Chapter 389： Worth two billion (710)

Chapter 389 Worth Two Billion (7/10)

After James left in the boat, Link lay on the sofa and read a magazine.

By March, "The Expendables" has been gradually removed from theaters in North America. The North American box office was US$130.3 million and the global box office was US$2.97. There are still many overseas countries and regions that have not yet finished screening.

This movie ranked 18th on the 2010 North American box office list.

The "Scandal Project" produced by Palm Beach Pictures had a North American box office of US$71.41 million and a global box office of US$122 million. It ranked 38th on the North American annual box office rankings. Although it did not rank high, it was considered the largest box office in 2010. Dark horse.

Palm Beach Pictures also earned more than 48 million U.S. dollars, nearly 12 times the cost, from the movie's box office share and share from DVD, home entertainment, cable TV, etc.

More importantly, the heroine Emma Stone also became famous in the entertainment industry with the movie, and her reputation is no worse than that of Four Little Flowers.

Since Link has participated in both movies, plus "Valentine's Day" released at the beginning of the year, he has three movies with a global box office of over 100 million this year, and is considered by the media to have extremely high box office appeal.

The first three months of each year are the awards season in the entertainment industry. Link has been nominated or received awards for more than ten awards including the Golden Globes, Grammys, Oscars, People's Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and Critics' Choice Awards. Received an invitation to the awards ceremony.

But there were too many personal matters in the past two months, and he only attended the Grammy Awards ceremony.

He led all singers with 12 nominations at this year's Grammy Awards, and finally won three Grammys, including Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Male Vocalist, making him the biggest winner of this year's Grammy Awards.

In addition to the Grammy, he also won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Movie Actor (The Expendables), the Teen Choice Award for Best Actor in a Movie Stealing Actor (The Expendables) and the Best Actor in a Kiss Scene (Valentine's Day vs. Taylor). , American Critics Choice Award-Best Actor in an Action Movie and other awards (Suicide Squad) and so on.

It can be said that winning prizes is easy.

There are also singers under Link Music and actors under Palm Bay Management Company. They also had a great harvest at the major music/movie award ceremonies at the beginning of the year, winning more than 20 major and minor awards.

In addition to the news about the awards ceremony, he also looked at the latest data from Billboard.

Last November, Sister Da Lei released her second album "Borntodie". The lead singles "Dancing with your ghost" and "BorntoDie" successively topped the Billboard singles chart. The former topped the singles chart for three consecutive weeks.

The sales of this album were also unexpectedly hot, with 224,000 copies sold in the United States in the first week, making it the best-selling album on the album chart. The current sales volume in the United States has reached 1.137 million copies. This is Lana's second platinum album.

In addition, the album sold better overseas than in the United States.

After its release, it continuously topped the album charts in nine countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and Australia.

As of March, 11 countries have sold more than 500,000 copies, with Australia selling the highest sales of 2 million copies.

At present, "Borntodie" has accumulated 8.37 million copies worldwide, and it is just around the corner to break through the diamond record.

Lana is also considered to be a well-deserved sister of link music.

Following Lana, Bruno Mars also released his second studio album "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" in early February.

The first promotional single "Grenade" was released in mid-January and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks, becoming Martian's third No. 1 single after "Nothin' on You" and "Lighters".

The second promotional single "Just the Way You Are" was released with the album in mid-February.

This song aroused fans' enthusiasm as soon as it was released. On the first day, online and offline sales reached 860,000 copies, and it has topped the singles chart for six consecutive weeks. As of this week, no one can steal this song's top spot.

The two promotional singles sold well, which also helped the album become famous. In the first week, it sold 341,000 copies in the United States, ranking first on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and ranking first for three consecutive weeks.

At present, the sales volume of this album in the United States has reached 924,000, which is just around the corner to surpass Lana. However, in terms of overseas sales, Mars’ second album is slightly behind Lana’s.

When the two albums of Sister Da Lei and Brother Martian were selling well, neither the fans nor the media forgot about him as the person standing behind the scenes.

The lead singles of these two albums were all produced by him, and they achieved great success in the market.

Now, fans, peers, record companies, and the media all regard him as a musical genius, master, and godfather.

It is said that any song he writes can top the singles chart, and whoever sings his songs will become famous.

He also said that his songs are market trendsetters. If you want your album to sell well, you only need to follow the style of his songs, or imitate the style of the new album of singers under Link Music. You will never go wrong.

The media made him look like a god.

Singers who want to join Link Music are like crucian carp crossing the river. They receive hundreds of song demos every week, hoping to be picked up by him and become the next Da Lei Sister, Martian Brother, and Wiz Khalifa.

The market value of Link Music has successfully exceeded US$600 million after the sales of these two albums, and the latest valuation is between 620 million and 650 million. Because of his great influence and popularity on the American music scene and pop culture circle last year, Time Magazine once again listed him among the "Top 100 People of the Year", "Idol of the Year", and "Top Ten Popular People in Online News" '.

“People Weekly” also once again named him the ‘Sexiest Man of the Year’, ‘the most influential person in American pop culture’, and a ‘music superstar’.

Also, in the annual music industry power list published by Rolling Stone Magazine, he was ranked sixth, only behind the presidents of Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music and other record companies, and Ivaka ranked ninth.

Also because it has been so popular recently, Link didn't want to deal with the media, so he came to Miami to rest.

“Link, do you want to try the iced black tea I made?”

Nozomi Sasaki came out of the cabin carrying a silver tray, wearing only a bikini. She was tall, with pencil legs and a bun, revealing her delicate and sweet face. She looked fresh and cute, like a woman who stepped out of a Japanese comic. .

Xi Jiang also came to Miami to accompany him on vacation more than ten days ago. She would take the initiative to avoid others when they were around. She would come out when he was alone, making tea, chatting, or leaning into his arms to do whatever she wanted.

Link took the iced black tea and took a sip. He used British black tea, which tasted cool and slightly astringent, with a mellow aftertaste and a strong tea aroma.

"tasty."

Xijiang knelt down next to him, smiled sweetly at him, and snuggled into his arms.

She just came out of the cabin, her skin was smooth and cool, and she felt good to hold her.

“How are the sales of underwear?”

“The new brand of underwear was put on the shelves at the end of last year. At the beginning of the year, the sales volume in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka were more than 68,500 pieces, with a profit of 32 million yen. I have information on my laptop, do you want to take a look?”

Sasaki Nozomi stood up and asked.

 Link waved his hand, 45 million yen is only 200,000 US dollars, but the new brand he founded can sell this figure just after it goes on sale, which is not bad.

“Are you still filming?”

“Naxi, I have said goodbye to the entertainment industry since September, and I will not appear in front of the media.”

Sasaki Nozomi said.

Link stroked her smooth cheek, "Would you feel uncomfortable if you don't go out to public activities?"

"No, I like it like this. The Japanese media has reported on our relationship. Now everyone knows that I am your family member. They respect me very much. Every time I attend a business meeting, I will be invited to sit in the main seat. It is better than before. much better."

Sasaki Nozomi looked up at him, her eyes full of admiration.

Link smiled lightly, Japanese people have a strong mentality of admiring the strong.

After their relationship was exposed by Japanese media in September last year, many Japanese fans called him a scumbag and asked him to get out of Japan. Later, with the listing of Tesla, his net worth soared and he became a billionaire. The media criticized him Sound is reduced.

 With Tesla’s stock price growing steadily in the past six months, the market value has once again reached US$6 billion, Twitter’s third round of financing has a market value of US$4.5 billion, and Link Music’s market value has exceeded US$600 million.

With these three parts alone, the Wall Street Journal estimates that he is worth about US$1.8 billion.

Including income from global tours and boxing matches, the Wall Street Journal estimates that he is worth around 2.2 billion.

At the beginning of March, "Forbes" estimated his worth at US$2.45 billion, which mainly includes shares in the above three companies, Dynasty Sports shares, Amazon shares, as well as investments and income in music, boxing, film and television, advertising, real estate, etc.

The final figure was US$2.45 billion, ranking 398th on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, nearly ten times higher than last year.

As his net worth has risen, negative reports about him in the U.S. and international media have decreased. Most of them are news about his attendance at public events, and his scandals are rarely mentioned.

The same is true in Japan. The media no longer reports on the scandal between him and Nozomi Sasaki, but instead reports on their business activities.

 And Sasaki Nozomi-chan also received several honorary titles at the beginning of the year, such as the most beautiful female CEO, deputy director of the Tokyo Federation of Underwear Brands, vice president of the Tokyo Love Association, etc.

Sasaki Nozomi has undergone a big change in her identity, from an exploited artist to a respected woman. Naturally, she will no longer miss her past career.

Link kissed her cherry-like lips, pushed aside the straps under her body, and as the yacht swayed, the two of them squirmed on the deck like big fish.

(End of this chapter)