Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

"Tzuyu, how can you be so cute~"

When Chou Tzu-yu heard Lim Na-yeon's praise, her face showed no joy. It was as if she had heard a well-known saying, and she replied expressionlessly:

"Born that way."

"..."

Nayeon and Tzuyu didn't lower their voices, so the others in the practice room could all hear their conversation.

Seemingly expecting Tzuyu's answer, they quickly went from silence to bursting into laughter.

The maknae (youngest member) is straightforward and never minces words; her motto is "If you dare to praise me, I'll accept it."

However, this makes Lim Na-yeon look a bit like a clown...

"Tzuyu, please be a little more modest!"

"Unnie, Tzuyu is really sincere about this!"

The others are still trying to find ways to improve Chou Tzu-yu's situation, or perhaps they are "educating" her.

Only the second-in-command, Yoo Jeong-yeon, who loved watching the drama unfold, began to indiscriminately mock Lim Na-yeon.

However, Nayeon simply rolled her eyes at her "kicking someone when they're down" and completely ignored her.

Hearing the laughter and conversation of the others, Chou Tzu-yu's face flushed slightly with embarrassment. She realized that she had unintentionally hurt this older sister again...

Fortunately, Lim Nayeon didn't seem to mind Chou Tzu-yu's "uncompromising" attitude at all.

But she kept Yu Jeong-yeon's 'mockery' in her heart!

Yu Dingyan: ? ? ?

After playing around, the group sat on the floor, stretched their legs out as far as possible, and tried to move their hips so they wouldn't strain them during dance practice later.

However, TWICE certainly wouldn't just sit idly by; if they could be idle, they wouldn't be TWICE.

Remembering the internal preference ranking of TWICE members that they had done on a previous show, Park Jihyo said to Chou Tzuyu:

"Tzuyu, we happen to have some time now, how about we play that game we played before again?"

"Hmm? What game?"

Chou Tzu-yu didn't get the meaning behind Park Ji-hyo's words, but Yoo Jeong-yeon immediately understood what her team leader wanted to do.

"It's that team-based sorting game we played at the beginning."

This game is arguably unique to large girl groups because the large number of members makes the ranking interesting. For example, Red Velvet from SM Entertainment is a group that only has five members, even after adding another member later.

The fun of playing this kind of game will be greatly reduced.

Chou Tzu-yu then understood and nodded, saying:

"Okay, let's play then."

When everyone saw that Chou Tzu-yu had agreed, they immediately turned around and looked at her intently.

They are all Chou Tzu-yu's older sisters, and they usually dote on Chou Tzu-yu. Now is the time to test their own status in their little busy girl's heart!

After all, this is...

As the initiator, Park Ji-hyo naturally took on the role of the questioner.

"So first of all, who is Tzuyu's number one?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Ziyu felt many eyes focusing on her, but she only thought for a moment and said:

"Sana unnie!"

"Ahhh!"

Upon hearing her own name, Sana Minatozaki came to Tzuyu's side almost without hesitation, hugging her like a clingy puppy, her smile so wide it was impossible to hide.

The others were a little unhappy that they weren't in first place, but they didn't say anything. After all, there were still second and third place winners!

"And the second one?"

"Um... Dahyun unnie."

"yeah!"

When Kim Da-hyun heard that she had actually come in second place, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on her face, mixed with a hint of relief.

However, the rankings didn't stop there, and Park Ji-hyo continued to press for answers:

Who is the third?

"Jihyo unnie".

Park Jihyo breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that she hadn't slipped out of the top three.

Yes, Park Jihyo was actually ranked first last time. Although she can't keep her number one spot now, she can accept being in the top three.

"So, next up is fourth!"

"It's me!"

"..."

The rankings go down one by one: fifth is Mina, sixth is Nayeon, and seventh is Chaeyoung.

To everyone's surprise, the eighth place went to Hirai Momo.

You know, last time we ranked them, this person was ninth!

"Oh my, so the ninth place this time is... Jeongyeon unnie."

Park Jihyo was stunned for a moment, then realized that her older sister, who was ranked second in age, had actually fallen to ninth in her youngest member's heart.

"Hahahahaha!"

To be honest, as expected of the two "childhood sweethearts," Yoo Jeongyeon made no attempt to hide her mockery when she saw Lim Nayeon "falling into trouble."

Seeing Yoo Jeongyeon get the short end of the stick, Lim Nayeon immediately started laughing without even pausing, lying in front of Yoo Jeongyeon and clutching her stomach.

Yoo Jeong-yeon also chose to ignore it, closing her eyes and not looking at her, but a doting smile was on her lips, clearly indicating that she didn't really take it to heart.

Park Ji-hyo then asked curiously, "I remember you ranked Jeong Yeon-oh second before, how come he's ninth now?"

Chou Tzu-yu blinked and said with a serious expression:

"Because Jeongyeon unnie just mocked me and Nayeon unnie, this is my way of getting revenge."

"..."

"..."

If Chou Tzu-yu was joking, or trying to defend or explain herself, then there wouldn't be any problem.

But the key issue now is that Chou Tzu-yu's words were extremely "sincere," and no matter how you look at it, it seemed like the child was speaking the "truth."

There was a moment of silence in the practice room, followed by a burst of cheerful laughter.

But just as he was laughing out loud, the door to the practice room opened.

Unsurprisingly, the dance teacher arrived.

"Oh my, you've already started warming up, so let's get ready to begin."

"Inside~!" x9

The atmosphere in the practice room changed from cheerful to serious, while the atmosphere in the president's office on the top floor was completely the opposite.

"Okay, then it's settled. The copyright fee for this song will be paid to you as we just discussed, and the copyright will be fully open to the company. You will also receive 10% of the revenue from this song in the future. However, if there are any new songs in the future, you must give the company the best option to choose from as soon as possible."

Since this was a private negotiation, it lacked the cutthroat competition of the business world and instead featured more of the haggling typical of the marketplace.

Liu Baiyuan nodded. The last condition that Park Jin-young insisted on adding was meaningless to him. After all, Hirai Momo was here and was still a JYP artist. If he had a new song later, there was almost no reason not to give them the best choice.

Park Jin-young, on the other hand, was quite pleased with himself, feeling that he had gotten a good deal.

Although it seems that Liu Baiyuan, a new producer, is treated with a high share of the profits, don't forget that Liu Baiyuan also has the status of a prospective director, and the new songs that follow will only be selected based on merit. Even if the quality of the songs is not satisfactory, they can simply be discarded.

But if they maintain this high standard, JYP will make a fortune.

Moreover, this song has already been secured by TWICE, and if things go well this time, they can almost recoup their investment in one go!

No matter how you look at it, he made a profit this time!