Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 105 To Become a True Sensation Across Asia

Jiang Yan never intended to hide her status as a VOCALOIDP host; she just never brought it up publicly.

Sana Minatozaki looked puzzled and asked, "How did Hiko-san suddenly become a VOCALOID on NicoNico?"

Jiang Yan explained, "Well, I just suddenly wanted to try something different, so I decided to use this account to release some songs to practice and see if my J-OP, written by a Chinese person, could gain market recognition from Japanese listeners."

"Well, it looks very successful now, with over 100 million views!" Sana Minato looked at Jiang Yan with starry eyes.

"Actually, if I hadn't learned about this from Sana today, I wouldn't have known about it at all," Jiang Yan said truthfully.

"?! How many washes?" Minatozaki Sana asked, puzzled as to why Jiang Yan would say that.

"It's like this—" Jiang Yan then explained how she temporarily suspended her account a week after releasing the song because of the dismal data.

Sana Minatosaki was surprised to hear about this, and immediately chuckled.

The classic Shiba Inu smile with its nose wrinkled.

After laughing, she said, "So even Yan-sang has her share of setbacks."

Jiang Yan sighed, feigning self-deprecation, "Yeah, at that moment I suddenly realized what a complete failure in life meant."

"But it's successful now, isn't it? I see a lot of people giving your song high praise in the comments section of the video."

As she spoke, Sana Minato took out her phone, scrolled through a webpage, and then handed it to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan took a look and indeed, the reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

[A newcomer? This doesn't look like the level of completion for a first submission at all!]

[At first, I just listened with the mindset of "another new, unofficial producer," but after listening, I have to say—is this really their first post? Could they have been active under a different name before?]

I remember when it first started, it only had around 500 plays, and I was thinking, "Why isn't anyone noticing?" Now that I see it become so popular, I'm as happy as if it were my own experience.

I've watched many cover versions, but as expected—the original is still my favorite.

[By the way, when is the next submission?]

[Has the long-awaited second installment not been released yet??]

[What's wrong with this content creator? Disappearing right after submitting a video is so irresponsible!!!]

After briefly glancing at some comments, he returned the phone to Sana Minatozaki.

But at this moment, Jiang Yan had already figured out that since the first single was a hit, the second one could be released at some time.

This won't take too long; after he finishes the Chinese single, he can easily finish the second Japanese single as well.

Then, since the Japanese food they ordered hadn't been served yet, Jiang Yan simply continued chatting with Minatozaki Sana.

Although the two didn't try to hide their conversation, because they were speaking Japanese, Yoo Jeong-yeon, who was sitting to his left, couldn't understand it.

However, Yoo Jeongyeon's attention wasn't on Kang Yeon at all. After 3MIX finished ordering, they chatted noisily and got the other members to join in.

On the other side, Mina was watching Kang Yan chatting with Sana Minato. She was curious to know what the two of them were talking about, but the conversation between Yoo Jeongyeon and the others was so loud that she couldn't hear what they were saying clearly.

Mina was positioned to Jiang Yan's right, but there was Momo Hirai between her and Sana Minatozaki.

Watching Minatozaki Sana chatting there, and occasionally giving Jiang Yan an innocent and endearing smile, Mina couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

This dinner took almost an hour.

After finishing their meal, before parting ways, Jiang Yan said to Yu Dingyan, "By the way, I won't be going to the TV station starting next week. If there are any more trophies, you can accept them for me."

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Yoo Jeongyeon nodded in response, "Okay, but what's your schedule next, oppa?"

"I have a book signing event in China next week, and I should be back after that."

"I'm going back to China again, but I really want to visit oppa's hometown. I wonder when I'll have the chance."

"Don't worry, it will happen."

Yoo Jeongyeon's words reminded Kang Yeon of JYP's initial development plan for TWICE, which was to develop simultaneously in China and Japan.

Then, Jiang Yan's gaze immediately drifted towards Zhou Ziyu.

He suddenly realized that the live-streamed variety show that had the incident was scheduled for next month.

After thinking about it, he decided to go back and talk to the three members of the Sakura Line who would be on the show together on Kakao, and ask them to help cover for him during the live stream.

As for Chou Tzu-yu herself, he plans to have Jackson Wang pass on a message later.

Jackson Wang is more qualified to say these things than he is, though whether he wants to hear them is another matter.

In fact, Jiang Yan didn't care much about these issues. Bage didn't even have a Weibo account, and he even posted a picture of himself wearing a shirt with a Japanese military uniform printed on it on Instagram, but nothing happened in the end.

Even artists like Jolin Tsai and Ada Choi were able to get approval to hold concerts in mainland China.

He couldn't be bothered to think about all that nonsense; as long as he was okay, that was enough. He'd rather focus on his own career.

After paying the bill, Jiang Yan said goodbye to the nine people from TWAS.

Actually, their agents, though they don't say a word, are keeping a close eye on things.

However, it's understandable, since they're a rookie girl group that debuted less than a month ago, they definitely need to manage any romantic budding among the members.

But the gorillas probably never imagined that one of them already had a boyfriend before their debut.

After parting ways with Twice, Jiang Yan returned to his apartment.

However, after returning, he went straight to his study, opened the NicoNico website on his computer, and logged into his account.

After logging in, he was notified by the system of a bunch of unread private messages.

Jiang Yan glanced at the messages and saw that some people were praising him, others were urging him to update his writing, and even some Japanese agencies he had never heard of contacted him wanting to sign him.

He ignored and did not respond to these comments.

In any case, if he were to sign a Japanese agency, he would definitely sign with record companies like Sony Music or Warner Music, or at the very least, Avex. Small agencies like this are simply not within his consideration.

I checked my account's follower count again, and I now have over 8 followers.

It may seem like a small amount, but it's actually quite a lot.

At that time, top VOCAL0IDP creators only had 15 to 20 followers. He gained that many followers with just one post, making him a true "monster rookie".

Now that this account has taken off, it means that the other "going to Japan" route that Jiang Yan decided on the spur of the moment has been successfully implemented, and he plans to put some effort into continuing it.

The next goal is to transition from a "VOCALOID" identity to a faceless "singer".

In his mind, once his identity as a "singer" becomes more popular, he expects it will attract the attention of some well-known record companies in Japan.

When he then publicly reveals his identity and debuts in Japan, he will undoubtedly be able to enter the Japanese music market more smoothly than other K-pop groups.

"Creating a Sun" is still very necessary, because he wants to make it truly famous throughout Asia.