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Ding-a-ling!

"What’s up?"

Under the sunshade by the pool, Link put down his collection of Hemingway works and answered the phone on the table.

The call was from Ivanka, who told him that the release of "Sorry" had a good response. She asked if for his next album he wanted to create a "breakup album" themed around ’cheating,’ ’apologies,’ ’heartbreak,’ and ’single men’?

Link knew she was teasing him and told her that breaking up just once wasn’t enough to fill an album with songs. He’d consider it after a few more breakups.

"OK, let’s not talk about the album for now. How are things with you and Taylor?"

"You care about this?"

"Of course, I’m the President of Link Music. I need to know your current emotional state, so I can devise the next promotional strategy accordingly. If I’m not clear on the situation, I’ll make the wrong decisions and waste the company’s money."

"Well, I don’t know how to answer that question. Yesterday I apologized to Taylor, and she forgave me. I asked her to come back, and she said she needed a day to think about it. So, my relationship with Taylor is like Schrödinger’s cat—alive or dead, I’m still waiting for Taylor to tell me."

"So you stayed up all night working on ’Sorry’ to move Taylor and give her a reason to come back? I didn’t realize you were such a deeply affectionate scumbag."

"Thanks for the compliment."

Link smiled helplessly.

Ivanka continued and said that if Taylor agreed to get back together, he should remember to tell her. If not, she should be informed as well, as it was part of her job.

Link said he understood.

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After hanging up, he looked at his phone.

There was still no response from Taylor, but the new song "Sorry" released that morning had over 1.04 million listens on iTunes, and the paid downloads had reached 47,000, easily topping the iTunes daily download chart.

In the comments section, fans’ reviews of the song were generally positive.

Some said although he was a bit of a jerk, his songwriting abilities were top-notch in the music industry. They advised him to cheat more and write more good songs.

Others thanked him, saying they’d just been caught cheating by their girlfriend and didn’t know how to apologize, and having his song made it much easier.

Some even said the song could rival Republican Band’s famous apology song "Apologize."

His Twitter account was also buzzing.

Fans commented on how great the new song was, praising him as the best singer in the pop music scene.

Moreover, tens of thousands of fans went to Taylor’s Twitter to apologize on his behalf, saying he made a mistake that any normal man could make, hoping Taylor wouldn’t take it too hard.

The incident was also picked up and reported by online media, claiming that when an idol gets dumped for cheating, having tens of thousands of fans apologize for him is a unique situation in show business.

Dong-ding!

His phone received a message—it was from Taylor.

"I’m sorry, but after thinking it over for a night, I still can’t accept your infidelity."

Seeing this message, Link almost crushed his phone. After saying and doing so much yesterday, all he got in return was an "I’m sorry"?

Link: "I promise I won’t ever cheat again."

Taylor: "The book says that men only cheat once or countless times. At the Grammy Awards, it was just over twenty minutes we didn’t see each other, and you were already messing around with another woman backstage. In the future, when you go on tour and we are apart for a week, a month, or even longer, it’s hard to imagine how many times you’ll cheat."

Link: "The first two times were accidents."

Taylor: "Link, stop making excuses. Even if you don’t cheat, every time you leave, I can’t help but have wild thoughts, thinking of you fooling around out there. It will cause me a lot of pain. Can you understand that feeling?"

Link felt helpless; Taylor was too opinionated. Once someone like her made up her mind, nothing could bring her back.

Then Taylor sent another message: "Link, I’m sorry. You are a good man, strong and brave, humble and kind, and the best guy in the world. I know I’ll regret leaving you, but for the sake of my dream, I can’t stay with you. You are too good, which makes it easy for me to indulge in you. Your protection and care will also make me lose my desire for freedom. I love you, but I love music more."

Link: "Alright, let’s break up then!"

Link felt a bit disappointed. He had thought that his words from yesterday could move Taylor and turn the situation around, but she was stronger than he had imagined and even more decisive in her actions.

Taylor: "Link, you’re very talented in music, and I hope you will continue singing and songwriting, creating more great music. Don’t give up on music easily because of me; that would be too much of a pity."

"We’ll see," he replied.

Link threw his phone aside, put on his goggles, and dove into the blue pool water, swimming back and forth for over a dozen laps, cooling himself off considerably.

When he got out, he saw Ms. Anna standing at the poolside, holding her work bag.

"Anna, is something the matter?" Link asked, drying his hair with a towel.

Ms. Anna nodded her head. "It’s about Usher’s new album. They said during the promotion that this album was meticulously crafted, taking over two years to produce, and they even hired fifteen gold medal producers to collaborate on it.

They had originally estimated that the album would sell over one million copies in the first week, but it sold only 410,000, far below expectations."

"Rolling Stone and other professional media outlets have said that the album is subpar, with a loose structure and no connection between the songs. It’s like a bunch of tracks hastily patched together, significantly inferior to your love album in overall quality.

But on yesterday’s CBS late-night interview show, Usher, Kanye West, and producers like Jermaine Dupri and The Runners targeted you."

They said that every time you release a new album, you create news and overhype it, which disrupts the release market. Bad money drives out good, preventing many excellent albums from achieving success and many talented musicians from surviving in the music industry.

Kanye West even called you a huge weed in the music world and hoped that fans would stop supporting you.

Coincidentally, you posted "Sorry" on Twitter this morning, and Kanye, Usher, and others retweeted your post, claiming you recognized your mistakes and were apologizing to them. Even as many fans pointed out that you were apologizing to Taylor, they stuck to their original statement."

Link listened with irritation; these guys were clearly riding on his popularity, discarding their dignity just to sell albums.

"Are Usher and Kanye both signed with SB Entertainment? What’s Braun’s take on this?"

"Usher and Kanye have personal brand marketing contracts with SB Entertainment, which are a type of commercial agency contract. Their record contracts are with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. In this regard, SB Entertainment can’t interfere.

However, I’ve spoken with Mr. Braun, and he thinks that this kind of negative promotion can benefit us too, just like last year’s chart battle with Jay-Z, which attracted a lot of media coverage and ultimately led to both your albums selling greatly," said Ms. Anna.

"Alright then, let them hype it up," Link said, nodding.

He laid back down on the chaise lounge and continued reading his book.

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