Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 120 "E-sports Boy"

Even if Jackson Wang's Chinese proficiency is average, he knew immediately upon hearing this that Jiang Yan's words were definitely not some ancient Chinese saying.

These words sound like they were made up on the spot.

Of the other three, apart from Hirai Momo who still looked like she had "learned something," Mani and Park Jihyo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Hearing her two teammates laughing, Hirai Momo exclaimed "Huh?" with a slightly bewildered expression, not yet realizing what was so funny.

After everyone had laughed for a while, Jiang Yan then began to formally divide the parts.

Actually, the division was quite quick. Originally, this song was a mixed-gender band song, and Jiang Yan only made slight modifications to the original version before quickly completing the part division.

However, after he finished distributing the parts, he said to Momo Hirai, "Momo, you had a little less part this time, but the DanceBreak at the end will be your solo performance."

Hirai Momo shook her head without mind and said, "It's okay. I'm already very happy that oppa chose me for this collaboration stage."

As the main dancer, Hirai Momo doesn't particularly care about the number of parts she gets, since she often only gets one or two lines of lyrics within the group.

"Okay, everyone get ready. We'll start recording in ten minutes."

The casual conversation ended there. After saying this, Jiang Yan went back to the control panel and sat down to prepare for the recording work that would follow.

Then, the five people stayed in the recording studio from morning until six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, and finally completed all the vocal recordings.

Afterwards, the group had dinner together nearby before parting ways. Jackson Wang and Mina returned to JYP, while Jiang Yan went back to CUBE to do mixing and post-production work on the recorded vocals.

He was pressed for time and stayed in the recording studio until 1 a.m. before leaving.

After that, during the following period, Jiang Yan spent time in the practice room provided by JYP, choreographing the MAMA collaboration stage.

Park Jin-young clearly placed great importance on this aspect, specifically bringing in JYP's top choreographers to join the backup dancer team. While serving as backup dancers, they also participated in the adaptation of dance details.

Jiang Yan could only say that this was a good thing, because some parts of the original choreography for this song weren't quite suitable for their group of five.

It's good to adapt people a bit.

During their rehearsals, the other members of TWICE would often come in and stand by to watch, and even try to learn along with them.

Regarding the costumes, Park Jin-young originally said that JYP would also handle his costumes, but Kang Yeon considered that the stylists at the three headquarters had really poor taste, so he decided to contact Valentino and pay for a custom-made set himself.

Valentino's public relations department had a very good impression of Jiang Yan because the brand was very satisfied with the effect of the haute couture Jiang Yan wore during the last Victoria's Secret Fashion Show recording.

They saw in Jiang Yan a temperament that aligned with their own brand's image.

So when Jiang Yan contacted them to offer free services, they immediately offered to provide them for free.

In fact, Valentino's public relations department is already discussing signing Jiang Yan internally, but they are still waiting.

They will wait until the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show premieres to see the market's reaction before making a decision.

In addition to rehearsing the choreography for "ONEMORETIME", Jiang Yan also has her own solo stage to rehearse.

However, compared to collaborative stages, his solo stages are relatively simple.

There's no need for choreography; you can just stand there and sing while the backup dancers perform.

Time flew by and it was April 30th.

Jiang Yan arrived at Seoul Airport in the morning and boarded the plane amidst a group of fans taking photos of her.

I didn't travel on the same flight as TWICE, but we all stayed at the same hotel.

We arrived in Hong Kong approximately four hours later.

This year's MAMA was held at the Asia World Expo Arena, a venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Speaking of which, the organizer of MAMA, Ment, really likes to hold the event in Hong Kong because tickets sell better there.

That said, it wasn't just Jiang Yan who came today; artists from other entertainment companies also arrived around the same time, some even as early as yesterday.

TWICE and GOT7 are also arriving today, but their flights are after Kang Yeon's.

After leaving the airport in Hong Kong, they took a business car to the hotel to settle in. Jiang Yan did not plan to go to the venue for rehearsal in advance, but waited for the others to arrive before going.

However, he estimated that he would have to wait another hour or two, and he certainly couldn't just wait like that.

After thinking it over, he simply dragged Jiang Zhennan to an internet cafe near the hotel.

After a long time, I opened the horse racing app and immediately saw the cover of this year's All-Star Game on the homepage.

To be honest, Jiang Yan hasn't been paying attention to LOL for a while, mainly because there really wasn't much to watch this year; it was just a dark year for the LPL.

He didn't even watch the replay of the World Championship in October, so he naturally paid even less attention to the All-Star Game.

After creating a room with Jiang Zhennan and finishing a match, Jiang Zhennan suddenly turned to him with a flash of inspiration and said, "Hey, what if we got an invitation from Riot Games to write a song for the World Championship? Wouldn't that attract a lot of fans?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan stopped what he was doing and thought for a moment before saying, "Gaining followers is a bit difficult, but it can increase brand awareness."

The present and the next few years can be considered the peak period of League of Legends.

Leaving aside the tens of millions of viewers worldwide, its popularity in China is on a completely different level.

It can be said that, apart from large-scale national events like the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, e-sports competitions are the most watched programs.

The main reason is the sheer size of the audience. Whenever a star team in the esports scene has a hot topic, it generates a ton of trending topics on Weibo.

Many so-called top influencers may not have as many fans as esports stars.

Many famous memes on Weibo originated from the e-sports circle and were then widely used by the general public.

The "Ten Thousand Pigs Arching the Tower" by a certain team was once a striking sight on Weibo.

If Jiang Yan could perform at the opening ceremony of the S-series finals, the exposure he would gain would be tremendous.

Jiang Zhennan's words were a kind of reminder to Jiang Yan, who had somewhat forgotten that he could use the game League of Legends to increase his popularity.

However, a problem has arisen for him: the Malaysian server has officially announced Zhou Jielun as a celebrity summoner this year, so it seems that going through the Malaysian server channel will not be possible if he wants to enter the Bird's Nest finals opening ceremony in the future.

Upon closer reflection, Jiang Yan realized that he still needed to expand his fame abroad and, like Jackson Wang or Li Nacha in the future, receive a direct invitation from the US headquarters of Riot Games.

After having this idea, Jiang Yan began to think to himself whether he should find a suitable opportunity to "casually" reveal his persona as an e-sports boy.