Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 527 - 413 Box Office Fraud and Pregnancy_3

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but wonder if there might also be issues with scalping or counterfeit tickets related to the "Scandal Plan" release.

Since the overseas box office for "Scandal Plan" was also higher than in North America, and given the themes of "Scandal Plan," it would be normal for the North American box office to be somewhat higher than overseas.

After some thought, Link decided to have a brief meeting with Catherine. Regarding the issue of Warner Bros. Pictures swallowing box office earnings, they could not let it go easily. Even if it meant taking out ten million to fight it legally, they needed to recover the lost box office revenue.

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His mood hadn't been great initially, and learning that his money had been stolen only worsened it, until later in the evening when the French media reported that Marion Cotillard had given birth to a child at the affiliated hospital of University of Paris VI, his mood gradually improved.

Link called Guillaume Canet to ask about the situation.

Guillaume's temperament was terrible over the phone, he cursed at him in French, said the child had nothing to do with him, and told him not to call again before rudely hanging up.

Link was baffled. Guillaume's mood had been fine when they texted before; why did he become irritable all of a sudden after the child's birth?

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. Could it be that the child looked more like himself? Guillaume might have lost his temper out of jealousy.

He texted Guillaume, saying if the child was his, he would bring the child to the United States to raise and give the child the best living conditions.

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Guillaume told him it was impossible, the child was not his, and had nothing to do with him.

Link texted Marion asking how she was doing, asking if she had woken up?

He sent two messages but received no reply.

He then texted Monica Bellucci, asking what she was doing.

Monica replied that she was at the hospital, asking if he wanted to know the child's gender and whether it resembled him.

Link said he did.

Monica told him to come over if he wanted to know. Marion Cotillard had suffered a great deal giving birth, and he, as the father, hadn't even come to see her once. That didn't make him just a scumbag, but a despicable father.

Link felt ashamed and said he planned to come over tomorrow.

The Cannes Film Festival arrived, with "Midnight in Paris" invited as the opening film for this edition. As the lead actor, he was required to attend the opening event, and it would also give him a chance to see Marion Cotillard.

Monica replied that this finally made him sound like a man.

He put down his phone, but he couldn't help thinking of another child, the one Taylor had given birth to.

Although he said he wouldn't arrange for further investigations, to protect the child and not to trouble Taylor,

knowing the child existed and not visiting for over two months seemed indeed a bit excessive.

He seriously thought about it and sent a message to Mrs. Andrea asking about the child's condition, asking if it would be convenient for him to visit the child soon? He would go discreetly without letting Taylor know.

A few minutes later, Mrs. Andrea replied that it was "inconvenient."

After a while, she added that Taylor had given the child up for adoption, with adoptive parents in a Swiss household in Europe, even including an address, mentioning he could visit the child there if he wanted.

Link read the message and clenched his fists in anger. He had thought, given Taylor's means, that taking out a couple of million would allow the child to have a decent life. But she had sent the child away to be raised by others, suggesting if she didn't want to raise the child, she could have let him do it.

Sending the child away to be raised by others, that was utterly heartless.

He held back for a few seconds, but couldn't resist and dialed Taylor's number.

His number remained blocked, and other contact methods were also blocked.

"Selena, let me use your phone to call Taylor," he said.

He glanced at the little round face lying on the sofa, the girl wearing a loose dress, her feet on the sofa, her toenails painted strawberry red and constantly moving, holding a game console, engrossed in something, her big eyes sparkling, her round face flushed, looking like a homebody.

Seeing no objection from her, Link reached out and took the phone, peeking at the screen where all it showed were words like Anastasia passionately responding to Christian, along with things like whips, handcuffs.

"Ah!!!"

Before he could look any longer, Selena leaped up from the sofa in a complicated move and pounced on him, her little face flushed as she cried out, "Jerk, give me back my phone."

"Hold on, I'm just using it to make a call."

"No way! Give it back to me now."

Selena grabbed his neck with both hands and shook it, baring her little fangs as if to bite his ear, looking fiercely cute.

Link shook his head and had no choice but to give back the phone.

Selena took her phone back, swiped it a few times, and only then breathed a sigh of relief, puffing up her little round face and glaring at him angrily.

"You jerk, who let you snatch my phone? Don't you know a mobile phone is personal privacy?"

"I just asked you if I could borrow your phone, and you didn't object," he said.

"But I didn't agree either, and now I'm telling you explicitly, it's impossible! Never ever," she declared.

Selena stuffed her phone into her pocket and pat it down, giving him a charming eye roll.

"Really? You were reading an erotic novel, should I tell Mandy?" Link teased.

Selena's face turned beet red immediately upon hearing this, she glanced towards the kitchen, then, grabbing his shoulder, whispered fiercely, "I was not, that's not that kind of novel, you better not talk nonsense."

"Oh, if it's not an erotic novel, why is your face red?" Link hummed lightly.

"It's a bestseller, it's been on the New York Times bestseller list, not some unhealthy novel, check it out if you don't believe me," she defended.