Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

After April, the weather in Los Angeles was getting hotter. Sitting under a sunshade and reading a few dozen pages of a book made one feel waves of heat attacking the skin. The noise of cicadas in the surrounding woods also buzzed and chirped, relentlessly assaulting the ears, making a moment of peace hard to come by.

"Hey, Link!"

Link put away his book, planning to go back to the villa for a nap, when he heard someone greeting him from ahead.

He turned around and saw Elon Musk riding a bicycle, coming down the driveway in front of the villa, wearing a sun hat, a blue and white beach shirt, shorts, and big flip-flops. His arms and neck were sunburned red, making him look no different from the young people on the beach.

"Hi! Elon!"

Link responded and invited Elon Musk to sit in the gazebo.

Elon Musk brought him an invitation, as Tesla was currently preparing for its IPO. Over the weekend, Musk was planning to host a party, inviting business partners to prepare for the first round of public fundraising.

Elon Musk asked if he had the time, mentioning that once Tesla went public, they wanted to hire him as the global brand ambassador.

Link was not interested in being a spokesperson. He inquired about the timeline for Tesla’s IPO.

Elon told him it was probably in June but also said that the company wasn’t short of money at the moment. If they didn’t get a high assessment on Wall Street, the listing could be delayed by two or three months.

Link nodded.

In January, he and Ms. Cathy Wood had discussed and Cathy approached Elon Musk through Vanguard Asset Management Company with an investment proposal in Tesla.

Tesla was in need of cash for R&D, and hearing someone wanted to invest, Musk personally went to Wall Street to talk to Cathy.

After several discussions, Cathy got a 5% stake in Tesla from Musk for 52 million US dollars, promising not to sell it for three years and to continue supporting Tesla’s technology R&D.

This investment brought Tesla’s company valuation back to one billion.

It also gave Musk more confidence in preparing for Tesla’s IPO.

Link told Musk that he also had some funds available, about 50 million US dollars, from boxing prize money and record company dividends. He was looking to subscribe to more Tesla shares and asked how much he could buy.

Musk thought for a while and said that if he was willing to hold long-term and serve as the global brand ambassador for Tesla, he could sell him a 5.2% stake in Tesla at 10 US dollars per share. ＲΑꞐO͍ꞖƐs̩

Link considered it and agreed.

He remembered that at the time of its IPO, Tesla was valued at just 1.7 billion US dollars, with an IPO share price of 17 US dollars each.

By 2013, Tesla’s valuation had surpassed 10 billion, and in 2021, it exceeded 1 trillion US dollars.

Investing in Tesla this year was more sensible than investing in Facebook or Amazon.

"Link, are you living alone?"

After discussing business, Musk turned his head to glance at the villa and asked.

"Yes! I’m a single man now,"

Link shrugged and laughed.

"You and Taylor haven’t made up?"

"You’ve seen those reports too?"

Link said helplessly.

"Haha, of course, you guys are celebrities; your news is always on the headlines every day. It’s hard not to notice," Musk laughed.

Link shook his head, "Do you have a girlfriend now?"

"No steady girlfriend."

Musk smiled and said he was dating a model and asked if he wanted to introduce him to a few.

Link said there was no need, he knew models who were prettier than those Musk knew.

They chatted a bit more, and Musk said he had work to do and took his leave.

Link also put away his book and returned to the villa.

Looking at the empty room, even his footsteps echoed clearly.

He suddenly felt he should have accepted Musk’s suggestion to invite a few models to stay at the house temporarily. Whether they got in bed or not was another matter, having more people in the villa would make things more lively anyway.

As he passed the piano room, he thought he heard a burst of piano music. He pushed the door open to look inside, but there was no one playing. The room, full of musical instruments, was emptier than it had ever been.

Unlike before, when passing by the piano room, sometimes, through the crack of the door, he’d see Taylor sprawled on the carpet, either sitting at the piano or on the windowsill, playing music, ruffling her golden hair as she worked on a new song.

Now, there was nothing left.

Link began to reflect on his past behavior. If he had turned down Amy Adams, turned down Beyonce, turned down Emma Watson, and hadn’t flirted around, would things be different?

After much thought, he still wasn’t sure.

Compared to Taylor, a singer and artistic soul who took love more lightly than ordinary people, at least more lightly than himself, he really wasn’t much of a playboy.

Sitting at the piano, he pressed his fingers on the black and white keys, playing for a while, when suddenly a song came to mind, "Love is Gone" by Dylan Matthew, a pop ballad about heartache released in 2019.

Don’t go tonight

Stay here one more time

Remind me what it’s like

Always reminding me of the good times we had

And let’s fall in love one more time

After several renditions, Link stopped, took out a camera and a tripod, set them up beside the piano, and began filming.

"Link has released a new song again."

It was past 2 p.m. in Los Angeles when a singing video went viral on the internet. Continue reading on

The video was posted on Link’s personal YouTube channel.

In less than two hours, the view count broke 1 million and continued to go viral at a rapid pace.

At the beginning of the video, Link was wearing a loose shirt and casual pants, sitting before the piano as sunlight streamed through the arched windows into the room. On the windowsill, there were two vases with tulips drooping almost to the point of wilting.

The sunlight also bathed Link, whose hair was longer than last year, and it wasn’t clear if he had forgotten to comb it or it was a new hairstyle. His hair was messy, but paired with his chiseled side profile, he looked even more handsome, like an artwork in a museum.

"So handsome. With a face like Link’s, he could be a big star, yet he’s also the world boxing champion and sings so well. It’s incredible."

"With Link being so outstanding, how could Taylor bear to break up with him?"

"Link cheated, and cheating men are toxic. It’s better to split up early; Taylor did the right thing."

"So what if he cheated? Which man doesn’t cheat? If Link were my boyfriend, I wouldn’t mind even if he cheated every day."

Netizens were expressing various opinions in the comments section as they watched the video.

Thump, thump, thump! Thump, thump, thump!

In the video, after playing the intro to "Love is Gone," Link began to sing into the microphone placed on the piano lid.

Don’t go tonight

Please don’t go tonight

Stay here one more time

Stay with me just once more

I need you now by my side

I need you by my side right now

It tears me up when you turn me down

Your refusal shatters my heart into pieces

I’m begging please, just stick around

I’m begging you, please don’t go

"Link’s song is amazing, Catherine. Have you heard it?"

On the film set, Emma Stone approached Catherine with a tablet in hand, showing her the video.

Catherine listened for a while, "No, I haven’t heard it. It’s probably another new song."

Emma Stone blinked, focusing on Link in the video playing the piano, "Catherine, Link wrote a breakup song. Did he and Taylor really break up?"

"I don’t know either."

Catherine thought for a moment and then took out her phone to call Link to ask about his situation.

I’m sorry, don’t leave me, I want you here with me

I’m sorry, please don’t leave me; I just want you to stay with me

I know that your love is gone

Even though I understand that your love has completely vanished

I can’t breathe, I’m so weak, I know this isn’t easy

I can’t breathe, I’m utterly weak; I know it’s not easy to accept

Don’t tell me that your love is gone

"This song isn’t bad, but it’s so sad."

In the recording studio, Katy Perry wiped her tears with a tissue as she spoke.

In the video, Link looked solitary and forlorn, his voice deep and mournful as he sang I’m sorry, don’t leave me over and over; it felt very sentimental.

"Why sad? Link and Taylor breaking up should be a good opportunity for you. Shouldn’t you be happy?"

Rihanna said, chewing gum.

"Eh, it seems so."

Katy Perry’s mood instantly shifted from sorrow to joy, and she took out her phone to message Link. She said she had written a new song for her album’s lead single but wasn’t very confident and wanted him to listen to give some feedback.

Aside from Katy Perry, Emma Roberts, Lana Del Rey, Duran Cohen, and other acquaintances congratulated him on another good song and indirectly inquired about his relationship status after seeing the video.

As Link replied to the messages, an uninvited guest, Taylor Swift, appeared at his villa.

If it had been just a few hours earlier, seeing Taylor returning to the villa would have made him happy. But after receiving those messages, he understood Taylor better and knew that even if she came back, they couldn’t possibly reconcile.

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