Chapter 625: Chinese New Year and Making Money

Compared with Los Angeles, Kyoto has a large temperature difference between summer and winter. It is too hot in summer and too cold in winter, so there are more difficulties in training.

Every day, not only do we have to overcome the fatigue brought by training, but also the extreme heat and cold.

Fortunately, Link's physical fitness is getting stronger and stronger, his body's self-healing ability and endurance are also continuously improving, and his ability to adapt to the surrounding environment is also increasing.

No matter the extreme cold, extreme heat, or other worse environments, they can't affect his training.

In the morning, he runs to warm up, trains in the school boxing training hall in the morning, sweating profusely, and practices shot put and javelin in the track and field in the afternoon, practicing one posture thousands of times.

Because it is winter vacation, the students all go home for the New Year, and he is often alone during training.

However, he once lived alone on Mars for three years, so this difficulty is nothing now.

When I returned home in the afternoon, Zhang Zilin came back and brought a lot of local specialties from his hometown in Dongshan, including old ham, sea cucumber, big apples, etc., which were packed in four large boxes.

"You should go back with me. Many people in your hometown know you. Your songs were played at the wedding."

At the table, Zhang Zilin smiled while holding chopsticks.

"Your hometown is too far away. It's inconvenient to go back and forth."

"What's the inconvenience of driving yourself? Let's go back together next time. There are sea and beach near my home. It's fun in summer."

"It sounds good. You can consider going in summer!"

Link nodded.

"Have you got your exam results this semester? Did you fail any courses?"

Zhang Zilin asked.

"No, I got full marks in English, advanced mathematics, and physical education. I can get a scholarship next year."

"So amazing? You train every day and go to concerts, and you can get full marks?"

"The test questions are not difficult. Did you fail?"

"Of course not. I study better than you, so it's even more impossible for me to fail."

Zhang Zilin lowered his head and stuck out the tip of his tongue.

After Zhang Zilin came back, Link's daily life also had more content. He had an extra companion in the morning training and an extra warmth in his arms when he slept.

The Spring Festival is coming soon. Lin Ke participated in two Spring Festival Gala rehearsals at Kyoto TV. He spent the rest of his time training, reading, practicing piano, and occasionally going to Xun Ge'er and Gao Yuanyuan's homes for a bite.

Since the last time the relationship was exposed, the three of them got along more casually, like close friends.

It's just that Gao Yuanyuan has been with him for a long time and has become clingy, and began to ask to be his official girlfriend.

Lin Ke did not agree, and directly told her that the two of them could only have this kind of relationship now. If she crossed the line, he would consider breaking off the relationship between the two. In addition, he advised her not to mess around and expose their relationship.

Gao Yuanyuan asked why. She thought she was better than Zhang Zilin and more suitable for him. Why couldn't he choose her?

Lin Ke did not deny that she was very good, but women in the entertainment industry were busy with work and the circle was more complicated. It was impossible for their relationship to be stable when they were young. There were huge differences between the two in age, work, cognition, social circle, etc., and it was destined that there would be no results.

Zhang Zilin is not a person in the entertainment industry yet. She is relatively simple in all aspects, and it will be easier to get along with her.

Seeing that he would not give in, Gao Yuanyuan stopped forcing him. She would just go crazy during exercise and say that she wanted to short him, but in the end, she was the one who failed.

It was much simpler for Xun Ge'er.

Xun Ge'er was 30 years old after the Chinese New Year, 11 years older than him. The age difference was too big, so Xun Ge'er would not ask for too much in terms of status.

In private, the two of them were more like siblings and friends, and it was more relaxed.

This year's New Year's Eve was on January 22. On the first day of New Year's Eve, Zhang Zilin's parents asked him to go to their home to celebrate the New Year. He did not refuse. In the evening, they had a New Year's Eve dinner at Zhang's house and watched the Spring Festival Gala together.

There were more pop singers in this year's Spring Festival Gala, including Zhou Jielun, Zhao Wei, Qi Qin, Mo Wenwei, Yang Kun, Sha Baoliang, Adu, etc., all of whom were relatively popular last year. Among them, Yang Kun and Sha Baoliang are singers under Maitian Music. They can appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and the company's operation is indispensable.

If Link had released an album earlier, he would have had a chance to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

In addition to singing and dancing, skits are also quite interesting.

In the show "Water Delivery Man" by the Northeast Iron Triangle, Uncle Benshan was asked by his customer Gao Xiumin to pretend to be a father to her son who had just returned from abroad. When he was pretending to be a father, he heard that his son Fan Wei was a postdoctoral fellow studying mummies. Uncle Benshan was so scared that he quickly took off his clothes and prepared to run away, fearing that his true identity would be seen through.

The show has both funny and tearful moments, and is no less interesting than last year's "Selling Cars" and the year before last's "Selling Crutches".

After the New Year's Eve, the next day, Link came to the studio of Kyoto TV to sing "Steady Happiness". After the performance, the audience applauded like thunder.

The media response afterwards was also very good. With his handsome appearance, slender and upright figure, and extraordinary temperament, Link quickly became popular, which greatly increased his fame in China.

In addition, his singing level and performance ability on stage are also very strong, which is significantly different from the style of local singers. He was also rated as the "new trend" and "tomorrow's superstar" in the mainland music scene by the "Huaxia Youth Daily".

The album "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" also grew significantly during the Spring Festival.

According to data released by IFPI, a Hong Kong album sales statistics agency: The total sales of the official album "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" in China and overseas regions have reached 3.36 million copies.

Among the 487 Chinese albums released last year, it ranked fifth in the year, second only to Jay Chou's "Ye Huimei", Wang Fei's "Willing Love", Jolin Tsai's "Look at My 72 Changes", and Stefanie Sun's "THE MOMENT".

The songs in this album were played second only to Jay Chou's "Ye Huimei" on radio stations across Asia in the first month, with about 2.5 billion plays, while "In the Name of the Father" from Jay Chou's new album was played 8 times on the first day. 100 million times, still not as good as Director Zhou.

In terms of ring tones business, the total number of subscriptions for the 12 songs in "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" reached 3.43 million. The song with the most subscriptions by mobile users is "Steady Happiness", which currently has 620,000 subscriptions, and eight songs have exceeded 200,000 subscriptions. Second-rate.

In this regard, the data is better than that of Jay Chou's new album. It is said that the reason is that Jay Chou's singing voice is not clear and is not suitable for ringtones.

In addition, in terms of pirated albums, it is expected to sell 15 million copies, including pirated tapes, pirated DVD music discs, etc.

Pirated copies are relatively cheaper and more popular in the market.

This situation will inevitably harm the interests of Link and Wheatfield Music, but it will also help him expand his fan base. He will have the opportunity to recover it during future concerts. As his fame increases, the cost of endorsement advertising will also be higher in the future. .

This also causes domestic singers to hold concerts non-stop as long as they are famous to turn their fame into cash.

As the album sold well, Link earned more than 2.2 million in the second batch. Currently, he has nearly 4 million in cash and is ready to make some investments, but has not found a suitable target.

So he took advantage of the low housing prices in Kyoto and bought an apartment each in Chaoyang District and Dongcheng District, with an area of ​​more than 180 square meters, and spent nearly 3.5 million yuan.

He also bought Zhang Zilin a car worth more than 200,000 yuan so that she didn't have to borrow the family car to drive it. However, her driving skills were average and she liked to ride in a Link car every time she went to and from school.

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After the Spring Festival, Link continued to train and prepare for the start of school.

Because the Olympic Games are coming soon, national team training camps have become more frequent, and at the same time there are multiple competitions within each sport, also called Olympic qualifying matches.

Link won a spot in the Olympic boxing event in advance by winning the World Boxing Championship, while other team members needed to participate in the Asian regional trials to get a spot.

This year, there are 46 quotas for men's and women's boxing in Asia. After several rounds of selection, the Chinese team won a total of 6 quotas, including Link, Zou Shiming, Zhang Xiyan and others.

In the shot put event, because Link broke the Asian record at the Universiade and Asian Championships, he also automatically qualified for the Olympic men's shot put event.

There is also the men's javelin event. The qualifying competition was held in Qingdao in early February. In this qualifying competition, Link threw six times in two rounds, with a maximum score of 83.14 meters, reaching the A standard for the Athens Olympics.

Li Yongxiang, who has better results than him in the national team, has a best score of 83.35 meters in six shots.

Li Yongxiang is a 32-year-old veteran who has won many domestic javelin championships. He threw 82.21 meters at the 2002 Busan Asian Games, creating the best result in Asia at the time.

Because of Link's stable performance and continuous improvement in performance, the national team's track and field team also included him in the Olympic men's javelin throw team.

"Link, you are so awesome. You compete in three Olympic events by yourself. Are you a god?"

In the dormitory, Bao Xiaohu said with envy.

"The Olympics office has arranged it this way, and I can't refuse."

Link said.

The main reason for the above arrangement is that the national team is not strong in these three events. So far, it has not won a medal in these three Olympic events.

Now that a talent like him has emerged, the national team doesn't mind letting him give it a try, and he can play three shots if he has a date or not.

Besides, he is still very young and is a growing athlete. He can gain more experience by going to the Olympics for some training.

"Link, how come you suddenly become so powerful? Before, you were just stronger and not that outstanding. How come you are now an all-around athlete? Does it mean that injuries make people stronger?"

Jiang Weixing looked at Bao Xiaohu and Chang Yijun, "How about we get hurt too?"

"It makes sense. You should injure your shoulder joint first, and then strain your lumbar muscles to see if you can become stronger. If so, I will follow you immediately."

Bao Xiaohu said coquettishly.

"Don't mess around. Link is born with great strength. He may have experienced secondary growth after the last injury. Only when his strength grows will he become more powerful. This is related to personal physique. Not everyone can be like Link."

Chang Yijun said.

"In addition to physical fitness, we also need to strengthen training and supplement nutrition. How about you get up early and run 10 kilometers with me from tomorrow?"

Link said.

"Get up at 5 o'clock and run 10 kilometers? Please spare me. I am a throwing athlete and rely on my arm strength. Running is not my strong point. Running 10 kilometers a day will make me exhausted."

Bao Xiaohu shook his head and said.

Link shrugged his shoulders and stopped trying to persuade them.

Bao Xiaohujiang and Weixing had three physical conditions better than ordinary people and were very strong, so they were admitted to the National University of Physical Education.

But it's only better than ordinary people, and he doesn't have a superhuman physique, so it's useless to practice too hard every day.

"Link, the performance of our athletes in this trial was mediocre, and the throwing team was completely wiped out. This time you have three events selected for the Olympics. Remember to work hard and try to get a gold medal, or a medal is fine."

Chang Yijun said.

"No problem, I will try to win more gold medals."

Link said with a nod.

After returning to school, Link continued his classes and daily training.

In mid-February, the 2004 Top Ten Golden Songs Awards Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Maitian Music also applied for awards for Link, but only received a nomination for the Most Popular Newcomer Award.

The Most Popular Male/Female Singer Award in the Asia-Pacific Region was won by Dehua Liu and Kelly Chen respectively, and the Most Popular Male and Female Singer Award of the Year was won by Dehua Liu and Joey Yung. Other awards were also divided among local singers from Hong Kong Island. The Top Ten Golden Songs were all from Hong Kong Island, which seemed very exclusive.

In March, the shortlist of nominees for the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards was also announced one after another. Link received three nominations, including the Best New Singer Award, the Best Lyricist Award, and the Best Composer Award.

Jay Chou and "Ye Huimei" received a total of 8 nominations, becoming the album and singer with the most nominations, followed by Wang Fei's "Willing Love" with 6 nominations.

Maitian Music suggested that he attend the Golden Melody Awards ceremony and hold a few autograph sessions in Taiwan Island.

Link did not agree immediately. He was busy with training recently and needed to see the training arrangements within the team before making a decision.