury Prize and the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Since June, the film has been released in more than 20 countries and regions overseas, and has received a box office of 43.89 million US dollars.

It was screened in six theaters in North America on September 5th, and received a box office of 370,000 US dollars in the first week, with an average daily box office of 8,085 US dollars per theater, which was above average.

The word of mouth is also very positive. The performance of the male lead Miles Teller has been well received. J.K. Simmons, who plays the devil coach, has also been rated as the "most thrilling character in the non-thriller movie of the year" and "the most oppressive movie character" by the New York Post, Variety and other media.

The media review is 87 points, 18 media gave a score of more than 95 points, the Rotten Tomatoes freshness is 76%, and the IMDb movie score is 8.7 points.

Due to good word of mouth and the help of mainstream media in promoting the film, the film expanded to 1,028 theaters in the second week and earned $6.67 million at the box office.

In the four weeks since its release, it earned $29.89 million in North America. Together with the overseas box office, the total box office in the first phase reached more than $74 million.

The production cost of "Whiplash" was $4 million, and the publicity cost was about $3 million.

With a revenue ratio of more than 10 times, it is considered a hit movie.

However, Lionsgate has too many hit movies this year, and there are more than one movie with a revenue ratio of more than 10 times, so the media and peers are somewhat numb to this data, and instead think that it is abnormal for Lionsgate to have a loss-making movie like "Ender's Game".

"The Conjuring 2" will be released on September 26.

The first film in the series was released in October 2012. With a production cost of 20 million US dollars, it grossed 350 million US dollars worldwide, setting a record for the best opening box office of original horror films and the highest box office of horror films of the year. It also won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 2013 and was ranked first in the top ten horror films of 2012.

"The Conjuring 2" is still directed by James Wan, starring Patrick Wilson, Daddario, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe and others. It tells the story of the various crises encountered by paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine when they help a single mother and four children exorcise demons.

Adapted from real events.

In the first week of its release, it grossed 56.17 million US dollars in 3,343 theaters, and in the first month of its release, it grossed 112 million US dollars in North America.

It became the fifth Lionsgate film to break the 100 million North American box office.

The film's overseas box office performance is even better. Since September, it has been released in theaters in more than 70 countries and regions, and has earned $233 million in the year.

The total box office performance of "The Conjuring 2" reached $345 million.

Compared with the production cost of $35 million, the revenue ratio is close to 10:1

Lionsgate has made more than $100 million in profit on this project.

Lionsgate released two consecutive films in September with a box office revenue ratio of more than 10 to 1. This situation makes its peers feel powerless. Lionsgate's movies seem to grow in the hearts of movie fans. As long as it is a Lionsgate movie, the audience will come to support it.

If this situation continues, in a few years, Lionsgate may become another Universal Pictures or Warner Pictures.