Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 93 You Still Want to Win? (Seeking First Subscription)

Initially, when SM announced in September that Kim Tae-yeon was preparing her first solo mini-album, they did not reveal a specific date.

Now that everyone knows this date, and discovers that it is the same day as Jiang Yan's return date, they can't help but make some connections.

After all, just over a month ago, Jiang Yan had some "friction" with Girls' Generation.

The incident of Sone attacking Jiang Yan's SNS is still fresh in everyone's memory.

So, was this intentional or accidental for SM?

On that day, discussion threads about SM Entertainment scheduling Kim Tae-yeon's solo debut on the same day as Kang Eon's appeared one after another on Korean online forums such as Theqoo and Pann.

Under a popular post titled "Kim Tae-yeon VS Kang Yeon, October Gayo Daejeon Warm-up in Advance," casual observers are expressing their opinions: "SM Entertainment is definitely doing this on purpose! A little over a month ago, SONEs flooded Kang Yeon's Instagram with comments, and now they've scheduled Tae-yeon's solo concert for the same day."

"Given SM's reputation for holding grudges, this is perfectly normal. How long were JYJ suppressed by SM after they terminated their contract?"

"They deliberately chose the same day to split Jiang Yan's music streaming and viewership, right? SM Entertainment's move is ruthless."

"The collision may not have been intentional, but Kang Yeon's comeback date had already been announced, and SM still chose the same day. I don't believe they didn't have some ulterior motive."

"TaeyeonVSYan, I feel the former has a better chance of winning, after all, he is the leader of Girls' Generation and has a large fan base."

"Could it be that Taeyeon chose it herself? After all, after Kang Yeon's live stream explaining the pre-recorded content, Girls' Generation got a lot of flak for days KKKK"

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"The real-time search rankings on the day of MCD's debut performance will probably be dominated by these two."

"I can already picture the two of them facing off on stage when one of them is a substitute."

"Regardless of who wins, these two will definitely be the talk of the town this month."

"The battle between Sone and Feli—I can't wait to see it."

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The general consensus among passersby regarding the SM behavior is that it was intentional.

Even if some people think it might just be a coincidence, they themselves don't really believe it when they say it.

It's really quite deliberate to put them on the same day.

However, regardless of the outside world's discussions, SM seemed unconcerned and remained silent, showing no intention of offering any further explanation.

After the official account was established, they simply continued to release album teaser photos and MV trailers for Kim Tae-yeon on social media in a step-by-step manner.

Jackson Wang also called Jiang Yan that day.

As for what he was talking about, he was obviously complaining about SM Entertainment scheduling Kim Tae-yeon's solo album for October.

After all, G0T7's biggest rival this time was probably Jiang Yan, but now, there's someone even stronger.

How can we play like this?

"How are you feeling? Aren't you under a lot of pressure right now?" Jackson Wang asked with a hint of schadenfreude after his rant.

"It's alright, we'll only know who wins and who loses after we fight it out," Jiang Yan replied indifferently.

"Wow, you actually want to win?! That's Girls' Generation!" Jackson Wang exclaimed on the other end of the phone, realizing that Jiang Yan's words had a hidden meaning.

"Give it a try, I won't lose anything even if I lose."

"That's true, but I feel like SM is targeting you this time."

"Who knows? This time it's Kim Tae-yeon, but next time she might be making a comeback and clash with Ex0."

"Haha, if that's really the case, then you're in a bit of trouble."

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After a while, Jiang Yan put down his phone after ending the call with Jackson Wang.

He then turned around and went back into the practice room to continue practicing the choreography with his backup dancers.

The choreography had already been rehearsed, but since we were going to record a music show performance in a few days, we naturally had to do some "rehabilitation" rehearsals.

The joint practice lasted until after 9 p.m.

After dismissing the backup dancers, Jiang Yan did not leave immediately, but rested in the practice room for a while.

However, when he turned to look for Jiang Zhennan, he found that the other party was not in the practice room.

After waiting for a few minutes, just as Jiang Yan was about to make a phone call, he saw Jiang Zhennan walk in from outside the practice room.

"Where did you go?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I just went out for a smoke."

"Okay, let's go."

Jiang Yan smelled a faint odor of cigarette smoke on him, but didn't say anything.

Although he doesn't smoke, he doesn't require the people around him to not smoke either, as long as they don't smoke in front of him.

After leaving the CUBE office building, the two first went to a nearby place for a late-night snack.

However, Jiang Yan didn't eat much, since he was about to return and couldn't indulge in excessive eating and drinking.

But after he finished eating, he asked out of the blue, "Have all the marketing orders been settled?"

Jiang Zhennan nodded knowingly and said, "It's all settled. They'll even give us priority access to other clients' resources that day."

The two were talking about padding their comeback.

Last time, due to funding issues, Jiang Yan only focused on the audio source.

This time, his order included stockpiling the entire album's audio, stockpiling YouTube music video views, and voting with virtual accounts.

What is virtual account voting?

Each music show has a pre-show audience vote, and each account can only vote once.

The purpose of virtual account voting is to use fake accounts to cast a large number of votes.

Of course, these fake accounts are all registered using genuine South Korean resident registration certificates.

However, these resident registration certificates used for registration are all for people in their 40s and above.

Under normal circumstances, people in their 40s and above would not be chasing after idols.

But how can you assume they don't follow their idols?

On the other hand, SONEs have a long-standing grudge against Jiang Yan.

So since learning that Kim Tae-yeon would be making a comeback on the same day as him, SONEs have been very active online these past two days.

They boasted that one of the spots for the next month had already been reserved by Kim Tae-yeon.

As for Jiang Yan? Don't try to take advantage of me; we're not even in the same league.

Sone fans didn't think Jiang Yan had any chance of winning at all; on the contrary, they were looking forward to the scene where they would crush the opponent with their own performance scores.

Taeyeon, go for it! Use someone to teach your juniors a lesson!

If that guy's smart, he should reschedule now, so he doesn't lose too badly later.

【Our Taeyeon's rival has never been Kang Yeon, it's always IU, okay?】

Don't take him seriously, let's just focus on streaming music.

Jiang Yan has naturally seen many similar comments on Korean websites in the past two days.

Seeing the various sense of superiority among these SONEs, he didn't feel anything.

Because the other party does indeed have the confidence to say that.

With the combined advantages of being the leader of Girls' Generation, the most popular member of the group, and having her first solo project, it's no surprise that Kim Tae-yeon's solo performance will be outstanding.

But Jiang Yan said that he had made thorough preparations.

With a hit song and extensive padding, this combination of moves was his "surprise" for Kim Tae-yeon and SONEs.