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

Chapter 300 Star Music Producer Project

The morning sun pierced through the clouds, ushering in a new day for the city of Seoul.

Tall trees line both sides of the street, with tender buds sprouting on their branches, marking Seoul's entry into early spring in March.

Bathed in the early spring sunshine, Chen Yan stepped into the JYP building.

I took the elevator to my work floor, greeted a few colleagues who had arrived earlier, and hadn't been sitting at my desk for long when someone patted me on the shoulder from behind.

Choi Minhyuk walked over to him, leaned against the table, looked at him, and smiled as he said:

"Congratulations Chen Yan, 2AM's 'A Certain Spring Day' has achieved very good results on the music charts."

"Thank you."

Chen Yan smiled back. The song he wrote for 2am, "A Certain Spring Day," was officially released last night at midnight.

And it continued its upward trajectory, remaining firmly in the top ten of the real-time charts on major music streaming platforms in Taiwan, such as Melon, Genie, and Bug, by morning.

Although it didn't hold the top spot as firmly as Girls' Generation's "I Got a Boy" did back then, this result is still quite good.

After all, not everyone can have the terrifying popularity of Girls' Generation.

After exchanging a few more words with Choi Minhyuk, he returned to his workstation.

Chen Yan got up, went to the tea room to get a cup of water, and then turned on his computer, logged onto Melon, and started reading the comments on the song "A Certain Spring Day".

This song truly captures the melancholy of spring; no wonder it's from the ballad boy band 2AM.

Spring is here, and 2AM is singing ballads again. Spring truly belongs to 2AM.

This song is about the sadness of losing a loved one in early spring, and it reminded me of my ex-girlfriend whom I broke up with around this time last year.

Chen Yan slowly scrolled down through the comments.

Has nobody noticed that the songwriter, composer, and music producer of this song is Yan? He also produced "So Bad" on 2PM's Japanese album last month.

[IU fan passing by! This music producer also collaborated with IU on the song "Peach." Everyone should check it out; it's a really nice song.]

[A Girls' Generation fan passing by; the song "I Got a Boy" was also produced by this music producer.]

As Chen Yan scrolled down the page, he saw many comments about him, the music producer, interspersed among the song reviews.

Actually, when 2PM released their song "So Bad" last month, he saw similar comments in the song's comment section.

There weren't many comments back then, but now there are many more.

"Could it be that I've already gained some recognition among the fans of these groups?"

Chen Yan muttered to himself, a thoughtful expression on his face.

After thinking for a moment, he opened several other mainstream music streaming sites and found that there were similar comments in the comment sections under the songs, only there were not as many as on Melon.

"Ah-du"

My phone suddenly beeped with a message notification.

Chen Yan picked up the phone and glanced at it.

Park Jin-young: Xiao Yan, come to my office for a moment.

After replying to the message, Chen Yan immediately got up and walked towards the elevator.

Arriving at the president's office on the top floor, I raised my hand and knocked on the door.

"Enter."

“PDnim, you were looking for me.”

"Oh, Xiaoyan, come, sit down."

Park Jin-young smiled and gestured for Chen Yan to sit down opposite him.

He glanced at the handsome young man in front of him, and a glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.

What a promising talent! It's a pity Chen Yan didn't want to debut as an artist, otherwise he could have really become the next Park Jin-young.

But it's okay, you can still become a star producer even if you don't debut as an artist. A thought flashed through his mind, and Park Jin-young looked at Chen Yan and smiled, "Congratulations, Xiao Yan, the music chart results for 'A Certain Spring Day' are very good, and 2AM's fans also like that song very much."

As he spoke, he turned the computer screen next to him toward Chen Yan, which showed 2AM fans discussing the song "A Certain Spring Day" in their fanscub.

"Brother Zhenying, you flatter me."

Chen Yan said modestly.

Park Jin-young smiled upon seeing this, then pondered for a moment before saying, "Actually, I called you here because there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

"You say."

"Because you've released a lot of hit songs in the past few months, and collaborated with popular artists like IU and Girls' Generation, the company's public relations department has noticed that many fans online are already curious about you."

"So I discussed it with the public relations department and we were thinking about whether we could develop and manage you into a star music producer. We would like to ask for your opinion."

Chen Yan paused for a moment: "A celebrity music producer, huh?"

Park Jin-young smiled and nodded: "Yes."

In fact, this was originally his plan to gradually develop Chen Yan into a star music producer, thereby expanding the company's influence and helping the company go public.

He had discussed this plan with the public relations department at the end of January, and it was officially implemented when the 2pm daily special was released in February.

It just so happens that the song "So Bad" on the Japanese album is Chen Yan's work, and "A Certain Spring Day" by 2am will also be released in March.

This is a good opportunity to spark a small discussion first, and let the public relations department release some information, such as that the music producer is actually very young and handsome.

As Park Jin-young just mentioned, there are already quite a few fans online discussing the matter of Chen Yan, some of which is true and some is false.

There are indeed many people discussing this online, but some of them are paid trolls hired by JYP's PR department.

The goal was to show Chen Yan the specifics of the situation and make him understand the feasibility of the matter, so that he would agree to his plan.

"Of course, this is not to make you a singer, but to develop you into a music producer similar to Shinsadong Tiger. Your appearance will be published on the company's official website."

Park Jin-young then explained that this was the main reason he had called Chen Yan over.

After all, revealing his appearance would definitely have some impact on Chen Yan's daily life, so his opinion must have been sought first.

Otherwise, if this matter causes a rift between us and Chen Yan, and he leaves the company, it would be a loss.

The young man in front of us is a treasure; we can't let him go.

Chen Yan roughly understood Park Jin-young's meaning and also roughly realized the impact this plan might have on his life.

He hesitated for a moment, neither directly refusing nor agreeing: "Brother Zhenying, can I think about it carefully first and give you an answer in a couple of days?"

This is no small matter, and he plans to discuss it with his family, including Kim Tae-yeon, before making a decision.

Park Jin-young nodded: "Of course, there's no rush. Xiao Yan, you can think it over carefully before giving me an answer. The company will respect your opinion."

If Chen Yan refuses to reveal his appearance, that's fine too; there are ways to avoid doing so.

It's just that her outstanding face didn't help her gain popularity as quickly as others in a society like the Korean Peninsula that values ​​appearance.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Zhenying."

Chen Yan then chatted with Park Jin-young for a while before getting up and leaving the office with a thoughtful expression.

As night fell, in Cheongdam-dong, in the residential area where Chen Yan lived.

"Ding"

The elevator doors slowly opened on the 12th floor, and a tall figure stepped out.

Turning to look at Chen Yan's door on the right, a sly smile flashed in her beautiful eyes, and then she raised her hand and rang the doorbell.

A few seconds later, the door opened.

Chen Yan looked at the figure in front of him with some surprise: "What are you doing here?!"

(End of this chapter)