Peninsula: My pet is my idol

(Chapter 11 Voting B2: C1)

IVE is now a rookie girl group, and they travel in a 7-seater MPV for events.

The manager drives, while the team leader, Ahn Yu-jin, usually sits in the passenger seat.

Zhang Yuanying and Jin Zhiyuan sat in the second row because they were the company's main focus since they had just debuted.

This can be seen from Kim Ji-won's striking blond hair and Jang Won-young's frequent use of unusual colored clothing.

The eldest sister, Kim Qiu-tian, the youngest sister, Lee Seo, and the little rascal, Naoi Rei, were arranged in the third row.

These three individuals are not currently receiving much attention from Starship Entertainment, given their early careers.

Jin Zhiyuan held up his phone and showed Zhang Yuanying a short video.

This short video was Tang Xin's first short video posted on the platform.

He created an account called "egg bro", or Egg Bro for short.

This account name wasn't chosen randomly.

Because of his name, Tang Xin's nickname from childhood to adulthood has always been "soft-boiled egg," which evolved into nicknames such as "Egg Bro" and "Ah Egg."

Therefore, Tang Xin used his old nickname as the platform name.

The first video posted on the account was a video that explored abstract concepts.

He took out his phone and snapped a bunch of pictures of Little Pig Ying and Little Cat Yuan, but the resulting edit was a complete mess.

Because this was Tang Xin's first time creating a short video, the script wasn't written properly. Even the filming wasn't great; he didn't know how to choose filters.

The song "The Only One" that Leng Shao sent was a rather emo song, but when paired with the abstract short video filmed by Tang Xin, it received a lukewarm response.

In a 21-year-old short video platform, playing with abstract concepts is just a niche within a niche.

The comments section can be roughly divided into four types of statements.

The first type of message, asking for the song title, the audio source, and the song's release online, accounted for about 40%.

The second type of comment, comprising about 10%, criticized Tang Xin's camerawork and video editing as terrible, suggesting that it would have been better to simply film a pet standing by a window looking at the snow.

The third type of comment, accounting for 20%, criticized Tang Xin for wasting this very emo song.

The fourth type of comment was pleading with Tang Xin to stop posting random videos and instead just release a simple black-and-white video of her singing without showing her face; they said that would generate more traffic than it does now. This accounted for about 30% of the comments.

"Yuan Ying, Yuan Ying, look at this! What this person said is so offensive..."

Zhang Yuanying glanced at it, then looked out the window again and said:

"He has no experience in short video operation and doesn't understand the traffic trend of short videos. This is the limit of his ability."

"Yuan Ying, you don't seem to like this video..."

"Oh my, he shoved his phone camera right up to my nose to take pictures, how can I like that?" Zhang Yuanying retorted.

"Oh, oh."

"What are you talking about? Who is he? What do you mean, 'slapped your nose'?" The agent caught the key words and asked, turning his head slightly as he drove.

Zhang Yuanying knew what her manager was worried about: having her nostrils photographed was not a good thing, as it would damage the image the company was building.

While Jin Zhiyuan was stunned, Zhang Yuanying's mind raced and she mumbled, "Oh, it's not me being filmed, it's my character in the game."

The agent glanced suspiciously at the rearview mirror, while Zhang Yuanying and Jin Zhiyuan looked out the window guiltily.

The two had previously agreed to visit Tang Xin's shop together to see what would happen if they met the animals, and to try to take the animals home.

However, in the past two weeks since IVE's debut, the group's schedule has been packed with filming.

Zhang Yuanying's schedule, in particular, was extremely packed and extravagant.

There's no time to even sleep, let alone go out alone.

Jin Zhiyuan did have more time than Zhang Yuanying, but...

Are you expecting the former to go and bring the cat and pig back by himself?

Hmm... Zhang Yuanying was afraid that after she went there, she would habitually act as a lucky cat at the entrance of the Chinese medicine coffee shop.

Ugh……

Who is the leader of the IVE group? It's Yujin unnie!

Among Tang Xin's pets, who is the most senior? It's Jin Zhiyuan!

but……

Who can carry IVE and break through the encirclement?

Who can carry Xiao Mao Yuan out of Tang Xin's house?

It's me, chosen won!

A top draft pick from a great Eastern country, who brought his talent to a great cosmic nation in 18!

He debuted at the peak of his career; a chosen one with his own system!

Lucky Bu Lang Zhang Vicky!

You guys need me so damn much!

……

Tang Xin's posting of short videos online did not generate much of a response, which disappointed Leng Shao a little.

However, he quickly realized that Tang Xin should not sing other new songs yet, but instead cover some of the more popular songs first.

Let's get the account traffic up first.

Tang Xin originally thought she could try to make some money through short video platforms, but the results were not as expected.

He hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Leng Shao's suggestion.

Because his mindset had changed after posting that first video.

His voice changed during junior high school, his family went through a crisis during high school, he went to university in South Korea, and he wasn't a show-off who liked to flaunt himself.

For these reasons, Tang Xin has never sung openly in front of others.

He was actually constantly doubting himself: My voice isn't actually as good as Leng Shao makes it out to be; it's just that Leng Shao prefers my kind of voice.

But after the first video was released, that self-doubt was shattered.

So... there really are so many people who think my voice is nice?

Can my voice be heard by more people?

Fun fact: The voice a person hears when they speak or sing, reflecting their self-awareness, is different from the voice others hear when they speak or perceive them.

Tang Xin cried frequently during high school, and her voice became hoarse from crying.

His perception of his own voice was... not that bad, just a broken gong.

This is due to a lack of clear self-awareness.

After the first short video was posted, many people in the video's comment section praised his pleasant voice.

This gave Tang Xin some comfort, because he had never received so much praise for his voice before.

Continuing with the "egg bro" account and turning it into a cover song blogger... doesn't seem like a bad idea?

Recording won't take up too much time, and there are no time limits for updating videos.

Since that's the case, let's keep singing, even if it's just for fun.

It was because he posted the first video that his mindset changed, which led him to accept Leng Shao's suggestion and continue to do covers on the platform.

The style of the subsequent videos also maintained this focus on filming pets.

This is a perfect opportunity to differentiate myself from other traditional cover song bloggers and create a unique selling point.

However, this kind of contrasting abstraction needs more time to mature before more people will like it.

However, Leng Shao advised him not to film any more films about interracial pet romance.

Writing video scripts is not Tang Xin's forte, and there's no operations team to help him with that.

Instead of just filming the two pets, it would be better to make changes to the "pet category" in future videos.