Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion Chapter 154: Examination

Experience tales with empire

Receiving the invitation to perform with MJ, Link was initially excited and thrilled.

MJ is the King of Pop, the most successful and influential singer in the history of world pop music, with over a billion fans worldwide. Even at the peak of stars like Britney, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Zhou, they couldn’t compare to him.

Being invited to his concert to sing was even more praiseworthy than winning a Grammy Award.

However, after the phone call, he gradually cald down.

The main purpose of MJ’s invitation to his concert was certainly to mitigate the impact of this issue and nd the rift between his and Kanye’s fanbases, not because he sang well enough.

Moreover, he rembered that MJ had passed away this year, but he didn’t know when or why, and even if he did, it wouldn’t help since he was not a doctor and couldn’t treat him.

If MJ passed away before the concert began, the invitation would just be a bounced check, so there was no need to get too excited.

Link opened Twitter and posted three words, ’Let it go,’ letting everything pass.

After posting, the fans’ comnts ca in quickly, asking if there was no new song?

Soone urged him to release new songs quickly, as it had been two months since his last album. They hoped for more songs like ’Give Reason.’

Before he could reply, Selena Goz chid in: There is a song, written by Link, a great song that I’m practicing. I’ll release a single in June, so rember to support it, everyone.

After filming a few Disney movies, Selena beca a rising star in the film circles, very popular among teenagers.

Her fans wanted her to learn from Link and post a singing video on YouTube for everyone to hear how the song sounded.

After a while, Selena shared a video link.

Link clicked on it; it was Selena sitting on a couch, holding a guitar, strumming, and singing. She only sang two lines of the chorus, ’Let it go, Let it go, I don’t care what they’re going to say, Let the storm rage on.’

It sounded good and suited her voice well.

Link comnted praising her singing.

Selena sent a heart emoji and asked online how his SAT preparation was going. If he needed other materials, she would mail them to him imdiately.

After Selena asked this question, their comnt sections exploded.

Link, the big star, was taking the SATs?

The world boxing champion is sitting for the SAT exam?

Many people were asking if it was true.

So claid they scored a perfect SAT and offered to tutor him for free.

Link wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and wanted to knock on Selena’s head a few tis. He had signed up for the SAT to experience the feeling of high school exams and see where his knowledge level was.

To avoid bombing the test, he kept it low-key and only told a few close people.

Now that Selena blew his cover, it would definitely be in the news tomorrow, and everyone would know.

If he bombed the test, he’d be utterly embarrassed.

Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~

Selena kept sending ssages apologizing, saying she had sent the tweet by mistake, thinking Twitter was MSN.

Link sent a few emoticons of hitting his head, saying he would settle it once he got to New York.

Selena sent three encouraging gestures, saying she believed he would definitely score well.

Link knew this girl must be laughing with her mouth wide open while sending the ssages.

Since things had co to this, there was nothing else to do.

He just had to spend more ti on his textbooks, read a few more books, and do a few more sets of practice papers.

Indeed, to prevent any mishaps, he bought several sets of Arican SAT practice test collections from a Chinese training class to implent a brute-force strategy.

He didn’t believe he couldn’t score well.

Ding Dong Dong!

There were just too many things on his plate. Hardly had he put down his phone when Miss Eva called.

"Is it true that you’re prepping for the SAT, as the internet claims?"

"Yes!"

Link resignedly said.

"Unbelievable! An Olympic champion, world boxing titleholder, a big pop star—preparing for the SAT like a high school student? Many young people online say you’re super cool and want to learn from you. Congratulations, you’ve gained a bunch of teenage fans,"

Miss Eva joked.

Link wasn’t interested in teenage fans. "I’m doing SAT practice tests. Did you call just to tease ?"

"You’re doing practice tests?!"

There was a snicker from Eva’s end, followed by a mont of silence. Eva coughed twice and then spoke seriously, "Of course, I have sothing to discuss with you. Guess how many tens of thousands of copies ’The Fighter’ sold last week?"

"30,000?"

Entering March, the album sales were on a decline.

He rembered it was 48,000 the week before last, with cumulative sales in the United States reaching 1.652 million.

"It’s 218,000! The northern states didn’t see much of an increase, only about 15%, but more than a dozen states in the center and south rose by over 210%, doubling in sales. According to estimates by a Boston data consultancy, this incident has raised your fa in Arica by nearly 25%, with many music and boxing fans becoming loyal supporters,"

Miss Eva said excitedly.

Link didn’t quite understand the implications of these two figures.

"But Kanye and others have been slinging mud, calling a racist, which will make lose so black fans."

"Don’t worry about that. Every singer has their market positioning, and it’s precise positioning that brings in money.

Before this incident, the majority of people who bought your album were under 30, mainly white and Latino won, who liked your looks and physique first, and then your music.

After the incident, there’s been a sharp increase in adult male fans, also predominantly white and Latino, So the lost portion is not worth worrying about. No one can be loved by everyone, not even MJ,"

Miss Eva said.

Having never been a singer before, Link didn’t know much about these matters. It was only after listening to Eva’s explanation that he learned that fans could also be categorized into different types.

"Sounds not too bad."

"Of course, it’s great. There’s also one more thing. The dostic and overseas profit share for the first month should be transferred soon, amounting to about 28 million US dollars. I plan to use 20 million for dividends and keep around 8 million to acquire a recording studio and sign a few new singers. What are your thoughts?"

"I agree!"

To build up the Link music label and turn it into a major music company, relying on just him as a singer was not enough. It was best to find a few more promising new talents.

Link thought that when he had ti, he should visit bars more often; maybe he would encounter one or two future stars.

"Well, lastly, Mr. Link, how are you doing with the practice tests? Do you need to explain any problems to you? I took the test once myself,"

Miss Eva teased.

"Really? What score did you get? Send over your score report and let see."

Beep beep beep! The call was disconnected.

Link chuckled softly. The dia reported that Miss Eva’s SAT score was 1080.

Given the full score of 1600, that score was only average.