The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 226

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 226

‘What?’

This is really different from what I expected?

Considering the reference photos we brought and our concept of classic elegance, I naturally thought we’d start with something classic.

But this was an extremely trendy easy-listening track filled with Lo-Fi vibes.

Just listening to the song evokes the feeling of a rainy night in the city.

A song that flows leisurely without major dynamics or highs and lows.

Honestly, calling it a title track feels a bit weak, doesn’t it? But personally, it was exactly the type of song I really love.

Whether others shared these complex impressions, the members’ reactions were varied.

“This is the title track?”

“I don’t think it’s bad?”

“I think I need to listen to it a bit more to know for sure.”

“It’s good, isn’t it? Isn’t this kind of composition trendy these days?”

“I like the song too.”

Then the opinion they all agreed on was this:

The song is definitely good, but releasing it as a title track seems like too big a risk.

When everyone looked at Kim Ja-in with similar expressions, Kim Ja-in nodded with a face showing not a hint of doubt.

“It’s the title track. The company put their heart and soul into choosing it.”

“Ah.”

Since she spoke with such a confident face, the members quickly nodded and wrapped up their debate.

After all, experience and career can’t be ignored, and seeing Kim Ja-in and the staff speak with such confidence, they must have felt something different from this song than we did.

Both I and the members have quite a lot of trust in the company’s decisions, so we decided to believe in them for now.

We also listened to several other tracks chosen as B-sides and candidate songs, continuing our discussion for a long time.

Honestly, while I’m still ambiguous about the title track, the B-sides were perfect beyond needing any comment.

The quality improved significantly from our last album, and the songs had sufficient charm and character while perfectly showcasing Flora’s unique elegance and classic style.

The more I listened to the songs, the more I began to look forward to this comeback.

“That concludes the meeting. Everyone worked hard for a long time, and let’s work hard once again.”

“Yes!”

The meeting ended in a positive atmosphere.

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A few days later, after the meeting, I had more things to think about.

This is Flora’s first comeback since successfully announcing our return through the special clip after briefly stumbling due to controversy.

Even aside from that, it’s now time for Flora to establish our concept and position.

‘Hmm…’

No matter how I think about it, I can’t guarantee the title track will be a commercial success.

It’s the epitome of ‘I was ambiguous about it at first, but now I find myself only listening to this song.’

It might be somewhat divisive in taste.

It’s not a song that immediately grabs you like 【Blooming】.

Of course, I personally like the song itself.

‘I’m not really one for taking risks…’

Normally, I might have thought, ‘Alright, let’s just trust the staff and go with it.’

But right now, there’s a mission at stake.

Can this song really break through the invisible ceiling and soar? Even after listening repeatedly, I’m still not sure.

I played the song once more and fell into thought.

Even listening again, it’s my taste, and I’ve actually already reached the point where I frequently sing along to it.

While listening to the song and watching the sunset pouring through the window, I turned my head slightly.

[Would you like to use 1 Talent Recruitment Ticket?]

I fell into contemplation looking at the system window floating before my eyes.

‘So now I should start using this.’

The Talent Recruitment Ticket I received as a reward for completing the fifth mission.

Where should I use this to make the best use of it?

The most likely candidate was a famous composer, but the title track and B-sides are already decided.

More importantly, the composition and lyric writing team that CEO Kim Ja-in assembled is good, and even without the talent recruitment ticket, there shouldn’t be any problem getting good songs now.

Choreographer On I-seul, who helped us a lot recently while preparing the special clip.

Since we had great chemistry working with her, I considered using it on On I-seul, but she also doesn’t really need the talent recruitment ticket…

‘She said she wanted to work with our team often.’

On I-seul really liked working with us too.

It seems like we’ll be able to work with her frequently even without the recruitment ticket.

So where would be good to use this?

‘Where do I need to use it most right now?’

A comeback that will gain enough buzz and popularity to break through the invisible ceiling.

The title track has strong addictive qualities the more you listen, but for a comeback that’s supposed to be the talk of the town, for Flora, isn’t this easy-listening track a bit weak on first listen?

The company is probably thinking of drawing initial attention through visuals and concept.

And they’ll probably want to do aggressive marketing targeting overseas fans who are starting to respond, using this comeback as a turning point.

“Hmm…”

After pondering for a moment, I turned on YouTube and started watching other singers’ music videos one after another.

Considering our staff’s intentions, if I make the best choice I can, this would probably be the best option.

I stared intently at the music video director’s name carved near the very end of the music video and drank my coffee that had gone cold while thinking.

Director Jang Jak-so.

I’d never paid attention to him before, but after looking him up a bit, he turned out to be a surprisingly famous director.

He’s a director who’s quite good at capturing emotions like dreaminess, haziness, and wistful memories, and according to the information, he’s participated in producing countless music videos from famous groups under major agencies to idols just starting to make their mark.

An unrealistic sensibility as if he extracted the happiest memories from dreams and captured them directly in music videos.

He’s a director who has a consistent unique sensibility in every music video he produces, yet you can see he’s tried many different things as the years have passed.

If we could recruit this person, wouldn’t he become someone who could create our own unique sensibility while bringing out Flora’s image well?

Thinking that, I sent a message to Kim Ja-in.

First, before using the talent recruitment ticket, it would be better to meet him directly and assess what kind of person he is.

I need to confirm whether he and Flora would be a good match, and what he thinks about Flora.

Most importantly, our team staff’s opinion is what matters most.

Since I’ve informed Kim Ja-in about Jang Jak-so, whether we’ll have a meeting with Jang Jak-so will soon be decided based on Kim Ja-in’s opinion.

I closed the system window in front of me and stared blankly at the sunset again.

The dormitory was very quiet.

Han Da-min went to work on music, and Ha-young and Ra-eun went to take dance lessons from the morning.

Song-i would be resting quietly in her room.

While I was enjoying such quiet leisure, my phone rang.

‘Han Da-min?’

I immediately pressed the call button.

“Yeah, unnie.”

-Princess, are you at the dormitory?

“Yeah, I’m at the dormitory. Why?”

-If you’re bored, want to come to the studio? No, just come. I have something to discuss.

“Why, is the work not going well?”

-Terribly. You need to come listen. I need fresh ears.

“Got it. Should I bring anything?”

-I ordered tteokbokki delivery. Just come. Who’s at the dormitory?

“Song-i. Should I bring her?”

-Would she come? If you can bring her by mentioning tteokbokki, bring her, and if she says no, leave her be.

I hung up the phone and headed to Song-i. When I knocked on Song-i’s room door, I soon heard rustling sounds followed by an indifferent voice.

“What?”

I slightly opened the door and poked just my head in to speak to Song-i.

“Song-i, Da-min unnie called me to go to the studio. Want to come with me? Unnie ordered tteokbokki.”

Song-i stared at me intently, then put down the mobile phone she had been looking at.

“Are there other unnies at the dormitory?”

“No, they all went out and it was just the two of us.”

Song-i let out a deep sigh, then despite that, quickly got dressed and prepared to go out.

“As expected, you really love tteokbokki.”

“It’s my last tteokbokki before comeback preparations.”

Song-i said curtly as she took the lead heading toward the studio.

“Alright, let’s go.”

I followed her footsteps.

The studio set up within the company building.

It was a place for all FLORA members who wanted to do music production work, but recently it had just been called Han Da-min’s studio.

“Unnie, we’re here.”

When I knocked, Han Da-min soon opened the door and stepped aside.

“Come in.”

“Unnie, why did you die in just half a day?”

“…Just eat the tteokbokki. I’ve heard the song so much that I seriously don’t even know what song it is anymore.”

She had locked herself in the studio saying she’d try putting one of her own songs as a B-side track, and it seemed her ears had worn out.

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