Chapter 71 Income

"Link, Wilson is here to collect the venue management fee. I asked you if you can get a discount because you are a star customer, but he said no."

In the Baker diving shop, Fat James saw off two diving tourists, placed two glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice on the glass round table, stuck his butt back, lay down on the beach chair next to him with a squeak, and took off the hat on his head. , combing back his sweaty brown curly hair with his hand.

"Of course, the beach doesn't belong to him, so why should he discount it?"

Link took a sip from the straw and remembered that the Olympics were coming soon and he needed to control his weight. He spit out the juice that contained too much sugar and took a sip of mineral water.

"How was your income last month?"

"Haha, it's very good. Excluding equipment losses, management fees and other expenses last month, our net income was US$9,524. This is the most we have ever earned since we opened the store, almost over 10,000 US dollars."

James waved his arms excitedly and grinned like a banana.

"Link, here's what I think. When we have money, how about we buy a few more high-end diving suits and sell the old ones. No one wants to rent the old diving suits."

"Can."

Link said nonchalantly.

In this qualifying tournament, he made a lot of money, with a competition bonus of 50,000 US dollars and a gold-plated trophy. The Florida Sports Commission awarded him 100,000 US dollars in training fees, and the Amateur Boxing Association also awarded him 20,000 US dollars, asking him to Prepare for the Olympic Games with peace of mind.

During the game, he also placed two bets. The first time he played against Peters, the KO winning odds were 1:10.2. He bet 2,000 US dollars, and the result was TKO. According to bookmakers, TKO and KO are two different outcomes. , lost two thousand.

In the fifth game against Aragon, he bet 2,000 US dollars on himself to KO Aragon. The odds were 1:12.5 and he earned 25,000 US dollars.

Ling Ling totals almost 200,000 US dollars.

I don't really care about the three melons and two dates that Baker's shop earns.

James lay on the chair, flipped through a few pages of "Playboy" and said: "Link, you got a lot of bonuses in this competition. Counting the Golden Glove bonus, it's almost two hundred thousand. Do you want to consider buying it?" Apartment?

This year’s housing market is in a bubble and the market is very sluggish. Many apartments are being sold at reduced prices. There is also one for sale near my home. It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large terrace, and a small garden. It is on 27th Street in West Palm Beach. The location is very Well, the selling price is only US$580,000, and installment payments are allowed.

If you want to buy, I will immediately ask my mother to help you contact a real estate agent. She is very good at negotiating prices. "

"Thank you mom for me, but I have no plans to buy a house for the time being."

"Why? You are an adult and will get married and have children in the future. Do you want to take them to live in the carriage?"

James turned his head and pointed at the small shop behind him, looking a little disgusted.

"Yes, I need a house, but not now, nor a small apartment. I am going to make more money. When I earn 100 million US dollars, I will buy a big villa in the wealthy area of Palm Beach. What do you think? ?”

Link said shaking his calves.

"Going to buy a villa in a wealthy area?"

James shook his head repeatedly.

The wealthy area of Palm Beach is in the northern part of the Bund. The residents there are either rich or wealthy, including Fortune 500 shareholders, CEOs of listed companies, high-level U.S. government officials, big stars, etc. It is said that the lowest price of a villa there is 50 or 60 yuan. Millions, ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

He pointed at Link's gauze-wrapped arm and said, "You strained a muscle in just one boxing match. What will you do if you get a more serious injury next time? Let me tell you, you should buy a set while you have the money. An apartment, with an apartment, you have a place to live even if you can’t box, right?”

James hesitated, "In addition, this is also what Catherine meant. Your mother called my mother and told me about this. That day you played against Aragon, and Catherine was also there. Did you see her?"

"Seen it!"

Link nodded. Regarding Link Baker's mother, Ms. Catherine Baker, he had only met her once before. That was when Link was stabbed and lying in the hospital. Catherine came once and left a sum of money.

In my memory, the relationship between Link Baker and Catherine was not close.

The root of the matter lies with Link's father, Bob Baker.

In the 1980s, Bob Baker followed Link's grandfather fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and didn't make much money.

In the 1970s and 1980s, due to its convenient geographical location, Miami gradually became a transit point for illegal drugs entering the United States. Every year, trillions of dollars of illegal drugs were transited from Miami to various parts of North America. There were also many dealers engaged in illegal drug transactions here.

When Bob Baker saw others making a fortune selling illegal drugs, he decided to stop fishing and went to Colombia to buy cheap illegal drugs, transport them back to the United States and sell them at a high price.

In those years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) cracked down hard and the prices of North American products continued to rise. Bob made millions in black money in just a few years.

It was also at that time that Bob Baker met Catherine Baker at a dance who had just entered the fashion circle. Catherine was a descendant of Italian immigrants. She was tall, outstanding in appearance, and had the ambition to be an actress.

Later, under Bob Baker's money offensive, she married Bob, who was eleven years older than her, and Link Baker was born soon after.

Bob is not a well-behaved man either. After getting married, he still spends time drinking and drinking outside, and often engages in alcoholism and domestic violence. Catherine and Link are both victims.

When Link was four years old, their relationship broke down. Catherine filed for divorce and wanted to take Link to live abroad, but Bob refused and pulled out a gun and threatened her.

Catherine did not dare to mention the divorce again and left the Baker's house with her luggage. She met Link very rarely in the following years.

Until the crackdown by the Drug Enforcement Administration five years ago, Bob Baker refused to give up and wanted to continue smuggling to make money. Soon after, he died in a street conflict. It was said that the spoils were unevenly divided.

After Bob Baker's death, most of the family property was seized or divided among his partners. A small portion was squandered by Link within two or three years. In the meantime, Catherine came back and said she would take Link to study in New York, but Link refused.

Link grew up with Bob Baker, and his relationship with Catherine was very cold and had little contact.

Link had almost forgotten that he had a nominal mother.

This time during the competition in Havana, Link was surprised to see Catherine there. What was even more surprising was that Selena Gomez turned out to be his cousin.

Selena is 16 years old this year. She was born as a child star. She filmed a TV series when she was 7 years old. She was signed to Disney in 2004 and became an artist. Last year, she starred in Disney's magical comedy "Wizards" and became a young actor.

Katherine Baker is now Selena's executive agent, the equivalent of Lady Andrea and Lady Erin.

He and Catherine met after the last game, and Selina blackmailed her into a seafood meal. Then he had something to do, and Catherine also had work to do, so the two parties exchanged phone calls and separated.

He also counts as one more blood-related acquaintance.

You can listen to Catherine's advice or not.

"Hey, Link, James, do you want to play volleyball?"

Michael and Daniel were wearing T-shirts and beach shorts, holding a yellow volleyball between their legs, waving on the beach in the distance. Five young girls in cool clothes stood beside them.

"No, I'm recovering from my injuries."

Link responded by raising his gauze-covered arm.

"It's a pity."

Michael winked and smiled.

"You can go if you want. You don't need to chat with me here."

Link noticed that James' eyes kept looking at the girl over there, picked up the newspaper again and said.

James shook his head, hesitated, took off his hat, shook his fat body, and ran to the beach not far away to play volleyball with a few people.

They played well at first, but later they saw that the fat man was more playful, and several girls tried to dunk the volleyball on James.

Link wanted to intervene, but when he saw James grinning and his face flushed with joy, he thought it was better for him to stop meddling.

"Hey Link, how are you feeling today?"

Dr. Holt got out of the car carrying the medicine box.

"Not bad, Gregory!"