Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

Mid-March, Link arrived at the SAT test center at New Covenant College in Los Angeles to take the SAT exam, which was organized by the College Board of the United States. The exam is offered every year in March, May, June, October, November, and December.

This exam session attracted a lot of media attention because of Link’s participation. Everyone was curious about how many points the big star could score.

At first, Link didn’t care much, but after he received the test booklet and saw a few math questions, he immediately regretted coming to take the test.

These questions were too difficult.

Without a calculator, he would need a long time just to do three-digit addition.

"Mr. Baker, how did the test go?"

The paparazzi waiting outside the test center shouted as he walked out.

"Not bad!"

"What score do you expect to get?"

One of the paparazzi asked.

"Not sure, but scoring nine hundred, eight hundred should be no problem."

Link answered a couple of sentences, waved his hand, and got into the van.

Ms. Mandy handed him a bottle of water. She and her assistant Anna both had irrepressible smiles on their faces. Before the New Year, Link had said he wanted to go to a serious college.

According to the regulations by the College Board, everyone must pass either the SAT or ACT exam before entering college and apply to colleges based on their scores and additional points.

He was an Olympic champion, world boxing champion, well-known singer, and a multimillionaire. All of these are items that could earn him additional points, roughly more than 100 points.

His SAT score only needed to be passing, and the renowned universities in the United States would be up for grabs.

It’s just that he was usually busy, so he had little time to read books and do problems. The SAT required a vast vocabulary, making it a bit difficult even to score a passing mark.

"Link, don’t worry, it’s okay if you fall a little short. I don’t think any university would refuse you as a famous alumnus."

Ms. Mandy laughed.

This was certain. Other high school students needed recommendation letters from celebrities to get into college, but he was a celebrity himself. Recruiting him would increase the school’s exposure, contribute to its honour, and might even bring in some investments.

Actually, before the exam, several universities had contacted him, inviting him to take the simpler ACT exam. No matter what he scored, they would admit him and offer a full scholarship.

Link had declined because he wanted to take the examination and attend college to experience and enrich his life, not simply to go to college or take advantage of back doors.

"What do we have lined up next in terms of work?"

"You just finished the test, why don’t you go home and rest a bit?"

Ms. Mandy asked.

"No problem! I’m not tired."

"There’s a lot of work to do."

Anna handed him a stack of documents for him to pick the lead actresses for several music videos.

"The Fighter" album was selling well; it needed music videos for several chart-topping hit songs to extend their promotion, increase the album’s popularity, and gain more exposure. Together with "Despacito," there were a total of eight, requiring six to ten actresses.

Link heard he could choose beauties and became a bit interested. He flipped through the documents and saw details and swimsuit photos of over fifty girls in a thick stack.

Link flipped through it, "Why are they all black girls?"

Ms. Mandy explained with a smile, "The last incident had some impact on your public image. Using dark-skinned girls in your music videos can help clear your name of any allegations of racial discrimination, so in these six actresses, we plan to use three black actresses, two Latinas, and one white girl. What do you think?"

After some thought, Link felt this made sense. Just like Taylor’s music videos often featured black men as the lead, on one hand, it expanded the fan base among dark-skinned communities, and on the other hand, it avoided accusations of racism.

He skimmed through quickly, but all he saw was darkness, unable to discern who was prettier.

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"You guys choose, I can’t tell who is more suitable,"

Link returned the materials to Anna.

He then checked his upcoming work schedule.

First was shooting a music video, which would take about half a month.

Filming "Fighter" would take a month.

"Deep Sea Quest 2" and "Fast & Furious 4" were about to be released, and he needed to attend a few events.

The single "Give me reason" was about to hit the shelves, and he also needed to do promotional activities.

Attending Lady Gaga’s concert in Miami would take at least three days.

There were also rehearsals for an MJ concert, about a week long.

He had just taken on five advertising endorsements and had to shoot commercials for them.

There were interviews with TV networks like CBS, ABC, NBC, photoshoots for fashion magazines like "Esquire," "Metropolitan," "GQ," and exclusive interviews with "Billboard" and "People" magazines.

Additionally, there was the World Swimming Championships, a few boxing matches, and preliminary work for his second album.

Wait a minute!

His work schedule was really too full.

Link felt dizzy just looking at it.

"This is what happens when you get famous in the entertainment industry, sometimes you’re so busy you don’t have time to sleep,"

Ms. Mandy couldn’t help but chuckle when she saw the color draining from his face.

Assistant Anna also said with a smile, "The more work you have, the higher your popularity. Many stars would kill for such opportunities."

Link shrugged his shoulders and leaned back in his chair, recalling something.

"Mandy, have you been keeping up with Gal Gadot’s news recently?"

Ms. Mandy was taken aback for a moment, before saying with a mischievous smile, "Yes, she just came back from celebrating the new year in Israel. Do you want me to set up a meeting with her for you?"

"Does she have a boyfriend?"

Link remembered that she was engaged at the end of last year.

"No, she’s recently been auditioning for new movie roles, not too successfully. But last year, she did shoot ’The A-Team,’ which is an A-list production with several strong actors involved. The box office results shouldn’t be too bad. Once it’s released, her opportunities should improve,"

Ms. Mandy explained.

Link nodded and didn’t ask anything further.

"Mandy, are you and Catherine interested in setting up a talent agency? You could sign a few promising actors and nurture them. If you’re in need of funds, I can invest. Having an agency would mean I could eventually hand over my acting matters to you to manage."

"Catherine has thought about it. She worked at William Morris Agency for six years and considered starting a talent studio. However, there’s a lot of competition among artist management companies in Hollywood, and without sufficient resources and contacts, it’s tough to survive in this business,"

Ms. Mandy explained.

Link reassured, "Don’t worry about that. I’m in my prime now, with plenty of resources at my disposal. For example, casting for music videos, commercials, and fashion shoots all need supporting actors, and I have a film company and a music label. In the future, I’ll have even more resources, so supporting five or six artists shouldn’t be a problem."

Ms. Mandy considered it, finding the idea indeed promising.

"I’ll discuss it with Catherine."

After leaving the test center, the car headed to the ABC Broadcast Center. He had a TV talk show appearance there today, "The View," which Lyle and others had been on previously.

This was arranged by Miss Eva.

She believed that appearing on more TV interviews and having exclusive interviews with magazines and newspapers in the near future would help expand his fame, allowing the public and fans to understand him better, providing a clearer perception of who he was, and incidentally removing the tag of ’racial discrimination’ that was attached to him.

Link agreed with her and didn’t refuse the tedious arrangements.

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