Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 881 - 629: Date with the Diva_3

Fortunately, Link has a great physique, not prone to injury, and even when he does get hurt, he recovers very quickly, thus the training volume isn't too much for him.

Additionally, after completing daily training, he can go home and have a bath with Zhang Zilin, and do some things they love, which speeds up his recovery even more.

Sometimes, he would also secretly meet with Speed Brother, Gao Yuanyuan, and Princess, using this way to relax his body.

The secret affairs with Princess started in June, after he finished writing "That Year" and gave the song to Zhang Yadong, asking him to find Princess to sing it, as she was more suitable for this song.

Princess did not refuse, and later the two met in a recording studio, repeating on the office sofa what had happened in the hotel.

Despite her cool and fierce appearance, Princess is still a woman governed by dopamine when it comes to these matters.

Every secret meeting was initiated by her, and after each, she would say it was the last time.

Link just followed her lead, meeting up with Princess when she wanted to see him, and when she didn't, he could seek out Speed Brother and Gao Yuanyuan, never taking the initiative to date Princess.

This also led Princess to call him a cold-hearted and ruthless man.

Link wouldn't argue with words, only proving with actions that he indeed was very cold.

By June, the summer vacation had arrived, and the opening of the Athens Olympic Games was drawing ever closer. This period for the Olympians felt much like a countdown to a college entrance exam, with the pressure of training mounting ever higher.

However, to prevent injuries, the National Team coaches reduced the training volume for various events during this period. Most training was halved, and some were stopped altogether; anyone caught training in secret would be punished.

Link's 5000 meters, shot put, and javelin training were also halted, allowing him only to practice positioning and warm-ups, with no high-intensity training permitted.

Also, with reduced training volume, Link now had more free time at his disposal.

At an alumni meeting in mid-June, he met Liu Qiangdong through a People's University fan and fellow alumnus. Liu Qiangdong was a '92 graduate of People's University who had started a business in Zhongguancun, not far from Sports University, founding JD.com and acting as an agent for products such as CDs and disks, similar to Netflix.

In 2001, he became the industry leader in the Capital City area, and by 2003 he owned 12 stores. However, his business plummeted, and several stores closed due to the impact of SARS in the first half of last year.

At the beginning of this year, Liu Qiangdong came into contact with e-commerce and decided to shut down all his physical locations to focus wholly on online sales, establishing JD Multimedia, entering the field of e-commerce, similar to newly founded Taobao at the beginning of the year, and America's eBay.

Impacted by funding issues, JD Multimedia's development was slow.

Liu Qiangdong would often attend various alumni meetings, besides work, in the hope of attracting investment. However, given the lower adoption rate of computers in the country at the time, online e-commerce seemed more like a scene described in a science fiction novel, highly unrealistic.

As such, no one was willing to invest.

At the alumni meeting, after hearing Liu Qiangdong's explanation, Link asked him several key questions, such as how to compete with e-commerce platforms like eBay and Taobao, how to ensure a supply of goods and transportation, post-sale service, and other issues.

Initially, Liu Qiangdong didn't take it seriously during the conversation, treating it as idle chat.

But as the questions became more in-depth, Liu Qiangdong took longer to think, and he began stuttering in answering the questions, sweat appearing on his forehead. He realized that Link was not just a singer and an athlete with a sports specialty but also someone who had a deep understanding of e-commerce.

Liu Qiangdong then became serious, and in the end, helplessly stated that he needed to study some of the questions carefully before answering them.

Link nodded in agreement, and also inquired about the investment, mentioning that after understanding eBay and Amazon in the United States, he was very optimistic about the future development of e-commerce in Huaxia and was prepared to invest in such a project.

If JD Multimedia needed investment, he was willing to participate.

Liu Qiangdong became excited immediately, shared JD's situation, and asked how much he was willing to invest.

Link replied that he currently had 1 million US Dollars on hand and that as long as there was a need for investment, he could get the money, even 10 million or 100 million was not an issue.

Liu Qiangdong thought for a moment, then shook hands with him, hoping for a partnership.