Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 169 went viral on social media with a casual broadcast (4k views)

The second game was not much different from the first game.

SKT easily defeated CJ, thus concluding the first match of the opening game.

After the two teams bowed and left, Jiang Yan checked the time and decided it was time to go as well.

There were actually two matches today, but the other one held no appeal for him.

The match started at 5 o'clock, and now it's past 7 o'clock.

"I'm planning to leave. Are you still going to watch?" Jiang Yan turned to Jiang Zhennan and the others on his left and said in Chinese.

"Aren't you going to watch it?" Jiang Zhennan asked.

"Well, I'm not really interested in the last two teams."

"I'm fine with anything, what about you?"

Jiang Zhennan turned to look at Xu Minghao and Wen Junhui, and the two nodded without hesitation, indicating that they would go together.

As for Sana Minatozaki and Jeongyeon Yoo, they immediately started packing when they learned they were leaving.

Especially Yu Dingyan, she had been bored and looking at her phone for two hours. If it weren't for Jiang Yan being there, she would have left long ago.

A few minutes later, the group quietly left the venue.

After getting back into the car, Jiang Yan glanced at the already dark sky outside, then turned to the others and asked, "Aren't you all in a hurry to go back to your dorms?"

Yu Dingyan shook his head and said, "I'm not in a hurry. There's nothing to do when I get back."

Sana Minatozaki replied, "I'm fine too."

After hearing their answers, Jiang Yan nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Xu Minghao and Wen Junhui.

Xu Minghao chuckled and said, "It's alright, bro. We just have plenty of time."

Sitting next to him, Wen Junhui added, "We haven't been scheduled for individual variety shows by the company, so we're usually pretty free and it's okay to go home late."

Seeing that none of them seemed to be in a hurry to go back, Jiang Yan decided, "Then I'll treat everyone to dinner. How about Korean beef?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan cheered quite unceremoniously, "Yay!"

No one else objected, and they all nodded in agreement.

The van then started and drove back to Cheongdam-dong.

Half an hour later, the group was already seated in a private room at a Korean beef restaurant.

Jiang Zhennan was ordering food, while Jiang Yan started chatting with Xu Minghao.

Two days ago, he sent the beat and lyrics for the collaboration song that Xu Minghao was supposed to complete.

"How's the preparation for the feature going?" Jiang Yan asked casually.

"Those rap sections are a bit difficult, I'm still practicing them hard," Xu Minghao said, scratching his head somewhat embarrassed.

"It's okay, there's still plenty of time, take your time."

The flow he provided was quite challenging; for someone like Xu Minghao, who can't even speak Korean fluently yet, singing it well wouldn't be an easy task.

Not to mention that the other person is a dancer, not a rapper.

After asking about Xu Minghao's situation, Jiang Yan looked away and turned to look at Yu Dingyan, who was playing on her phone beside her.

The other person placed their phone horizontally on the table, and the screen appeared to be a live stream.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Yan leaned closer and asked curiously.

"Oppa, I'm watching Jaebum and the others' live stream," Yoo Jeongyeon replied, turning her phone screen slightly towards him.

"Do they often do live streams?" Jiang Yan asked casually after watching for a few moments.

"They hold a VLIVE session every few days to interact with their fans."

"That's good, but I've noticed you guys haven't been doing much VLIVE lately. Could it be that you've been slacking off?"

"No way! Besides, oppa, what right do you have to talk about us? You haven't done a VLIVE broadcast in ages!"

Jiang Yan paused slightly after Yu Dingyan said that.

The other person was right; he hadn't done a VLIVE stream in a long time.

It's not that I didn't want to open it, but that I didn't think of it.

Unlike those K-pop groups that have mandatory live streaming tasks from their companies, he can start streaming whenever he feels like it.

Just then, Jiang Zhennan finished ordering, so Jiang Yan turned to ask, "Do we have a power bank in the car?"

"Yes, I brought it. Why?"

"Go get it, I need it for my live stream later."

"Start a live stream? Now?"

Jiang Zhennan was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting Jiang Yan to suddenly do this.

Not only him, but the others in the private room also turned their attention to him after hearing this.

"Well, it'll take a while for the food to be served anyway. I haven't done a live stream in a long time, so I thought I'd do one now." Jiang Yan made up his mind and decided to take advantage of this time to do a short live stream.

"Then—do we need to avoid it?" Sana Minatozaki asked softly.

"It's okay, it's not like it's something the fans can't know." Jiang Yan waved his hand, but after a pause, he added, "But be careful when you guys chat later, don't accidentally say anything you shouldn't."

The group nodded in understanding.

While they were talking, Jiang Zhennan got up and left the private room.

Not long after, he retrieved the power bank from the van.

Jiang Yan took the cable and skillfully plugged it in, then opened the VLIVE software.

Next, log in to your account and start the live stream.

Once the live stream finished loading, his face appeared on the screen first.

After adjusting the settings, Jiang Yan casually placed his phone against the water glass to keep it in place.

However, it was thought that this sudden live stream would initially attract very few viewers.

But to his surprise, in less than two minutes, the number of people entering the live stream had exceeded five thousand, and this number was still increasing at an extremely rapid pace.

Jiang Yan was a little surprised. He knew that these people who came in must have been fans who had followed his live stream channel before. They were able to come in so quickly because they had received a notification from VLIVE.

But are these fans really that free? They come as soon as he starts his broadcast.

Meanwhile, in the live stream room, fans who had just entered began sending out a large number of comments.

[They're actually livestreaming?! What's up with today?!]

Why did oppa suddenly start a live stream?

[Did they finally remember the password?]

【Aa ...

Jiang Yan glanced at the scrolling comments for a while and said with a faint smile, "Yo Luo Ben, long time no see. It's been a while since I've done a live stream for everyone."

When a fan asked where he was, he continued, "I went to watch League of Legends with some friends this afternoon."

The game is over, and I'm just about to have dinner at a restaurant outside.

However, after he said that, the live stream chat exploded again.

Many fans were surprised that he would watch LOL matches, and Jiang Yan also admitted that he had been playing them all along.

However, some fans also sent comments asking him who he watched the game with.

So Jiang Yan reached out and picked up his phone, turning the camera to the side and pointing it at Yu Jeongyeon and Minatozaki Sana sitting next to him.

The two were clearly prepared; as soon as the camera turned to them, Yoo Jeongyeon immediately smiled and waved at the camera, saying, "Hello everyone~"

Sana Minatozaki, standing next to her, also flashed her signature sweet smile, leaned her head against Jeongyeon, and waved enthusiastically.

Jiang Yan casually introduced, "These are Jeongyeon and Sana, who watched the game with me today."

After he finished speaking, he immediately turned the camera to the other side.

Xu Minghao and Wen Junhui were clearly a little reserved after being on camera, and they instinctively sat up straight.

Jiang Yan continued, "These are my new friends I recently met, JUN and THE8 from SEVENTEEN."

He made a point of mentioning the name of their duo, and after saying it, Wen Junhui immediately smiled and waved to the camera: "Hello."

Xu Minghao also greeted everyone: "Hello everyone, I'm THE8."

As the two greeted each other, the live stream chat saw a surge in comments.

[Wow! It's Jeongyeon and Sana from TWICE?!]

[As expected, it was Jeongyeon. I had a feeling it was coming from when oppa said it.]

[I was a little surprised to see Sana here too.]

[SEVENTEEN? Isn't that the rookie boy group that debuted last year?]

I've heard of it, but all I know is that the group has a lot of members, even more than EX0 when they first debuted.

[Oppa, did you know so many friends in the industry?]

Fans are quite curious about Jiang Yan's social circle and want to know how many other people he knows.

However, Jiang Yan did not choose to answer the question, but instead pretended not to see it.

There is no obligation to answer.

He glanced at the comments and chose a relatively safe one to reply to: "Oppa, have you been watching any variety shows lately? I haven't been watching much lately, so if you have any good recommendations, please let me know."

After he finished speaking, a large number of comments immediately flooded the screen.

Fans enthusiastically posted the names of various variety shows, some of which Jiang Yan had never even heard of.

However, he saw many fans posting comments with "PRODUCE101", so after thinking about it, he decided to use that as the topic of conversation.

He feigned ignorance and deliberately baited the question, asking, "Hey Luo Ben, what variety show is 'Produce 101' that you guys are watching?"

After he asked the question, many fans immediately offered explanations of varying degrees.

Jiang Yan deliberately pretended to understand and stared at the live stream for a while before muttering to himself in a tone of sudden realization, "Oh, it's a talent show. It sounds quite interesting."

Just as he was about to interact with fans on this topic, Yoo Jeongyeon, who was standing next to him, joined the conversation by half of her body entering the frame after he finished speaking: "Oppa, someone from our company went on that show too, you know her, it's Somi."

Jiang Yan knew Somi had gone, but he was pretending to have just found out, so he turned to look at Yu Jung-yeon with a slightly surprised expression and said, "Qinjia? Somi went too? With her abilities, she should be able to stand out easily."

Yoo Jeongyeon nodded in agreement, saying, "Account, Somi definitely has the talent to debut."

As soon as she finished speaking, Sana Minatozaki, who had been sitting next to her, got up and walked over. She stood behind Jeongyeon, poked her head slightly into the camera, and suggested with a smile, "Oppa, do you want to watch the 101 public stage now? It's been quite popular lately."

Jiang Yan didn't answer immediately upon hearing this, but instead looked at them and asked, "Have you all seen it?"

Yoo Jeongyeon and Minatozaki Sana nodded matter-of-factly: "We've already seen it."

Off-camera, Xu Minghao immediately chimed in, "JUN and I have also seen it."

The four people gave this answer almost simultaneously.

After listening, Jiang Yan sat there in silence for two seconds, deliberately putting on an expression that said, "So it turns out I'm the only one who hasn't seen it."

His appearance made the fans in the live stream burst into laughter.

[Oppa's expression]

[Kang Yan oppa's inner monologue: So I'm the only one who hasn't seen this?]

The way the others looked at oppa was like they were watching an outdated old man.

Oppa's unintentional variety show sense is amazing, I really want to see him on shows.

In reality, Jiang Yan couldn't possibly have never seen it before; he was just doing it for the sake of creating some live-streaming effect.

The surge in comments in the live stream proves that his actions have been very effective.

"Since you've all seen it, then forget it. I'll watch it slowly when I get back."

Jiang Yan took over the conversation, and after he finished speaking, he turned to look at the number of people in the live stream backend.

At this point, ten minutes after the broadcast started, the number of viewers in his live stream had reached over 20,000.

Just as he was about to find another topic to continue interacting with his fans, Wen Junhui, who was sitting off-camera, suddenly said in a somewhat surprised tone, "Brother Yan, your live stream is trending on Naver's real-time search."

After Wen Junhui finished speaking, he handed over his phone. Jiang Yan took it and glanced at it. There were real-time search terms with his name on it.

Yu Dingyan also came over to take a look, and after seeing it, she said in surprise, "Oh my god, it's actually ranked 7th."

Jiang Yan remained calm after watching the video. He looked back at the camera and smiled faintly, "This is all thanks to the fans. It's probably because I haven't done a live stream in a long time that everyone is so enthusiastic today."

As soon as he said that, the comments section immediately shifted to a collective "attack" on him.

Fans threatened that if the live stream takes this long to start again, they will unfollow the fans.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yan immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, admitting his mistake and promising to do more live streams in the future.

After that, he continued to chat with his fans about many things.

From the songs I've been listening to recently to the champions I like to play in League of Legends.

About twenty minutes later, the door to the private room was finally opened by the waiter.

Seeing that the dishes had started to be served, Jiang Yan knew it was about time to end the broadcast.

So he picked up his phone, waved at the camera, and said, "Yo, Robin, that's all for today's live stream. I'm going to have dinner now."

See you next time, bye-bye.

After saying that, amidst the fans' comments of "Goodbye oppa," Jiang Yan ended the live stream.

The live stream had just ended when Yoo Jeongyeon grinned and pointed to her phone, saying, "Thanks, oppa! You got Sana and me trending on the hot search list too."

Sana Minato chuckled and said, "Even TWICE's name is trending. The company's operations department probably doesn't even know what's going on."

Besides them, Xu Minghao and Wen Junhui were also happy.

Because the two of them also got on the trending topics list.

Jiang Yan was not surprised by this.

It's perfectly normal for being seen with him to trend on social media.

However, he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to Jiang Zhennan, asking, "By the way, did Yuehua Entertainment send any trainees to Produce 101 this time?"

Actually, Jiang Yan had forgotten whether Yuehua Entertainment sent any trainees this time; she didn't recall them.

Jiang Zhennan was taken aback by the question and said uncertainly, "I don't think so—if you're concerned, I'll ask someone in the department later."

Jiang Yan waved his hand: "Never mind, I was just asking casually."

Actually, the topic of 101 just now reminded him.

The contracts of the original 101 members are already fixed, leaving little room for intervention, but he still has a chance to influence the future members of IZ*0NE.

For example, judging by the timeline, Choi Ye-na should be joining Yuehua Entertainment by now.

And artist management will definitely be one of the core businesses of his own studio in the future.

Introducing coconut milk first is a way of being prepared for the worst.

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