Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Jiang Yan turned to look at Park Jin-young beside him, then considered whether or not to give his honest opinion.

But after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, because he realized that Park Jin-young himself wasn't a particularly good singer.

People like gorillas and pugs are similar; they have strong production skills but their singing ability is average, belonging to the self-taught level.

Furthermore, JYP doesn't offer systematic vocal coaching; everything depends on the trainees' own talent, so it would be a miracle if they could sing well.

Having figured this out, Jiang Yan stopped worrying and immediately started assigning parts to the six people.

Each member of the Major team now has a lyric sheet and a pen in their hand to record their part assignments later.

Jiang Yan was now marking lyrics in his notebook. He first looked at Minatozaki Sana: "Sana, for the opening introduction, can you handle these two lines?"

"Gui, okay."

When Sana Minatozaki heard Jiang Yan call her name as soon as he came up, she paused for a moment, then quickly nodded in response and picked up her pen to make a mark.

"Next... Mina, you'll take over the two verses after Sana finishes singing."

Jiang Yan recalled the original length distribution of the song, but he also made some small adjustments of his own.

The medley of cherry blossoms is a minor adjustment, but it won't diminish the original performance of the song by the members.

"Chaeyoung will be in charge of the rap part. As for the harmonies, Somi and Minyoung, which of you two wants to be in charge of that part?"

Jiang Yan paused his work of dividing things up temporarily when this question came up, and he looked up at the two people.

After being asked, Somi and Song Min-young exchanged glances, and finally Song Min-young gently raised her hand and said, "I can give it a try."

"Okay, then you can do it."

Jiang Yan wrote the other person's name on the section of harmony, and then continued to divide it.

"미쳤나봐 (Are You Crazy?)" has three choruses. If you want a stable live performance, giving them all to Somi and Song Min-young is the right choice.

But when Jiang Yan was dividing the chorus, he looked up and glanced at Mina.

Although he said he would divide the parts according to the actual situation, then again, everyone has their own selfish motives.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yan continued, "The last part of the chorus can't be just two voices alternating, so we need to switch singers. Mina, you try this part."

When Mina was called upon by Jiang Yan, she paused for a moment, then replied softly, "...Yes, okay."

She picked up a pen and marked the two verses, then looked up at the other person.

She had hoped that Jiang Yan, as the producer, might take care of her because of their personal relationship.

And now, that expectation has been so easily fulfilled.

But isn't this taking care of things a bit too directly?

She thought the other person might at most give her a couple more lines of the verse, but she didn't expect them to just break out the chorus and feed it to her.

Thinking of this, Mina lowered her head, a slight smile involuntarily playing on her lips.

She seemed to like this feeling of being taken care of.

……

The whole process didn't take much time. After the lyrics were distributed, he handed the lyric booklet in his hand to Park Jin-young.

Park Jin-young took it, glanced at it briefly, nodded, and said, "No problem, let's start with this."

"Okay, everyone, familiarize yourselves with your assigned parts first. We'll officially start recording in half an hour."

Jiang Yan gave the six members of the Major team some time to adjust to their assigned parts.

Half an hour later, Sana Minatozaki, the first person whose name was called, walked into the inner room of the recording studio.

Jiang Yan put his headphones back on and said into the microphone, "Get ready, we'll start singing from the first line."

After placing the lyrics on the shelf in front of her, Sana Minatozaki put on her headphones and began to sing once she was ready.

However, she had only sung the first line when Jiang Yan abruptly interrupted her, preventing her from continuing.

"No, the breathing isn't right, let's try again."

Upon hearing this, Sana Minatozaki immediately adjusted her breathing and started again.

She quickly started the second take, but Jiang Yan stopped her again after she had only sung one line.

"Pronounce your words clearly, and don't mix too much falsetto into your voice."

Jiang Yan pointed out the problem again with a blank expression. After he finished speaking, he signaled Minatozaki Sana to start over.

However, when the third time began, Jiang Yan interrupted him again after only singing one line.

Fourth time, fifth time, sixth time...

The atmosphere in the recording studio grew increasingly tense. The remaining five members of the Major team looked at each other, all of them feeling a pang of anxiety for Sana Minatozaki, who was standing in the inner room.

So strict!

This is the truest reflection of the five people's feelings at this moment.

When they spoke to each other before, Jiang Yan seemed very approachable.

But now that we've started the actual recording, it's suddenly become terrifying.

Looking at the scene before her, Mina immediately thought of the things Lim Nayeon and Yoo Jeongyeon had said when they stopped Lee Chaeryeong from suggesting that Kang Yeon be in charge of choreography.

She couldn't help but stare at Jiang Yan's expressionless face for a while, and finally understood why the two unnies were so afraid of him.

It's quite scary.

But he looked really handsome when he was so serious.

After another forty or fifty minutes, Sana Minatozaki finally finished her part.

When she came out of the inner room, her face showed an expression of utter despair.

He seemed completely drained of energy. After sitting back down, he slumped down and rested his head on Mina's shoulder.

"You've worked hard, Satan," Mina said softly, trying to comfort him.

"Hmph, Hiko-san is really something, how come he's even stricter than PD Park?" Minatozaki Sana muttered under her breath.

"Maybe this is how he usually works, but isn't it good that he's so responsible?"

"That's true, but Mitan, I get the feeling you're speaking up for him."

"No, I'm just stating the facts."

Facing the questioning look from Sana Minatozaki, Mina Mei replied calmly.

The two were about to say something when Jiang Yan's voice came over: "Mina, get ready, you're next."

"Inside."

Mina, whose name was called, immediately stood up, took her lyric book, and went to the inner room.

After preparing just like Sana Minatozaki, Jiang Yan played the accompaniment.

Mina started singing the first line, but immediately encountered the same situation as Sana Minatozaki.

"Stop for a moment." Jiang Yan paused the accompaniment.

Mina immediately stopped, pursed her lips, and waited for the other person to point out her mistake.

"You sang that line well, but your emotional expression was a bit weak. Let's do it again," Jiang Yan said calmly.

However, Mina felt something was off when she heard this.

It's so strange. Even though the problems were pointed out in a strict manner, she didn't seem nervous at all after hearing them.

Meanwhile, Minatozaki Sana, who was watching from outside, widened her eyes in surprise.

This doesn't make sense, does it?

Why does this tone sound a little different from when I recorded the audio for her?

She wasn't sure; she needed to take a closer look.