The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 113

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 113

Min Ha-young glanced at me sideways with a face full of laughter.

“Hmm~ I have something like that. I don’t know about other things, but I tend to trust Ryu Ji-ye’s intuition and sense.”

“The results have never been bad.”

Han Da-min said that while nodding her head.

“Ji-ye is asking me to trust her, so let’s try it once. Actually, I’m not really sure about arguing over keywords anyway.”

“I, I like it too!”

Seo Ra-eun said urgently.

Screech- Yu-hwa, who had been watching us from a step away, pulled her chair closer.

“Have you all decided? Are you going with reversal?”

“Yes!”

“Good. Then.”

Yu-hwa gathered all the other cards except the reversal card without saying much and left the conference room.

Then she came back in with a USB.

“Here, this is the song with the ‘reversal’ keyword that you need to present in the final round.”

Oh, so they’re playing the song right away like this.

Han Da-min took the USB from Yu-hwa and inserted it into the laptop. After a moment, a very aggressive sound filled the conference room.

“Whoa, that’s intense.”

Han Da-min muttered unconsciously.

A feast of rough electric guitars, the atmosphere was close to heavy metal or rock.

I naturally thought it would have a rough feel, but I didn’t expect it to be this strong.

‘This is even better?’

Since it’s a round where arrangement is allowed, I actually like it because it’s rough.

I chewed my lips while listening to the flowing song.

Standing on the shadow of despair

Dawn climbs onto my shoulders

I soar through this night

Beyond failure toward success

As expected, the lyrics are really good.

These are exactly the lyrics I wanted. The melody is great too.

‘This could work?’

I nodded satisfactorily toward the members who were looking at me anxiously due to the rougher music than expected.

And as soon as the song ended, I said.

“The lyrics are so good.”

“Right? What do you want to do, girls? Are you going with the original? Or will you arrange it?”

Yu-hwa said that and played the song once more.

The sound of rough beat music filled the conference room once again.

“Actually, since it’s the final and a competition, looking at just the song, it seems like it would be good to go as is.”

“Yes…”

“But I’m not sure if you guys can handle it well.”

At Yu-hwa’s words, the members nodded with very serious faces.

That was the problem.

Actually, the song itself was too good.

I was flustered by the deep feeling, but this level of challenge was definitely worth trying in a competition.

However, the question was whether the members could completely handle it.

It’s not that the members lack skills.

‘The image doesn’t match at all.’

Even though Flora is a group without a concept made up of individual trainees, there’s an image we’ve built up through the competitions so far.

We’ve handled various concepts, but a song this aggressive and rough doesn’t really suit us.

It would probably feel as out of place as us wearing flashy outfits like U&DA and doing a jazz song.

Wouldn’t this kind of song be better suited for the always bold and professional May Rookie or the eliminated I Meet You?

Therefore, I’m against doing this song in its original form.

“I’d like us to arrange it. I don’t think we can handle it well as it is.”

Han Da-min also spoke as if agreeing with my words.

“It’s not that we’re getting scared beforehand thinking we can’t do it, but I think a more static and heavy feeling would be better than now.”

“How about this kind of feeling?”

I pulled the laptop over, searched for a song, and played it.

“Oh!”

As soon as they recognized the song, Han Da-min and Yu-hwa simultaneously exclaimed in admiration and looked at me with fresh eyes.

“I always think this, but you really have such ideas…”

Amazing. Han Da-min muttered while looking at the simple laptop screen with a faint smile.

The song I played was a hip-hop dance song that was popular in South Korea in the 1990s.

Rough music with extremely rebellious lyrics, drum beats, and thick bass.

Heavy sound that captured the unique gloominess of that era in its raw form.

Yu-hwa and Han Da-min started moving to the rhythm with sparkling eyes.

The atmosphere of the song we need to sing and this song are very different, but if we arranged it with this kind of feeling, the synergy would definitely explode.

Moreover, viewers who know us for having silently endured all misunderstandings and criticism so far would probably be able to feel some kind of narrative through the song.

“It’s also the last one, and since our image has been… established in this way.”

Even though it’s gotten somewhat better, due to the fierce controversy, we’ve been stuck with somewhat strange images like troublemakers and delinquents. Then instead of just suffering, let’s use that image a hundred times over to create a good stage.

“What do you think, everyone?”

At my question, the members checked each other’s reactions. Then they readily nodded.

“I think it could work?”

“Then I like it too.”

“Me too…”

“Then Da-min unnie and Ji-ye, when you two arrange it, put in a big dance part!”

Yeah, I knew everyone would agree.

Although their faces are still a bit hazy since the direction of how to arrange it isn’t clearly apparent yet.

Me, Han Da-min, and especially Yu-hwa were watching the members with more positive smiles than ever.

Faces that were certain the results would definitely be good.

When a great senior shows that kind of reaction, wouldn’t it give you confidence even if you didn’t have any?

“Of course. Dance and everything, I’ll arrange it so that all the members can utilize their individual strengths. Right, unnie?”

“Of course! Tell me everything you want to do!”

Han Da-min said excitedly.

I could see her mind spinning rapidly thinking about how to arrange it well. She seemed to really like the suggestion I gave her.

“Then I want to do the intro part this time too.”

“I have a part I want to take on, may I tell you about it?”

“Then shall we try changing these lyrics once? Is that okay?”

The members also actively appealed their opinions since it was the last time.

Yu-hwa nodded with a satisfied smile.

“Got it. Then let’s try our best with the arrangement, with Da-min and Ji-ye working with me, reflecting your opinions as much as possible.”

“Yes!”

“Time isn’t tight, but don’t take it easy, and since it’s the last one, let’s do our absolute best!”

With everyone’s opinions heavily reflected, the meeting came to an end.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

The filming also ended along with the meeting.

Since there was still plenty of time until the competition day, we didn’t do the meeting, arrangement work, and training camp together.

‘What a relief.’

Previously, when I had to do arrangement and practice simultaneously, I activated the Dopamine Addiction trait and suffered so much from its side effects.

This time, fortunately, it seems I’ll be able to focus on both arrangement and practice without overexerting myself.

“Everyone, great work!”

“See you at training camp. Keep in touch!”

“Yeah. Stay in contact, everyone! Ji-ye, I’ll see you during arrangement work.”

The members each grabbed their belongings and left the conference room.

I was about to follow the members out when I heard a somewhat urgent voice from behind.

“Ji-ye, do you have a moment?”

I flinched.

Without realizing it, I stiffened up. Then I turned toward where the voice came from with quite rigid movements.

Yu-hwa was sitting on the conference room table, looking at me.

“Yes?”

Why is she suddenly calling me?

Hmm…

Is it because of that recent controversy?

Even though I hadn’t done anything wrong to Yu-hwa, I felt guilty for no reason.

“If you have time, could we talk for a moment?”

“Ah… yes.”

I nodded at her like someone under a spell.

Yu-hwa took me to her car, and I awkwardly accepted the drink her manager handed me.

‘The drink is Vita-Aid…’

It’s what she’s liked most since she was in high school, I thought to myself.

Then Yu-hwa carefully opened her mouth.

“Are you okay?”

“Pardon?”

“You’ve had a lot going on recently. Still, I’m your senior and mentor. I was worried.”

Ah, so she was concerned about that incident after all.

Since there was no particular reaction even after that incident broke out, I just assumed she didn’t care.

They say people working in the entertainment industry sometimes become numb to others’ rumors.

But it seems Yu-hwa didn’t just brush it off – she was being considerate of us and acted naturally until things quieted down somewhat.

I showed a gentle smile and nodded.

“Yes, I’m fine.”

Of course I’m fine.

The malicious editing was resolved when they uploaded the unedited video, and revealing my identity was something I had planned to do first anyway.

I’m a bit worried about the members, but we’re all overcoming it together.

When I spoke with a face that showed I was really okay, Yu-hwa finally seemed relieved, but with a very sympathetic expression, she stroked my hair.

“I’m glad you’re okay. I wanted to ask if you weren’t suffering too much emotionally, and I also have something personal to say.”

“…Something to say?”

Oh, I think I know what she’s going to say.

When I covered my trembling lips with my hand and looked at Yu-hwa, she seemed to contemplate for a moment, then asked with determined eyes.

“I’ll just ask directly without beating around the bush. That’s not true, right? The manipulation and all that.”

“Manipulation? No way.”

If it were anyone else, I might not care, but with Yu-hwa, I wanted to clear up the misunderstanding as quickly as possible.

“Not at all. Actually, my parents weren’t even that happy about me participating in this show.”

Now they gather in the cinema room without me every time the show airs to watch together.

But at first, weren’t they worried sick that I might make some fatal mistake on the broadcast?

When I frowned with all my might and waved my hands, Yu-hwa’s serious expression finally relaxed.

The judges all seemed to know that I didn’t rise up through manipulation, but Yu-hwa only participated as a mentor, so she apparently knew nothing about the deeper circumstances.

I spoke with a slightly more serious demeanor.

“Start Plan was a show for my parents to judge me. Whether I really wanted to be a singer, whether I had talent, things like that.”

If I lacked passion and talent, I would give up like the Ryu Ji-ye of old.

No matter how stubborn Ryu Ji-ye was, if she actually experienced it, she would realize that the entertainment industry wasn’t so easy either.

It was an opportunity to judge whether I truly had intentions for this path by watching me experience it myself.

In such a situation, there’s no way Hong Jin would step forward to do something like manipulation.

“I see.”

Yu-hwa listened to my explanation-like words to the end and stared at me intently.

Again, that look of contemplating something and hesitating.

I didn’t want even a bit of awkward atmosphere with Yu-hwa, so I was about to open my mouth to say something.

“Are you going to sign with MN, or rather, with Director Kim Ja-in?”

“Ah…”

“If you’re still thinking about it, would you consider joining our agency?”

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