Chapter 115: Script Invitation

"Link, are all four of these songs written by you?"

In the Link Music office, producer Graeme Goodall looked at the sheet music and lyrics in his hands and asked Link in surprise.

"What do you think?"

"Very good, especially this song 'Chasing the Sun'. It perfectly fits all the elements of popular songs in the current market. I dare say that after it is released, the sales performance will not be worse than the album sales of first-line singers," Graeme said excitedly, patting the table.

"What about this song 'Never Say Never'?"

Link pointed to the second song and asked. This song was written and composed by rapper Travis Garland and sung by Justin Bieber. The phrase "Never Say Never" became very popular worldwide after 2010 and was also a popular song that could make people's ears callused.

Graeme hummed a few lines according to the sheet music and shook his head, "The style is a bit lively and doesn't seem to suit you. You are more suitable for lyrical, dance, and R&B styles."

Link looked at Graeme and couldn't help but admire him. He could judge the style of a song just by a few melodies. His musical attainments were indeed very strong.

"Remove this song?"

"No need. This song also fits the current popular trend. We can make some adjustments during recording, and maybe the effect will be good," Graeme said, looking at the sheet music.

Link nodded. This song was relatively popular and one of the few songs in his music library that he remembered clearly. It would be a pity not to use it.

"Graeme, how is the song collection going?"

"We've received over a hundred songs, but the quality is not very good. I've found a few old friends and asked them to tailor some songs for you according to your style. Currently, there are two, and we still need six more. They should be ready by the end of the year," Graeme said, scratching his messy hair.

Link had no objections.

The two were discussing his debut album.

After the single became a hit, they naturally had to strike while the iron was hot and release the debut album to expand his influence in the music industry.

The first album was themed "inspirational" and planned to have 12 songs. There were relatively few such songs in Link's music library, and he couldn't take them all out at once, so he needed to spend money to commission songs and let musicians tailor songs for him according to his style.

This was very common in the music industry. Almost all popular singers had one or more creative teams behind them, creating songs that fit the current market trends according to their style.

When released, the singer's name would be added to the composer and lyricist information, indicating that it was the singer's creation, to create a label of good singing and songwriting for the singer to attract fans to buy.

It was precisely because of this that the singers under the record company were not qualified to get the copyright of the songs.

Link's situation was different from theirs. Link Music paid for the commissioned songs, and the copyright belonged to the company. As Link was a major shareholder of Link Music, there was naturally no need to worry about copyright disputes.

Link looked at the two newly collected songs, felt that there was no problem, and there were no familiar lyrics or melodies, so he didn't express any opinions.

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"Link, where are we going?"

Leaving the company, Link got into the business car and Ms. Mandy asked.

Link looked at his watch, it was 11:30 in the morning, "To the boxing gym, I can still train for a few hours."

Ms. Mandy nodded, instructed the driver, and took out a script and handed it to Link.

"This was sent by Simon. Someone submitted the script to Dynasty Promotions and wanted you to try out for the male lead. After Simon read the script, he thought you might be interested."

Link took the script and flipped through it.

After he became famous, there were many scripts inviting him to play supporting roles, mostly killers, bodyguards, and policemen in commercial films, wanting to use his popularity.

However, the offers were too low and did not meet the $1 million he had agreed with Simon, and the roles were too perfunctory, none of them were important roles in major productions, so he didn't accept any of them.

Now that there was a script for the male lead, he curiously opened it and looked. The title of the script, "The Fighter", was also quite ordinary, but the content of the script caught his eye.

The script was based on a true story about two professional boxer brothers.

The older brother was once a boxing star. In 1978, he fought against the former middleweight star Sugar Ray Leonard and knocked him down once in the match, becoming a local celebrity.

After becoming famous, he became addicted to drugs, his career was ruined, and he ended up in jail, becoming a negative example in HBO's anti-drug documentary.

The younger brother was also a boxer. He took his brother as an example and wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps in the boxing world, but due to family reasons, his career was not smooth.

Later, with the help of his girlfriend and brother, he returned to the boxing ring and defeated the then boxing star, IBF junior lightweight champion Arturo Gatti, becoming famous in one fell swoop.

After reading the script, Link found it very interesting. He had seen this movie before, and the Hong Kong version was called "Boxing Brothers".

The older brother was played by Christian Bale, a very skilled actor who had starred in "Batman Begins", "The Prestige", "The Flowers of War", etc.

Because the character he played in the film was a drug addict with a thin body, he lost 30 pounds before filming, just like Jia Ling, he was also a famous weight loss expert in the circle.

The younger brother was played by Mark Wahlberg, also a famous actor. The female lead was Amy Adams, who had acted in "Catch Me If You Can" and "Junebug" and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She was also a famous actor.

This film received multiple Oscar nominations in 2010, and Christian Bale also won the Best Supporting Actor award for this film.

The script was very good, and the role was also suitable, but Link was a little unsure if he could play the role of the younger brother.

The role was not easy to play, and he had to act opposite Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and others.

With the contrast of his co-stars, he was worried that he would become the weakest link in the crew and be criticized by the public.

But after hesitating, he decided to give it a try.

When filming "Into the Blue 2", Stephen Herek told him about the reverse plank theory. According to him, commercial films did not have high requirements for actors, while directors of literary films would require every actor to give their best performance.

The fact that this film could receive multiple Oscar nominations showed that its quality was very good.

Acting in such a crew, even if he didn't perform well, could improve his acting skills to a certain extent.

Link decided to accept this challenge and asked Mandy to contact the director of the crew. He needed to talk to him.

"Link, with so many jobs, will you be too busy?" Ms. Mandy asked, putting away the script.

"It's okay. After fighting Tyson, there are no matches scheduled for the first half of next year. I can use this time to film," Link thought for a moment and said.

The WBO-IBF super middleweight championship was still ongoing, the WBC championship had not yet started, the unification of the four major organizations' gold belts would probably take a few more months, and the WBA champion challenge was also after the new year.

He could use this time to expand his fame and strive to get an appearance fee of more than 10 million in next year's matches.

Ms. Mandy nodded, handed him the phone and said, "Taylor just called and said she was going back to Los Angeles to promote her new album, it will probably take two or three days. Also, a contact named Gadot sent a message. Remember to call them back."

"Gadot is my friend!" Link touched his forehead and said.

"I understand, don't worry, I won't interfere in your private affairs."

Ms. Mandy blinked, smiling mischievously like Selena.

Link shook his head, took the phone to call Taylor, and sent a message to Gadot.

Thanks to book friend SwiftVwing for the reward. Happy New Year and Happy Year of the Dragon.

(End of Chapter)