People on the Peninsula: I Became a Lucky Koi

Chapter 83 Royal Family's Gift, Sound Source Hijacking

On May 26, KARA officially released their seventh mini-album, "InLove," officially kicking off the summer girl group battle.

Jin Chan sat on the floor of the practice room, with physical albums piled up like a small mountain in front of him.

It forms a natural desk.

He lay on it, leaving his handsome and elegant signature on it.

"Crunch—"

Jin Can used up all the ink in a ballpoint pen, and his wrist ached.

The people surrounding them, including Lim Na-yeon, stared wide-eyed, filled with envy.

Even Chou Tzu-yu, Minami Minatozaki, and other players from the major group came to join in the fun—

"Didn't PDnim arrange a special signing room for you?" Yu Dingyan was completely puzzled.

For this type of album signing work, the company usually has a dedicated studio.

But the royal family friend refused, and instead had hundreds of limited edition albums brought to the practice room.

Chou Tzu-yu bluntly replied, "Just trying to look cool~"

This made Kim Chan-jun blush, mainly because the black girl was right: "It's just to motivate you."

"One day, you too will sign your names on your own albums—"

He said it somewhat perfunctorily.

When signing the first one, Jin Can was a little curious, it was an experience after all.

After signing in, I felt a bit numb and very tired!

Lee Chae-yeon, who was the first to be eliminated from "SIXTEEN," looked visibly saddened upon hearing this: "Someday... which day?"

Her younger sister, Li Cailing, quickly went over, put her arm around her shoulder, and patted her.

These words immediately stirred up a multitude of emotions among the trainees.

Vj from SIXTEEN perfectly captured this moment.

Talent shows always involve complex elements such as competition, cruelty, warmth, dreams, and hesitation.

"——."

Jin Can glanced at them.

That's how the game works; someone will always be eliminated. It's impossible to form a group of 16 people. The audience isn't interested in getting to know so many people, and some of them are even too young or not skilled enough.

But glancing at their dejected and anxious atmosphere, and their bewildered yet determined faces, I noticed...

Jin Can rubbed his sore wrist and looked at Li Caiyan with a warm smile:

"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not net month, but one day, You will debut."

The sun's words, like a radiant and equal light, surrounded the ears of every trainee.

Lee Chae-yeon paused for a moment, pondering Kim Chan's words.

"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow—" Mina's English was quite good, and she quietly translated it into Korean: "Maybe not next month, but one day, you will debut."

Her eyes sparkled.

Some of the dozen or so trainees around understood, while others didn't, but with Mina's translation, they all understood.

The girls who should have been chattering away.

An unspeakable silence fell over them—the sun's words seemed to touch the hearts of each of them, filled with confusion and fear about their debut.

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Vj faithfully carried the "electronic eye" and recorded this scene.

These words touched him, a man in his thirties, let alone these kids.

Lee Sung-hoo decided to inform the post-production editing team of "SIXTEEN" that this segment absolutely could not be cut.

Lim Nayeon pursed her bunny teeth: "That's so well said~"

"No wonder he's a top student from Seoul National University—" Yoo Jeongyeon exclaimed.

Simple words, yet deeply moving.

Among the trainees, everyone knows about Jin Can's educational background, but it's kept secret from the public.

For artists, education, special skills, any aspect can be used to create a lot of buzz.

Son Chae-young's eyes showed a hint of admiration: "Awesome!"

She even picked up her notebook and wrote down that sentence.

"Is it really necessary?"

Jin Can chuckled, "Actually, there's another part to that sentence."

"But I won't talk about it—"

It's not really appropriate for the occasion.

These words came from UFC flyweight champion Moreno, during his low point two or three years later, when he later became popular online after winning the championship.

As Shrimp Bro has said, but Shrimp Bro is not as powerful as he used to be.

Chou Tzu-yu nudged him: "Go ahead and tell me~"

She felt that what the royal brother said was much more practical than PDnim's motivational speeches.

"I'll tell you later." Kim Chan shook his head and looked at Lee Chae-yeon: "I'm not saying this for any other reason, Chae-yeon."

""

"Failure in SIXTEEN doesn't mean your years of practice have been a failure. Your luck will change—"

He smiled and offered his blessings, then looked at Lim Nayeon and the others: "So, go for it, friends, don't worry too much about things that haven't happened yet."

Fight to Wuhan!

Jin Can's words weren't particularly inspiring; it was just casual conversation between friends.

Lee Chae-yeon was deeply moved, and she nodded, biting her lip, "I will debut, Kim Chan oppa!"

She silently repeated it in her mind again:

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not net month, but one day——

Sun, you often say.

After being bathed in holy light, the morale of the 16th Division visibly increased.

Jeon Somi glanced at the album with Kim Chan's stage name on it and chuckled, "Oppa."

"Um?

'

"Can you give me an album to collect?" Jeon Somi blinked her big eyes, her mixed-race face looking somewhat youthful.

She was secretly pleased when she learned that the oppa's stage name was Simon.

Because the fonts look like couple names no matter how you look at it~

Jin Can nodded: "Okay."

He casually pulled out a card and handed it over, then looked at Chou Tzu-yu and the others, "Do you want one?"

Before they could speak.

Kim Chan handed an album to Kim Da-hyun, who was closest to him, saying, "Here, don't be shy."

This child is very quiet.

But according to Momo, Kim Da-hyun is very dedicated on the show.

"Is it okay?" Kim Da-hyun didn't force a smile; instead, she seemed a little embarrassed.

Jin Can smiled and said, "Take it."

"If you debut in the future, just send me one of your albums, that's all."

It's common for people in the industry to exchange albums, but they're not necessarily meant to be listened to; they're more for collecting.

Since Somi wanted it all, Kim Chan thought it would be better to give one to each of them.

Lee Chae-yeon scratched her head, picked up a brand new album, and before Kim Chan could sign it, asked, "Oppa, could you sign that quote with 'to' on it?"

"Okay," Jin Can readily agreed.

Sign your name or write "to sign".

The process was quick—

Kim Chan then looked at Lim Nayeon and handed her an album: "Here you go."

"I don't want to!" Lim Nayeon, however, was completely different from the others, crossing her arms and proudly raising her head.

Jin Can was speechless: "You don't want something that's free?"

"Free is the most expensive thing—" Lim Nayeon grinned, showing her rabbit teeth, and explained, "I'll pay for it when you debut."

Can really doesn't understand his own good intentions at all.

Wouldn't it be better to boost your sales?

Upon hearing this, Jin Can couldn't help but stare at her with a smile: "Do you have a lot of pocket money?"

"Don't spend any more money."

What a loser.

"I do not want."

"don't want!"

Lim Nayeon emphasized twice, then shook her head with a hum.

Hirai Momo immediately joined the group buy, then thought for a moment and said, "Then I don't want it either."

Yu Dingyan is drunk, why is everyone embarrassed to accept the gift?

"Okay, okay."

Jin Can didn't insist; he said it was up to him.

Less than five minutes.

Music started playing in the practice room.

The members of the major group are preparing to leave for a larger artist practice room.

late at night.

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Jin Can hurriedly finished all the filming related to his solo debut, and he didn't pay much attention to the online opinions.

With the popularity of "The Producers," episodes 3 and 4 have already aired in the last two days, and his acting skills are generally considered to be average.

But there are always some haters who compare him to Im Yoona—

Baekhyun's fans are eagerly awaiting the last day of the month for Kim Chan's debut album.

The reason is nothing more than the abrupt and unconvincing delivery of Jin Can's album preface.

The anti-fans desperately want this "interloper" to debut as soon as possible, and then use X0's recent comeback results to crush him—

Kim Chan and Yoon Sung-hyun randomly chose a restaurant and sat down.

Yoon Sung-hyun spoke up: "Next month, according to your aunt, there's a LG phone that's going to be photographed. Do you want to take pictures?"

As he spoke, he opened his phone's email and pulled out photos of some models, collaborators, and trainees to choose a partner for a photoshoot.

"My aunt?" Jin Can asked in surprise.

Yoon Sung-hyun chuckled: "Ms. Koo is very interested in your debut."

Jin Can nodded. His mother had a younger sister, who was his maternal grandfather's youngest daughter.

She grew up with him, is one year older than him (born in 1996), but this aunt is introverted, a bit of a literary youth, artistic, and very low-key. She is currently a college student.

Jin Can didn't say anything more, and he picked up Yin Chengxian's phone.

I looked through some of the shortlisted male models for the photoshoot, and there were also some child actors, but they weren't very familiar to me. Their resumes were clearly written.

"—"

Thirty seconds later.

Jin Can saw a "feeding chick".

"~"

He pointed to Kim Jisoo's resume.

Yoon Sung-hyun chimed in, "He's the trainee from YG who had a cameo role in 'The Producers'."

"I know." Jin Can has a good memory; how did he suddenly come across the power spring?

He glanced at "Genjiu Spring's" resume.

At the beginning of the year, she collaborated with Lee Min-ho on a SamsoniteRED GG campaign, which included a TV commercial and print photoshoot featuring a casual backpack/briefcase series.

A picture was also attached.

I recently shot a short video using the Nikon 1J5 camera.

Last year, she was the female lead in Epik High's "Spoiler" music video and Hi Suhyun's "I'm Different" music video.

In addition, he recently made a cameo appearance in "The Producers".

It's clear that YG is giving this trainee a lot of exposure.

Yoon Sung-hyun suddenly asked, "Should we choose her?"

Jin Can thought for a moment and nodded: "Let's go with her."

Now that he'd encountered a wild "eyeball," he was going to see what was going on with this power spring.

"OK." Yoon Sung-hyun then gave a timeframe: "The filming for GG will be next month, after your debut."

"By the way, is there a fee for GG (Ghosting)?"

"want!"

Yoon Sung-hyun looked at him helplessly: "Do we have to accept gifts from our own family?"

"They'll give it to me even if I don't want it," Jin Can said with a smile. "Besides, if I don't want it, my grandfather will think I'm useless."

""

This kind of money is just moving from one hand to the other; it's all in the hands of family members.

When Jin Can thought of "power springs," he couldn't help but wonder if these things would increase jumping ability.

So he said, "Hey bro, wanna play a couple of games with me later?"

Flying through the air and disappearing underground!

"Okay," Yoon Sung-hyun agreed with a smile.

But they hadn't even finished their dinner in five minutes.

Jin Can's phone rang. He glanced at it and saw it was a call from Minatozaki Sana.

In the past, he and Sana-san, Mina-san, and Momo-san mostly communicated via Kakao text messages.

Direct calls are rare.

"What's wrong?" Jin Can asked as he answered the phone.

[Chan-sang, I'm dizzy, sweating, and weak—]

From the receiver, another voice, barely audible, whispered: "[Your face is still very pale.]"

Jin Can frowned slightly: "Low blood sugar?"

Since the phone rang, he subconsciously assumed that Minatozaki Sana probably needed help, such as going to the hospital or something.

Three friends with cherry blossoms, but they have very few connections in South Korea.

[Internal condition: Low blood sugar. Lying in bed, feeling very uncomfortable.]

"To the hospital?"

[I'm just hungry—no need to go to the hospital.]

Jin Can, still somewhat skeptical, said, "Please speak plainly."

[If we haven't rested yet, could Chan-san bring us some food?]

Jin Can: "—"

I laughed speechlessly, but I could understand. The company cafeteria now limits their food and time of day.

"What about the takeout?"

[The instructor is very strict; we can't bring our children in. There's a bell on the dormitory door lock that rings as soon as the door is opened, and someone will hear it.]

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After half an hour.

Jin Can arrived at Major's apartment building. He stood on the lawn, his phone still ringing.

[I've put it down~]

Sana Minatozaki let out a slightly shrill laugh.

On the balcony on the third floor, Sana Minatozaki, Jeongyeon Yoo, and Mina Mina were carefully placing something down.

Ten seconds later.

Before Jin Can's eyes appeared a suspended basket, a homemade fishing device pieced together from clothes hangers, long ropes, and shoelaces.

".——."

"Actually, I could have just knocked on your door and delivered it to you." Jin Can couldn't hold back any longer.

This move completely humiliated the royal family member.

Yu Dingyan's voice came through the receiver.

[Eating like that doesn't feel like eating anything—]

Jin Can pursed his lips and put the packed pig's trotters, fried chicken, and pizza into the basket.

On the balcony, Minatozaki Sana, squatting in front of the railing, pulled the rope in her hand with a little force, and instantly felt the weight of the fruit basket.

She lowered her voice and chuckled mischievously: "[Chan-sang, I can already feel your heavy feeding~]"

Jin Can stood on the lawn downstairs and answered his phone, "Hurry up."

OK.

Yu Dingyan said that she also helped to gently lift the fruit basket upwards.

The distance to the 3rd floor is not high.

They carefully spent half a minute before finally holding the fruit basket in their arms.

Minami stood at the railing and turned on her phone's flashlight.

It flashed its golden light downstairs.

She smiled, her eyes crinkling as she spoke into Sana Minatozaki's phone: "[Kansami, San-san~]"

[I'll introduce Nayeon to you as your girlfriend sometime~] These were the words Yoo Jeongyeon said, and she chuckled.

She had been paying close attention to her friend Lim Na-yeon's strange behavior these past few days.

Jin Can chuckled as he listened to the three people's thanks: "Let's change it."

"No Nayeon!"

Sana Minatozaki chimed in, teasingly asking, "[What about Mina?]"

[Hey~ What did you say? Sana-san—] Mina's delicate face immediately turned red.

But the faint, mosquito-like voice didn't sound angry at all.

Jin Chan raised his hand and rubbed his neck, retorting, "If it really is Mina-san, Sana-san, you'll be unhappy again."

I casually joked with them for a bit.

He added, "Alright, hurry up and go inside to eat, or it'll get cold."

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OK!

[good!]

[Thank you again, Arigato.]

Bye-bye~

Jin Can, who had just turned around to leave, listened to several voices coming through the receiver.

He suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"!"

There were only three people, weren't there?

Mina, Sana, Jeongyeon!

Jin Can looked up at the balcony on the third floor. Apart from Mina's phone flashlight, the figures of Minatozaki Sana and Yoo Jeongyeon were blurry in the night.

He took a few steps back.

Beside Yu Dingyan, there seemed to be a tall, dark figure standing.

That person seemed to have seen Jin Can's movements.

He grinned, showing his white teeth, and even raised his arm to wave in the night, as if saying goodbye.

Wardfa – Chou Tzu-yu?

"Tzuyu?"

Jin Can's face twitched.

Chou Tzu-yu hummed softly into the phone, "Hmm~"

I hung up the phone.

Jin Can walked out of their dormitory apartment complex, and Yin Chengxian walked beside him, having witnessed everything that had just happened.

He laughed and said, "Good heavens, kids these days really don't understand what delayed enjoyment means."

"well enough."

"Sneaking snacks isn't a crime." Jin Can also found it funny; the trainees were quite cute.

If we're talking about someone who doesn't understand delayed enjoyment, it has to be my brother One.

That's not just ordinary enjoyment; eating what the older brother owns, using what the older brother owns, and even riding the older brother's little deer.

Get in the car.

"Ah Dou~ Ah Dou~"

Jin Can glanced at KakaoTalk and saw that Sana Minatozaki had sent him a message:

[Five ants!]

She filmed a short video of Chou Tzu-yu, Yoo Jeong-yeon, and Mina enjoying a late-night snack together.

[(video)]

The following day, Park Jin-young and Kim Chan sat facing each other.

The two discussed the timing of the leak, and Jin Can currently held two cards in his hand.

A short video with Bae Suzy, and a picture of a Mercedes door.

Any one of these events alone would be a game-changer for the entertainment sector—as for Big Bang's comeback.

Honestly, Jin Can listened to their first album from earlier this month, and the quality was very good.

But after all, they are senior artists who have been in the industry for a long time. There is a threshold for fans. When the level of sophistication is too high, some achievements that are amazing for other groups are just normal performances for them, at most exceeding expectations.

"On the 30th, let's put out #Mercedes-Benz door# first," Jin Can planned.

"Number 31, debut."

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Park Jin-young leaned back on the sofa: "Number 1, are you going to release more information about you and Suzy?"

"Yes." Jin Can nodded.

He saw the short video of himself and Bae Suzy before Park Jin-young did.

Dispatch approached JYP for a bargaining chip, but Park Jin-young refused. Logically, Dispatch should have made it public, but his uncle stopped him.

The information still comes from Dispatch, and its release will increase Dispatch's credibility, but Dispatch cannot decide when to release it.

In the past two years, Dispatch has revealed members of the dating show "Love Generation" including Yoona, Taeyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, and Jessica. It can only be said that they have brought Dispatch's reputation and authority to their peak in the past two years.

"By the way, Jin-young, what about the recording of 'SIXTEEN'?" Jin-chan asked.

Park Jin-young: "Filming is scheduled for the 2nd, and you'll also be available to appear as a special MC. After filming, you can focus on promoting your music."

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"We can take the first place."

According to his calculations, Kim Chan and Big Bang released their songs one day apart.

Released one day later → music chart statistics week staggered → first stage performance one week earlier → won't clash with Bigbang for first place in the first week, only later will they meet.

"OK." Jin Can nodded.

If you put the members of Big Bang in the idol category, judging by their looks, they should be the kind who can sing very well, right?

Park Jin-young added, "The rest depends on the trend. Currently, we definitely can't compete in terms of music charts and sales."

But to be realistic...

If Jin Can in front of me decides to leave the entertainment industry one day, he will leave gracefully.

"Ani".

"Let's crash into something else—" Jin Can suddenly laughed, referring to the audio source.

He had a little idea.

This is a common tactic used by entertainment agencies; whether it's YG, SM, or JYP, they've all employed this method.

Park Jin-young: "A staged accident?"

"Hijacking!" Jin Can laughed, a term also known as "fishing."

However, in the fan community, it's actually similar to extortion. This tactic appears on various platforms, in software, and is also used for public relations.

To put it bluntly, it's search hijacking—audio source bundling.

The key term is "extortion".

For example, if the search result is A—BIGBANG's new song, the result is B—Jin Chan's song, which is pinned/strongly recommended, using popular keywords to "fish" for users.

This behavior is similar to fishing, and also like hijacking!

It is commonly found on the five major audio streaming websites: Melon, Genie, Bugs, Naver, and Mnet.

When brokerage firms need services, the platform will charge a fee to perform those services.

Park Jin-young immediately thought of Naver's heir: "Naver?"

"Mm." Jin Can chuckled and nodded.

Park Jin-young has seen it all before; this kind of behavior is quite common, but it depends on how powerful the agency is and how strong their connections are.

Last year, some groups did this, but they went too far.

The recommendations were criticized by the media as being manipulated and the rankings were distorted.

Therefore, the pressure from public opinion is immense.

But Jin Can on the other side is someone who doesn't take pressure.

"His behavior is too disgusting." Park Jin-young had no doubt that Kim Chan's connections could reach the five major music sources.

But this can be tested on a small scale, not on a large scale.

Jin Can laughed upon hearing this: "We only work with Naver; we don't touch other audio sources."

Hearing this, Park Jin-young was relieved and gave him an approving look.

"Also—" Jin Chan added, "We need to promote Big Bang as well. During the day, I'll hijack Big Bang, and at night, Big Bang will hijack the keywords of all recently comeback groups."

To put it simply, Kim Chan was using the keyword "[Bigbang]" during the day.

When fans search, his name Kim Chan pops up everywhere.

In the evening, Big Bang hijacked keywords related to recently comeback groups, such as KARA, BTS, XO, and Apink.

"Together we make progress."

Kim Chan looked at the bewildered Park Jin-young and smiled.

He further explained, "On the 1st, as soon as Big Bang released a song, we started our traffic-fishing strategy. During the day, search volume is high, so we can attract a lot of traffic."

"By tonight, the amount of traffic that Bigbang has hijacked is limited, but they've linked themselves with many groups. Once rival fans find out, it will definitely cause an uproar—"

"No matter how you look at it, this behavior is very undignified, so let's make Bigbang undignified too."

"Once we get caught, we'll expose Bigbang's passive hijacking too—their size will overshadow our impact in this kind of public opinion. When the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up; it just means the industry environment isn't good enough."

Jin Can finished speaking.

Park Jin-young's eyes contracted—this is really dirty stuff.

But which of these financial and academic tycoons isn't ruthless?

Those who are willing to do dirty things are already being generous.

He quickly adjusted his mindset. Park Jin-young is now a staunch chaebol warrior: "Given YG's style, they're afraid that Big Bang's comeback after such a long time won't generate enough buzz."

"They will definitely buy some marketing on music streaming sites. That's what they did with their first series album last month."

"Yes!" Jin Can nodded. "So we'll only do Naver traffic hijacking; we can just let Melon and Bugs spawn normally."

"It doesn't matter if this gets exposed, but dragging Big Bang into it will draw attention to us, and we'll also get their traffic—"