I desperately want to win on the peninsula

Silent all night.

The next day, Lin Qianqiao boarded a plane directly to Taiwan. When she landed, she saw Jay Park, LOCO, and Gray from AOMG who came to pick her up, as well as the newly recruited members of AMOG.

Because AOMG will be holding a two-day fan meeting in Taiwan starting tomorrow, one for promotion and the other for making money... Lin Qianqiao was invited to help out, so she will be participating in the activities here for the next two days.

Lin Qianqiao walked forward with a bag slung over his shoulder. When he saw them, he waved to them. Behind him was Li Rongzhen, who was traveling with him.

As soon as I reached the group, I heard Jay Park complain, "Finally you've arrived. Why didn't Starship book you on the same flight as us?"

"You've come too early. We have an early meeting before we catch our flight," Lin Qianqiao replied. "We're preparing for our return soon, so we have a lot of short trips to take."

"That's perfect timing. It's convenient for you to do a fan meeting with AOMG and promote your comeback at the same time." Jay Park raised an eyebrow. "Let's go, there are fans waiting for us at the airport. Let's go out and meet them together."

"Okay." Lin Qianqiao nodded slightly.

What Jay Park said is indeed true. Lim Gan-chiao did receive the task of promoting his comeback from the company. There have been quite a few artists coming to Taiwan to promote their comeback recently. In addition to AOMG, there are also many popular artists who have come here to promote their comeback, such as Super Junior and SHINee from SM Entertainment. As for variety show stars, there is the entire cast of "Running Man" meeting, as well as actors Ji Chang-wook and Park Shin-hye.

I ran into Park Shin-hye at a Swarovski pop-up event. She seemed to have a good rapport with the organizers, so she's a high-profile celebrity. Lim Gan-chiao, on the other hand, just politely greeted them through her manager before focusing on her work.

Her fan meeting was held one day apart from AOMG's, both at the same venue, ATT Show Box.

As the group walked out of the airport, there were indeed quite a few fans who came to greet them, but they were all there to pick up Jay Park and all the members of AOMG.

This had little to do with Lin Qianqiao, so he definitely wouldn't try to get close to her. He just greeted a few fans who recognized him and then left with AOMG's car, while the staff rode in another van.

As soon as they got in the car, Gray, who was sitting next to Lin Qianqiao, asked, "How about we go to the night market tonight? I heard the late-night snacks here are really good, and we can do some shopping too?"

"Sure, I'd love to take a look around," Lin Qianqiao replied.

Jay Park was speechless after hearing their conversation. Why go to a night market on such a nice day? He turned to them and said irritably, "Forget about the night market. I've taken a commission. Come with me to the club."

"President Park really doesn't leave empty-handed..." Lin Qianqiao pouted upon hearing this, "But I'm still more interested in the night market."

Actually, Starship didn't leave empty-handed. Lin Qianqiao also had a schedule here... because he recently took on a clothing endorsement for the Peninsula brand E-Land, and a new store just opened in Taiwan. It had been exactly one month since the store opened, and it was also close to the traditional Qixi Festival at Dongda University, so the job opportunity came about.

So, he had a pop-up event at an offline store that happened to coincide with AOMG's FM radio show date. He worked during the day and performed at night.

"I'm not interested in clubs either. I'll have more fun in Seoul," Gray shrugged.

"The people here are pretty outgoing. Never heard of Spicy Taiwanese Girl?" Jay Park replied, "You guys would be missing out if you didn't come."

Lin Qianqiao glanced at the scenery outside the window and replied in a relaxed tone, "It's okay, let President Park earn it all."

Gray nodded in agreement. "Indeed, you need to earn more, otherwise AOMG will go broke."

"You two are truly oblivious to the hunger of the starving, wasting resources." Park Jae-beom glanced at Lim Gin-chiao and Gray's faces; with their looks, they would never lack female admirers.

"LOCO and ELO, come with me, let's have a blast tonight," Jay Park called out.

"OK!" LOCO smiled kindly, and the newly recruited member ELO nodded shyly.

A group of people started chatting in the car, and before they knew it, the car had arrived at their hotel.

The hotel was provided by the organizers; the room looked alright, but it was a double room.

It's obvious that he'll be sharing a room with Gray, who is making his official stage debut as a newcomer.

A few days ago, he kept pestering Lin Qianqiao to come and help him, which led to the rumor of a mystery guest for AOMG, a guest appearance that was free of charge.

But since it was the producer who spoke up, it's inevitable for any artist in the music industry to maintain a good relationship with a top-notch hip-hop producer, especially since Gray still has the songs for the SMTM finals.

Starship's management understood this perfectly, and their proposal was accepted. They even took on some freelance work as a side project.

At night, Jay Park took a group of people to a club to earn money, probably...

Lin Qianqiao and Gray walked out of the hotel and looked around when a question suddenly came to mind.

"Bro, did you exchange money at the airport?"

"Don't worry, it's definitely been changed. I'll pay for tonight's expenses."

"..." Lin Qianqiao had nothing to say, so she simply hailed a taxi and headed straight for the famous night market nearby.

Arriving at Hanxi Night Market, you can definitely feel the vibrant atmosphere of Taiwan, with people coming and going and the lights shining brightly.

The parking lot layout is a bit exaggerated; it's all about squeezing into every available space.

It seems like people here rely entirely on trams for transportation. After getting off, they take off their hats, hang them up, and then stroll along the entrance to the street. It's quite interesting.

Lin Qianqiao and Gray followed them in. Anyway, without further ado, they were definitely going to eat and shop.

Life is impermanent, the large intestine wraps the small intestine.

Lin Qianqiao saw the name and immediately bought one. It looked a bit like a hot dog, wrapped in a layer of glutinous rice sausage. When you took a bite, the sausage was juicy and tasted pretty good.

Since I understand Chinese, I also ordered a tempura for Gray, which is similar to oden. It contains rice blood cake, rice cake, and fish cake. He seemed to enjoy it, so it must have been pretty good.

"By the way, you and Jooheon will both be going on the tour after SMTM ends, right?" Gray asked.

"I can't go to the two shows in LA because it coincides with my comeback period. I will be able to attend the Ewha Womans University and Busan shows. They are already booked. The company has helped us get a lot of these variety show concerts. We'll do it as long as they pay us."

"So casual?" Gray was somewhat surprised.

"You figured it out..." Lin Qianqiao replied.

If Gray knew that Sistar had taken on around fifty commercial performances in a month after her comeback in June, what would he think? ... This doesn't even include the sisters' individual schedules, which shows how crazy Starship is about money.

"There's a winter melon tea over there that looks good, let's go try it." He spotted a drink shop that seemed to specialize in winter melon, and thought he'd go over and see what it tasted like.

"Okay, you can keep the wallet." Gray didn't understand Chinese either, so he simply gave all the money to Lin Qianqiao.

After taking the man's LV wallet, Lin Qianqiao went to the stall and ordered two cups of winter melon tea. He originally wanted it without sugar, but the owner said it tasted better with full sugar, so he decided to give it a try.

After buying the drinks, Lin Qianqiao turned around with the two cups in her hands and saw Gray chatting with two well-dressed girls. However, due to the language barrier, their conversation sounded disjointed and made her chuckle.

She walked over and handed him a cup of winter melon tea. Lin Qianqiao then stood aside, sipping her tea and watching the show. The fully sweetened tea was indeed quite good, although the taste was a bit strange, it was still sweet.

When I was a child, I bought a candied winter melon snack in Chinatown. It was snow-white all over, and it was crunchy when you bit into it, similar to the texture of coconut. The sugar frosting on the outside was incredibly delicious. I don't know where it was from.

The two girls noticed an even more handsome guy had arrived, and their eyes lit up immediately.

He instantly ignored Gray, who was standing to the side, and tried to chat him up, but Lin Qianqiao smiled and pretended not to understand, shaking his head.

Disappointed, the two girls shifted their focus to Gray, but Gray's heart was already broken. With little interest, he waved goodbye and left with Lin Qianqiao.

Only after they had walked a distance did Gray turn to Lin Qianqiao with an annoyed expression and say, "Bringing you out was a real mistake."

"It has nothing to do with me."

Lin Qianqiao distanced herself from the situation, saying, "Besides, I didn't say a word, so how can you blame it on me?"

"If it's not your fault, who else is it!" Gray stuck in the straw, glared at Lin Qianqiao, and took a big gulp of winter melon tea, but seemed to think it tasted pretty good, and wasn't so angry anymore.

"childish."

Lin Qianqiao ignored Gray's exasperation. This guy was a typical meticulous Korean man; he had spent almost an hour getting ready before leaving. He made himself look handsome, his already high 80-point appearance level skyrocketed, but unfortunately, he met a good companion.

Don't you realize we're sharing a room? What am I supposed to do if you bring a girl back to the room...?

Lin Qianqiao ignored the guy's frustration and only called Gray over to take a look when she saw a decent stall.

"Animan Haseyo..."

Lin Qianqiao, who was carrying a bag of guavas, turned around and saw two girls who looked like junior high school students staring at him and greeting him.

"Hey..." Lin Qianqiao responded in Chinese, mainly because he noticed that one of the girls was wearing what looked like a local school uniform.

"Wow! You can even speak Chinese!" The girl on the left exclaimed in a slightly exaggerated tone, "You're Inui Takumi from MONSTAX, right?! I'm a huge fan of yours!"

"Thank you..." The sudden appearance of fans startled Lin Qianqiao. He might be somewhat famous on the peninsula, but he had never really been active in Taiwan. He thought he was a nobody and didn't even bother to hide himself when he went out.

"Xiuzhen isn't a loyal fan at all~"

"Ye Shuhua, stop nagging! We wandered around all day and finally bumped into our idol, of course we have to admit we're fans~"

"I understand." Lin Qianqiao interrupted their unrestrained bickering with a smile.

I roughly know that the two girls are fans of celebrities. Recently, a lot of artists from the Peninsula have come here for Qixi Festival activities, so I wanted to come out and bump into them.

"Yeah! You understand? Then I'm so incredibly embarrassed..." The girl named Xiuzhen covered her face and wailed for a second, but quickly put her hands together. "Qian Qiao will forgive me, right...? Please!"

Lin Qianqiao nodded and replied, "It's already impressive that you could recognize me."

"Of course! My forum level is incredibly high, call me the Water King. No post can escape my eyes. I already saw Gan Qiao's activity post and know that you have activities and performances these two days!" Xiuzhen replied with great confidence.

The girl's rapid change of expression left Ye Shuhua, who was standing nearby, speechless with amazement, and he couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead.

Gray, unaware of the situation, asked Lin Qianqiao for clarification. Lin Qianqiao tilted her head and explained it to him. After the explanation, Gray suddenly understood and watched the show like a bystander.

Have you eaten yet?

Lin Qianqiao's gaze returned to the two slender girls, and without waiting for a response, she said, "We're not familiar with this area, so we need a guide. How about we treat you to some food and sightseeing as payment?"

"not good……"

Ye Shuhua was interrupted halfway through her sentence by Xiuzhen, who exclaimed happily, "Great! I know Hanxi Night Market best!"

"Let's go then." Lin Qianqiao shrugged and gestured to Gray to follow.

"GOGOGO!" Xiuzhen grabbed Ye Shuhua's hand and led the charge.

……

"Did you get to eat the oyster omelet?"

"Not yet, haven't found a stall."

"I'll take you there. That shop also has eel noodles, and those are really delicious!"

"Pasta?" Upon hearing the first "yi," Lin Qianqiao unconsciously pronounced it with the third tone.

"No, Yi Mian is similar to instant noodles, just not as chewy." The girl named Ye Shuhua sensed something was off and explained to him in a low voice.

After listening, Lin Qianqiao understood and nodded, "Then it should be the same as the wonton noodles in Hong Kong-style cafes, right?"

"That's right!" Xiuzhen nodded in approval. Ye Shuhua didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.

The four of them began walking through the night market. Lin Qianqiao introduced the two tour guides to Gray, who smiled and nodded.

The two girls leading the way led us to a shop that was set up like a street food stall. As soon as we sat down, we heard Xiuzhen calling out to the owner to order. She seemed quite outgoing and generous.

After ordering, Xiuzhen glanced around and then suddenly lowered her voice mysteriously to Lin Qianqiao, saying, "I can tell you a secret~"

Tell me about it.

Lin Qianqiao thought it was some kind of local food recommendation and perked up her ears with great interest. Seeing this, Xiuzhen immediately replied, "Our Shuhua will be going to Peninsula to become a trainee in a while. When she debuts, you'll have a chance to be colleagues!"

"Wu Xiuzhen! Why are you saying this!" Ye Shuhua didn't expect her friend to reveal her secret, and quickly stopped Wu Xiuzhen's rambling.

"I'll say it, I'll say it!" Wu Xiuzhen pulled away from Ye Shuhua's grasp and stuck out her tongue mockingly.

"Let's talk about it when we get home..." Ye Shuhua clenched her fists in embarrassment, protesting softly as she tried to pry them open.

Wu Xiuzhen whispered in Ye Shuhua's ear, "I'm helping you expand your network. Wouldn't it be better if you had some friends to know while you're alone on the peninsula?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shuhua cautiously glanced at Lin Qianqiao. Seeing his questioning look, Ye Shuhua quickly turned her head and whispered to Wu Xiuzhen, "I can take care of myself!"

Her tone seemed firm, but Wu Xiuzhen gave her a "I don't know you" look, "Don't try to fool me, even my grandma doesn't believe you can take care of yourself!"

"It's true..."

Ye Shuhua wanted to explain further, but Lin Qianqiao, seeing that the two had been arguing for a long time without reaching a conclusion, and mainly feeling that they had to endure hardship abroad, curiously asked her, "Which company are you going to?"

"Cube! It's very famous! It's the agency that launched Kim HyunA!" Wu Xiuzhen answered generously, and Ye Shuhua nodded shyly.

"Why did you think of going to Cube?" Lin Qianqiao recalled the company's situation. He had seen Cube's annual report last year, which showed that it was losing money. It had long lost its former status as one of the top three competitors, but its scale was still among the best below the top three.

"It's easy! All three major companies have been bringing in new talent in the last two years, so we at Shuhua opted for Cube instead and passed the interview on the first try! Pretty impressive, right?" Wu Xiuzhen replied with great enthusiasm.

"Impressive..." Lin Qianqiao nodded in approval.

If he remembered correctly, Cube Entertainment only launched a new girl group this year, and he even knew one or two of the members.

"That's not how it is at all..." Yeh Shu-hua waved her hand. "Because only Cube came to our school to recruit new members, and I was just lucky to get in."

"No need to be modest, luck is also part of strength. Cube's overall strength is not bad, so he is a good choice."