Chapitre 71: Chapter 71: Income
"Link, Wilson came to collect the venue management fee. I said you are a star customer, can you get a discount? He said no."
In Baker's diving shop, Fatty James saw off two diving tourists, put two glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice on the round glass table, lifted his buttocks back, lay down on the beach chair next to him with a creak, and took off his head. He took off his hat and combed back his sweat-soaked brown curly hair with his hands.
"Of course, the beach is not his, why should he give a discount."
Link took a sip with a straw, remembering that the Olympics was coming soon, and he needed to control his weight, so he spit out the orange juice with too much sugar and took a sip of mineral water.
"How was the income last month?"
"Haha, very good. Last month, excluding equipment loss, management fees and other expenses, our net income was $9,524. This is the most we have earned since we opened the store, and we almost broke 10,000."
James waved his arms excitedly, his mouth grinning like a banana.
"Link, I think so, now that we have money, how about buying a few more sets of high-end diving suits and selling those old ones? No one wants to rent old diving suits."
"Can."
Link said indifferently.
He made a lot of money in this qualifier, a prize of 50,000 US dollars, a gold-plated trophy, the Florida State Sports Commission rewarded him with 100,000 US dollars in training fees, and the Amateur Boxing Association also rewarded him with 20,000 US dollars, asking him to prepare for the Olympic Games with peace of mind.
During the competition, he also placed two bets. The first time he played against Peters, the odds of winning by KO were 1:10.2. He bet 2,000 US dollars. The result was TKO. In the betting company, TKO and KO are two different results. , lost two thousand.
In the fifth match against Aragon, he bet 2,000 US dollars that he would win by KOing Aragon, and the odds were 1:12.5, earning 25,000 US dollars.
A total of almost 200,000 US dollars.
I don't care much about the three melons and two dates earned by Baker's shop.
James lay on the chair, flipped through a few pages of "Playboy" and said: "Link, you have won a lot of bonuses this time, and it is almost 200,000 including the Golden Gloves bonus. Do you want to consider buying an apartment?
This year's housing market bubble, the market is very sluggish, many apartments are being sold at reduced prices, and there is one for sale near my house, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large terrace, and a small garden, on West Palm Beach 27th Street, the location is very good , the price is only 580,000 US dollars, and installment payment is allowed.
If you want to buy it, I will ask my mother to contact a real estate agent for you immediately, she is very good at bargaining. "
"Thank your mother for me, but I have no plans to buy a house for the time being."
"Why? You are an adult, and you will get married and have children in the future. Are you going to take them to live in a carriage?"
James turned his head and pointed to the shop behind him, looking a little disgusted.
"Yes, I need a house, but not now, and not a small apartment. I plan to make more money, and when I earn 100 million US dollars, I will go to the Palm Beach rich area to buy a big villa. What do you think?"
Link said, shaking his calf.
"Buy a villa in a wealthy area?"
James shook his head again and again.
The Palm Beach wealthy area is in the north of the Bund. The residents there are either rich or expensive, including shareholders of the world's top 500 companies, CEOs of listed companies, senior US government officials, big stars, etc. It is said that the lowest price of a villa there is five or six million , ordinary people simply cannot afford it.
He pointed to Link's bandaged arm and said, "You just pulled a muscle in a boxing match, what if you get more seriously injured next time? If you ask me, you should take advantage of the money in your hand and buy a set of apartments. With an apartment, even if you can't box, you still have a place to live, right?"
James hesitated for a moment, "Also, this is what Catherine meant. Your mother called my mother and talked about it. You competed with Aragon that day, and Catherine was there too. Did you see her?"
"See you!"
Link nodded. Regarding Link Baker's mother, Ms. Catherine Baker, he had only met her once before, when Link was stabbed and lying in the hospital, Catherine came once and left a sum of money.
In memory, the relationship between Link Baker and Catherine is not close.
The root of this matter lies in Link's father Bob Baker.
In the 1980s, Bob Baker followed Link's grandfather to fish in the Gulf of Mexico, but he didn't make much money.
In the 1970s and 1980s, due to its convenient geographical location, Miami gradually became a transit point for illegal drugs to enter the United States. Every year, trillions of dollars of illegal drugs were transferred from Miami to all parts of North America. There are also many illegal drugs here. dealer.
Bob Baker saw that others made a fortune by selling illegal drugs, so he decided not to fish anymore, and went to Colombia to buy cheap illegal drugs, and shipped them back to the United States for sale at a high price.
In those few years, the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA cracked down hard, and the price of products in North America continued to rise. Bob made millions of black money in just a few years. During that time, Bob Baker met Catherine Baker, who had just entered the fashion industry, at a dance. Catherine was a descendant of Italian immigrants, tall, good-looking, and aspired to be an actress.
Later, under Bob Baker's money offensive, she married Bob who was eleven years older than her, and Link Baker was born soon after.
Bob is not a good man either, after marriage he still spends time and wine outside, and often drinks and domestic violence, Catherine and Link are both victims.
When Link was four years old, their relationship broke down, and Catherine proposed a divorce and wanted to take Link to live in another place, but Bob disagreed and threatened her with a gun.
Catherine did not dare to mention divorce again, and left Baker's house with her luggage. In the next few years, she rarely met Link.
Until five years ago, the Drug Enforcement Administration cracked down hard, and Bob Baker refused to give up and wanted to continue smuggling to make money. Soon he died in a street conflict, which is said to be due to uneven distribution of spoils.
After Bob Baker's death, most of the family property was seized or divided up by partners, and a small part was squandered by Link within two or three years. In the middle, Catherine came back and said that she would take Link to study in New York, but Link refused.
Link grew up with Bob Baker, has a cold relationship with Catherine, and has little contact.
Link almost forgot that he had a nominal mother.
Link was quite surprised to see Catherine in Havana this time, and even more surprised that Selena Gomez was actually his cousin.
Selena is sixteen years old this year. She was born as a child star. She filmed TV series at the age of 7. In 2004, she was signed to Disney and became an artist. Last year, she starred in Disney's fantasy comedy "Wizards of Waverly Place" and became a young actor.
Catherine Baker is now Selena's executive manager, a role equivalent to Mrs. Andrea and Ms. Ellen.
After the last game, he met Catherine once and was blackmailed by Selena for a seafood meal. Afterwards, he had something to do, and Catherine had work to do, so the two parties exchanged phone numbers and separated.
He also has an extra acquaintance who is related by blood.
As for Catherine's suggestion, you can listen to it or not.
"Hey, Link, James, do you want to play volleyball?"
Michael and Daniel, wearing T-shirts and beach shorts, were holding a yellow volleyball and waving on the beach in the distance, and there were five young girls in cool clothes standing beside them.
"No, I'm recovering from an injury."
Link raised his bandaged arm in response.
"That's a pity."
Michael squinted and smiled.
"If you want to go, you can go, you don't need to chat with me here."
Link noticed that James' eyes kept looking at the girls over there, so he picked up the newspaper again and said.
James shook his head, hesitated for a moment, took off his hat, shook his fat body, and ran to the beach not far away to play volleyball with several people.
At first they played well, but later they saw that the
"That's too bad." Michael winked and smiled.
"If you want to go, just go. You don't have to stay here and chat with me."
Link noticed James's eyes constantly looking at the girls over there, and picked up the newspaper again.
James shook his head, hesitated for a moment, took off his hat, shook his fat body, and ran to the nearby beach to play volleyball with a few people.
At first they played well, but later they saw that the fat man was more fun, and several girls kept hitting the volleyball at James.
Link wanted to intervene, but seeing James grinning with joy and his face flushed red, he decided not to bother.
"Hey, Link, how are you feeling today?"
Dr. Holt got out of the car with his medicine box.
"Not bad, Gregory!"
Link got up and took Dr. Holt into the store to change his dressing.
(End of Chapter)
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