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

Chapter 448 The Downsides of Spoiling the Future
"Ding"

The elevator doors opened on the working floor, and Chen Yan stepped out.

"I'm home."

It was lunch break, so several colleagues were resting. When they saw him return, they all greeted him with smiles.

Chen Yan nodded, and seeing them gathered together, asked curiously, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

“I was just about to tell them, and you’ve come back just in time.”

Choi Minhyuk waved to him: "Come over and let's chat."

"it is good."

After agreeing, Chen Yan walked to his workstation and sat down, then slid his chair next to Cui Minhe.

Choi Minhyuk glanced at the others, leaned slightly forward, and whispered:

"The company submitted its listing intention to the Peninsula Financial Supervisory Institute and the stock exchange some time ago, and the roadshow has started in the past few days. They said that it will be listed again on June 4th, a few days from now."

JYP actually went public as early as 2001, but later, due to the departure of its top artist Rain, the company's poor performance, coupled with Wonder Girls' failed attempt to enter the US market, the company was burdened with huge debts and was eventually delisted.

So this is JYP's second relisting.

Upon hearing this, none of the colleagues showed any surprise. They had heard about the matter and had been paying attention to it for the past two days, after all, it was their own company.

Chen Yan showed no surprise whatsoever. He had learned about JYP's IPO on June 4th several months ago through his dream.

It's safe to say that, apart from JYP's top management, no one is paying closer attention to JYP's IPO than him.

The family has been making preparations, waiting for LOEN to sell his JYP shares and for JYP's stock price to plummet so they can acquire the shares.

To avoid unnecessary suspicion and trouble, the family won't wait until JYP's stock price plummets before making a full-scale acquisition.

Instead, they have been slowly and steadily acquiring JYP shares during this period, showing a strong interest in JYP's stock.

As for what Chen Yan told his family...

He simply analyzed the subtle relationship between JYP and LOEN with Chen's father, and finally concluded that LOEN might maliciously sell off JYP shares after JYP went public, and that was enough.

Choi Minhyuk smiled at the group and said, "How about it? Interested in buying some stocks? I heard that investors outside are quite optimistic about the company's IPO because of Suzy's rise to fame and our up-and-coming producer Chen Yan."

Several colleagues nodded thoughtfully: "It's definitely worth buying some, even a small amount, so you won't lose too much."

Choi Minhyuk raised an eyebrow at Chen Yan: "Chen Yan, you're mentioned in our company's prospectus, so you should definitely buy some shares, right?"

Chen Yan grinned: "Of course I have to buy it, just to support myself."

He not only wants to buy, but he wants to buy a lot.

"Hahahaha"

The group smiled upon hearing this, chatted for a while, and then, seeing that it was time to start work, returned to their workstations.

Chen Yan didn't stay at his workstation for long. He picked up the notebook on the table and then got up and walked towards a large conference room not far away.

The afternoon session was the first pre-conference for Lee Sunmi's solo album. She was going to explain her envisioned album concept and style to the attendees.

Attendees included Park Jin-young, representatives from the AR and PR departments, as well as Lee Sun-mi and her manager.

Pushing open the door to the large conference room, one finds staff already setting up the room. Upon seeing Chen Yan enter, they quickly bowed in greeting.

Chen Yan smiled and returned the greeting, then walked to the head seat on the left side of the conference table, flipped through the concepts and positioning he had written down in his notebook, and waited for the others to come over.

About two minutes later, the meeting room door was pushed open again, and Lee Sunmi and her manager walked in.

Seeing Chen Yan sitting there, the two quickly came over to greet him, and Li Xuanmei sat down next to Chen Yan.

"Chen Yan oppa, you're here so early!"

After several meetings and chats, plus Chen Yan's Japanese-style joke of "You didn't want to either," the two had become much closer, so Lee Sunmi started calling Chen Yan "oppa."

Chen Yan is indeed two years older than her, so there's nothing wrong with calling him "oppa".

"It wasn't very early, only two minutes earlier than you."

With a smile, Chen Yan replied, his gaze sweeping over the girl.

Lee Sunmi was wearing a blue floral mini-skirt today, and her perfect legs were still being displayed confidently in front of Chen Yan.

She was wearing a pair of high-heeled sandals, and her fair toes, which I had seen before, came into view again, but this time her toenails were painted with dark blue nail polish.

But because of the girl's fair skin, she still retained her allure.

Her overall outfit, paired with her fresh makeup, gave her a more charming and adorable look compared to before.

Two seconds later, Chen Yan's gaze shifted to the girl's beautiful eyes, and he praised, "You're still very beautiful today."

Lee Sunmi smiled shyly: "Thank you, oppa."

The two chatted for a few minutes, and then the meeting room door was pushed open again, and Park Jin-young and people from two departments walked in.

Park Jin-young smiled at Chen Yan and Lee Sun-mi, then sat down in the main seat in the middle.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, he said, "Let's begin."

After speaking, he turned to look at Chen Yan and nodded slightly.

Chen Yan understood, stood up, looked at everyone, and then began to explain his concept and style positioning for Lee Sunmi's solo album, using the PowerPoint presentation.

"Regarding the concept of Sunmi's solo album, I've combined Sunmi's personal experiences and initially decided to define the album concept as 'transformation' and 'glorious comeback'."

Two lines of artistic text appeared on the PPT on the projector screen at just the right moment.

“This solo album marks Sunmi’s return to the music scene after several years, so I hope that Sunmi’s fans and the general public can see a different Lee Sunmi in this album, a transformed Lee Sunmi.”

"At the same time, I also hope that Sunmi's comeback after several years will be a glamorous return that will bring surprises to the public, which is why this concept came about."

In the conference room, everyone, including Park Jin-young, nodded slightly involuntarily.

"Based on the current K-pop market trends, and considering Sunmi's own characteristics and personal qualities, I suggest that Sunmi adopt a more sexy style that showcases a healthy figure."

About ten minutes later, Chen Yan finished his explanation.

Park Jin-young looked at the others in the meeting room: "Does anyone have any opinions?"

The head of the AR department said, "The AR department has no objections. The album concept and style conceived by Chen PDnim are very much in line with Sunmi's personality, and there is no problem with his control over the market."

The head of the publicity department then spoke up: "There's no problem on the publicity department's side either."

Park Jin-young nodded, then looked at Lee Sunmi next to Chen Yan: "What do you think, Sunmi?" Lee Sunmi shook her head with bright eyes: "I have no problem with it. I really like the album concept that Chen PDnim came up with, and I also have no problem with the style positioning."

Chen Yan's album concept is indeed what she wanted to achieve with this comeback.

Furthermore, she stopped calling Chen Yan "oppa" and understood that she should use his title when working.

“Okay, I don’t think there’s any problem either. Xiaoyan, you can continue to plan the album according to this concept and style. The songs are also yours.”

Chen Yan nodded, and then said, "President, I'd like to postpone Sunmi's comeback by a month, from early August to early September."

Park Jin-young paused, then asked, "Is there a reason?"

"I have another song to release in early August, and it's never good for two songs to come out at the same time."

Sensing the implication, Park Jin-young raised an eyebrow: "You think that song will do very well?"

Chen Yan smiled but remained silent.

It's not just good, it's absolutely amazing!

In early August, his song "Growl," which he wrote for EXO, will also be released. It was the song that won Album of the Year in 2013.

Released in August, it won Best Album at the end of the year, so there's no doubt about how popular the songs are.

Even Psy's "Gangnam Style," which became a global sensation last year, was surpassed by "Gentleman," released in April. This shows just how popular the song was.

But he couldn't say this to Park Jin-young; it all depended on whether Park Jin-young believed his judgment.

He learned about this from Kim Tae-yeon and Im Yoon-ah during a casual chat some time ago.

At the time, we were talking about how he was going to try to independently plan and produce Lee Sunmi's solo album, and that she would be making a comeback in early August.

Knowing that he also had another song, "Roar," to be released around the same time, the two told him about the success of "Roar" from their memories.

According to their plan, they would not use their future memories to interfere too much with Chen Yan's career.

For example, if Chen Yan doesn't ask him what famous songs he wrote, Kim Tae-yeon and Im Yoon-ah won't tell him what kind of success the songs will likely achieve.

Although they had already gone through it once, Chen Yan had not. If the result was told to Chen Yan directly, it would be equivalent to spoiling the future.

Spoilers are something most people hate because they completely destroy the anticipation that should exist.

Repeated occurrences of this are definitely not a good thing for Chen Yan; they are tantamount to undermining the integrity of his life to some extent.

It's a terrible thing when a person's life is devoid of the sense of anticipation they should have.

Although Chen Yan's dream could be considered a spoiler for the future, it was fragmented.

He didn't know what happened in between that led to the future development of that fragment.

That means it didn't destroy the sense of anticipation; on the contrary, it increased it to some extent.

But the song's performance is different; once you mention that, that sense of anticipation disappears completely.

After the two women shared their ideas with Chen Yan, he agreed with them. He would never ask them how a song would perform after he had written it.

It's only because of things like this that might affect Chen Yan's future career development that Kim Tae-yeon and Im Yoon-ah would mention it to him.

Back to the topic.

Seeing Chen Yan smile and remain silent, Park Jin-young understood and turned to look at Lee Sun-mi.

What does Xuanmei think?

Lee Sunmi glanced at Chen Yan beside her and quickly replied, "I will follow PD-nim Chen's arrangements."

She still trusted Chen Yan quite a bit, knowing that he was unlikely to speak without reason.

Park Jin-young nodded thoughtfully, then turned to the others in the meeting room: "Then let's listen to Xiaoyan and postpone Sunmi's comeback to early September. The company doesn't have any other artists scheduled to come back in September, so there won't be any conflict."

The other attendees nodded and then went on to modify the important change in the meeting minutes.

Seeing that Park Jin-young agreed, Chen Yan's smile widened.

After all, this was his first time planning and producing an album, and he hoped that the album would achieve good results, not only for Lee Sunmi but also for himself.

That would also be beneficial to one's career development, so it's better to avoid "Roar" if possible.

Of course, if Park Jin-young doesn't agree, then he can only proceed according to the original plan.

Just then, Park Jin-young was seen muttering to himself as he wrote something, "Good songs should be reserved for the company first."

There was a hint of resentment in his tone.

The meeting room was quite quiet, so everyone, including Chen Yan, heard what he said and couldn't help but smile.

Chen Yan used a more affectionate title: "Brother Zhenying, that song was written based on their album's positioning. In the future, if there are any good songs, we will definitely give priority to the company."

After a while, once he becomes a director of JYP, JYP will essentially be his own company. Giving good songs to the company's artists and allowing the company to continue to grow and expand will be more in his best interest.

Moreover, doing so would make it easier for him to gain a foothold in the company and increase his influence.

Park Jin-young smiled and said, "Okay, just tell me which artist in the company you're interested in, and I'll arrange their comeback."

Half an hour later, the meeting ended, and everyone got up and left the meeting room.

Park Jin-young didn't talk to Chen Yan much, he just smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and then left.

He still has to deal with the company's IPO, so the fact that he was able to take the time to attend this meeting already fully demonstrates how much he values ​​Chen Yan.

Chen Yan, Li Xuanmei, and her agent were left standing at the meeting room door.

Seeing the girl smile, Chen Yan said, "Thank you for believing in me, Xuanmei."

Lee Sunmi quickly waved her hand, "Don't say that, Chen Yan oppa. I just trust your professional judgment."

The three chatted as they walked to the elevator. The girl looked at Chen Yan and said, "Then I'll go back and practice first, Chen Yan oppa. Just call me if you need my help."

"it is good."

Lee Sunmi smiled back, turned around, and reached out to press the elevator button.

A few seconds later, the elevator arrived at the floor and the doors slowly opened.

Inside, there was already a tall figure. Just as she was about to come out, she saw Chen Yan and Li Xuanmei outside and instinctively paused for a moment.

"Oppa, Sunmi unnie."

(End of this chapter)