Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

The biggest bewilderment about Felix's recent overseas success is actually in China.

Before they could do anything, they discovered that Jiang Yan's new song had suddenly become a hit overseas, which made them feel like it was all unreal.

"Yanbao's grades are absolutely amazing!!"

"It's a pity I don't have a VPN, otherwise I would also contribute views to YouTube."

"This sudden surge in popularity is so unexpected. I see a lot of foreigners praising it on foreign websites."

"A friend of mine who is studying abroad came over yesterday and asked me if Jiang Yan is very popular in China. I was dumbfounded."

"My husband is so amazing! We can't just sit back and watch, ladies! Go check out the download charts! I've already ordered 1000 downloads on Taobao!"

"We should break 5500 million views by tomorrow. ARMYs must be panicking. It's hilarious. Just a while ago they were bragging about their YouTube views."

"Sisters, there's no need to compare with Hu Tao. Let our Yanbao be beautiful on her own."

"..."

Domestic Felix was both surprised and delighted by Jiang Yan's performance in this English singles game.

Subsequently, the news spontaneously began to spread across various platforms in the country.

Other casual observers who follow the K-pop scene also felt that this achievement was a bit exaggerated.

Isn't this becoming popular a little too quickly?

It's only been three months since this guy debuted as a solo artist.

Many casual observers who were originally fans of the celebrity also quietly began to pay attention to Jiang Yan, and many people started to watch some of her previous performances and materials to learn more about her.

As a result, Jiang Yan's Weibo account saw its number of followers reach a new high, and the number of people checking in also gradually increased from 5 to 12.

As for Jiang Yan himself, he was in a meeting in the Cube conference room at that moment.

When the data for this week was presented to him, he was slightly surprised.

He had thought that this English single would achieve good results after its release.

But after all, he's not a star and doesn't have any overseas fan base, so even if he starts with a number one single, there's no expectation that he can get into the Billboard charts with just one song.

That's impossible.

However, this achievement of entering the top 100 on the Spotify global singles chart is truly an unexpected bonus.

This time, he only spent money to inflate his YouTube channel; he didn't spend a penny on Spotify. It was all driven up by casual viewers.

Moreover, even if he wanted to inflate his Spotify profile, he currently lacks the connections and resources available to do so.

On YouTube, Jiang Yan employed a two-pronged approach: he paid for the platform's own promotions, and he also placed an order for 300 million views with the record marketing company.

That's right, the initial 300 million views were all inflated. Adding the views pushed to him by the YouTube platform itself, roughly 600 million views were inflated.

But it doesn't matter anymore, because the result is that the English single has become a huge hit, and it has also brought him fame overseas.

The scale of this fan base is, without exaggeration, global.

On Instagram, his personal account originally had only two or three hundred thousand followers, but now, in just one week, it has surged to over a million.

Many foreign girls with IP addresses from Europe and America left comments under his latest post expressing their love for his music and him as a person.

The same applies to personal Twitter accounts.

At this moment, Jiang Yanting wanted to say to Fang Shihe: Your YouTube channel's plan to conquer the US is really impressive.

Satisfied, Jiang Yan put down the data in his hand and continued to focus his attention on the meeting.

They're having a meeting at Cube today, not just to look at this data, but for an even more important reason.

Yesterday, Cube received an email from the United States.

It was Billboard that contacted them, wanting to conduct an interview with Jiang Yan.

Clearly, Billboard also noticed him.

However, this interview was not the kind of in-depth interview that would be turned into a column; it was just a simple interview.

It's similar to a self-introduction to an overseas audience.

After a round of discussions, it was finally decided to schedule the Billboard visit for the beginning of next month.

……

After the meeting, Jiang Yan left Cube, along with Jiang Zhennan.

After they parted ways, Jiang Zhennan reminded him, "We're going back to China in a few days, and your Coca-Cola endorsement is about to be canceled."

Jiang Yan nodded and said, "I haven't forgotten. Keep an eye on the album photoshoot team as well, and set a shooting date as soon as possible."

"I'll go again tomorrow, and while I'm at it, I'll also check with the record company to see if the sample copies are ready."

"Thanks for your hard work, bro."

"Hey, we're like family."

Jiang Zhennan smiled. The happiest thing for him right now was accepting his younger brother's invitation to become his manager.

The salary is high, and you can meet some celebrities in the industry. Sometimes you can even drink and chat with some obscure female idols at clubs.

He never dared to dream of such a life before.

"Okay, I'll be going now. I have an appointment later."

"Go ahead, but who did you meet up with today? Your girlfriend?"

"No, Seolhyun went to the US for a performance with her group. I made an appointment with Mina; I was planning to return the game console I borrowed from her today."

AOA participated in the LA and NY stops of this year's K CON, so Kim Seolhyun has not been in South Korea during this period.

As for why Jiang Yan didn't go?

Because he wasn't officially invited, and large-scale concerts promoting K-pop are a kind of resource, even if CUBE had the opportunity, they wouldn't give it to him; it would definitely be given to their affiliated K-pop groups.

However, for Jiang Yan, it didn't really matter whether he went or not.

He has now paved his way to the US through YouTube, which is much more effective than going to K-Con.

"It's her..."

Upon hearing this name, Jiang Zhennan recalled his impression of Mina from their last meal together.

A girl who barely spoke throughout the entire conversation and exuded a strong aloofness.

"I thought you'd make your move on that Japanese girl named Sana first," Jiang Zhennan suddenly muttered in a low voice.

"Huh? What did you say?" Jiang Yan didn't quite catch what the other person had just said.

"It's nothing, it won't take up your time, you go ahead."

Jiang Zhennan didn't intend to say it again, so he waved his hand, smiled, and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan didn't pay much attention and took a taxi back to his apartment.

When he returned, he took the 3DS and storage box off the cabinet in the study and put them into a paper bag.

Next, a brand new, unopened Fire Emblem Fates game cartridge was placed inside.

After doing this, he picked up the bag and left the apartment.

A dozen minutes later, Jiang Yan arrived at the foot of a red apartment building by taxi.

This is the dormitory that JYP has arranged for TWICE.

After Jiang Yan went downstairs, he took out his phone, edited a message, and sent it out.

Then he stood there and waited.

A few minutes later, a figure with an arrogant, pigeon-toed gait walked out from downstairs in the apartment building.