Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 590

Chapter 590 Show off and The Martian

For someone who has won more than a dozen Olympic swimming gold medals, catching fish in the lake is not too difficult. However, Link believes in his fishing skills. As long as he is patient, he will never fail to catch fish.

But more than three hours later, Link discovered that fishing requires not only skill, but also luck.

He, novice Selina, novice Annie, and the three naughty kids next to him were all fishing on the boat. In the end, he only caught one palm-sized salmon. Selena and the others caught four big fish one after another, including a salmon. More than two feet in length.

Link saw that some of them were having difficulty reeling in the line, so he offered to help, but Selina was not happy, as if he would **** the fish.

Of course he wouldn't rob her because he didn't need it. He exchanged a song for the big fish from Selena.

Back at the villa in the afternoon, Link showed his fishing results to Ivaca and Taylor. After receiving praise from them, he personally cooked a fish hot pot for everyone.

He had no luck fishing that day, but another day, he worked his luck and caught a 138-centimeter-long pike in the lake next door. It was taller than a little Margarita when he lifted it. He asked the little guy to take a photo with the big fish in his arms.

Little Margarita hugged the big fish and giggled cutely, and was almost thrown into the lake by the big fish. He had no choice but to let Alexander hold her and take a photo. He took several pictures and posted them on MySpace to show off.

Selena and Taylor looked on and rolled their eyes.

In order to show that he is also an environmentalist and to educate a few little guys, he asked Alexander to put the big fish back into the lake after taking the photo.

Afterwards, it aroused the envy of many people on the Internet.

Some praised him for his good fishing skills and asked him where he fished. Some praised Alexander for being cute and that he would be a handsome young man when he grows up.

Paul Walker and others invited him to go fishing together next time. Bezos left a message and posted a photo of him holding a large sturgeon. The fish was more than two meters long. Bezos said it was too small. So I didn't send it and invited him to go fishing in South America next time.

Link found that all the people who left messages discussing fishing were men, while most women left messages discussing Alexander and asking him where he fished. The concerns of men and women were very different.

“Link is so boring. He won the gold belt and Olympic gold medal before, but I didn't see him showing off like that. Now he has to post a fish online even if he catches it.”

Selena put away her phone and complained.

Ivaca smiled slightly, "Probably catching a big fish is more satisfying than getting a gold belt."

“This is the bad taste of men.”

Taylor is wearing a bikini and shrugging her shoulders.

“Hey, Selena, how about a competition? Come fishing and see if you can catch a bigger fish than the one just now.”

Link set the hook again and shouted from the side of the deck.

"boring!"

Selena crossed her arms and curled her lips in disdain.

While Link and others were fishing on Mackinac Island, Lionsgate's 11th film this year and the last movie of the summer vacation, "The Martian", was released in North America.

"The Martian" is a science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and others. It tells the story of astronaut Mark Watney who... After an accident, he was left on Mars. It will take four years for the rescue team to reach Mars. The hero needs to use limited food to survive.

The film's production cost was US$108 million, and it grossed US$54.6 million in three days of opening weekend in 3,841 theaters in North America.

As a science fiction movie, it had a very good premiere and received a good reputation. It was considered by the New York Times to be the best science fiction movie after "Gravity" in 2013 and "Interstellar" in 2014.

　　The North American box office exceeded 100 million on the 10th day of release, reaching 109 million.

The performance in overseas regions was even better. It earned 213 million US dollars in 161 countries and regions in the first ten days of release. Among them, the box office performance in China was the best, with a box office of 57 million yuan on the first day and 280 million yuan in ten days of release, making it the best in North America. The area with the highest foreign box office data.

"The Martian" has been in theaters for 10 days, marking the end of the North American summer season. Lionsgate Pictures released a total of 5 movies this summer, and the North American box office of all five movies exceeded 100 million, including "Armageddon," "Maleficent" and "The Expendables 3". More than 200 million.

With the current box office data of "The Martian," Lionsgate Pictures has grossed a total of US$940 million in North America this summer.

Counting the six movies released before the summer season, the total box office of Lionsgate films in North America reached US$1.31 billion before September, excluding the share with Disney and Paramount Pictures, which amounted to approximately US$850 million.

The global box office is 2.96 billion US dollars, excluding the share with other companies, it is about 1.93 billion US dollars.

Compared with last year, these two figures are slightly worse, temporarily ranking third among the seven major film studios, after Disney and Universal Pictures.

However, in terms of profit, it made more money than last year, because in the cooperation between Paramount Pictures and Disney, Lionsgate Pictures has a dominant position and can make more money on several projects with a small investment. Paramount Pictures Mongolia and Disney invested relatively more money.

This is one of the reasons why Link is willing to cooperate with the two companies.

Also because the three movies Paramount Pictures collaborated with Lionsgate this year, "Terminator: Genisys," "Armageddon," and "The Martian," were all huge hits, helping Paramount Pictures hit the box office mark before September. To the third place in the industry.

Now film companies in the industry are looking forward to cooperating with Lionsgate Pictures.

In the fall season, Lionsgate Pictures has a number of films scheduled for release, including "Inherent Evil," "Superman," "American Sniper," "Into the Wild" and "Split."

At this stage, the North American film market is cooler than the summer season, with less competition. The films released are of smaller genres, including horror films, science fiction films, literary films, etc.

The first film released by Lionsgate in the fall is "Inherent Evil," directed by "The Master" director Paul Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, and Reese Witherspoon. , Benicio, Owen Wilson and other movie stars.

The film represented Lionsgate Films at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy in August and was shortlisted for the main competition, but unfortunately missed the award.

The movie was screened in 5 theaters in the United States in early September, with a box office of 452,000 US dollars in the first week. The average box office per theater was about 11,000 US dollars, which is above the average level.

The subsequent distribution department will slowly increase the number of theaters based on changes in the movie's box office. The main purpose of this is to take advantage of the word-of-mouth effect, save publicity funds, and prevent losses.

The second film to be released is the science fiction film "Superbody", a French film directed by Luc Besson, the director of "The Killer Is Not So Cold", starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Guillaume ·Starring Kane and others. Paris Rose Pictures is one of the producers, and Lionsgate is the film's distributor in North America.

The film was released in mid-September. It grossed US$43.89 million in 3,173 theaters during its first three days, becoming the weekly box office champion. The film was released in North America for 19 days, with a box office of over 100 million US dollars. It is also the eighth North American film released by Lionsgate this year. A movie with a box office of over 100 million.

In terms of overseas regions, the film was released in many countries in Europe and Asia in June and July, and the current overseas box office has reached a cumulative US$330 million.

The total box office is 430 million.

The production cost of the film was 40 million.

The revenue ratio exceeds 10:1. The producer Paris Rose Pictures can also make another fortune with this movie. Lionsgate Pictures, as the North American distributor, also earns tens of millions of shares.

A week after the release of "Super Body", Link's family returned to Los Angeles after vacation. Taylor and Selena were going to attend the MTV Video Awards. Ivaca was busy with the company's affairs. Link continued to take care of the baby at home and went to boxing. gym training.

There will be another boxing match in November, between WBWBC world boxing champion Link and IBF-WBO world boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko. This fight is also called the last heavyweight battle by the media. Link conquers the heavyweight class. The final battle in the realm.

Klitschko is also considered to be Link's last opponent and obstacle to his dominance in the heavyweight boxing world. "Boxing Ring" magazine also believes that Klitschko is the last goalkeeper in the heavyweight boxing world. If Klitschko fails, Link will be in the boxing world. The altar will be unstoppable.

Many media also believe that it will not be easy for Link to win this game because he fought Klitschko last year. Klitschko understood his boxing characteristics and would discuss with Klitschko afterwards how to break his offense and attack. Defense.

Klitschko has a great advantage in fighting him.

In addition, no one in the boxing world can defeat Klitschko and Klitschko at the same time. For example, in 2000, "Quick Fire" Chris Bird defeated Dak in April and was defeated by Klitschko in October.

"Boxing Ring" magazine believes that Link needs to be more careful and develop more perfect game tactics to have a chance to defeat Xiao Ke and dominate the heavyweight boxing world.

"Link, what are your tactics? Do you want me to help you study it?"

In the boxing gym, Hoya asked.

“No need, I am confident enough in my tactics.”

“You are too proud, I feel like you will lose.”

Hoya curled his lips and said.

“Just wait and see.”

Link ignored him and continued to sparring with Mario.

"Link is right not to tell you the tactics. You will be defeated by him, so there is no point in telling you."

Morales bared his big white teeth and said with a wicked smile.

Hoya glared at him, "You are awesome! You are amazing. Why is your gold belt taken away by someone if you are so awesome?"

“It's normal. I'm not Link. I can't win every game.”

Morales shrugged his shoulders indifferently. He participated in a WBO super middleweight gold belt defense match in May, but was unfortunately defeated by former super middleweight champion Jean Pascal and lost the world boxing title.

He is also prepared for this, so he will not be too disappointed.

"Hmph, look at how lazy you are. Before you got the gold belt, you trained with Link every day. After you got the gold belt, you slacked off, didn't train seriously, ate and drank randomly, and became more and more powerful. Difference.

Look at Link, no matter how many gold belts he gets or how much money he earns, he can still maintain his original intention and continue to train. If you are half as diligent as Link, you will not be robbed of your gold belt. "

Hoya criticized.

“This has nothing to do with laziness. The main reason is that my strength is limited and I cannot hold the WBO gold belt forever. Even if I beat Jean Pascal this time, I can't compare to Andre Ward and Chad Dawson.”

Morales said.

After he was defeated by Pascal, in August, Pascal competed with Andre Ward. Andre Ward won and became the owner of the four major organizational gold belts in the super welterweight division.

Andre Ward lost to Link twice, which also made more people worship Link. Where he is, other boxers, no matter how good they are, can't even think of getting ahead.

"I just discovered now that what you need to learn from Link is not only skills, but more importantly mentality, determination, and ambition. Before Link entered the professional boxing world, he dared to challenge everyone in the boxing world in front of the world's media. No matter what level or how powerful the opponent is, he has the courage to challenge and is fearless, but you"

Hoya shook his head and didn't want to continue talking.

Morales curled his lips and saw Mario being beaten around and panting. He put on his boxing gloves and went on stage to take over from Mario and Link's sparring.

"Link, hit him hard. Morales is floating now. You have to punch him in the face with an iron fist to make him realize the reality."

De La Hoya shouted, pumping his fist.

Bang, bang, bang!

Link didn't care what Hoya was arguing about. After seeing Morales standing still, he waved his fist and continued training.

His punches are now more powerful and lethal than in the past. In order to achieve the best training effect, several of Morales's sparring partners need to wear sponge armor during confrontation training to prevent them from being injured by him.

It's just that Morales and Mario are super middleweights, and their quality in all aspects is too different from that of heavyweight boxers.

In order to improve the training effect, he will also invite Chris Bird, Hashim Rahman, Ramon Brewster and others to train with him.

These people have all played against the Klitschko brothers, or one of them.

Sparring with them will produce better results.

(End of this chapter)

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