Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Jiang Yan stayed at CUBE until after 7 p.m. before leaving the office building.

After a quick bite downstairs, he hurried back to his apartment.

At 9 o'clock, he will start a Vlive live stream from his apartment.

The news of the live stream was already promoted yesterday through the official fan cafe.

Jiang Zhennan arrived twenty minutes before the live broadcast started, as his manager also needed to be present.

This time, Jiang Yan conducted the live stream in the study of his apartment.

It's impossible to put it in the bedroom. Although there's nothing shameful in his bedroom, he certainly wouldn't easily reveal his private space.

Soon, it was 9 o'clock, and Jiang Yan opened the live broadcast room on time.

While he was still adjusting his camera to align with the live stream footage, a flood of comments appeared in the chat.

【Ahhhh, it's here!】

【ㅠㅠPlease move the camera up a bit! I want to see her whole face!】

[The lighting is a bit dim, oppa, can you turn on another light?]

[Kang Yan oppa! Please do more promotional work!]

[You seem to have lost a little weight since the last live stream? Have you been very tired lately?]

Jiang Yan glanced at the scrolling comments on the screen, sat up straight, waved to the camera, and smiled, "Good evening, Felixs! I was too busy last month and couldn't do many live streams to meet you all. I'm very sorry."

After he finished speaking, the live chat was immediately filled with messages of concern such as "Thank you for your hard work" and "Take care of your health."

After scanning the room, Jiang Yan continued, "I should be doing more live streams this month, so please remember to check the fanclub notifications."

After he finished speaking, he composed himself and randomly picked one of the many comments that appeared in the live stream.

"When will we be back? Well... I can only tell you that we're already in preparation, but I can't give you any more specific details."

Jiang Yan is tight-lipped; he won't do anything like what Lim Nayeon, the "South Korean leaker," did in the future, accidentally revealing important news related to her comeback during a live broadcast.

However, as soon as he said that, the fans in the live stream got excited.

It's normal to be excited. Fans aren't afraid of their favorite artists returning late; what they fear most is not receiving any news about their comeback.

Now that their own team has directly told them the definite information that the comeback is already in the preparation stage, they are naturally all filled with great anticipation.

After answering a fan's question, Jiang Yan continued reading the comments.

Many of the questions posted by fans were somewhat repetitive, so he was selective in his replies.

After a few minutes, he started the song request segment that he always does during his live streams, and sang two songs based on two fans' comments.

After the performance, he shared some interesting experiences he had encountered during commercial performances with his fans.

The one-hour live stream ended just like that.

Jiang Yan waved to the camera one last time and laughed, "Yo, that's all for tonight's live stream, bye-bye."

After saying that, he silently repeated it to himself for about ten seconds before turning off the live stream.

Jiang Yan got up and stretched, then glanced at Jiang Zhennan sitting opposite him. He noticed that the other man was already dozing off, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder, jokingly saying, "Don't sleep, it's time to get up."

Jiang Zhennan was immediately jolted awake by his slap, opened his eyes, looked up at him, and asked, "Is it over? Nothing much happened today, right?"

"Nothing's wrong. But you, why are you so sleepy so early today?"

"Because I didn't sleep well last night."

After Jiang Zhennan finished speaking, he yawned again, his face full of sleepiness.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Who told you to go to the club and stay out so late last night after dinner?"

After dinner yesterday, he went straight back to his apartment to rest, while Jiang Zhennan, after receiving a phone call, went to Itaewon and stayed out until very late.

As for why Jiang Yan knew that he was playing late, it was because when he opened WeChat the next day, he saw Jiang Zhennan's Moments post at around 2 a.m.

"I'm relatively free these days, so as long as it doesn't affect your schedule, it's fine."

"Okay, you should go back and rest."

"Okay, I'm leaving then."

Jiang Zhennan had no intention of staying there any longer. After quickly tidying up, he left the apartment.

……

The music video for "That's What I Like" was edited and delivered to Jiang Yan a week after she returned to China.

Three versions of the final product were provided. After watching them all, he chose the one he was most satisfied with as the official music video.

After making the selection, he immediately held a small meeting with the people from CUBE to discuss the promotion plan for the single.

The final decision was to start a week-long pre-launch campaign on the 18th and officially announce it on the 25th.

While promoting the single, Jiang Yan was also doing something else.

The collaboration with IU, which was finalized in May, is now officially underway.

Jiang Zhennan negotiated with the other party's manager, Pei Zhonghan, and ultimately scheduled the recording and MV shooting for the 21st.

In order to align with the collaboration schedule, Jiang Yan also moved the filming of the music video for her comeback album's title track to a later date.

The set design for this collaboration song won't be too elaborate, so it didn't take much effort to set it up. It was completed in the studio in just two days.

On the morning of the day of the collaboration, Jiang Yan arrived at the recording studio half an hour before the agreed time.

About twenty minutes later, IU's team arrived.

"IUxi, I hope we have a pleasant collaboration this time." Seeing Lee Ji-eun enter, Kang Yeon stepped forward and greeted her with a smile.

"Oh my, Jiang Yanxi, you're being too formal. This isn't the first time we've met," Lee Ji-eun grinned.

"After all, we're at work, so we need to be a bit more formal."

"Looks like I'll have to adopt the attitude of a senior."

"..."

The two met again and chatted casually for a while before getting into today's recording session.

The lyrics for this collaboration song, "GANADARA," had already been sent to Lee Ji-eun's team beforehand.

So after receiving the lyrics book, the other party only glanced at it before immediately walking into the inner room of the recording studio, putting on headphones, and waiting for the official recording to begin.

Jiang Yan certainly had no doubt about Lee Ji-eun's professional abilities.

If it's an unfamiliar singer, he might even scrutinize the pitch line by line.

However, if his collaborator is Lee Ji-eun, he believes that he only needs to sing the featured part for her twice, and she will adjust to her comfort zone.

In reality, the entire recording process went much as he had anticipated.

Lee Ji-eun only recorded it four or five times, and it felt pretty much right, with basically no awkward parts.

This progress is even faster than Jiang Yan originally estimated.

After the recording ended, the two went to the studio together to shoot the music video.