Peninsula: You've been chosen here for producing girl groups.

"Xue'er, are you really sure?"

"I've heard that every idol group launched by SM Entertainment becomes a hit. Even Han Seok, who's quite popular in South Korea recently, trained at SM Entertainment for four years."

"You guys only see the thief eating meat, but not the thief getting beaten. You only see examples of debut success. I've heard that 90% of people are eliminated just by going from trainee to debut."

Li Xue didn't want to take this path that might ultimately lead to nothing.

"And I keep hearing you guys say Han Shuo is so popular, isn't he popular because of 'The Farm'?"

My roommate pretended to be angry: "Look at you, I've told you so many times in the dorm, but you just won't listen."

"Their album is a huge hit. A few days ago, they opened pre-orders, and the limited pre-orders of 60,000 sold out in three days. They then added another 10,000, which also sold out that afternoon."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Li Xuexin said that thanks to you, she didn't read a single piece of Han Shuo's news, but she didn't miss a single piece of Han Shuo's news.

Perhaps it was precisely because of her roommate's overly enthusiastic recommendation that she developed a rebellious attitude and became very dismissive of Han Shuo.

"Look at this... um, he's on the local news in your Shandong province!"

My roommate ran out with his phone and came back a little while later with an MP4 player.

Television's influence among the public remains unshakable. Being on the news, even just a local city TV station's news channel, is enough to make people take notice.

Click to play.

In high-definition image quality.

Holding a blue gradient microphone, Han Seok moved among a group of Korean female stars, including Song Hye-kyo, Son Ye-jin, Song Yoon-ah, Han Ye-seul, Bae Seul-ki, and Chae Yeon.

They are all K-pop artists that young people are familiar with.

However, all of these popular Korean actresses looked at Han Seok with adoration.

At this moment, they seemed like fans chasing after celebrities.

Now, even Li Xue, who had no real sense of Han Shuo's popularity, finally realized that this fellow countryman seemed to be ridiculously popular in South Korea.

"Wow, wow, wow... wow!"

"The melody of this song is very nice."

My roommate proudly puffed out his chest: "That's right."

Whose song is it?

My roommate rolled her eyes: "You didn't take my words to heart at all. This was written by Han Shuo, and he also designed the choreography himself."

"Isn't this an English song?"

Li Xue's eyes crinkled with a mischievous grin, making her look like a Shiba Inu, which made it hard for anyone to blame her.

"This song has both a Korean and an English version, and the lyrics and arrangements are different. Performing the English version in advance will give the Korean version a fresh feel."

"That's amazing?!"

As the host announced the album's pre-sale results, images of several K-pop female stars personally visiting physical stores to place orders appeared on the LED screen.

This reaffirms a previous assessment: "Han Seok is hailed by the Korean media as 'a star among stars,' and some fans even call him an artist..."

Li Xue smiled infatuatedly, "He's so handsome!"

"shallow!"

My roommate said seriously, "His face is the least important thing about him."

The next second she couldn't help but burst out laughing: "He's really handsome! It's definitely worth becoming a fan."

"It's worth it!"

Li Xue asked her roommate to send her a copy of the video.

The program concluded by mentioning the popularity of "Farm" in China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, praising Han Shuo for his outstanding contributions to the overseas expansion of Chinese games.

Li Xue refreshed the news again.

The more she looked at the young village head, the more she felt he was her favorite.

"Would you say he's 'the highest-earning singer and the best songwriter among business owners'?"

"Are there any longer singing videos?"

"Oh, you've been poisoned?"

My roommate felt a tingling sensation all over his body: "Wait, this is the high-definition live version downloaded from Bilibili, and there's also the live version from today's Seoul Arts High School."

Do you have a Bilibili account?

A female classmate walked by and started the conversation.

My roommate knew what the other person wanted to ask: "It's not mine, it's a friend's account. He's a member of the subtitle group and has a registration invitation code."

Bilibili is still maintaining an invitation code system, which is only open to a small number of partners.

The website will be fully open the following Monday.

The female student had obviously heard about this, and could only regretfully give up.

Anyway, it's less than ten days, so we can afford to wait.

"I heard that Bilibili will be releasing a high-definition music show, is that true?"

"It's true. Their subtitling team received a translation collaboration offer, which is why they were given a bunch of invitation codes."

Intending to help boost her idol's website popularity, she said a few more words:

"It's not just the official music show; I've heard that in the future there will also be high-definition music videos and video materials from various artists, as well as high-definition photos and videos from the front lines of fan sites."

"That's so cool?" The female classmate was still a little skeptical. "Who told you that?"

"A Korean fan site admin named 'Pink Piggy' has a bunch of high-resolution photos of Han Seok, which are absolutely reliable."

"Does that mean we won't have to bother downloading anymore?"

"That's not all. I heard they'll even invite celebrities to join, creating a domestic version of an official fan cafe."

Li Xue was completely confused.

What is a "station admin"? What is an "official fan cafe"?

Fortunately, her friend patiently explained the facts to her.

Just listening to it makes me feel that this platform has a lot of potential.

"He's got such great ideas. If he actually makes the platform, it probably won't be much worse than Farmville."

"That's right."

The girl happily showed Li Xue the promotional photos from the frontline fan site.

"It's beautiful, is there any more?"

Li Xue didn't know what was wrong with her; it was as if she was poisoned, and she frantically asked her girlfriends for all sorts of materials related to Han Shuo.

For a moment, she even wanted to fly straight to Seoul.

The girl laughed and said, "Then you can accept SM Entertainment's invitation first, and then fly to Seoul and defect to Han Seok's Star Entertainment."

"Isn't this inappropriate?"

To be honest, it actually made her a little tempted.

Li Xue messaged an SM Entertainment scout to ask if she could try it out for a month first. The scout said yes and even called her.

"I heard Han Shuo works for your company, is that right?"

"Huh? Well, I guess so."

"I heard your company has a collaboration with Hanshuo, is that right?"

"Uh-huh."

"If I go there, will I be able to see Han Shuo?"

"able!"

Li Xuexin said that she had expressed her interest in Han Shuo far greater than in SM Entertainment in advance, so that it wouldn't be considered defection, but rather following her heart.

"Xue'er, there's new content again! What's with this little pig? Was it taken standing in front of Oppa?"

"..."

Seoul Performing Arts High School, Indoor Gymnasium.

Han Shuo, holding a blue microphone, walked into the audience.

He sang the first half of the line: "Never thought that I'd fall in love..."

He then handed the final words to all the alumni in the audience: "Love, Love, Love, Love~"

"But it grew from a simple..."

"Crush, crush, crush, crush~"

Nearly 800 people sang in unison in a military-style cheer that shook the stadium.

This feeling of being the center of attention and admired by thousands, no matter how many times one experiences it, will greatly satisfy one's self-esteem.

Han Shuo got a little carried away while singing.

Faced with another request for an encore, he decided to sing another new song.

"July" has a strong psychedelic feel, but it's more suitable for professional stages like school anniversary celebrations.

The pre-release track "Trap" and the title track "Fiction" are not yet ready for release.

The ballads "Rainy Day" and "12:30" are not suitable for the current hot atmosphere.

The available song selection is clear: "Pain Like Death".

Since Cecil was not present and the others' voices were much worse, he decided to sing the whole song by himself.

However, his voice couldn't perfectly deliver the best effect, so to make it more entertaining, he called in Han Ye-seul to interact with him.

Yes, this woman has come after us again.

"Senior, can you do me a favor?"

Han Ye-seul was clearly pleasantly surprised by his outstretched invitation.

It's that affected, look-around expression.

Hey, hey, hey, this isn't a marriage proposal, it's asking you to be my model.

He pulled Han Ye-seul onto the stage.

"This is another song of mine, and it's my first time performing it. You'll have to support me and not let me..."

As the most well-known senior figure in the school, even more so than the school board members, his popularity is beyond question.

"Ahhh~"

Screams and applause mingled together.

The rhythm of heavy drumbeats begins.

The song begins with Han Shuo's deep voice narrating: "On my way to your house, answer the phone quickly."

beside.

Han Ye-seul swayed her body gently to the rhythm, eliciting round after round of cheers.

Although she was brought up on the spot, she was not intimidated at all. On the contrary, she was quite proud of herself and followed Han Shuo's instructions to put on an arrogant expression as if she were looking at trash.

"Answer the phone quickly, it'll only take a minute. Just listen to what I have to say, it'll be over soon~"

Under the spotlight, Han Shuo rapped fluently, and he circled around her the whole time, looking only at her.

The feeling of being valued by someone she liked made Han Ye-seul's heart burn even hotter.

Against the backdrop of a somber and melancholic tone laid out by the piano, the string section rises up, and as the rhythm intensifies, Han Shuo's volume and breath control explode, unleashing his full power.

At this point, Han Ye-seul could no longer see anyone else.

All that remained was the young man before her.

Han Shuo then transitions into the chorus: "I found the way to let you leave~ I never really had it coming~"

Although his timbre wasn't as suitable for the chorus as Cecil's, the seamless transition between the two singing styles successfully captivated the art students in the audience.

Their expressions were so exaggerated that they rivaled those of music show audiences.

"I can't be in the sight of you~

I want you to stay away from my heart ~」

Then I looked at Han Ye-seul.

broken.

A sense of unease welled up in Han Shuo's heart.

Damn it, has this woman gone mad again?

He deliberately moved away from Han Yiseul and started jumping around facing the audience, signaling the alumni to get excited.

Everyone was very supportive.

It was the usual scene of zombies dancing wildly, a chaotic mess.

Several classmates who were usually close friends and quite daring rushed to the edge of the stage and knelt on the ground to do abstract art.

Two people even put their hands on the sedan chair, gesturing for him to sit down.

LOL, can he even sit down?

You guys have really made my life miserable.

Then the style of the scene went even further out of control. One second they were on a sedan chair, and the next they were lifted into the air and carried all the way from behind to the stage.

To be precise, people rolled onto the stage.

Han Ye-seul strode forward, looking down at him with a gentle smile.

Han Shuo reached out to signal the other woman to help him up, but unexpectedly, she knelt down and kissed him like a princess trying to save a prince.

Ah, no, you...

……

Li Xue/Li Yitong

韩艺瑟