The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 142

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

 

Episode 142

 

It’s a really simple yet effective way to prevent fan attrition and build anticipation.

 

Seeing photos uploaded daily, fans will feel like they’re communicating with us every day while also feeling less bored from waiting.

 

“Right? Instead, the photos that go up will be selected through several conditions.”

 

“What kind of conditions?”

 

“First, they must be photos taken directly by members and related to our debut. For example.”

 

Han Da-min showed a photo from her mobile phone gallery.

 

It was the photo of Min Ha-young laughing with her hair all frizzed up from earlier.

 

“Ack! It looks really weird in the photo!”

 

Min Ha-young screamed while pulling at the scarf covering her hair.

 

Han Da-min smiled lightly at Min Ha-young and said.

 

“Like this. Ha-young looks really happy, and it makes you curious about what she did to end up with such frizzed hair. Or like this.”

 

Han Da-min searched through her gallery to find another photo.

 

“Oh, that’s me.”

 

I was looking at the computer with a serious expression.

 

“This was taken when I was working with Ji-ye before. Don’t you think fans would like this kind of thing too?”

 

“Oh, photos like that work too? I have tons of those. I probably have about three thousand photos of members taken since moving into the dormitory.”

 

“What about me… I only have food photos. I-I’ll start taking more from now on.”

 

“Ra-eun unnie, should I share the ones I took with you? I have lots of funny photos. Most of them are of Ha-young unnie though. She’s the only funny one.”

 

“Ah, why is it always me~”

 

“Oh, I also have videos of Ra-eun unnie cooking.”

 

Choi Song-i shared her photos with Seo Ra-eun, and Min Ha-young pounced on Song-i.

 

I watched them and said.

 

“That sounds like a really good idea. It doesn’t have to be just photos – videos would work too, or unnie and I could share parts of songs we’ve worked on with the fans.”

 

“Right? Good. Then girls, from now on take lots of photos. Got it?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“I can really feel that our debut is getting close. Wow, what should I do. I’m so happy.”

 

“Unnie, how about this photo?”

 

As Min Ha-young was about to jump around excitedly, Choi Song-i showed her another photo.

 

Oh, those two bickering look good together? This would be perfect to capture in a photo.

 

I picked up my mobile phone and turned on the camera to capture all the members, then paused and looked up at them.

 

A scene filled purely with excitement for the upcoming debut, without any worries.

 

‘It looks good.’

 

The emotion and atmosphere I had missed so much.

 

This is my present.

 

I watched the members for a long time before quietly capturing that moment with my camera.

 

 

 

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Second day of music video filming.

 

“Cut! Let’s take a break and go again.”

 

As soon as the director’s shout was heard, stylists came in to fix the members’ makeup and hair.

 

“Huh…”

 

I quietly yawned and looked at the members with sleepy eyes.

 

Everyone had tired faces from filming since early morning.

 

Flora’s filming was busier on the second day than the first.

 

In the morning, we did group lip sync filming at Choi Song-i’s set while wearing yesterday’s costumes.

 

Since the members’ costumes were too flashy, only Choi Song-i’s costume changed from yesterday.

 

If yesterday she wore a shabby t-shirt like she would at home, today she was dressed more properly.

 

“Ah, this won’t do. Why am I so sleepy? My stamina shouldn’t be like this.”

 

“Ack! No, Ha-young! The costume!”

 

“Ahhh! I’m sorry!”

 

Min Ha-young got scolded by the stylist for twisting her body.

 

Min Ha-young. I wondered what concept required her hair to be so heavily permed yesterday, and apparently it was a cyberpunk concept.

 

Honestly, just looking at the costume, I couldn’t really tell if it was cyberpunk.

 

But seeing her properly styled hair, yesterday’s frizzed hair had become a unique and pretty perm.

 

After the group lip sync filming, we changed costumes and continued with choreography filming.

 

Even then, we had to change costumes three times, which was quite exhausting for our stamina distribution.

 

During the debut concept meeting, CEO Kim Ja-in half-jokingly said it was like a luxurious gathering of rich daughters that reeked of money more than major entertainment agencies, and it seems she was right.

 

Originally, filming takes longer the more money and effort you put into it.

 

We spent the entire day and could only finish the music video filming after seeing the morning sun the next day.

 

And time flowed relentlessly.

 

Days passed and it was exactly one hundred days until debut.

 

“Movement! Unnie, here’s the changed movement!”

 

“Oops! Ah, sorry!”

 

“No, no. This part changed yesterday. It’s understandable to get it wrong.”

 

Having safely overcome the big mountains of album recording and music video, we were still devoted to practice.

 

“Phew… Wait, wait, let’s rest for a bit. I think my pace is falling apart. I keep making mistakes.”

 

Today was a whopping 8 hours of non-stop practice.

 

The first person to give up was Han Da-min.

 

“Okay. Rest… ugh…”

 

As soon as rest was called, Min Ha-young collapsed on the floor.

 

I also didn’t want to take another step, so I just lay down where I was.

 

“Wow, debuting isn’t easy…”

 

Why is this happening? I’ve definitely debuted before. Is it just my imagination? It’s incomparably harder than back then…

 

“Hah…”

 

No, this isn’t my imagination. It really is harder than before.

 

I felt like I was going to die from breathing, so I stared at the ceiling for a long time to catch my breath before asking Han Da-min in a dying voice.

 

“Unnie, I’m asking because I’ve never been to a major entertainment agency before.”

 

“…What?”

 

Han Da-min also answered in a dying voice while looking at me.

 

I caught my breath once more and said.

 

“Do major entertainment agencies normally change choreography this frequently?”

 

Without exaggeration, the choreography changes once a day, and I’m starting to doubt if this is right.

 

Then Han Da-min was silent for a while before slowly opening her mouth.

 

“Ji-ye, I’ve never been to a major agency either, so I don’t know…”

 

Haha, I let out a hollow laugh.

 

It changed frequently even before the music video filming, but I didn’t expect it to keep changing after filming ended.

 

We already finished filming the music video with the old choreography, so why are they doing this?

 

Of course, I’m grateful that the choreographer is being ambitious about our choreography, but still.

 

‘Wasn’t it supposed to be elegant and simple at first?’

 

Why does the difficulty keep increasing?

 

I’m already not sleeping properly because of those dreams, and now I’m living like a zombie trying to perfectly learn the modified choreography.

 

What’s even sadder is that Kim Ja-in from MN just watches as if these frequent choreography modifications are natural.

 

‘…The Dopamine Addiction skill.’

 

Ah, no. What if I use it and get knocked down before debut?

 

“Phew.”

 

Forget it. What’s the point of complaining? I still have to do it.

 

“When we debut, I’m definitely going to exercise hard. Really.”

 

“…Let’s do it together.”

 

“M-me too…”

 

Ryu Ji-ye, Han Da-min, Seo Ra-eun.

 

The members who had become zombies were making promises to form an exercise group together.

 

Knock knock.

 

With the sound of knocking on the practice room door, Manager Seong Ji-soo and the staff entered.

 

“Girls, how’s practice going?”

 

“I brought drinks.”

 

“Oh my, look at all that sweat. Ji-ye, Ra-eun, and Song-i need to go wash their faces.”

 

The staff, who had grown close during debut preparations, spoke warmly as they personally helped lift up the members who were lying sprawled out.

 

“What brings everyone here all of a sudden?”

 

Han Da-min asked in confusion as she was helped to her feet.

 

Usually during practice, only the manager and CEO Kim Ja-in would come in, excluding trainers and choreographers, to avoid disrupting practice.

 

Then one of the staff members held up a laptop and camera, waving them around.

 

“We brought some very good news. The music video has been completed~”

 

“What, really? Already?”

 

Min Ha-young’s surprised voice echoed through the practice room.

 

Manager Seong Ji-soo smiled and nodded.

 

“Really. So members, hurry up and wash up and fix your hair. It’s your first time seeing it, so we need to film your reactions.”

 

“Wow, it came out really fast.”

 

I kept expressing amazement as the staff helped me to my feet.

 

The debut schedule was proceeding on a tight timeline, and since the music video had many fantasy elements, I thought it would barely be completed right before debut.

 

The members began moving in unison as if they had never been tired.

 

We quickly fixed our hair and faces and gathered closely around the laptop the staff had set up.

 

“Then I’ll start filming right away.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Manager Seong Ji-soo placed the camera on the tripod, and soon a red light came on.

 

Confirming that filming had started, Han Da-min shouted.

 

“One, two, three!”

 

“Hello. We’re FLORA!”

 

“Wow!”

 

Even though we hadn’t planned it, as soon as we greeted, we began looking at each other in admiration.

 

“I haven’t done this greeting in so long.”

 

“It might be a little moving!”

 

“Haha, well, something even more moving is right in front of us.”

 

Han Da-min quieted the members and pointed to the laptop.

 

“The reason we turned on the camera today is because our FLORA’s debut song [Blooming]’s music video has finally been completed!”

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