Chapter 135: The Grammys

"How do I look?" In a celebrity image management studio on Hollywood Boulevard, Link spread his arms and asked Taylor.

He was wearing a slim-fit Dior twill suit, a black thin tie, and a white gold watch on his wrist. With his chiseled face and tall, straight figure, he looked fashionable and dignified without losing his noble aura.

"So handsome, honey, you are definitely the most handsome man in the world." Taylor, wearing a chiffon dress, sat in front of the mirror, letting the makeup artist apply makeup on her face, looking at Link's figure through the mirror and praising him.

"Haha, honey, you are also very, very beautiful today. I bet no one at the Grammys can compare to you." Link looked at Taylor's delicate face in the mirror, even without makeup, it was rosy and pink, crystal clear, like a ripe cherry, making people want to take a bite.

"Mua!" Taylor raised her hand and blew Link a kiss.

"Enough, you two!" Andrea frowned and looked at the two with dissatisfaction, "The awards ceremony is about to start, can you be more serious? Do you want to be late for the Grammys?"

"Mom, don't worry, we are performers, not going to win awards, it doesn't matter if we are a little late." Taylor waved her hand indifferently, always with a sweet smile on her face because of her good mood.

Andrea sighed helplessly, feeling that her daughter had been led astray by Link. Last year, when she heard that she was going to attend the Grammy Awards, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep, and started preparing three days in advance. And today?

An hour before the awards ceremony started.

She called her assistant Emily to ask if Taylor had left, and the answer was no. The two were still doing shameful things in the bedroom, completely forgetting that they had to attend the ceremony in the afternoon.

She almost fainted at the time. It was daytime, how could they...

It was too shameless.

Taylor used to be such a lady...

It's all Link's fault!

Andrea glanced at the culprit Link, and felt that she should find a time to have a chat with him.

"Are you ready?" Mandy pushed the door open and walked in, "The car is here."

"Wait a little longer, they don't take the Grammys seriously at all." Andrea snorted coldly.

"This also shows that they have a good mentality." Mandy quipped.

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In early March, the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, USA.

The Grammy Awards, together with the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for theater, are collectively known as the four major annual American entertainment awards.

The Grammy Awards are selected from all records released in the United States from October of the previous year to the end of September of the following year. Artists or record companies can apply, and after successful application, the organizing committee will classify and organize the works according to their musical attributes.

After two rounds of voting by the selection committee, the final "Annual Awards" and various small awards are selected from the five nominees in each category.

Link released his album at the beginning of this year and didn't catch up with this year's Grammy Awards. Taylor's second album didn't catch up either, so neither of them received a nomination. However, both were invited by the organizer to participate in this year's Grammy Awards ceremony as performers.

At the ceremony, Link sang the popular song "Despacito."

Before going on stage, he didn't feel anything. He had rehearsed before, and everything went smoothly.

But when he actually performed on stage, while singing and dancing with the dancers, his eyes suddenly noticed the audience.

Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, members of Linkin Park, members of Coldplay, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Adele, Britney, Lady Gaga, etc., four to five hundred top singers in the current world music scene.

Being stared at by these people, Link almost malfunctioned. Fortunately, not many people at the scene understood Spanish, and after singing two words wrong, he quickly adjusted.

After returning backstage, Link thanked the dancers and chatted with Taylor, who was about to go on stage, before returning to the audience.

He was a singer invited to attend the awards ceremony, without a nomination, and his seat was in the middle and back.

"Hey! Link, you just sang two words wrong."

Hearing someone greet him in Spanish, he glanced at the speaker. It was Latin music queen Shakira, the current world's best-selling Latin singer. The 2010 World Cup theme song "Waka Waka" made her even more popular worldwide.

This woman was Colombian, and her native language was Spanish.

Link didn't expect her to point it out in person, and said a little embarrassedly, "Yes, I was a little nervous just now."

"It doesn't matter, you sang very well."

Shakira showed a signature smile, her lips red and teeth white, with the enthusiasm and frankness of a Latin woman.

Link thought that his song was more popular in Latin America than her new song "She Wolf," and felt that she was probably teasing him. He nodded and continued walking forward.

"Hey!!"

He heard another "hey," but compared to Shakira, this voice was very rude and impolite. Link didn't intend to respond, and continued walking down the aisle towards the stairs.

"Hey! Link Baker, you should apologize to Kanye."

Someone shouted.

Link glanced over there. The lighting was poor, and except for a few pairs of big white eyeballs and big white teeth, the rest of the place was pitch black. It was impossible to tell who was speaking.

This was the seating area for rap groups and rappers, all black people.

The air was also filled with the smell of spices from black people. Link touched his nose,

"Sorry, who are you?"

"Fuck! Lil, this kid said he doesn't know you?"

"This kid must be picking a fight?"

"Should we beat him up?"

Several black singers rolled up their sleeves and cursed.

"Shut up!"

A white man in front turned around and persuaded, "Are you guys stupid? He's a world boxing champion, even Tyson can't beat him, you want to fight him?"

The black people immediately quieted down, staring at each other with their big white eyeballs.

Link saw that the person who spoke was the famous rapper Eminem, nodded to him, and went to the front row to sit down.

He looked at his seat. In the front row was Coldplay, who had been nominated for seven awards, and further forward were the award presenters Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake, and Amy Winehouse. Behind him were Eminem and 50 Cent.

On his left was Lady Gaga with silver hair and red lips, and next to Gaga was Katy Perry in a low-cut dress and a long green sequined dress.

On his right was Taylor's seat, and further to the right was a chubby female singer with thick hair, the future British singer Adele Adkins.

This row was almost all new singers who had performed well in the world music scene last year.

Sitting with these people, Link felt a lot of pressure.

(End of chapter)