Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 98 High-Level Match: 10,000 Points vs. 10,000 Points

The next day, Jiang Yan's biological clock woke him up early.

He glanced at Kim Seolhyun, who had her back to him, then quietly got up, quickly washed up, and began to change his clothes.

During his comeback period, he naturally couldn't indulge in women excessively; he was still very career-minded.

However, although the noise of dressing was not loud, Kim Seolhyun still heard it. She opened her eyes groggily and turned her head to look in the direction of the sound.

"Did I disturb you?" Jiang Yan stopped what he was doing and said softly when he saw Jin Xuexuan looking over.

"It's alright, I was already a little awake anyway," Kim Seolhyun replied in a sticky voice.

"Then you can continue sleeping. If you get hungry, there's ramen in the kitchen and food in the fridge," Jiang Yan continued to instruct.

"Okay, you should hurry up and go, don't delay the trip," Kim Seol-hyun urged from under the covers.

As an artist herself, she knows very well that there isn't much rest time during the comeback period.

"Okay, I'm leaving now."

Jiang Yan was dressed by now. He glanced at his phone and saw that Jiang Zhennan had sent him a message.

A few minutes later, Jiang Yan came downstairs and quickly got into the nanny van that had been parked downstairs for a while.

However, as soon as he sat down, Jiang Zhennan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head, stared at him for a moment, and then took out a bottle from his briefcase and handed it to him, saying, "Here, have a use."

Jiang Yan took the bottle that looked like a perfume bottle and asked with some confusion, "What is this?"

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"Cologne."

"Why are you giving me this?"

"Can't you smell it yourself? I smelled perfume as soon as you got into the car."

"That obvious?"

Jiang Yan subconsciously sniffed his shoulder, but he could only faintly smell a little.

"It's not that strong, it's just that my nose is better at detecting this kind of smell, but you'd better try to cover it up."

"Okay, I'll use it when I change into my stage outfit later."

Jiang Yan thought there was nothing wrong with what Jiang Zhennan said, so he put the bottle of cologne into his pocket.

"Is your girlfriend still here?"

"Yes, she doesn't have any plans for the next couple of days."

"Tsk tsk, if those fans who call you 'husband' knew you had a girlfriend, and more than one, wouldn't they immediately turn against you and curse you to death?"

Jiang Zhennan is also a bit of an internet savvy person, and he knows quite a bit about the situation in the fan circle.

He's been involved in quite a few scandals involving idols being exposed for dating and subsequently losing fans and turning against them.

"Let them criticize me. I've never portrayed myself as single, and I'm no longer an idol."

Jiang Yan smiled nonchalantly. Ever since his solo debut, he had begun to distance himself from his idol identity.

Nova, the BTS member with the green card, was a thing of the past the moment she left the group.

Currently, there is only solo artist YAN.

Even if he did have a girlfriend during his time in the group.

But if it hasn't been confirmed, then it hasn't happened.

Jiang Yan had long known that having a girlfriend would be exposed sooner or later, and what he needed to do was to create works based on the persona of a talented new generation singer who could write songs, expand his fan base, and attract fans worldwide.

As long as you have enough fans, you don't have to worry about losing them.

Only by creating compelling content can a steady stream of fans grow. Relying on a single persona to attract die-hard fans? That will eventually backfire.

The van drove all the way to KBS TV station; he was there today to record a performance for "Music Bank".

After getting off the car, Jiang Yan led his team upstairs with ease and went to their rest room to rest.

Starting with "M! Countdown", the following week, Jiang Yan proceeded with the first round of recordings on each of the three major networks.

The set design and makeup for each show are meticulously prepared. Excluding the promotional fees, the average cost of the set design for each show is around 100,000 NTD.

After the first week of promotions, he also had two fan signing events in South Korea on Monday.

Compared to the last time, after Jiang Yan's return this time, it is obvious that his number of fans is increasing exponentially offline.

Because this offline outdoor autograph session was not deliberately hidden, in addition to the fans who could go on stage for autographs and interactions, even those without a spot gathered around the event.

But this was actually what Jiang Yan requested; this was exactly the effect he wanted.

If he doesn't do this, how can he demonstrate his current popularity?

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Once the photos from today's autograph session are leaked online, any random passerby who sees them and notices how many people came will immediately think, "Jiang Yan is really popular now, he has so many fans."

This is actually a form of marketing, spreading the message that he's currently very popular.

This will allow more and more people to know that he is very popular.

This tactic is somewhat similar to Bang Si-hyuk's "famous strategy," but they are fundamentally different.

The "famous strategy" is ultimately a deception that leads to the truth, and eventually it becomes real.

After two fan signing events in South Korea, his second week of music show promotions began on Tuesday.

It started with "THESHOW" and continued until Sunday's "Inkigayo," a total of six shows.

On Tuesday, he also received a nomination for a spot on one of the three major music shows and M! Countdown.

Then, on October 15th, at 6 PM on Thursday, Jiang Yan was already standing at the live broadcast site as a substitute.

He stood to the right of the four MCs, while Kim Tae-yeon stood to the left.

Key, one of the MCs, held the microphone and said to the camera, "Who will be the winner of the number one trophy for Taeyeon and Yan in the third week of October?!"

Please release the results.

At this moment, viewers watching the program on television will see two camera frames on the screen: one showing Kim Tae-yeon, and the other showing Kang Yeon.

Below the two boxes, the scores for each item appeared one by one as the MC announced them: Digital music sales score: "I" 5000 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 5000 points; Album sales score: "I" 1500 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 1500 points; Popularity score: "I" 929 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 985 points; Social media score: "I" 1500 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 1500 points; Mnet broadcast score: "I" 1000 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 100 points; Real-time voting score: "I" 1000 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 963 points; Final total: "I" 10929 points, "LOVESCENARIO" 10948 points. The moment the results were announced, the other idols standing in the back row were so shocked by the combined scores that they lost all composure.

This is a high-level match with a score of 100%!

Moreover, Kim Tae-yeon, who is the most popular member of Girls' Generation, actually lost!

The four MCs were equally shocked, but quickly shouted, "The winner is—Jiang Yan! Congratulations!"

Celebratory music filled the entire venue, and confetti rained down from the ceiling.

Amidst the monstrous look of Park Jin-young, one of the MCs, Kang Yeon accepted the trophy and microphone from M! Countdown.

Before speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Kim Tae-yeon, who was standing on the other side.

Just as he expected, the other person's expression clearly showed that they were trying to hold back but couldn't quite manage it.

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