The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 24

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 24

Anyway, setting aside the group name, that perfectly synchronized greeting was impressive.

We should coordinate our greeting next time too.

“Hello. We are FLORA!”

“Hello. FLO…RA!”

“Ah, hello.”

Oh dear, nothing matched at all.

After shouting out our group name with the members – still unfamiliar on our tongues and completely off in timing – I pointed to Han Da-min in the distance with a regretful expression.

“Sorry. We wanted to greet you all together, but our leader is away for a moment.”

“No, no! It’s totally fine! We just came over to say hello.”

The member who seemed to be I MEET U’s leader skillfully led the conversation, asking about auditions and the training camp.

Since they were so friendly, our Min Ha-young, who transforms into an extreme extrovert once her shyness disappears, quietly stepped forward.

“I actually know Elisha! From Love Me Idol before!”

“Oh! I actually know Ha-young too! We auditioned together!”

“You remember!”

“Wow!”

Giggling and chattering. The extroverts were doing great laughing and talking together.

“How old are you, Ha-young? You are Ha-young, right? I totally know your name too!”

“Ah, yes that’s right! I’m twenty this year. This friend here too!”

Min Ha-young wrapped her arm around my shoulder and pushed me forward. The I MEET U members didn’t miss this opportunity and gave hearty exclamations with thumbs up.

“Wow, amazing. Totally beautiful.”

“Haha, thank you.”

They beamed and pushed two of their own group members forward.

“We’re twenty too! Same age!”

Then, without any signal being sent, Min Ha-young and the two members squealed and jumped up and down together.

I guess being the same age makes them happy. Of course, I was caught in the middle of those jumping members.

I didn’t jump.

How can they be so bright? Though it is an age where even rolling leaves would make them happy.

Unfortunately, since I’m a fake twenty-year-old, I just stayed still, but apparently just mingling with them without backing away earned me favor.

“Want to exchange numbers? Ah, do you have your mobile phone?”

“No, we don’t have them right now, sob!”

“Ah, is it prohibited?”

“No! It’s not prohibited, but we have to give them to our manager during filming.”

I MEET U complained about not seeing their phones throughout practice, then wrapped up the conversation while glancing at a staff member holding a camera that was probably their behind-the-scenes camera.

“We’re really, really looking forward to it! Fighting on your rehearsal!”

“Yes! You too, I MEET U!”

Admirably, Min Ha-young, who had already become best friends with the I MEET U members, arbitrarily intertwined her fingers with mine and showed a joint fist.

I MEET U waved cheerfully and disappeared for their rehearsal.

The shy yet energetic I MEET U went on stage for rehearsal and presented a quite sultry jazz-style performance.

Hmm…

Regardless of whether that concept suited them or not, their skills were good.

“Look at that vocal tone. The intro part is no joke…”

“Right.”

While Min Ha-young and I were talking as we watched I MEET U’s rehearsal.

“Excuse me, hello.”

Someone else approached us.

Geez, why does everyone come looking for us when Han Da-min is away?

I habitually put on a smile and turned my head, then paused.

Several members of Team E were looking at us awkwardly.

Frozen? Rather than that, maybe slightly anxious expressions? Anyway, they looked somewhat uncomfortable.

This time too, the members stuck close to my side and I smiled and greeted them.

“Hello.”

“Um, you’re F Team, right? I don’t know the group name yet…”

The person speaking was probably Team E’s leader.

And from what I heard, Team E’s leader is the same age as Ryu Ji-ye and Min Ha-young.

Our side has all adults except for the youngest Choi Song-i, with some members even in their mid-twenties.

But unlike us, I heard Team E has a much lower age range.

Sure enough, the members who came with her all looked very young and innocent.

I was certain that except for the leader, they were all definitely minors.

‘Come to think of it, what’s Team E’s group name?’

As soon as the curiosity arose, I opened my mouth.

“We’re FLORA. It’s a shame we never ran into each other at the dormitory. I wanted to become friends.”

“Ah…”

‘Huh? What was that just now?’

Just as I thought their reaction was somehow awkward, Team E’s leader acted like she knew me.

“Um, you’ve never seen me? I’ve seen Ji-ye at the dormitory before.”

“Me?”

“No. Ah, you decided on FLORA as your group name? It’s really pretty. We’re, um…”

The leader spoke in a small voice as if muttering.

“First… Grade.”

“First Grade?”

“Yes, meaning fresh like freshmen…”

“…Wow!”

Wow. Here was a group name even worse than I MEET U?

I heard Team E also filmed with one writer. Isn’t that too carelessly chosen?

Not knowing what reaction would be good, I rolled my eyes then smiled brightly.

“I see! That’s a nice name.”

It’s not disappointing, and the meaning is good, so whatever.

Thinking about it, it seems like a name that could occasionally appear among actually debuted girl groups too.

Now how should I wrap up this conversation?

Should I just ask how the training camp was?

While I was pondering the next conversation, the member presumed to be First Grade’s leader glanced back at the members who weren’t here, then suddenly stepped backward and pulled back.

“Ah, yes yes. Then good luck with your rehearsal.”

“Yes? Ah, yes!”

I was flustered by the sudden end to the conversation and bowed my head saying goodbye.

What? What was that, really? Did they just come to ask about our group name? It seemed like they had something to say.

I tilted my head watching them hurriedly return to the waiting area, then turned my head to shift my gaze to the stage.

Let’s not stare for no reason. There are cameras everywhere, I might get analyzed.

After I MEET U, First Grade went up on stage for rehearsal.

And shortly after.

“FLORA, rehearsal will begin.”

With the production staff’s voice echoing through the venue, we headed up to the stage.

Our rehearsal began.

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“FLORA is F Team, right? All these names are so confusing.”

Performance Director Kim Kyung-hoon frowned deeply as he checked the trainees coming up on stage.

It would have been more distinctive and better if they had just called them Team A and Team B during the competition.

Trying to memorize group names on top of bringing trainees whose faces and names didn’t even match yet was too much for his rigid mind to accept.

“FLORA, FLORA.”

Director Kim repeated the group name a few more times before grumbling.

“Yeo-jin, didn’t you make the name too complicated?”

“Wow, Director. You’re getting annoyed over a name I came up with? What’s so difficult about it? It’s only three syllables.”

The person who finds even those three syllables too bothersome to memorize is right here.

Director Kim chuckled and said.

“I absolutely won’t memorize it until they become famous. I only recently memorized Sierra because it’s Yu-hwa’s group.”

“No, Director. You’ll memorize their names by the end of today.”

Son Yeo-jin said with confidence.

It wasn’t because she handpicked the members herself, nor because she named the group.

“They’re really good. They’re so skilled that you’d think they were a debut group at first glance.”

More than half of them have stage experience, and the rest are overflowing with star quality to an unusual degree—a balance-breaking group when you look at the division.

Four out of five members have broadcasting experience, the so-called ‘Older Sister Team.’

Even during practice, the skill gap with Team E, which was like the younger sister team, was considerable enough to be worrying.

Moreover, they were such precious children who even created screen time by having power struggles over parts right from the start.

Adding various rumors and controversies, they might become as much of a hot topic as May Rookie, the SU Entertainment trainee, or U&DA from MN, which was produced by Rena, South Korea’s top solo artist.

‘Though I can’t guarantee whether it’ll be good or bad publicity.’

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