The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 25

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 25

“Hello. We are FLORA. Please take care of us!”

Listening to their greeting, Director Kim picked up the microphone with a bored expression.

“Then let’s start the rehearsal.”

And Sierra’s song [Horizon]’s MR began playing.

The members on stage started moving into formation according to the music.

“Those kids are really like pros, ah, they are pros, they’re good.”

As soon as it started, Son Yeo-jin let out an exclamation of admiration.

The choreography for the intro, which is said to be the most chaotic part of this song.

Even Sierra, the original artist, is famous for having clips circulate on the internet several times due to members not matching the choreography and getting criticized.

‘Is it because there are two members who dance well?’

This part seemed to be executed even more precisely than the original artist.

Choreography without a hint of clumsiness, expressions that matched the concept well.

No matter how well they do, trainee competitions usually show amateur signs of being unpolished, but perhaps because most of them have experience.

It was an intro where FLORA’s biggest characteristic, their proficiency, was clearly visible.

“Well, they are good.”

Kim Kyung-hoon said indifferently, and the director, who had been secretly admiring, turned his gaze to the member occupying the center.

“Who’s that one? She’s not from an audition show, that one.”

An amateur who participated as a complete beginner among members who would have stage experience, even if just through performances.

Nevertheless, there was a trainee who was showing her presence without any shortcomings.

“Huh?”

Son Yeo-jin’s gaze turned to where the director was pointing. Then she grinned.

“No way! But she’s good, right? Even in the audition, the judges unanimously passed her.”

“She dances well. Good at expressions too.”

“She dances well, but she sings even better.”

Dance, vocal, expression, even camera awareness – all perfect.

You’d expect an amateur to be intimidated among skilled members, but surprisingly, the member with the most distinct presence in FLORA was Ryu Ji-ye.

All the production staff who had been watching her from the audition venue to the training camp said so.

Rather, because she was an amateur among skilled performers, her abilities and presence stood out even more.

With a bit of exaggeration, she was undoubtedly the top talent that Start Plan could produce.

“Even if you combine all the debut group members, none of them sing as well as her.”

“Singing or whatever, that’s something you have to hear. But she has star quality.”

Usually kids like that become popular when they debut.

At the director’s muttering, Son Yeo-jin said with even more pride for some reason.

“I’m good at bringing in talent.”

“Always bragging about yourself till the end.”

“Haha.”

Though he spoke bluntly, Director Kim’s expectations rose slightly.

That bastard PD Do who submitted the proposal saying stimulation was the best, constantly babbling about individual trainees threatening the debut group trainees. So this must be what he meant.

And finally, the first part of the intro.

Both Director Kim Kyung-hoon and Writer Son Yeo-jin looked at the stage with expectant eyes.

Soon Ryu Ji-ye stepped back as Seo Ra-eun came forward and she began singing.

Hello my Sunset

Lifting these heavily settled eyelids

Won’t you look at me now?

I’m here. Your muse

“….”

At that moment, the director’s gaze turned languidly toward Son Yeo-jin.

“Ah….”

Son Yeo-jin let out a regretful sigh and glanced at Director Kim.

Director Kim said teasingly to her.

“Not great?”

“Haha….”

Son Yeo-jin laughed awkwardly.

“That friend does need to work a bit harder.”

It felt like the excitement that had risen in an instant was deflating. Why did they have to put Seo Ra-eun in the intro part?

I had seen and felt it several times during practice, but it was still disappointing.

She had been getting feedback since a week ago when parts were decided, but it still hadn’t been fixed.

All the other parts had developed, but only that intro part had come to today without any progress.

Even though mentor Yu-hwa had given permission, it wasn’t really my place to interfere, but it was a bit disappointing.

Since she was a carefully selected member, there was no problem with her skills at all, but wouldn’t another member have suited the intro part better?

Seo Ra-eun also knew she couldn’t pull it off and was making a sad expression.

Son Yeo-jin looked at Seo Ra-eun with a pitying heart.

“Yu-hwa will have to work hard to save that kid.”

If you asked what specifically Seo Ra-eun lacked, you could say confidence.

Her lack of confidence was immediately visible in her expression.

If Seo Ra-eun had been on a different team, she might not have noticed it. It was that minor of an issue, but unfortunately she was on the same team as Han Da-min, Min Ha-young, and Ryu Ji-ye.

According to the production staff, trainees who were in the top three overall for expressiveness.

Being with such members made her shortcomings even more noticeable.

It would have been much better if Ryu Ji-ye, or Han Da-min despite not matching her appearance, had taken the intro part.

That’s when it happened.

“Hmm…. It’s really not working out. As expected.”

“Ack! Oh, you scared me! Yu-hwa!”

When had she approached? Yu-hwa was standing next to them with a serious expression.

“What! You should make some noise when you arrive!”

“No, when we first confirmed it, I thought we could fix it in a week. But no matter how many times I point it out, there’s no change.”

Yu-hwa pouted. Seo Ra-eun wasn’t a member who ignored feedback or was stubborn.

But it seemed like even though she knew what needed to be fixed, she couldn’t help but get nervous when the intro part came.

“She gets better as it goes on, you know? She smiles prettily in the latter half. But only the intro is like that. What should we do about this.”

To Yu-hwa speaking as if it was regrettable, Director Kim said languidly.

“Try the rehearsal a few times, and if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.”

“Mm….”

Yu-hwa pouted once more.

What do you mean if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. It’s their first stage, we can’t have regrets preserved.

‘I don’t really want to hurt the kids if I can help it.’

Yu-hwa, who had been pondering while watching the stage, soon made a decision.

“Can we change parts if it doesn’t work after the rehearsal? Director.”

At her words, Writer Son Yeo-jin’s eyes sparkled. Then before the director could speak, she quickly said.

“Oh my! Of course you can! But the cameras will go in too, is that okay?”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work. We’ll end the rehearsal here.”

The director’s voice was heard.

Only then could we let out the breath we had been holding.

“Huff…whew….”

“Ugh….”

Was dancing under the lights always this exhausting?

‘I guess I have been pushing myself too hard.’

Who would have thought that just finishing the rehearsal would be this exhausting.

We stopped moving for a moment to catch our breath, then trudged into a line and bowed our heads.

“Thank you!”

Then we came down from the stage.

“…Ah, girls. Good work.”

“Yes.”

“….”

The atmosphere had changed quite a bit from before the rehearsal.

Wow, what should I do. If we do well, we’ll still fail. I unconsciously bit my lips from anxiety.

We did the rehearsal three whole times when it usually only happened twice at most.

There were many mistakes in other parts too, but the part that noticeably got pointed out every time was Seo Ra-eun’s intro part.

‘What should I do about this….’

Was I being naive to think it would be fixed within a week even if it was lacking?

I didn’t know her confidence would be this insufficient.

“Tsk….”

Ever since coming down from the stage, Seo Ra-eun couldn’t even make eye contact with the members and just stood there like a borrowed barley sack, anxiously wetting her lips.

She seems to feel a lot of pressure about the intro part, but we can’t change parts at this point.

It would be strange to suggest changing it too.

‘Even if it’s disappointing, do we have no choice but to give up on the intro part….’

It is quite a big problem since her vocalization freezes up as soon as she gets to the intro part.

Still, it’s not right to hurt a member we’ll have to work with going forward just because we want to create a perfect stage.

The intro part is important, but….

‘My choice was a mistake.’

Even if her face and atmosphere matched well with the song’s concept, I should have recommended someone more skilled in front of cameras.

Unless Seo Ra-eun is an incredible live performer, there’s almost no chance she’ll suddenly do well in the actual competition now that even the rehearsal is over.

Still, she does well in the chorus, so we have no choice but to aim for recovery there.

‘There’s nothing we can do about it.’

I was trying hard to shake off my disappointment about the perfect stage when it happened.

Ding!

“Huh?”

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