Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 117 Selection

In reality, what Jiang Yan played for Park Jin-young was a song that he no longer needed and was sitting in his inventory.

This was written specifically during the production of the album.

Jiang Yan's initial plan was that if her solo career didn't go smoothly, she would wait until the year-end music awards ceremony to relaunch with "ONE".

The song "MORETIME" features a limited-edition mixed-gender lineup designed to attract public attention.

As Jiang Yan later achieved good results in his first solo performance, he naturally forgot about this song.

It was only after Park Jin-young talked to him about the collaboration stage today that he remembered he had such a song.

Ultimately, after negotiating for forty to fifty minutes, both parties confirmed the terms of the resource exchange.

However, Jiang Yan originally thought that Park Jin-young would give the two Chinese program resources he provided in his proposal to TWICE, but after the discussion, he found out that they were actually given to GOT7.

All I can say is that Park Jin-young still dreams of being in a boy band.

Jiang Yan could understand why the other party had this idea, because during this period, a well-managed boy band could indeed make more money than a girl band.

During this period, the sales ceiling for girl groups was still too low, so all South Korean entertainment companies generally shared the view that girl groups made quick money, while boy groups made big money.

It will take several more years for this perception to change.

However, after both sides had agreed on the terms, Park Jin-young then asked, "How should the number of people for the collaborative stage be determined?"

Without much thought, Jiang Yan said, "Five, I guess. Which group does Zhenying want to promote most on this collaboration stage?"

"TWICE, after all, this is the first year the boys have appeared at MAMA."

"No problem, let's choose three members from TWICE and one from GOT7."

Who are you planning to choose?

"GOT7, Jackson it is. As for TWICE, it depends on who you want to promote."

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Jiang Yan's question was so direct that it made the gorilla pause for a moment.

But soon, after a thoughtful look in his eyes, he said, "I won't interfere too much with your selection, but if Jihyo is suitable, let her go."

"Then let's add Jihyo. For the remaining two, I'm planning to have Momo and Mina. Is that alright, Jin-young hyung?"

"Whatever you think is suitable is fine."

"Then it's settled."

Jiang Yan was not surprised at all by the choice of the person the gorilla gave him.

Royal Family members are present in every guild, and some guilds even have several.

For example, SM Entertainment later launched the all-star group SuperM.

The funny thing is that more than half of the members of this All-King team will run away in the future.

After finalizing the selection, Park Jin-young discussed the recording and choreography rehearsals with him.

There are only two weeks left until MAMA, so there isn't much time.

But that was more than enough for Jiang Yan. The recording would only take a day at most, and as for the choreography, he already had a plan in mind.

After negotiations, it was agreed that the recording of the collaboration stage would be held tomorrow, and rehearsals would begin the day after tomorrow, with JYP providing backup dancers.

After discussing it, Park Jin-young said, "GOT7 is still filming a show today. I will have someone inform Jackson when they come back. As for TWICE, the boys are at the company now. I will have someone inform them later."

Jiang Yan simply nodded after listening, without replying.

After the conversation ended, he got up, said goodbye to Park Jin-young, and left the JYP building.

Although the deal has been reached between the two parties, he will definitely need to talk to Du Hua when he gets back, and ask Yuehua to connect with JYP and sign the relevant contract.

More than an hour after Jiang Yan left the JYP building, in the practice room on the basement floor, all the members of TWICE were still doing their regular group dance practice.

However, just as the music was playing as usual, the door to the practice room was pushed open, and TWICE's team manager, who had left the practice room a dozen minutes earlier, returned.

She asked the nine people to stop practicing temporarily and told them about the notice she had just received from the third headquarters.

When Park Jihyo learned that she was one of the chosen contestants, she exclaimed in shock, "Qinjia?! I'm going to have a collaboration stage with Kang Yeon oppa at MAMA?!"

Although Hirai Momo didn't speak, her mouth was slightly open, and she had a look of astonishment on her face, as if she couldn't believe that she had been chosen.

In contrast, Mina's expression was rather calm.

As for the other members, they also showed surprise to varying degrees upon hearing the news, especially Yoo Jeongyeon, who was more puzzled than surprised.

After all, when they had hot pot together yesterday, Jiang Yan personally told her that he wouldn't be going to MAMA this time.

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Why is it that only one day has passed, and we suddenly have to participate again?

Yu Dingyan guessed that something must have happened that she didn't know about.

While others were still marveling at the situation, she had already taken out her phone and sent a message to Jiang Yan to inquire about the situation.

On the other side, Son Chaeyoung said with an envious look, "It's a pity that there are only three people on this collaboration stage. It would be great if everyone could be together."

But Sana Minatozaki's attention was elsewhere. She tilted her head and guessed, "Oppa chose them from our team—they all seem to be really good dancers."

When the others heard what Sana Minatozaki said, they all showed thoughtful expressions.

That doesn't seem unreasonable, since Momo and Mina are the main dancers in the group, and Park Jihyo used to be a member of 6MIX.

The lead dancer.

"Oh my, Sana, what you're saying does make some sense." Lim Nayeon glanced at Yoo Jeongyeon subconsciously, and then she began to believe the other's guess.

Even though no one knows what form this collaboration stage will take, logically speaking, if Lim Nayeon were Kang Yeon, she would definitely favor her friend given the limited selection.

The fact that Yu Dingyan wasn't selected suggests there must have been other factors at play.

Lim Nayeon's assumptions were unknown to Kang Yeon; otherwise, he would have simply told her not to overthink it.

Jiang Yan didn't choose Yu Dingyan this time, purely because of priority.

Momo Hirai was chosen because the song "ONEMORETIME" has a very impressive dance break at the end, and there was no one more suitable than her in TWICE.

He chose the name Jingnan, of course, because she was his girlfriend.

And since the remaining spot was pre-selected, there was no place for Yu Dingyan.

"JacksonOppa is also in this collaboration, and he's obviously in charge of the rap section."

Son Chae-young is now speculating about the division of labor on this collaborative stage based on the selected participants.

"Kang Yeon oppa's vocals, Jackson oppa's husky rap, and Momo unnie's dancing, wow—I can suddenly picture it!" Kim Dahyun exclaimed as she began to imagine the scene.

However, while the other members were chattering excitedly, Mina pretended to casually hide behind Momo and glanced at the message she had received on her phone not long ago.

The message came from Jiang Yan, and it asked her what she wanted to eat for dinner.

The two had already arranged to have dinner together tonight.