Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

On stage, the artists and groups left one after another.

As the EXID members passed by Jiang Yan, Ahn Hee-yeon proactively greeted him with a smile, saying, "Jiang Yan-xi, congratulations!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan chuckled and replied, "Thank you, Senior Hani. I was just lucky this time."

Upon hearing his words, the other members of EXID covered their mouths and smiled at Ahn Hee-yeon, leaving Jiang Yan somewhat puzzled.

Is there anything wrong with what he said?

But there's no way to investigate further right now, because the other party left after a brief greeting.

In less than a minute, the stage was completely cleared out, leaving only him.

"You are me, and I am you"

"I am you, and you are me"

"If you have the same idea"

"The two of them will become each other."

"..."

Jiang Yan sang more casually during the encore, but this casualness is a level that most idols can never reach in their entire lives.

After the encore, the TV station naturally cut off the live broadcast, and Jiang Yan took the trophy and turned to walk backstage.

He had just returned to the lounge when Wu Xuanyi rushed over and exclaimed, "Brother Yan is awesome! He just debuted as a solo artist and already won first place!"

Meng Yuqi followed up and asked, "Brother Yan, wouldn't you be considered the first Chinese person to win first place?"

Jiang Yan shook his head: "No, that's not true. Strictly speaking, I should be the third in history."

"What? It's the third one? Who were the first two?"

Wu Xuanyi asked in surprise, while the other two older Chinese women also waited curiously for Jiang Yan's answer.

"The first two are from SM Entertainment. One is Zhang Liyin, and the other is Zhou Mi. You can find out by searching them yourself."

Jiang Yan didn't want to waste any more words on this, so she simply gave Cai Ming's name and told them to find out for themselves.

However, if he wins the top spot on one of the major networks later, he can create the achievement of "the first foreign male solo artist to win the top spot on one of the three major networks".

He walked over to Jiang Zhennan and handed him the trophy. After taking it, Jiang Zhennan smiled and said, "Your former teammates probably won't be able to sleep tonight."

"It's okay, they definitely won't be able to sleep tomorrow either."

"Haha, you didn't see it. The look on their faces when they left in the corridor just now... tsk tsk..."

Jiang Yan listened to Jiang Zhennan's vivid analogy while casually glancing at her phone.

Sure enough, he has now received a bunch of congratulatory messages on his phone.

As his girlfriend, Kim Seolhyun naturally sent him several messages immediately, and Yoo Jeongyeon also bombarded him with a long string of messages around the same time.

Mina sent a message quickly, but only one message came through.

In addition, Sana Minatozaki and Momo Hirai, two other members of the Sakura LINE group, also sent congratulatory messages.

There are also Lim Nayeon, Park Jihyo, and other former JYP trainees from the same period.

Wang Jiaer was even more direct, asking him if he was free later and if he wanted to throw him a club celebration.

Jiang Yan was naturally tempted but refused, as he didn't have the time for such things right now.

Replying to these messages was rather time-consuming, so Jiang Yan first picked out a few people she was on good terms with to reply to, and then talked to the others after leaving the TV station and getting back into the car.

After tidying up, the group left the lounge a few minutes later.

However, after walking a few steps in the backstage corridor, Jiang Yan ran into Park Ji-yeon, the resident MC for the day.

Upon seeing Jiang Yan, the other person stopped and greeted him, "Jiang Yan-xi, are you leaving already?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan also stopped and replied, "Hello, Park Jiyeon sunbaenim. I was just about to go downstairs."

"Congratulations on winning the award today. It's really impressive for a foreign artist to achieve this."

"Thank you for the compliment, senior. I will continue to work hard in the future."

"How about we add 'kakao' to our names? Maybe we can invite you as a guest when Tara holds a concert in China in the future."

When Park Jiyeon suddenly sent a friend request, Jiang Yan paused for 0.1 seconds before replying with a smile, "No problem, as long as the seniors of TARTA don't mind me."

"Haha, how could that be?"

The two added each other as friends on Kakao while chatting and laughing.

After the two sides separated, Jiang Zhennan, back in the car, said with a hint of anticipation, "Hey, do you think they'll really invite you in the future?"

"Who knows?"

Jiang Yan shrugged indifferently, then smiled and said, "But what's wrong with you? You seem pretty excited?"

"Definitely, many dog ​​lovers in China are their fans, and so am I."

"So you're a fan of Park Jiyeon?"

"No, those are the other members of their group."

"Which one?"

"That girl who looks like Raven, her name is... um, I suddenly can't remember her name."

"Does she look like Raven?"

Jiang Yan was somewhat surprised by the other party's analogy, but after Jiang Zhennan took out his phone and showed him the photos, he understood why he said that.

It turned out to be a fan-taken photo of Ham Eun-jung with her hair dyed white.

To be honest, she does look somewhat similar to Raven.

However, this also proves that Jiang Zhennan is a fake fan at all, as he can't even pronounce his full name.

Well, actually, Jiang Yan couldn't remember all the members of TARA's names right away.

On the contrary, he remembered the troll's name in a second.

In short, after leaving the TV station and getting into the nanny car, Jiang Yan picked up her phone and kept replying to messages.

He hadn't finished replying by the time the car stopped at the dormitory entrance.

……

The hashtag #JiangYanTHESHOW #1 trended in the top ten of NAVER's real-time trending topics that night, and many casual viewers who watched the music show live were discussing it online.

"As an EXID fan, I originally wanted to support Solji today, but I ended up watching a huge show."

"It seems like Block B's Lee Min-hyuk is secretly laughing on the sidelines. It looks like the idols are watching the show too."

"The result was that seven people couldn't beat one person."

"Honestly, I thought it would be good enough if Jiang Yan could make the reserve team, but he took one of the spots directly."

"ARMY will soon say that THE SHOW is a terrible show that has no value to begin with."

"THE SHOW has no real value, but BTS hasn't even won a single award that has no real value yet."

"BTS, with seven members, has zero first-place finishes, while Kang Yeon, with one member, has one first-place finish, therefore Kang Yeon > BTS."

"So it was BTS that restricted Jiang Yan? If she had come out for a solo earlier, she might have won first place much sooner."

"Shh, don't tell the truth. ARMY is furious and his heart can't take it."

"BTS fans, don't be too sad. Your sales are still higher than theirs, but you still didn't get first place ㅋㅋㅋㅋ"

"..."

Bystanders watching the spectacle chatted amongst themselves on social media, but the ARMYs remained silent across all platforms tonight.

How to play when you're at a disadvantage?

They were mocking Jiang Yan for not having many fans and predicting his solo career would flop, but now they've been directly ripped off.

As a former member, to achieve the first number one award before the original group, especially in the same period, is nothing short of embarrassing.

And for ARMYs, the worst news is that if they don't win tomorrow's championship show, they won't have a chance to turn the tide for at least this week.