The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 154

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

 

Episode 154

 

Yoon Jae-hee.

 

So Jae-hee was Countdown’s new host.

 

Jae-hee was the youngest member of Choux Cream who had been persuading her entertainment agency to appear on Start Plan before the disbandment.

 

And on the day she received notice of the disbandment, she had a huge fight with the members and was the first to leave the agency.

 

‘Good! If this kind of group is going to disband, they should do it quickly. If they were going to do this, why did they only disband us now? They never did anything for us anyway!’

 

I remember how Jae-hee looked as she packed her things with a cheerful voice, saying she felt relieved as if she had been waiting for this.

 

We had been together for a full ten years including our training period.

 

Seeing her so cold-hearted, making all those years seem meaningless, some members got angry asking how she could say such things.

 

Other members cried from disappointment, and some even agreed with her opinion.

 

I couldn’t voice any opinion there.

 

While feeling betrayed and disappointed, I also sympathized with her opinion but couldn’t bring myself to speak.

 

Even while saying words that stabbed the members’ hearts, Jae-hee herself looked hurt.

 

Her eyes were red like someone who had been abandoned, so how could I get angry at her?

 

Jae-hee was the most competitive among the members and loved to show off. Being young, she would have had the most opportunities too.

 

How hard had that Jae-hee worked without giving up on the group until she received the disbandment notice?

 

Just seeing that was enough to know how much she loved Choux Cream.

 

My heart beat loudly.

 

Just seeing her name made me feel like tears would well up.

 

Like Yu-hwa, I knew that Jae-hee was also active in the entertainment industry.

 

Unlike Yu-hwa who was still active as an idol, Jae-hee had released albums as a solo singer but focused more on variety shows than music activities.

 

So I thought there wouldn’t be much chance of meeting her unless she appeared on variety shows.

 

But for Jae-hee to be hosting Flora’s debut broadcast.

 

‘How could such a coincidence happen…’

 

I was holding my stinging nose and trying to hold back tears that were about to fall.

 

“Ji-ye, what’s wrong?”

 

Han Da-min asked worriedly as she checked my face.

 

When I shook my head saying it was nothing, Han Da-min shrugged and immediately knocked on the waiting room door.

 

And after a moment.

 

“…Yes.”

 

A response came from inside, a beat late.

 

Ah, wait. I’m not mentally prepared yet.

 

Come to think of it, what was my first meeting with Jae-hee like?

 

The first meeting was…

 

“Senior, excuse us!”

 

“…Hello.”

 

When we opened the door and entered, Jae-hee sat there with a face that looked annoyed to death as she received our greetings.

 

“Hello, senior. We’re Flora, debuting today. We came to greet you.”

 

When Han Da-min spoke with a bright smile, Jae-hee tilted her head and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

 

“Yes, Flora. I know you. You’re the most famous these days. But you really just came to greet me, right?”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

Just came to greet her? What’s that supposed to mean?

 

Why is she talking like that?

 

After being momentarily flustered by her probing expression and tone, Jae-hee chuckled and said.

 

“I told them I wouldn’t do the challenge. If you came to greet me and also film a challenge, I’d feel a bit sorry?”

 

“Oh, is that so? We heard our manager got permission in advance…”

 

“I said I won’t do it.”

 

Ah, I remember now.

 

I was so happy to see her that I completely forgot what my first meeting with Yoon Jae-hee was like…

 

“Jae-hee, you’re really annoying.”

 

“Yeo-eun unnie, what did you just say? Are you talking about me?”

 

“Yeah. I’m being serious, but if you talk like that, you can’t practice with us. I don’t want to work with you.”

 

“…”

 

“If there’s something you can’t do, just honestly say ‘I’m not good at dancing.’ Grumbling about why you have to dance makes you look much worse.”

 

It really was the worst first meeting.

 

Jae-hee was a member who joined the company for rap, and she was really good at rap and could handle vocals decently, but she was really bad at dancing.

 

Everyone has different natural talents, so I could understand not being good at it.

 

If you’re not good at something, you just practice, and Jae-hee was good at other things. But the problem was Jae-hee’s personality.

 

If she had no talent for dancing, she could have just said so, but instead she grumbled throughout practice saying she didn’t join the company to dance, she never planned to be an idol, why should rappers dance, and so on.

 

Later she did fix that personality and apologized to the members.

 

Anyway, I remember she left the worst first impression and we fought a lot for quite a long time after that.

 

She was Sucream’s fighter, so at first she fought with the members, but after becoming close, she constantly fought with the entertainment agency on behalf of the members.

 

Those events now only remain in my memory, but it seems she still undermines herself with pointless pride even now that she’s achieved some success as a solo artist.

 

I’d like to scold her like before to fix her attitude. Actually, I could probably still do it now if I wanted to.

 

‘I’ll let it slide for now.’

 

I smiled with something close to resignation and secretly patted Han Da-min’s back.

 

Then Han Da-min quickly caught on and said.

 

“Yes! Senior, then please at least accept our greeting.”

 

“Oh, I’ll gladly accept greetings.”

 

Only then did Jae-hee’s posture, which had been slouched on the sofa, straighten up.

 

In the awkward atmosphere, we hurriedly gave our greetings and album and left Jae-hee’s waiting room.

 

‘Really…’

 

Feeling anew that people really don’t change regardless of their environment, we moved on to the next challenge.

 

The stairs on one side of the broadcasting station, known as the challenge spot.

 

Here, almost all of the Countdown cast members had gathered in a crowd, standing in line.

 

One peculiar thing was that they absolutely, never under any circumstances, made eye contact with each other.

 

While those who had agreed to film challenges together were practicing their choreography, they didn’t even glance at other groups.

 

There wasn’t even a moment where anyone watched those filming challenges, not even briefly.

 

Even though this was a place mostly filled with idols, it was so unnaturally awkward that it was fascinating, but according to our manager, this was considered proper etiquette these days.

 

Since it’s called etiquette, I guess we should keep our heads turned away.

 

Worried about accidentally making eye contact with senior artists, I quietly bowed to the air and huddled in a corner.

 

After some time passed, the group scheduled to film a challenge with us arrived, and we took some time to practice our choreography together.

 

We safely finished filming, then shot one more with a team we happened to meet here and decided to do a challenge with, before returning to the waiting room.

 

Honestly speaking, during the waiting time, we were busier going around greeting people than preparing for our stage performance.

 

Only after we had greeted all the cast members and production staff with our albums could we finally have some time to relax properly.

 

It really hit me that we had returned to being rookies again.

 

And shortly after, the live broadcast countdown began.

 

But since we had already finished our pre-recording, we weren’t really busy doing anything even when the live broadcast started.

 

Min Ha-young and Choi Song-i took selfies and short-form videos, while Han Da-min and Seo Ra-eun practiced their lines for the upcoming host interview. As for me…

 

-Live broadcast countdown! We’re here with another amazing lineup today.

 

-Yes, that’s right. Starting with High Tension, who are setting new records once again right after their comeback!

 

-From their hot debut! All the way to FLORA’s stage!

 

I stared blankly at Jae-hee’s image on the screen.

 

Being a music show MC was once one of Jae-hee’s bucket list items.

 

Even when the members teased her, she used to imitate music show MCs so much, and she was actually really good at it.

 

I watched her on Countdown until the first stage began, then joined Han Da-min and Seo Ra-eun to practice for the interview.

 

And shortly after, we moved to the venue where the hosts were.

 

“Oh, it’s FLORA.”

 

“Who?”

 

“Isn’t that FLORA? Over there.”

 

“Whoa, you’re right. Oh right, today is FLORA’s debut.”

 

On our way to the stage, fans of other singers who recognized us whispered quietly among themselves.

 

Since we were doing a pre-recorded segment, none of our fans were here either.

 

The murmuring sounds made the members, who were already frozen with nerves about their first live interview, even more tense.

 

“Wow, they’re really pretty.”

 

“FLORA’s song is good. Blooming is really good.”

 

“You’re so pretty!”

 

At least it was a positive reaction, which was fortunate.

 

“Welcome. Please stand in the center here.”

 

When we reached the host desk, Jae-hee and Woo-jung from Street Center, who was co-hosting with her, made room for us in the center.

 

“Thank you.”

 

As instructed by the production staff, we formed our positions there and were quietly practicing our interview when.

 

Finally, the performing artist’s song ended, and the camera turned toward us with upbeat BGM.

 

“Hot debut! FLORA, welcome!”

 

“One, two, three!”

 

“Hello! This is Flora!”

 

“Waaaah!”

 

The two hosts cheerfully livened up the atmosphere and began asking questions at a rapid pace.

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