Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 109 Promises Must Be kept

Even though Victoria's Secret's influence has declined year by year, it is still a top-tier fashion event that attracts global attention.

The broadcast was shown in nearly 200 countries and regions, reaching at least hundreds of millions of viewers.

For someone aiming for a mainstream career, leaving a classic stage impression at Victoria's Secret is more valuable than releasing a hit single.

As long as Jiang Yan performs consistently on stage, his international star status will be steadily elevated to the second tier after the performance.

Within China, she will undoubtedly receive the same treatment as a top-tier singer.

Of course, their treatment is only considered top-tier; their influence is certainly not as great as that of veteran top-tier singers who have cultivated the Chinese music market.

However, one thing needs to be made clear: second-tier cities in Europe and America ≠ second-tier cities in the United States; these are two different things.

However, compared to Jiang Yan's previous status, this is a substantial improvement.

While he was rushing to produce the performance tracks these past two days, Yuehua Entertainment and CUBE Entertainment received a ton of invitations and collaborations after Victoria's Secret officially announced its partnership.

Needless to say, this is the effect of being the first Asian guest to perform at Victoria's Secret.

Du Hua's upturned lips haven't left her face for the past two days.

She originally thought that with such a handsome face, this person would definitely attract a lot of fans if he took the idol route, so she signed Jiang Yan despite the opposition. At that time, Jiang Yan was still embroiled in controversy.

But she never imagined that Jiang Yan would actually get to this point.

Originally, after seeing some improvement in Jiang Yan's solo performance, Du Hua planned to work on his career development in China over the next six months.

But right now, she feels she has lost control of the other person's future development.

Having talent is a good thing, but Du Hua is now starting to worry that Jiang Yan might suddenly breach his contract and leave.

After all, the other party is a very opinionated person, and there's no guarantee they won't do something like this.

She had considered using a contract to suppress Du Hua, but she knew Jiang Yan's personality well and knew that using this tactic would only backfire.

A capable person can shine wherever they go. Even if they don't achieve much in terms of accomplishments, they will certainly live a comfortable life.

After careful consideration these past two days, Du Hua plans to have a special talk with Jiang Yan in a while; she needs to keep this cash cow at Lehua.

On the other hand, Jiang Zhennan, as his agent, has also been quite busy these past few days.

The reason, of course, was to connect Jiang Yan with business collaborations.

Many brands have approached him for cooperation, but their qualifications vary. He and the staff of Yuehua Entertainment's operations department need to understand the situation of each one before deciding whether to cooperate.

Among these collaborations, there was one brand he valued highly: Valentino's email expressing their intention to collaborate.

Jiang Yan will be appearing at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this time, but her outfit has not yet been finalized. Valentino, on the other hand, is planning to sponsor her ready-to-wear clothing.

This is a signal that the other party has already listed Jiang Yan as a candidate for consideration.

After the two sides made formal contact, the conversation went very smoothly, and Valentino said it would send a designer to design a haute couture outfit for Jiang Yan as her performance costume for the day.

Besides Valentino, Tiffany & Co. has also contacted them in the past two days to provide Jiang Yan with a batch of accessories for her performances.

This is normal. As a close friend of the brand, Tiffany would naturally take it very seriously when Jiang Yan appears at such a large event.

Inside TWICE's practice room, the nine members of TWICE were lining up in two rows, waving goodbye to the live stream camera.

"One in a million, TWICE, thank you!"

Bye-bye~

Nine people said goodbye to Once in the live stream through the screen, and when the company staff turned off the live stream, they immediately scattered and sat on the floor to rest.

To promote their debut song, they would dance to "Gracefully" in various different ways during each live stream, and today's live stream was no exception.

Now that the live stream is over, they can go back to their dorms to rest.

Yoo Jeongyeon said to Lim Nayeon and Park Jihyo, "Unnie, Jihyo, do you want to go shopping later?"

Lim Nayeon shook her head and said, "I'm not going today. You guys figure it out."

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Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon looked at Park Jihyo, who nodded and said, "Then I'll go with Jeongyeon unnie, but you can also invite the other members."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan thought it made sense, so she turned to the others and said, "Hey Luo Ben, anyone want to go shopping together later?"

Upon hearing Yoo Jeongyeon's words, Minatozaki Sana immediately asked, "Unnie, where are you planning to go?"

Yoo Jeongyeon thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to Sinsa-dong. A new boutique recently opened there, and it seems to be very popular."

"I'll go too, Momoring, are you coming?"

Sana Minatozaki's eyes lit up as she turned to Momo Hirai beside her and said something.

Hirai Momo paused for a moment, then slowly nodded and said, "Sure, there's nothing to do back in the dorm anyway."

Seeing that Hirai Momo was also going, Minatozaki Sana looked at Mina and asked, "Mitan, what about you?"

Mina was looking down at her phone when she heard someone call her. Without changing her expression, she pressed the lock screen, looked up at Sana Minatozaki, and smiled faintly, replying, "You guys go ahead, I won't go."

Sana Minatozaki seemed to have expected this answer. She knew that Mina didn't like going out and had only asked casually.

Afterwards, the other members also replied to Jeongyeon, and the final number of people who went shopping, including Tzuyu, was 5.

people.

After tidying up in the practice room, the five of them left the JYP building together.

As for the remaining four people, they stayed in the practice room for a while longer before getting up one after another to prepare to return to their dormitories.

After packing her belongings, Mina left the practice room alone.

But after going downstairs, she didn't choose the route back to her dormitory; instead, she headed towards the CUBE office building.

This scene was witnessed by Son Chaeyoung, who had just stepped out of the JYP building.

Although she was a little curious about where Mina was going, she didn't intend to stop her and ask her anything.

Everyone has their own private space, and Son Chae-young does have that sense of boundaries.

Meanwhile, when Mina reached the vicinity of the CUBE building entrance, she saw a familiar figure standing there waiting.

The other person also noticed Mina's arrival and started walking towards her.

"Let's go, I've already made a reservation at the restaurant."

The person waiting there was naturally Jiang Yan. The two had already arranged to have dinner together through Kakao at noon today.

Although Jiang Yan has been working on his second English single these past few days, he still has time to go out for a meal with his partner.

However, after eating, he still had to come back to continue making the food.

Mina didn't cover her face at all when she came out this time, but that's okay, TWICE is still a relatively unknown group, so she's not afraid of being recognized.

What's funny is that even after TWICE became popular, the public didn't initially recognize the nine members individually.

Later, a special project song called "TWICESONG" was even released to help people recognize each other.

But Jiang Yan was wearing a mask, hat, and sunglasses, so he was definitely going to be recognized.

A dozen minutes later, the two sat down in a private room at a Western restaurant.

After quickly ordering, Jiang Yan didn't say anything, but just stared at Mina with a smile on his face.

Feeling uneasy under his gaze, Mina finally couldn't help but whisper, "Hiko-chan, why are you staring at me like that without saying anything?"

Jiang Yan smiled and replied, "Because Mina-chan is very pretty. Can't I appreciate my own girlfriend?"

"We don't have to keep looking like this—"

Mina's tone seemed reproachful, but in reality, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Jiang Yan noticed her reaction and asked, "You guys have a lot of schedules lately, are you getting used to it?"

Mina replied softly, "It's alright. I was quite tired from recording several shows a while ago, but I haven't been as busy these past few days. Besides promoting my music, I've been doing live streams to interact with my fans."

"I occasionally watch your live streams. I even went to Jeju Island a few days ago."

"Yeah, but it was too windy that day, so everyone was planning to dance to the title track—"

The two chatted for a while, and a few minutes later the dishes they ordered were brought in.

Afterwards, they stayed in the Western restaurant for half an hour.

When we came out after eating, it was already dark in Seoul.

Holding hands as they walked down the street, Mina turned to Jiang Yan and asked, "When are you leaving for America?"

Mina certainly knew about being a guest performer at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and TWICE had a long internal discussion about it on the day of the official announcement.

"We'll depart on the 8th; we need to go there a day in advance for rehearsals."

Are you nervous?

"There's nothing to be nervous about."

Jiang Yan replied calmly, saying that he would only be more excited about such a grand stage.

However, after replying to Mina, he suddenly remembered something very important and immediately stopped.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Mina asked, puzzled, when he suddenly stopped.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered what you promised me before." Jiang Yan deliberately didn't say it directly.

"Misunderstanding? What is it?" Mina heard the implication in his words, but couldn't remember what it was.

Seeing Mina's reaction, Jiang Yan "kindly" reminded her, "Do you remember our bet?"

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Mina immediately understood what he was referring to, but at the same time, her expression turned shy.

Seeing that Mina had suddenly fallen silent, Jiang Yan continued with a smile, "You have to keep your promises. Mina-chan wouldn't go back on her word, would she?"

"I won't—"

Mina was a little embarrassed and dared not look Jiang Yan in the eye. Her voice grew weaker and weaker until it was barely audible.

"So can I now assume that Mina-chan's affection level towards me is already 100%?"

"----Um"

"So, isn't it your turn to take the initiative now?"

Jiang Yan pointed to his cheek and smiled teasingly.

Upon hearing this, Mina glared at him reproachfully before finally standing on tiptoe and giving Jiang Yan a vengeful, heavy kiss on the cheek.

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