People on the Peninsula: I Became a Lucky Koi

Park Jin-young rattled off a whole bunch of things: "..."

Jin Can understood... Simply put, considering the K-pop industry ecosystem, the phenomenon of singers making comebacks at the same time every year is commonly known as "crashing the fog".

When the difference in audio sources and sales volume is not significant, a unique concept becomes the key to memorability.

Even though they are both ballads, the concepts of "breakup" and "heartbeat" will attract different audiences.

In other words, it's about differentiated competition.

Furthermore, the unique concept can build an independent fictional worldview, continuous storyline, and character settings, and multiple albums and multiple comebacks can be linked together to form a complete long narrative, thus forming an exclusive IP.

A concept with a story and room for interpretation will encourage fans to create derivative works, research, and analyze, ensuring that the album's popularity will not decline rapidly after the promotional tour ends, and will continue to generate commercial value.

For fan circle management

A complete worldview concept can enhance fans' sense of belonging, foster a community culture of "solving puzzles together," and increase fan engagement...

"Untitled, Sniper's Preference, and Way Back Home," Park Jin-young began. "These three songs are almost all about emotions, which are quite suitable for the theme of emotions."

"I have a few concept projects here that are tailored to you, you can take a look."

Jin Can picked up the document and glanced at it a few times.

A wide variety of...

Templates that look like they're being sold wholesale.

When it comes to concepts, Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment is a master at it. Take XO, for example—he knows a thing or two about superpowers and aliens. It might sound a bit childish, but it's quite memorable.

Seeing his hesitation, Park Jin-young chuckled and said, "If you have any ideas, you can bring them up."

"Interlude," Jin Can said, putting down the file and stating the name of his album.

Park Jin-young asked in bewilderment, "An interlude?"

Interlude is a musical term referring to a musical interlude.

In the song, it is neither the verse nor the chorus, but rather an interlude that connects the preceding and following parts and is full of variations.

"Yes, Interlude," Jin Can confirmed.

"Actually, it's not necessary to express emotions; it's too forced..."

He said seriously that "Untitled", "Orientation Sniper" and "Way Back Home" don't really go together.

Jin Chan writes whatever song comes to mind in his dreams: "But we can emphasize in the album catalog the recent controversy between me and Baekhyun."

Actually, these past few days I've received comfort and care from friends like Kim Tae-yeon, Bae Suzy, Lee Ji-eun, and Lim Na-yeon.

Jin Can thought he was being overly sensitive at the time, but after seeing several days of negative comments from anti-fans online, he realized he was indeed feeling uncomfortable...

"How so?" Park Jin-young asked, intrigued.

This imperial nephew... is very insidious.

Just like he said a couple of days ago about requesting Chinese songs in advance, Park Jin-young suddenly realized that the so-called unexpected situation or force majeure was a matter of course.

It's just the company taking the blame!

Jin Can explained his thoughts: "My idea is very simple: to use 'interlude' to define this controversial period as an interlude in the grand symphony of life."

"It's a bridge between the past and the future, and this is also my first album..."

"Not bad." Park Jin-young thought for a moment and then agreed, "Very classy."

The ingenious concept elevates the story, redefining a period of "scandal" or "gossip" as a chapter in an artist's life, greatly enhancing the story's scope and style.

Jin Can continued, "Of the three songs, 'Untitled' is more of a ballad, 'Way Back Home' is a short video, and 'Preference Sniper' is for promotional purposes."

The three songs have clearly defined roles.

"You're wrong!" Park Jin-young suddenly pointed out.

He frowned and said, "If 'Orientation Sniper' is going to be used to promote a song, we should record its music video."

"It already has an MV," Jin Can said vaguely.

Park Jin-young didn't understand, and his brows were furrowed.

Jin Can didn't say much. The music video for "Tendency Sniper" was actually just a photo taken by paparazzi at Everland that day.

Once the future is revealed.

The images that the public imagines of him and Bae Suzy are the best music video.

In addition, "Personalized Attraction" was originally written by Kim Chan for Bae Suzy, and many of the lyrics actually match up with the events of that day... Little Sherlock Holmes fans love to dig up this kind of stuff and enjoy these subtle sweet moments.

"It lacks some buzz." Park Jin-young knew all too well that it would be no easy task for Kim Chan to break through the encirclement of Big Bang.

Jin Chan looked up and asked, "If I were to sit in the passenger seat of Kim Tae-yeon's Mercedes around the time of the album's release, would that count as generating buzz?"

Upon hearing this...

Park Jin-young froze on the spot, then his face twitched slightly: "Seriously?"

"It's baseless."

Kim Chan smiled and shook his head, "I will have an open and honest talk with Taeyeon and SM Entertainment."

"Upright and honorable."

He added a sentence.

Kim Tae-yeon's Mercedes-Benz is quite something, but he left all the decision-making power to her.

"It's possible, it's possible..." Park Jin-young glanced at him, his heart pounding.

This is not only a major blow, but also a full-blown war with XO, which will definitely generate a lot of buzz.

"But it will completely enrage XO's fans..."

Jin Chan countered, "Have you considered that after XO gained popularity these past two years, Big Bang's fans and they've become irreconcilable enemies?"

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

Perhaps the proportion is pitifully small, but it can at least help to make a difference.

But if summer K-pop is a meat grinder, then Kim Chan can only say he's sitting in the middle, flanked by two...

Park Jin-young quickly realized that this was a wave of trouble.

It both tormented the fans, refined their image, and increased fan loyalty...

After all, how could the overwhelming barrage of insults not be a blow to the fans?

"Can you keep your composure?" Park Jin-young asked worriedly.

Jin Can has a very strong mental fortitude, really strong.

As hard as a rock!

"If Baekhyun can stay calm, how could I not?"

Park Jin-young believes that the most urgent task now is to strengthen the company's security before Kim Chan's debut.

"Big Stick will handle the music streaming, XO will handle the sales, and we'll handle the buzz and popularity," Jin Can said with a smile.

As long as the debut single is of high quality, even if it takes a while to gain traction, it will eventually become popular...

Park Jin-young glanced at him tentatively: "You won?"

"We won!" Jin Can exclaimed.

The two quickly reached an agreement.

But Park Jin-young was genuinely worried that the potential riots and anti-government sentiment might cause psychological problems for the young master.

He is already preparing to consider bringing in several professional psychologists…

But just as Jin Can turned to leave the president's office...

Park Jin-young picked up the A4 paper on the table with the album title written by Kim Chan: "Interlude".

Below the name is a line of elegant handwriting.

Similar to an album's preface, it's just a short paragraph that usually covers the album's core message.

But Jin Can's preface reads:

[Your hatred is like a pebble I step on, insignificant to me, but an honor for you—a love letter to Anti]

"..."

Park Jin-young stared in astonishment at the Korean text above, the air of royalty emanating from it.

It's as if it's declaring war on the Antis, but it's actually more about stirring up trouble.

But when Park Jin-young thought about the smear campaign and attacks Baekhyun's fans had launched against Kim Chan over the past month, as well as the international gesture from a few days ago…

Disqualified?

He didn't think so.

On the contrary, Park Jin-young found it unusually exciting, even experiencing a slightly pleasurable tingling sensation in his prostate.