The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 252

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The company interior was bustling. Everyone seemed extremely excited about the long-awaited comeback and the positive response.

Naturally heading toward Kim Ja-in, I stopped in my tracks.

‘Now isn’t quite the right timing.’

Everyone had worked hard until the comeback, and they’d just made their comeback and caught their breath, so discussing the next schedule already seemed too early.

The staff would need time to rest too.

‘Right, let’s not do it now.’

It’s not something that needs to be handled urgently anyway, so I shouldn’t be tactless while everyone’s celebrating.

I’ll just raise a toast with the members and spend time checking the song’s response.

It was when I was about to turn around and head back to the dormitory.

“Ah, yes yes. I’ve confirmed it. Then could you organize what we discussed on the call and send it to me by email?”

Kim Ja-in’s voice could be heard from somewhere.

“Oh…”

As expected, Kim Ja-in was working.

Well, from the CEO’s perspective, rather than feeling relieved about a successful comeback, she’d want to bring in as much work as possible with this opportunity.

I hesitated for a moment then headed toward Kim Ja-in.

“CEO.”

“Hm? …Ah, it’s Ji-ye.”

Kim Ja-in greeted me with a face that somehow looked like her soul was half gone.

“Why did you come up? I thought you’d be busy comforting the members since you made your comeback.”

“Comforting the members?”

“Aren’t Ra-eun and Ha-young crying?”

I shook my head at Kim Ja-in who asked as if it were obvious.

“They’re not crying yet. They’re busy watching the music video on repeat. They’re scheduled to cry soon.”

When I joked around, Kim Ja-in let out a weak chuckle and said.

“So why did you come up? Do you have something to tell me?”

“No. It’s not that I have something to say…”

She looks extremely busy even without me, so let’s not bother saying it.

…The moment I thought that, Kim Ja-in immediately noticed my expression and opened her mouth.

“Did you come because you want to be briefed on the schedule?”

“Yes, I wanted to hear if there are any schedules decided other than music shows.”

“Hmm…”

Kim Ja-in chewed her lips as if pondering.

‘Is there too much to explain right now?’

Looking at her expression, it seems like there might be some important information to convey.

“But you look busy, so I’ll hear it during the meeting.”

“Will you?”

Kim Ja-in smiled weakly.

“There’s something still under discussion. For now, will you go down to the practice room and practice with the members? I’ll tell you at the meeting once it’s decided.”

It seems like some really important schedule has been arranged. Usually she tells me various things in progress since I’m someone with a foot in management.

Is it a schedule related to the big event mentioned in the mission?

I nodded with strange anticipation.

“Yes, understood. Then I’ll see you later. Oh, you look very tired. Please take care of yourself and rest while working.”

“Right, thanks.”

As soon as Kim Ja-in finished speaking, she answered a phone call that came at perfect timing and disappeared somewhere.

“She really seems busy.”

I wonder what kind of busy activities are coming that she’s running around like that.

I watched where Kim Ja-in had disappeared for a moment then returned to the practice room.

“Oh my…”

When I returned to the practice room, as expected, Min Ha-young and Seo Ra-eun were shedding tears profusely.

“Everyone really worked so hard…”

“Sniff, we, we worked hard. I’m really glad it turned out well…”

And the remaining three people including me watching them.

“…”

“…”

‘They’re crying that much?’

No one opened their mouth, but we could tell through eye contact alone that we all had the same thoughts.

I mean, we did worry a lot and had a hard time preparing in various ways, but honestly compared to the debut album, the emotional drain wasn’t that big.

Of course, we did fight a fierce media battle over Song-i’s parents’ issue, but even that was mainly hard on Song-i and the company staff, while the rest of the members just worried.

Since the preparation process was extremely smooth, I honestly don’t understand crying to that extent…

“Girls, why are you crying like this? Don’t cry, just be happy. Okay?”

I followed Han Da-min who was skillfully comforting them and comforted the members.

It seems I’m also becoming skilled at comforting members now.

“Anyway, everyone worked hard. But let’s not completely let our guard down.”

At my words, Han Da-min nodded and added.

“Right, exactly. The activities are just beginning, so let’s steel our hearts and work hard on activities.”

Fortunately, perhaps because an atmosphere of everyone crying together didn’t form, the two stopped crying quickly.

Min Ha-young stood up and said in a voice still mixed with moisture.

“Sniff… Let’s practice…”

We busily got into formation.

I’m glad the members are practice bugs.

The dampening atmosphere completely disappeared as soon as practice started.

Now two days until the music show appearance.

There’s no time to cry, be happy, and enjoy the afterglow.

Because the activities are really just beginning now.

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The next day, while we were concentrating on practice as usual, we were suddenly called to the conference room.

The conference room atmosphere was more solemn than usual, and Kim Ja-in, who always wore a smile, was looking only at her notebook without any trace of laughter, maintaining yesterday’s expression of having her soul half gone.

…Could it be that the important matter I anticipated yesterday wasn’t good news?

I haven’t seen such a serious expression since Song-i’s parents’ incident.

The other members seem to be the same as me, as everyone is keeping their mouths tightly shut and just reading the room.

Hmm, but the staff’s expressions aren’t entirely serious either.

I can’t get a grasp on it at all.

Then, Kim Ja-in belatedly noticed our gazes and hurriedly changed her expression.

“Ah. Sorry, sorry. I was just thinking about something for a moment.”

“Um, CEO. Do you have any worries by any chance?”

At Seo Ra-eun’s cautious question, Kim Ja-in shook her head.

“No. What worries would I have? This album’s response is so good! The initial sales are amazing!”

Only when the topic of album performance came up did Kim Ja-in regain her smile.

The tension in the conference room finally began to ease little by little.

“There were parts to coordinate regarding future schedules and plans to add, so I’ve been busy in various ways. Haha.”

Ah, that’s a relief.

Her expression was bad because she was really busy and tired.

“So before we begin the meeting in earnest.”

Kim Ja-in stood up from her seat.

And in the quiet conference room atmosphere, she slowly bowed her head.

“Everyone, you’ve really worked hard to get to today. I’m relieved as the CEO that 【GISS】 will be able to achieve good results as much as we’ve worked hard, and I’m filled with rewarding and grateful feelings.”

“Everyone worked hard!”

Everyone in the conference room encouraged each other with applause.

Everyone must have been really struggling, as it feels like it’s been truly ages since I’ve seen such bright expressions.

“Please take care of us going forward, and now let’s begin the meeting.”

Since it was the day right after the album release and our first music show was scheduled for tomorrow, there was a lot of content we needed to receive in the meeting.

Kim Ja-in briefed us starting with our album and music source performance and expected trends, informing us of our positive situation.

“At this rate, we expect you’ll smoothly climb to the upper ranks even on the Hot 100 chart based on domestic streaming sites. If we aggressively expand recognition using short-form content like challenges starting tomorrow, even 1st place could be…”

When the long briefing filled with pride and satisfaction came to an end, Min Ha-young cautiously raised her hand.

“CEO. I have something I’m curious about, may I ask?”

“Of course! Ask away. What are you curious about?”

“You said our performance is completely good. Then is 1st place on Popboard Korea also possible?”

…I wondered why she was suddenly asking that, then I suddenly remembered the 1st place promise we made with fans before.

We had agreed to fulfill a promise together if we got 1st place on Popboard Korea.

Since we thought the hurdle was high for that chart, it was something we brought up half-jokingly.

But listening to CEO Kim Ja-in’s briefing, I’m thinking, huh? If the trend continues, might it be possible?

Then CEO Kim Ja-in smiled very positively instead of giving a confident answer, and immediately moved on to the next topic.

“Next, I’ll tell you about the variety show schedule for this promotional period.”

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