Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

After finishing her performance at Kyung Hee University's anniversary celebration, Kang Yeon had a schedule almost every day for the following week.

In addition to commercial performances, there were also invitations from some South Korean local brands to participate in offline events.

These kinds of invitations don't mean they'll sign an endorsement contract with him; they're just paying Jiang Yan to go through the motions.

The platform ride won't take long, usually just over half an hour.

The quoted price is around 200,000 yuan, which is Jiang Yan's current appearance fee.

Although he is not a popular singer in South Korea yet, and he is not even a top-tier singer, he is still considered a second-tier top star.

In terms of music streaming, the title track has entered the top 20 of the yearly charts, and in terms of album sales, it has now accumulated nearly 80,000 copies.

One hundred thousand copies is a hurdle; once you get past that, you're on the right track.

The sales potential of the debut album has basically reached its limit, but it's normal for it to fall short, since a singer's main source of revenue is usually digital music sales.

But Jiang Yan didn't care; he had plenty of ways to break 100,000 if he really wanted to.

He could easily make up for the 20,000 sales by holding just two autograph sessions back in China.

But this is meaningless; it's just ripping off the same group of people who are being exploited.

The key issue is that he won't actually get the money; the majority goes to the record company, and he'll only get 30% of the remaining 30%.

He should let the fans grow a bit more, and then focus on sales when he releases his next album.

Right now, his most important task is to work diligently and get paid as soon as possible.

The first thing Jiang Yan did after receiving the settlement was to prepare to move out.

Although the villa dormitory at Yuehua is very nice, it's still a bit restrictive to live with a bunch of men.

It's more comfortable to live alone in an independent apartment, and you can bring your partner home instead of always going to a hotel.

By the end of May, Kang Yeon, who had briefly ended her activities in South Korea, was given a few days of rest.

Yuehua Entertainment has already arranged his trip back to China next month, and he's just waiting for his rest period to end before he flies back home.

However, on the first day of her break, Jiang Yan still went to CUBE in the afternoon.

I wasn't called over for a meeting; instead, I was taken to the communal workspace on the third floor.

Of course, I can't forget the collaboration with Lee Ji-eun, and I plan to finish the demo in the next few days.

Moreover, it wasn't just for this reason.

He's about to start preparing for his second solo album.

He has tentatively set his next return date for September or October, which is four months from now.

When you first start soloing, you need to have drive.

When fans see their idols working so hard, they will be more motivated to support them and cheer them on.

Strengthening cohesion with fans is the goal.

Speaking of which, CUBE reminded Jiang Yan at a meeting a while ago that his fans don't yet have nicknames.

This is not a good thing, because fan nicknames can strengthen the connection between idols and fans.

Jiang Yan responded to this matter very quickly.

That evening, he briefly thought of a few fan names and finally chose "Felix" as his fan nickname.

As for the reason, it was actually to correspond to the phoenix logo on his album, but since "Phoenix" is the English word for "Phoenix", Jiang Yan used "Felix" as a homophone instead.

After Yuehua Entertainment and CUBE Entertainment simultaneously announced the fan name, Jiang Yan's fans naturally celebrated.

Chinese fans even simplified it further, because Felix is ​​too long to pronounce in Chinese, so domestic fans used "菲宝" instead.

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Jiang Yan stayed in the studio for three or four hours, until dinner time, before stopping the audio track adjustments, tidying up, and leaving the room.

While waiting for the elevator, two or three trainees passed by. After seeing him, they greeted him politely, but then didn't take the elevator and went directly to the nearby emergency exit staircase to go downstairs.

Jiang Yan felt a bit helpless about this; he just had a cold appearance, not that he was truly unapproachable.

After waiting for a while, the elevator stopped at his floor, but as soon as the door opened, he found that there were two people inside.

It's Tian Xiaojuan and Jin Mini.

As Jiang Yan stepped into the elevator, he casually said, "Hello everyone, is today's practice session over?"

Tian Xiaojuan nodded and replied first, "Yes, the practice class just ended, and we're going downstairs for dinner now."

Meanwhile, Kim Minnie, standing beside her, stammered in Chinese, "Senior...are you also going...for dinner...?"

Jiang Yan smiled faintly and said, "Yes, your Chinese is quite good."

But I must say, the other person's pronunciation was much more standard than that of South Koreans.

Even with a Chinese language certificate, Yoo Jeong-yeon couldn't speak at this level.

However, considering that Kim Minnie is Thai, it's not surprising that she has such a standard accent.

Thank you~

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's praise, Jin Mini smiled sheepishly.

However, Jiang Yan didn't talk much with the two people during the elevator descent.

On the one hand, he didn't know what to say, and how could they chat if they didn't have common topics?

If it were Mina, he could still chat about games, but with Jeon So-yeon, he could probably only talk about music, but he didn't want to talk about those things after get off work.

Needless to say, Jin Minnie was another matter. Although she could speak a few words of Chinese, Jiang Yan had no desire to discuss the profoundness of the Chinese language with her.

In short, there's no spark.

After the elevator stopped on the first floor, Jiang Yan stepped out first.

After finding a restaurant nearby for dinner, he returned to his studio to continue working less than half an hour later.

But not long after, there was a knock on the studio door.

After stopping, Jiang Yan said to the door, "Please come in."

After he finished speaking, the door opened and Lin Yunlong, the director of the agency department at Cube Entertainment who was in charge of all his affairs, walked in.

"What's wrong, Director Lin? What brings you here so late?" Jiang Yan asked, somewhat surprised, upon seeing that it was Lin Yunlong who walked in.

"I was originally planning to let you know tomorrow, but since you're here at the company, I might as well tell you in person," Lin Yunlong said bluntly after entering.

"Speaking."

"It was SBS that contacted us. They wanted to invite you to record a performance for 'All I Wanna Do'."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan realized that this was simply a recall for music promotion.

"I'm going back to China next week. Do they have any date requirements?"

"No, the date can be set separately, after all, the stage setup also needs to be prepared in advance."

"Okay, I'll go to JYP tomorrow and discuss it with them."

Jiang Yan couldn't finalize the matter of recalling the artists for promotional activities.

"All I Wanna Do" is, after all, a collaboration song, and it's not enough for Kang Yeon to just agree to make it a hit on music shows.

We also need JYP to release some talent.

Therefore, whether this collaborative platform can be realized depends on whether Jiang Yan can consult with Park Jin-young.