Peninsula: It’s just a dream, are you serious?

Chapter 223 New Song and Collaboration Invitations

A few days later, outside the president's office on the top floor of JYP Entertainment.

Chen Yan raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Enter."

"senior."

"Oh, Xiaoyan."

Park Jin-young was somewhat surprised when he looked up and saw Chen Yan. This time, Chen Yan came over on his own, instead of being summoned by someone else.

A gentle smile appeared on his face: "Is there something you need, Xiao Yan?"

Chen Yan smiled and said, "I've finished writing the song for 2AM, so I wanted to show it to you, senior."

A few days ago, when we were eating in the cafeteria, Park Jin-young said that once the song was finished, I could bring it to him to listen to.

Chen Yan knew that wasn't just polite talk, which is why he came to visit now.

Upon hearing this, Park Jin-young's face lit up with an even wider smile: "Oh? It's already written."

Chen Yan handed over the USB drive he was holding.

Park Jin-young reached out and took it, while gesturing for him to sit down opposite him.

Plug the USB drive into your computer, open it, and look at the audio files inside.

"On a certain spring day."

Chen Yan, who was on the other side, explained at the right time: "After listening to 2AM's previous works, I got to know the timbre of each of their voices. In addition, the company set the comeback time in March, which is right in spring, so that's where the inspiration for this song came from."

Park Jin-young smiled and nodded, then clicked on the audio file to start playing.

After a slightly melancholic piano melody, a male voice began to sing.

The demo for this song was recorded by Chen Yan at Lin Nayeon's request, who found a guy named Fang Can among the male trainees in the company.

How was your commute to work this morning?

How do you feel about the increasingly warm weather?

"We've lived in this home for three years, and you're packing your bags to leave."

In less than four minutes, the demo of the entire song finished playing.

The office fell silent, with only the sound of Park Jin-young's fingers tapping lightly on the desk echoing in the background.

Chen Yan didn't rush to speak, but sat quietly waiting for Park Jin-young's evaluation.

Park Jin-young turned to look at Chen Yan and suddenly asked, "Did Xiao Yan break up with his girlfriend recently?"

"what?"

Chen Yan was a little dumbfounded, not expecting Park Jin-young to suddenly say such a thing.

He quickly waved his hand: "No, senior, I didn't break up."

He has a good relationship with Kim Tae-yeon's older sister and Choi Sulli.

"Oh, you didn't break up. Looking at the lyrics of this song, I thought you had encountered some kind of change in your relationship recently, Xiaoyan."

Because Chen Yan's song "A Certain Spring Day" is a sad love song, the lyrics describe how men cry and laugh every day because of women.

Park Jin-young nodded, then suddenly changed the subject: "So Xiao Yan has a girlfriend, right?"

"Forehead"

Chen Yan was speechless. He couldn't reveal who his girlfriend was, so he could only respond with a smile.

This guy is even more gossipy than I imagined; he's nothing like a serious club president.

Seeing this, Park Jin-young smiled and then changed the subject back to music, without continuing to talk about relationship issues.

"Xiao Yan's song is very good. I will put it in 2AM's Korean album in March. As for whether it will be the title track, I need to discuss it with other departments before making a decision."

"Thank you, senior."

A few minutes later, Chen Yan walked out of Park Jin-young's office and quietly closed the door.

In the office, Park Jin-young smiled as he looked towards the door, then turned to look at the audio file of "A Certain Spring Day" on the computer screen.

This young man is indeed worth nurturing.

Back on his work floor, Chen Yan sat down at his desk. He moved his finger across the mouse, about to open the music production software.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a red dot jumping in the lower right corner, indicating that he had a new email.

Move your mouse and open your email.

After seeing the sender's name, a hint of surprise flashed in Chen Yan's eyes.

It was an email from SM Entertainment.

He carefully examined the contents of the email.

After a moment, he looked away, his face showing deep thought.

This is a collaboration invitation email.

The content is roughly about SM Entertainment's plan to produce a full-length album for their boy group EXO, and they are now extending collaboration invitations to all the music producers and composers they have worked with.

Lost in thought, the phone beside me rang.

Chen Yan picked up the phone, and the caller ID showed the words "Director Lin".

This is the same Mr. Lim, the music department manager I met a few times when I went to SM to discuss collaborations.

Upon answering the phone, Director Lin's voice, tinged with a slight smile, rang out: "Chen Yanxi, have you received our company's email?"

"I received the email from Director Lin and just finished reading it."

"That's good. After our last collaboration, I know that Chen Yanxi is a very talented young man. This time, Director Lee Soo-man will personally serve as the producer for the album. Chen Yanxi might as well give it a try. I look forward to our collaboration again."

"Okay, I'll try my best. Thank you, Director Lin."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan looked at the email on his computer screen, his phone unconsciously spinning in his hand.

Lee Soo-man is personally producing this album, so it seems SM Entertainment values ​​it highly.

This is indeed a great opportunity.

If your own songs can be included in the recording, the benefits will be significant.

Having set his next goal, Chen Yan snapped out of his reverie after a brief moment of thought.

Scroll down and search for EXO in your browser.

This group is a new boy group that just debuted on April 8th of this year. The group has a total of 12 members, and there are 3 Chinese members among them.

The team is also divided into EXO-K and EXO-M, and they are active in both the Korean Peninsula and China.

As Chen Yan browsed the information, he thought to himself that Director Lee Soo-man was indeed quite ambitious and had a very forward-looking vision.

This is already the second boy band under his command to officially break into the market.

The first one was Super Junior, but later that Chinese member forcibly terminated the contract and returned to China. At that time, that incident was just like TVXQ's contract termination, which caused a great uproar.

As Chen Yan continued browsing the information, his eyes narrowed when they landed on the name Byun Baekhyun.

Meanwhile, in the office of the head of SM's music department.

Director Lin put down the phone, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

The fact that he made a phone call personally after having his secretary send an email was indeed somewhat of a gesture of goodwill.

But that wasn't his main objective.

Although Chen Yan is indeed talented, he hasn't achieved much yet, so it's not really necessary for me to personally call and befriend him.

The main reason is that the young man's background is not simple.

Director Lin's gaze fell on the business card on the table.

Peninsula Sejong Law Firm – Kang Sung-woo.

The lawyer who accompanied Chen Yan to sign the contract last time was the real reason he made this call.

A top-tier legal network is very useful in the peninsula region.

Judging from the conversation between the lawyer who came last time and the young man Chen Yan, their relationship was clearly more than just that of a lawyer and his client.

Now I just make a quick phone call, it takes less than two minutes, but this investment in goodwill is definitely worthwhile.

(End of this chapter)