Chapter 129： media interviews

Chapter 129 Media Interview

"Link, at the press conference later, someone will ask a more pointed question. Please be more careful when answering. If you can't answer, just skip it."

On the day the album sales exceeded 1 million copies, Link Music held a press conference at its Los Angeles branch. At the reception, Link would answer some reporters' questions head-on and address issues of public concern.

Ms. Mandy was worried about making mistakes, so she prepared a stack of backup interview transcripts in advance and asked him to read them before appearing.

"I see."

Link stood in front of the mirror, his body upright like a javelin.

Next to him, his assistant Anna was tying his tie. He was wearing a custom-made casual suit, a charcoal gray suit with silver dark patterns and an embroidery on the cuffs.

In Link's eyes, this suit is a bit nondescript, but Ivaca, Mandy, and assistant Anna all think it looks good.

Because Anna had been the editor of a fashionable men's magazine for several years and was relatively familiar with fashion elements. When it came to wearing clothes, Link chose to obey and let them do whatever they wanted.

“Would a suit look too formal?”

Link asked when he saw the platinum collar clipped on his collar. Originally, Anna suggested that he wear an ear diamond to match this outfit. Link didn't agree. She asked him to draw eyebrows and apply lipstick, but not wearing ear diamonds.

He is a straight man and is not interested in neutral dressing.

After compromise, turn the earrings into collar buttons.

 There is also a platinum watch worth 680,000 US dollars on his wrist.

“You need to take photos for today’s press conference. Dress up brightly, which will attract more people to pay attention to you. You are good as you are now.”

Ms. Mandy looked him up and down and smiled.

Link has a good appearance and figure. After putting on this suit, he looks more handsome and upright, with an aristocratic temperament on his body, and his whole figure seems to be glowing.

“Mr. Baker, your figure matches your temperament. If you become a model, you can also become the world’s supermodel.”

Ms. Anna praised.

Link smiled softly. He was indeed much more handsome than before, but he didn't care too much about this. If a man wants to live a wonderful life, the most important thing is his ability, not his appearance.

He looked through the interview transcripts for a while and memorized a few knowledge points.

Hearing the receptionist say he was ready, he took Ms. Mandy and his assistant Anna to the interview hall.

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Click click click!

When he appeared, the cameras buzzed.

Link walked up to the reporters and began to be interviewed by everyone.

More than 80 large-scale media reporters came to the scene, from newspapers to TV stations to international news agencies. There were a lot of long guns and short guns, all aimed at the position of the rostrum.

“Mr. Link Baker, congratulations on your first album selling over one million copies and becoming a platinum album.”

"Thanks!"

Link said politely.

"Mr. Baker, we all know that the theme of "The Fighter" is 'inspirational'. Seven songs in this album were composed by you yourself. I would like to ask you what was your original intention in releasing this album? Singer Kanye Way Ste believes that your album is to cater to the market and the public and take advantage of the financial crisis to make a lot of money. Do you agree with this view?”

The reporter from the New York Times asked a rather pointed question at the beginning.

Link picked up the microphone and smiled: "These are two questions. Let me answer the first question first, what is my original intention in creating this record.

A lot of things happened to me last year, including injuries, boxing matches, the Olympics, etc., which turned me from an unknown person into a relatively successful public figure.

In the process of transformation, I experienced many things and had many insights. I wanted to express them, but there was no good way. Later, I met a singer friend. She is a very talented singer-songwriter. Under her guidance, Next, I started learning guitar, piano and music composition.

These songs were only tried to be composed after I learned how to compose them from her.

You asked me about my original intention of writing songs. I think it should be to share my feelings about growing up through music and tell my story to more people. "

The reporters nodded, took the microphone and said: "As to the second question, what does Mr. Baker have to say?"

Link looked at the reporter and said: "I heard that Mr. Kanye West suffers from a neurological disease and cannot be stimulated. I will not respond to his comments for the time being. I will follow up in person after he recovers. Chat with him.”

Wow!

Hearing what he said, the reporters at the scene instantly became restless.

‘Kanye has a neurological condition? ’

‘Can’t be stimulated? ’

Although Kanye West has publicly stated that he has 'mania', which is a type of mental illness that is sometimes depressed and sometimes manic, this disease will not affect his work and life. Normal people.

But in Link’s response, he directly treated Kanye West as a psycho. This answer was too bold.

Ms. Mandy quickly winked at Link. Kanye is a famous black singer, a top music producer, and a top star in the United States. His status is not much worse than that of Michael Jackson.

It is more straightforward to express it with one data.

Kanye is 32 years old. He debuted in 2004. His first studio album "The College Dropout" sold 441,000 copies in the first week and ranked second on the US Billboard album chart. In 2005, he was selected as one of the "Top 100 People" by Time Magazine. .

In 2005, he released his second studio album "Late Registration", which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 860,000 copies in the first week.

In 2007, he released his third studio album "Graduation", which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 957,000 copies in the first week.

 Early this year, he released his fourth studio album "808\'s&Heartbreak", which topped the Billboard album chart with sales of 450,000 in the first week.

At present, Kanye's album sales are close to 100 million worldwide and he has won more than ten Grammy Awards. He is a king-level figure in the American entertainment industry.

Link is a newly minted singer, and it is a bit inappropriate to publicly criticize Kanye. Link received Ms. Mandy's signal and shook his head slightly, indicating that it didn't matter.

Although Kanye is powerful, he is not bad either. He is not only a singer, but also a world boxing champion. If he behaves too softly in public, he will disappoint boxing fans.

“Mr. Link Baker!”

After hearing his answer, more than 80 reporters raised their hands.

Ms. Mandy pointed to the reporter from "American Express", who held his breath and asked: "Mr. Baker, by not responding to Kanye West's comments, are you taking care of his condition? Do you think he is sick? ?”

Link smiled lightly and found that these reporters were not very good at asking questions during interviews, but their ability to stir up trouble was maximal.

“Yes, the news said he was ill. I hope he recovers soon and can bring more good songs to his fans.”

Link said seriously.

“Mr. Baker, are you saying that Kanye is mentally unstable?”

“Mr. Baker, Kanye West is a sick person. Are you discriminating against him by not responding to his comments?”

“Mr. Baker.”

Journalists rushed to ask.

Link pressed his hands, looked at the reporters and said: "Journalists, gentlemen and ladies, please be quiet. This is the "The Fighter" album press conference. Please ask questions related to me or the album. I will not answer other questions. "

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The reporters opened their mouths and could only swallow some of the questions in their mouths.

“Mr. Baker, is the singer friend you just mentioned Miss Taylor Swift? What is your relationship?”

Other reporters also listened attentively when the "American Express" reporter asked questions.

Link smiled when he heard this question. When Taylor released his second album last year, he originally planned to disclose the relationship between the two. However, he was training in retreat. He was worried that he would be besieged by paparazzi and reporters after the incident was exposed, so he requested to delay the exposure. The relationship between the two people.

At that time, some media in New York exposed the relationship between the two, but the two did not admit it in person, and the scandal went away.

It should have been exposed now, but the two broke up not long ago, so this scandal no longer needs to appear again.

“Yes, Miss Swift is my guitar teacher and my teacher in music composition, but we have no relationship for the time being.”

Link said.

“Why, you look like a perfect match.”

Haunted a reporter.

Link smiled softly, supported the table and said: "Thank you, I also think we are right, but we are both too busy. I am busy training and competing, and Taylor is also busy. We have no time to communicate about relationship issues, right? I also regret this.”

“If you had time, would you pursue Miss Taylor Swift?”

“Entertainment Weekly” reporter shouted.

Link thought for a while and said, "Yes, Taylor is a very good girl. I think there should be no one who wouldn't want to date her."

“Mr. Baker!”

HBO reporter also came to join in the fun, and the questions he asked were naturally related to boxing.

After Link’s album became a hit, the boxing circle expressed different views on his cross-border career as a singer.

Some people think he is very cool. He is not only good at boxing, but also good at singing. He is really very good. For example, De La Hoya has publicly praised Link many times and said that he is planning to form a group with Link.

Some people think that he is a promising boxer and should focus more time and energy on boxing instead of singing and dancing. If he spends time in the music industry, his boxing strength will definitely decline.

For example, Tyson, Holyfield and others stood in the position of their predecessors and advised him not to be distracted by things other than boxing.

“Mr. Baker, your album is selling well. Will you give up boxing and become a full-time singer in the future?”

HBO reporter asked.

"Won't!"

Link said categorically, "I said that my goal is to be a world boxing champion in more than five levels. Until I achieve this goal, I will fight hard in the boxing ring."

"Mr. Baker, last week Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. held a boxing match at the Hard Rock Stadium. Mr. Calzaghe defeated Roy Jones Jr. in twelve rounds and took away his The light heavyweight Thering gold belt, as a fellow countryman of Roy Jones Jr., would you consider avenging him and competing with Mr. Calzaghe again?”

HBO reporter asked.

Link smiled and said: "I also followed their matches. They fought very well. There are few boxers who are more technically proficient than them. As for revenge? Mr. Roy Jones Jr. has not retired yet. I don't need revenge." Come and do it.”

“Will you fight Mr. Calzaghe? Boxing fans are looking forward to seeing you compete with him.” said the HBO reporter.

Link said: "I also look forward to a competition with Mr. Calzaghe, but the competition depends on the company's arrangements and Mr. Calzaghe's physical condition. If there is a competition, Dynasty Promotions will make an announcement on the homepage of the website. Please stay tuned."

“Mr. Baker.”

The reporter from HBO TV station wanted to ask more questions. The two reporters behind him grabbed him and pushed him to the back. Today is an album interview session. This guy caught Boxing and asked endless questions. It’s really annoying.

“Mr. Baker, Lil Wayne said on a TV show yesterday that you couldn’t sing and advised you to continue boxing. What was your response?”

"Mr. Baker, the singer 50 Cent believes that Link Records is cheating when "Unstoppable" remains at the top of the singles chart for three consecutive weeks."

“Mr. Baker, your new girlfriend Amber Heard publicly said that you are so good in bed that you can last all night together. Is this true?”

The reporters asked a bunch of questions related to music and boxing, and Link answered them one by one, trying not to fall into their trap.

(End of this chapter)