Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

"Hi, Emma!"

After finishing a scene, Emma Stone walked over from the set, wearing a blue dress. Her figure was quite good, and although her looks weren’t top tier, she was highly recognizable, particularly due to her smart, pine-green eyes.

"Hi, boss, you came."

Emma Stone brushed her hair behind her ear and gave him a slight smile.

Link raised his eyebrows, having just complimented her intelligence, he then thought about retracting his comment.

"Are you sure you want me to talk to you as ’the boss’?"

"Alright, Link, I was just joking."

Emma blinked while smiling, a hint of shrewdness in her eyes.

"The lead role has more scenes, are you feeling tired?"

"Not at all, I love it like this, having endless scenes to shoot every day. I don’t have to worry about wrapping up a role in a few days and then look for another one, sometimes not finding anything for months, which is terrible. The way it is now is truly fantastic."

Emma Stone’s cheeks were rosy, and she seemed very excited.

Link nodded and turned to Catherine saying, "Emma is young and has good stamina, we could give her a few more roles to help her train in our crew." Discover exclusive content at

Catherine nodded and laughed, "Lately, we’ve been looking for suitable scripts and attending movie auditions, at least three films next year."

"Very nice, and if there’s a good script that lacks investment, bring it to me, I have quite a bit of funds available."

Link looked at Emma Stone and said with a smile, "Congratulations, you’re going to be a movie star."

Emma Stone forced a smile, appearing somewhat rigid.

Just now, when Link asked if she was tired, she thought he was concerned about her health, but...she should keep calling him boss; this guy is a capitalist, thinking only about extracting surplus value from employees the moment he meets them.

Just the thought of this capitalist being younger than her, likely to exploit her for more years, maybe even over a decade, made Emma feel somewhat hopeless.

"Keep it up! One day you will become the most dazzling star in Hollywood."

Link waved his fist, laughing.

"Thank you for the compliment, boss!"

Emma Stone forced a smile.

"Link, Emma still has some time, why don’t you rehearse the scene together? It might make shooting smoother in the future."

Catherine pulled out the script and suggested.

"Yes!"

Before Link could speak, Emma Stone shouted excitedly.

Seeing Link and Catherine looking puzzled, Emma Stone ran her fingers through her hair and smiled lightly, "Link is so busy, it’s rare for him to visit the set, and I just happen to have some time; I’d love to rehearse the scene with him."

"Alright, Emma, thank you."

"You’re welcome, boss!"

Emma suppressed the urge to grin from ear to ear, quietly thrilled at the opportunity for revenge.

Link played the character Todd, the school heartthrob and athlete, who becomes the object of affection for the protagonist, Olly. As Olly becomes the queen of school gossip, Todd starts to notice her and develops feelings.

His role wasn’t heavy, with less than fifty lines, and wasn’t difficult to perform.

However, during their rehearsal, Emma Stone got into character quickly, bringing her emotions to a high pitch, which made his lines difficult to deliver and his emotional expression was off, making it awkward to perform.

Link had to call for a break several times to adjust his performance.

But Emma was very happy, her smile reaching almost down to her ears.

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After spending over an hour on set, Link bid a reluctant farewell to Emma Stone and drove home.

On the way, he received a call from Director Darren Aronofsky, who didn’t know that the two dancers were members of his tour team and had already terminated their contracts with them, apologizing to him.

Link was surprised by Darren’s reaction.

This issue wasn’t important to him, he didn’t even think about asking for people from the crew, but Darren had decisively fired them, which was quite resolute.

Link said it was fine, the tour team was still being formed and it wouldn’t cause any problems.

Darren also told him post-production on "Fighter" was completed and if the schedule fit, it was expected to premiere at the end of November or early December.

Link asked if he was aiming for the Oscars with it.

Darren affirmed, explaining that the operation of art films differed from commercial films, relying mainly on awards from various film festivals rather than extensive commercial promotions.

The more awards an art film receives, the higher its quality and the cheaper its distribution costs.

If "Fighter" could secure a few Oscars or nominations, its box office performance would likely be more impressive.

Link had wanted to ask Director Darren if he had a chance at getting an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, but he thought better of it to avoid any awkwardness.

After returning to the villa, he cooked a plate of pasta and two servings of cat food, and during dinner, he called Taylor to ask what she was up to that day.

Taylor said she was disguised as an ordinary person, performing in a small Nashville pub where the audience said her voice sounded like Taylor Swift and urged her to try out for American Idol as she could become a singer.

Link advised her to be careful and to remember to take Emily and her bodyguards when she went out.

While on the call, Olivia and Meridian kept meowing around him.

Hearing their meows, Taylor said she missed the two little ones terribly and asked him to send them over via FedEx air freight.

Link said no, as Olivia and Meridian were fold-ear cats with generally weak constitutions. Putting them in an airplane’s cargo hold could cause them to faint and scare them to death mid-journey.

Taylor also felt that air freight wasn’t a good idea and asked him to send some photos instead.

Link didn’t take pictures, and jokingly suggested she channel her longing into writing a song about the two cats.

Taylor huffed at him disapprovingly and said she would take the little ones with her next time she came back and wouldn’t let him hold them.

Link had no choice but to take a few pictures to send to Taylor to cheer her up.

After finishing the call with Taylor, while he was cleaning the dishes in the kitchen, his phone rang again. Dino called, saying, "Hey, Link, Mario’s into some trouble."

"What happened?"

Remembering that Mario had a professional match that day, Link asked, "Was he injured by someone?"

"No, it’s not a physical injury. Just watch the ESPN broadcast; they are covering his match news right now,"

Dino explained.

"Alright!"

Hearing it wasn’t a physical injury, Link wasn’t too concerned.

After finishing the housework, he went to the living room, made a cup of tea, and switched the TV to the ESPN channel.

ESPN stands for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, a free sports channel that broadcasts sports events 24 hours a day, including the NBA, football leagues, baseball, boxing, and is the highest-rated sports channel.

Link turned on the TV and saw that it was broadcasting Mario’s boxing match in Atlantic City.

His opponent was a newbie boxer weaker than him. The match went smoothly, and Mario won by knocking out his opponent in just three rounds.

His professional record now stood at 5 fights, 4 wins, and 1 loss.

After the match, an ESPN anchorwoman interviewed Mario, asking how he felt about the match and what he thought about his opponent’s strength.

Mario grinned at the anchorwoman’s ample bosom and said with a smile, "You’re asking about David? Hahaha, his strength is very good, he nearly KO’d me."

The anchor pointed out that the boxer named David seemed not to have the strength to defeat him.

Mario, puffing out his belly, burst into laughter, "Beautiful miss, that’s not what I mean. David is very fast. He ran around me in the match like a fan. If he had spun a bit faster, I might have caught a cold. After the cold, I might have had a fever, and if it got worse, I might have fainted, then David could have KO’d me, hahaha!"

Mario thought he was being humorous.

However, the show attracted some negative responses, accusing him of humiliating his opponent and being too arrogant.

After Mario switched to professional boxing, the main promotion company advertised him as the top sparring partner of Boxer Link, one of the earliest boxers at the West Boxing Gym, joining three years before Link.

Riding on Link’s fame, Mario also garnered quite a bit of attention in the boxing world and became a somewhat well-known boxer.

Naturally, famous remarks like these drew some criticism.

"Link, have you seen the boxing news? A lot of people are criticizing Mario,"

Dino asked over the phone.

Link shook his head, dismissing the minor issue, "Bad reputation is still a reputation; it’s no big deal."

"Link, you also became famous by talking big. I’m planning to have Mario learn from you, to continue talking wildly in the media, challenge heavyweight champions from afar, and attract attention. Hehe, what do you think of this idea?"

"Are you joking?"

Link shook his head and said, "I talked big because I had the strength. Can Mario do it? If you want to train him into a true champion, urge him to train seriously and fight properly, and not talk nonsense publicly. If you want him to become a famous celebrity boxer, you might try that method."

"Celebrity boxer? Sounds not too bad,"

Dino muttered softly.

Link was helpless. With the rise of the internet, many people became celebrities through platforms like YouTube, like Justin Bieber and Lana Del Rey.

Becoming famous was getting easier, leading many to attempt shortcuts, from internet fame to celebrity status.

When a crowd opts for internet celebrity, and some succeed, both the entertainment and boxing circles become impatient.

Everyone was desperate to become famous, by any means necessary, rather than trying to enhance their real abilities.

Link couldn’t change this situation, nor did he want to. All he could do was train diligently, rehearse earnestly, first be a true champion, then be a good singer.

After over a month of rehearsals, his tour was about to start, with the first stop in Miami.

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