Chapter 419： Backyard fire?

Chapter 419: Fire in the backyard?

After returning to the United States from Europe, he drove directly to Taylor's villa in Beverly Hills, hoping to block Taylor in the villa and have a serious chat with this stubborn woman.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Mrs. Andrea said that Taylor had returned to Nashville.

Link said that he also wanted to go to Nashville and wanted to ask Mrs. Andrea for another address.

Mrs. Andrea asked him to ask Taylor what he meant first.

Link said that all his contact information had been blocked by Taylor.

Mrs. Andrea said there was no way, Taylor was a very stubborn person.

Link could only leave some specialties brought back from Europe and a letter to Mrs. Andrea, and drove back to Santa Monica Bay.

On the way, he took out his computer and looked through the American entertainment news from the past two days, and was surprised to find that there was a fire in his backyard.

This morning, the "Los Angeles Times", "USA Today", "Hollywood Reporter" and other media jointly broke a big news - Link was kicked again, is Miss Thompson looking for a new love?

According to the "Los Angeles Times" report, during Link's trip to France to attend the Cannes Film Festival, Miss Evaca Tempe frequently interacted with a middle-aged man.

According to the investigation, this middle-aged man’s name is Pam Abdi. He is the newly appointed CEO of Warner Pictures Marketing Department. He is 39 years old, young and promising, worth over 100 million, divorced and single.

There are many photos of the two chatting in a cafe in the newspaper, and two others appear to be sitting relatively close to each other.

There are more reports on this matter on the Internet, and some websites have published photos of the two suspected of dating at the Hilton Hotel.

Most of the headlines of these news are—

‘Ivaka finds a new love, and **** Link breaks up miserably’

‘Link and Iwaka break up, where will Link’s music go? ’

‘Link and Evaka fall out, Lionsgate Films may face changes again’

‘According to people familiar with the matter, Link may have nothing if he loses the protection of the Thompson family’

etc.

Most of the news headlines are very scary, and the news is reported in an extremely positive tone, as if his breakup with Ivaca has become an irreversible conclusion.

Also on social media, the topic discussed by netizens has changed from the initial breakup of "Link and Ivaca" to "How important Ivaca is to Link" and "Is Link eating soft food?"

Many netizens believe that Evaka is very important to Link. Without her, Link Music would never be as successful as it is, and Lionsgate Pictures would never be taken over smoothly. Without Evaka, Link's value would definitely plummet. .

There are also a large number of comments with similar content appearing in the message areas of many platforms.

For example, 'Link is a bastard, and without Eva Ka, Link is a pauper', 'Link relies on Eva Ka to start his career but often cheats on him, he is a scumbag', 'If Eva Ka kicks Link away, Link will start again. "Become the poor beach boy again", "The Appearance of Scumbag Link".

Many fans of Link also left messages to refute, saying that before Link dated Ivaca, he was already worth more than one billion U.S. dollars, an Olympic champion, a world boxing champion, and a top singer in the world. If this can be considered a soft meal, then No one is good enough for Ivaca.

This comment received more than 50,000 likes and more than 10,000 comments in agreement.

Some netizens refuted the fans' remarks, saying that aside from the fact that Link is an Olympic champion and a world boxing champion, without Evaka managing Link Music, Link Music would never be as successful as it is now, and neither would Link. Such a great reputation.

If he wasn't so famous, his albums wouldn't be able to sell as many copies, and he wouldn't be able to make that much money.

Without that much money, he couldn’t invest in Tesla, Twitter, NVIDIA, or win over Lionsgate Pictures.

So, without Evaca, there would be no Link today.

This comment also received more than 10,000 likes and more than 3,000 objections.

 Many Link fans retorted below that there were obvious logical errors in the above comments. The reason why Link Music is as successful as it is now is entirely because of Link.

Initially, the company only had one singer, Link. Most of the songs in his albums were composed by him himself. From the first to the third album, each one sold more copies than the last one. His talent was the fundamental reason for his fame. , is also the fundamental reason for the growth of link music.

There are also several platinum singers under Link Music who were discovered by Link, and their debut songs were also composed by Link himself.

From this point of view, Link is the key and core to the development and growth of Link Music Company, and Iwaka is an important factor in the growth of Link Music.

Just like the reason why MJ became a superstar is because of his own talent, talent and hard work, rather than relying on the music company under his name.

These comments have been liked and supported by many people.

However, some netizens said that regardless of the facts, if there was no Iwaka and someone else managed Link Music, would Link Music be as successful as it is now?

Although the songs under Link's name are all said to be composed by him, is this really the case?

There are many singers in the music industry who cannot write songs. They put songs bought by companies under their own names and pretend to be singer-songwriters. This is no secret in the industry.

Link may be this type of singer.

This comment was like poking a hornet's nest. It was posted at 9:12. As of 10:30, there were more than 8,000 comments below, almost all of which were objections.

 Many netizens said fiercely that Link’s hit songs since his debut were all composed by him.

Including "Despacito", which became a hit on the Internet, boxing inspirational songs "thefighter" and "Unstoppable", and "Give Me Reason" which was written during the confrontation with the Internet in March 2009 and competed with East Coast rap in May and June 2009. The songs "I'mtheone", "Lighters", "Believer", etc. were written at that time.

 There is also the divine song "See You Again" written in memory of MJ, not to mention the divine song "Legendsneverdie" written for the Super Bowl at the end of 2009, and the songs in the third album are all love songs written for Taylor.

Later there are also number one singles he wrote for Selena, Wiz Khalifa, Lana Del Rey, and Bruno Mars.

Link’s creative ability is so strong, but he still needs help from others to write songs?

Complete nonsense.

Seeing that they could not refute this matter, those who held objections brought the debate back to the relationship between Link and Iwaka.

Evaka is called the daughter of a wealthy family. The Thompson family is worth billions of dollars and has countless connections. Without her, Link would never be as successful as he is now. If Link was kicked out by Evaka, he would be very sad. He will soon become a pauper.

Link's fans say, yes, he is a pauper who earns 40 to 50 million in two or three minutes. In addition, Link's label of 'human money printing machine' is brought up again. As a human money printing machine, he is probably the only one who is poor. Money has been spent.

The two sides are quarreling on the Internet. The supporters insist on discussing the matter as it is, and facts are better than sophistry. The opponents insist on making nonsense and disregarding the facts.

There were so many people participating in the debate that it accidentally became a hot search again.

Jingle Bell!

When the car returned to the Bay Villa, Link received a call from Catherine, asking him what time he would arrive in Los Angeles? Have you seen today’s news? Ask him not to believe the news in the newspapers.

When Ivacana was negotiating with people from Warner Bros. in a coffee shop that day, she and "Bridesmaids" producer Kristen Wiig were also present. The person who took the secret photos had an ulterior motive and deliberately only took photos of Ivaca and Warner Marketing President Pam Abdi.

Link said he got it and wouldn't think about it. Ivaca is now the chairman of Lionsgate Pictures. If he just drinks a cup of coffee with the opposite **** and thinks about it, he would be too unconfident and it would appear that he doesn't trust Ivaca. The most important thing between lovers is trust.

Link asked again about the status of negotiations with Warner Pictures.

Catherine said that after they presented a lot of actual evidence, Warner Pictures Distribution Company has admitted that there were data errors in box office statistics, but there are certain differences between the two parties on the issue of compensation.

“According to the data provided by the movie box office monitoring company Rentrak, the current box office of "Bridesmaids" in North America is 128 million US dollars, not 70.5 million US dollars. We require Warner Pictures to return all the transferred box office and bear all investigation costs of about 2 million US dollars.

In this regard, Warner Pictures said that so far, the North American box office of "Bridesmaids" is only 104 million US dollars, not the 128 million released by Rentrak, and it is only willing to pay US$500,000 for investigation expenses.

After the negotiation failed, we gave Warner Pictures three days to consider. Tomorrow we will submit all the evidence to the MPAA and the Los Angeles District Court for trial. The case will also be heard publicly.

 We suspect that this scandal is also related to Warner Group, and they want to use this incident to disrupt our arrangements.

I have just had a meeting with Iwaka to discuss the matter. We have given up further negotiations with Warner Pictures and directly submitted the evidence to the MPAA and the court for trial. We not only require Warner Pictures to compensate for all the box office, but also require Warner to provide a certain percentage of compensation. "

“Is our evidence sufficient?”

Link asked.

Behind Warner Pictures is Time Warner Group, one of the media giants, which owns Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, Turner Television Network, CNN, HBO, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Records and other sub-brand companies have a market value of more than 40 billion.

Once the lawsuit goes to court with Warner, without sufficient evidence, the lawsuit may become a protracted tug of war.

Catherine said: "The main way Warner Pictures stole the box office this time was by shifting the box office of "Bridesmaids" to the two movies "Unidentified" and "Hello" released by Warner in February.

Since their approach is relatively covert, it is very difficult to obtain key evidence. However, with the evidence we have, we can confirm that Warner Pictures stole box office.

The final penalty will depend on how seriously the MPAA takes this matter and Warner Pictures' public relations capabilities. No matter what Warner chooses, as long as this matter is exposed, it will definitely have a great impact on them. "

Link thought for a moment and understood.

 Warner Pictures, a subsidiary of Time Warner Group, is also a listed company.

This type of company values ​​reputation the most. Once such negative news is revealed, the loss in the stock market will definitely exceed tens of millions. Once the stock price drops and affects the interests of shareholders, Warner Pictures' top management may have to face changes.

Warner Distribution Company, knowing that the consequences would be serious, still took a lot of risks to absorb the box office, probably because it underestimated the strength of Palm Beach Pictures.

Before the film was released, I did not expect that Lionsgate Pictures would temporarily obtain the distribution rights in most regions.

If Lionsgate had not participated in the distribution, Ivaca and Catherine would not have been able to see the box office problems through the differences in box office in different states, and then arrange for people to investigate the box office problems to discover Warner Pictures' violations.

Link thought of "Scandal Project" and asked Catherine whether this movie stole the box office.

Catherine said that the film has been offline, and even if there is box office theft, it is not easy to detect.

However, you can raise questions when promoting it, and let other independent production companies and producers who have had their box office stolen by Warner come forward. I believe that Palm Beach Pictures is not the only victim.

As long as more peers come forward, Warner Pictures will have to make concessions.

Link thinks this is a good idea, and he also feels that buying Lionsgate Pictures is the right thing to do. If there is no film distribution company in hand, even if Palm Beach Pictures can produce countless movies with good box office, they will be stolen by the Big Six. Light.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for independent production companies and investors to survive in Hollywood.

Link reminded Catherine to be careful in the near future and asked her if she wanted a bodyguard?

Catherine smiled and said that as long as he was fine, Warner would never dare to do anything to her and Ivaca, and there would be no problem with their safety.

 Link thought about it and it was indeed true. The top management of Warner Pictures were just a group of wage earners. Even if they did something wrong and caused the company to lose money, the worst thing that could happen would be to resign. No one would take the risk for such a thing.

What Warner can do now is to use the power of the media to muddy the waters.

Back at the Bay Villa, Ivaca was still working at the company. Link called her to tell her the news of his return, but failed to get through. He turned on the TV and saw the news of Ivaca being interviewed by a reporter at the Lionsgate Films headquarters.

A reporter interviewed Ivaca on several hot topics and asked her how is her current relationship with Link?

Evaka said the relationship between the two parties is stable.

A reporter from the "Los Angeles Times" said that entertainment reporters noticed the news about her frequent interactions with Warner Pictures Marketing President Pam Abdi, and even photographed them drinking coffee together and asked what their relationship was.

Ivaca said that her recent contacts with Warner Bros. were mainly about work matters.

The "Hollywood Reporter" reporter then asked, it is said that Warner Pictures stole the box office when releasing "Bridesmaids". Palm Beach Pictures and Lionsgate Pictures have obtained key evidence, and asked Ivaca if she could reveal some information.

When the "Hollywood Reporter" reporter raised this question, many entertainment reporters at the scene let out a cry of surprise.

Obviously, compared to the personal affairs of Ivaca and Link, the news that Warner Pictures stole the box office is obviously more sensational. This is a news with great impact.

The reporters all looked at Ivaca, hoping she could reveal some information.

Ivaca said that this is a matter for Palm Beach Pictures, and Palm Beach Pictures will hold a press conference later to answer reporters’ questions.

When the reporters heard what she said, they did not continue to ask further questions. They continued to ask about her relationship with Link, as well as the currently controversial issues on the Internet.

A reporter from "USA Today" said that there is a saying on the Internet that Link relied on her to start his business. Without her, Link would not be as successful as he is now. The reporter asked Evaka if Link's success was 100%, where would she be? What percentage is the contribution here.

Iwaka said bluntly that Link is an Olympic champion, a world boxing champion, a pop singer, a billionaire, and a great philanthropist. His success has never relied on anyone.

If Link's success is 100%, no one can share 1%, and she and Link Music, Lionsgate Pictures, Dynasty Promotions and other companies and individuals involved in Link's success, Link is definitely qualified to occupy a huge share percentage.

"Vanity Fair" reporter asked, everyone knows that Link is a playboy. With her conditions, she can find a better partner, why do she still insist on leaving Link? Is it more love or work relationship?

Iwaka said that Link wrote a song "Just the Way You Are" for her at the beginning of the year. She liked this song very much. There was also something she wanted to tell Link in the song. The current Link is the best Link, regardless of the rumors. She loved Link the way he was.

The reporters on the scene were sprinkled with dog food.

Link also smiled when he saw the news.

Jingle Bell!

The phone rang twice. It was a call from Ivaca asking him if he was home?

Link said she was at home and asked her what time she would get off work.

Evaka said she would get off work early today and would be back soon.

Link agreed to have dinner together when she comes back.

(End of this chapter)