Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 565 - 433 Peach Blossoms and Jealousy

After the successful proposal, Link and Ivanka slept together as an engaged couple.

Link also fulfilled his wish to take Ivanka's virginity.

Although he had heard from Ivanka that she had no prior experience, and he had speculated about it, he never dared to believe that it was true.

Not until he saw that color of peach blossoms on the sheets again, along with the familiar tension and pressure.

Only then was he convinced it was true. Perhaps this was a parallel world, "The Butterfly Effect," regardless of the reason, and he began cherishing Ivanka even more.

It was only afterward when Ivanka mentioned it that he remembered that day also marked the one-year anniversary of their agreement to be a couple.

On that day last year, Ivanka had come to Miami Beach, entered a diving shop, and established a relationship agreement with him.

And on this day of the current year, the two of them became one.

Somewhat coincidentally yet intriguingly so.

Slap!

"Stop touching me, you look so lecherous."

"Alright, continue resting then, I won't bother you anymore."

Link withdrew his hand that had been slapped away, sniffed the lingering scent on his fingertips, and couldn't help but curl his lips into a smirk.

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While he and Ivanka were shamelessly living together in the villa, the dismissal of Andrew Kramer, a former international business operator at Lionsgate Films, stirred quite a bit of gossip in the industry.

Andrew was an old-timer in Hollywood, starting as a director and moving up to a producer. He joined Miramax in his thirties, becoming Harvey's right-hand man and worked there for over a decade, achieving commendable performance.

Later, he was specially recruited by Lionsgate Films and, over four to five years, he worked his way up to head of the international business department. Not long ago, he even helped Lionsgate secure several foreign film rights at the Cannes Film Festival.

However, no one expected that less than a month after the festival, Andrew and four of his subordinates would be thrown out by Lionsgate.

This situation also became a hot topic among film industry insiders during their leisure time.

Everyone was talking about Lionsgate Films, more precisely, about the specific reasons why Link and Ivanka fired Andrew.

Some people believed that Andrew was dismissed due to his poor performance.

Since he took over Lionsgate's international department, the results had not been very good, with not a single foreign blockbuster distributed and Lionsgate's slow pace of international expansion.

Ivanka was not impressed by his performance, and having more suitable candidates under her command, dismissing him seemed reasonable.

This was one hypothesis, and it was the least accepted guess.

Because this conjecture seemed too simple, not thrilling or dramatic enough, devoid of any flavor of conspiracy.

However, those in the film industry, living in a world of dramatics, are psychologically more inclined to believe in complex theories.

The most accepted speculation was that Lionsgate's dismissal of Andrew was closely related to Harvey Weinstein.

Since March, Link's feud with Harvey Weinstein was no secret in the industry.

Harvey had sabotaged two of Link's movies and two lead roles, nearly ruining Jennifer Lawrence's lead role, and had frequently called for Link's industry ostracization, which increased the difficulty for Link to land roles.

Link's retaliation against Harvey mainly involved spending eight hundred million dollars to buy Lionsgate to prevent Harvey from banning him in Hollywood.

The second act was giving Harvey a harsh slap at the box office.

In early April, "Bridesmaids" announced its release date as May 8th. Weinstein Company immediately adjusted the release date of their new movie, "Revenge for Father," to the same day as "Bridesmaids," apparently aiming to suppress it and cause Palm Beach Films to lose money.

As a result, "Bridesmaids"'s global box office was about to break three hundred million US dollars, while "Revenge for Father" just exceeded thirty million US dollars, nearly a tenfold difference.

Harvey became a laughingstock.

Reportedly, because of this incident, Harvey deeply hated Link, cursing whenever he heard Link's name.

Their relationship deteriorated even further.

Until not long ago, Empire Pictures announced an investment in a movie led by Palm Beach Films, called "The Master."

Everyone thought that their relationship would improve, but it did not.

The tension eased between Link and Bob Weinstein, while Harvey Weinstein still frequently expressed his disdain for Link and had viciously mocked him in two movie projects, "Isolated Island Fright" and "Mr. Tree," claiming that Link didn't understand film at all.

Perhaps as retribution, Link fired Andrew, who had worked under Harvey, as a way to express his disgust for Harvey, an instance of "Hating the house and its crows."

Beyond the most and least accepted theories, there were several other popular speculations.

Some said it had to do with "Isolated Island Fright" and "Mr. Tree." Originally, Link wanted Andrew to buy two other films, but Andrew mistakenly bought these two, causing Lionsgate to incur losses.

Some speculated that Andrew, still at Lionsgate, was actually loyal to Weinstein Company, leaking insider information to Harvey, and Link fired him after finding out.

Further rumors suggested that during Cannes, Andrew played around with women, causing Link to return to the hotel alone at night, which angered Link enough to dismiss him.

Various speculations and discussions made this incident a hot topic in Hollywood recently, even covered by "Variety" and "Hollywood Reporter" among other publications and magazines.

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The media also believed that the situation was related to Harvey, because Andrew was the only executive at Lionsgate who hailed from Miramax Films.

Just from this connection alone, no one believed there was no relation.