The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 231

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 231

Right now, at this very moment, I’m experiencing firsthand just how quickly a person’s heart can flip like turning over the palm of their hand.

Just 30 minutes ago, no, even 10 minutes ago, I was thinking that maybe it just wasn’t meant to be with Jang Jak-so.

But now floating before my eyes is already a system message asking whether I want to use the talent recruitment right.

It’s not simply because Jang Jak-so brought our album asking for autographs, or because I heard he was secretly hoping to work with us.

…Just through the brief conversation we had during those few minutes of signing the album, I was able to learn several facts about Jang Jak-so.

‘These guys are the real deal.’

These people are genuine otakus who are truly only interested in music, video content, and art.

First of all, Jang Jak-so isn’t a Flora fan.

He’s just one of the people in the same industry who has been watching our content with great interest.

He was greatly impressed by the scale and quality of Flora’s 【Blooming】 music video, and he said he had posted several favorable reviews on his personal blog and SNS.

“I especially liked 【Masterpiece】 among the album tracks. I remember you performed it on your debut stage.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I kept listening to it on repeat for a while after that. I found out I quite like that classic atmosphere. I didn’t know that about myself.”

Jang Jak-so, who had been the picture of a thorough businessman when discussing work-related matters with the team leader, became a completely different person once the atmosphere relaxed a bit.

His eyes sparkled as he talked about how impressed he was with our first album.

I was so embarrassed that modest words like “Oh no, not at all” and “Ah, it’s nothing special” came out naturally.

When I showed my embarrassment, Jang Jak-so’s staff members giggled and quietly approached to whisper.

“If you have time later, we’d recommend checking out the CEO’s blog. You might have already seen it though.”

“No, I didn’t know he had a blog. I did browse his SNS a bit though.”

“Really? The blog is more interesting. It has the 【Masterpiece】 music video storyboard and album reviews, so I think it would be good for you to take a look. It’s full of praise.”

My hand, which had been closing the pen cap after finishing the autograph, stopped abruptly.

“The 【Masterpiece】 music video storyboard?”

“Yes! The CEO really loved the song 【Masterpiece】. The day after its release, I’m not lying when I say he had 【Masterpiece】 on repeat all day long.”

The team leader and staff members quietly turned on their phones and started browsing something.

They were probably all looking at Jang Jak-so’s blog, especially the 【Masterpiece】 storyboard section.

I also immediately searched for the blog and browsed through several posts related to Flora.

From quite a while ago – though that’s a bit ambiguous – but anyway, he had been steadily reviewing Flora since our debut.

Analysis posts about Flora’s concept, reasons why we were bound to succeed, and Flora’s unique sensibility.

Personal views and reviews on our new album, music video, choreography, and the special clip that came out recently.

And the 【Masterpiece】 storyboard.

Since there were people in front of me, I only skimmed through it briefly, but seeing the 【Masterpiece】 storyboard made me want to work with him even more.

By the way, one more thing.

This person didn’t know that I’m the youngest daughter of Hongjin Group.

Just through our conversation, I realized he had no idea at all.

Even if he didn’t know personally, I thought he might have been tipped off through his staff, but he really didn’t know.

Probably his staff also knew that Jang Jak-so wasn’t very interested in such matters, so they didn’t tell him.

And here I was, thinking he was avoiding eye contact and acting awkward because he knew I was from Hongjin, but that wasn’t it.

He was just nervous because I was the original artist of songs he listened to every day.

Anyway, the fact that he knew about our Flora in such detail that he even analyzed us.

The fact that he already had test work in the form of a 【Masterpiece】 storyboard – for various reasons, I was quickly starting to like him.

I should work with him on this 【GISS】 project and then decide whether to use the talent recruitment right.

And shortly after, Jang Jak-so headed to lunch with the planning team, and I returned to the practice room.

“One, two, three! Well done! Song-i and Ra-eun step to the side! That’s right!”

In the practice room, practice was proceeding with an unprecedentedly bright atmosphere.

Observation cameras mounted all around the practice room walls, and staff members hiding in every corner and blind spot of the cameras, watching.

They said they had placed expectations, stakes, and various other things on this album, so the preparation process was different from when we prepared our debut album.

If we focused all our energy on perfectly preparing for debut with our debut album, this time it seemed like they were putting twice as much effort into marketing.

All of our preparation processes were being captured on camera.

Recording, practice, conversations during meals, scenes of us soaking our feet in ice water at the dorm while giving each other feedback, my work with Han Da-min, Ra-eun receiving separate dance lessons from Ha-young, and so on.

I’ve never filmed one, but isn’t this how documentary filming is done?

During our last debut show filming, it wasn’t to this extent, and observation cameras were only attached when filming specific content or in necessary situations.

The cameras that literally followed us around all day were uncomfortable at first, but I was gradually getting used to this too.

‘It feels like going back to the past.’

Back to when we were filming Start Plan.

Even the fact that we’re repeating practice, recording, practice, recording all day long has an atmosphere exactly like back then, but unfortunately, no one was welcoming it with joy.

“We’re doing this crap again!”

Han Da-min cried out lamentably while dancing to On I-seul’s count.

The pretty practice outfit she was wearing – whether it was training clothes or stage costume, I couldn’t tell – looked very uncomfortable.

Having cameras everywhere meant that even practice had to proceed like filming.

Normally, we would have just worn comfortable t-shirts and loose pants to focus on practice.

But having to wear uncomfortable clothes and even do makeup for filming was quite annoying.

Just how enthusiastically are they trying to promote us? I felt half excited, half uncomfortable.

Well, at least our energy was being maintained thanks to the cameras watching us.

When Han Da-min let out her playful lament and the members giggled in response, I casually joined the practice formation.

I tried to act naturally as if I had been there all along, but On I-seul and the members spotted me through the mirror and shouted loudly.

“Ryu Ji-ye is late!”

“Sixteen thousand won jackpot!”

“At this rate, Ryu Ji-ye will end up paying for everything by the time this album promotion ends, right?”

Min Ha-young and Han Da-min said while giggling.

How can they giggle and tease so steadily while dancing like that?

I smiled awkwardly and started doing the choreography.

Right.

I’ve been paying most of the lateness fees lately.

According to Flora’s principle that ‘there are no excuses for being late,’ we’ve decided to pay lateness fees whether we have meetings, unavoidable circumstances, or are sick – if we’re late, we pay.

The problem is that when one person is late, the next late person has to pay double the lateness fee as joint responsibility…

The lateness fee that started at 500 won kept multiplying and multiplying until it became sixteen thousand won.

I don’t particularly feel wronged since I paid everything from 500 won to sixteen thousand won.

‘Ah, Min Ha-young did pay once though.’

Usually due to meetings or aftermath from nightmares causing me to miss my alarm.

We agreed to blow all the collected lateness fees on delivery food when we finish our activities and give up on dieting.

“Alright everyone, let’s focus and practice!”

On I-seul drew the attention that had been directed at me back to herself and continued practice.

The choreography for 【GISS】.

It feels like the difficulty jumped about 3 times compared to 【Blooming】, where all movements flowed elegantly and brightly – honestly, without any particularly tough parts by my standards.

Since it’s a song reminiscent of twenty-pop, it’s a more hip choreography with more waves.

Since everyone felt the song was calm and lacking impact at first impression, more power was put into the choreography.

Most of all, the number of moves increased considerably, so it took some time to memorize.

Therefore, the formation is still a mess, and there are many cases where we mess up the choreography even when dancing well.

But even so, I liked this song’s choreography much more than 【Blooming】.

Because.

“Well done! Very well done!”

Despite the Flora members dancing in this messy formation, On I-seul was enthusiastically clapping and showering us with praise with a satisfied expression.

This song’s choreography was exactly the genre that Han Da-min, Min Ha-young, and I were best at.

It was perfect choreography optimized for the Flora members’ dancing habits.

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