Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

At 6 p.m. on June 23, a black van pulled up in front of the JYP training building.

A few minutes later, Yoo Jeong-yeon, dressed in an outfit clearly different from her casual clothes and with elaborate makeup on her face, appeared at the door and quickly opened the car door and got in.

"Good afternoon, oppa."

After boarding the bus, Yu Dingyan immediately spotted Jiang Yan sitting in the last row by the window and greeted him with a smile.

"Okay, come sit down quickly." Jiang Yan glanced at her and gestured for her to sit down.

"Okay." Yu Dingyan sat down next to Jiang Yan briskly and fastened her seatbelt in a few quick movements.

The van started up again; their destination for the day was SBS television station.

Last week, the two recorded a comeback performance on "The Show," and unsurprisingly, they entered the first place candidate list the following week.

So now, they need to participate in the final live broadcast of "The Show" today to reveal the winner.

Actually, if you feel that your chances of winning are not high, you can choose not to go. After all, you are just a candidate from a small station, and you won't get much exposure even if you get some screen time.

However, when the production team announced it yesterday, they hinted that Jiang Yan would be going to the scene, and the meaning of that is obvious without needing to be explicitly stated.

After driving for more than ten minutes, the van stopped downstairs at the SBS television station.

Then, Jiang Yan, Yu Dingyan, and several members of their team got out of the car one after another, entered the TV station building, and took the elevator to the backstage of "The Show".

Upon arriving at the lounge, Jiang Zhennan, as usual, went out first to do some handover work.

Jiang Yan simply found a seat, took out his phone, and continued reading the novel.

I didn't bring my game console today, so I can only pass the time with novels.

When Yu Dingyan came to the lounge this time, she was unusually quiet. After sitting down in the seat next to Jiang Yan, she put her hands on her thighs and rubbed the hem of her clothes. Her expression seemed a little tense.

Jiang Yan noticed her unusual expression out of the corner of his eye, then put down his phone and looked at her, asking, "What are you so nervous about?"

When Jiang Yan asked Yu Dingyan, Yu paused for a moment as he rubbed the hem of his clothes with his fingers.

Then she turned to Jiang Yan, her voice a little hesitant, and said, "Oppa, what should I say when we get first place?"

Yu Dingyan was unaware that Jiang Yan had received a hint from the production team. She only thought that they were there today because they were a substitute and that's why they were showing their faces.

Upon hearing that the other party was so restless over this matter, Jiang Yan thought for a moment and said, "If you don't know what to say, just say a few words of thanks, such as thanking the company, thanking Brother Zhenying, thanking your parents, and so on."

"Just a few words..."

After listening, Yu Dingyan frowned in distress and said, "The problem is, I don't know what to say even if I just say a few words."

She was genuinely worried, and it felt a little unreal.

Even though he hasn't debuted yet, he's already a candidate.

If she really wins the award, wouldn't she be the only person in K-pop history to have won a number one award before even debuting?

This is a path that was never even conceived before, and now, it's just one final step away from being realized.

What Yu Dingyan is most worried about now is that if she actually wins an award, her mind will go blank and she won't be able to say anything, which would be so embarrassing.

Seeing her conflicted expression, Jiang Yan couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Why don't you open your phone now and search online for what other people said when they won first place, and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan nodded, as if this was the only way.

But as she was about to take out her phone, she suddenly remembered something, stopped what she was doing, looked at Jiang Yan, and asked, "So oppa, when you first won first place, you did the same thing?"

"No, I just improvise," Jiang Yan said calmly, shaking his head.

As a seasoned user deeply influenced by Tieba, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Douban in his previous life, he possessed an incredibly profound knowledge base. For such a small occasion, there was no need to prepare a draft of his acceptance speech in advance.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dingyan glanced at Jiang Yan's composed face and knew that the other party was not lying.

She didn't say anything more, quickly took out her phone, opened the NAVER search bar, and started typing in the keywords "idol's first place acceptance speech".

Then he lowered his head, swiping his fingers across the screen, and watched the videos one by one intently.

Seeing Yu Dingyan intently staring at his phone screen, Jiang Yan also thought of a question.

Yoo Jeongyeon got this number one. After she joins TWICE and debuts, will this number one count as half of TWICE?

……

This week's winner is YAN & JeongYeon, with "All I Wanna Do"! Congratulations!

At 8:15 PM, during the live broadcast of THESHOW's third week of promotions, MC Park Jiyeon loudly announced today's winner to the camera.

On stage, as the results were announced, the director's camera zoomed in directly on Jiang Yan and Yu Dingyan.

During the awards ceremony, after receiving the microphone and trophy from Park Jiyeon, Yoo Jeongyeon looked at Kang Yeon, who was standing to the side, somewhat at a loss.

Clearly, even after preparing herself mentally backstage, Yoo Jeong-yeon was still somewhat dazed when she actually received the trophy for first place.

Jiang Yan smiled and looked at her, gesturing with his eyes whether she should give her acceptance speech first.

However, Yu Dingyan was speechless at this moment and could only hurriedly shove the hot microphone into Jiang Yan's hand so that he could speak first.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan calmly took the microphone, faced the camera and began to perform: "Kamsamita, winning this first place was completely unexpected, but I am still very grateful for the support of Felix fans. Without you, there would be no such special stage."

"And as I said before, I will bring better music to my fans in the future, and this number one ranking is just a new beginning..."

After saying a few simple words, Jiang Yan handed the microphone back to Yu Dingyan.

Knowing there was no way to avoid it, the latter could only bite the bullet and stammer into the microphone, "Uh... thank you everyone, um... thank you to my family, thank you Park Jin-young PDnim..."

After finally finishing speaking, Yoo Jeongyeon quickly handed the microphone back to Park Jiyeon on the other side.

After Park Jiyeon took back the microphone, she smiled and took control of the situation, giving a final summary.

Then came the exit segment, followed by the accompaniment of "All I Wanna Do." As the other artists on stage exited, they came over to congratulate and bow.

Jiang Yan returned their greetings with a smile, while Yu Dingyan followed suit, bowing half-bowing to the passing celebrities like she was pounding garlic, creating a somewhat comical scene.

After everyone had left, Jiang Yan and Yu Dingyan stood still and began the encore.

Jiang Yan picked up the microphone and precisely switched to the accompaniment to sing, while Yu Dingyan, whose part wasn't hers yet, started dancing the choreography seriously and meticulously to the music.

Seeing how hard Yu Dingyan was working on the stage, Jiang Yan had no choice but to switch to serious mode as well.

As a result, what was originally an encore stage where all you had to do was sing a little bit turned into something like a regular music show performance.