Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 147 As long as the cutting is fast enough

The next day, around noon.

Jiang Yan is still staying at his residence and has not gone out. These two days are his personal rest time.

I made myself some pasta with the ingredients in the refrigerator, and also took out a jar of kimchi that Kim Seolhyun had brought him before and ate a few bites of it.

However, not long after he finished eating, Jiang Zhennan came over to him.

Normally, the other party rarely comes to his residence, and this time it was nothing major, just to bring over a trophy he had received in the past two days.

Although neither he nor Lee Ji-eun went to the TV station to participate in the live award ceremony this week, they still arranged for someone to accept the award.

Jiang Yan's arrangement was naturally to have Jiang Zhennan act as his agent, who had also had his fill of giving an award speech these past two days.

Alice has been relatively quiet online these past two days.

The reason, of course, is that the result of the award announced this week was quite a slap in the face for them.

Aside from winning a music show award on Music Bank based on sales figures, EX0 didn't even make it into the nominations for music shows with only two nominees.

This result was completely unacceptable to Alice.

However, even so, EXO-Ls still stubbornly insist that Kang Yeon's number one ranking is only due to IU's fame.

IU is the real MVP, Jiang Yan is just an easy win!

Regardless, EXO-Ls will not admit that Jiang Yan is already more popular than EXO.

They even seriously stated that if the other party was so capable, they should stop trying to ride on IU's popularity and instead have a one-on-one competition with EXO for a comeback during the same period.

As for Ai Li's true colors, Jiang Yan had naturally seen some of them online in the past two days.

After watching it, he could only sigh, "As expected, Alice is still the same, and she won't change even after ten years."

Even if EXO hasn't started to fade into obscurity yet, even if they fade into obscurity ten years from now, with only a few thousand people attending their tours, sales of only tens of thousands of copies excluding those sold in China, sales of only a little over 1,000 copies in the first week of their Japanese album release, and even after five months of fan signing events, they still can't pay off the loan for the 260,000 copies sold. But in the hearts of EXO-Ls, EXO will still be that "Asian supergroup".

In short, it's impossible to get them to back down.

But Jiang Yan was too lazy to care about their thoughts. BTS would be vying for the top spot among the third-generation groups next year, so EXO-Ls should worry about that and go have some fun with ARMYs first.

"Where do you put the trophy?" Jiang Zhennan asked as he entered, taking off his backpack.

"Just leave it on the table for now, I'll clean it up myself later." Jiang Yan casually pointed to the marble dining table in the restaurant.

Jiang Zhennan nodded, unzipped his backpack, and placed several trophies of different shapes on the table.

After finishing, he said, "I'll be going now, it's nothing. I have an appointment to go sightseeing in Jeju Island this afternoon."

"Go on, but don't come back too late."

Jiang Yan wasn't curious, because the other party would often take girls there to play, and sometimes they would even stay overnight at a hotel there.

Speaking of which, Jiang Zhennan has been here for so long, and it seems like he's been influenced by Jackson Wang a bit.

He has no girlfriends, but he has plenty of female friends; he's definitely a player.

However, Jiang Yan wouldn't interfere; it was the other person's private life.

After all, he also had plans to build a harem, so he wasn't much better and had no right to criticize others.

After exchanging a few more words, Jiang Zhennan quickly left.

After placing the trophies on the shelf in the study, Jiang Yan left the apartment half an hour later.

That's What I Like has been doing well on the Billboard Hot 100 recently.

When it entered the rankings last week, it was ranked 89th, and this week, its ranking has moved up even further to 81st.

Although they are still at the bottom of the list, this proves one point.

That means Jiang Yan's rise to the Billboard charts wasn't just a fleeting moment; there are genuine casual listeners in the US who are actually listening to his music.

If a stock only drops off the charts for a week, it means that getting on the charts is just a concentrated effort by fans and lacks staying power.

The fact that his ranking has increased instead of decreased proves that his songs are indeed being sold to American audiences.

This is even without the most important radio stations pushing the stream forward, and anyone in the know understands the significance of this.

Many American entertainment companies have noticed Jiang Yan's value, and the fact that he is still on the charts in the second week is like sending a signal. Just the next day, Yuehua Entertainment's inbox was already filled with emails with clear intentions to cooperate.

They all have their eyes on Jiang Yan's unfilled record contracts in Europe and America.

However, after receiving the list of these companies from Yuehua Entertainment, Jiang Yan looked at it and shook his head with some regret.

These are all companies with little radio station resources, so signing them wouldn't be very meaningful.

But he wasn't in a hurry; this was just the beginning, the real action was yet to come.

After staying on the Billboard chart for another week or two, those big companies should be ready to make their move.

After Yuehua Entertainment politely declined the cooperation offers from these small and medium-sized American companies, Jiang Yan returned to the CUBE practice room and began rehearsing with the backup dancers for FC in ten days.

In terms of costumes, Valentino once again sent a dedicated designer to design two or three outfits for his two FC shows.

We've almost finished discussing the contract details with the other party, and we just need to find a time to sign it.

Once Valentino makes the official announcement, they will also give him a cover feature in ELLE China, a top-tier fashion magazine.

It can only be said that Jiang Yan's advancement in the fashion field is as fast as a rocket. In less than a year, he went from being featured in second-tier magazines purchased by the company to being featured in first-tier magazines promoted by brands.

And this is just the beginning.

Next, one of Jiang Yan's goals is to achieve a grand slam of first-tier magazine publications.

This is not a difficult task for him now.

Besides this, they've also recently been approached by a new endorsement deal with the American sportswear brand New Balance.

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Jiang Yan currently does not have any endorsements for athletic shoes, and New Balance has its eye on this area.

The other party offered a contract worth 420 million yuan per year for three years.

This price seems quite ordinary, and it can't compare to Valentino, but there's a reason for that.

New Balance's endorsement deal with Jiang Yan is only for the Chinese market, so the price is based on the standards of the Chinese market.

However, Jiang Yan was actually a little hesitant after receiving the contract.

However, his hesitation was not due to the price, but rather because he felt there was something wrong with the New Balance brand.

This will become a controversial brand in the future.

However, after careful consideration, Jiang Yan decided that if no other sports shoe brands wanted him to endorse their products, he would accept the contract.

After all, New Balance's troubles occurred five years later, while the contract was only for three years.

As long as he cuts fast enough, trouble won't find him.

Three years later, at worst, I can just find a reliable sports brand to endorse me and that's it.