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Link didn't attend the company's expansion meeting for two main reasons: he was very confident in Eva's capabilities, and also, he wanted to maintain her absolute authority within the company. His presence would have distracted everyone else.

However, he heard that during the meeting, she specifically criticized Steven Bicks and other executives, and even announced a 20% staff reduction by the end of the year, which made him secretly anxious for her.

If the saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' holds true, Eva had practically used up her sweeps. The first was directed at him, the second at several executives, and the third at all employees who were not putting in the effort, literally burning through Lionsgate Films from top to bottom.

Afterward, Link also asked Eva what if several executives collectively resigned or went on strike.

Eva laughed, saying he didn't understand management or human nature. As a major production company, Lionsgate didn't need to worry about lack of manpower as long as it had money. As for the executives resigning, all of these executives had families and were above middle-class.

If they resigned, not finding a better job, they would face a social downgrade, which would be very painful for many, and that's why during the financial crisis, even millionaires jumped from buildings.

To keep their jobs, they would need to work diligently and demonstrate outstanding results to prove their value to the company.

Eva even said she hoped some people would take the initiative to resign, which would reduce a lot of trouble when it came time to cut staff at the end of the year.

As Link listened to Eva explain these matters in a calm tone, he felt a significant gap in handling corporate affairs compared to her, a gap that knowledge alone could not bridge.

It also made him feel somewhat helpless, feeling that rather than being a dominant CEO, he was more suited to be a behind-the-scenes player.

"You're so capable, Lionsgate is yours then."

Link said as he picked up his coat.

"Where are you going?"

President Eva asked, leaning back in her chair.

"Boxing!"

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Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

In the Muscle Beach Boxing training area, Link, bare-chested and wearing hand guards, continuously pounded on a red leather punching bag with his fists flying fast.

After more than two hours of training, his body was drenched in sweat.

After stepping down as chairman of Lionsgate Films, he didn't head straight to the boxing gym; instead, he spent a few days in the scriptwriting department at the production division, selecting two low-budget horror movies from thousands of scripts.

One was a script called "Mother Invasion" adapted from a Spanish short film of the same name.

The other was a new script from James Wan, director of the "Saw" series, called "The Conjuring."

Link saw the first movie, starring the hardworking sister Jessica Chastain.

It's about two sisters left in the forest by their father after he kills their mother.

They were found five years later by their uncle who took them home to live with him, and their mother followed them as well.

Link couldn't remember the box office figures, but the film received good reviews, rated a must-watch classic by many horror movie buffs.

And the follow-up horror series "It" directed and produced by Andrés Muschietti, also received critical acclaim with the first installment grossing over 700 million US dollars, one of the highest-grossing horror movies in cinematic history.

After seeing the script in the production division, Link immediately requested to contact this director to acquire the adaptation rights for "Mother Invasion" and prepare for filming.

One of the producers asked him why.

No reason, he just liked it.

Link hadn't seen the second movie, "The Conjuring," and didn't know its box office.

But this horror movie was also turned into a series, spanning four or five installments, which suggests the first one must have done well at the box office.

Moreover, another classic horror movie, "Annabelle," recognized as an offshoot of "The Conjuring," was produced on a budget of a few million dollars and grossed over two hundred million globally, making it considered a box office dark horse of the year.

So, after seeing the "The Conjuring" script, he personally contacted director James Wan and brought him back to Lionsgate Films with a significant contract.

Originally, after James Wan completed "Saw 7" in collaboration with Lionsgate Films last year, the two parted ways due to unaligned plans on new projects.

Director James Wan received an invitation from FilmDistrict to shoot a movie called "Insidious", which hadn't been released yet.

But Link, having seen "Insidious: Chapter 5," could guess this new installment had potential. He planned to buy out the distribution and copyright for this film series after "Insidious" was completed, bringing this series back under Lionsgate Films.

With these horror series in place, Lionsgate Films could prioritize sequels to these movies when selecting new projects. As long as the quality is maintained, the company would have several stable sources of income.

After sorting through scripts for a few days in the production division, Link only found these two familiar scripts.

Once he had organized these two projects, he left the company for Muscle Beach to train, preparing for the upcoming Super Middleweight challenge of the four major organizations.

He had two opponents.

The first was the WBA-IBF British Boxing Champion, Rocky Fielding.

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The other was the WBC-WBO North American champion, Andre Ward, an old acquaintance. In the 2009 unification fight of the four major organization titles, Link, having been intoxicated by wine from Selena, was almost defeated by him.

Now, Andre Ward, after two years of rigorous training, had accumulated a professional record of 26 fights, 25 wins, and 1 loss, and had defeated WBO North American champion Mario Morales in the WBC-WBO Championship Challenger match in February, earning the right to challenge him.

Both opponents were formidable.