Peninsula: My mentor Kim Tae-yeon

Chapter 111 The Beginning of Departure (6k)

After the video call ended, Su Xia didn't put down her phone. Instead, she looked at Liz's chat box, hesitating whether to send her a message.

"Do you want to talk to Chestnut?" Su Xia asked, looking up at Kim Tae-yeon, unsure of what to do.

My advice is no.

Why?

"It's already 3 o'clock in Korea, hyung," Kim Tae-yeon said irritably.

Su Xia belatedly realized what was happening.

"That's true."

He tossed his phone aside and rubbed his eyes.

"Let's tidy up and go to sleep." Su Xia got up and sorted the gifts IVE had sent.

He put the model Zhang Yuanying gave him in the bookcase, while the gold-inlaid jade bracelet Jin Qiutian gave him was placed together with the simple and unadorned US dollar he received from Naoki Rei, to be taken away tomorrow.

The sneakers and watch that Li Rui and Liz gave me are both useful. I can just put them by the bedside and on the bedside table so I can wear them as soon as I get up tomorrow morning—well, I can wear them as soon as I get up this morning.

Ahn Yu-jin took photos of each of the photos she sent, and then combined the four photos she had collected earlier into a single image, replacing her own musical notes and Bilibili background with this "Twelve Heavenly Kings in a Coma" image.

They then sent the footage and audio recorded by DJI to the team's editor and sent their requirements to them.

"Done!" Su Xia nodded in satisfaction. "Go to sleep."

Kim Tae-yeon glanced at Su Xia, who quickly burrowed into the covers, and then smiled as the sunlight fell on the Su Xia model on the wall.

Su Xia fell asleep, but someone else couldn't sleep.

The video "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" is released regularly, and even though it's already past 2 a.m., many people are still watching it.

Besides, many people are still reminiscing about the Bilibili New Year's Eve Gala that just ended. Su Xia and Wang Leehom's collaboration on "The Sun Washed by Spring Rain" was also quite amazing. Although Su Xia's account has not updated this video, the official replay still provides a place for viewers who want to watch it again.

Those who watch videos related to Su Xia will naturally notice the changes in Su Xia's background.

Su Xia's original music notes and Bilibili background were photos of him winning the championship at the K-pop China-Korea Cultural Exchange Carnival, but now the background has been changed!

What comes into view are twelve photos of a girl collapsed on the floor, pieced together.

Chinese entertainment fans who were just there for the spectacle were completely bewildered, while Korean entertainment fans recognized the twelve photos after a brief moment of surprise.

Some people can recognize them all, some can only recognize one or two, and some can recognize most of them.

But very few people wouldn't recognize any of them.

Even though this year marks the fourth year since the group disbanded, most of its members remain active in the K-pop and film industries.

IZONE.

A dazzling meteor that appeared out of nowhere in 2018 and fell at the speed of light in 2021.

After the first viewer who discovered this posted their discovery on social media, related terms were created.

#SuXiaChangesBackgroundIZONE#

This term quickly climbed to the top of the entertainment search list, appearing simultaneously on Chinese and Korean websites. Although it was difficult to break into the top five because today is the first day of 2025, it still managed to reach the top ten thanks to the massive popularity of IZ*ONE.

IZ*ONE disbanded, but their fans didn't leave the fandom; they just scattered to various other groups.

The reason why IZ*ONE and LESSERAFIM have such high popularity right after their debut is largely due to the huge popularity they inherited from IZ*ONE after their disbandment.

Aside from actresses Kim Min-ju and Kang Hye-won, the most popular members of IZ*ONE are all in LESSERAFIM and IVE. These four, or more accurately, three, account for more than half of IZ*ONE's fans.

Moreover, as time goes by, fans either return to reality or turn to other groups, but IZ*ONE's existence remains deep in their hearts.

The most unparalleled longing in the world is the lost moonlight.

The image of a "white moonlight" is something to be cherished, but when that "white moonlight" is completely gone, its image will be continuously beautified in people's hearts, constantly approaching perfection, until no one can surpass it, even if the "white moonlight" itself is resurrected.

IZ*ONE's career ended in 2021, and fans have kept this matter deep in their hearts.

Su Xia collaborates with groups that are all from the fifth generation of IZ*ONE, including LESSERAFIM and IVE, the two eldest daughters of IZ*ONE. This means that a considerable portion of the audience who follow Su Xia are former members of IZ*ONE.

When Su Xia, a blogger who has absolutely no connection with IZ*ONE, suddenly changed her background to IZ*ONE's, and even to a photo of someone exhausted in the practice room that even die-hard fans have never seen before?

Su Xia didn't say a word, but with just this one photo, she almost confirmed her status as a true friend of IZONE.

What else is there to say?

IZONE fans literally rose from the dead!

With the triple boost of Bilibili's New Year's Eve Gala, collaboration with Wang Leehom on "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales", and the rise of IZ*ONE fans, Su Xia's Bilibili follower count finally surpassed 1 million at 6 AM on January 1, 2025.

When Su Xia woke up at noon, her phone was already flooded with messages.

Looking at the 99+ unread messages, Su Xia felt a little emotional.

"What's going on?"

I picked up my phone and browsed through the information before I roughly understood what had happened.

So—I became a blogger with over 10 million views overnight, no, in just one morning?

Wouldn't the award citations for the top 100 companies need to be changed?

The first thing that came to Su Xia's mind was the Bilibili Top 100 Up Masters Awards Ceremony to be held on the 5th. As the dark horse up master last year, it would seem that the 2024 Top 100 would be lacking if he were not included.

Gaining tens of millions of fans in less than a year is a feat that only a handful of people besides Luo Yonghao can achieve. And Su Xia is truly the first to have done something like this for such a niche community as K-pop.

No one on the Top 100 Organizing Committee would be foolish enough to overlook Su Xia.

only----

Su Xia didn't have millions of fans before.

In addition, the editor also sent him the video that Su Xia had sent him early this morning.

To avoid being associated with IVE after the video was released, Su Xia asked the editor to cut out the gift that An Youzhen gave her. In addition, everyone's voice was off-screen and the sound was blurred so that they all sounded the same, so that the audience could not tell exactly how many people were there.

After browsing through the editor's work, I noticed that most of the biased lines had been removed, so there didn't seem to be any problems.

It was forwarded to the account manager.

release!

Su Xia yawned, grabbed the roll of US dollars and the gold-inlaid jade, and went out.

"Su Dong! Su Dong!"

After shouting twice, Su Dong rushed over.

"What's wrong, bro?"

Su Xia tossed it casually.

Su Dong hurriedly caught the roll of unidentified objects and took a closer look.

"I'll blanch it!"

A roll of US dollars?

"There should be about ten or twenty bills inside. Consider it your living expenses before the start of the semester. Go to the bank and exchange them when you have time," Su Xia said.

"Really?!" Su Dong's eyes widened, and he quickly opened the package and counted the contents.

Twenty sheets!

Two thousand US dollars, that's over ten thousand yuan?!

I'm rich!!!

Ignoring Su Dong's delighted expression, Su Xia took the gold-inlaid jade and went downstairs.

"What's your brother yelling about?" Su's mother asked in surprise.

"I gave him two thousand US dollars for living expenses." Then Su Xia handed the gold-inlaid jade in her hand to her mother.

"What is this?" Su's mother took the gift box, opened it, and immediately saw a gold-inlaid jade bracelet.

"Didn't you just buy me gold jewelry? Why did you buy another one?" Su's mother asked Su Xia in surprise.

After buying gold bars and depositing them in the bank, Su Xia also bought a full set of gold jewelry for her mother and a car for her father. She couldn't just leave her mother with nothing.

"This isn't for you. Keep it for me. My friend gave it to me," Su Xia explained.

"That chestnut?" Su's mother immediately laughed and asked.

"No, it was a gift from Qiu Tian." Su Xia smiled and repeated what Jin Qiu Tian had said last night.

"This child is quite diligent," Su's mother nodded approvingly. "Are you planning to have me keep it for you?"

"Yes, give it to me when you need it."

"it is good."

Su Xia stretched.

"It's my birthday today, who's going to treat me to dinner?"

"My treat!" Su Dong shouted, waving his dollar bills high. "I'm rich, I'll pay!"

Su Xia and her mother both laughed.

The next day, Su Xia drove back to Xuzhou.

In the passenger seat, Su Xia's phone was on a phone holder, while Kim Tae-yeon was scrolling through videos.

"Now everyone online is guessing which celebrities had their voices blurred in the video you posted yesterday," Kim Tae-yeon said, watching the video.

"Didn't guess IVE, did you?" Su Xia asked, looking ahead.

"No, the most likely guess is LESSERAFIM. You only released five gifts, so of course they'd think it's a five-person group."

"Any strange guesses?"

"Yes, Red Velvet is here." Kim Tae-yeon said, suppressing a laugh. Su Xia and Red Velvet have absolutely no connection, so it's hard for the fans to guess in this direction.

"However, your conversation with Qiu Tian has convinced them that you have a girlfriend."

"And the reaction?"

"There wasn't much of a reaction. Everyone just said, 'If you really have it, then I wish you well; if not, it doesn't matter.'"

Su Xia nodded. This is the difference between non-beauty-focused internet celebrities and beauty-focused internet celebrities/artists. Whether you're in a relationship or not is none of the fans' business. We don't care if you get married, as long as you don't lower the quality of your videos.

While online celebrities who are good-looking are similar to idol artists, they are not as affected as idol artists when they are in relationships.

"If they knew the recipient was Chestnut, I bet all those who offered their blessings would become the vanguard of their attacks on you," Kim Tae-yeon said with a smile.

"Eliminate the estimate, that's for sure." Su Xia also laughed, as this was all foreseeable.

"After we get back, we'll have to prepare for the Top 100. Bilibili has already started the pre-event promotion, and the list was just released," Kim Tae-yeon said, looking at the video she had just come across.

Today, the 2nd, the list of the top 100 has been announced.

The list is arranged alphabetically. Su Xia's Bilibili account is the same as Yin Fu's, both being "Lawyer Su Xia (Studied by Taeyeon)," which is why he is ranked 73rd.

Kim Tae-yeon glanced at the list.

"There's nothing noteworthy about this; celebrities don't seem to participate in these kinds of rankings?"

"I think so. I heard that some celebrities came to accept awards this year."

"I can't tell from the list."

The main issue is that Kim Tae-yeon doesn't recognize many celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Why are there so many car bloggers?" Kim Tae-yeon raised an eyebrow and said. She spotted two or three car bloggers in the top 100 at a glance. These were people Su Xia had met while browsing the list.

"With cars so cheap these days, more and more people are following car bloggers."

When the King of Qin unified the six kingdoms, your Qin Plus, a single model, overturned the rice bowl of joint venture car manufacturers. It picked up the sickle and started a massacre, causing a chain reaction that led to price reductions across the entire car market.

"I haven't paid much attention." Kim Tae-yeon shrugged. Although she is into cars, she only drives luxury cars. These cars have been affected, but it's mainly the mass-market models that have been affected. Cars like coupes and shooting brake SUVs, which Kim Tae-yeon likes, haven't been affected much. Plus, she's in South Korea, so she hasn't paid much attention to it.

Each country has its own situation.

Genesis, a modern high-end brand, is known as the "mini Bentley" and is synonymous with high-end luxury in South Korea. In China, you have to travel to first-tier cities to find a Genesis dealership.

In China, BYD is synonymous with ride-hailing services, but in Europe, it's considered a luxury car.

There are many similar cases. Kim Tae-yeon only stayed in Korea for a little over two years, so she couldn't experience many things.

"Where do you drive it?"

"Shanghai, Bank of Communications Qiantan."

Although Su Xia spends most of his time in Xuzhou, he's been to Shanghai quite often.

He goes there two to three times a week, always in business class, and his high-speed rail membership is almost maxed out.

Yes, the 12306 high-speed rail website also has its own membership system.

He's also gotten to know Shanghai pretty well, and has become an unofficial servant of Shanghai.

Whenever she was on the road, Su Xia would have the idea of ​​simply staying in Shanghai to save herself the trouble of running around everywhere.

But in the end, I gave up.

No other reason than it's ridiculously expensive.

Su Xia is someone who recently became rich but was originally poor. You're expecting him to empty his pockets and buy a house in Shanghai?

Give me a break, buddy.

"Then we can go eat at Xin Rong Ji!" Kim Tae-yeon's eyes lit up. "I definitely have to come to Shanghai and try Xin Rong Ji when I get back!"

"Okay, we'll eat at Xin Rong Ji on the 5th. Remember to remind me."

"okkk."

Su Xia glanced at Kim Tae-yeon in the passenger seat, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Are you... ready to leave?"

"What? You can't bear to part with me?" Kim Tae-yeon said without turning her head.

"How could that be?" Su Xia scoffed. "I'd love for you to leave as soon as possible. With you around, I wouldn't even dare to find a younger sister to spend the night with."

Kim Tae-yeon laughed upon hearing this.

"Then don't worry, it'll be quick."

Su Xia's smile froze for a moment, but was quickly covered up.

"That's wonderful! I'll be free!"

Kim Tae-yeon looked at Su Xia with a half-smile; she had seen right through his little scheme.

What does it mean to be stubborn?

"Shut up, I want to watch the video."

"Oh.

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Speechless all the way.

Back in Xuzhou, Su Xia didn't have much work to do. These past few days, the entire team has been preparing for the Top 100 YouTubers celebration on January 5th.

IVE is preparing for their third EP comeback, which is also their busiest comeback period.

LESSERAFIM is also preparing for his comeback, and he's been less active in the group chat lately.

ITZY did not participate in the team building activity. Apart from NMIXX, he was not very familiar with the other people in the group and rarely participated.

When there's nothing to do, Su Xia doesn't usually show up in the group, and with Chi Fu being busy, only NMIXX is chatting in the group as usual.

Everyone was silent, except for members of NMIXX who were popping up. Su Xia's fan group was practically turning into NMIXX's own group chat.

That's why, on January 5th, only NMIXX was watching the live stream of the top 100 content creators.

Su Xia's fan group (23)

Your idol: [Live Stream Link]

Beibei: How many followers do we have on our Bilibili account?

Cat: It's 49.6 now, soon it will be one-twentieth of Lawyer Su's!

Dog: [Clapping.JPG]

Haiyuan Street: I'm at the dorm, where are you guys?

Li Huang: Xueyun and I are buying desserts outside. We'll be back in a bit.

Cat: I'm in my room.

As she spoke, the door to NMIXX's dormitory room opened, and Jang Gyu-jin, dressed in pajamas and without makeup, appeared before Oh Hae-won.

"Haewon unnie".

"Where's the maintenance crew?"

"Here it is." Kim Ji-woo's lazy voice came from the room behind Jang Gyu-jin.

Wu Haiyuan peeked out and saw that Jin Zhiyu was lying in bed playing on her phone.

Haiyuan Street: @Beibei, where are you?

"Here it is!"

A loud, snarling voice came from the bathroom, startling Wu Haiyuan.

This guy—

"Hey! Attorney Su is here!" Jin Zhiyu's excited voice rang out.

Wu Haiyuan didn't even have time to ask where the other members were; she quickly took out her phone and clicked on the live stream link in the group chat.

As soon as I entered the live stream, I saw the scene of Su Xia making her appearance.

"Next up is Attorney Su Xia (who studied under Taeyeon)." As the synthesized male voice rang out, deafening cheers erupted throughout the venue.

"Attorney Su received so many more cheers than the bloggers who appeared before her," Jin Zhiyu said in surprise.

"And it seems that Attorney Su was the last one to go on stage to receive the award." Zhang Guizhen also grabbed her phone, ran to the bed, and flopped down to watch the live broadcast.

Oh Hae-won turned on the AI ​​real-time translation on her phone, listening to the Chinese award speech and looking at the translated Korean text.

"In Bilibili's K-pop universe, Su Xia is the 'like-minded UP master' who understands fans the most—he knows the excitement you feel when you listen to a song on repeat, he understands your crazy dedication to stage details, and he can turn that passion into something tangible and beautiful."

"His covers are a tacit understanding of sharing idols' songs with fellow fans; his dance covers are a delightful recreation of iconic stage moments; and his collaborations with K-pop artists fulfill the dreams of countless fans to 'get up close and personal with their idols.'"

"The 'Go for it!' messages in the live chat and the sing-along check-ins in the comments section are proof of the mutual support between him and his fans."

"He conveys joy through his work, ignites the atmosphere with his passion, and allows everyone who loves K-pop to find a sense of belonging here."

Congratulations to Su Xia for pursuing her passion with unwavering dedication, becoming the warmest star on stage in the hearts of her fans!

In the video, Su Xia receives his 100-trophy trophy from the award presenter, the CEO of Bilibili.

When Su Xia turned around and walked to the seat of the fourth batch of top 100 content creators, the content creators sitting in the first row unanimously changed their names to "c".

The spot was given to Su Xia, who was the last content creator to appear.

"Our boss is so impressive! Everyone's making way for him as soon as he arrives," Wu Haiyuan said in surprise, looking at the scene.

"Attorney Su has over 20 million followers across all platforms, that's amazing!" Zhang Guizhen exclaimed sincerely, considering that South Korea's total population is only over 50 million.

Bilibili's Top 100 Celebration is not complicated. It has its own performances, but it is far less complicated than K-pop's year-end celebration. The entire live broadcast is only a little over three hours, unlike K-pop's year-end celebration, which lasts for six or seven hours and feels like being in jail.

With all the award-winning content creators returning, Su Xia, who was firmly in the center of the screen, made it to the top of the trending searches for the second time in 2025.

Su Xia's fan group (23)

Your idol: [Photo]

Your idol: Xiao Na Yi Yi Gu (a nickname for a young person who wins numerous trophies).

Haiyuan Street: The boss is so handsome!

Haiyuan Street: Absolutely fantastic!

Beibei: [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

"Should we send some too?" Jang Gyu-jin asked Oh Hae-won, glancing at Kim Ji-woo who hadn't made a move.

"Send it," Wu Haiyuan said without looking up. "It's just a matter of moving a finger."

"OK."

After hearing her words, Jang Gyu-jin and Kim Ji-woo also offered their blessings.

At that moment, all three of their phones rang simultaneously.

Stock Market Guru: @Your idol, will Attorney Su attend the Golden Disc Awards on the 7th?

Upon seeing this sentence, Wu Haiyuan and the other two were taken aback, and then they remembered the 39th Golden Disc Awards ceremony that opened yesterday.

Originally scheduled for yesterday and today, the live broadcast was postponed to January 7th due to the Jeju Air crash. Most of the girl groups were scheduled to participate in the live broadcast on the second day.

It was another extreme jail session, lasting from 1:30 AM to 7 or 8 PM.

Meanwhile, Su Xia, who was still in the backstage of Bilibili's Top 100, saw the message sent by Li Cailing and fell into deep thought.

The Golden Melody Awards are not the MAMA, so Su Xia wasn't invited at all.

Not to mention Su Xia, ITZY, who wasn't nominated for any awards, and NMIXX, who was only nominated for the main award but had no chance of winning, also didn't go.

Only IVE and LESSERAFIM were invited from the group. IVE will receive three awards, while LESSERAFIM will receive two.

This was all revealed by them during chats with other members of the group. Before the "pork feast" even started, each company already knew how much they would get.

Therefore, even if ITZY didn't participate, Lee Chaeryeong should know that it wasn't her business.

She wasn't going, so she asked him if he was going to do anything.

Before Su Xia could figure it out, another message popped up.

Yoo Jang Ka-seok: I heard from Irene that Taeyeon originally didn't plan to attend this year's Golden Melody Awards, but she changed her mind and will attend.

Su Xia's pupils suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously looked at Kim Tae-yeon beside him, only to find that Kim Tae-yeon was looking at him with a smile.

"Did you do this?" Su Xia asked.

"Of course it wasn't me," Kim Tae-yeon denied vehemently, shrugging. "No one but you can hear me."

Su Xia didn't believe it, but what could he do if Kim Tae-yeon wouldn't admit it?

"So, this time—" Su Xia paused for a moment before speaking.

Kim Tae-yeon smiled.

"It's time for me to see the world for myself."

The excitement of winning the award faded like the tide, and Su Xia simply looked quietly at the woman in front of her.

I want to say something, but when the words come to my lips, I don't know what to say.

Accustomed to displaying sharp blades and venomous fangs, they are now unable to utter a decent word of farewell.

A thousand thoughts raced through my mind, but only one word could escape my lips: —

"it is good."

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