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

Chapter 333 Peach: Not a single one of you will escape! (3000-word chapter)
A few hours later, night began to fall.

Cheongdam-dong, inside f(x)'s dormitory.

The door to the room opened, and Choi Sulli, who had just taken a shower and dried her hair, walked in.

Seeing Krystal Jung lying on her bed, clutching her phone, looking dazed and with unfocused pupils, she smiled.

Ever since she came back from the company meeting in the afternoon, this girl has been in a state of frequent absent-mindedness.

Sulli could probably guess what Krystal was thinking, or rather, what she was struggling with.

However, no matter what outsiders say, it's useless; in the end, you have to figure it out yourself.

So she didn't say anything to disturb them, kicked off her slippers, got into bed, and picked up her phone from the side.

After thinking for a moment, she opened Kakao and clicked on the profile picture of the person whose nickname was "Ji-eun (candidate number one)".

Finger taps rapidly on the screen: Ji-eun, are you busy?
The message was marked as read a second after it was sent, indicating that Lee Ji-eun was clearly not busy.

Ji-eun: I just finished filming a scene and am resting. What's wrong, Peach? Is something the matter?
Choi Sulli smiled slightly: It's nothing, I just saw oppa at the company this afternoon.

Ji-eun: Oppa? Has he collaborated with your company again?
Peach: Yes, guess who it is this time?

Meanwhile, on the other side of Seoul, Lee Ji-eun, who was filming on location, was slightly taken aback by the subtle hint of boasting in those words.

She wasn't stupid; she realized it in the next second: oppa wrote a song for you guys?

Peach: Yes, it's the title track of our second full-length album, and the album concept was even suggested by oppa. It's called "First Love".

"First love, you know."

Lee Ji-eun murmured, "Could it be a song that oppa wrote especially for Taozi?"

Then another message popped up in the chat box, confirming her guess.

Peach: Oppa said that the inspiration for this song and the album concept came from me.

really.

Lee Ji-eun pursed her lips slightly. Before she could reply to the message, Choi Sulli sent another message.

Peach: And oppa will not only be the producer of our title track, but he'll also be involved in our album planning! I'll be able to see oppa more often at the company, hehe~
The words were filled with joy; the girl seemed to be simply sharing something happy with her friend.

However, looking at her best friend's post, Lee Ji-eun didn't know why, but she couldn't bring herself to laugh.

I looked up and saw the film set full of staff members moving around.

Even though there were many people around, she still felt a little lonely.

"Unlike Peach, who always has an oppa by her side while she's working, that's so nice."

The girl murmured to herself, somewhat lost in thought, a surge of envy welling up inside her.

Looking down at her phone, Lee Ji-eun pursed her lips and tapped her fingers rapidly on the screen, sending a message that was half true and half false.

Ji-eun: Oh! Peach, if you keep doing this, I'm really going to get jealous!
On the other end of the phone, Choi Sulli leaned against the headboard, looking at the message Lee Ji-eun replied to in the chat box, a slight smile playing on her lips.

Jealousy is hard to define, but envy is definitely there, and quite a lot of it.

Thinking about the ten-odd seconds between when Lee Ji-eun read the message and when she replied, the girl's lips curled up a little more.

After chatting for a while, Lee Ji-eun ended the conversation by saying she didn't know if it was true or not that she was going to be filming a movie.

Satisfied, Choi Sulli put down her phone and smiled happily.

"You seem to be having a good chat, Sherry."

Suddenly, Krystal Jung's voice rang out from the side.

Turning her head, she met Krystal Jung's eyes, which held a complex expression.

"Yeah, I just had a nice chat with Ji-eun about some happy things."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Krystal Jung's eyes instantly became clearer.

She thought Shirley was chatting with Chen Yan just now.

Standing to the side, Choi Sulli looked at this little iceberg and suddenly thought of something.

Her bright, large eyes darted around, and she smiled as she spoke:

"Soojung, are you going to oppa's birthday party? Oppa will probably throw a small party at home."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of interest flashed in Krystal Jung's eyes, but then, as if remembering something, she replied somewhat awkwardly:

"I'll see when the time comes. I don't know if I'll be free then."

She had previously decided that unless absolutely necessary, she would try to avoid meeting Chen Yan, allowing her feelings for him to gradually fade away.

Afternoon meetings are necessary for work, but birthday parties are not.

Although she really wanted to go, the more she wanted to, the less she could go; otherwise, how could she let her feelings for him fade away?

Choi Sulli seemed to sense the girl's insincerity and continued, "Oh, of course I'm talking about situations where it's possible. If it's feasible, let's go together, okay?"

Then she added, "You and oppa are very good friends, so of course you should go if you have time. This is the first birthday you've celebrated with oppa since you met him."

The girl seemed to emphasize the word "friend".

When those two words reached Krystal Jung's ears, her eyes immediately sparkled.

Friends, you know.

That makes sense. She and Chen Yan were friends, so there's nothing wrong with her attending his birthday party.

As for liking him.
I've liked it for so long anyway, what's another ten days?

I can always slowly let go of these feelings after his birthday. After all, he's the first man I've ever liked. Just helping him celebrate his birthday will be a perfect way to end this relationship.

Within seconds, several reasons to convince her popped into the girl's mind, and she convinced herself.

She quickly made up her mind, but said aloud, "We'll see when the time comes. I'll go when I have time, and if I don't, I'll prepare a gift for him. You can take it to him for me."

After saying that, she immediately turned her back to Choi Sulli and picked up her phone.

Shirley said she was going to give Chen Yan clothes this afternoon, so what kind of birthday present should I give him? Time is running out, I need to think of something quickly.

Behind her, Choi Sulli looked at Jung Soo-jung's back as she turned away, a sly smile flashing in her beautiful eyes.

She knew this would happen.

Once something is given a different name, the bottom line that was originally held firm will immediately begin to loosen, and then without outsiders having to do much, she will convince herself.

She knows this best.

Back then, wasn't she just trying to stay by oppa's side, so she used the title of "little sister" to convince herself?

It's just that Krystal is using the guise of "friends" now, but in essence, both are just deceiving themselves.

Looking at Krystal Jung's back, then glancing down at her phone, the girl wrinkled her cute little nose and inwardly snorted.

Hmph, none of them will escape!
Then you'll all have to call me unnie, hehe~
The following morning, JYP Company.

Chen Yan came out of the president's office, closed the door gently, and then turned and walked towards the elevator.

I took the elevator back to my work floor and sat down at my workstation.

Looking at the computer screen and tapping the desktop with his fingers, Chen Yan mentally organized the content of his conversation with Park Jin-young in the office.

He just spoke with Park Jin-young in the office about his own future operations.

Since that night when the hype exploded, he has indeed become another facet of JYP Entertainment.

In the past few days, K-pop fans, including some casual observers, have been discussing JYP online, and inevitably, they've all talked about him, JYP's up-and-coming music producer.

It can be said that the celebrity producer program has been a success. Chen Yan is no longer an artist, but his popularity and media attention are no less than those of an artist.

Therefore, Park Jin-young called him over in the morning to discuss the follow-up operations.

Having popularity and buzz doesn't mean you can stop doing anything afterward; you still need to maintain a proper level of engagement.

Just like idol artists, they are all planned and managed by companies behind the scenes in order to maintain and increase the artists' popularity and keep them popular as long as possible.

Otherwise, these things will disappear over time.

Chen Yan also understands this principle.

So after discussing it with Park Jin-young, we decided to hand over our SNS accounts to JYP's operations department for joint management.

The operations department is responsible for maintaining the account's daily activity, while he himself can log in to the account to post some updates and interact with the fans when he has free time.

When it comes to privacy and sensitive topics, the operations department will consult him beforehand before publishing the content.

Besides the account issue, there's also the matter of his paid fansclub, or paid fan club.

Yes, he also has his own paid fan club.

It was just established two days ago. Chen Yan even knows the people who founded this club; they are the three high school girls he met at the coffee shop that day.

The reason is simple: all three girls saw their idol IU's post that day.

God knows how excited those three girls were when they saw their photo with Chen Yan appear in their IUSNS posts.

Although their faces were blurred, they all knew it was a way to protect them.

The three of them only went up to say hello and take a group photo on a whim because they thought Chen Yan was handsome.

Unexpectedly, this oppa was so good at getting along with people; he actually sent the photo to his idol, IU, and then posted it on his social media account.

So the three girls were excited all night and finally decided to become die-hard fans of Lee Ji-eun and Chen Yan.

Then, when they saw Chen Yan's popularity explode but no one had built a fan club, the three girls from well-off families got together and decided to help Chen Yan build one.

After two days, the number of paying members in this fan club has reached more than 5000.

This number is far less than the 6+ followers on Chen Yan's SNS account.

However, this is mainly because Chen Yan himself and JYP did not promote it, which led to many people not knowing that such a fan club existed.

Furthermore, fan clubs require payment to register and join, so it's normal for the number of members to be relatively small.

Even now, when Girls' Generation is at the height of their popularity on the Korean Peninsula, their fan club only has a little over 20 members.

After all, free things are always the best.

Chen Yan originally felt that fan clubs were unnecessary, but Park Jin-young said that they were a manifestation of his influence and suggested that he keep them.

After that, he wouldn't need to manage it; the company would assign someone to coordinate with the three girls and manage it together, so he wouldn't have to worry about it.

Now that things have come to this point, Chen Yan naturally wouldn't refuse anymore.

"Adu"

The notification sound then brought Chen Yan back to his senses.

I picked up the phone and saw it was Choi Sulli.

Peach [heart]: Oppa, what are you doing?

Looking at the message, a gentle smile appeared on Chen Yan's lips.

Nothing else matters; the most important thing right now is Little Peach's birthday.

(End of this chapter)