Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 451 - 376: The Final Grand Prize_2

"Hmph, I admit that you often get the better of me in sports, but losing at rock-paper-scissors and having to do housework is definitely not okay. It's because you have clumsy fingers and simply can't beat me."

"Wanna bet?"

Link stretched out his palm.

Taylor looked at him, holding her snow-white fist and said, "Don't try to change the subject. The outcome of such a trivial game you might not care about, but you definitely care about winning and losing in boxing, music, and love. You'd even resort to despicable means to win a competition. Am I right?"

Link shook his head, "Dear, don't think so badly of me, okay? I tried to get you pregnant because I love you. You decided to keep the baby after finding out you were pregnant also because you still love me. So, this child is the fruit of our love, not the product of some conspiracy, right? Regardless, the child is innocent. I don't want you to pass on your resentment towards me to the child."

Taylor took a deep breath, "So this is your plan, to lock me down with a child once I give birth?"

"No, after the child is born, if you wish to raise him, then keep him. If not, hand him over to me, and I'll try to be a good dad."

"Don't even dream about it! This is my child, why should I give him to you? I've told you, you will never see the child. I mean what I say."

Taylor snorted lightly. As Bruno Mars finished his performance with the dance crew and stepped down amid a warm round of applause, Taylor also clapped her hands, her lips moving slightly as she whispered, "No one can win forever, not even you."

Unfortunately, the applause around was so enthusiastic that Link did not hear her words clearly.

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After a few opening acts, the MTV Awards ceremony officially began.

The first award was the Best New Artist. There were five nominees: Kesha, Lana Del Rey, Mars, Jason Derulo, and Justin Bieber.

In the end, Justin Bieber, with his hit song "Baby", took home the award for Best New Artist and performed the song on stage.

The second award presented was for Best Female Video. Even though the nominees included Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Kesha, and Beyonce, none could hold a candle to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance."

This was the first award Lady Gaga had received.

The third award presented was for Best Rap Video.

Link and Wiz Khalifa were also nominated for this category with their release of "see you again" in August of the previous year.

But the winner was Eminem's "Not Afraid", a very hardcore rap song and one of the lead singles from his new album "recovery", which had reached number one on the singles charts.

The following six technical awards included Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, and most breakthrough videos, Link missed out on all of them, while Lady Gaga snagged three, taking home four astronaut trophies.

"Hey, Link, looks like you're going home empty-handed today. Want me to give you one?"

Lady Gaga, wearing a startling 'meat' dress and holding several astronaut trophies, laughed.

Link didn't refuse, taking one from her hands, indicating he would raffle it off for his fans. After raffling too much last year, he had given away all the Golden Belt medals and had nothing left to give this year.

Lady Gaga didn't mind when she heard he was using it for a raffle and generously offered him another one.

Link said he would return it to her if he won an award later.

Lady Gaga and Katy Perry joked that his chances of winning an award were slim.

The reason being that during the final stages of MTV's judging, he had experienced a spate of online attacks, where the media was filled with negative reviews of him, criticizing him as a scumbag, an irresponsible man.

The MTV award judges, most of whom were adults with families and children, would likely be influenced by public opinion and cast their votes for someone else.

The following two awards confirmed this assumption.

The tenth award was for Best Male Video. Before the awards ceremony, the media believed that Link was the clear favorite to win since his nominated song "Legends never die" was the only single in the United States to reach over 10 million sales that year.

The song's message and theme were very positive and inspiring, focusing on Americans' favorite sport, football.

Together with Link's level of performance, as well as the quality and viewership of the song's music video, it ranked first among the singles released that year.

The only songs stronger than this were "See you again" and Lady Gaga's "Bad romance", but those were released the previous year and were not comparable.

Eventually, the Best Male Video award went to Eminem's "Not Afraid".

Eminem himself appeared surprised upon hearing he had won. He stood up, bumped fists with Link, and then went on stage.

"You don't like to lose, so how come you lost this time?"

Taylor clapped her hands, a hint of a smile on her lips.

"Are you happy to see me lose?"

"A little!"

"If it makes you happy, then my loss has value."

"Hmph, that's because you can't win."

Taylor said.

"I never thought of having to win everything. In your heart, am I someone who only cares about winning and losing?"

"Aren't you?"

Taylor tilted her head to look at his profile.

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"In the past, when I boxed, it was for myself. After joining the gym, every time I won a match, everyone there was happy.

After I became a professional boxer, my supporters were happy to see me win matches. When I joined the music industry, everyone at Link Music Company and all of my fans, including you, were happy when I won.

I too wanted all those supporting me to be happy because of my victories, so I worked twice as hard, trained, created, and fought to keep winning. But I never anticipated that one day, my competitive spirit would become a reason for you to dislike me."