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There's also the god-tier song "See You Again" composed to commemorate MJ, not to mention the god-tier song "Legends never die" written for the Super Bowl at the end of '09, and all the songs from the third album were love songs dedicated to Taylor.

Furthermore, there were his championship singles written for Selena, Wiz Khalifa, Lana Del Rey, and Bruno Mars.

With Link's songwriting prowess being so formidable, does he really need someone else's help to write songs?

That's utter nonsense.

Those skeptics unable to win the argument on this point dragged the debate back to Link's relationship with Ivanka.

They claimed that Ivanka was a rich heiress from the Thompson Family, worth billions of US Dollars, with countless connections; without her, Link would never have been this successful, and if Ivanka were to dump him, he'd quickly become penniless.

Link's fans countered, saying yes, the penniless guy who makes forty or fifty million in two or three minutes; they also brought up again Link's label as a "Money Printing Machine." As a money printer, he's probably only poor in that he has nothing left but money.

The two sides argued back and forth online, with supporters focusing on facts over fallacies and the skeptics bulldozing without regard for the facts.

As the debate grew heated, it inadvertently made the trending searches list again.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling!

When the car returned to the bay villa, Link received a call from Catherine asking what time he'd arrive in Los Angeles and whether he had seen the news that day, telling him not to believe what the newspapers said.

That day, Ivanka and representatives from Warner Bros. Pictures were negotiating in a café, and Catherine, the producer of "Bridesmaids," and Christine Wiig were also present.

However, the paparazzi who took the photographs had ulterior motives, deliberately capturing only Ivanka and Pam Abdi, president of Warner's market department.

Link said he understood and wouldn't jump to conclusions; Ivanka was now chairwoman of Lionsgate Films, and if just having coffee with a person of the opposite sex made him overthink, that would show a lack of confidence and trust in Ivanka, which is the most important thing between couples.

Link then inquired about the negotiation situation with Warner Bros. Pictures.

Catherine reported that after presenting numerous concrete pieces of evidence, the distribution company of Warner Bros. Pictures had acknowledged the existence of data errors in box office statistics, but there was still some disagreement regarding compensation.

"Based on data from the box office monitoring company Rentrak, 'Bridesmaids' currently has a North American box office of $128 million, not $70.5 million. We demand Warner Bros. Pictures return all the misallocated box office revenue, plus cover all the investigation costs of about $2 million US Dollars."

Warner Bros. Pictures stated that so far, 'Bridesmaids' only had a North American revenue of $104 million, not the $128 million reported by Rentrak, and they're only willing to pay $500,000 for the investigation costs.

After the negotiation failed, we gave Warner Bros. Pictures three days to consider, and tomorrow we will submit all evidence to the MPAA and the Los Angeles courts for review, and this case will be publicly heard.

We suspect that Warner Group is also involved in this scandal, trying to use it to disrupt our plans.

I've just had a meeting with Ivanka, and we've decided to stop negotiating with Warner Bros. Pictures and to directly submit our evidence to the MPAA and the courts. We'll be asking not only for the return of all misappropriated box office revenue, but also for Warner to pay a certain amount of compensation."

"Do we have sufficient evidence?"

Link asked.

Behind Warner Bros. Pictures stands one of the media giants, Time Warner Group, which owns Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, Turner Television Network, CNN, HBO, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Music, and other subsidiary brands, with a market value of over forty billion.

If they were to go to court against Warner, without ample evidence, this lawsuit might turn into a protracted battle of attrition.

Catherine explained, "Warner Bros. Pictures' main method of embezzling box office revenue was through transfer, shifting 'Bridesmaids' revenue to two movies released by Warner in February, 'Unknown Identity' and 'Waka'."

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Since their methods were quite covert, obtaining key evidence was difficult, but our existing evidence was sufficient to prove Warner Bros. Pictures' box office theft.

The final ruling would depend on the MPAA's level of concern for the case and Warner Bros. Pictures' public relations capabilities. Regardless of Warner's choice, just the exposure of this issue would have a significant impact on them."

Link pondered a moment and began to understand.

Warner Bros. Pictures, part of the Time Warner Group, is also a public company.

Such companies highly value reputation, and once exposed for this type of negative news, the loss in the stock market would be far more than tens of millions. A drop in share price, affecting shareholders' interests, might force a change in the leadership at Warner Bros. Pictures.

And Warner's distribution company, despite knowing the severe consequences, still risked embezzling box office revenue, likely underestimating the strength of Palm Beach Films.

Before the movie's distribution, they also didn't anticipate Lionsgate Film acquiring the rights to distribute in most regions at the last minute.

If Lionsgate Films hadn't been involved in distribution, Ivanka and Catherine wouldn't have been able to spot the discrepancies in box office revenue across states, initiate an investigation into the box office data, and uncover Warner Bros. Pictures' malpractice.

Link remembered the "Scandal Plan" and asked Catherine whether this film was involved in any box office theft.

Catherine said the film had already been pulled from theaters and even if it had been involved in box office theft, it wouldn't be easy to find out now.

However, during promotions, they could raise doubts, which might encourage other independent production companies and producers victimized by Warner's embezzlement to come forward; Palm Beach Films wouldn't be the sole victim, she believed.