Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 500 - 405 Date

At Lionsgate Films, Link had considered Catherine and Mandy for the director position,

but both lacked sufficient experience in managing the company and needed more training, making it more appropriate for them to stay and work at the smaller companies in Palm Beach and Palm Bay.

Eva, on the other hand, had worked with Mr. Thomp since she was young, graduated from an Ivy League university, and held dual master's degrees in Economics and Management from Wharton School of Business. In her early twenties, she served as vice president in the Thomps Real Estate Group, valued at tens of billions, and also founded her own namesake jewelry and clothing brand, reaching a market value of hundreds of millions.

Her recent experience at Link Music had also been recognized by the business community, making the 'Fortune Magazine's' 'Top 30 Under 30 CEOs' list for two consecutive years, and under her management, Link Music's market value had soared, with breaking the one billion US Dollar mark being just a matter of time.

Eva had rich experience in managing companies, so inviting her to manage Lionsgate Films was also a very suitable choice.

Link offered her a salary of three million a year, plus a 10% company share dividend, and the highest decision-making power over the company's management and operations.

After considering it, Eva agreed to take the position at Lionsgate Films, but she declined the three million salary, retaining only the 10% share dividend.

When he heard that Eva had agreed, Link breathed a sigh of relief. With Eva at the helm of Lionsgate Films, the chances of the higher-ups playing tricks were likely to be deterred.

At the same time, Eva also mentioned the issue of forming a board for Link Music.

With the board in place, the company's operational issues could be directly handed over to George Capar, Bob Harrison, Graham Ogd, and other executives to manage.

These executives would be accountable to the board.

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Annually, performance that met standards would merit promotion and pay increases, and if not, replacements would be made, which would also improve the company's internal structure, enhance operational efficiency, and reduce the workload of Eva, the president.

After consideration, Link agreed, as the current shareholders of Link Music mainly consisted of himself and Eva, who together held 88.5% of the company's shares, while Scott held about 4.2%.

Graham and other executives held about 4.1%.

The four signed platinum singers under them held about 3.2% of the shares, which they mainly acquired through song royalty dividends.

These individuals would also be the members of the future board.

All familiar faces, once the board was established, the company's operations would not change. The only benefit was to free Eva to have more time to manage the work of Lionsgate Films.

However, there was also a downside.

That was the increasingly deep bond with Eva.

It led to him becoming more and more reliant on Eva. Without her, the companies under him could fall into disarray and his net worth could plummet.

Given this situation, marrying Eva seemed to be the only option.

"Marry, huh?"

Link, arms folded, looked out the window at the brilliant sunlight and the bustling Santa Monica Boulevard, shaking his head.

Marrying Eva wasn't really an issue, but he had grown accustomed to their current relationship model. What changes would marriage bring, and would it worsen things?

He couldn't predict.

That was where his concern lay, even as a world boxing champion, he had deep apprehensions about marriage before it happened.

He also suddenly understood why Fatty James would rather risk coming to Los Angeles from New York than get married.

But growing up meant eventually taking that step, and what he could do now was learn to accept and start preparing.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Chairman, here are the box office results for the new movies released at the beginning of the year, along with movies that are in their promotional periods, and the information regarding movies in preparation," said Secretary Amanda, entering the office with the documents.

"Leave them there, I'll look at them later," he said.

After Amanda had left, he poured himself a glass of mineral water and sat down in his office chair to look over the documents.

Following several acquisitions, Lionsgate Films' distribution capability was second to none in the independent film sector.

In addition to distributing its own movies, it was also involved in distributing films from independent production companies like Relativity Media and Blue Sky Film Company, with an average of one movie released every month, adding up to 10 to 18 movies a year, contingent on the previous year's financial situation, with more movies produced when funds were abundant and fewer when they weren't.

During the first three months, the movies released included "Miss Poor," "Sweetheart Spicy Dance 2," "Red State," and "The Lincoln Lawyer."

The performances of these movies at the box office were fairly mediocre.

The first three, after about two months in theaters, garnered a cumulative North American box office of less than thirty million, barely breaking even.

The fourth, "The Lincoln Lawyer," starring Matthew McConaughey, was produced and distributed by Lionsgate Films and released on March 18, achieving an opening week box office of 13.4 million and a three-week cumulative total of 29.07 million US Dollars.

Compared to the cost of 40 million US Dollars, it was expected to just break even.

However, the film had a good reputation, with a composite media score of B, an A- from Yahoo audiences, and a 80% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Veteran hunk Matthew McConaughey's acting was still stellar, and the plot had few points of criticism.

Media appraisals stated that the film was likely to be nominated for next year's Oscars.

Upon seeing Matthew McConaughey, Link recalled a rather famous film, "Dallas Buyers Club," regarded as the original version of "Medicine God," which was well received and helped McConaughey earn an Oscar Best Actor statuette.

Link did not know whether this film had started shooting or not and jotted down the script's name, intending to have someone check on it later.

This month Lionsgate Films was set to release a comedy film, "Madea's Big Happy Family," a B-movie, with the release date set for April 22.

Link had not seen this film, nor had he even heard of the name, and given these circumstances, the box office performance was probably not going to be high.