Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 605

Chapter 605 The song ends and everyone stays together

 In October, after his father-in-law successfully ran for office, Link continued to train in boxing.

In November and December, he participated in two boxing title defense matches in Tokyo and London. The first match was against IBF title challenger Deontay Wilder, and the second match was against British weight. Boxing champion Tyson Fury.

He continued to maintain a strong and aggressive fighting style. He won the first game by KOing Deontay Wilder in the second round, and the second game by KOing Tyson Fury in the third round.

 Two games brought him nearly 500 million US dollars in income.

His professional record has also reached a cumulative total of 46 fights, 46 wins and 46 KOs.

The day after the game, Link was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and was the youngest boxer to be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in recognition of his influence on boxing and his outstanding contribution to the promotion of boxing. .

In mid-December, Lionsgate's 23rd film "La La Land" was released this year. It grossed US$1.74 million in five theaters in the first week, and the average daily box office of a single theater was as high as US$49,000, which was also a screening result this year. The best movie ever.

The film's reputation is also very good, with a comprehensive media review of 92 points, an IMDb score of 8.9, and a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 100% in the first week, which slowly dropped to 95% after its release.

"Times" commented that "Link and Emma Stone's crooning and dancing are full of charm, and their performances are close to perfection".

"The Hollywood Reporter" commented that "Although the film is not 100% perfect, it is speechless in terms of style and personality, and the whole film is mesmerizing."

Due to good reviews, it was expanded to 3,136 theaters in the second week, with a box office of US$86.09 million in the first week. On the ninth day of its release, the North American box office exceeded 100 million. After 19 days of release, the North American box office reached a total of 203 million.

 The box office performance was better in overseas regions. The box office exceeded 100 million in the first week of release. After 20 days of release, the cumulative overseas box office reached 240 million.

 The total box office of "La La Land" is expected to be around US$600 million.

This is also Lionsgate's fourth movie this year with a total box office of more than 600 million. The first is "Jumanji", the second is "Suicide Squad", and the third is the horror movie "The Return of the Clown" released on Halloween. "Soul", with a North American box office of 328 million, an overseas box office of 375 million, and a global box office of US$704 million.

With the North American box office of "La La Land" exceeding 200 million, Lionsgate's total box office this year has reached 2.8 billion US dollars, ranking second after Disney.

 At the end of December, Lionsgate's last movie "Manchester by the Sea" was released.

The movie tells the story of janitor Lee Chandler, who became the legal guardian of his 16-year-old nephew Patrick after the death of his brother. Lee's life changed completely from then on. He had to return to his hometown of Manchester to face the relationship with his ex-wife Randy. painful problem.

　　Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and others.

The film was initially screened in 4 theaters in the United States and successively received a box office of 2.05 million US dollars. In the third week, it was released in 1,207 theaters and received a box office of 21.01 million. The North American box office is expected to be around 50 million, and the overseas box office is around 40 million.

 The production cost of this film was only US$9 million, and with a revenue ratio of 10:1, it was considered a blockbuster movie.

 By January 2017, my father-in-law was sworn in.

 Ivaca left her job at Link Music Company and Lionsgate Pictures to work in Washington. Link also bought a villa in Washington and took Alexander, Cynthia, and little Margarita to school there.

 On the one hand, it supports Iwaka's work, and on the other hand, it is more secure in terms of safety.

 On the evening of January 8, the 74th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Lionsgate Pictures has eight films nominated for this year's Golden Globe Awards, including "Joy's Struggle," "Arrival," "Hacksaw Ridge," "Fifty Shades of Grey," "Unbreakable," "La La Land" and "Room." Manchester by the Sea".

Among them, "La La Land" received 7 nominations, including Best Picture Musical Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor and Actor, etc., "Manchester by the Sea" received 5 nominations, and "Hacksaw Ridge" received 3 nominations. , and other movies also got one or two.

In the end, "La La Land" won all 7 nominations, winning Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category, Best Director - Damien Chazelle, Best Actor - Link, and Best Actress - Emma Swan. Tong, Best Screenplay - Damien Chazelle, Best Film Score, Best Original Song.

 Casey Affleck won the Best Actor in a Drama Series for his brilliant performance in "Manchester by the Sea."

 Brie Larson won Best Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in "Room."

 There are a total of 14 awards at this year's Golden Globe Awards, and Lionsgate films won 9.

Link also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor again after winning the world's three major film festivals.

 On February 26, the 89th Academy Awards were held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Lionsgate Pictures had 9 films nominated for the Oscars and received 49 nominations.

"La La Land" received 14 nominations including best picture, director, actor, actress, etc., tying the historical record - "La La Land" in 1950 and "Titanic" in 1997. Became the most nominated film in Oscar history.

 "Arrival" received 8 nominations including Best Picture.

 "Manchester by the Sea" and "Hacksaw Ridge" both received 6 nominations, and other films received 1-3 nominations.

 In the end, "La La Land" won 7 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song.

Casey Affleck won the Best Actor award for "Manchester by the Sea," which also won the Best Original Screenplay award.

 "Arrival" won Best Sound Editing.

 Hacksaw Ridge won Best Sound Effects and Best Film Editing.

 "Room" won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award.

  13 out of 49 nominations were made, and it won the most prestigious awards such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay. The results were very good.

At this year's Academy Awards, Chinese superstar Cheng Long won the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.

 Lionsgate's films won big wins at the Golden Globes and Oscars, which also added more than $200 million to the box office of Lionsgate's films.

After the Academy Awards ceremony, the American Film Institute Annual Report announced the box office performance of the world and North American film markets in 2016, as well as the box office results of the seven major film studios last year.

 Last year, global movie box office totaled 38.1 billion US dollars, overseas box office was 26.73 billion, a decrease of 3.7% from last year, and North America achieved a record box office of 11.37 billion, an increase of 2% from last year.

 Last year, a total of 855 movies were released in North America, earning a box office of US$11.37 billion, with an average box office of US$13.3 million per movie.

 Among the seven major film industries, Disney Pictures ranks first, with a total box office of US$3 billion, accounting for 26% of the total annual box office share.

Among the top ten movies at the North American box office last year, five were from Disney Pictures, including "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" with 530 million, "Finding Dory: Where's Dory" with 486 million, and "Captain America: 3" with 466 million , "The Jungle Book" 364 million, and "Zootopia" 340 million.

 Lionsgate Pictures ranked second in total box office for the year, with US$2.88 billion, accounting for 25% of the total box office share in North America.

 There are also three movies in the top ten of the year: "Game of the Brave" with 410 million, "Suicide Squad" with 350 million, and "The Return of the Clown" with 320 million.

Universal Pictures ranked third, with a total annual box office of 1.91 billion. There were two movies in the top ten of the year, "The Secret Life of Pets" with 360 million and "Fast and Furious 7" with 350 million. Warner Pictures ranked fourth with 1.68 billion, and one of the top ten movies of the year was "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" with 330 million.

 Fox Pictures ranked fifth with 1.33 billion, Paramount Pictures ranked sixth with 1.05 billion, and Sony Pictures ranked seventh with 870 million.

 Disney Pictures ranks first in the global box office market with a total box office of 7.6 billion.

 Lionsgate Pictures ranked second with a box office of US$5.8 billion.

  Warner Pictures ranked third with 4.9 billion.

Universal Pictures, Fox Pictures, Paramount, and Sony Pictures ranked fourth to seventh respectively.

Lionsgate's revenue this year from movies, TV, advertising, streaming media, etc. is 6.75 billion U.S. dollars. Netflix shares dividends are 540 million U.S. dollars. This year, Lionsgate Pictures' total profit reached 7.2 billion U.S. dollars, which is comparable to that of Warner, Universal Pictures and other major companies. The groups are evenly matched.

Due to good profitability last year and the surge in Netflix's stock price, Lionsgate's stock price topped $168 at the beginning of the year.

 Closing at US$156.4 in early March, Lionsgate Pictures currently has a market value of US$28.6 billion, making it the largest film company after Disney, Warner, and Universal.

In March, "Forbes" announced the new list of the world's richest people, and Link ranked fifth with $66.2 billion.

 Compared with last year, in addition to the growth in the share price of Lionsgate Pictures, his wealth has grown rapidly in other stocks.

 The biggest change last year was Nvidia. Its market value increased from 19.5 billion at the beginning of 2016 to 58.8 billion US dollars at the end of 2016, almost tripling. Link's 16.6% Nvidia shares were worth 9.7 billion US dollars.

· Netflix's market value exceeded 60 billion last year, 8.6% of Golden Shell's shares were worth nearly 5 billion, Spotify's market value exceeded 22 billion U.S. dollars, and the 16.8% shares held by him and Iwaka were worth more than 3.6 billion.

Last year Tesla's development was relatively stable, with sales of US$28.4 billion at the beginning of the year and US$36.8 billion at the end of the year. Golden Beike's 17.4% Tesla shares were worth approximately US$6.4 billion.

The stocks of companies such as Amazon, SpaceX, Eli Lilly and Company, and Alphabet shares have also grown steadily. Amazon's market value has reached 385 billion US dollars, Eli Lilly's market value has exceeded 91.2 billion, and Alphabet's market value has been approximately 454 billion.

 3.4% Amazon, 5.7% SpaceX, 5.05% Eli Lilly, 2.02% Alphabet shares are worth approximately US$26 billion.

In addition, the assets of Hong Kong Island Golden Shell Investment have also increased significantly. The market values ​​of JD.com, Wangda Pictures, Meituan and Alibaba have almost doubled. The total value of the shares managed by Golden Shell is approximately US$12 billion.

Together with other assets, "Forbes" magazine calculated that his assets were approximately US$68.2 billion at the beginning of the year, ranking fifth on the list of the world's richest people.

 The first place is Bill Gates with a net worth of 86 billion U.S. dollars, the second place is Buffett with a net worth of 75.6 billion U.S. dollars, the third place is Jeff Bezos with a net worth of 72.8 billion U.S. dollars, and the fourth place Amancio Ortega is worth approximately 71.2 billion U.S. dollars.

Link is ranked fifth and is also called the number one giant in the entertainment industry by the media.

After 17 years, Link gradually put aside his work as an actor and focused mainly on the management of Golden Shell Asset Company. He split a large number of its shares into the name of Golden Beach Investment Company of the Cayman Islands, retaining only a small number of shares that cannot be transferred. , become an invisible tycoon.

In addition, the work of Lionsgate Pictures and Link Music is also managed by the company's senior executives. He mainly spends his time taking care of his children, training boxing, participating in several boxing matches every year, and filming some commercials. The rest of his time can be said to be reclusive. .

During the ten years in Washington, he and Ivaca gave birth to three children. Little Margarita also became a eldest sister, and he also gave birth to one child with Taylor, and gave birth to two children with Daddario, and with Chrissy. Liu gave birth to three sons and so on.

By the time the old father-in-law steps down from office in 2024, he will have 28 children in his name and his net worth will quietly increase to 1.5 trillion.

By 2028, Ivaca was successfully elected and he once again moved back to Washington as First Gentleman.

 In 2030, little Chris from Amy Adams' family was also his disciple and entered the professional boxing ring to challenge him, the old heavyweight boxing champion.

Although the little guy is good in strength, he is far from the superman he is. In order not to damage the little guy's confidence, he only KOed little Chris in the sixth round, but Amy Adams still complained about it afterwards.

Later, Shu Nan and Lewis from Theron family entered the boxing ring successively and achieved good results. Considering that the little guys have grown up and the boxing world will be theirs in the future, Link announced his retirement in 2032, with a career record of 102 fights and 102 fights. Win 102 times by KO.

 There is no one before, and there will be no one after.

When he retired, the New York Times called him the greatest athlete and boxer in the history of world sports, and a peak that no one can surpass in the history of competitive sports.

"Boxing Ring" magazine also called him an "unparalleled" superstar in boxing. His appearance not only made boxing one of the most popular competitive sports in the sports circle, but also made the boxing world from 2010 to 2030 because of his appearance. There was little boxing talent emerging during the years, and all boxers paled in comparison to him.

 “What are you going to do after you retire?”

It rained lightly in Washington, and the lawn in front of the White House was hazy. Link and Ivaca walked side by side on the lawn, chatting while walking.

Although Ivaca is almost fifty, she is well-maintained, with fair skin and a plump figure. Because she often appears in serious occasions, her temperament is more dignified, serious, smart and capable, but when she gets along with him, her face will show Her gentle smile added a different kind of charm to her beautiful appearance.

 “I'll rest for a few years and I'll tell you when I think about it.”

 Hearing Iwaka's question, Link thought for a moment and said.

 “How many years of rest will you have?”

 Ivaka smiled.

“As much as I can, I have been busy with the company and taking care of my children these past few years. Now that the little ones are adults, I can relax and live a retired life ahead of schedule.”

“Husband, you have worked hard at home these years. The media said that you are my biggest support and support, which is absolutely correct.”

Ivaca held his arm and said softly.

 “We are one person as husband and wife, and that is how it should be.”

Link said with a smile.

Ivaca smiled slightly, took his hand and crossed her fingers.

Link stood on the lawn, looking at the white house in the distance. A rainbow gradually appeared in mid-air, and it was so beautiful that it was dazzling.

 “Hey, brother Eva, look here.”

 Suddenly there was a shout from behind.

Link and Ivaca turned around and saw Selina coming from the driveway, wearing a long red dress and holding a retro-style camera in her hand, taking several pictures of the two of them.

Behind her were Taylor, Catherine, Ms. Mandy, Ms. Casey, Tiffany, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Alexander with his wife and children, Cynthia and her new boyfriend, little Margarita siblings, little Chris, Shu Nan, Liu Jiani

 (End of this chapter)

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