Chapter 594 Good Luck and Good Fortune

"Hi, Link, congratulations on your victory. Well, you have never failed since your debut. How do you feel now?"

After the game, host Steve Mandanda rushed to Link with a microphone and asked. The camera of HBO TV also followed Steve's pace and aimed the lens at Link.

At this time, Link was wearing a golden robe to keep warm, with four golden belts on his shoulders, and surrounded by reporters.

"Mood? Very good. Steve, I didn't expect you to interview me today. This is really good."

Link shook hands with his old acquaintance.

"Haha, yes, very good."

Steve Mandanda pulled up the corners of his mouth, and his smile was a little bitter.

When he first met Link, Link was a young boxer who had just debuted and was unknown, while he was a famous host of HBO TV.

Seven years later, Link has become the number one in the boxing world, a billionaire, and a superstar, while he is still an HBO host, standing still.

He didn't know whether to sigh that Link was very powerful and lucky, or to sigh that he was useless and wasted his time.

However, as a professional host, Steve Mandanda quickly gathered his messy thoughts and asked Link several questions that the audience was more concerned about.

For example, how does Link evaluate this game, how does he evaluate his opponent, will Link have a second game with Klitschko, what is Link's next goal after conquering the heavyweight field, and will he fight in the light heavyweight.

For old acquaintances, Link is very patient, and basically answers as long as the questions do not involve personal privacy.

After becoming the heavyweight champion of the four major organizations, he will fight for a few more years to defend his title. If there are good opponents in the super middleweight, light heavyweight, or light heavyweight, he doesn't mind losing weight and fighting a few more games.

Now he is the number one in the boxing world, and the prize money for each game is hundreds of millions of US dollars, which is higher than the annual income of many listed companies. It is not cost-effective to retire early.

In the next few years, he will continue to fight in the boxing world until there are no opponents.

"Link, I saw the fishing photos you sent, and Alexander, he is also a strong little guy like you. Will you teach him boxing? Do you plan to train him to be a boxer?"

Steve Mandanda asked.

Link smiled and said, "I usually call Alexander when I run, but he is too young to train with me for the time being. As for whether he will become a boxer in the future, it depends on whether he is interested in boxing."

"Yes, interest is very important."

Steve Mandanda nodded.

After answering Steve's question, Link was surrounded by reporters and hosts from other TV stations and left the stage after more than half an hour.

After the game, Link held a celebration party at the MGM Grand Hotel and invited friends who came to support him. Although he is now the unique boxing champion and billionaire in the boxing world, connections are still very important.

After several promotional activities in Las Vegas the next day, Link returned to Los Angeles to rest.

His income from this game was 420 million US dollars, including 250 million appearance fees, 135 million PPV income share, 25 million ticket share, 12 million advertising sponsorship, etc.

Created a new record for single-game income in the boxing world.

Among the top ten boxing income rankings, except for Mayweather who ranks seventh, all the others are Link's games.

According to Business Week, the commercial value created by this match is about 1.5 billion US dollars, which is comparable to a large-scale sports event.

Link is also considered by the media to be a person who can boost the regional economy. Unfortunately, the income from boxing matches is not stable enough, the industry size is not as large as music, and no one has proposed the concept of "Link Economics".

"Now that you have all the gold belts, write more songs when you have time, and don't waste your talent in music."

In the Beverly Hills villa, Taylor held a guitar, and his fingers gently stroked the strings, making a ding-dong sound.

"I know, I'll write when I have time."

Link said as he flipped through the newspaper.

"Humph, I really hope there will be another financial crisis that will make you bankrupt. When you have no money to spend, you will find a way to write some good songs."

Seeing him so perfunctory, Taylor wrinkled his nose and said.

"How can I have no money to spend? Even if I go bankrupt, I can still fight with my fists. People like me can live well even in the wasteland, unlike a certain female singer who has no life skills except singing. If one day I can't sing, I will probably starve to death."

Link joked.

Taylor glared at him angrily, and felt unsatisfied, so she kicked him with her toes.

Link grabbed her slender calf, and before Taylor could react, he pulled her into his arms, pressed her on the sofa and bullied her hard, letting her know who was the head of the family.

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"American Sniper" was released for seven weeks, with a North American box office of 380 million US dollars and a global total box office of 625 million US dollars. It is also the best-performing movie of Lionsgate so far this year.

"The Big Short" was released for five weeks, with a North American box office of 78.2 million US dollars and a global box office of 142 million US dollars.

The dark horse movie "Split" released at the end of October, currently has a North American box office of 138 million US dollars and a total box office of 278 million US dollars. It is the movie with the best box office revenue ratio of Lionsgate this year.

In the winter season in November, Lionsgate's 17th movie this year, "The Hunger Games 4", was released. The box office for the first three days was 106 million US dollars, which was slightly worse than the box office performance of the previous two films, but it was also above the passing line.

After 11 days of release, the North American box office exceeded 200 million.

The total box office in overseas regions was 247 million US dollars in ten days.

Compared with the final chapters of "Harry Potter" and "Twilight", the box office performance of "The Hunger Games 4" is slightly worse. There is no big box office explosion at the end. The global box office is expected to be around 700 million US dollars.

Although the box office of "The Hunger Games 4" is not ideal, it also makes the total box office performance of Lionsgate's films released this year exceed 2.3 billion US dollars.

It is far ahead of its peers.

In the third weekend of November, Lionsgate's 18th film this year was released. "Wild" is an art film and is also released in the way of art films. It was first screened in 6 theaters in the United States. Relying on the influence of the heroine Reese Witherspoon, the box office in the first week was 768,000 US dollars, and the average daily box office per theater was 18,000 US dollars, which is a good result.

The word of mouth of the movie is also relatively positive. Reese Witherspoon was originally an "American sweetheart". She became popular in "Legally Blonde" in 2001 and won the Oscar for Best Actress in "Walk the Walk" in 2006. Among all American sweethearts, she is a relatively successful one.

The starring role in "Wild" once again recognized her acting skills, and there is a great chance that she will be nominated for an Oscar again for this role.

In the second week of preview, "Wild" was expanded to 1,016 theaters, with a box office of 9.46 million US dollars in the first week and a cumulative box office of 10.22 million US dollars.

It also earned 6.04 million US dollars in two weeks of overseas release.

The total box office is expected to be around 60 million.

The production cost of this film is 25 million, and it is not difficult to make a profit, but it will not make much money.

After "Wild", Lionsgate has two more films "The Butler" and "The Revenant" that have entered the promotion period one after another.

As the release date of "The Revenant" approaches, Leonardo has become nervous and often calls Link to discuss publicity.

In addition, Leonardo has also written more than ten interview manuscripts, more than 30,000 words of stories behind the filming of the film, providing sufficient material for the promotion of the film.

For example, the filming period of the film lasted for nine months. The crew went from the United States to Canada and then moved to southern Argentina to shoot in order to capture real scenes and natural light. The crew also encountered many dangers during the filming. One blizzard almost buried half of the crew.

In addition, before the film was released, the MPAA rated the film R-rated because of blood, violence, and a sex plot.

In the second trailer, there is a scene where Leonardo is knocked down by a big brown bear.

Some media speculated that Leonardo was raped by a big brown bear while filming "The Revenant" based on this scene.

This news is quite curious and quickly topped the hot search list, attracting many people to watch.

"Link, is this news you asked someone to make up?"

"What news?"

In the villa halfway up the mountain, Link received a call from Leonardo.

"Did you ask someone to make up the news that I was raped by a big brown bear to create a topic to promote the movie?"

"Of course not, I'm not that boring, but this news is also good. It can arouse the curiosity of the audience, and then go to the cinema to watch the story that you and the big brown bear have to tell."

Link laughed.

"Shit! Don't mention this again. Do you want to attend the premiere of the movie next week?"

"No time. I have to go back to New York for Christmas next week. I can attend the premiere in New York."

After chatting with Leonardo for a few words, Link shook his head and hung up the phone.

"This guy is a little anxious about the Oscar now."

"American Sniper is also good. You also have a chance to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor with this role. Do you want to try?"

Ivaka put down the magazine and asked.

"No need. Acting is just a hobby. There is no need to waste too much time on this."

Link put his arm around her waist, feeling the softness and fragrance of her body.

Ivaka nodded and leaned on his shoulder.

Christmas is coming soon. This time, Link and Evaka are not busy, so they return to New York a month before Christmas.

On the one hand, they prepare for Christmas, and on the other hand, they support their father-in-law. Now his father-in-law is the No. 1 candidate of the Elephant Party and has a great chance of inheriting the throne.