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

Chapter 584 No matter how big, can it be bigger than Lee Soon-kyu's older sister?

However, to Chen Yan's surprise,

Even in a small place like the peninsula, bullets fly much faster.

The morning after the storm of "Roar" began, he, the creator and producer of "Roar," was mentioned by others.

On Naver's trending chart, the phrase "Chen Yan is a well-deserved top music producer" quietly appeared and quickly rose to second place, second only to the top-ranked phrase "EXO's 'Growl' album sales surpass one million," which contained the word "explosive."

This entry wasn't pushed by JYP's PR department behind the scenes; it was first posted by a major EXO fan.

The post was essentially a thank you to Chen Yan for composing the song "Growl" for EXO, which brought EXO their current popularity.

His words were full of gratitude, and he especially praised Chen Yan as an outstanding music producer, truly deserving of the title of top music producer on the peninsula.

Once the post was published, many other EXO fans quickly liked and commented on it, expressing their gratitude to Chen Yan.

They all agreed with the big fan's comments.

After all, from a certain perspective, without Chen Yan's creation of "Roar," their brother wouldn't be so popular today.

As the post gained popularity, more and more EXO fans liked and commented on it, and Chen Yan's fans, as well as fans of other artists who had worked with Chen Yan, also noticed this.

Girls' Generation, IU, Suzy, f(x), miss A, Apink, Girl's Day, Sunmi, etc.

Although this post was made by a big EXO fan, the content of the post actually praised Chen Yan.

If you praise your idol, we'll just glance at it and then immediately leave.

But if you're praising PD Chen, then we totally agree, and we'll give you likes and comments too.

Chen Yan has collaborated with their idols, and their idols have gained popularity to varying degrees because of Chen Yan.

Moreover, Chen Yan has a good relationship with his idol, who is also a top producer who wrote the phenomenal hit song "Roar," so it's essential to be on good terms with him.

Music producers are essentially the big spenders.

If one day someone writes another hit song like "Growl" for their idol, wouldn't their idol take off immediately and become the next EXO?

Several popular fan groups even created their own separate threads to follow suit.

[IU fans, gather here!!! PD Chen just collaborated with IU on three amazing songs, and he's also IU's teacher! We absolutely have to thank him!]

Upon hearing the news, Lee Ji-eun's fans liked and commented on the post, expressing their gratitude to Chen Yan.

then
[Sones, gather here!!!]

【MeUs, gather here!!!】

【Say A's, gather here!!!】

In no time, fans from all sides flocked to the post, liking and commenting non-stop, which made the topic of "[Chen Yan, top music producer]" increasingly popular and discussed.

In the end, some passersby were drawn in, and after seeing the post, most people gave it a thumbs up, and quite a few left comments below.

Clearly, they also acknowledge that Chen Yan is a top music producer on the peninsula.

Already boasting hit songs like "I Got a Boy," "Something," "Nonono," and "First Wisdom Tooth," they now have another phenomenal hit song, "Roar," which helped push the album's sales to over a million copies.

In the entire Peninsula music industry, who dares to say that Chen Yan isn't a top-tier music producer? He is clearly a top-tier music producer recognized even by the general public.

Even after his album "Growl" sold over a million copies, he was slightly more popular than Park Jin-young, who was also a top producer.

After all, Chen Yan is only 24 years old, and Park Jin-young, who is the same age, has not achieved such outstanding results.

As a result, with the support of various parties, the entry for "Chen Yan, a top music producer" firmly occupied the second position on Naver's trending list.

This keyword caught the attention of not only K-pop fans surfing the internet, but also executives from major newspapers and entertainment companies on the peninsula, who then began to consider its implications.

The major newspapers and media outlets on the peninsula were thinking: Oh right, how could we forget about the music producer who created "Roar"?

Chen Yan is not only popular and handsome, but at only 24 years old, he has created a phenomenal hit song like "Roar," making him an absolute prodigy.

He's generating so much buzz and discussion; we absolutely have to arrange an exclusive interview with him.

Meanwhile, the executives at those entertainment companies were thinking: Oh right, how could we have forgotten about this person for a moment?

Although I don't have a boy group like EXO under my management, and my company isn't as powerful as SM, I can still collaborate with Chen Yan.

Although they all know that a phenomenon like "Roar" is the result of the combined influence of various factors, Chen Yan's own creative ability is beyond doubt.

They don't expect Chen Yan to create another song like "Roar," but even a decent, minor hit would be fine.

Given Chen Yan's current popularity and influence, collaborating with him would greatly benefit their artists.

Immediately, executives from major entertainment companies became even more eager to collaborate with Chen Yan.

As a result, interview invitations from major newspapers and media outlets on the Korean Peninsula, as well as cooperation requests from major entertainment companies, all flocked to JYP.

That afternoon, in Park Jin-young's office at JYP Entertainment.

Park Jin-young and Chen Yan sat facing each other at their desks, just as they had yesterday morning.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Park Jin-young smiled so much that his eyes crinkled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened.

He pointed to a pile of documents on his desk: "Xiao Yan, these are collaboration invitations sent this morning from some newspapers and media outlets on the Peninsula, as well as other entertainment companies."

"Just as I predicted yesterday, the fact that the 'Roar' album sold over a million copies has greatly boosted your influence."

Looking at the files on the desktop, Chen Yan smiled helplessly: "Brother Zhenying, I have quite a few of those too."

The magnitude and speed of these people's reaction to this matter were somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Hahaha"

Park Jin-young smiled upon hearing this, then said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yan, just choose a few influential newspapers and media outlets to be interviewed. This will help consolidate your influence. As for the others, forget about them."

Chen Yan nodded.

That's what he was planning too, but he simply didn't have the time to get every single one of them to agree.

"There's no rush for these entertainment company collaboration invitations. Xiao Yan, take your time to choose a few that interest you, and we can collaborate on them later."

For a company to grow better, cooperation with other companies and mutual benefit are essential; going it alone is a major taboo in the business world.

"Okay, I see."

Park Jin-young continued, "We still need to visit the remaining judges of the Golden Disc Awards one by one."

Chen Yan nodded in agreement: "Okay."

That's how it should be.

Although his chances of winning an award have increased significantly now that his "Growl" album has sold over a million copies, he can't skip the basic routine of getting around.

He's not just winning this award once; he's not going to win it again.

Getting to know these judges and interacting with them appropriately won't do him any harm.

Moreover, he had already visited several judges with Park Jin-young before, and if he didn't go to the remaining ones, wouldn't that offend people for no reason?

In the following days, thanks to the popularity of "Growl", Chen Yan was busy giving interviews to various newspapers every day, and also went with Park Jin-young to visit two judges of the Golden Disc Awards.

Both of them showed great enthusiasm for Chen Yan's arrival, and their conversation was very friendly.

This is a manifestation of his growing influence.

The craze for "Growl" hasn't subsided online yet. EXO fans have been going crazy these past few days.

If any anti-fans or fans of other groups say bad things about their idols, they will immediately gather a large army to attack and fight back.

The people who have the most conflicts with them are the fans of Big Bang.

As a veteran popular boy group, they now see a rookie boy group that has only been around for less than two years seemingly trying to take over their idols' thunder. Some EXO fans even say online that EXO is the number one boy group on the Korean Peninsula right now. How can they tolerate this?

As a result, the two fan groups have been embroiled in numerous online battles in the past few days, which have even affected the fan groups of many other groups.

No matter what others say, EXO fans' most common retort is: "Our oppa's album has sold over a million copies, does your idol have that?"

The sarcastic remarks immediately angered the fans of the other groups.

What's interesting is that while EXO's fans have argued with fans of many other artists, there are a few groups they've never argued with.

For example, fans of Girls' Generation, IU, Bae Suzy, and miss A.

Because the leaders of these groups are all known to have a good relationship with Chen Yan.

EXO fans' thoughts are also very simple.

What if we argue with them and Chen Yan finds out? He'll get angry and stop writing songs for our brother.
They actually know very well who they can mess with and who they'd better not mess with.

Don't be fooled by the criticisms some people have of these fans being brainless; actually, they really care about their idols.

Amidst this ongoing surge of enthusiasm, several more days passed quickly, and December 29th arrived in the blink of an eye.

That evening, a white BMW sports car stopped in front of the underground parking garage of the SBS public broadcasting station in Deungchon-dong, Seoul.

Chen Yan rolled down the car window and showed the security guard his pass. The guard immediately let him through, and the car slowly drove into the underground parking garage.

After parking his car in a spot near the elevator entrance, Chen Yan got out and walked towards the elevator.

At the elevator entrance, a familiar figure was already waiting there.

"Oh, PD Park came to greet me personally."

Chen Yan couldn't help but laugh and make a joke.

Park In-jae smiled and joked, "The Peninsula's top music producer, the youngest artist in history to achieve a million-selling album, PD Chen—how could I not come to greet him personally?"

Chen Yan's lips twitched: "Alright, stop bragging. You're giving me goosebumps."

Park In-jae was referring to the headline of an interview he gave to the Dong-A Ilbo a couple of days ago.

When he saw it himself, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig his toes into the ground.

Park In-jae laughed and put his arm around his shoulder: "What's wrong? Can't I just praise you? It's the truth, isn't it?"

As he spoke, he led Chen Yan toward the elevator.

It's the end of another year, and today is the day of the SBS Inkigayo Awards.

As this was his first Inkigayo Battle since becoming the PD of Inkigayo, Park In-jae specially invited his good friend Chen Yan to come and watch.

Chen Yan naturally did not refuse.

Even if Park In-jae hadn't asked, he would have come on his own.

Tonight's Inkigayo Awards features Girls' Generation, f(x), miss A, and IU (Lee Ji-eun). With his whole family gathered, how could he not come?

When they arrived near the backstage area of ​​"Inkigayo", Park In-jae patted Chen Yan on the shoulder.

"You can look around by yourself. I'm going to get busy now. Just call me if you need anything."

Chen Yan nodded: "Okay, you can go ahead and get busy."

After saying goodbye to Park In-jae, he walked towards the backstage entrance.

He's been to Inkigayo many times, he knows it very well, and several of his family members are there too. He has several places to go.

As I walked backstage, I heard a constant stream of voices, and as always, the corridor was filled with male and female idols and their managers.

Upon noticing someone enter, the idols closest to the entrance instinctively turned their heads to look.

Upon seeing Chen Yan's face, the expressions on the faces of the group froze, and they stood there stunned for a moment.

They only realized what was happening when Chen Yan was about to reach them, and quickly bowed deeply to him at a 90-degree angle.

"Hello, Director Chen."

A somewhat panicked voice rang out, and many people who were still talking nearby glanced over instinctively when they heard the commotion.

The conversation abruptly stopped when they saw Chen Yan smiling back at the group and slowly walking towards them.

Then, like dominoes, the conversations backstage gradually faded away, replaced by repeated respectful greetings.

"Hello, Director Chen."

As Chen Yan passed by them, each of them gave a standard 90-degree bow.

When he straightened up again, his eyes looked at Chen Yan with undisguised respect and admiration, even a hint of fanaticism.

Some people even started bowing and saluting when Chen Yan was still several meters away from them.

This is Chen Yan, the producer, who created the milestone event in the music industry by selling over a million copies of the album "Roar".

Oh no, it's God!
In the eyes of these idols from small companies, Chen Yan, who has achieved such dazzling success at such a young age, is practically a god.

If they were lucky enough to work with Chen Yan even once in their lives, they would do anything for him.

Some quick-witted female idols, even though they were wearing low-cut dresses, bowed 90 degrees to Chen Yan as he walked over, without even trying to hide it.

They're practically jumping out.

As they stood up, these people deliberately slowed their movements, their eyes filled with tears as they looked at Chen Yan, their smiles alluring.

If I were to catch his eye, wouldn't success and fame be within my grasp?

Faced with this scene, Chen Yan remained calm, merely glancing at it briefly before looking away.

He had encountered this situation many times before, and it happened more or less every time he went backstage to visit someone performing.

Previously, these people would at least use their hands to block the way, appearing somewhat reluctant to accept.

But now, they don't even bother to hide it anymore.

And it wasn't just them; several female trainees from JYP Entertainment have done the same thing recently.

However, these were all minor matters for Chen Yan.

Even if she's older, can she be older than Lee Soon-kyu's older sister?

Seeing that Director Chen had no reaction, disappointment flashed in their eyes, but they dared not do anything else.

Chen Yan was about to take another step forward.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from the left.

"Oppa."

(End of this chapter)