The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 206

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 206

A song familiar to Flora’s fans.

But it was an arranged version of “Blooming” that was much more majestic and had added classical elements compared to usual.

In contrast, the choreography hadn’t changed much, but even so, the cheers grew louder and louder.

“Hah!”

Choi Gyo-young let out another hollow laugh.

‘Isn’t this too cruel to the other performers.’

Every time the members appeared on screen, screams erupted.

This wasn’t even an awards ceremony, but a concert commemorating the end of the broadcast, yet they came with heavily arranged music and appeared all dressed up with determination.

The costumes were more glamorous than the dresses they wore in the music video, and their makeup sparkled noticeably as if they had applied pearls to their faces.

You could tell how hard they worked on their styling – the accessories were so flashy, yet only their faces caught your eye.

If even Choi Gyo-young felt this way, the fans would love it even more.

They kept the choreography the same to reduce the burden on the members preparing for the stage, but put all their effort into the arrangement and visuals to maximize the response.

With the fans’ chants added on top of that, it felt almost like being at a festival.

This didn’t seem like Ryu Ji-ye’s idea, but rather a method mainly used by CEO Kim Ja-in.

Moonlight to the sunset

This is be out of the ordinary

Could it be such a meeting

Click, click-

Shutter sounds burst out continuously from the press section.

Flora came out to the center stage, singing with bright, pretty smiles, then waved their hands with all their might toward their fans.

For Start Plan fans who knew that story, it was a sight that couldn’t help but make them envious and moved.

Flora, who received various controversies, dismissal, and ridicule during Start Plan despite their excellent performance.

The members who were unfairly robbed of the championship position and disbanded, overcame their pain and gathered again to become Flora.

And they returned in their most glamorous form to express gratitude to the fans who absolutely supported them despite numerous controversies.

Could there be more perfect storytelling, a more touching appearance than this?

And shortly after Flora’s first stage ended, their second song “Masterpiece” immediately echoed through the venue.

“Wowaaah!”

“Cr-crazy! They’re doing ‘Masterpiece’ too?”

Exclamations like screams could be heard.

They naturally expected “Blooming,” but who would have thought they’d even perform a B-side track.

“Masterpiece” was a song that had been gradually gaining popularity since Flora performed it on their debut stage.

But since it was just a B-side track, all the fans thought they wouldn’t be able to see it anymore at external performances.

You who look at me

When will you notice?

Beauty overwhelms you

If “Blooming” was arranged to sound richer, “Masterpiece” had drums and trumpet sounds added.

The majestic classical-style song transformed into a more combative and tense, aggressive song that could have been used as a Start Plan competition track.

It was such an impactful stage that you couldn’t help but respond.

“Kyaaaah!!!!”

“Damn, Ji-ye!”

“Flora is doing great!”

And shortly after, amid the pouring cheers, the members finished their second song and stood in the center of the stage.

Han Da-min checked the members standing side by side and picked up the microphone.

“First, let us greet you! Hello!”

“We are Flora!”

With Flora’s fans filling more than half the audience, cheers louder than any other group could be heard.

Flora smiled brightly, waved to the audience, and said,

“Start Plan fans, have you all been well?”

“Yesss!”

“Haha, everyone answered loudly that you’ve been well.”

“After debuting, standing before you all again like this feels so refreshing. Don’t you think so?”

“That’s right.”

Min Ha-young clutched her chest with a moved expression.

“When we first stood on the Start Plan stage, we never thought we’d be able to perform on such a big stage.”

All the members nodded as if they agreed.

“Actually, even when we participated as individual trainees, we just thought it would be great if we could just debut. All of us.”

“That’s right.”

While the members were talking, Ryu Ji-ye, who had been greeting fans and having lip-sync conversations, quietly picked up the microphone.

“We really talked about this every day during training camp – that it would be great if we could just debut and perform on stage.”

“Right. We all got really sentimental at night and talked like that.”

“It was all of you who made our wishes come true. Thank you so much to all of you and Start Plan for making our dreams reality.”

“Thank you!”

The members spoke energetically and bowed to the audience.

This time, countless applause poured out along with cheers.

A heartwarming atmosphere where everyone was supporting Flora, who had achieved their dreams.

Flora smiled brightly, responded to the applause, and skillfully continued the proceedings.

“Since we’re at the Start Plan concert, I want to ask – which stage or song from Flora’s Start Plan performances is most memorable to the members?”

“Um, me! Me.”

Min Ha-young raised her hand and said,

“The song ‘Work’ is most memorable to me. The walking choreography and dance performance were really fun.”

“For me, it’s the group opening song where all the cast members stood together.”

Choi Song-i said.

“I thought it was amazing that so many people could perform in such perfect harmony.”

“For me… it’s not a Flora stage, but I also remember the stage with Plan&Shoe members. Especially there was choreography where I matched with our Ji-ye…”

Seo Ra-eun smiled shyly.

“Ji-ye and I became really, really close then.”

“It’s really nostalgic. Back then, every time we got close face-to-face, Ra-eun unnie getting embarrassed was really cute.”

Ryu Ji-ye looked at Seo Ra-eun with a flirtatious expression. Naturally, the fans’ reaction ignited.

“Ugh, what!”

“Expression, expression, expression! No, no. We have to protect Ji-ye’s image.”

“If she gets ruined too, our team is hopeless.”

The members hurriedly covered Ryu Ji-ye so her expression wouldn’t be captured on the electronic display board, and Han Da-min laughed and said,

“Alright, anyway, we have many meaningful stages, but I think Start Plan viewers and our fans also have memorable stages they want to see again. Right, everyone?”

“Yesss!”

“Which stage did you like the most?”

The fans who had been smiling warmly at Flora’s aegyo answered.

Flora, who had asked spiritedly, was a bit troubled by the various mixed voices they heard, then said cheekily,

“I see! I knew it! Haha.”

“That’s right! We prepared something knowing you’d say that.”

“The stage we think received the most love during Start Plan. ‘Horizon’!”

“Kyaaaah!”

“Haha, you’re really loving it. Thank you.”

“Shall we start right away?”

The loudest screams they’d heard so far could be heard.

‘Horizon is good though.’

Choi Gyo-young thought blankly, then hurriedly came to his senses.

‘Crazy. Did I film the stage earlier?’

At some point, he had forgotten even to capture them with his camera and was just watching the performance in a daze.

Of course, it was coverage for viewing purposes, but he had been so focused that he barely remembered pressing the shutter.

‘More than I thought, even at my age I can get immersed…?’

To be honest, he never thought he’d be able to focus on watching an idol’s stage performance.

There were few people with as deep prejudices against idols as Choi Gyo-young.

“I can’t stand watching idols because they’re so cringy, I don’t understand why so many young kids like them. Isn’t that all just selling their faces? They only look because the view counts are good.”

He was one of those people who thought idols and artists were different.

That thinking hasn’t changed much even now, but…

At least now it seems like his thought that idols lack skills will disappear.

Not just Flora, but most of the trainees who took the stage today had decent skills.

The stages were quite worth watching, so he was inwardly surprised.

‘On broadcasts, whatever they do would look good, but I thought I’d be disappointed seeing it in person.’

Even watching the same stage, he would have scoffed at broadcasts that come out heavily edited, but today’s stages were genuinely quite good.

Among them, the best was undoubtedly Flora.

“Well, I’ll be.”

He was captivated by the previous two stages, thinking that a team of individual trainees with no fans had to be this good to reach this position.

Above all, Choi Gyo-young never expected that Ryu Ji-ye, who was just Hongjin Group’s youngest daughter to him, would have such good skills…

Just as Choi Gyo-young was unconsciously fidgeting with his camera in excitement, the intro of “Horizon” began flowing over the darkened stage.

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