Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 121 needs a foil to highlight it.

JYP artists arrived in Hong Kong two hours later.

As for why Jiang Yanneng knew so accurately, it's because Mina sent him a Kakao message the moment she got off the plane.

When Mina told Jiang Yan that she had gotten off the plane, she also complained about how uncomfortable it was to sit in economy class.

Jiang Yan could only express his helplessness, because JYP has always been stingy with money in this area, and it will remain so even in ten years.

Knowing that TWICE had arrived from the airport, Jiang Yan took Jiang Zhennan off the plane, left the internet cafe, and returned to the hotel to wait for them to meet up.

Nearly an hour later, after the JYP representatives settled into their hotel, both sides boarded a pre-arranged van and headed to the venue.

Upon arriving at the venue and reaching the backstage area, Jiang Yan heard the sounds of rehearsals coming from the main stage.

The music was familiar; it was "1" by Kim Tae-yeon, his defeated opponent.

Girls' Generation did not have all members present at this year's MAMA; only a subunit attended.

Led by the organizers, the group split up and headed to three lounges.

However, it's unclear whether Park Jin-young had made arrangements beforehand, as the three dressing rooms were located in three adjacent rooms.

After Jiang Yan and his team entered his dressing room, he took off his coat and, led by Cody, tried on his costumes for tomorrow's performance.

Valentino sponsored him with two outfits this time, one for a performance and the other for an occasion.

During this time, Jiang Zhennan left the lounge to coordinate with the organizers.

After returning more than ten minutes later, I told him that it would probably be more than an hour before it was their turn to rehearse, because there were several other groups ahead of them.

Jiang Yan didn't care about any of that. After trying on his performance outfit, he changed back into his casual clothes, then pulled out his 3DS and started playing the recently released game, Monster Hunter X.

Although MAMA is considered the biggest gala in South Korea, he was still quite relaxed.

After all, he's even recorded the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and he's got the skills to perform on the MAMA stage.

However, Jiang Yan had only been playing for a little over half an hour when there was a knock on his door.

After Jiang Zhennan opened the door, he found Yu Dingyan standing there.

Behind her were several members of TWICE.

"Oppa! Let's stop playing games and wander around backstage together."

After greeting Jiang Zhennan at the door, Yu Dingyan walked in with a smile and grabbed Jiang Yan's shoulder.

Hearing this, Jiang Yan calmly put down his game console and turned around. He saw that in addition to Yu Dingyan, Misamo and Zhou Ziyu had also walked in, and their eyes were all on him.

However, Mina's attention quickly shifted from Jiang Yan's face to the game screen on the 3DS in his hand.

She didn't expect Jiang Yan to get the hang of the new game so quickly, which had only been released two days ago. Ming Jing Nan herself had only bought the digital version yesterday and had just finished the tutorial after downloading it.

"Oppa, are you playing Monster Hunter X too?" Mina asked, feigning a distant tone.

"Yeah, I just bought it yesterday. Mina, you play too? Let's team up sometime." Jiang Yan put on his acting skills and took the opportunity to send a multiplayer invitation to Mina.

"Okay, but I left my game console at the hotel."

"It's okay, we can connect online again after we get back to the hotel."

The two of them made a pact in front of everyone to play games together that night, so that no one would suspect anything if they stayed together at the hotel later.

It can only be said that everyone present became part of their play.

"Aigoo, you guys can talk about the game back at the hotel. Oppa, come out with us now."

Seeing the two chatting so enthusiastically, Yu Dingyan interrupted their conversation and, in a slightly coquettish manner, shook Jiang Yan, urging him to get up quickly.

Her actions surprised the other South Koreans in the workplace.

For a junior artist to dare to lay hands on a senior artist like that, how good must their relationship be?

However, the non-Korean people present didn't seem to care much; they just grinned and smiled at the two of them joking around.

When Mina saw this scene, she felt a strange pang of sadness.

Even though she knew that her teammate and Jiang Yan were good friends, their intimate interaction in public gave her the feeling that they were childhood sweethearts.

On the other side, urged on by others, Jiang Yan simply closed the game console and put it back in his bag. Then he stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go then. But why are there only a few of you? Where are the others?"

Yoo Jeongyeon replied, "Nayeon unnie and Jihyo went to watch GOT7's rehearsal later."

"Oh, no wonder I didn't see Jackson. Let's go then."

In addition to a collaboration stage with Jackson Wang, GOT7 also had a joint stage with other groups this time.

The other group is BTS.

Although Kang Yeon's initial move to the top spot reduced BTS's original five number one hits for their debut song "INEEDU" to just one.

However, the other party has gradually returned to its original development trajectory.

After "DOPE" became popular on YouTube, it still helped BTS gain some recognition overseas, and the group has gone from an obscure, unknown group to a pseudo-top-tier group.

As mentioned earlier, MAMA is a networking event among the three major entertainment companies, and the "secret relationship" between Bang Si-hyuk and Park Jin-young allowed BTS to appear on the MAMA stage right after their debut.

This is something that other small companies simply cannot do.

It's worth noting that top-tier groups like APINK and EXID, who also came from small companies, didn't even have a stage at MAMA during the years from their explosive popularity to their decline.

Even for Kang Yeon herself, the reason she was able to receive an invitation to perform as a guest on Ment TV before this collaboration with Park Jin-young was because the founder of CUBE came from JYP and had this connection with the Big Three.

That said, Jiang Yan has no worries about BTS returning to the development pace he remembered.

I'm not afraid of having opponents; I'm afraid of opponents who aren't strong enough.

Jiang Yan needs a rival who can highlight him in the future, and no one is more suitable than BTS.

After leaving the lounge with the five members of TWICE, they chatted and strolled along the backstage corridor.

After walking for only a few minutes, they ran into a group of familiar-looking people at the corner of the corridor.

The entire SEVENTEEN was walking back, covered in sweat, as if they had just finished rehearsing not long ago.

In the crowd, Wen Junhui and Xu Minghao immediately came out to greet Jiang Yan in Chinese: "Brother Yan, you're here too!"

"Yes, have you finished rehearsing?"

"Yes, we have a collaboration stage with another group."

While the three Chinese people exchanged a few words, the two groups from SEVENTEEN and TWAS also began to greet each other respectfully.

The activities of these two new groups overlapped a lot during their debut period, and they were familiar with each other.

However, the scene was quite chaotic at the moment, because some of the SEVENTEEN members were greeting each other with TWICE, while others were quickly bowing to Jiang Yan to greet him.

However, after greeting the people opposite her, Chou Tzu-yu quietly walked behind Jiang Yan, seemingly avoiding something.