The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 119
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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted
Episode 119
The keyword May Rookie chose was [Festival].
The song they briefly played also had a lively yet uplifting atmosphere that suited a festival.
-How about this? The keyword is festival, and this time we’re performing in front of fans.
-That’s right.
With Leader Ja-yeon’s words, the screen switched to show the countless audience inquiries and applications from Start Plan fans.
From what I heard, the competition rate was reminiscent of ticketing for a popular singer’s concert.
The fans selected through that process had gathered in droves at the stage venue, waiting for us.
-So it would be good to create a feeling of interaction with the fans, like a festival.
-Like encouraging audience participation?
-Well, not just encouraging participation… Creating an exciting atmosphere that everyone can enjoy together.
-Oh, that sounds good! Then, I also have an idea… We’ve been making headlines as SU trainees since we first started Start Plan.
That was true. Until recently, May Rookie had a solid image as daughters of wealthy families.
Now that it’s been revealed that I’m the youngest daughter of Hong Jin Owner, that image has become quite ambiguous.
Anyway, May Rookie was then and before the most thoroughly prepared trainees, receiving the most support and benefits among all participants.
-How about we show them what SU is all about this time? To the fans and viewers.
-…Show them what?
-This is SU! Ahaha! Just kidding. SU is famous for large-scale group choreography.
-Large-scale group choreography? You want to do that here? The size of this stage is…
May Rookie boldly presented ideas and added opinions.
A meeting that proceeded smoothly with everyone united in heart and mind.
It was such a different, smooth atmosphere from ours, where we had concerns and differences of opinion at every meeting.
‘I suppose that’s natural.’
May Rookie would have already had everything for their final round stage decided long ago.
Though they seemed to be meeting to decide things now, they would have already been doing arrangements and practice.
Actually, the Start Plan side had offered to give me a song before the training camp too.
But I refused because I hated special treatment, and after making such a fuss about it, I hated doing the same thing as May Rookie even more.
Anyway, May Rookie in the video decided on musical and festival as their concept as reported by Gu Beom-tae, and began practice.
The practice was also proceeding skillfully and very smoothly from the start.
-…Seol-ah, you need to bend more there. How many times have I told you?
-Ah, I’m sorry…
It wasn’t even timing worth scolding over.
Ja-yeon, who had been watching the members practice with her back to the mirror, pointed out member Seong Seol with a sensitive expression.
[Leader Ja-yeon’s expression doesn’t look good for some reason…]
The camera zoomed in on Ja-yeon’s serious face before switching to Ja-yeon’s interview screen.
-I was getting a bit worried. Aren’t we a little dangerous like this? That’s what I thought.
Ja-yeon constantly fidgeted with her slender fingers and sighed.
She looked quite frustrated.
-You came in first place last round, so what are you worried about?
At the production staff’s question, Ja-yeon hesitated for a long time before speaking.
-In round 3, we dropped to second place for the first time.
Along with her words came the scene of the round 3 ranking announcement.
Announcer Choi Gyu-jin’s voice saying ‘First place is Flora! Congratulations!’ along with Flora looking very happy. And in contrast to us, it showed May Rookie with stiff faces.
-That’s when I had an ‘oh no’ moment. Did we perhaps think being first place was too natural? I think we were being complacent like that. When it wasn’t the situation for that.
Ja-yeon spoke as if she had gained some tremendously great realization.
-The surviving teams, U&Da and Flora, are really skilled teams and they’ll prepare amazing stages. I wondered if we could just practice as usual like this.
Her hands were constantly moving. Though half of what she was saying was lies and acting.
-Teams that could immediately surpass and overtake us if we let our guard down even a little are closely chasing behind us… I became very anxious.
Only her anxious and uneasy feelings seemed genuine.
‘Maintaining your image isn’t as easy as you thought, is it?’
She probably thought she could easily claim a recognized victory until recently.
The company would have reassured her not to worry much.
Even when U&Da and Flora suddenly gained huge popularity with their unique concepts, skills, and narratives, SU would have been carefree.
After all, May Rookie still had the most popularity and their skills seemed comparable enough.
Most importantly, the victory was predetermined.
Even when Flora suddenly took first place in round 3, while May Rookie might have panicked, SU probably didn’t care much.
It was just one reversal, and popularity could be brought down through editing.
How could they have known? That popularity, buzz, and even fan firepower would all be completely reversed to Flora.
Plus now they knew Ryu Ji-ye was Hong Jin’s daughter, so they couldn’t interfere with editing as they pleased.
It was clear that even SU could no longer be carefree about the situation.
-I think we need to do our best to beat the other two teams.
I smiled slightly watching Ja-yeon break away from being a good girl for the first time and openly show her competitive spirit.
What kind of stage would May Rookie, who finally felt a sense of crisis, show?
Soon the VCR ended and May Rookie’s silhouettes appeared on stage.
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“Amazing…”
“Look at that scale.”
Flora and U&Da continuously poured out exclamations of admiration.
The cheers from the venue echoed loudly enough to reach here, and May Rookie created a perfectly overwhelming stage just as they said in their interviews.
The members who appeared like musical protagonists under the spotlight had dance battles while matching with the dancers.
After seeming to compete fiercely like that, everyone reconciled and gathered together to create a festival-like atmosphere, ending the stage.
So many people I worried the stage might collapse.
Despite that, razor-sharp precision.
Group dance synchronized like one body, down to every single timing.
Perfect live performance and the heated festival atmosphere of the final section.
The audience sent passionate support as if this stage was the last, fully enjoying the festival atmosphere that May Rookie had created.
As competitors, it was such an amazing stage that clearly showed they had poured money into it, to the point where we felt greatly overwhelmed.
Since they performed so well, it was natural that not only the audience but also the judges’ evaluations would be good.
-That was so good to watch! Really, I don’t say this easily, but that was amazing.
Lee Si-ah spoke with a slightly excited voice.
-May Rookie’s greatest strength is dance. This was a musical concept, right?
-Yes.
-It was excellent how you highlighted each member individually to show their skills, giving the feeling of having a dance battle with the dancers. The part where everyone enjoyed together at the end was really good too.
At Lee Si-ah’s praise, May Rookie brightened up and bowed their heads in greeting.
-Thank you!
Since they had shown a dance-focused performance, Lee Si-ah’s reaction seemed to be what they were most worried about.
-At first I watched with the mindset of evaluating, but by the end I was enjoying it together with you. It was great to watch.
Lee Si-ah finished her critique while still unable to hide her excited expression.
The other judges also didn’t spare their praise for this stage.
Overall, they said the dance musical feeling was captured very well, it was uplifting enough to make even the judges enjoy it, and so on. Like Lee Si-ah, they praised both the stage flow and skills evenly.
-Yes, May Rookie really worked hard until the very end. Everyone, that was May Rookie’s stage!
And May Rookie came down from the stage receiving a shower of applause from the audience.
Now it was almost time for the second performance.
Unlike the stage venue which had a festival atmosphere, this place was filled only with silent tension.
If possible, we wanted to go last.
We didn’t want to go after May Rookie’s large-scale stage, and so on.
It was when all the cast members were having similar thoughts and fidgeting with their fingers.
-The next performance is!
Announcer Choi Gyu-jin pulled out a ball from the box.
“Ah…”
“No, why…”
The members sighed deeply and groaned.
[FLORA]
-The next performance is from a group that’s been doing very well lately. A group that started as individual trainees and grew into strong championship candidates. It’s FLORA!
The next performance was us, FLORA.
We ended up right in the middle.
We got up from our seats under U&Da’s gaze and headed to the stage.
Well, I didn’t like the order, but I wasn’t worried about being compared to May Rookie like Min Ha-young or Han Da-min were.
There was one thing the members were mistaken about.
‘Do they think our stage won’t be large-scale right now?’
“Hehe.”
Just thinking about it made me let out a hollow laugh.
No way.
If that’s the case, then that’s a thought that I don’t know whether to call humble or arrogant.
I had already heard information about May Rookie’s concept before the training camp.
Based on that information, I prepared a stage that wouldn’t be lacking at all even if we were compared.
I dared to guarantee it.
‘We will definitely win this stage.’
Thinking that, I pushed forward the backs of the members who were drooping with worry and walked out boldly.
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