Sarah Gu waved her hand and said, “It is an honor for me to be your guest. How could I possibly ask for payment for your appearance?”
Tawana smiled and said, “Sometimes we as artists can only follow the company’s business rules. Some artist companies do not allow artists to appear as sponsored guests for free.”
Sarah Gu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, my agency is 100% owned by my family business, so I have the final say on everything.”
Tawana smiled in surprise and said, “That’s great. Many things will be much simpler. We can arrange this show as we wish. To be honest, the previous guest arrangement was basically a break in the middle of the stage. When the guests were on stage, I could take a break backstage. After the guests finished their performances, I could start the second half of the show. So basically I didn’t interact with the guests on the same stage.”
Then, Tawana added: “This time I really want to interact more with you. It would be great if we could sing one of my songs together, then one of your songs together. You can sing the songs yourself. What do you think?”
Sarah Gu smiled cheerfully and said, “It’s no problem for me. I can basically sing all your songs.”
Then, Sarah Gu asked him with concern: “By the way, my songs are mostly Chinese songs, do you mind?”
“Of course!” Tawana said with a smile, “I’ve listened to your songs too. We’re all musicians, so we can memorize the appropriate songs very quickly. The lyrics might be a bit difficult, but that’s okay, we can memorize them ourselves. And don’t forget that we have a prompter in place. I can mark the Chinese pronunciation in your songs with the similar English words, so we can basically sing along!”
Charlie smiled and said, “I see singers from all over the world using this method. Many Chinese singers also use Mandarin to mark English translations when singing English songs.”
As he spoke, he remembered something and laughed, “I remember there was a popular meme on the Internet called ‘Nao Tai Tao’.”
Tawana looked confused, but Sarah Gu laughed out loud and said, “Brother Charlie still remembers this joke…”
Charlie smiled and said, “It was very famous at the time.”
Sarah Gu nodded, covered her mouth and smiled, “It is indeed very famous. Many domestic singers were determined at that time to practice good English pronunciation.”
After that, he was afraid of ignoring Tawana who didn’t understand, so he smiled and said, “Let’s continue. I think there are some songs that are suitable for me to sing?”
Tawanna smiled and said, “Anything is fine. Five to eight songs are fine. If it’s too long, the show will be delayed.”
Sarah Gu smiled and said, “Five songs, too many would be too much for the main theme. Everyone is here to see you, so I can’t take up too much of your time.”
Tawana said, “If it’s five songs, when you go on stage, I won’t rush to leave the stage. I’ll introduce the guests to the audience first, then you go on stage and we’ll sing one of my songs together, then I’ll leave the stage and take a break, and you can sing three songs on your own, then after the last song, I’ll go on stage and sing one of your songs together, what do you think?”
“No problem!” Sarah Gu said with a smile: “This is a very good deal! It’s decided!”
After that, he looked at Charlie again and asked him: “Brother Charlie, will you be backstage at that time?”
“Of course.” Charlie nodded and smiled: “I am the Director of Feng Shui, I must be on the scene.”
“That’s great!” Sarah Gu said happily, “Brother Charlie, I happen to have a song with an ancient assassin theme, and I need a masked assassin to dance with me. How about you come and help me dance with your mask?”
Charlie quickly refused: “How can I dance? No, no, you have to find a professional!”
Sarah Gu said seriously: “That’s not a real dance, it’s just a stage effect. And this person doesn’t have any dance moves, it’s all martial arts moves. Brother Charlie, you are very skilled, so just one set of professional martial arts moves is enough. Besides, you only need to come to me and interact with me in some special parts. The rest of the time, you can perform freely on stage.”
Charlie shook his head and said, “Oh, I’m not a professional either. If I can’t act well, wouldn’t that embarrass you?”
Sarah Gu hugged his arm and said in a soft voice: “Brother Charlie, it’s not embarrassing if you can’t act well, and you’re so powerful, it’s impossible for you to act badly! There will be a wire hanging segment in the scene. You will wear ancient assassin clothes, wear a mask, hold a long sword, and fly on the wire. It’s so handsome! You don’t need to show your face, the mask covers the entire face, even if my parents are in the audience, they can’t recognize you!”
Tawana’s eyes lit up and she said, “Isn’t that song called ‘Assassin’? I like it too. How about we sing it together and let Mr. Wade dance with us!”