28th of July.
CJ Entertainment's CEO, Jin Shengxiu, visited YG and reached an agreement with Yang Xianshuo to jointly participate in the planning of the new mobile game project.
Tang Jinyan personally went to the Department of Culture, Tourism, and Tourism to get the project approved.
At this point, the cornerstone of the project was laid. CJ Games gathered the best of the best and started working overtime to design the game.
This was a project that was destined to have a far-reaching impact on the entertainment industry. Even if it did not reach the effect and influence of Tang Jinyan's plan, with so many major companies working together, it would be something that would go down in the annals of the entertainment industry when it was made public in the future.
At this point, most people in the entertainment industry did not know about this yet. Everyone's attention was focused on 12 o 'clock that night, which was exactly 12 o' clock on the 29th of July.
T-ara's fan club was decorated with lanterns and streamers. All the queens were celebrating T-ara's fourth anniversary with glowing faces. They rubbed their palms together and threw themselves into the most intense chart battle.
T-ara's mini-series 8's main song, "No. 9," was brazenly released on the fourth anniversary after more than half a month of publicity.
During this time, the song "Roar" by EXO, a new boy group from S&M that debuted last year, was gaining momentum. EXO rose to prominence through this song and gradually became a first-rate boy group.
At this time, it would be difficult for a typical girl group to cut through their momentum. However, the girl group that attacked this time was called T-ara.
Before last year's ostracism, T-ara was a first-rate girl group that had surpassed Superjunior.
After the ostracism, they were quiet for half a year. At this year's presidential inauguration, they made a comeback with "The Countryside Diary." They were already the most famous girl group outside of Girls' Generation.
Now, they were sharpening their blades for half a year before embarking on the journey. With EXO as their sword, it was definitely a fierce battle.
Before the new song was released, there was already a bit of a stir online. Almost everyone who followed the music industry did not care about tonight's battle, regardless of whether they were fans or passers-by who only cared about the song.
The moment the new song was released, all the major music charts began to explode.
"No. 9" rose at a terrifying speed. The moment it was released, it rushed straight into the top ten of Me On real-time charts. Ten minutes later, it entered the top five. Half an hour later, it reached the top spot.
In less than an hour, it achieved the top nine music charts All Kill. This terrifying momentum made everyone who followed it dumbfounded.
He knew that T-ara was strong, but to think that it was this strong was beyond his expectations.
The rising EXO team was sweeping across the field. Initially, they thought that there would be a fierce battle. However, they were defeated in less than an hour. This was truly unexpected.
Even Lee Soo-man, who was working with Tang Jinyan, did not expect this outcome. He sat in front of the computer and wiped his glasses. Then, he clicked on the music video for "No. 9" with a serious expression.
"No. 9" was a strange song title. Those who didn't know what it meant would be confused, but those in the industry knew what it meant. In Mnet's T-ara's comeback variety show, they had already explained the meaning of the song very clearly: it was a painkiller.
"Painkillers?" Lee Soo-man smiled.
That person Xing Jiu was known throughout the world.
It was hard to say whether this painkiller referred to the medicine or the person.
"I need you, No. 9, No. 9, No. 9 … Don't leave me …"
"Have you forgotten?
No. 9, No. 9, No. 9. Without you, I can't even sleep … "
Lee Soo-man laughed. Were they talking about medicine?
It was clearly sung by these girls for Tang Jiu. They were quite creative.
Lee Soo-man subconsciously looked at the lyricist. It was written — Lyricist: T-ara.
"Tsk …" Just this lyricist's gimmick alone was enough to attract countless viewers. This result was not surprising.
Lee Soo-man also admitted that this was a very good song. The melody was beautiful, the rhythm was fast, and the style was very typical of K-Pop. It was catchy and poisonous. It would be unreasonable if it was not a hit.
If T-ara was still stuck in the same situation as before, this good song would have been covered in dust. Unfortunately, they had Tang Jinyan.
When they were pulled out of the mire, it indicated that their rise was already unstoppable.
"We lost." Lee Soo-man turned off the MV and smiled.
At his level, he would not be affected by the outcome of one or two songs. Anyway, these days, EXO had made enough money. Although it was cut off, it was not fatal.
At this moment, he was very impressed with Tang Jinyan and these girls. They taught them so well … No wonder Lee Sun-guk said those words. Normal people would not want to get involved with them.
Even Lee Soo-man calmly admitted the strength of this song, let alone ordinary fans.
On China's Yinyuetai Korean Real-Time Chart, "No. 9" reached the top earlier than the Korean chart. The number of views on YouTube increased steadily. It was a dominating trend.
It was like a ballad earthquake on the Internet. Almost all the music forums were talking about the same song title: "No. 9."
At dawn, the entire streets of Seoul were filled with the melody of "No. 9." The first batch of CDs was sent to major music stores through Mnet, but they were out of stock in the morning.
The pre-sales online could not be supplied. They had to wait for batches.
By the way, the pre-sales were 120,000 copies.
T-ara was originally a big source of sound and did not have an advantage in physical sales figures. However, this album broke the tradition and surpassed all of T-ara's previous album sales figures. T-ara became one of the girl groups with the highest sales figures.
Even Comrade Kim Kwang-soo, who was in charge of T-ara's operations at New Village Entertainment, was dumbfounded when he saw the two dominant figures of physical sales and sound. It exceeded his expectations by too much.
Suddenly, two song titles appeared in his mind.
"Nobody" in 2008 and "Gee" in 2009.
What a similar momentum …
Back then, these two songs had created two national-level girl groups. And now?
In other words, this album was no longer a traditional successful album. It was …
Sweeping the world?
Since T-ara's debut, Kim Kwang-soo had been dreaming of pushing them to the top.
However, after more than three years in CCM, not only did they not achieve their dream, they almost completely sank.
After moving to New Village Entertainment, the first mini album they created seemed to be achieving their four-year dream.
Kim Kwang-soo wondered if he was still in a dream.
He took a few deep breaths and pushed open the office window.
"I need you, No. 9, No. 9, No. 9 … Don't leave me …" A beautiful voice came from outside the window, as if telling him: Don't doubt, it's real.
At this moment, whatever dissatisfaction with Tang Jinyan, whatever grievances he had for being beaten up, were all washed away in an instant.
Because no matter how the world looked at him, Kim Kwang-soo, T-ara's success was his success. T-ara's dream, to a certain extent, was also his dream.
In T-ara's dressing room, six girls cried bitterly.
Under the endless pressure, countless curses, and all kinds of rumors, he gritted his teeth and treated himself like a robot. For the past three years, he didn't even have a few days of rest. He chased his dream for four years with injuries all over his body … Under his wings, it became a reality overnight.
Park Soyeon hugged Tang Jinyan's neck tightly and cried. She choked and could not say a word.
Tang Jinyan stroked her back and said softly, "Don't cry. This is the result of your years of hard work.
This should have been … a war song that could destroy the world. "