Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

For a period of time afterward, Jiang Yan would go to the Starship to rehearse choreography with Cheng Xiao and the others.

However, there are still other things to do during rehearsals.

For example, today, he got into the van assigned to him by Yuehua Entertainment early in the morning and went to a beauty salon to get his hair styled for a pre-debut photoshoot.

Once there, he was led to a private room, and the stylist in charge of his hair today was a female stylist named Kim Jung-hye.

"Your hair is so beautiful," Kim Jung-hye complimented after fiddling with Kang Yeon's hair in front of the mirror.

"Thank you for the compliment. Nuna is also very young, probably only in her twenties, right?" Jiang Yan replied with a smile.

"Haha, I'm not as young as you say." Kim Jung-hye was so happy to hear Jiang Yan say that that she couldn't stop smiling.

Obviously, anyone would be happy to be praised like that by a handsome guy.

After chatting for a few more minutes, the two finally got down to business.

"These are some of the most popular hairstyles in South Korea recently. Which one would you like to get?"

Kim Jung-hye then took a notebook, opened it to a page, and placed it in front of Kang Yeon.

Jiang Yan only glanced at it briefly, but he already had an idea in mind before he came.

"Give me a side-swept hairstyle (3/7 split)."

"Huh? But this hairstyle is a bit retro, it's not in the current trend at all."

"But what suits you best is the best, isn't it?"

"Okay, whatever you say. So, what about hair color? What color are you planning to choose?"

"Hmm... golden brown, I'll go with that."

"Okay, let's begin."

Kim Jung-hye opened her toolkit, prepared all the necessary tools, and began to formally style Kang Yeon.

The first step is to dye your hair, and then style it after the color is applied.

The whole process took three or four hours, making Jiang Yan feel drowsy.

After everything was finished, he carefully examined his new image in the mirror.

It's not bad, about the same as he expected.

After finishing styling the details of Jiang Yan's hair, Kim Jung-hye kept praising him in front of the mirror, saying, "Aigoo, this is practically your perfect hairstyle."

Jiang Yan simply smiled in response to the praise.

There's no need for a specific hairstyle; he won't tie his image to just one style.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Kim Jung-hye, Kang Yeon left the beauty salon and got back into the van.

His next stop was the photo studio where he had arranged to have his picture taken.

After the photoshoot was completed, it was already evening.

Jiang Yan asked the driver to take her directly back to her dormitory.

Normally, he should eat dinner outside before going home, but now he has something more important than eating.

Upon entering, Jiang Yan went straight upstairs to Jiang Zhennan's room without saying a word.

When I opened the door, I saw the other person sitting in front of the computer playing games.

However, he wasn't playing League of Legends; he was playing a single-player game whose name he couldn't recall.

Upon seeing him enter, Jiang Zhennan promptly closed the game interface, then turned around and smiled, "You're back so soon. Have you had dinner yet?"

Jiang Yan shook his head: "No, let's talk about the situation over there first."

The reason he rushed back immediately after the photoshoot was because Jiang Zhennan had gone to that record marketing company during the day and brought back some information that he wanted to tell him in person.

"Just as you thought, that company does indeed do that kind of business..." Jiang Zhennan rambled on about his experience today.

He said that after he went to the address, he was received by a business manager from Yuehua Entertainment and taken to a conference room for discussion.

The other party first introduced him to some record promotion services, including but not limited to Naver real-time search term manipulation, related search term tag modification, radio station public relations, etc.

Furthermore, the other party's business manager also stated that they could analyze the algorithms of various portal websites to modify the backend and promote their songs to their clients.

As for audio source business, they also have it, but the manager in charge only provided some scope of business and did not disclose any specific operating methods.

"They also said they could get a song to appear at the top of most charts, but the price is different for each chart, and it also varies depending on how long it stays on the chart."

"What's the specific price?"

"They said they would only be able to give a specific price after we finalized the details of the order and placed it, based on the music streaming trends for that week."

After hearing this, Jiang Yan hesitated for a moment before continuing, "You've added that person in contact, haven't you?"

Jiang Zhennan nodded knowingly: "I've added you on Kakao. If you have any questions now, I'll ask them for you directly."

"Then ask him now about the prices of the top ten on Melon's real-time rankings."

"Okay, wait a moment."

Jiang Zhennan quickly took out his phone, unlocked the screen, and tapped the keys nimbly for a while before stopping.

After sending the message, he put down his phone and said, "Let's wait for their reply. But don't you need to go get some dinner?"

Jiang Yan waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm not very hungry right now."

He can wait a little longer for dinner; he can afford to wait that long.

However, he didn't have to wait too long; a few minutes later, there was movement from the other side.

Jiang Zhennan picked up his phone, glanced at it, and then briefly relayed the contents of the message he received.

"The other party said that under normal circumstances, it would cost about 1 million to 3 million Korean won to hoard a single song to the top of a music chart. However, if it is only in the top ten, it will be relatively cheaper."

Jiang Yan's first reaction upon hearing the price was, "That's a bit cheap."

1 million to 3 million Korean won? That's only 50 to 150 million Chinese won.

But he soon realized that this price was only meant to maintain his position on the list for a period of time, and that if he invested in it long-term, it would accumulate into a considerable expense.

However, Jiang Yan felt that this was not something he needed to consider, because he had an absolute advantage in this regard that no one else had.

That means the songs he chooses to register are at least popular singles that have been tested by various markets.

In other words, all he needs to do is get the song on the relevant charts in the early stages to increase its exposure, and then he basically doesn't need to continue investing a lot of money in inflating its popularity.

The subsequent increase in streaming and downloads can be entirely attributed to the quality of the song itself, directly attracting a stable audience from the general public.

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now. Keep in touch with him."

After getting the information he wanted, Jiang Yan got up and prepared to go downstairs to have dinner.

"Wait a minute, another message is coming in." Jiang Zhennan stopped him while looking at his phone screen.

"What else?"

"They also said they accept installment payments. If we confirm the order here, we can pay a deposit first, and then pay the balance in installments after the transaction is completed."

Jiang Yan was deeply moved when he heard about such a humane solution.

As expected of the channel that provides services to Bang Si-hyuk, they are indeed very professional.