The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 198

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‘Ja-yeon and I had talked about this when there were no cameras around….’

I guess this is what you’d call Kim Gwang-cheon being obsessed with ratings.

Who would have thought he’d bring up that topic so openly in front of all the members.

It’s a topic that even we hesitate to discuss, let alone the members who are the parties involved in the controversy.

And then he disappeared somewhere, leaving the wooden floor filled with awkward silence.

‘He’s really going too far.’

I had worked so hard yesterday to learn how to get along appropriately with the cast members….</

I was trying to end things on a reasonably harmonious and warm note, but he’s ruining it.

“…Haha.”

“Hahaha….”

“Should we set the table for a meal?”

“Sh, should we?”

We had never been more united in purpose than this moment.

We got up from our seats in perfect unison and scattered.

To get bowls, to start the fire, to prepare ingredients.

SU will request this scene to be edited out, right?

The other members must have been thinking the same thing, because when we met again on the wooden floor, we created the same warm and comfortable atmosphere as before, as if nothing had happened.

No one said anything, but we all tacitly coordinated our edit points.

“Huh, what? I played a little prank to make the atmosphere weird and left, but it’s more harmonious than I expected?”

Sadly, the peaceful atmosphere we had worked so hard to recreate was destroyed again by Kim Gwang-cheon, who appeared from who knows where just as we finished setting up breakfast.

This controversy was too big and serious to dismiss as a joke, so we couldn’t play along anymore.

“Well, we have to film anyway. Last night we all lay down together with the cameras off, looked at the stars, and made up.”

In the end, among the members who were reading the room, I roughly deflected with the intention of being edited out, wrapping up this malicious topic.

“Wow…. Ji-ye, you’re so young but you talk like someone who’s worked at an office for 10 years.”

“After doing two shows with Senior Gwang-cheon, I’ve definitely learned a lot.”

“Look at this. Your flattery skills are quite cunning.”

Kim Gwang-cheon pointed at me with an amazed expression and spoke to the production staff, then barely managed to sit down on the wooden floor.

“That’s why I like Ji-ye. The kid really acts annoyingly cheeky.”

Is that a compliment or an insult?

Anyway, since he said it was good, I decided to take it as a compliment.

In any case, we started our late breakfast.

To finish the leftover food, the breakfast table had the very heavy combination of pork belly and water parsley that we received yesterday, but we still ate it deliciously.

And finally, it was time to end filming.

“Alright, take all the leftovers back to the dormitory. If you leave them in the refrigerator, they’ll all rot and be inedible by the time you come next.”

Kim Gwang-cheon packed up the remaining ingredients and side dishes for all the members.

I was already thinking of sharing them with the other members since they were delicious, so this worked out well.

“Anyway, good work for the past two days. Come again when you get the chance. Flora, come back when you have a comeback, and the rest of you, see me when you debut.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

“Alright, go on~”

“Yes!”

The filming wrapped up with Kim Gwang-cheon seeing us off as we left through the entrance.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

“Get home safely!”

As we came out of the entrance, staff from each team who had been having a serious conversation approached us.

“Let’s go.”

Manager Seong Ji-soo took us to the car, got in, and started the engine.

“Girls, how’s your condition today?”

“Condition’s normal~ Unnie, we had pork belly this morning.”

“Pork belly? From the morning?”

“Didn’t you smell the grilling? It wasn’t like eating at a company dinner or anything, just like a set meal they sell at restaurants?”

“You can eat like it’s a company dinner now. It hasn’t been long since your activities ended. Just for now.”

“Unnie, this filming is totally great. They packed us so much food too.”

“Food?”

Min Ha-young showed what she had received from Kim Gwang-cheon.

“Side dishes and pork belly. Can we eat with the members today?”

“You said your condition was fine, right? Then I’ll drop you off at the practice room, so work hard and then eat.”

“Unnie, were you coordinating rehearsal schedules with staff from other companies earlier?”

“Yeah, just in case there might be groups preparing for debut like U&DA, I wanted to coordinate in advance.”

“Ah, are there any? Besides U&DA.”

“They said there aren’t any?”

“Huh, none at all?”

Min Ha-young bolted upright from her seat and shouted.

Right, it is pretty surprising to hear there really aren’t any at all.

Though when you think about each group individually, it makes sense.

Hearing this, I think our company staff did well not getting criticized while talking with the other company staff.

“Unnie, didn’t the staff over there give you any attitude?”

Manager Ji-soo snorted at my question.

“Why would they give attitude? We’re all just office workers in the end. I just feel a bit sorry for them.”

It seems the staff just have smooth conversations sharing each other’s struggles.

“Are the First Year members having their schedules managed by UNET?”

“That’s true, but they said some of them got connected to agencies. Companies I’ve never heard of though.”

I listened to Seong Ji-soo’s words and spoke up.

“Unnie, do you know May Rookie is disbanding?”

“Huh???”

Min Ha-young shouted again, and even Seong Ji-soo, who seemed unaware of this, looked at me through the rearview mirror with wide eyes.

“Is the disbandment confirmed?”

“No, not that, but I had a conversation with Ja-yeon yesterday. She said if May Rookie gets pushed back in debut rankings, she’ll quit and move companies.”

“Are you sure?”

“She said it while being really emotional. But realistically, if they get pushed back by other teams for debut, it would be hard to debut from there, I think.”

“Ja-yeon would feel that way. She’s getting older.”

“Isn’t May Rookie a team built around Ja-yeon?”

“That’s right. Then I really don’t know what will happen to May Rookie.”

Seong Ji-soo said that and hesitated for a moment without starting the car, then looked at me again through the rearview mirror.

“Does Ja-yeon have somewhere to go, is that why she said that?”

“…What? Why are you asking that? You’re not trying to cast her, are you?”

Kim Ja-in and Day Entertainment should focus only on FLORA for the time being due to their contract with me.

Then Seong Ji-soo shook her head in shock.

“Even though our company has a lot of money, we have a small talent pool, so just taking care of you guys is overwhelming. Someone else is looking for her.”

“Ah.”

I don’t know where, but as long as it doesn’t harm us, it doesn’t matter.

And we drove for a long time before arriving at the company’s practice room.

“Sigh… Practice, huh.”

Min Ha-young looked up at the building with sad eyes.

Since we don’t have any particular schedule now, we’ll have to dedicate ourselves to practice all day from now on.

The moment we enter the practice room, 10 hours straight of intense practice.

Normally she wouldn’t think much of it, but after finishing our schedule and driving a long way, she seemed to want to rest.

“You’ll be the most enthusiastic once practice actually starts.”

“Ugh… Should we buy some beverages for the members from the cafe before going in? We feel bad for playing around by ourselves.”

“Da-min unnie heard that we arrived.”

I spoke firmly and dragged Min Ha-young toward the practice room.

After being with the performers yesterday and today, their competitive spirit is no joke.

If we don’t practice hard, we might be overwhelmed by their momentum.

As we went up to the floor where the practice room was located.

“Unnie.”

For some reason, Song-i was standing alone outside the practice room and approached me and Min Ha-young.

Or more precisely, she seemed to have business with me.

“Did you unnies just arrive?”

“Yeah. We just got here. Why are you out here alone?”

“Ah…”

Choi Song-i glanced at Min Ha-young and then spoke to me.

“I have something to say. Ha-young unnie, I…”

“Ah, okay okay. Then I’ll go practice first.”

Min Ha-young tactfully entered the practice room first.

What does she suddenly have to say to me?

As I tilted my head and looked at Song-i, Song-i chewed her lips and said.

“I have a concern.”

“A concern?”

“I wanted to talk to you first before telling Da-min unnie. Can you talk with me for a moment?”

“Ah, okay.”

I obediently followed Song-i who gestured for me to follow her.

What she wants to say. Seeing her make such a serious expression, is it about her parents? Or maybe it’s just something related to practice.

Whatever she was planning to talk about, Song-i led me far away from the practice room to the most secluded conference room among all the conference rooms.

Then she spoke with a determined expression that made even me feel tense.

“I’m thinking of cutting ties with my parents. Do you think it’ll cause problems with our activities?”

“…Huh?”

Cutting ties? What?

As I stood there with my mouth agape in shock, unable to say anything, Choi Song-i fidgeted with her mobile phone and handed it to me.

“It’s stressing me out. I can’t concentrate on practice.”

“Um…”

I took the mobile phone without thinking and looked at the screen.

‘Ah…’

The screen showed a messenger window. It was a conversation between Song-i and her mother, with several long messages that were difficult to read coming one after another.

I hadn’t read them properly yet, but just skimming through them, I could see aggressive and intimidating language that made me wonder how anyone could say such things to their daughter.

It was at a level that reminded me of bombardment or terrorism.

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