Chapter 458 New Album Leaked

Bang bang bang!

When he returned to the villa, Link seemed to hear someone shouting ‘Link is back’.

When he stepped into the hall, suddenly there was a burst of gas around him. It felt like he was being ambushed by enemy gunmen when he entered the door. He subconsciously hugged Ivanka next to him into his arms.

Then a piece of cool hops fell from the sky like a heavy rain, and ribbons of colored paper poured down from the top of his head, drenching him and Eva in his arms all over.

“Surprise！”

Little round-faced Selena jumped out from behind the door holding a large bottle of Spades A champagne, shouting surprise while spraying at him, with an excited grin on her ruddy little round face.

“Link, surprise!”

"Congratulations to Link on his triumphant return!You are amazing!”

“Link, I am proud of you!”

There are also Catherine, Ms. Mandy, little sister Anne, Emma Stone, Paul Walker, Cassie Affleck, Toby Maguire, Jennifer Lawrence, Alexandra Daddario, Emma Roberts, Kristen, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Qian Po Keisha, Lana Del Rey, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Morarese, Mars, Mars, Eliana Grande, Vizcalifa, Snoop Dogg, Michelle Rodriguez, James Franco Ranko, Mario, Franco Duva, De La Hoya, Simon and so on.

There are also Sister Ivanka Tiffany, Taylor's brother Austin, Scott Stuber and his wife next door, Elon Musk and his wife, Megan Ellison, David Ellison, etc., more than a hundred people.

Most of the friends and family from inside and outside the circle came.

“I was shocked, haha, what a big surprise.”

“Thank you, come as soon as you need the idol's signature.”

Link smiled and glanced at Ivanka in his arms, knowing that this must be her arrangement, so he walked into the crowd with her in his arms and accepted everyone's congratulations.

He took out three gold medals on the spot and asked everyone to draw lots to win the gold medals by luck to cheer up the party.

Hearing him say this, everyone cheered excitedly, and the party became more lively and noisy, especially when the wine bottle was turned to grab the gold medal, the shouts almost didn't shatter the glass windows in the hall.

——

After the party, the place was in a mess.

While Link was sorting out the bookshelf, Selena staggered over, holding half a bottle of fruit wine in her hand, her face flushed, and she walked three steps, like a little drunk cat.

“Link!”

Selena tugged at his clothes.

“What are you doing, go to bed when you're drunk, what are you doing here?"”

Link took off the wine bottle in her hand, picked up a cold wet towel and wiped it around her dirty face to wake her up.

“Hate it!”

Selena pushed away his hand and muttered, "I didn't get the gold medal, I didn't transfer it."”

“That's your bad luck, tell me what to do.”

Link continued to organize the messed-up vinyl record collection box.

“You give me a piece, okay?”

Selena pulled his belt and shouted, her voice sweet and greasy, not at all like she screamed when she was angry.

“Tell me about what good things you have done recently. If I am satisfied, I will consider giving you a piece.”

“Me?”

Selena tilted her small round face and thought for a while, and said with interest, “I'm recording songs recently and I wrote two new songs. Taylor said it's very good. I also went to the university to sign up. From now on, I'm also a college student. Hey, I also went to Nashville to see Alexander and Cynthia. They are so cute. They are as cute as I was when I was a kid. When I grow up, I will definitely be a big star that everyone loves.Are these okay?”

“Think about it, what's missing.”

Link nodded her forehead.

Selena blinked her big misty eyes and shook her head, "No!”

“No?Last time you called me the Great Devil, you wanted to call on all fans to encircle me, did you forget?”

“What!I just talked casually, I scared you, and I didn't really ask the fans to scold you. Do you still remember this incident after so long?You are too stingy as a big man. Taylor also said that you are very atmospheric, not at all, huh!Cheapskate!”

Selena held her arms and turned her head to look to the side, her mouth cocked high.

Link smiled softly and picked up a gold medal and a silver medal.

“Little girl with a pout, there is a gold medal and a silver medal here. Which one do you want?”

Selena hurriedly turned her head and stared at a yellow-orange gold medal with round eyes, a silver medal with brilliant silver, and her pupils turned into gold and silver.

“I want it all!”

“You want to be beautiful.”

Link hung a gold medal around her neck, patted her on the shoulder, and let her play.

Selena took a look at the gold medal, took a small bite with her little tiger teeth, and left happily.

——

After returning to the United States, Link didn't have time to rest, so he joined the promotion of "Captain America".

Because the movie box office is related to one's own share of the film's remuneration.

As long as the publisher has promotional activities, he will try his best to participate.

"American Team" was released for ten days, with a North American box office of 162 million US dollars, an overseas box office of 146 million US dollars, and a total box office of 308 million.

The results are good, and it is the fastest movie of the same type to exceed 300 million.

However, the decline was very large, with a year-on-year decline of more than 52% over the weekend. The main reason was that the quality of the movies was not as good as "Harry Potter 7", "Transformers 3", "Shrek 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" and other movies.

Another reason is that "Captain America" is the first in the series. It has no fixed fan base and its influence is not as good as those popular series of movies.

In terms of overseas box office, due to the restrictions on the subject matter, there are fewer overseas screenings.

As a result, the total overseas box office is not comparable to that of North America. The North American box office of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", which was released during the same period, was 380 million, but the overseas box office was nearly 1 billion. "Thor" grossed 180 million in North America and 260 million overseas.

Nevertheless, the box office data of "American Team" still exceeded the expectations of Paramount Pictures and a number of professional media.

Originally, Paramount's marketing department predicted that the film's global box office would be around 360 million.

At present, the total ticket sales in ten days have exceeded 300 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office is expected to be around 480 million U.S. dollars. There is a good chance that it will exceed 500 million, which is more than 100 million higher than the original forecast.

"Complete Movie" believes that the main reason for this difference lies in Link.

For most of the month before the movie was released, Link was a name mentioned every day in the American media, and he was also a very controversial and topical figure.

This kind of exposure has also brought extremely high popularity to "Captain America".

At first, Paramount Pictures was not sure whether this kind of popularity was good or bad. When promoting the movie, they did not dare to mention Link's name. The movie poster was also replaced with a face-covering stills of Link playing the U.S. team, or a comic image of Captain America.

The purpose of this is to prevent Link's negative news from dragging down the movie's box office.

It just didn't wait for Paramount Pictures to replace the posters in a large area.

News came that Link won one after another at the 14th swimming World Championships.

The mainstream American media was also forced to adjust their propaganda plans, from criticizing Link to praising Link.

After being shocked into a cold sweat, Paramount Pictures quickly followed the mainstream media to promote Link and the World Championships, and the fame of Link and the United States instantly skyrocketed.

With Link's fifth gold medal in the bag, almost all mainstream media in the United States are reporting related news, vigorously touting Link, calling him the magical link, the incredible Link, the most powerful and fastest man in the world.

"American Team" was also released in a harmonious atmosphere. The premiere box office exceeded expectations, the first week box office exceeded expectations, and the ten-day global box office also exceeded expectations.

And exceeding expectations also shows that the key to the box office success of "American Team" lies with Link, not Paramount Pictures.

Under this situation of public opinion, Link's appeal at the movie box office has also been infinitely magnified.

He was named the "post-80s actor" with the strongest box office appeal in 2011 by "The Hollywood Reporter" and other media, and he is also the most cost-effective actor. Invest 1 US dollar in him, and the producer will get 23 US dollars in income.

Including "Midnight in Paris", "Bridesmaids", and even "Snowflake Secret Fan", which has average box office results, has also achieved box office results that exceeded expectations because of his participation and his recent exposure.

This has also led to a exponential increase in Link's films, most of which are the male protagonists of commercial blockbusters, and the film salary has also been given to more than 20 million.

It's just that he still has "Fu Lian" and "The Expendables 2" in his hand. Time is limited, and he hasn't figured out which drama to pick up for the time being.

“Do you want to take a break for a while and then be busy? You haven't had a good rest since the beginning of the year.”

In the office, Ivanka walked over and gently grasped his shoulder, the air was full of fragrance.

“You haven't rested either, do you feel tired?”

Link smiled softly, holding a signature pen, and dancing with dragons and phoenix on the cover of the deluxe album.

“I just sit in the office every day and read the documents. When I'm tired, I go shopping and beauty. But you either train hard on the training ground every day, or you fly around the world and are busy with work and competitions. Will your body break down if you go on like this?”

Ivanka said worriedly.

“Don't worry, I'm in good health. You are not allowed to pretend to be dead for at least one hour tonight.”

Link touched the jade hand on his shoulder.

“I won't.”

Ivanka glanced at him coquettishly, her ruddy lips curled up slightly, “When we're done with movies and albums, how about we go to Hawaii for a vacation, you can go to other places, choose any place, and I'll stay with you."”

“It's okay, but after finishing the album, I have to go to France to make a movie, two boxing matches, and the company also has three new movies released. You have to be busy too.

We can't play for a few days. It's better to find a closer place and take a short vacation. At the end of the year, we will put down all our work and go to Hawaii or other places to have a good time for a month.”

“Okay, that's it.”

Eva stuck her arms around his neck behind her, and her soft red lips kissed his side face.

When he stretched out his hand to pick her up, Ivanka smiled softly, stepped on his long legs, flexibly avoided his claws, and returned to his desk to continue working.

——

There's a girl but I let her get away

The girl I once loved, but I let her pass by

It's all my fault cause pride got in the way

Everything is my fault for self-esteem

And I'd be lying if I said I was ok

In the second week of the release of "Captain America", Link's fourth album "Love Is Gone" began pre-release publicity work.

The first promotional single "That Girl" was also released worldwide on August 1.

With sales of 3.88 million copies in the first week, it easily won the top of the US "Billboard" singles chart, and also won the top of the singles charts in 21 countries such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Japan, and South Korea.

The quality of this song is very high. Coupled with Link's affectionate interpretation, it makes the song more pleasant, more contagious, and extremely popular. Almost on the day of the song's release, several shopping malls in Santa Monica began to play this song. .

There are also many singers pushing songs online, and Selena announced that this is her favorite song this year, and she wants Link to write another song of the same type for her.

Link shrugged his shoulders, indicating that there was nothing he could do.

The MV video of "That Girl" released by link Music on YouTube reached 120 million views in a week.

This MV is performed by Link himself, and the heroine is supermodel Irene Heatherton.

Once the MV was released, it became popular on major video websites around the world.

There is also a version of "Captain America", "That Girl", which is no inferior to the original.

This is a video released by the official video account of the U.S. team. The main plot is the love story between the U.S. team and Carter's female agent. From the plot point of view, it is more touching than the original MV.

The number of broadcasts in ten days exceeded 100 million.

In addition to the good sales performance of the song in the first week and the high amount of MV playback, the media also rated the song extremely highly. More than 30 professional media such as "Rolling Stone", "The Village Voice" and "Billboard" gave a score of 85 or more, and other media also scored above 70 points, with a comprehensive score of 81 points.

"Rolling Stone" magazine gave a high score of 92 points, and it was also the sixth song given by the magazine this year with a score of more than 90 points.

Evaluation of this song is currently the freshest of all Link's songs, the tone is sentimental but not sad, like a sentimental boy who has just experienced his first love, savoring the sourness of lovelorn.

It is also said that Link, a playboy, can write this kind of song and interpret a fresh and natural taste. It is too valuable. If it weren't for knowing that his scandals are true, it would be easy to suspect that the media is framed him. .

Due to the good reputation of the first promotional single and various data, the media predicts that the North American sales of Link's fourth album have a good chance of surpassing the third album, and there is also a high chance of catching up with Adele's "21", which sold more than 5 million copies throughout the year, and won the annual album sales chart. Champion.

The situation is very good.

But at this time, a bad thing happened.

Less than three days before the official release of the fourth album, the audio source of the digital album was leaked.

The 20 songs in the album were released on the iTunes free download channel by a hacker group called Swagsec.

After the group released the audio source, it also stole Britney Spears‘ Twitter account and sent out a tweet, ’It sounds good, it's all good songs, I regret doing it, hhh'.

Attach a link to download the song for free after the tweet.

After receiving the news, Link Music immediately sent a notice to Twitter and the iTunes Music Store, asking the two platforms to delete the link and free audio source immediately.

Although the movement of the two platforms was not slow, it was revealed afterwards that during the period from 11:24 to 0:12 in the middle of the night, the songs of this album were downloaded for free up to 358,000 times.

Based on the price of this digital album at 19.9 US dollars per copy, Link and Link Music lost more than seven million US dollars.

“Why is this happening?I told you, pay attention to protecting the safety of the album's audio source, why does this happen?！”

In the office of the chairman of Link Music, Ivanka sat behind his desk with a cold face and looked at several company leaders angrily.

“Chairman, after the hacking incident occurred at the beginning of the year, we immediately strengthened the security management of the online music library and completely disconnected the Internet from the intranet. The network on the other side of the recording studio is not connected to the company's network, and there is not even an Internet connection. I have consulted a network security company. In this case, it is impossible for hackers to invade our music library.”

George Kapal, president of link Music, explained with a sweat on his face.

“But the audio source has been leaked. If it weren't for hackers to invade the company's music library to steal, would the audio source run out by itself?"”

Ivanka asked with a frosty face.

Music executives such as George Kapal, Bob Harrison, Graham Goode, and Scott frowned and were silent. Several executives were stared at by Ivanka for a while, and their foreheads began to sweat.

Link watched for a while and said to Ivanka: “The hacking matter is still left to the network security company to investigate. Now we have to find a way to recover the losses and try to minimize the losses.”

When Ivanka heard what he said, her expression gradually eased, and she arranged work for the heads of various departments with a cold face.

The publicity department normally promotes the new album in accordance with the original plan.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs contacted the police and the FBI to investigate the audio source leakage incident, and after the investigation is clear, all aspects will be held accountable as appropriate.

At the same time, various music platforms and websites are also monitored, and those who freely distribute and buy and sell this free digital album will be held accountable for their legal responsibilities.

“Okay, chairman!”

Hearing that Ivanka issued the task, all the executives breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly took over the task, and hurriedly left the office.

(End of this chapter)