Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

"You've written another new song?"

Park Jin-young's eyes widened slightly, though there wasn't much difference between widening them and not widening them at all...

Liu Baiyuan nodded and said:

"Well, but like the previous song 'TT,' I can only use an electronic synthesizer because I don't have the right instruments for it."

Park Jin-young seemed quite satisfied with Yoo Baek-won's "prolific output." Just a while ago, he released "TT," which gave him more confidence in TWICE's future, and now, only a few days later, he has released another song.

This made him have extremely high expectations for the quality of the song.

As for the "minor flaws" that Liu Baiyuan mentioned, he didn't take them to heart at all. He was already so productive, what more could he ask for!

"Hey, what's the big deal? The company can just re-record it for you. As long as the song quality is high enough, it's no big deal!"

Park Jin-young appeared very generous, saying that as long as the song quality was good enough, the cost of re-recording was nothing, just a drop in the ocean.

As he spoke, he took the USB drive from Liu Baiyuan's hand and plugged it into his computer.

In no time at all, the same prelude as the one in Liu Baiyuan's "dream" from the previous night began to play in the office...

Meanwhile, not far from the JYP building, there is another building similar to JYP, with the two huge letters SM on its top.

It is obvious that this is the headquarters of SM Entertainment, one of the three giants of K-pop.

In one of its practice rooms, a tall girl was looking at her older sister with a big smile.

"Unnie, I haven't seen you wearing slippers lately."

"Hmm? Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true."

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl who looked rather simple-minded, like a little bear, looked at the person who was talking with a grin.

"Ugh! I just want to wear shoes, is that not allowed?"

The one speaking was Bae Joo-hyun, who had met Liu Baiyuan at BMW before. At this moment, she subtly pulled her small feet back, her face slightly flushed, and she seemed a little reserved.

However, since she was in front of her younger sisters, she still had to maintain some dignity.

To explain why she stopped wearing slippers, the story naturally begins a few days ago when she went to get her car serviced.

Since meeting Liu Baiyuan that day, she suddenly felt that wearing slippers when going out was not a good idea, so she found her sneakers. However, due to the weather and her own habits, she still chose to tuck the upper of the sneakers under her heels.

It's like I created my own "slippers".

If you only show your heels and not your toes... then it probably won't attract as much attention...

"Unnie, is something wrong?"

Son Seungwan reflected on the past few days, and because the time intervals were not long, she gradually came to understand some of the details.

It seems that ever since that day when they had a day off, and Bae Joo-hyun went out to get her car serviced, she stopped wearing slippers the next day...

If there's a problem, it must be something that happened on that day.

Seeing the shrewd glint of knowing look in Son Seungwan's eyes, Bae Joo-hyun couldn't help but recall Liu Baiyuan's face. She parted her lips slightly, replying as if to say something but not quite:

"The more people you meet, the more you'll realize that there are all kinds of people in the world..."

As soon as Bae Joo-hyun said those words, the other four people in the practice room all showed a hint of doubt on their faces.

However, Bae Joo-hyun never expected them to understand.

It's a good thing Liu Baiyuan wasn't there; if he were, he'd probably be yelling at Bae Joo-hyun, "Who are you insulting?!"

SM and JYP are both located in Cheongdam-dong, and it's only a ten-minute walk between them, so they are quite close.

In JYP's top-floor office, Park Jin-young and Yoo Baek-won also listened to the song.

Park Jin-young's eyes also gleamed with barely suppressed joy as he spoke to Liu Baiyuan:

"Although this song is slightly inferior in quality to 'TT,' it is still a song that is worthy of being a title track."

Park Jin-young's judgment was much the same as Liu Baiyuan's, except perhaps because it was his work, so he had slightly higher expectations for "KNOCK KNOCK".

"So, what do you mean, Brother Zhenying?"

Liu Baiyuan asked Park Jin-young, who, after a moment's thought, offered his solution.

"For my comeback in the second half of the year, I will still focus on 'TT' as the main single. I plan to let this song rest for a while. The quality of this song is more than enough to be the main single. It would be a shame to use it only as a warm-up or for recording. I plan to release it at the beginning of next year."

Park Jin-young made his own judgment on the song, and Liu Baiyuan nodded. He thought about the same thing as Park Jin-young, except that he was thinking of using the song as a pre-release track to generate buzz. But after thinking about it, he realized that Park Jin-young might be right.

The style of the song "TT" is not the same as that of the song "KNOCK KNOCK". If the styles of the pre-release track and the main track are too different, it may have a negative effect.

It would be better to follow Park Jin-young's suggestion and make a comeback with "TT" first. After all, "TT" has already received unanimous approval from the company's top management, so the chances of success are quite high.

Once TWICE's name is featured in "TT", it will be able to reap considerable benefits as the next song after "TT" and given the already high quality of "KNOCK KNOCK".

That's how you maximize profits.

"Okay, then let's do as you say, Brother Zhenying."

Liu Baiyuan didn't say anything more, which shows that Liu Baiyuan's judgment of the market is not as experienced as Park Jin-young's.

"By the way, Brother Zhenying, I wanted to ask, producers...should be allowed to collaborate across companies, right?"

Upon hearing Liu Baiyuan's words, Park Jin-young paused for a moment, then nodded truthfully after a couple of seconds and asked Liu Baiyuan:

"Well... it's not uncommon to say that it's possible. After all, not all songs written by producers fit the company's plans at the time, so some songs are picked up by people from other companies. It's not unusual. Why do you ask that?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered it and wanted to ask you about it, Zhenying."

Hearing this, Park Jin-young smiled and slowly said:

"It's nothing really. The most typical example is TWICE. Their debut song, 'Graceful,' was originally written by Black Eyed Pilseung for Red Velvet from SM Entertainment, but it was rejected by SM. Later, it was accepted by my side."

Upon hearing this, Liu Baiyuan couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face, as he really didn't know about this matter.

However, when Park Jin-young mentioned Red Velvet, he also had something he wanted to ask.

"So, according to what you're saying, Jin-young, I should be able to go to SM Entertainment, right?"

Ok?

Park Jin-young suddenly turned his head to look at Liu Baiyuan, seemingly not quite understanding what he meant. Why would he go to SM if he had nothing better to do?

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