Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

On the evening of August 16, Link finished his first concert in Dahai City.

According to media reports afterwards, there were 85,000 spectators at the venue that day, with thousands more outside the sports hall, making it an extremely hot event, the largest concert in the music industry in the past three years.

Besides the large number of audience members, this concert also contributed several hot social news topics.

The first was Link and the divine sister Chris Liu's performance on stage, which sparked further speculation about their relationship.

Many domestic media picked up some of Link's scandals from American newspapers.

They claimed he was a playboy with over twenty rumored girlfriends in the European and North American entertainment circles, that his private life was chaotic and not as perfect as rumored, and that his character was slightly inferior to domestic stars.

They also crazily hinted that the relationship between Link and Chris Liu was not pure.

Upon seeing these news, Chris's fans expressed their depression, suggesting that the divine sister might have already been tainted by Link, the pervert.

Even some radical fans posted slogans on forums saying "Link roll out of Huaxia, bring back our divine sister."

The second hot topic was the Chinese song they sang together on stage, "When You Are Old," which afterwards received a lot of affection from Huaxia music fans, being regarded as a classic Chinese song.

Universal Records timely released a greatest hits album by Link targeted at Huaxia music fans.

The album contained twelve songs, all favorite songs of Huaxia music fans, including "See you again", "Give me reason", "Despacito", "All of me", "unstoppable", "never say never", as well as the English version of "When You Are Old".

Since the Chinese version of "When You Are Old" wasn't suitable for the English version album, Chris Liu was asked to sing it.

Universal also signed a record deal with her, planning to create a Chinese album around "When You Are Old".

The second hot news was Link's concert in Dahai City, which attracted many stars to the scene.

According to photos snapped by paparazzi, more than forty stars, including movie actors, singers, models, and athletes came to his concert.

The front-page news of "Southern Metropolitan Daily" claimed that Link's concert in the country stirred up half of the entertainment circle and published many suspected star sightings, including Zhou Xun, Sun Li, Deng Chao, Li Chen, Yang Dami, Tang Yan, Zhou Yadong, Xu Wei, Zheng Jun, and others.

Most did not acknowledge it, but a few female stars, including Yang Dami, Tang Yan, Wang Luodan, openly expressed they were fans of Link and really liked his songs.

Actor Zhou Xun also publicly praised Link as a great singer, stating that attending his concert was a joy and he would continue to attend the next one. Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire

Actor Li Binbin also mentioned in an interview that she liked Link's songs and talked about the possibility of co-starring in a movie with him; she expressed great anticipation for working with Link.

The third hot topic was Link's vocal skills and his dedicated performance in music, which caused heated discussion among domestic media.

Firstly, he sang for two hours straight on stage and still maintained a high level of passion afterwards, performing very steadily with absolutely top-notch vocals.

Furthermore, he was very good to his fans; when coming abroad for concerts, he would learn the local language and songs in advance. Reportedly, he knew six foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Thai, French, Italian, and could understand some Cantonese and Mandarin.

Reportedly, he was currently learning Korean and Japanese, preparing for his upcoming concerts in Korea and Japan, showing great professionalism.

Many media outlets urged domestic singers to learn from Link, to actively improve their own abilities, bring more and better songs to fans, and strive to make Chinese songs break out of Asia and go global.

Regarding these news in the newspapers, especially the third hot topic, Link felt very helpless; it was like being roasted on a fire.

He knew Thai because he had lived in the Thai region before, already knowing the language without needing to learn it specifically for a concert, and it was the same for Cantonese and Mandarin.

However, with media promotion, they touted him as a hard-working, dedicated good singer, claiming that whenever he held a concert somewhere, he would definitely learn the local language in advance.

This led to companies hosting concerts in South Korea and Japan sending representatives to meet him, inquiring about his progress in learning Korean and Japanese, what local songs he planned to sing at the concert, and whether he needed a singer to collaborate with.

It was also said that fans from both countries were very much looking forward to him singing a local song at the concert.

Link listened intently, overwhelmed by the complexity of it all. To boost his album sales, he had no choice but to find time to learn two more languages.

Upon hearing that he was preparing to learn Japanese, the office in Japan hurriedly presented a stack of female singers' profiles and photographs, hoping he would choose one to be his Japanese teacher and also act as his guide during concerts in Japan.

If possible, they also hoped he would give them a boost.

Link initially wanted to refuse because when he had participated in boxing matches before, the organizers had given him more than ten beautiful women with impure intentions, and he worried that the Japanese counterparts might play some tricks.

However, seeing many famous singers in the material they sent, it did not seem like they were just trying to fool him.

He scrutinized the options carefully and selected the aesthetically pleasing Yui Shinohara.

She was 22 years old and 169 cm tall.

In 2007, she became famous for starring in the film "Love Sky" and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 31st Japan Academy Film Prize thanks to the film.

In 2008, she released her debut single "Make my day", which clinched the runner-up position on the Oricon Charts and topped the Japanese Billboard charts.

Between 2008 and 2009, she released two albums, becoming a dual threat in the industry and a rising star in Japan's entertainment circle, fluent in English.

"Would this one be alright?"

Link, holding the photograph, asked Tahara Yasue, the President of Universal Records' Marketing Division in Japan.

"Hi!"

Without even looking, the other party nodded and said it would be fine.

Link was somewhat surprised, noting the sincerity from the Japanese side; they readily agreed to send a popular star to be his Japanese teacher.

"Mr. Tahara, would this inconvenience you?"

"Hi! Mr. Baker choosing her is both her honor and her luck, and it will absolutely not be inconvenient, Mr. Baker. Please look at the others as well; these singers are all very willing to be Mr. Baker's Japanese assistants. Please give them a chance to serve you," Tahara politely offered.

Link looked over the rest, although they were all decent, some were too old, some too young, some were married, and none had the fresh, outstanding beauty or fame of Yui Shinohara.

He indicated that one Japanese teacher was enough.

Tahara nodded in agreement, took back the materials, and said he would arrange for Yui Shinohara to come over as soon as possible.

The record company from South Korea also sent someone over with a stack of materials, offering to arrange a Korean teacher for him.

Link turned them down, partly because Korean agencies are quite strict with female artists, leading to many incidents; he did not want to get embroiled in any repercussions.

Moreover, after the concert, he would join the cast of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" and could then learn Korean from Jun Ji-hyun, thus not needing to trouble others.

Just after the South Korean company's representatives left, Wendi Deng called to ask if he was free to have dinner together.

She also wanted to introduce him to the film's director, Wang Ying, and the two leading actresses beforehand to get acquainted, which would make shooting much easier.

Link first apologized to Wendi Deng. He had been too busy since arriving in Dahai City with rehearsals, concerts, album signing sessions, and press conferences, hardly finding time to visit her. Link proposed to host the dinner himself as a treat for her and Director Wang, along with the two actresses.

Wendi Deng laughed and said since she was the host, he should follow local customs to be at ease, suggesting that there would be another occasion for him to host when he's less busy.

Link agreed to her suggestion.