Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

On July 9, after filming all the scenes for "That's What I Like", Kang Yeon and her team flew back to South Korea overnight.

It takes about one or two weeks to edit the final cut; he is only responsible for the final inspection.

But the first thing Jiang Yan did upon returning was to treat everyone to dinner again, using his own money.

As for who to invite?

It refers to TWICE, who have already successfully debuted through "SIXTEEN," or more precisely, the six members of 3MIX and the Sakura line.

While he was still in Hawaii, he received good news from Yoo Jeong-yeon and the others late at night.

The reason for treating everyone upon their return was to celebrate their successful debut.

The 99line food team wasn't included in this treat, for a simple reason: they're not familiar with each other at all and have no connection.

Needless to say, 3MIX has known Jiang Yan for 5 years, while Minatozaki Sana and Hirai Momo in the Sakura line have known him for more than 2 years.

Of the remaining five, Mina had known Jiang Yan the shortest, but her relationship with him was closer than that of most of the other five.

It was quite a coincidence that during the time Jiang Yan and Yu Dingyan were rehearsing choreography, she went to JYP many times, but she never spent time in the same practice room as any of the three members of the catering team.

He only had one interaction with Son Chaeyoung during recording, and he never had a close interaction with Kim Dahyun or Chou Tzuyu.

However, Jiang Yan had nothing to worry about in this regard.

If you haven't communicated, it means the time isn't right yet. When the time is right, you'll naturally get to know each other.

On the other hand, Jiang Yan originally thought she would have to invite them in two separate sessions, since although they were now on the same team, they had only just become teammates.

Even if you later find out that the nine rabbits get along well, at this point they are essentially just colleagues.

Teammates ≠ Friends

As a former BTS member, Jiang Yanke understands all too well the value of this statement.

However, to Jiang Yan's surprise, his judgment this time was wrong.

At that moment, a message from Yoo Jeong-yeon on his phone told him that she had already made arrangements with the Sakura Line, and the six of them would come together.

After reading the message, Jiang Yan was initially surprised, but after thinking about it carefully and combining it with the level eight rabbit skills he had mastered in his previous life, he roughly understood the situation.

This is because "Mother Yu" has taken action ahead of time.

The only person who could connect the two small circles of 3MIX and Sakura Line at this time is Yoo Jeong-yeon.

However, the relationship between 3MIX and MISAMO is quite complicated.

Later, Lim Nayeon and Hirai Momo had a particularly good relationship for a period of time, even better than with Yoo Jeongyeon.

Mina and Jihyo have a good relationship outside of the group and often go shopping together.

So it seems understandable that these people were willing to have dinner together privately this time.

After casually replying to Yu Dingyan's message, Jiang Yan put down her phone.

He was currently in a meeting at CUBE's conference room, discussing matters related to his return.

More than an hour later, as noon approached, the meeting finally ended.

Jiang Yan and Jiang Zhennan left together. After going downstairs, they went to a nearby restaurant for a quick bite.

During the meal, Jiang Zhennan suddenly remembered something, so he put down his chopsticks and said, "Someone from the company department sent me a message today, saying that you should do a few live streams this month."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan roughly understood why Yuehua Entertainment had specifically come to remind him.

He streamed very few times on Vlie last month, less than five times in total for the entire month.

"Okay, I'll see how it goes and broadcast it the night after tomorrow."

Jiang Yan is not opposed to live streaming; sometimes it's quite interesting to interact and chat with fans.

I didn't do many live streams last month simply because I didn't have much time. Although I've been quite busy this month, I've still managed to squeeze in an hour for a live stream every night.

"Where do you plan to do your live stream the day after tomorrow?"

"Or I can put it in my apartment, and go straight to sleep after it's over."

"So, do we need to put some live streaming equipment in your apartment?"

"Let's move all the company stuff over here. I plan to do all my live streams at the apartment from now on; it'll be more convenient."

"Damn, you're convenient, but I still have to run around to both places."

As Jiang Yan's agent, Jiang Zhennan must be present when Jiang Yan is doing live broadcasts.

"You can move out too; there are plenty of empty rooms in my apartment building."

"Forget it, living alone is no fun. Yuehua's dorms are pretty good."

Jiang Zhennan shook his head; he had no plans to move out for the time being.

Jiang Yan didn't care; he had only mentioned it casually.

"By the way, you don't have any plans to meet up with anyone tomorrow night, right?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"I've invited Jeongyeon and a few other people to dinner tomorrow. Are you coming?"

"Who's treating?"

What do you think?

"I have to go then. What should I eat?"

Upon hearing that his younger brother was treating, Jiang Zhennan immediately rubbed his hands together and put on an expression as if he was about to rip him off.

"Currently, I have two options: Japanese food or Korean beef."

"That's good, I can have either of them."

Actually, Jiang Yan and Yu Dingyan were also struggling with the question of what to eat when they were talking earlier.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and simply threw the multiple-choice question to them, letting them choose for themselves.

"I'll call and reserve a private room later once I've decided what to eat."

"Well, I have a question."

"What's the problem?"

"Besides your friend, you still haven't told me who the others are?"

Jiang Zhennan stated that from beginning to end, he still did not know who the other people were besides Yu Dingyan.

"Do you know about the new girl group that JYP just announced a couple of days ago?" Jiang Yan asked rhetorically.

"I vaguely remember, it seems like they were selected through a variety show, right?" Jiang Zhennan thought for a moment and replied uncertainly.

It can only be said that Jiang Yan was not surprised by Jiang Zhennan's reaction.

There's a reason why "SIXTEEN" had low ratings; even industry insiders like Kang Jin-nam didn't pay much attention to it.

"Wait a minute, let me search and see what's going on." Jiang Zhennan quickly took out his phone and skillfully opened Naver to search for keywords.

After watching for a while, he put down his phone and said, "It turns out that the debut lineup for that variety show came out a couple of days ago, and your friend is on it, as is the female trainee who filmed the MV with you before."

"So you mean we're having dinner with the whole group tomorrow?!"

Jiang Yan shook his head and corrected, "Not all of them, just a few friends I met when I was a trainee at JYP."

"...You really have a lot of female friends."

After a moment of silence, Jiang Zhennan couldn't help but make a comment.

He really didn't expect that tomorrow he would be having dinner with most of the members of a new girl group, and that these people were all his younger brother's female friends.

He always feels like he'll be a third wheel when he goes out tomorrow.