Conquer America, Start with a Boxing Champion

In June, as Ivaca's due date was approaching, Link took the time to go to Las Vegas to participate in a boxing match against WBA title challenger Jean Pascal.

Jean Pascal is an old rival and he competed with him for the WBA North American boxing title in 2009.

Compared with two years ago, Pascal's strength has improved somewhat, but it is still far worse than Link. The two sides fought for two rounds, and Link successfully KOed his opponent in the 22nd second of the second round and won.

Professional competition record: 27 wins, 27 KOs in 27 fights.

Due to the obvious strength gap between the two sides, this game received less attention, and PPV sales were also less than the previous game. 1.84 million copies were sold in North America, and other aspects of revenue were also slightly lower than the previous game.

Link's prize money for this game is 64 million US dollars, which is more than 10 million US dollars less than the previous game.

"Link, have you paid attention to the NBA Clippers? Recently, Clippers owner Sterling is planning to sell his shares, about 58.8%, for $550 million. We plan to win the Clippers. What do you think? Sample?"

After the game, Frank Duva talked about work in the car.

In order to solve the problem of single income of Dynasty Sports, Frank and the management have done some work in the past two years.

This includes signing contracts with professional athletes in other sports, purchasing a small amount of shares in ESPN and Showtime, establishing long-term cooperative relationships with sports brands such as Nike and Under Armor, etc.

The development in the past two years has been pretty good.

The current total market value of Dynasty Sports is more than 600 million US dollars, which is second only to Top Promotions and Major Event Promotions in the boxing field, and is even stronger than Golden Boy Promotions.

The main reason why it has developed so quickly is Link.

With a top boxer like him who can steadily and continuously create profits for the company, there is no shortage of funds for the company's development, which has also led to many people wanting to invest in Dynasty Sports.

After two rounds of financing, the company has grown from tens of millions in 2008 to more than 600 million now.

Also because Link is crucial to the development of the company and is the company's main source of profit, he still holds 30% of the shares and has never been diluted. However, after two rounds of financing, Frank's shares are now only down 26.4%.

Instead, Link became the largest shareholder of Dynasty Sports.

After hearing Frank's words, Link asked curiously: "The company has more than 500 million US dollars?"

"No, we are preparing for a third round of financing and borrowing another part, which is almost enough. If everything goes well, we plan to list Dynasty Promotion on Nasdaq in two or three years. Yes, this is the development designed by the company. planning."

Frank spread his hands and smiled.

Link thought for a moment, this is not bad.

The current market value of the Clippers is about 1.2 billion, ranking among the top ten in market value among NBA teams and among the top three in commercial value. The future market value will exceed US$2 billion. If managed properly, it is also a good investment project.

In fact, Frank didn't say anything, but Link also had plans to buy teams, not only NBA teams, but also NFL football teams and European football clubs.

The purpose of acquiring a team is besides making money. Just like Lionsgate, a good team can create a lot of profits for shareholders every year, like a golden rooster laying eggs.

In addition, owning a team can also increase one's influence in the sports field, as well as in the social and political fields.

There are many benefits.

In addition to the team, Link also wants to acquire a TV station similar to HBO. On the one hand, he can promote his boxing matches, and on the other hand, he can cooperate with the TV department of Lionsgate Pictures to produce more TV series every year.

Good TV series such as "Mad Men" produced by Lionsgate Pictures, the fifth season of which earns about $3 million per episode, including subscription fees and advertising revenue, broadcast sharing, video sharing and other income, while top hit dramas such as "Rights" Game", earning more than 20 to 30 million per episode.

If one or two TV stations are on hand, Lionsgate will have greater influence in the film and television industry and will be closer to the Big Six.

It's just that there are no good acquisition targets at the moment, so we can only wait and see for the time being. When the shares in our hands become more valuable in the future, it will not be too late to make a move.

Jingle Bell!

While they were chatting, his cell phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Selina, saying that Ivaca was going to give birth and asked him to come back quickly.

When Link heard that he was overjoyed, he did not dare to delay and drove quickly to a private nursing home near the UCLA Medical Center.

A week before the due date, Link and Ivaca moved here. The nursing home has the most advanced equipment, a fertility and guidance team, and the most professional nursing staff, so after hearing Selena say that Ivaca wanted He wasn't worried during the birth.

When he arrived at the nursing home, Catherine, Ms. Mandy, Tiffany and others arrived first and were all waiting outside the delivery room.

"Link, why are you here? Iwaka is about to give birth and you're still running around."

Selina pouted and complained.

"What do you mean running around? Don't you know I'm playing in Las Vegas today?"

Link did not argue with her, and put on a sterile surgical gown and entered the delivery room to accompany Ivaca. Since Ivaca was in good physical condition, she was in a good mood during this period, and she took good care of herself. The entire birth process went smoothly, starting from the start. It took less than two hours to get to production.

She is a beautiful little princess who weighed 8.5 pounds and was 48 centimeters tall when she was born. She is very healthy and cries very loudly.

"My dear, thank you for your hard work."

Link held the little one who hadn't opened his eyes yet and kissed Evaka's sweaty hair.

Evaka smiled slightly, reached out and touched the little one's face, with a gentle smile on her face.

According to the previous discussion between the two, the little one's name is Margarita, which also means princess in Spanish.

The day after the little one was born, the old father-in-law flew over from New York with his family. Taylor, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lawrence and others also came to the hospital to visit Evaka and the little one.

The American media also reported the news of Evaka's birth of a daughter, and Link also received many congratulations over the phone.

"Is that Daddario?"

In the hospital, Taylor asked, looking at a car leaving.

"Yes, she came to see Eva, and they have a good relationship."

Link shrugged.

Taylor snorted and crossed his arms and said, "You have a child now, but you still want to fool around with those women? Are you going to be a scumbag for the rest of your life?"

"Don't say it so harshly. We are in a normal relationship, like good friends. Besides, we already have children, right?"

"Humph! Alexander and Cynthia have become wild children after being taken care of by you for two months."

Taylor rolled his eyes at him.

In the past, she would be very careful when taking care of the children. She would not let them run around, not stay outdoors for too long, and their diets were completely in accordance with the nutritionist's plan.

When Link was taking care of the two children, he treated them like toys, taught the one-year-old little guys to swim, let them run around, and followed the two little guys' hobbies when eating. The two little guys were led astray by him.

After she took the little guys back, she corrected them for a long time but they didn't change. What made her even more unhappy was that Alexander and Cynthia also called Evaka mom, which made her almost angry.

"It's better if the little guys are more lively. When will you start your world tour?"

Link asked.

"What?"

"Next time you go on tour, I'll take them over to take care of them. With Margarita, the three little ones together, haha, it will be very fun."

Link laughed.

"No way. I'll keep the kids away from you in the future, so they won't be led astray by you."

Taylor waved her hand and walked away with her ponytail. She was wearing a simple T-shirt and tight jeans, and her back was still as youthful and beautiful as before.

"Hey! Beauty."

Link shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Taylor stopped and looked back at him, still looking unhappy with him.

"When we have time, how about we have a few more little ones?"

"Get lost!"

Taylor glared at him in shame and anger, and said, "Don't even think about it," and then walked away with long legs.

Link smiled lightly, returned to the inpatient department, and continued to greet others.

When the old father-in-law saw him coming back, he talked to him about politics, saying that he wanted to run for election and asked him what he thought?

Link agreed. If money was needed, he would try his best to support him, after all, they were a family.

The old father-in-law was very satisfied with his attitude and brought up the golf game again, saying that Evaka now had a child and they could go back to Manhattan to live. The environment there was better than Los Angeles, the climate was more suitable for children, and it was more convenient to play golf.

Link nodded. Manhattan was indeed better than Los Angeles, with a suitable temperature and humid air. He said that after the Olympics, he would consider living in New York.

When the old father-in-law heard him mention the Olympics, he said that he would go to London to support him and hoped that he would win more gold medals.

Link said he would.

After seeing off the old father-in-law and the young mother-in-law, Link returned to the room to accompany Evaka and help her drive the noisy Selena and Tiffany out of the ward.

Three days after Margarita was born, she was in good condition and Evaka recovered well. Link drove them back to the villa in the middle of the mountain. From then on, there was a little person worth remembering in the family.

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In June, more than a month after the release of "Avengers", the large-scale screening ended and the number of theaters showing it dropped to less than 1,000.

The North American box office has accumulated to 650 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has reached 805 million U.S. dollars so far. The total box office has exceeded 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, making it the best-selling movie in film history after "Avatar" and "Titanic".