Taiwanese host Jacky Wu paid $155,000 for taking two photos with newly-weds in China
TAIPEI – Taiwanese variety host Jacky Wu has been in the industry for 40 years and taken on all kinds of jobs.
However, there was one gig which stood out.
The 60-year-old revealed the strange incident in a recent episode of variety show Super Followers (2016 to present).
Wu received a job offer for a wedding in Shenyang city in China several years ago.
He wanted to turn down the job as he had just completed a performance in Shanghai and wanted to return home to Taiwan to see his children.
However, his manager said he had already accepted the gig, which came with a fee of 800,000 yuan (S$155,000).
Wu said he reached the venue in Shenyang at about 7pm, with the wedding just starting.
“There was a big banquet in front and a table backstage, with only my manager and me eating there,” Wu said.
He recalled that there were also several A-list actors, singers and other artistes performing at the wedding, as he waited patiently for his turn till 8.40pm.
The newly-weds then approached Wu, with the groom telling him: "Brother Jacky, I proposed to my wife by singing your song Do You Remember Me Only On A Night Like This.”
The song was from Wu’s debut album of the same name in 1987.
The singer then realised the groom was the son of a steel tycoon from north-eastern China. The newly-weds took two photos with Wu before moving on to the other tables.
Though he had prepared a performance, Wu did not take the stage. Nevertheless, he was treated to a stay at the presidential suite of a high-end hotel that night, and also received the fee.
“800,000 yuan for two photos,” Wu exclaimed on the show.
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