In the living room, Taylor was sitting on the sofa, holding an acoustic guitar in her arms, strumming the melody of "Despacito." Seeing the two of them return to the small living room, she pressed the strings and asked, "What were you doing?"
"Selena said you're very tall, she envies you." Link put down his backpack and laughed.
Selena puffed out her cheeks and glared at him, wanting to cover his mouth, but she couldn't reach it.
"Envy me?"
Taylor looked at Selena in surprise and laughed, "I should be the one envying you. Why would you envy me? Do you think being tall is good?"
"Is it not good?" Selena asked, sitting next to Taylor.
"No, I used to be a chubby girl in school."
Taylor stopped and glanced at Link, "Ladies are chatting, gentlemen please leave."
Link shrugged and went to the kitchen to make them something to eat.
Taylor told Selena about her school days. She used to be a little chubby, a little hunched over, and often walked around school with a big guitar. Everyone called her a weirdo, no one wanted to talk to her, and no one invited her to sit down during lunch. She had almost no friends.
"Being too tall is not good at all, Selena. I envy girls like you the most. You have a great figure, you're beautiful and cute, like a princess in a fairy tale. Girls like you must be very popular at home and at school, right?"
Taylor said enviously, touching her fluffy braid.
Selena blinked her big eyes and thought for a moment. She was an only child at home, with a doting aunt, and she was indeed very much loved at home.
It was the same at school. Because she was beautiful, boys liked to show off in front of her and wanted to date her. She was also the school's dance queen, a star figure, and she had never been ignored since she was a child.
Thinking of this, she felt that she was really good and became closer to Taylor.
"Are you good sisters again?"
Link came out with a plate of cut fruit and saw the two of them chatting and laughing like good sisters. He couldn't help but think that girls' feelings developed really fast.
"Humph! Link, you better not bully Taylor, or I'll beat you up with her."
Selena shook her small fist and threatened him.
"Got it, you're a team."
Link smiled, sat down to listen to the two of them chat, and then started to learn guitar.
Selena was also a singer and could play guitar. Although she wasn't as good as Taylor, she was much better than Link. She could also play guitar decently.
So when Link was learning, Selena sometimes followed Link as a student, asking Taylor for advice, and sometimes followed Taylor as a teacher, criticizing Link for being too stupid, saying that even playing with his toes sounded better than him.
In the afternoon, the Steinway & Sons piano store in New York sent a car to deliver the grand piano he had ordered. He then followed Taylor to learn piano.
While he was immersed in the ocean of music, "Despacito" successfully surpassed 5 million views on YouTube, becoming the most viewed video on YouTube this month and the fastest video to reach 5 million views this year, in 4 days and 8 hours.
On the iTunes Music Store and Amazon Digital Music Store, the number of trial listeners reached 182,000, and 127,418 users chose to pay to download the song, pushing it to number 87 on the Billboard streaming chart and number 92 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.
There was also more and more discussion about the song "Despacito" in the media and online. MTV, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the US Express, and other major media outlets all had reports related to the song.
Professional media such as Billboard focused on the song itself, commenting on the style and rhythm of this Latin song. More than 90% of the comments were positive, believing that this song had a strong sense of rhythm and could stimulate dancing nerves, and it was a rare gem in Latin music with widespread popularity.
As for the evaluation of Link, only 70% of the comments were positive. Industry insiders believed that he had good vocal conditions, great potential, and a good image, but there were also many problems that needed to be polished.
The New York Post and other entertainment newspapers focused on the news of world boxing champion Link and Miss Trump dancing on Miami Beach, or more accurately, the gossip. Link was a new world boxing champion, an Olympic champion, a multi-millionaire, and a representative of the American dream. He was an inspirational idol.
Miss Trump was the daughter of a billionaire, an American socialite, a regular on reality TV shows, and her popularity was a notch higher than Link's, who had recently become popular.
Both of them were celebrities, so their gossip was naturally welcomed by the gossip-loving public.
In addition, the media was also hyping up the fact that Link, a poor boy, had achieved both fame and fortune through his own continuous efforts, and even hooked up with the rich girl, Miss Trump, making him a model of turning the tables, an enhanced version of the American Dream.
The Los Angeles Times said that Link's story was more exciting than a Hollywood movie and looked forward to the release of a movie related to him.
Seeing all this messy news, Link called Ivanka and asked if they should clarify the situation.
Ivanka said that they would not make a public explanation for the time being, and in the future, they could use the gossip to promote his boxing match with Tyson.
This was very beneficial to both him and Trump Entertainment.
Link didn't object either.
However, a reporter from USA Today interviewed Mr. Trump at a public event and asked him if he knew that Link and Ivanka were dating.
Mr. Trump said he didn't know, and the reporter asked him again if he would interfere if the two were dating.
Mr. Trump said generously that he wouldn't and that he liked Link very much.
Then the media hyped up again, saying that Link had been recognized by Mr. Trump and had the opportunity to marry into the Trump family.
Link smiled when he saw the news. If he didn't know Mr. Trump's character and knew that Ivanka would marry a wealthy young man in the future, he would have almost believed it.
With the media hype, the number of views of the dancing video on YouTube was getting higher and higher, and the number of downloads of "Despacito" on the two music stores was also getting higher and higher. It also became a song that was often played on many radio stations.
It was said that in Florida, Texas, California, and other areas with large Latino populations, this song was already popular in bars and nightclubs, and could often be heard on the streets.
At the end of October, the song successfully reached number three on the US Latin Songs chart, and on the Billboard Hot 100, "Despacito" also made its first appearance at number 88.
Billboard magazine called it a miracle in the world music scene. It was the first time a Latin song, without any special promotion, had entered the Billboard Hot 100 in just ten days through online channels.
As the song became popular, many record companies in the United States also extended olive branches to Link, hoping to cooperate with him and help him release records.
His song had made it to the Billboard charts without any promotion, so if there was a professional team to promote and market it, there was a good chance it could reach the top of the Latin Songs chart and break into the top 20, or even higher, on the Billboard Hot 100.
After the success of "Despacito," Link also considered whether to sign with a record company.
Being a singer would take up time and affect his subsequent training, which might lead to a decline in his condition.
However, there were many benefits to being a singer.
Singers had more influence than actors and boxers, and most of the world's most influential entertainment stars were singers.
After becoming a star singer, he would gain more fame and his boxing match appearance fees would be higher in the future.
He could earn more money and make his position in the boxing world more stable.
After comprehensive consideration, Link felt that he could talk to record companies about cooperation.
(End of this chapter)