Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Before the official recording, there is one more thing to do, which is to divide the recording into parts.

However, re-dividing the data doesn't take too much time. Jiang Yan only needs to remove the voices of the few TWICE members who weren't included from the previous version, and then add the remaining members.

The parts previously performed by Song Min-young and Somi were directly replicated one-to-one for Lim Na-yeon and Park Ji-hyo.

The remaining portion was slightly modified and divided among Yoo Jeongyeon, Kim Dahyun, Chou Tzuyu, and Hirai Momo in the same way Liu Xing divided the cake.

Of course, Yu Dingyan is that Liu Xing.

Speaking of which, just a few days ago, Yoo Jeongyeon complained to him on Kakao that in the 3-minute and 35-second debut song, she didn't get a single line of lyrics for the first 3 minutes, but was only given 3 and a half lines of the chorus before it was over.

Jiang Yan only remembered it after hearing her say that; he seemed to have seen some Onces complain about this in his previous life.

This does sound quite absurd; it's clearly a vocal line, yet they only get such a small part.

Jiang Yan couldn't help with this matter, but he would naturally favor certain tracks in this recording.

But Jiang Yan didn't feel it was unfair to the other three; those who could sing should sing more.

Nobody wants to hear a distorted, piercing sound.

After the initial part was completed, Jiang Yan had Mina, Son Chaeyoung, and Sana Minato, who were not originally in a passive role, re-record their parts.

The recording for these three people went very smoothly; after a short adjustment period, they completed the recording stably.

However, a minor problem arose during the subsequent recording.

The problem lies with Lim Nayeon, who took the part that was originally sung by Somi.

"Stop for a moment, don't just sing dryly, put more emotion into it and interpret the core of the lyrics."

"It's about expressing the feeling of secretly loving someone who doesn't care about you."

Jiang Yan, sitting at the control panel, interrupted Lin Nayeon's recording by speaking into the microphone.

In the following few attempts, Lim Na-yeon's auditions did not go very well.

"Oppa, I can't quite find that feeling," Lim Nayeon said, standing there a little awkwardly.

"Didn't you have a crush on someone when you were in school?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Uh, no."

"..."

Jiang Yan fell silent upon hearing Lin Nayan's reply.

After a moment, he looked at the other TWAS members sitting outside and decided to let everyone else try this.

"Nayeon, you can come out and rest first. Let someone else try this part. Tzuyu, you go first."

As soon as Chou Tzu-yu heard Jiang Yan call her name, she immediately stood up and walked towards the inner room of the recording studio.

A dozen minutes later, Jiang Yan took off her headphones.

Unsurprisingly, Chou Tzu-yu's performance was not as good as Lim Na-yeon's.

If Nayeon's emotional expression is too thin and deliberate, then Tzuyu simply can't express it directly.

Then, several more people were replaced.

When it was Yu Dingyan's turn to go in for her audition, Jiang Yan didn't have high expectations.

After singing it two or three times, the other person unexpectedly sang the feeling he wanted.

Jiang Yan didn't think about it in detail. He just felt that since Yu Dingyan sang it well, he might as well let her sing this part.

Once the decision was made, he immediately changed the part on the spot, giving it to Yoo Jeong-yeon.

As for Lim Nayeon, she will temporarily be assigned the portion that Yoo Jeongyeon originally received.

This kind of situation is not uncommon during the recording process; in any case, the producer decides how to divide the budget.

On Lim Na-yeon's side, she didn't feel there was any problem either, and instead breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she could imagine that if she didn't change the part, she would spend a lot of time on these few sentences.

……

The recording of the tracks proceeded smoothly until the last person finished recording. As Jiang Yan took off his headphones, he announced, "Alright, all recordings are finished."

It was nearly 10 p.m. at this moment.

Although there were some setbacks along the way, after some adjustments, the recording was successfully completed in one day.

After hearing this, everyone in TWICE got up one after another and started packing their things.

After copying today's recordings onto a portable hard drive and storing them, Jiang Yan prepared to leave.

He'll continue with the mixing and post-production work after he goes to CUBE's studio tomorrow.

"You've all worked hard, go back and get some rest," Jiang Yan said to the nine people in a relaxed tone.

"Oppa works hard too~"

"Oppa, you should get some rest too."

"Oppa, are you going straight back to the dorm too?"

"..."

The nine women's chatter, each offering a comment, left Jiang Yan somewhat overwhelmed.

After dealing with them, TWICE's two managers came over and chatted with Jiang Yan for a bit, trying to get acquainted with him.

After spending a few minutes in the recording studio, everyone had finished packing up and left one by one.

Jiang Yan mingled in the crowd, chatting with Yu Jung-yeon and Park Ji-hyo as they went downstairs.

Mina was actually just a few steps away, but seemingly to avoid arousing suspicion from the other members, she didn't interrupt or speak, and just followed along.

They walked until they reached the entrance of the JYP building before stopping.

TWICE's two vans are already parked downstairs, and the members will get into them one by one.

After getting into the car, Yoo Jeongyeon rolled down the window and called out, "Oppa, we're leaving now~"

Jiang Yan waved and smiled, "Okay, bye-bye."

His gaze first fell on Yu Dingyan's car, and then quickly shifted to Ming Jingnan's car.

After the latter got into another van, the window was rolled down shortly afterward.

But the one who did it wasn't Mina, but Sana Minatozaki who was sitting by the window.

Sana Minato smiled and said goodbye to Hikaru, while behind her, Mina peeked out and waved gently at him as well.

Soon, after all nine members of TWICE and their manager got into the car, both vans started up and drove away from the JYP building.

After waiting by the roadside for a few minutes, Jiang Yan was able to hail a taxi.

But less than an hour after arriving at the apartment, he received a message from Mina.

After returning to his dorm and queuing to wash up, the other person had time to start a casual chat with him.

Then, without realizing it, the two chatted until after midnight.

Of course, Jiang Yan wasn't just chatting with Mina during this time.

Midway through, Kim Seolhyun sent him a message that he also needed to reply to.

Yu Dingyan also sent a message today, saying that she has already made plans to come to his place to play after a few more days of rest.

Besides these people, Jiang Yan also added new friends today.

Previously, he only had 6 friends on Twice, but after today, he has made up for them all.

Chou Tzu-yu and Son Chae-young also sent messages, but they didn't chat for long.

Since we had only just met and weren't very familiar with each other, we didn't have much to talk about.

But Jiang Yan didn't care, and just kept chatting.

Anyway, they're both still minors, so he won't have any ulterior motives. He'll just treat them like younger sisters for now.

……