Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

 Chapter 301 A good guy card

Jingle Bell!

"What's up?"

Under the awning by the swimming pool, Link put down the Hemingway collection in his hand and answered the phone on the table.

The call was from Evaka, telling him that "Sorry" had received a good response after its release, and asked him if his next album would be based on the themes of 'cheating', 'apology', 'broken love', and 'single men'. A 'breakup album'?

Link knew that the other party was making fun of him, so he told her that breaking up only once would not make up the songs for an album, so he would wait until he broke up a few more times.

“OK, let’s not talk about the album for now, how are you and Taylor doing?”

 “Are you concerned about this matter?”

“Of course, I am the president of Link Music. I need to know your current emotional state, and then formulate the next promotion strategy based on your situation. If I don’t know the situation clearly, I will make wrong decisions and waste the company’s funds.”

"Well, I don't know how to answer this question. Yesterday I apologized to Taylor and got her forgiveness. I advised her to come back. She said she needed a day to think about it, so my relationship with Taylor is like The cat in the box needs to wait for Taylor to speak whether it is separated or combined. "

"So you worked overtime last night to make "Sorry" because you wanted to impress Taylor and give Taylor a reason to come back? I don't see that you are still a very affectionate scumbag."

"Thank you. I appreciate the compliment."

Link smiled helplessly.

“I’m sorry, I’ve been thinking about it all night, but I still can’t accept your cheating.”

This incident was also reprinted and reported by online media, saying that the idol cheated and broke up, and tens of thousands of fans apologized on his behalf, which was the only one in the entertainment industry.

 The phone received a message from Taylor.

 His Twitter account is also very lively.

Evaka continued to say that if Taylor agrees to get back together, remember to tell her that if she doesn't agree, she should also tell her that this is part of her job.

 Someone thanked him, saying that he had just been caught cheating on his girlfriend and didn’t know how to apologize, so it was much more convenient to have his song.

Tens of thousands of fans went to Taylor's Twitter to apologize on his behalf, saying that he just made a mistake that a normal man would make and hoped that Taylor wouldn't take it too seriously.

Fans have commented one after another saying that the new song is very nice and that he is very powerful and the best singer in the pop music world.

 Some people say that although he is a scumbag, his creative ability is second to none in the music world, and they advise him to have more cheating and write more good songs.

 There is still no response from Taylor, but the new song "sorry" released in the morning has been listened to more than 1.04 million times on iTunes, and the number of paid downloads has reached 47,000, easily reaching the top of the iTunes daily download list.

Link said he understood.

 In the comment area, fans’ evaluations of this song are relatively positive.

Some people say that this song is comparable to the famous apology song "Apologize" by the band "One Body Republic".

 Hang up the phone and looked at his phone.

 Ding dong!

Seeing this message, Link almost crushed his phone to pieces. He said so much and did so much yesterday, but what he was waiting for was "I'm sorry"?

 Link: "I promise I will never cheat on you in the future."

Taylor: "The book says that men can only cheat once or countless times. At the Grammy Awards, you can have **** with another woman backstage after not seeing each other for more than 20 minutes. In the future, when you go out to hold a concert, we It’s hard to imagine how many times you would cheat after being apart for a week, a month or even more.”

Link: "The first two times were accidents." Taylor: "Link, stop quibbling. Even if you don't cheat, every time you leave, I can't help but think about you messing around outside. I It’s going to be very painful, can you understand that feeling?”

Link is helpless, Taylor is too assertive. Once such a person makes up his mind, even ten cows cannot be pulled back.

Taylor sent another message: "Link, I'm sorry. You are a good man, strong and brave, humble and kind, and the best boy in the world. I know I will regret leaving you in the future, but for my dream, I have to do it." Leaving you, you are so good that it is easy for me to indulge in it. Your protection and care for me will also make me lose my desire for freedom. I love you, but I love music more. "

Link: "Okay, let's break up!"

Link was a little disappointed. He originally thought that what he said yesterday would impress Taylor and bring the situation back to a level, but Taylor was stronger than he thought and was more decisive in doing things.

Taylor: "Link, you are very talented in music. I hope you can continue to sing and write more good songs. Don't give up music easily because of me. That would be a pity."

"talk later."

Link dropped his cell phone, put on his goggles, jumped into the blue water, and swam back and forth for more than ten times, feeling much cooler.

 When I got up, I saw Ms. Anna standing on the shore, holding a work bag in her hand.

 “Anna, is something wrong?”

Link asked as he dried his hair with a towel.

Ms. Anna nodded, "It's about Usher's new album. They previously said in the promotion that this album was carefully crafted and took more than two years to produce. They also hired 15 gold medal producers to co-produce it.

Originally they expected the album to sell more than 1 million copies in its first week, but the result was only 410,000, which was far lower than expected.

Professional media such as "Rolling Stone" magazine evaluated this album as subpar. The album structure is sparse and there is no connection between the songs. It seems that there are many songs pieced together here and there. The overall quality is much worse than your love album. cut.

 But on the CBS Nightly Talk Show yesterday, Usher, Kanye West, producer Jermaine Dupree, TheRunners and others took aim at you.

Every time you release a new album, you create news, create a lot of hype, and disrupt the distribution market. Bad money drives out good money, preventing many excellent albums from achieving good results, and preventing many excellent musicians from surviving in the music scene.

Kanye West also said that you are a poisonous weed in the music industry and hopes that fans will stop supporting you.

Coincidentally, you tweeted "Sorry" in the morning, and Kanye, Usher and others retweeted your tweets one after another, saying that you recognized your mistakes and apologized to them, even though many fans pointed out that you were asking Taylor Apologized, they also stood by their original statement. "

Link heard a lot of dark things. These guys were obviously trying to gain popularity and were shameless in order to sell albums.

“Usher and Kanye are both signed artists under SB Entertainment. What does Scooter say?”

"Usher and Kanye signed a personal brand marketing contract with SB Entertainment, which is a type of commercial brokerage contract. Their record contracts are all with Jay-Z's Roc Nation Records, and SB Entertainment cannot interfere in this regard. .

However, I have contacted Mr. Braun and he believes that this form of hype is also good for us. Just like last year when you competed with Jay-Z for the charts, you attracted a lot of media coverage, and in the end both of your albums sold well. "

Ms. Anna said.

 “Well, let’s ignore it for now and let them hype it up.”

Link nodded, lay down on the bench and continued reading.

 (End of this chapter)