Chapter 184: New Script (Additional update 7/10 for Alliance Leader)_2
The online and offline presale activities have already started, and the presale volume reached 45,000 copies in three days, leading the weekly album presale charts. This also indicates that fans are quite looking forward to this album.
"Also, the concerts and autograph sessions for the new album are being arranged. There are 22 shows in July, almost one every day. Starting next week, you'll begin to get busy."
Ms. Mandy said with a smile, shaking a thick stack of documents in her hand.
"A show every day? Didn't you arrange the Berlin swimming championship?"
Link reminded her.
The swimming championship was to be held in Berlin, Germany, over seven days, with more than thirty events, and Link had entered eight of them.
"I've arranged it; some days have two events."
Ms. Mandy laughed.
"Alright then!"
Link shrugged his shoulders, knowing he would be busy for a while to come, but since he chose the path of hard work, he couldn't expect to have any chance to slack off.
The business van returned to Santa Monica Beach, and Link bid farewell to Ms. Mandy and the others before heading back to the villa.
The villa was still rented; he planned to buy a villa in Beverly Hills, only he had gone shopping several times without finding a suitable one.
"Was it crowded at the Staples Center?"
Taylor, sitting on the rattan chair on the second-floor terrace, her hair in a ponytail, wearing a white tank top and blue shorts, called out from upstairs.
"Tens of thousands of people, you should have come with me."
Link stripped off his clothes, placing them in the basket, wearing only a pair of shorts, feeling much cooler as the wind blew over him.
"Too many people, I didn't want to go. Besides, I don't like those sad scenes, seeing so many people crying makes me feel extremely uncomfortable."
Taylor swung her legs and said.
Link smiled lightly, as when they were about to leave earlier, Taylor had planned on going, but it was too hot to put on makeup and change clothes, so she decided against it halfway through.
"Taylor, as a creator, you should try to expose yourself to such things to draw inspiration and material for songwriting, just like earlier, when I saw MJ's portrait, a melody suddenly popped into my head. On the way back, I turned it into a song, a really great song."
"Are you serious?"
Taylor, holding onto the terrace railing, asked in surprise.
"Of course! I never lie to you."
Link laughed proudly and dove into the swimming pool, splashing about in the light blue water.
"Wait! Stop swimming, come up and sing it for me; I want to hear how it goes."
Taylor, picking up the guitar leaning against the chair, called out.
"It's been a long day without you, my friend, And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again..."
Link floated on his back in the water, kicking around while singing out loud, "Dear, how's that?"
Taylor hummed a few bars and asked in amazement, "Is that what you just wrote?"
"That's right!"
Link said with a smile.
Taylor pursed her lips enviously, "You knew that kind of atmosphere could stimulate creative inspiration, so why didn't you take me with you? If you had, maybe I could've written a good song too."
"I did call you, but you didn't want to go."
Link laughed.
"Hmph! You are so domineering. If you had dragged me into the car, I definitely wouldn't have resisted. Why didn't you drag me along? That's it, I'm going now; I want to write a song that's better than yours."
Taylor ran back inside to change clothes.
"Taylor, don't go, you were not close to MJ and without feelings, you won't get any inspiration even if you go."
Link called out.
Taylor, holding up her skirt, came out from the terrace, saying as she got clothed, "But what if I do? Come on, get up and go with me."
Link slapped his forehead, regretting his earlier boasting; it was so hot, and going out dressed would be torture.
Luckily, before they had even left the house, Mrs. Andrea arrived, saying she needed to talk to them.
Link silently thanked the heavens, finally someone to take charge of Taylor.
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"Are you guys going out?"
Madam Andrea asked.
Link didn't speak but poured a glass of lemonade for Madam Andrea to cool off.
Taylor said, "We're planning to attend MJ's memorial service."
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Andrea looked at Link, "I remember Taylor saying you went this morning, didn't you?"
Link looked at Taylor and tilted his head, signaling her to explain, and Taylor shrugged her shoulders and laughed, "He's accompanying me. Just now, at MJ's memorial service, he got the inspiration and wrote an amazing song. I'm planning to go to the scene as well; maybe I'll find inspiration too."
Andrea was a bit surprised. For a song to be called good by the picky Taylor, it must be quite something. Writing a song after just one visit to the memorial service was impressive.
"With the weather this hot, if you want to go, then go alone; why drag Link along? You're an adult, don't be too willful,"
Madam Andrea said.
Taylor looked at her mother in surprise. When she initially expressed her interest in dating Link, it was Andrea who strongly opposed it, believing Link was uneducated and too rough, and might be abusive.
But now, Andrea's attitude towards Link seemed even better than towards her own daughter. She was worried that Link might get too hot from accompanying her daughter on a short trip.
The contrast was too stark.
"Sit down, I have something to discuss with both of you,"
Madam Andrea beckoned.
Link sat down on the couch across from them, and Taylor gave him a glare. She squeezed him off his spot with her butt and sat down in his place.
Madam Andrea chuckled as she watched the two of them play around. She took out a script from her bag and handed it over for them to take a look.
"What kind of script? And you want us both to see it?"
Taylor snatched it over and flipped through it, the title page had two words written on it: 'Valentine's Day.'
Upon seeing the title, Link thought of a terrible movie.
It starred Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, as well as Taylor, and Taylor Lautner, the male supporting actor from "Twilight." It was also Taylor's debut film.
The movie imitated the structure of the British film "Love Actually," using a multitude of big-name actors as its selling point and intertwining several love stories to compose the film, like a holiday feature.
"Mom, this script is fantastic, I've decided to take it,"
Taylor said after only reading a few lines and closing the script.
"Don't make a decision so hastily; read the script in full first,"
Link reminded.
Taylor shook her head, "No need to read it, Anne just said the script is modeled after 'Love Actually.' I've seen that movie; it's terrific. Plus, Julia Roberts has agreed to act in it. There's no way this movie will be bad."
"Link is right, read the entire script first,"
Madam Andrea said as she took the script from Taylor and handed it to Link; Taylor pouted unhappily.
Link opened the script and felt it was quite average. The plot was pieced together haphazardly, quite scattered, as if trying to cram dozens of characters into a 90-minute video. His and Taylor's parts were too minor, like mere extras.
Seeing that Taylor really wanted to act, he thought for a moment and said, "Anne, our parts are too small and not flashy enough. Acting in this kind of movie won't be much help to us. My suggestion is if they really want us, they should make the story better and more interesting."
Madam Andrea nodded, "You have a point. I will discuss it with the movie company and see what they think."
"Will the movie company agree to that?"
Taylor asked with a blink. This was the first time such a big production had approached her, and she was to act with a superstar like Julia Roberts; she didn't want to miss the opportunity.
"Don't worry, we're popular stars; the film company will take us seriously. If they don't agree to change, I'll find you an even better role to ensure you get your fill of acting,"
Link said with a smile.
Taylor was a bit of an acting enthusiast. Since becoming famous, she often accepted scripts to act in movies, but her ability to pick good scripts was quite poor. Her first movie, "Valentine's Day," featured her as a high-school girl hugging a dumb bear, acting clueless with very little plot.
Later, she also played a rich girl in the movie "Amsterdam," by "The Fighter" director David O. Russell. Her character appears a few minutes before being pushed under a car and killed, another terrible film.
Link felt that as her boyfriend, he had a responsibility to help her plan as well.
"You said it, I'll hold you to that. Let's go find some inspiration."
Taylor said, pulling him along.
Link smiled helplessly and stood up, agreeing to accompany her on the trip.
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