star of the peninsula

"It's over, this is going to become a meme!"

After returning from the promotions, Bae Joo-hyun rolled over and over on the sofa, looking very uncomfortable.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem on the stage today?" Chen Chen heard the noise and walked out of the kitchen with a spatula in hand. He asked with concern, "What's the situation? Do you need my help to deal with it?"

"It's none of your business, go cook your meal!"

Pei Zhuxuan quickly hid her phone behind her back, not wanting Chen Chen to see it.

"..."

Chen Chen was stunned for a moment, did not continue to explore, and went to cook obediently.

What you can see on your phone cannot be hidden, so just surf the Internet and take a look at it later.

"Um"

After cooking, Chen Chen took out his phone and flipped through it briefly, and he knew what was going on.

Or is it the last announcement of the first place of "Music Bank" today?
Red Velvet, as the strongest candidate and the actual winner, was standing in the middle.

As Integrate is the new girl group that all of South Korea has been paying attention to recently and a strong contender for the next issue, it is normal for them to stand in the middle like the moon surrounded by stars, but they are in the middle of the second row and cannot stand in the first row.

Then, Red Velvet was surrounded, completely surrounded by the nine-member Integrate.

The lowest Integrate with 163 points faced off against four members of Red Beibei except Jiuyi, and it felt like a giant siege.

After some photoshopping of the picture and adding some words, I think this meme will be circulated for a long time.

……

"Do you want to eat now or later?"

Chen Chen put away his phone and asked the person sitting on the sofa next to him. The weather was too hot, and even Bae Joo-hyun, who liked to be clingy, often sat apart from Chen Chen.

"It's too hot, let's go a little later." Pei Zhuxuan shook her head and looked at Chen Chen curiously, "Why don't you care about the public opinion environment of Integrate? Even I am watching it."

"Nothing to see." Chen Chen picked up the cup and took a sip of water. "The beginning is too good. It's not just halfway to success. It's not easy for the navy to do bad things."

"The only thing that makes me a little nervous is the speed of the increase in followers. It's so fast that it makes me feel like I've entered a new era." Chen Chen was a little worried. "The company is not prepared to accept so many fans at once. There may be unexpected events."

"You can't be fully prepared before you do anything, and the opportunity will disappear." Pei Zhuxuan comforted: "Trust President Jin, he is experienced and will definitely be able to handle it."

"Don't mention President Jin, he's going crazy!" Chen Chen wanted to laugh when he mentioned the Golden Era, "When has he ever fought such a rich battle?!"

"The logistics were well prepared, and the troops charging in the front were top-notch elite. Once the battle started, the news coming from all sides was a declaration of victory: 'Great victory, 'Great victory, 'Great victory.'"

"The music source, YouTube playback volume, and sales data were all great successes. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days."

"Using his words," Chen Chen cleared his throat and imitated his vocal cords, "I feel like I'm doing SISTAR. This feels so right, so familiar, my blood is burning!"

"Nonsense!" Bae Joo Hyun laughed and threw a sofa pillow over. "President Kim has been in the industry for so many years, how could he say something like this? You are exaggerating!"

"Yes, I exaggerated a little, but the basic meaning has not changed much." Chen Chen took the cushion back and sat with his girlfriend. "Boss Kim was really excited and couldn't sleep." "After SISTAR disbanded in 2017, President Kim didn't feel that way anymore. It's understandable." Bae Joo Hyun leaned over and stuck to Chen Chen, trying to take credit for her boyfriend. "And you did a great job in the early preparations. You have made the biggest contribution to the success of Integrate."

"By the way, who is the most popular now?" Bae Joo-hyun suddenly became curious.

Chen Chen smiled and said, "Guess, I want to see if you can guess it right."

"I guess it's Sakura!" Bae Joo-hyun said decisively.

"Tsk, that's boring." Chen Chen glanced at her and said unhappily, "It's no fun if you guess right once. Do you know how to play?!"

"It's mainly because this is an easy question, there's nothing we can do about it." Bae Joo Hyun spread her hands proudly, "Before coming to C headquarters, Sakura was also a very popular character in her original idol group, with fans in China, Japan and South Korea. Now that she's making her second debut, her natural starting point is much higher than others, so it's not surprising that she won first place!"

"Then guess who's the second place." Chen Chen raised the difficulty, "This is not easy to guess."

"It's really hard to guess." Pei Zhuxuan thought for a while and cautiously asked: "Is it Yuanying?"

"No." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head, "Fifteen-year-old Yuanying can't take on such a position."

The girl had not grown up yet at this point, and had not transformed from a silly pig into a beautiful woman, so her popularity naturally would not be as exaggerated as it was later.

Don’t say anything like 48-year-old Jang Won-young won first place in “PRODUCE ”. It is an obvious fact that South Koreans deliberately manipulated votes at that time!
"That must be Ningning." Pei Zhuxuan said confidently: "It can only be her!"

"Hiss~ You are not lurking in our C-cell work group, you guessed so accurately!" Chen Chen's eyes widened, "Give me back my stupid beauty, this smart one must not be the real one!"

"Get lost, everyone who has access to the Internet knows about this!" Bae Joo Hyun couldn't help but roll her eyes. "You don't know what you've done, do you? That song 'Good Days' opened the hearts of many people!"

Although South Koreans could not understand what Ningning sang, they could tell how excellent she was. They could tell that even if Ningning was compared with other idol companies, she would be the best one.

Due to geographical and historical reasons, South Koreans' admiration for the strong is more serious than other people. When fans see such a strong person, they naturally can't help but want to be his fan.

Although Ningning’s nationality helped to dissuade many South Korean fans, her strength attracted them back.

In addition, Chen Chen’s operations in China also helped a lot.

In fact, Chinese people have always cared about Chen Chen, a compatriot who "dominates" in the South Korean entertainment industry. Many people even feel proud of him and think that Chen Chen is doing a great job and should be supported.

In addition, Chen Chen and Integrate have great influence on domestic talent shows.
Therefore, Integrate’s debut is also a big event in China, no less important than the debut of an idol group produced by a talent show.

Then, Ningning was arranged by Chen Chen to deliberately sing a song that everyone knew, "Good Days", and then Chen Chen himself took on all the possible criticisms from the country. So what was left for Ningning in the end were the fans who eventually converted.

Chinese fans are of course also fans. Other Korean groups do not treat Chinese fans as fans, but Chen Chen will never allow Integrate to do so.

Taking all factors into consideration, Ningning firmly sat in the second place in the team's popularity ranking.

"However, your behavior also gave those with ulterior motives a handle to accuse you of being biased." Pei Zhuxuan reminded seriously: "They know very well that only Ningning can sing this Chinese song "Good Days", but they just want to say that you are deliberately biased and designed it specifically for Ningning to sing."

"I know." Chen Chen's face suddenly darkened, but soon returned to normal, "Let's go eat. After dinner, we can see the rhythm and understand which loopholes we left for others to attack."

"Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger."

...(End of chapter)