Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 834 - 603: The Rio Olympics

"I sat in the office for half a day and found it more tiring than training at the boxing gym. Honey, you've worked hard these past few years."

In the office, Link poured Ivanka a glass of red wine.

"Not tired at all! While you trained in the gym to win matches and earn the Golden Belt, I was working at the company, watching Link Music and Lionsgate Films grow bit by bit. It's just as satisfying as you winning the Golden Belt, fulfilling and satisfying. Without working at Link Music and Lionsgate Films these years, I would've probably wasted them somewhere else."

Ivanka blinked her long eyelashes, her plump lips carrying a gentle smile.

"No way, a brilliant executive like you would be popular anywhere. Luckily, I bound you to me ahead of time."

Link said with a laugh, holding her fair hand.

"I bound you to me ahead of time, don't forget that it was me who asked you out at Madison Square Garden to watch the match."

"Alright, you're the impressive one, you spotted right away that I'm the best man in the world."

Link smiled gently, and embracing Ivanka, he kissed her leaning against the counter.

After showing affection in the office for a while, and with the end of the workday approaching, Link and Ivanka drove home. The next day, they took their three little ones to Hawaii for a vacation, escaping the increasingly hot summer of Los Angeles.

By the end of May, the second summer movie from Lionsgate was released.

"Suicide Squad," co-produced by Lionsgate Films and Warner Bros. Pictures, tells the story of a group of criminals who agree to cooperate with the US government and perform dangerous, dirty work to reduce their sentences. Called 'Suicide Squad,' the team includes Deadshot, Shark King, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and others, with their first mission being to save the world from disaster.

The film stars Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Will Smith, Jared Leto, among others.

With a production cost of $175 million, Lionsgate Films invested $80 million in US dollars, responsible for the film production and North American distribution. Warner Bros. handles overseas distribution, with box office revenue shared equally, while film rights belong to Warner Bros. Pictures.

The movie was released on May 27th, grossing $133 million at the US box office across 4,255 theaters in its opening three days, and breaking $200 million in North America on its 9th day.

Based on the current trends, it's expected to reach around $350 million in North American box office revenue.

This makes it the sixth movie distributed by Lionsgate Films this year to break $100 million at the North American box office, almost matching last year's performance.

And by this week, "Jumanji," which had been released for over a month, broke through $400 million at the North American box office, becoming the second movie after "Captain America 3" to surpass $400 million in North America.

In June, an event that significantly affected Link and Ivanka took place; old father-in-law officially became the Republican Party's primary candidate after several rounds of PK matches.

On the day the old father-in-law got the candidacy and made the speech, Link, Ivanka, and little Margarita were also present, listening to old father-in-law's speech on stage, and even got roped into becoming a campaign tool for a moment.

In June and July, on the eve of the Olympic Games, besides vacationing and attending a few of old father-in-law's campaign gatherings, Link spent most of his time training in the pool and also joined the training camp for the USA Swimming Team.

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In August, Link and Ivanka, Taylor, along with the three kids, Selena, Catherine, Mrs. Mandy, Dadalio, and Frank's family of three, flew to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Olympic Games and took the opportunity to travel.

The old father-in-law also came to Rio with his family to cheer for him.

Leonardo, Paul Walker, Hoyle, Mario, and other people with nothing better to do flew to Rio for the fun of it as well.

The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games was on August 5th, showcasing the South American flavor. Gisele Bundchen took the stage with her aura fully unleashed, outshining everyone else, even more beautiful than when she's backstage at Victoria's Secret without clothes.

Link asked Leonardo what he thought about it and whether he regretted breaking up with Gisele Bundchen.

Leonardo pursed his lips saying no, but his eyes were honest, not taking them off Bundchen.

Paul Walker teased Leonardo for being a small man who couldn't handle a strong woman like Bundchen and that he would have been tightly controlled by her if they hadn't broken up.

Leonardo did not respond, with a dark face.

After the Opening Ceremony ended, the Olympic Games moved into the competitive events.

There are 16 men's swimming events in this Olympics, and Link entered 13 of them.

He signed up for the men's 50m/100m/200m/400m/1500m freestyle, 100m/200m breaststroke, 200m/400m individual medley, 4x100m, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x100m medley relay, and the 10km open water events.

Among the swimming events, the 400m freestyle, individual medley, and breaststroke were the earliest to take place, with the heats happening on August 7th. Link smoothly took the first place in the heats for all three events.

Due to his high profile as the world's highest-paid athlete and being a major star with the most fans, his private plane landing at Rio Airport became a target for global media. His events were also broadcasted as featured matches by television stations from various countries.

Luckily, having participated in three Olympic Games before, Link's mindset was quite stable, and he didn't get nervous in front of the media cameras.

After over ten days of competing, he first won gold medals in the men's 50m/100m/200m/400m/1500m freestyle events, setting new world records in all five.

In the 100m/200m breaststroke finals on August 10th, he easily defeated competitors like Britain's Adam Peaty, the South African strongman Cameron van der Burgh, and American athlete Cody Miller, winning gold in both events.