Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

After exchanging a few more meaningless words with Zhou Yixuan, Jiang Yan went upstairs to find Jiang Zhennan.

After pushing the door open, he saw Jiang Zhennan sitting at the table with a laptop in front of him, typing away at something.

When the other person saw him come in, they stopped typing.

After Jiang Yan entered, he asked, "What are you doing?"

Jiang Zhennan explained, "Let me summarize the key points of today's discussion. I'll send a copy to your phone later, so you can easily refer back to it if you forget something."

Jiang Yan nodded and asked again, "How was the training?"

Jiang Zhennan said with a relaxed expression, "It's alright, not too difficult. I thought the job of a manager would be something profound."

Did they tell you how long the training would last?

"It will take two or three days, but they also said that after I join the company, they will arrange for me to first join a team with a schedule so that I can observe and learn up close for a period of time and accumulate experience."

"That's fine. You can continue with your work; I won't bother you any longer."

Jiang Yan was about to leave, but Jiang Zhennan quickly stopped him: "It's okay, I'm almost done. By the way, are you going out again later?"

"Aren't you going out? What's wrong?"

"I've downloaded League of Legends, let's duo queue in a bit."

"Wait a minute, I suddenly remembered I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

Jiang Yan left the room without looking back.

Bro, even if you're brothers, losing rank while duo-queuing will affect your relationship.

He must prevent this from happening.

……

The next day, Jiang Yan waited downstairs at Cube a little before 8 o'clock.

A few minutes later, Yu Dingyan arrived.

After they met downstairs, Yoo Jeongyeon waved and smiled, "Oppa, good morning."

Jiang Yan looked over and noticed that the other person was dressed as casually as yesterday, but her delicate features were clearly covered with light makeup.

Moreover, the lips had a noticeable sheen, as if they were wearing nude lipstick.

"Good morning, Jeongyeon."

He looked away and replied with a faint smile, not at all curious as to why the other person was wearing makeup today.

After all, women in South Korea generally wear makeup when they go out.

He led Yu Dingyan to Cube's recording studio, gave her a copy of the prepared lyrics and music score, and then began to make simple adjustments to the equipment.

After the adjustments were completed, instead of starting recording immediately, Yoo Jeongyeon was shown a sample of the collaboration song "All I Wanna Do".

After putting on her headphones, Yu Dingyan spent half an hour familiarizing herself with the melody of the entire song.

Seeing that she had listened enough, Jiang Yan asked, "What do you think?"

Yu Dingyan nodded and said, "It sounds very nice."

"Okay, is there no problem?"

"Uh... oppa, isn't giving me a bit too much of a part?"

Looking at the lyrics in her hand, which were marked with different parts, Yu Dingyan hesitated before expressing her concerns.

She originally thought she would only sing two or three hooks at most, but after seeing the assignments, she found that her part, excluding the harmonies, could be said to make up half of the whole song.

"Really? Isn't this the normal time allocation for a collaboration song?" This was the first time Jiang Yan had ever seen someone complain about having too many parts.

"Oh... then I'm all set."

After being asked this question, Yoo Jeong-yeon had nothing to say and immediately began to seriously look at the lyrics.

Another ten minutes or so later, the recording officially began.

Yu Dingyan went into the inner room and placed the lyrics on the shelf.

"Are you ready?" Jiang Yan asked through the microphone while sitting at the control panel outside, wearing a listening headset.

Yoo Jeongyeon adjusted her headphones and gave him an "OK" sign.

In general, there will be a vocal coach present in the recording studio to check the singer's pronunciation and whether they are recording according to the lyrics.

Sometimes they will even offer suggestions on whether improvisation is needed.

But Jiang Yan doesn't need to do that; he can be the one to dictate everything.

"Starting from the first line of the second verse."

"Ready, 3, 2, 1."

Jiang Yan pressed the accompaniment button to start playing, and Yu Dingyan looked at the lyrics script in front of her and sang the first line.

But he interrupted her after she had only sung two lines.

"Stop for a second, your voice was too tense in those two sentences, you need to relax a bit."

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he took the initiative to demonstrate for Yu Dingyan.

"Okay, let me get a feel for it."

After digesting the singing style he demonstrated, Yu Dingyan paused for a moment to reflect.

Two minutes later, Jiang Yan switched the accompaniment back to the beginning of the second verse and asked her to sing it again.

The second attempt was significantly better than the first, but it still didn't meet his requirements.

So, naturally, we need to do it a third, fourth, and fifth time...

Because there were many parts, this recording session was quite agonizing and lengthy for Yoo Jeong-yeon.

Because Jiang Yan's requirements are very strict, even the slightest flaw is unacceptable.

……

Finally, around 9 p.m., Yoo Jeong-yeon finished recording and revising all her vocal parts, including harmonies.

Although mixing and mastering will be done later, this is obviously not a task that can be completed today.

After Jiang Yan got up from his seat, he looked at Yu Dingyan, who came out of the inner room with a relieved expression, and said with a smile, "You've worked hard. What do you want to eat tonight? It's on me."

Yoo Jeongyeon said weakly, "I'm fine with anything, oppa, you decide."

Jiang Yan thought for a moment: "How about I treat you to Korean beef?"

Yu Dingyan quickly waved her hand: "There's no need to go to such an expensive place."

"How about that barbecue restaurant nearby?"

"Okay, let's go there."

After tidying up, the two quickly left the recording studio without saying a word and took the elevator downstairs.

After walking for less than ten minutes, they arrived at the barbecue restaurant and found a secluded corner to sit down.

Jiang Yan had casually ordered two barbecue platters, and was about to return the menu to the waiter when Yu Jung-yeon asked curiously, "Oppa, don't you drink?"

Jiang Yan was taken aback by the question for a moment before replying, "I don't usually drink much. What's wrong? Do you want to drink?"

Yoo Jeong-yeon nodded slightly: "Um... I'd like to drink something."

"Aren't you old enough to drink?"

"Inside."

"Alright then, one bottle each, no more."

Seeing that Yu Dingyan had brought it up, Jiang Yan asked the waiter to add two more bottles of soju.

There weren't many people at the barbecue restaurant at this time, so their food came out quickly.

Jiang Yan originally planned to grill the meat himself, but Yu Dingyan quickly grabbed the tongs first: "Oppa, I'll do it."

As he spoke, Yu Dingyan laid two pieces of pork neck flat on the baking tray and placed two pieces of pork tenderloin on either side.

Next, keep track of the time and carefully flip the food over.

Once the pork neck was almost cooked, Yoo Jeongyeon quickly used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of pork neck and put it in his bowl: "Oppa, eat up~"

Jiang Yan picked up his chopsticks, grabbed the meat, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth to chew.

"How does it taste?" Yoo Jeong-yeon's eyes revealed a hint of anticipation.

"Mmm, it's delicious." Jiang Yan said with a smile after swallowing.

Actually, all barbecued meats taste pretty much the same, but he needs to provide emotional value to Yoo Jeong-yeon, who is grilling the meat for him.

Upon hearing his words, Yu Dingyan smiled and put another piece of pork neck into her own bowl.

And so, the other person did all the work for dinner, while Jiang Yan only had to eat.

After they had eaten enough, the two started drinking.

Actually, Jiang Yan didn't really like the taste of soju; it wasn't his preferred flavor, but he could still drink it without any problem.

After finishing a bottle of wine, Yoo Jeongyeon seemed to be a little tipsy and suddenly started complaining on his behalf, "Oppa, to be honest, I really didn't expect you to encounter something like that."

"I was trying to speak up for my teammates, but it ended up like that."

Jiang Yan did not reply immediately, but instead picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

After putting down his glass, he replied calmly, "It's all in the past. On the bright side, I won't have to split the money I earn with my teammates anymore, right?"

Hearing him say that, Yoo Jeongyeon exclaimed with a hint of admiration, "Wow, oppa, you have such a great attitude."

If she were in this situation, she probably wouldn't be able to speak as calmly as Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan shrugged, not denying it.

If he weren't in a good mood, he would have already returned to China.