Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 171 Gaining Followers

For the first two weeks after returning to South Korea, Jiang Yan basically entered a state of semi-rest and semi-adjustment.

He hasn't started producing his next full-length album yet, but he has begun selecting songs.

Besides selecting two or three songs from the existing inventory, the remaining songs will be put into production after returning from the United States.

On January 21, the news of Jiang Yan becoming an NFL ambassador was reported by several American media outlets, including the North American World Journal.

After the news reached China, various media outlets on Weibo rushed to publish articles reporting on it.

Yuehua Entertainment also released an official announcement on its official Weibo account.

Our artist, @JiangYan, will become the first Chinese person to serve as a promotional ambassador for Super Bowl LIX; and will be on February 4th.

He performed on stage at the Super Bowl Live.

After the news came out, Feli immediately went into a frenzy of celebration.

How can my idol be so awesome!

"They just signed with a top record label and now a big deal has come their way; they're really going to go global!"

"Congratulations Yanbao, the pride of China! #fist"

"Looking forward to my husband's amazing performance!!!"

"As a die-hard fan, I really enjoyed watching this!!"

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Within minutes, Yuehua Entertainment's Weibo post had been forwarded over 1 times and received thousands of comments.

However, many casual observers who don't understand what the Super Bowl is feel that these trending topics are a bit inexplicable.

Even after seeing Jiang Yan's fans spreading the word about science everywhere, I only understood the general idea and didn't really grasp the concept.

But none of that matters; those who are meant to understand will understand.

However, there are also those who try to muddy the waters with fake science popularization.

They disguised themselves as Fei and went around explaining Super Bowl LIVE as a Super Bowl halftime show.

Then, after luring out some truly knowledgeable people to refute the claims, they launch an attack using a barrage of extremely offensive language.

These people are trying to ruin Jiang Yan's public image through this method.

The saying goes, "All's fair in war," and this is a common tactic used by fan groups to attack each other.

After all, there are so many people on the internet in China, and many of them believe whatever they hear and lack independent thinking.

These are unavoidable methods for home use, as Jiang Yan is putting immense pressure on other top celebrities.

With top-tier luxury brands, impressive sales figures, and a large domestic fan base, he has achieved great success.

Such an opponent is far beyond the reach of the younger generation of domestic stars.

They couldn't compete with him in a normal way, so the rival fans had to resort to dirty tricks to stop Jiang Yan from gaining more fans.

This group of people simply doesn't want to admit that Jiang Yan and their master are no longer on the same level as artists.

They also attributed Jiang Yan's acquisition of the NFL ambassadorship to Sony Music, assuming it was a resource he received after signing with the company.

In short, they said whatever was sour they could, trying to portray Jiang Yan as a resource-driven person with no real talent.

Feli members have responded to these comments with unwavering force.

Feli's current combat capabilities are already at the level of a regular army, which is the confidence they have gained from Jiang Yan's achievements.

As expected, the Weibo posts from those two days sparked arguments among several fan groups, attracting countless onlookers.

As we all know, the public hates top celebrities who lack talent the most, and Jiang Yan, who was besieged by the fan circles of top celebrities, also gained the curiosity and attention of unsuspecting passers-by.

After watching some clips of Jiang Yan's performances, passersby realized that he seemed to have real talent and immediately went out to support him.

This involves a contrarian psychology: the more disliked a person is by the top influencers, the more these disapproving bystanders will help them.

After two days of arguing, Jiang Yan's official Weibo account saw another surge in followers.

When the fans of several top celebrities saw that their rivals had actually gained new fans as a result, they immediately lost their desire to argue and briefly disappeared from the internet.

February 1, inside a hotel near Hunan TV.

Jiang Yan departed from Seoul in the morning and arrived in Changsha at noon.

The accompanying team had already settled into the hotel, but instead of departing immediately, they continued to rest at the hotel.

They weren't in a rush to rehearse, and before coming, Jiang Yan and Li Zhi'en had already contacted each other. They had booked the same hotel and agreed to set off together after the other arrived.

At 2 p.m., Lee Ji-eun's team finally arrived at the hotel.

After a rest of nearly half an hour, the two teams met downstairs and set off in the same car.

To be precise, he, Lee Ji-eun, and their respective managers rode in one car, while their accompanying teams rode in another.

In the car, Lee Ji-eun breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down, then turned her head and smiled at Kang Yeon.

She finally had time to talk to the other person.

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What has Jiang Yan been busy with lately?

"I haven't been busy lately, but I'm leaving for the United States the day after tomorrow."

"USA?!"

Lee Ji-eun was taken aback at first, then realized what she meant and exclaimed, "Ah—I remember now, it's about going to the Super Bowl LIVE, right? I saw that news too."

Jiang Yan nodded: "Yes, it's that event."

"Jiang Yan is becoming more and more international."

"You flatter me. It's not really a very large-scale performance."

"Haha, you're too modest. What happened after you got back?"

"After I come back, I should officially start preparing for the next comeback album."

"Oh my, preparations have already begun? When are you planning to return?"

After hearing Kang Yeon talk about the album, Lee Ji-eun clearly showed interest.

Jiang Yan shook his head and said, "It's not decided yet. The specific time will be decided after the album is fully completed."

After listening, Lee Ji-eun jokingly said, "If you need any songs to collaborate on, you can come to me."

"Of course, if there's a suitable song, I definitely won't be polite with IUi."

However, although Jiang Yan said that, in reality, he probably won't be collaborating with IU again anytime soon.

On the one hand, the previous collaborations had already received a very good response, and repeating the partnership in a short period of time would make the outside world lose interest.

On the other hand, there are indeed no songs suitable for a duet between the two of them in the songs he has selected for this album so far.

After finishing this conversation, Jiang Yan looked at Li Zhi'en and asked, "By the way, how's your Chinese practice going?"

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In their duet this time, IU sang the Chinese part, so Jiang Yan was quite curious about how IU's practice was going.

When Lee Ji-eun heard this question, she couldn't help but look a little melancholy: "Wow, Chinese is really hard to learn. In order to pronounce and enunciate clearly, I even found a Chinese teacher to tutor me recently."

"Really? Then I'm already looking forward to the rehearsal later."

"Let's make this clear first, if I sing something wrong later, you're not allowed to laugh."

"That depends on the situation. I'll try not to laugh."

"Oh, you absolutely mustn't laugh."

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