Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 499 Suicide Squad Shooting

"Dear, I heard an interesting rumor in the company today."

After returning home, Link held Ivaca in his arms while walking in the garden and said.

"What rumors?"

"Do you know why Jon chose to come back after selling his stake in Lionsgate?"

Jon Feller was originally the largest shareholder and chairman of Lionsgate Pictures. After selling his shares in April last year, he returned to Lionsgate, and Link arranged for him to work in the production department.

"Because you love movies?"

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Ivaca responded with a smile.

"No, I heard that he was worried about leaving the company in my hands, so he came back to watch. He wanted to wait until I made Lionsgate Pictures a mess, and then buy it back at a lower price. He could make a fortune, but now his plan is going to come to nothing.”

Link smiled.

"I'm afraid it's not just him, many people's hopes will be disappointed, but it is precisely because of this that we must be more cautious and invest carefully to avoid being laughed at by those opponents."

Ivaca said, blinking her long eyelashes.

"you are right."

This year, after the continuous success of movies such as "The Hunger Games" and "Buried Alive", the market value of Lionsgate Pictures was raised to US$1.2 billion by Wall Street investment institution Moodys. This is only the market value of Lionsgate Pictures, not counting Netflix's shares.

That number is nearly double what it was last year after Link took over.

Also because several movies performed well at the box office, some investment institutions proposed financing plans and prepared to invest in Lionsgate Pictures.

Link has no plans to raise funds yet. He plans to increase the market value of Lionsgate Pictures to more than 2 billion by next year, then raise funds, sell some stocks, and get more funds for investment.

On the one hand, it can also share risks to prevent the movie market from being sluggish in the next few years. Lionsgate Pictures has a poor box office and cannot sell it even if it wants to. After all, the number of good movies he knows is limited, and there is no guarantee that the company can make a profit every year. .

"how do you feel today?"

Link asked, stroking her round belly.

"Very good. The little guy just kicked me a few more times. He felt like he was in a hurry to come out."

Iwaka looked at her belly and smiled.

"Yes, anyone who stays in one place without moving will lose his temper."

Link chuckled.

"Ah~ Link, come here quickly, Cynthia will grab my lipstick and eat it. If I don't give it to her, she will cry."

Selina shouted not far away.

"Who asked you to take out the lipstick? Cosmetics are not safe, don't you understand? Stay away from the little one?"

Link shook his head and walked back with Ivaca in his arms, leaving the little ones in Selina's care. There would be trouble in less than three minutes.

By the time he and Ivaca rushed over, Cynthia had already been transformed into a cat with a painted face by Selina, and even Alexander had not escaped.

Cynthia didn't know what was going on, and she giggled at him with her little mouth open, and stretched out her little hands to hug him.

Link knocked Selina, took out his camera and took some photos as a souvenir.

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On the eighth day of its release, "Avengers" grossed 299 million in North American box office, becoming the fastest movie to hit 300 million in box office in North America. Starring Link and Robert Downey Jr. also became popular around the world through this movie.

Link was originally the most famous singer and boxer in the world, and now he is also the most famous movie star in the world. The combination of fame brought by these three professions has made him very popular around the world.

Last week, his number of fans on Twitter officially exceeded 100 million, making him the first celebrity on the entire Internet social platform to have more than 100 million fans.

The number of fans on Facebook and Weibo platforms has also exceeded 50 million. This also resulted in continued sales growth for his four albums.

The cumulative sales of the first album "The Fighter" in the United States exceeded 5 million, and the global sales exceeded 25 million. The cumulative sales of the second album "Go Forward" in the United States reached 8.5 million, and the global sales exceeded 30 million.

The U.S. sales of his third album "thewomanilove" officially exceeded 10 million last week. It is also his first album to achieve the "Diamond Record" achievement in the country. Due to the stricter control over piracy in the United States, the album sales data were affected by the RIAA (Records of America). Association website) and the federal tax bureau IRS strictly monitor, it is difficult to sell 10 million copies.

So far, only a dozen singers have done it, including Elvis Presley, MJ, Shania Twain, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, The Beatles, etc.

Link is also the fastest male singer to achieve the achievement of a diamond record.

The third album sold approximately 42 million copies worldwide.

The fourth album currently sells 9.05 million copies in the United States. It is expected to achieve the second diamond record by August. The global sales volume will also exceed 50 million copies, and it is expected to exceed 100 million copies in ten years.

Relying on these album royalties, Link does nothing and earns more than 100 million US dollars every year.

By mid-May, the promotion of "Avengers" came to an end, and Link joined the cast of "The Expendables 2" as the second male lead, a handsome second-generation mercenary who is good at fighting and has some playfulness.

In this movie, his character gradually matures.

After the boss Barney, played by Stallone, was injured, he took over the command of the death squads and went deep behind enemy lines. Not only did he avenge his companions, he also successfully destroyed the enemy's conspiracy to steal weapons raw materials, once again defending justice in the style of the death squads.

The film was jointly produced by Lionsgate Pictures, Stallone's Millennium Pictures, and Wanda Pictures. The production cost was US$120 million, of which Link's salary was US$25 million.

Part of the movie was shot on Hong Kong Island, so a female suicide squad member, Alice Lee, was added.

Together with Jet Li, there are two Chinese faces among the main actors.

And his official CP in the film is the widowed sister Scarlett Johansson. In this film, she plays Schwarzenegger's daughter, a female mercenary with a beautiful appearance and excellent fighting skills. The plot only lasts for two minutes. The reason is that the pay is too high.

Jennifer Lawrence was originally planned to play this role, but considering that the relationship between him and Jennifer is complicated in real life, and fans may not necessarily buy it if they show off their affection in a movie, the role was replaced by the widowed sister Scarlett.

If "The Expendables 2" does well, fans will be interested in the two's CP. In "The Expendables 3", the two are expected to take the leading roles in the series.

While filming in Hong Kong Island, he also had time to go to the villa in Repulse Bay to accompany Shu Chang and his newly born little boy. Shu Chang's father named the little boy Shu Nan, and his English name was Schubert.

While in Hong Kong Island, Chris Liu also came over for vacation. Last year, she filmed three movies and two TV series in a row.

Chris Liu said that she only has two dramas this year and is going to take a break in the second half of the year, so she wants to take advantage of this time to have a baby.

Link also satisfied her, Chris Liu had a higher income than Shu Chang, and she didn’t have to worry about having children.

In addition to being busy filming and having children, he also transferred more than 400 million U.S. dollars from several companies in the United States, France, and South Korea, plus last year's dividends and profits from several Chinese companies, plus 200 million U.S. dollars in loans, to buy Moutai, JD.com, and BYD respectively. , Alibaba Investment and other stocks.

Hong Kong Island Golden Baker Investment currently owns 11.6% of Wanda Pictures shares, 4.2% of BYD Auto shares, 3.4% of JD.com shares, 0.35% of Moutai shares, 0.22% of Alibaba Investment shares, as well as several film and television company shares and real estate management companies. The market value is expected to reach US$20 billion in ten years.

After the crew finished filming on Hong Kong Island, they moved to Bulgaria, Europe.

Due to the local rainy season, the filming did not go smoothly. An explosion occurred on the set due to a mistake made by the prop master, killing one stuntman and injuring two others.

Link was less than a hundred meters away from the explosion site and was almost affected.

Because of this incident, the crew had to stop filming for a week, and the filming of Link's scenes, which originally took more than ten days, was delayed until nearly a month.

Because of this accident, Ivaca did not allow him to take on more intense action movies. Taylor also called to ridicule him for asking for money rather than life, which was very vulgar, and told Alexander and Cynthia not to imitate him when they grow up.

Chris Liu, Nozomi Sasaki, Taeyeon, and Daddario also persuaded him not to take on any more action scenes. With his current worth and fame, there is no need to work so hard.

In order to take care of the mood of Ivaca and Taylor, he had no choice but to agree and promise to shoot less action scenes in the future. Even if there are action scenes, he would use a body double to cherish his life and stay away from danger.

After filming "The Expendables 2", his film shooting tasks for this year are basically completed, and there are only a few small guest roles left, which will only take a few days.

But he can't rest for the time being. Firstly, the WBA boxing championship challenge is about to come, and Ivaca is about to give birth. In addition, the Summer Olympics are less than two months away.

He needs to focus on training his swimming skills and strive to win more gold medals in this Olympics.

(End of chapter)