Chapter 273： New album released

Chapter 273 New Album Release

Back at the Bay Villa in the evening, it was not yet nine o'clock, and Taylor was still not sleeping. The TV in the small living room on the second floor was on, and the ABC TV station was broadcasting the interview after the Academy Awards.

Link was also stopped and asked a few questions. The host asked him who his favorite actors and actresses were. He said Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe.

The host asked him again if it was rumored that his goal as an actor was to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Asked if it was true, Link replied that it was absolutely true.

The host asked again about the gossip about the album competing for the charts, but he dismissed it perfunctorily.

“Dear, I’m back.”

Link shouted, but received no response.

The TV screen was still flickering, and Taylor was sleeping sideways on the sofa, with a pen in his hand and a lot of manuscript paper scattered on the floor.

Link walked to the sofa, stared at her face, and reached out to comb her long hair, completely revealing her delicate face.

Suddenly Taylor opened his blue eyes and punched him in the face.

Link raised his hand to block, grabbed her fist and smiled: "I teach you boxing to defend yourself, not to beat me."

“Hmph! Why did you come back?”

Taylor grabbed his collar and smelled it, wrinkled his nose in disgust, "It smells bad, go take a shower quickly."

“Would you like to join us? I’ll do a SPA for you.”

Link took off his suit jacket and smiled.

“No! Every time I let you massage, you will move your hands and feet, and you are the one who enjoys it in the end.”

Taylor caught his coat and said.

“I promise not to move this time.”

“I don’t believe that you will always make promises and cheat every time. I will never be deceived again.”

Link shook his head, took off his shirt and pants directly in front of her, revealing his strong and toned figure, and walked into the bathroom wearing only a pair of shorts.

But Taylor soon broke in, holding his white shirt in his hand, pointing to the collar where there was half a lipstick mark, and asked him where it came from?

The expression is very angry.

Link lay in the bathtub, took off the towel covering his face and took a look. He frowned and thought hard for a while, but he didn't remember who he had kissed or hugged.

Suddenly I noticed that Taylor's lips, which were the original color just now, were now a bit brighter red.

Link shook his head helplessly and asked her to come closer and take a look. When she came over, he would put her into the bathtub and take a bath together.

After winning the Academy Award, Link continued to make movies on the set of "Suicide Squad".

Originally, he only had more than 40 scenes in the crew, which could be filmed in ten days. But after the filming started, Stallone and the producer said that he would be given more scenes to make his character's image more three-dimensional, and the salary would be the same as before. An increase of US$2 million.

After Link read the new script, he felt very good about it and agreed to it.

This change has added a lot of work to him, and has made him almost extremely busy recently.

Boom!

Car window glass exploded.

“Cut!”

"Link, how are you? Are there any questions?"

Universal Studios, on the set of "The Expendables", Stallone took off the headset, stood up and asked Link.

“No problem! Just a little touch.”

Link said as he stood up.

What is being filmed now is the clip of his fight with Gunnar Jensen. Gunnar Jensen is played by Swedish action actor Dolph Lundgren.

The other party is also a martial artist. He started practicing martial arts at the age of 14. He has a second-degree black belt qualification in karate. He has served as the captain of the Swedish senior karate national team and won the European heavyweight karate championship in 1980 and 1981. He is also very strong.

Because it was his first time filming an action scene, Link was not familiar with the routines of action movies, so he was restrained when fighting. For example, when fighting with an opponent, his movements should be beautiful, fierce and imposing, but not too hard. If you use too much force, you will be injured. Opponents even beat people to death.

So when filming, he needs to conserve his strength and cannot use it at will.

The staff of the Federal Insurance Company were also watching and did not allow him to do anything dangerous.

“Boss, do you need a doctor?”

Anna asked.

“It’s okay, just a little injury.”

Link just used too much force and kicked his calf against the car door, causing a bruise in the middle of his tibia. He sprayed some ointment and entered the set to continue filming.

“OK! In scene 17, 3 shots and 2 shots, action!”

The credits are set and filming continues.

Link punched his opponent Gunnar. Gunnar held his head with both arms and was beaten back repeatedly. His back hit the car door and he was about to open the door to block it. Link pulled the chain and hung it in the air. Kicked on the car door.

A set of moves that are clean, fierce and fierce.

“This is a cool move. Link is a professional boxer, how can he even fight?”

Jason Statham was sitting in the director's area, looking at the picture played on the monitor and said.

“It’s really surprising.”

 Jet Lee, who plays "Yin Yang", leaned on the sofa with his calves crossed and commented on Link's fighting moves. He said that in addition to boxing, Link's moves also incorporate Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, and Taekwondo.

What surprised him was that Link could also use the through-arm fist and long fist in Chinese Kung Fu.

“Haha, what a surprising guy.”

Stallone looked at the fighting clips and squeezed out a smile on his stiff left face.

The character played by Link was originally called "Turnpike". He is a strong figure, good at fighting firearms, and has a smart mind, similar to the "think tank" character in The Expendables.

When initially looking for an actor, Stay planned to find the famous wrestler and UFC heavyweight fighting champion Randy Kudrow to play the role.

It’s just that Randy Kudrow is strong and muscular, and he doesn’t look very smart.     Later he saw the news about Link in the newspaper.

Link is the world boxing champion, strong and powerful.

 More importantly, Link is also considered to be a master of boxing tactics and has a very smart mind, which is very consistent with the role of 'Tull Road'.

Also, Link is young, handsome, and popular.

The main actors in this movie are all over forty years old. Even the youngest Jason Statham is 43 years old this year. They are all old handsome guys. Joining Link, a young handsome guy, can also win over young moviegoers. The advantage is too much.

For this reason, Stallone did not hesitate to change the script, changing the role of Link from "Turnpike" to "Playboy Jack". He is the son of Barney's old comrade. The old comrade died in an operation and entrusted "Jack" to his care before his death. , Barney and Jack are both teachers and friends.

In the entire Suicide Squad, Playboy Jack is also someone everyone takes care of, a bit like a group pet.

The role of "Fancy Jack" has also changed from the sixth male lead to the fourth male lead, with more than 20 more scenes.

“Cut!”

"Good job! That's over, Jett, it's your turn."

Stallone shouted.

 Jet Lee stood up and flexed his fists, walked into the set and joined the fight, teaming up with "Playboy Jack" to knock out Gunnar.

Bang!

Link and Jet Lee bumped their fists and looked at each other with a smile.

“Cut!”

“Very good! One more shot!”

Link continues to film on the set.

 Wiz Khalifa’s album “DealOrNoDeal” sold 125,000 copies in its third week of release, with a total of 527,000 copies sold in the United States.

Justin Bieber's second album "myworld2.0" was released in its second week. It was recommended by many music stars last week, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Usher, Justin Timberlake, etc.

The sales of this album did not fall but increased this week, selling 296,000 copies, 13,000 more than last week. The cumulative sales in the United States are 579,000 copies, which is higher than the sales of Wiz Khalifa's new album in three weeks.

Justin’s new album tops the Billboard album chart for the second time.

A 16-year-old boy topped the Billboard album chart for consecutive times, which also aroused heated discussion in the music industry.

 "Rolling Stone" magazine did not rate this album highly, with a perfect score of 100, and only gave "myworld2.0" 55 points, a barely passing score.

Professional music critics gave the album mixed reviews.

Positive reviews say that this album is in line with the tastes of teenagers, is leading a new trend in pop music, and is more mature than "myworld1.0". Justin's progress can also be seen from this album, saying that Justin Bieber is a musical genius.

Negative reviews said that the quality of this album was average, the songs were highly slurred, and the tunes were simple. Justin's singing skills were also average, and many parts relied on tuning. Moreover, there were 12 songs in this album, and only four songs entered the top 100 of the Billboard singles chart. It has fewer chart-topping songs than other No. 1 albums.

Its popularity is puzzling.

Despite the low reviews, the album's sales remained high, continuing to sell 287,000 copies in the third week, with U.S. sales reaching 866,000, and steadily exceeding one million copies next week.

Media predicts that Justin's second album will sell more than 2 million, or even 3 million, copies in the United States.

In a media interview, 50 Cent told reporters that he did not think Link's third album could sell more than Justin's second album. If Link could win, he would go streaking in Times Square.

50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and others also posted photos on Twitter of holding a celebration party with Justin Bieber, where ten bottles of Ace of Spades champagne were opened, seemingly sealing the victory in advance.

Mainstream media have also begun to take sides.

After confirming that Link’s new album is about love, many media and musicians are not optimistic about the album.

I think Link's voice and style are more suitable for rock and roll, and are not suitable for singing sweet, sour and spicy love songs.

In addition, love is an old-fashioned and bad theme.

Link It is very difficult for a young singer to sing new ideas.

Amid public doubts, Link's third album "The Woman I Love" launched an online pre-sale activity.

This event is mainly for Link's fans. The first limited edition of 10,000 deluxe edition albums, 10,000 vinyl records, and 18,000 Link's autographed albums were sold out by fans in just 13 minutes.

Created a new online pre-sale record.

 "Billboard" estimates that the album will sell more than 2 million copies in the United States.

Mainstream media believe that Link’s album pre-sales are so fast because he has so many fans, and they support Link unconditionally, regardless of the quality of the album.

Mainstream media still believe that the album's sales are around 1 million.

When Link saw this data, he was also worried that the album sales were lower than expected. He called Iwaka and asked her to be more cautious in promotion and not to be too exaggerated to avoid being slapped in the face.

Iwaka ignored him and said that he was a singer and what he should do was to sing with peace of mind. If he didn’t understand distribution, he shouldn’t interfere.

Hearing that Ivaca was so confident, he stopped intervening and continued filming, practicing boxing, and preparing for boxing matches.

On March 22, Link's third album "The Woman I Love" was officially released in the United States. This album contains 18 songs, including the already released hit song "All of Me".

 There are also twelve works produced by Link including "EverythingYouNeed", "SomeoneYouLoved", "GirlsLikeYou", "Promises", "StayWithMe" and so on.

 He ​​participated in the creation of six songs, including "The Woman I Love", "Here With You", "Therose", "Closer", etc.

The standard version of this album is priced at US$29.50, with an average price of US$1.60 per song, which is US$15 higher than the price of Justin's second album, and also more expensive than the previous two albums.

This price is determined by the issuing company and local distributors.

In the audition session, 23 music producers from Link Music and Universal Music Group, and 54 record distributor representatives gave this album an average score of 92.7, which is considered a high-quality work.

Generally speaking, if the quality of the record is high and the singer is well-known, the record will not be sold, but the price will be higher.

Issuing companies and distributors also get some money.

Comparatively speaking, they also prefer to distribute this kind of album through agents.

(End of this chapter)