The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 10

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 10

First, the debut group trainees who were filming all turned their heads to glance at us.

“Everyone, the individual trainees who will lead Start Plan together with you have finally arrived at the venue.”

At his words, the debut group trainees peered at us and whispered among themselves.

“As expected, real trainees are different after all…”

“Their aura is different. They’re really pretty.”

“Wow, I already want to run away. I feel like I’ll be eliminated right away…”

The individual trainees were intimidated.

I didn’t think much of it since I had already debuted, but the kids who truly had no trainee experience seemed overwhelmed just by the fact that they were agency-affiliated trainees.

“Now, now, everyone! Please focus on me! No one has made their entrance yet, so you should be looking at me!”

As the atmosphere became slightly chaotic, announcer Choi Gyu-jin spoke smoothly and drew the debut group trainees’ attention back to him.

“The empty seats you’ve all been curious about since earlier were exactly for our individual trainees over there.”

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin pointed to the empty seats where we would sit.

There were 7 empty chairs, arranged in two sections of 5 each.

Since there were 12 final audition winners, it looked like we would be split into groups of 7 and 5.

“These are people who broke through very high competition rates to pass the final audition. Ah, of course, the four teams here now also came through tremendous competition!”

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin joked around and laughed heartily.

“Then, from now on, let’s call out the E team and F team trainees, who are made up of individual trainees.”

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin’s cue card pointed toward us.

“Ah, by the way, the individual trainees waiting over there don’t know which team they’re on yet either, you know?”

“Wow…”

The debut group trainees now began openly staring at us.

‘Wow, I’m nervous.’

My politely clasped hands began trembling.

Not because of their gazes, but because I was worried about how the team composition that would be announced would turn out.

A total of two teams were allocated for the individual trainee teams.

The members decided today would go all the way to the end of the broadcast.

If I ended up in the wrong place, it could be tiring throughout the entire broadcast.

Then the letters E and F appeared on the standing monitor screen set up next to announcer Choi Gyu-jin.

“Since the team names haven’t been decided yet, we’ll call them E team and F team for now. The group names can be decided through discussion among the members after the team composition is finished, right?”

The screen changed in sync with announcer Choi Gyu-jin’s words.

“By the way, each team’s combination was decided by the judges and production staff with maximum consideration for synergy between members. So let me first mention that once a team is decided, it absolutely cannot be changed, and I’ll announce E team’s members first.”

The screen changed once again.

Perhaps to create some tension, the bright set studio became dim and spotlights came down on announcer Choi Gyu-jin and the two empty seating areas.

The other participants beside me shrank back.

“E team consists of a total of 7 members. E team’s members are-“

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin began calling out the E team members’ names one by one.

Following his words, the trainees beside me went forward one by one and stood in a line in front of the cameras.

I don’t know if the production staff did it intentionally, but E team was composed of relatively younger members.

Since Ryu Ji-ye was still twenty, I thought she might barely be included, but I wasn’t called.

“These seven people will be working together as E team members.”

“Please take care of us!”

Applause poured out from the debut group trainees toward the E team trainees who greeted while completely frozen.

“Wow!”

“Please take care of us!”

“So pretty!”

At the very favorable reaction, the E team trainees didn’t know what to do and hurriedly headed to the seats announcer Choi Gyu-jin pointed to.

After the round of cheering ended, announcer Choi Gyu-jin looked back at the remaining participants, at us.

“And the five trainees who haven’t been called yet will become F team.”

The remaining people seemed to be of similar ages too… Oh, there’s a familiar face too.

The four people remaining beside me. From now until the competition ends, these five of us would be one team.

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin called out the F team members.

“F team’s members are Han Da-min, Seo Ra-eun, Ryu Ji-ye, Choi Song-i, Min Ha-young. These five trainees will be working together. The called trainees, please come inside and greet the viewers.”

The members standing beside me hesitantly headed into the set studio. I also followed them and walked toward the cameras.

“Please take care of us!”

When I greeted energetically, once again the debut group trainees cheered excitedly.

“Oh, that person…”

“Wait, isn’t that Da-min sunbae?”

“Right. Oh, I think I recognize the other members too. That Love Me Dol…”

Hm?

Some puzzled voices mixed in with the cheering. For a moment, a few members’ expressions stiffened slightly, but this was quickly drowned out by the applause.

“Yes~ Good. Congratulations! F team, please go sit over there.”

When we sat down, announcer Choi Gyu-jin looked back and forth between E team and F team sitting on either side with satisfaction.

“Now! This brings together all the participating trainees of Start Plan. How is it, do you like your teammates? From what I can see, it seems like a very well-arranged composition with good combinations!”

The trainees cautiously glanced at their teammates.

Unlike the debut group trainees who had grown close while preparing for debut for a long time, we had just met and were even shy about looking at each other.

“Um, please take care of me.”

The member sitting next to me quietly offered a greeting. She was the only member among both debut group and individual trainees who had dyed her hair.

“Please take care of me too.”

I also bowed my head slightly like her.

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin looked at the awkward atmosphere and laughed as if he found it amusing.

“Oh my, everyone still seems very awkward. I hope you’ll have a closer relationship as you share countless experiences together. Now, since we’ve finished the team composition, it’s time to slowly.”

At that moment, the text on the screen at the back of the set studio changed.

[Round 1 Theme Announcement]

The venue instantly became quiet.

“Now the most important thing remains, right? I’ll announce the theme for Start Plan’s first competition.”

When all the trainees were staring intently at the screen with tense faces.

“The first competition theme is!”

The text on the screen changed once more.

With appropriate BGM, the Round 1 competition theme that gradually appeared on screen was.

[Mentor Song Cover]

Men, what, mentor…?

“Mentor song cover!”

Mentor? We had a mentor? A theme I never even thought of suddenly popped up.

“Mentor song? What does that mean?”

“Wait, could there be a mentor?”

“Have you heard of this? I haven’t…”

The trainees began murmuring.

Individual trainees aside, seeing that the debut group trainees also didn’t understand, it seemed like nothing was communicated in advance?

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin spoke as if he had expected such a reaction from the trainees.

“Everyone’s going ‘Mentor? What’s a mentor? Where do we have a mentor?’ and getting confused. Haha, that’s right. I haven’t explained yet.”

Different text appeared on the electronic display board behind announcer Choi Gyu-jin.

[Mentor Support System]

“I will now give you a brief explanation of Start Plan’s mentor system.”

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