Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

After another ten minutes or so, the two finished eating and drinking and prepared to leave.

Seeing that Yu Dingyan's cheeks were already slightly flushed after only drinking one bottle of soju, Jiang Yan said, "Let me take you back to your dorm."

Yoo Jeongyeon quickly shook her head and said, "It's okay, oppa. It's not far anyway. I can walk back by myself."

Jiang Yan frowned slightly, not taking her advice: "It's too late, I'm worried about you going home alone."

Although he didn't know how much Yu Dingyan could drink, he was certain it wasn't very good.

After all, in his memory, the entire Twice team had a generally low alcohol tolerance.

He's at the level where he confessed on a live stream that nine people couldn't finish a bottle of red wine.

Yu Dingyan realized that the other party's tone left no room for negotiation, so she obediently nodded and said, "Oh..."

She knew Jiang Yan's temperament well. He was usually easy to talk to, but once he spoke in this tone, it meant that she had to listen to him.

Previously, Lim Na-yeon had complained to her privately more than once about how "domineering" Kang Yeon's style was.

As for why she only dared to do it in private, it's because Lim Nayeon was really lectured by Kang Yeon, who was acting as an educator, and she immediately cowered like a rabbit and dared not disobey.

But Yu Dingyan didn't think so. She felt that Jiang Yan was completely different from those seniors who only used their seniority to intimidate people.

She's clearly a very opinionated person with her own ideas.

Add to that his face, and if he were a boyfriend, he'd be the epitome of boyfriend material.

Yoo Jeong-yeon knew that if it were her, she wouldn't be able to resist.

Thinking of this, she looked at the person in front of her with a slight daze.

After a while.

After leaving the barbecue restaurant, the two walked side by side down the street.

JYP's trainee dormitories are not far from the company; it's about a ten-minute walk away.

After dropping Yu Dingyan off at her dormitory, Jiang Yan took a taxi and left.

Just as he was sitting in the car returning to Yuehua's dormitory, Yu Dingyan opened the dormitory door on the other side.

Although the 6MIX project failed, the members who had been living together remained unchanged.

"Unnie, you're back."

As soon as Park Jihyo, who was sitting on the lower bunk, heard the noise, she immediately turned her gaze over.

"Yeah, Jihyo, you haven't rested yet?"

"Almost there, wait until I finish this bag of cookies."

Upon hearing this, Yoo Jeongyeon glanced at the bag of unfinished cookies in the other person's hand, opened her mouth as if to say something, but swallowed it back in the end.

Park Jihyo glanced at him for a moment and noticed something was wrong. She asked curiously, "Unnie, why is your face so red?"

"It's nothing, I just had dinner with oppa tonight and drank some alcohol."

As Yu Dingyan spoke, she rubbed her hands together on her cheeks a few times.

She hadn't felt it when she was outside in the wind, but now that she was back in her dorm, she felt a little tipsy.

"Oh, I see. By the way, unnie, how's the song you collaborated on with Kang Yeon oppa?" Park Jihyo asked with great curiosity.

She was quite shocked when she learned from Yoo Jeong-yeon that morning that Jiang Yan was going to make a comeback.

"I can't say right now, but I think that song is pretty good."

"Unnie~ can you give me a hint?"

"no."

Yu Dingyan shook her head firmly; she wouldn't casually reveal any information.

"Fine, don't tell me then."

Park Jihyo pouted and, feeling bored, started eating her cookies again.

Yoo Jeong-yeon turned around and went into the sink to start removing her makeup.

……

Jiang Yan arrived at Cube's studio early the next morning.

The vocals were recorded yesterday, and today we need to start mixing and other post-production work. Once that's done, all four songs on his mini-album will be complete.

Only four songs will be released on the first album; the rest will be selected for the next album this year.

I stayed in the room until 1 p.m., and the post-production of the last song was completed.

The next step is to design an album cover, and once that's done, contact the manufacturer to produce a sample.

He plans to keep the album cover design simple, just a phoenix logo, as a metaphor for his comeback.

As for the album title, he originally intended to use "I NEVEN DIE" to match it, but then thought it was pointless.

After tidying up and leaving the studio, Jiang Yan prepared to go downstairs.

He hadn't had lunch yet and planned to eat out.

But after arriving on the first floor, I saw two girls walking in through the main entrance from afar.

One of them was Tian Xiaojuan, and although he was meeting the other for the first time, he still recognized her.

Kim Mini, a Thai member who will be in the same team as Tian Xiaojuan in the future.

Seeing the two of them, Jiang Yan also realized that of the members of I-DLE, one of the five girl groups, only these two were currently at Cube.

Tian Xiaojuan saw Jiang Yan first, and quickly stopped and bowed slightly to greet him, saying, "Good afternoon, senior."

On the other side, Kim Minnie had obviously just arrived and hadn't gotten used to the greetings here yet, so she just followed suit.

But Tian Xiaojuan nervously patted her on the shoulder, and the latter reluctantly bowed in return.

Jiang Yan saw this scene, but he didn't really care; it was just rubbish anyway.

He replied, "Hello, are we heading back to the practice room?"

"Okay, we went to the convenience store outside and bought some bread. Now we're getting ready to go back to the practice room."

Tian Xiaojuan quickly replied, explaining what the two of them had done outside.

But Jiang Yan didn't actually care where they had gone before; he was just asking casually.

"Okay, then you should head back now. Your afternoon practice session is about to start."

"Yes, then we'll be going now, senior."

Tian Xiaojuan bowed again, then pulled Jin Minni away.

Jiang Yan immediately left the building and went to the same place where they had eaten before.

I ordered a stone pot rice, but after eating for a while, I received a phone call.

It was a call from Cube's marketing department, saying there would be a meeting in half an hour to discuss the financial investment in buying music after the album's release.

That's right, it involves buying traffic from official platforms like Melon and Bugs.

This is actually a very common practice in the industry. Whether it is a large company or a small company, they will seek to purchase a certain amount of exposure from the legitimate channels of various platforms in the early stages of releasing a song.

The level of exposure also depends on the amount of traffic purchased.

To put it bluntly, it's paid promotion.

In reality, the three major companies did not invest a large proportion of their resources in this area during this period; on the contrary, small and medium-sized companies had to spend a lot of money on it.

After finishing his phone call, Jiang Yan quickly finished his meal and then returned the way he came.

After returning to the Cube, I went straight to the fourth floor.

Unlike the previous meeting, this meeting was held in the large conference room on that floor.

Half an hour later, both sides had arrived.

A staff member distributed a document to everyone, which listed the promotional packages from various major platforms.

Jiang Yan took it and looked at it.

South Korean music streaming platforms such as Melon, Genie, and Bugs are among them.

The iTunes platform is also included.

But after reading all this, Jiang Yan frowned slightly because he didn't see what he wanted to see.

No, where's my water-filled package?