Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 503 Envy, Jealousy and Hatred

Bang bang! Bang bang!

In the boxing training ground, Link hit the punching bag alternately with his fists, his expression focused and serious, and his steps and strikes were full of rhythm.

Hoya stared at him for a while and couldn't help curling his lips.

Link is now worth four to five billion. He is a singing superstar, a film superstar, and the number one boxer. He won 12 gold medals at the Olympic Games not long ago. He is considered the greatest athlete in the world, and he also won a Medal of Freedom.

For a person like him, who has money, fame, status and everything, De La Hoya doesn't understand why he can still maintain his original intention and train relentlessly.

If this were the case for other athletes, they would probably retire early and just go home and enjoy themselves.

"Hey, Hoya, is Link still training?"

Frank asked as he came over with his assistant.

De La Hoya looked back at Frank, who was wearing a suit. This guy seemed to have just attended a cocktail party. "What are you doing here at this time? Link just said that no one can disturb him while he is training."

"Okay, I know, I just want him to sign a contract, an endorsement contract."

Frank laughed.

De La Hoya glanced at him and gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that Link has received a lot of advertising endorsements recently. The media said there are forty or fifty? Each endorsement is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Link's advertising endorsements alone have made him this year. Is it true that you can make billions of dollars?”

"Haha, it's too exaggerated. There are not forty or fifty. I have more than ten here, and Ms. Anna has more than ten, about thirty. But including the original endorsement of Link, there are almost forty or fifty. "

Frank laughed.

"Is it true that each endorsement costs hundreds of millions?"

"Haha, not that much. Some are more than 100 million, some are tens of millions. Link's request is for endorsements less than 30 million. The main reason is that he is too popular. Brand owners all over the world are looking for him with checks. If he does not set a minimum amount for endorsements, he will be too busy filming commercials.”

Frank shrugged.

De La Hoya gritted his teeth when he heard it. Other celebrities couldn't accept advertisements if they wanted to, but Link set a minimum endorsement fee, which is less than 30 million per year. If he doesn't accept it, this is too exaggerated.

An advertising endorsement earns 30 million yuan per year, more than 30 people, and annual advertising revenue exceeds one billion US dollars.

Link is becoming more and more like a money printing machine.

"You can make a lot of money this time, right?"

Dynasty Promotions is one of Link's agencies and is mainly responsible for advertising and endorsement business in sports.

In this Olympics, Link once again became popular all over the world, and his fame around the world has reached a new level. It is said that this guy has more than one billion fans around the world, more than MJ's fans at the time.

As Link becomes more famous and receives more endorsements, Frank and Dynasty Promotions will also be able to earn a large amount of agent's share. Calculated based on the minimum 3%, one billion endorsement funds will be more than 30 million in share, which is free. Money is the same.

"Haha, not much, not much."

Frank waved his hand and when he saw Link stop, he shouted and walked towards Link with the folder.

De La Hoya looked at Frank with envy. This guy only paid more than 10 million plus 30% of the shares to sign Link. The contract was worth less than 30 million at the time. But in the following four years, Link helped the dynasty. Sports make four to five billion dollars, and more will be made in the future.

Frank was lucky enough to find a walking money printing press.

Frank and Link chatted for a while, and Link signed the document with a pen. Then Frank stopped disturbing him and came out with the folder.

"Hoya, are you free? How about having a drink together?"

Frank laughed.

"No time. I have to coach Hopkins on some training. I'm very busy and don't have time to drink."

Hoya said calmly.

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Frank left in a hurry with his assistant, as if he was busy picking up money.

Hoya snorted enviously, and was about to give Link a few words when he suddenly smelled a nice scent of perfume. Before he turned around, he saw Emma Roberts walking over with two glasses of juice, spreading them around. She has blond hair and wears a suspender skirt, looking cool and pretty.

"Hey Emma, ​​are you here to train with Link again?"

Hoya grinned and asked with a half-smile.

"Yes."

Emma didn't mean to talk to him anymore. She looked at Link and walked straight over. After taking a few steps, she looked back at Hoya and said, "Hoya, do you have anything else to do?"

"fine."

"Oh, okay, see you later!"

Emma turned and closed the training room door.

Hoya's face darkened and he curled his lips in displeasure. In fact, he could guess what the two guys were doing inside without closing the door.

Last month, after a training session, he was going to the locker room to ask Link to watch a boxing match.

When I walked to the door, I heard a voice that all men knew coming from the dressing room. Thinking that Emma was there before, the person who made the sound in the room must be Emma.

Originally, he was going to wait at the door and tease Link a few words, but he waited for an hour and it didn't end.

It was so perverted. In that situation, he couldn't make fun of her at all and could only leave with anger.

After knowing that Link and Emma had an abnormal relationship, he would stare at Emma and Link every time he came to the training ground, and found that the two would stay in the locker room or bathroom for a while after each training.

I originally thought that Link's legs would get weak from messing around like this, but after careful observation, I found that it didn't happen at all. Link trained more seriously than before, and he was in high spirits every day.

That state is so enviable.

What made him even more envious was that Link had a beautiful star by his side during training.

Comparing Link's current situation, De La Hoya found that he had been too hard during training and did not know how to combine work and rest.

It's a pity that it's too late to know now, and I can't afford to play when I'm older.

Hoya sighed, shook his head and left.

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Link trained at Muscle Beach for three or four hours and sent Emma away. He drove to Staples Arena to watch the WBO title challenge between Morales and Andre Redier.

After Link gave up the gold belts of the four major organizations last year, the masters in the light heavyweight field took action one after another and divided up the four gold belts.

Among them, Carl French won the WBC gold belt, Arthur Abraham won the IBF gold belt, Andre Ward won the WBA gold belt, and Andre Redier won the WBO gold belt.

Last year Morales participated in the WBA Challenge and met Andre Ward and suffered a defeat.

This year he signed up to participate in the WBO boxing championship challenge again, and after six games, he successfully won the title of boxing challenger. Today is the day that Morales launches a challenge to WBO boxing champion Andre Redier.

After 12 rounds of competition between the two sides, Morales knocked down his opponent three times, and finally won the game with a clear score advantage and became the WBO light heavyweight world champion.

Morales has also become another sparring champion in the boxing world.

"Morales, that's great. Your performance today was so perfect. Even if Link comes, he may not be able to beat you."

As the boss, Hoya shouted happily.

Morales was about to leave the stage with his gold belt on. Hearing his words, he almost fell off the stage. He bared his white teeth and said: "De La Hoya, don't yell, Link is also here."

"Oh, is he here? Where is he?"

De La Hoya looked around and found a man in a peaked cap waving to him in the front row, with Paul Walker sitting next to him.

"Hi, Link! I got the gold belt too."

Morales walked up to Link and smiled.

"Congratulations, you played well this time, and your skills have improved significantly."

Link gave him a fist bump.

"Haha, thank you for this. Without your guidance, I would never have gotten the gold belt."

Morales said.

"No, you won the gold belt because of your own hard training. You don't need to thank anyone."

Link smiled.

Later, De La Hoya heard the conversation between the two and felt very unhappy. Morales was his boxer. He usually gave Morales advice during training and helped arrange tactics during games.

Now that Morales won the gold belt, instead of thanking himself, he went to thank Link.

"Mario, you are now the world boxing champion. Have you ever considered changing to another agency? I think Dynasty Sports is more suitable for you than Golden Boy Promotions."

Link glanced at Hoya and said.

"Bullshit, Link, you're poaching me in front of me?"

Hoya said unhappily.

"Okay, then I'll talk to Mario in private."

"No, you don't need to talk to him. Mario is doing well in Golden Boy Promotions and there is no need to change any agency."

Hoya said.

"Really? I heard that Mario only gets 40% of the match prize money now. If promoted by Dynasty, the WBO world champion will get at least 60%."

Link crossed his legs and smiled.

"That was the previous contract. Now that Mario has become the world boxing champion, we have prepared a new contract for him. It is definitely better than Dynasty Sports. Mario, believe me, Golden Boy Promotion is definitely the best choice."

Hora said, grabbing Morales.

"Mario, what do you think?"

Link smiled.

"Hey, I'm doing pretty well in Golden Boy Promotions, so far, that's it."

Morales grinned with big white teeth.

"Well, that's a shame."

Link said.

De La Hoya glared at Link. He knew that Link said this because he wanted to help Morales get a better contract, but the company originally wanted to change the contract for Morales, which was about 50-50.

Being interrupted by Link in this way, the company not only had to pay 10% more revenue, but also made it look like Link was getting benefits for Morales.

Link didn't spend a penny and got a favor in vain. This guy is so treacherous.

"Mr. Baker is here."

"Mr. Baker, excuse me, would you like to be interviewed by me?"

"Mr. Baker, someone broke the news that you took doping at the Olympics to win so many gold medals. What do you say to this?"

The reporters at the scene were originally preparing to interview the new boxing champion Mario Morales, but suddenly found that the recent man of the hour Link was here.

The wolves, who smelled the smell of blood, crowded over one after another. They were worried that Link would not take over, so they raised some controversial issues in advance, hoping to keep Link.

"Sorry, Morales is here today. You should interview him. If you have any questions about me, you can contact my agent and I will answer your questions. Everyone, please cooperate."

Link said with a wave of his hand.

Wallace and Bob also stood up to block reporters.

The reporters were unable to interview Link, so they had to shift their focus to Morales. However, when asking Morales questions, they would always mention Link and ask how much help he had to Morales. Asked Morales if he met Link, would he have the confidence to defeat him, etc.

"Link, you are so popular now. How does it feel to be a big star?"

Paul Walker laughed.

"You are also a big star, so you should ask me this kind of question."

Link and Paul Walker got up and walked out.

"Haha, it's different. Compared with you, not to mention me, Tom Cruise, Schwarzenegger, Tyson, all of them combined can't compare to you. Many media praise you as a miracle of mankind. I agree. This sentence."

"Every life is a miracle, not just mine, so you don't have to worship me too much. I still hope you can treat me as an ordinary person like before."

Link joked.

"Who admires you? And you are an ordinary person. I have never regarded you as a superman."

Paul Walker curled his lips and smiled.

"That's good."

Link smiled softly and left Staples together.

(End of chapter)