The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 13

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 13

Oh, this might actually work?

Compared to other candidates, it’s relatively less known, and while it’s decent and moderate in level, if we arrange it well. And if the members follow along well, it might actually be better…

My contemplation was brief. I dragged my cursor over the word “Horizon” and said.

“How about this song? Horizon, I want to do this song.”

“Horizon?”

Han Da-min wrote [Horizon] on the whiteboard and looked back at me with an uncertain expression.

Out of all those songs, why this one?

She couldn’t say it outright in front of Yu-hwa, the original artist, but her gaze was full of bewilderment.

Actually, it wasn’t just her—the other members were all looking at me the same way.

A song that was buried despite its good quality because it was overshadowed by Sierra’s legendary hit [Rising] from the same album.

It was even Sierra’s only attempt at an innocent concept, unlike their usual strong and energetic concepts, so the image was faint and the choreography wasn’t that difficult either.

So why would we use this song, of all things, in a tournament-style competition? That’s probably what they were thinking.

But the members were overlooking the most important fact right now.

“This is our first time greeting the viewers, isn’t it?”

This is a broadcast, and everything is decided by the viewers’ votes.

“So I think we especially shouldn’t go with a song that has overly intense choreography. At least not at first.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Min Ha-young asked as if she didn’t understand. Just as I was about to explain, a gentle yet firm voice interrupted.

“That’s right. I think so too.”

Yu-hwa, the original artist, came forward to agree with me.

“Girls, what do you think is most important when showing your stage to viewers for the first time?”

The members hesitated and glanced at each other. They seemed unsure. Eventually, I provided the answer.

“I think the most important thing is showing our faces to the viewers.”

Skills? We can appeal with those later.

Given the nature of the program, the main viewers will keep watching until the group they’re supporting gets eliminated anyway.

Honestly, since it’s our first time, isn’t there nothing more important than getting our faces imprinted in the viewers’ minds?

“The more intense the choreography, the more our faces will shake.”

Then the screen will just keep showing us shaking, bouncing around, or whipping our heads throughout.

‘While that might get praise from the judges.’

For the actual viewers, there’s a high chance we’ll just leave the impression of ‘a group with good skills whose names and faces we couldn’t see clearly’ and that’s it.

“Exactly.”

Yu-hwa snapped her fingers as if that was exactly it.

“The first round doesn’t have any eliminations anyway, right? Then it might be a better choice to just aim for the top 3 to get on the group song stage and focus on appealing yourselves to the fans.”

Since there are no eliminated teams, it’s an attempt we can make without being too concerned about rankings.

Whether it’s this team or that team, if trainees chose the songs themselves, they’ll all definitely prepare difficult, high-level songs with the same mindset.

Because they’ll want to show their skills.

In that situation, how could we prepare as perfectly as the agency trainees in just one week? With kids who haven’t even matched their breathing.

We need to prepare realistically. Realistically.

For getting attention in one shot, appealing with faces is definitely the best.

So we should go with an innocent concept song that can be styled most beautifully, rather than focusing on individuality in costumes and makeup.

If the song lacks impact, we can arrange it, and if the choreography is too weak, we can modify it slightly or add a dance break in the middle.

“Come to think of it.”

Oh? Surprisingly, Min Ha-young nodded in agreement with my words.

Just from her appeal about being good at dancing, I thought she’d be the member most opposed to my suggestion of lowering the dance difficulty.

“Actually, Ji-ye is right. When there are too many movements, faces don’t show even in close-ups.”

She spoke bitterly, as if she had experienced it before.

‘…Does she have experience?’

Well, since she’s skilled enough to pass the final audition, there might be members other than Han Da-min who have been on stage before.

I should look into it later.

“I don’t think you have to sing difficult songs to be recognized for your skills.”

Yu-hwa, who had been quietly listening to the members’ conversation, once again supported my opinion.

“If whatever you sing sounds solid, no one will doubt your skills.”

Right. The skills that viewers talk about usually aren’t about how difficult a song you sang, but whether you digested your chosen song well without strain.

As expected of Ji Yu-hwa.

We’ve always had good professional chemistry, and it seems that hasn’t changed much even with our different lives.

“Ah, then.”

Fortunately, with Yu-hwa openly supporting my opinion, the members also started leaning toward going with Horizon.

“If there are no more candidate songs to add, shall we decide what to do now? We’ll decide by majority vote, so please raise your hands for the song you want.”

As expected, the first round song selection heavily reflected the opinion of Yu-hwa, our senior.

“Then our first competition song is decided to be Horizon.”

“Waaah!!!”

Hehe, thank goodness.

Yu-hwa looked at me with satisfaction as I smiled contentedly and said.

“Let’s work hard together! I’ll also do my best to help you all.”

“Yes! Please take care of us!”

The members’ resounding voices echoed throughout the conference room.

After that, Yu-hwa gave us simple homework to complete by the next meeting and left the conference room.

Now it was truly the beginning of our full-scale competition preparation.

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Rattle- thud.

On a muggy morning, I set down the suitcase I had dragged along and looked up at the building spread before my eyes.

‘It’s pretty big.’

It’s exactly 2.5 times the size of Ryu Ji-ye’s house.

This is a 4-story building that UNET owns solely for competition program participant dormitories.

It looked like a newly built, colorful private school.

This was the dormitory where I’d be living with F Team members for a week starting today.

Chapter. 4 First Round Training Camp

‘I didn’t think about a training camp since it’s team competition.’

They said this support was provided specially only to Team E and Team F for the first round, to film and manage individual trainees who don’t have dormitories or practice rooms.

Come to think of it, it was natural support since they needed to create equal conditions with the debut group trainees who would be filmed going between dormitories and practice rooms provided by their agencies.

I was quietly looking up at the building when I belatedly noticed a camera filming me at the building entrance and started walking.

“Hello.”

After greeting the cameraman who was silently just watching the camera screen, I stepped inside the building.

And immediately stopped to look around at the scenery.

‘Wow… This is utopia.’

There was actually a mini fountain standing prominently in the lobby.

Unlike the exterior that looked like an ordinary school building, the space was made entirely of pure white marble.

First, two practice rooms separated by white folding doors were set up on both sides.

On the walls were logos of past competition programs that had used this dormitory and group photos of participating trainees.

And in another small corner room, entertainment items for participants to use together were arranged cutely.

‘What is this place. I want to live here.’

In a different sense from living in Hong Jin’s mansion.

For anyone who dreams of being an idol, this place was paradise.

It was truly heaven for trainees, to the point where I wondered if it was okay to enjoy such luxury.

Just the first floor alone had so much to see and admire that I was spending quite a while looking around.

“Ji-ye. Ryu Ji-ye.”

Someone called me in a very quiet voice.

“Yes?”

When I turned around, a production staff member holding a microphone was standing in the camera’s blind spot, staring directly at me.

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