Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 504

Chapter 504 Who is the playboy?

After the Olympics, Link participated in more than 30 media interviews and TV talk shows, and also shot more than 40 commercials and many print ads, mostly for the world's top brands and luxury goods, which also led to his rapid breakthrough in net worth. 5 billion US dollars.

After making money, in addition to paying off part of his debt, he also bought many stocks through Kingback Investment, including NVIDIA, Tesla, and SpaceX. Currently, he holds 14.2% of NVIDIA shares and 18.6% of Tesla shares. shares, 5.7% of SpaceX, 1.3% of News Corp.

In addition, he also used funds from the Link Charitable Foundation to buy stocks in many pharmaceutical and genetic biotechnology companies.

Including Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly and Company, Ruihui Company, etc. Among them, Eli Lilly and Company, which will rank first in the world in the future, has a current market value of only US$38.8 billion, and its investment value is extremely high.

"Link, how many commercials have you accepted? How come you can see your commercials everywhere you go?"

On the card table in the coffee shop, Leonardo dropped his trump card and asked.

"I also discovered this problem. When I turn on the TV, I can see Link's advertisements every few minutes. When walking on the street, Link's print advertisements are everywhere, and there are also advertisements endorsed by Link on subways and planes. There are so many, it feels like the whole world has been invaded by Link's advertising.”

Tobey Maguire looked at the cards and smiled.

"Yes, I went to New York on a business trip last week. One-third of the big screens in Times Square were showing Link's advertising blockbusters, such as CK underwear, Dior suits, Nike-Link sportswear, mineral water, KFC, etc. What's even more exaggerated is that he was even asked to endorse Chanel perfume ads, which made me vomit.”

Casey Affleck said.

Link smiled and shook his head and said: "You are exaggerating. There are only forty or fifty advertisements, which is not a lot. The Olympic Games were very popular some time ago, and those advertisements will be played intensively. Now there are a lot less, right?" ?"

"Forty or fifty commercials? You should be cast in Mad Men."

Leonardo pouted and said.

"It's not my fault, it's because they are more sincere in the endorsement fees. Hey, Toby, are you still going to follow me? If you don't follow me, you'll just grab the money?"

Link smiled as he held two trump cards.

"If you don't follow, you win."

Tobey Maguire said, throwing down his cards.

Link smiled softly, dropped the cards and put away the bills on the table.

"Toby, why did you let him win again? This guy is already a money printing machine, and you still have to give money to him."

Leonardo said with a stinky face.

"My cards are too small, and I lose even if I open them."

Tobey Maguire said with a shrug.

"You are so lucky."

Leonardo looked at Link unhappily.

"It's technology."

Link smiled softly, picked up the 20 dollars, and asked, "How did The Wolf of Wall Street go?"

"We've finished filming. I've recently taken on a new movie, adapted from Fitzgerald's novel of the same name, "The Great Gatsby." There is a role in it that suits you. Do you want to try it?"

Leonardo smiled.

"I've read that novel. Apart from the male protagonist, who else is suitable for me?"

"Playboy Tom."

"The man who stole Gatsby's girlfriend? Forget it, it's not suitable for me. Playing such a villain would damage my image."

Link looked at the cards and joked.

"Do you also care about image? Compared with you, Tom in the novel is much better. You are the representative figure in Playboy. All mankind knows this."

Leonardo curled his lips.

"Do you have the nerve to call me a playboy? Although I have dated many girlfriends, every one of them is serious. But what about you? You change girlfriends more frequently than you change clothes. Every time you look for a girl under the age of 25, every relationship It hasn't been more than two years. Compared with you, I can be called a lover.”

"Thank you for your generous gift! Although I dated a lot of girls, I never dated multiple girls at the same time, and I was serious about every girl. The final breakup was because of my inappropriate personality. It wasn't because I liked the new and disliked the old. One, and you are dating dozens of girls at the same time, and you have girlfriends all over the world. The media says that you have more than a dozen illegitimate children. Tsk, Link, you are not only a scumbag, but also a scumbag father. "

Leonardo retorted with a blush.

"Don't date multiple girls at the same time? This sentence will only deceive the fans, but not the people in the industry. When Ms. Gisele Bundchen dated you, she broke up with you because she couldn't stand your love. I have good luck." Sayer's phone number, do you want me to call her now for confirmation?”

Link smiled playfully.

Leonardo's face darkened, "You and Giselle know each other?"

Link shrugged, "Last year at the Victoria's Secret underwear show, I was a guest performer and we chatted backstage."

"Just chatted?"

Leonardo frowned and stared at him and asked.

"Otherwise? Besides, Giselle is Mrs. Brady now. Even if there are other things, it has nothing to do with you. Madam, please continue dealing cards."

Link picked up a fifty dollar bill and placed it on the table.

"Even so, you are worse than me. I don't have that many illegitimate children outside. I will follow."

Leonardo looked at the hole cards and also put down a dollar bill.

"That's because you are unwilling to take responsibility and have no confidence that you can be a good father. This is not something to be proud of. Look at some of us here, Toby, Cassie, Woody, Franco, who I don't have many children at home, so I suggest organizing a daddy club. Next time you can bring your children to participate in the activities and talk about their education.”

Link laughed.

"Link, this is a good idea, I agree."

James Frank laughed.

"I agree."

Casey Affleck, Tobey Maguire, and Woody Harrelson all echoed the sentiment. Leonardo's face turned dark when he heard that. When playing cards, everyone was of the same kind, but when talking about children, he turned out to be an outsider.

"Don't talk about the child. We are talking about who is the scumbag. Since you don't admit it, let everyone judge who of the two of us is the scumbag."

Leonardo looked at Tobey Maguire and Casey Affleck and asked.

"Well, this question is hard to answer. I suggest you launch a voting event on Facebook and let netizens from all over the world judge who is the scumbag between the two of you."

Tobey Maguire said.

"This is a good idea, and netizens have a more comprehensive view."

Casey Affleck laughed.

"No, I don't want to be as famous as Leonardo, the world-famous playboy. This will cause great harm to my reputation."

Link laughed.

"Shet! Are you more of a scumbag than me?"

Leonardo retorted.

Link shrugged his shoulders, picked up a few US dollar bills and continued to bet, "Leon, there are only two of us left, do you want to follow the cards?"

Leonardo was stunned for a moment, looked at the two hole cards in his hand, then looked at the community cards on the table, gritted his teeth, and chose to follow.

Link smiled softly and turned over the two hole cards. They were two kings. Counting the two kings on the community card, they formed exactly four of a kind. There was only one ace on the community card. If Leonardo wanted to win, he would have to have a flush unless he had a flush. .

"Leon, do you have a flush?"

"Shet, you win."

Leonardo dropped the card in displeasure.

Link smiled softly and glanced at his watch. The game time was about to end. He played two more games and lost all the money he won. Then he said goodbye and left, saying that he would go home and take care of his children.

"Link is so lucky, it's hard to win in a poker game with him."

James Franco looked at the cards Link dropped and said.

"Didn't I win this round? Link must be worried that he will lose a lot, so he left at this time."

Leonardo grabbed the banknotes on the table, laughed, and lost for seven or eight times in a row. This time he finally won a handful and won more than three hundred dollars from Link.

"That's not necessarily the case."

James Franco spread out Link's hole cards, which were the Queen of Hearts and the 9 of Spades. Together with the community cards, the maximum number could be 9, 10, J, Q, and K straights, which was bigger than Leonardo's triple K.

"Shet!"

Link drove to Lionsgate Studios and picked up Miss Ivaca to take home.

On the way, the two talked about the new movies released by the company recently. Movies released by Lionsgate Pictures in July and August include "The Invasion of Evil" and "Stay Safe", as well as the recently released "The Master".

"The Evil Within" is adapted from the documentary "The Evil Within" by journalist Leslie Goldstein. It tells the story of a girl, Em, who opens an antique wooden box left over from World War II, and a series of strange and terrifying events occur. .

The production cost of the film was 14 million. It earned US$49.13 million in North America and US$36.31 million overseas in just over a month after its release. The DVD sales were also good, with more than 500,000 copies sold in North America within two weeks of its release. .

The estimated revenue is around 50 million, which is more than many commercial blockbusters.

The second film, "Safety," did worse at the box office and cost $22 million to produce. It tells the story of Luke, a retired police elite, who protects a Chinese math prodigy from being persecuted by the mafia in order to atone for his sins. The male protagonist is Jason Starring Statham, the actor who plays the Chinese prodigy is Ouyang Nana who was recruited from Taiwan.

The film has been in theaters for three weeks and has grossed US$17.14 million in North America. The overseas box office currently stands at US$22.35 million.

Probably barely able to maintain capital.

"The Master" starring Joaquin Phoenix and others was released last week with a production cost of US$32 million.

Before being released, the film participated in multiple film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival in Italy, the Toronto Film Festival in Canada, and the Kansas Film Festival in the United States.

At the Venice Film Festival, director Paul Anderson won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director for this film, Philip Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix jointly won the Best Actor Award, and also won the International Film Critics Award at the film festival, and Nominated for the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

At the Toronto Film Festival, it won four awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

It also won two awards at the Kansas Film Festival.

In terms of awards, this movie is of very good quality.

However, because the plot was too complicated, it was not well-received upon release.

It was released in 442 theaters in its first week, with a box office of only 2.97 million US dollars. The North American box office is expected to be no more than 20 million. If it can win one or two awards at next year's Oscars, it may make several million more.

But judging from the current situation, it is obviously a loss-making movie, and it is also the first film in Palm Beach to obviously lose money.

Fortunately, Palm Beach Pictures only spent 10 million US dollars, and its losses were only a few million, so the impact was not significant.

"When Harvey asked me to cooperate, he wanted to make money along with it. Now that the movie has lost money, he will probably be very angry."

Link smiled while driving.

"No one can predict this kind of thing. Who is he angry with?"

Ivaca smiled while holding the flowers.

"that's right."

(End of chapter)

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