Chapter 141: Countermeasures
In the living room, Mrs. Andrea sat on the sofa, staring intently at Link, "Do you know about the situation outside? What are your countermeasures?"
Link thought for a moment, "Adapt to the changing circumstances."
This sentence sounded a bit profound. Mrs. Andrea thought for a while, then suddenly frowned, "You mean to do nothing?"
Link nodded.
Mrs. Andrea was instantly furious, her fists clenching involuntarily. The public opinion outside was about to explode, all criticizing him, but he was still so calm, saying to adapt to the changing circumstances. This was clearly self-abandonment.
It didn't matter if he abandoned himself, but Taylor couldn't. Her career was on the rise and couldn't be affected by him.
Seeing Mrs. Andrea about to get angry, Link quickly said, "It's not that I won't do anything. It's just that many things have already been done. For the rest, we need to assess the situation before taking action."
That was the same as saying nothing!
Mrs. Andrea snorted, looking at Taylor, who was yawning, also looking indifferent. She was instantly angry.
"Taylor, he's like this, and you're not even trying to persuade him?"
"Persuade him? To do what?"
Taylor asked in confusion.
"Haven't you seen the news? Many people are criticizing him, asking him to apologize to Kanye. Those people also said he was slandering the newly elected president, asking him to plead guilty, or else they would ban him. Don't you know?"
Mrs. Andrea shouted, patting her leg.
Taylor scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "Is it that serious? I was writing songs in the room and didn't watch TV. Seeing Link so relaxed, I thought it was nothing."
"There's really nothing. You just focus on writing songs and don't worry about the rest."
Link said, putting his arm around Taylor's waist.
Taylor lifted her elbow and bumped him in the stomach, telling him to let go and not be a hooligan in public.
Mrs. Andrea saw the two of them still fooling around at this time and felt exhausted.
When encountering problems, these two 1.8-meter tall people didn't care about anything, but instead, she, a 1.6-meter tall woman, had to step up. It was truly tiring.
She also saw Link's aunt and manager leisurely drinking coffee and snorted in her heart. Forget it, let it all fall apart. Maybe she could take the opportunity to persuade Taylor to break up with him when Link's career collapsed.
Thinking this way, Mrs. Andrea's mood instantly improved. Link's misfortune was her good fortune. Why should she worry about him?
Hearing Link invite her to breakfast, she didn't refuse and happily walked towards the dining room.
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After several famous black actors and popular singers spoke out, after a day of spreading, more people demanded Link to come forward and apologize.
At first, they accused Link of disrespecting Kanye, but it gradually evolved into accusations of discrimination and hurting the dignity of dark-skinned groups.
Since Link had never made any discriminatory remarks, those accusing him of discrimination had no actual evidence.
Until someone posted a video on YouTube, claiming that Link would be ruthless in boxing matches when encountering dark-skinned opponents, beating them to the point of being unable to stand up, but often easily letting white boxers go.
For example, he had knocked out Andre Berto, Morales, Peters, Aragon, and others in matches, all of whom were dark-skinned and suffered terrible defeats at his hands. The video contained many bloody scenes.
However, white boxers like Andre Ward were often treated favorably when facing him.
This was also evidence of Link's alleged discrimination.
After seeing this video, those attacking Link were ecstatic, taking the video as evidence, preparing to completely label Link as 'discriminatory.'
Singers Lil Wayne and 50 Cent also used their personal accounts to repost this video, strongly demanding Link to come forward and apologize, and asking the Sports Commission to revoke Link's boxing license and ban him from participating in boxing matches again.
Singer T.I., who called himself the 'King of the South,' even re-edited this video, added a rather bizarre rap, and posted it on YouTube, mocking Link. In just two days, the video's views exceeded one million.
The situation became even more severe.
"Link, did you step on someone else's toes? Maybe you should stop being a singer. The competition in the entertainment industry is fiercer than in boxing. You could end up ruined."
Franco Duva said on the phone.
Link laughed, "Could the Boxing Association really revoke my boxing license?"
"Of course not. If they revoked your license because of this, the entire boxing industry would collapse. That's something no one wants to see. The video is not a big deal. I'm just worried that these things will affect the upcoming matches."
Franco said.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. This little thing won't affect me."
After chatting for a few words, Link hung up the phone, listening to music while exercising in the training room.
After that video went viral, several more boxing match videos appeared on YouTube.
Including white boxing champions Rocky Marciano, Tommy Morrison, and the Klitschko brothers, they had defeated black boxers many times in boxing matches and violently snatched their championship belts, so they were also suspected of discrimination.
These videos seemed absurd and more like a satire of the previous video, but they still received support from some dark-skinned people, claiming that Rocky and others were racists and demanding the Boxing Hall of Fame to remove them.
Things were getting out of hand.
This prompted USA Boxing President Yunus Musah, WBA President Gilberto Mendoza, and WBC President Jose Sulaiman, who had originally planned to wait a few days before expressing their opinions, to come forward and make statements.
They stated that both Link's matches and those of Rocky Marciano, Tommy Morrison, the Klitschko brothers, and other light-skinned boxers were absolutely normal competition behaviors and absolutely did not involve political discrimination.
Famous boxing promoters Lou Duva, Don King, Bob Arum, and black boxers like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Lennox Lewis came forward to accept media interviews.
They stated that boxing was a game for the brave and never involved political discrimination, neither in the past nor in the future.
Because once this kind of thing was considered racial discrimination, no one would be willing to compete with dark-skinned boxers. Those boxers would be isolated in the boxing world, and the interests of dark-skinned boxers would be most affected, followed by the entire boxing industry.
This kind of talk that ruined people's livelihoods absolutely couldn't be allowed to spread.
The accusation of 'political discrimination' didn't hold up, so those people found other excuses to attack Link.
"Link, Washington just called, hoping you can come forward and express your willingness to reconcile. They will also persuade Kanye, Lil Wayne, and others to stop all unfriendly actions and reconcile with you. What do you think?"
Miss Eva called and said.
"What's your opinion? You're the CEO, I'll listen to you."
Link said.
"You really listen to everything I say?"
Miss Eva asked with a half-smile.
"Work matters."
"Of course it's work matters. Did you think I would ask you to do something else?"
Miss Eva snorted, "We still need to give the White House some face. The major shareholders behind the big entertainment companies are mostly Democrats and also Obama's financial backers. We can't ignore their opinions.
However, just reconciliation can't make up for our losses. These days, they kept throwing dirt on you, seriously damaging your public image and our company's operations. We need Kanye and the others to come forward and apologize, clearing your name."
"Will they agree?"
"We can try. I have a plan."
Link listened to Miss Eva's plan, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became, his back chilled.
He secretly reminded himself never to provoke this woman in the future. If he really angered her, he wouldn't even know how he died.
"Another call from Eva?"
After hanging up the phone, Taylor came down from upstairs with her small purse, her delicate face cold, her eyes staring at him unkindly.
"Work matters."
Link was worried that she would overthink it, so he added, "Washington called, wanting me to reconcile with Kanye. See, I told you they were more anxious than us. You don't have to worry anymore. Things will be over soon."
Taylor nodded slightly and hummed a tune as she walked out.
Link suddenly noticed that she had put on makeup and was wearing a printed short shirt, a blue denim skirt, and black loafers, looking very fashionable and beautiful.
"Wait, where are you going?"
"On a date, with a handsome guy."
Taylor said without looking back.
Link shook his head, thinking about Miss Eva's suggestion just now. He originally wanted to do as she said, but when editing the text on Twitter, he suddenly remembered a song that fit his current situation perfectly.
He made a phone call to inquire and found that it didn't exist yet, so he decided to give it a try.
(End of Chapter)