The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 191

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Filming began.

“What’s this, why are so many people coming in like a herd?”

After waiting outside and entering the yard together with the SPLCON Cast Members following the Production Staff’s instructions, Kim Gwang-cheon, who was sitting on the main wooden floor, grumbled with a fed-up expression.

“Hey, Seok-jun. There are too many kids! How am I supposed to take care of all of them?”

Even though he had leisurely greeted the Cast Members before filming.

I thought his acting was very skillful, befitting a variety show veteran.

“Hello!”

Young Il-lin greeted him energetically as the representative.

Then Kim Gwang-cheon counted our numbers with a quite troubled face before clearing the main wooden floor for us.

“Well, sit down for now.”

“Thank you!”

The Members quickly sat on the main wooden floor and looked at Kim Gwang-cheon with bright faces.

“Ah, don’t stare at me so persistently! It’s burdensome because there are too many people. You’re not all from the same group, right?”

“Haha, yes!”

“No, we’re not.”

Kim Gwang-cheon subtly pointed at me.

“One face I recognize. Ji-ye.”

“Senior, have you been well?”

“I’ve been well. I’m listening to your album well. Anyway, what business brought you here in a pack to this cramped house?”

“Hehe…”

At Kim Gwang-cheon’s casual words, the Members laughed like students.

“First, let’s have introductions. What are your identities?”

The atmosphere still had some awkwardness. Kim Gwang-cheon pointed to the member sitting at the innermost part of the floor.

I couldn’t remember her name, but, um, she was probably a member of Romance Story.

“You first.”

“Ah, yes!”

She seemed very nervous as she tensed her body and spoke.

“I’m Joo Na-hyeon from a group called Romance Story.”

“Romance Story?”

“Yes!”

“Hmm, so, you haven’t debuted yet, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. We haven’t debuted yet…”

Joo Na-hyeon smiled awkwardly.

Though it was a casual question, it seemed to weigh heavily on her.

Though Kim Gwang-cheon seemed unaware, from my position knowing the series of events surrounding Start Plan, I could understand that expression all too well.

‘At least May Rookie is from a large company…’

Romance Story, I Meet You, and First Grade are in situations where their very existence is difficult.

Questions related to debut would be difficult to answer.

Then the Members continued their self-introductions one by one.

“Hello! We are Soon to Meet You! I Meet You! I’m Elisha from I Meet You!”

I Meet You, who always brought amazing greetings that made Kim Gwang-cheon laugh.

“Hello, senior. I’m Ja-yeon from May Rookie. I’m the leader of the group. My specialty is singing.”

After finishing her words, Ja-yeon suddenly started singing.

The May Rookie members introduced themselves this way, each stating their specialty and then demonstrating it in front of Kim Gwang-cheon for an impactful introduction.

First Grade showed extremely non-broadcast-like awkward greetings and ended up being teased by Kim Gwang-cheon, which actually got them proper screen time.

‘Ah… I need to plan content for greeting methods.’

These days the trend is to appear without greeting methods, so I didn’t prepare anything, but now I have nothing to present against such impactful introductions.

“Next. My disciple. Ji-ye.”

Kim Gwang-cheon gestured at me with his chin and chuckled.

“I can hear your brain spinning all the way over here!”

“Haha!”

He hit the nail on the head, so I burst out laughing loudly without realizing it.

“I didn’t know the friends before me would give such unique introductions.”

“If you have nothing else, you should at least sing something.”

“Yes.”

Thank you for guiding me.

I quickly followed his advice and pulled Min Ha-young forward with me.

“Huh? What are we doing?”

“Let’s go. Two, three!”

“Huh?”

Then I danced and sang along to the chorus of 【Blooming】 with her.

Min Ha-young, who had been bewildered, matched my dancing in 0.1 seconds as soon as I started singing.

“Hello. I’m Ji-ye from FLORA.”

“I’m Ha-young! Please take care of us!”

“Good effort. Keep trying. Haha!”

Kim Gwang-cheon laughed heartily watching us work hard, then quickly returned to his earlier languid tone and said.

“Now that introductions are done, let’s eat. We need to eat and then go meet the elderly folks.”

“Ah, yes!”

[Country Life] is a variety show that captures all the romantic fantasies of rural living – living in the countryside, fulfilling elderly people’s requests, listening to their stories, and getting meals, side dishes, or ingredients.

Since the content was only about eating and interacting with elderly people, naturally the first thing we had to do was cook rice.

“First, you need to get ingredients. Go around the village by teams and get something.”

“…Get something?”

“Oh, can we just go to any house and ask?”

Suddenly telling us to get ingredients.

The instruction was so broad and overwhelming that the members asked back in great confusion.

Kim Gwang-cheon nodded as if our reaction was familiar and waved his hand telling us to go out quickly.

“I’m friends with all the houses around here. You can go to any house and ask, or if any of you have licenses, you can drive to town center and buy things.”

“Ah…”

Oh my, the kids came without doing prior research.

Country Life isn’t a program where you just have fun for a day and finish like other healing travel programs.

Our guests only film for a brief 1 night 2 days and leave, but Kim Gwang-cheon comes here every week and lives as if he’s truly moved to the countryside.

Having done this show for almost 3 years, running around tirelessly to interact with the elderly, this village was like a second home to Kim Gwang-cheon.

So there’s no need to overthink it – being proactive and doing anything is the best approach. I grabbed Min Ha-young’s hand and jumped up.

“Huh?”

“Then we’ll go get some vegetables.”

“Oh! As expected!”

Kim Gwang-cheon showed a satisfied smile and gave us a thumbs up.

Just like during previous filming, Kim Gwang-cheon preferred people who worked hard at everything even here.

“Then… should I come along too?”

U&Da’s Young Il-lin glanced at her other members and then joined our side.

She seemed awkward with the other groups and even more reluctant to do something alone.

“Th-then we’ll drive to the mart! Please tell us everything we need to buy!”

I Meet You’s members hurriedly spoke up and stood from their seats.

And the rest who remained sitting blankly.

“Hmm, what do you want to do? Sitting here doing nothing and resting is forbidden.”

At Kim Gwang-cheon’s words, the May Rookie members looked at him and smiled.

“We’ll help you, senior.”

“That’s right. We’ll stay here and help prepare the meal with you, senior.”

Oh ho, staying here to comfortably get close to Kim Gwang-cheon and build up screen time?

Romance Story and First Grade still looked like they didn’t know what to do.

‘Not my concern though.’

For reference, Kim Gwang-cheon apparently extremely dislikes blatant flattery or doing nothing as if you were dragged to the filming location against your will.

“Then we’ll be back.”

I greeted Kim Gwang-cheon and went outside with Min Ha-young and Young Il-lin. A total of three cameras followed us.

“But where are we going? I honestly still have no idea what we’re supposed to do.”

“Actually, me neither…”

At their words, I confidently pointed in a direction.

“Over there. See that big field? We’re going there.”

Being thrown into the countryside like a vast ocean and told to get ingredients would naturally be bewildering.

But having stayed up all night watching the show backwards before coming here, I know the way.

“From watching the show, the grandmother at that house grows radish and spinach.”

“Ooh… So we just need to get radish and spinach? Let’s go.”

I hurriedly grabbed Min Ha-young as she was about to start walking.

“But there’s a bit of a problem.”

“A problem?”

It’s a really serious problem. I looked at my hope, Min Ha-young, with heavy eyes and asked.

“Are you good at talking with grandmothers and grandfathers?”

“What?”

“I’m really bad at it.”

From watching the show, the key point is being cheerful and approaching the elderly without any awkwardness, but I absolutely can’t do that.

Since I’ve had a bad relationship with my elderly relatives from way back, I actually can’t even make eye contact with older adults.

I brought them along thinking it would be fine since not only Min Ha-young but Young Il-lin are also quite charming.

Then Min Ha-young and Young Il-lin smiled confidently with a grin.

“Ah, just trust me. If push comes to shove, I’ll even sing trot.”

“When it comes to being charming, that’s Young Il-lin. Just watch and see.”

Fortunately, the two of them energetically took my hands and began leading me toward grandmother’s field.

After climbing the mountain for a full ten minutes, we finally arrived at the radish field grandmother’s place.

“Oh my, this time the guests are young misses?”

The grandmothers who had been chatting while sitting on mats spread around the radish field laughed heartily and gestured for us to come over.

Ah, I hadn’t done anything yet but already felt my energy draining away.

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