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

Chapter 245 New Song Release (Seeking Double Monthly Tickets on the Last Day!)

2012年12月31号的晚上11点45分。

As usual, Chen Yan did not go to bed and remained sitting at his desk.

The computer screen displayed the Melon website. Chen Yan looked down at his phone, scrolling through his phone, quietly waiting for midnight to arrive.

The audio of "I Got a Boy" will be officially released after midnight.

When composing the song "Peach" for Lee Ji-eun, Chen Yan was sitting at his desk just like he is now, waiting for the release of the audio at midnight.

But this time, I felt even more excited than before.

After all, "I Got a Boy" was the first song he produced, making it even more significant for him.

Unfortunately, unlike last time when Kim Tae-yeon and Choi Sulli kept him company while he waited, this time neither of them could reply to his messages promptly.

Because the two were participating in MBC's year-end music festival, it was difficult for them to even look at their phones.

At this moment, Chen Yan was somewhat surprised to find that he couldn't find a single acquaintance to chat with that night.

Because the people I usually chat with are all unavailable tonight.

Leaving aside Kim Tae-yeon and Choi Sulli, Lim Yoon-ah and Lee Ji-eun also participated in MBC's Gayo Daejeon.

Even Bae Suzy, whom we've been chatting with occasionally lately, is no exception.

As for his good brother Park In-jae
New Year's Eve, December 31st, is a time for young men and women to have fun and indulge themselves. I wonder which bar he's in right now, having a good time.

Chen Yan scrolled through Kakao's contact list with some boredom, secretly wondering if his social circle was too narrow.

The list is almost entirely made up of popular celebrities, and the rest are colleagues from the company.

At that moment, a message pop-up appeared at the top of the phone.

Lim Nayeon: Oppa, are you asleep?
Chen Yan smiled when he saw the message.

My social circle isn't that narrow either; there are four trainee girls here too.

When he asked Sana Minatozaki and Momo to help him translate lyrics last time, he also included Nayeon Lim and Jeongyeon Yoo's translations.

Chen Yan: Not yet, Nayeon, aren't you going to sleep yet?

At that moment, on the other end of the phone, inside a trainee dormitory at JYP Entertainment.

Lim Nayeon lay on the bed, grinned after seeing Chen Yan reply to her message, and nudged Minatozaki Sana next to her with her elbow.

"Sana, oppa is still awake. He's probably waiting for the release of the song he wrote for the Girls' Generation seniors."

Upon hearing this, Sana Minatozaki, who was standing next to her, immediately turned over and brought her head closer.

Nayeon called out to the other bed next to her, "Jeongyeon, Momo, oppa isn't asleep yet, come chat with oppa!"

Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone in Minatozaki Sana's dorm has left. Lim Nayeon and Yoo Jeongyeon deliberately stayed behind to spend New Year's Eve with their two foreign friends.

For this reason, they even made a special trip to Minatozaki Sana's dormitory.

As for the lack of beds...
Why not just lie on the same bed with your girlfriends like this and stick together?

Yoo Jeongyeon's response came the next second: "Nayeon unnie, how are the four of you supposed to talk to oppa? You and Sana can talk to oppa, I won't go over. Just give oppa my and Momo's greetings for me."

"Oh, okay."

Lim Nayeon responded and typed on her phone: Hehe, oppa, are you waiting for the release of Girls' Generation's new song?

Chen Yan oppa: Yeah.

Lim Nayeon: The four of us are waiting too! We're going to buy music to support oppa and our seniors as soon as midnight strikes! [Rabbit fist emoji]

Over this period of time, the girls have become familiar with Chen Yan and know that his new song will be released tonight, so they have decided to support him.

Although the Girls' Generation members are popular enough that they don't lack the support of these four, it's still a token of their appreciation. Chen Yan oppa: Hahahaha, thank you guys then.

While chatting with Lim Nayeon, time flew by and it was already midnight on January 1st.

As the time approached, Chen Yan did not immediately check the release status of "I Got a Boy" on the Melon website. Instead, he sent New Year's greetings to Kim Tae-yeon and Choi Sulli.

After sending messages to the two of them, he seemed to remember something, hovering his finger over the screen for a few seconds before finding Yoona's profile picture and sending her a Happy New Year message as well.

After sending the message, Chen Yan put his phone aside and turned to look at the computer screen, reading the comments under "I Got a Boy".

Only a few minutes after the music was released, there were already dozens of comments under the song, and the number is still increasing rapidly, which fully demonstrates Girls' Generation's popularity.

Quickly skimming through the comments about the check-ins, Chen Yan finally found a few comments evaluating the songs, and the number of these comments kept increasing as he refreshed the page.

Chen Yan refreshed the page and read dozens of comments, which were generally mixed.

Some people think this song has a novel style and avant-garde flair, representing another bold attempt by Girls' Generation.

However, some people cannot accept this style and feel that this song is not as good as Girls' Generation's previous songs.

After reading the comments, Chen Yan remained calm.

Such polarized evaluations were actually within his expectations.

"I Got a Boy" is a patchwork song with a style that leans more towards the West, which is somewhat different from the K-pop style popular in the Peninsula market. It's normal that some people don't like it.

It was 1 a.m. again. Chen Yan swiped his mouse to refresh the Melon real-time rankings.

Girls' Generation's "I Got a Boy" has topped the real-time music charts!

Melon's real-time rankings are refreshed every hour.

"Airdrop" refers to the ranking on the real-time charts within the first hour after a song's release, and it's a result that heavily tests a person's number of fans and their popularity with casual listeners.

Upon seeing this result, Chen Yan couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Although he knew that with Girls' Generation's current popularity as a national girl group, achieving this feat wouldn't be too difficult, it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous at all before seeing the results.

A smile crept across Chen Yan's face. He knew he had taken another crucial step in the music industry, and with this song, he would further increase his fame within the circle.

"Adu"

The phone then beeped with a message notification.

Lim Nayeon: Congratulations oppa! Your new song debuted at number one on the real-time charts, oppa is awesome! Girls' Generation's seniors are awesome too!
Chen Yan: Thank you. It's very late now, you should go and get some rest.

Lim Nayeon: Received! [Rabbit salutes]

After lightly tapping her phone screen to reply to the message, Lim Nayeon didn't immediately put down her phone and go to sleep. Instead, she continued scrolling through the comments under the song "I Got a Boy".

While watching, I exclaimed, "Wow, the popularity of Girls' Generation is terrifying!"

As she spoke, she murmured, "If I debut in the future, I hope I can have half the popularity of my Girls' Generation seniors."

Sana Minatozaki, who was standing next to her, encouraged her, "You can do it, Nayeon unnie."

Nayeon flashed her two rabbit teeth and reached out to hug Sana Minatozaki next to her: "Sana can do it too. She will definitely become a popular artist in the future. Maybe we will even debut together."

Then she turned to the other side and said, "Jeongyeon and Momo are the same. Everyone will become a big star in the future, and after we debut, oppa might even write songs for us."

"Good good."

Yoo Jeongyeon's somewhat perfunctory voice came through: "But it's time to sleep now, Nayeon-ssi, the rising star."

"Hey! Yoo Jeongyeon, can you be any more perfunctory?!"

"Hahahahahaha."

(End of this chapter)