The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 254

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“I did see the article….”

“They’re coming to Korea? Both of them together? Why?”

When Min Ha-young, who had no idea about Cael Arden and Lyla Bale’s visit to Korea, asked, Han Da-min nudged her side and explained in a small voice.

“They filmed a movie together recently. ‘Aqua World’, I think. They’re probably coming to Korea to promote its domestic release.”

“Ah.”

Min Ha-young nodded as if understanding, then rolled her eyes around. Then she opened her mouth again.

“But why does that matter?”

At her question, the members all looked at Kim Ja-in in unison.

Right. But why does that matter?

I understand that Cael Arden and Lyla Bale are coming to Korea, but what does that have to do with us that she’s suddenly bringing it up here?

Kim Ja-in immediately continued speaking.

“The two of them decided to do various promotions while visiting Korea for publicity, and one of those things will be done together with us.”

“….”

“….”

For a moment, silence fell over the conference room.

And after a brief pause.

“…Excuse me?”

“With us? Why?”

“So suddenly like this?”

“We don’t have any connection with them, do we?”

This is such an unexpected schedule and meeting, isn’t it?

When the members couldn’t hide their bewilderment and stared at Kim Ja-in, she shrugged her shoulders as if asking what the problem was.

“When have we ever scheduled things because we had connections?”

“No, that’s not what I mean….”

The other party is just too unexpected….

‘Why would those people suddenly schedule something with us out of nowhere?’

Seeing the members frozen speechless, Kim Ja-in finally kindly explained the situation.

“Actually, it’s not like Cael Arden and Lyla Bale knew about us and wanted to collaborate. The broadcasting side that they’re appearing on scouted us and planned the collaboration.”

“Ah. …What?”

What did I just hear?

The members started stirring again.

Han Da-min asked in shock.

“Are we really going to appear on a broadcast together with them?”

Not just meeting and greeting at an event, but actually appearing on a broadcast together?

Why?

Everything from start to finish is full of questions. Seeing the members’ faces showing they couldn’t understand at all, Kim Ja-in made a gesture to relax and said.

“It’s not that burdensome content, so you don’t need to worry too much. Not all members will be appearing either.”

“Is it a TV broadcast?”

“No, it’s a YouTube music channel. Do you know [Today’s Song]?”

“Wow, we’re appearing there?”

The members’ expressions changed. [Today’s Song] is content that invites different singers each week to sing songs.

If there’s a characteristic, it’s that while singers who made comebacks generally appear, they don’t only sing new songs from their current activities.

Sometimes they sing new songs, but more often they sing that singer’s representative hit songs, songs requested by viewers, or even cover songs.

Occasionally they scout major singers or overseas stars who are hard to see on broadcasts, making you think ‘Why is this person here?’, and they’re also famous for showing unexpected duet combinations with comedians and actors.

It’s nice that we’re appearing on such content, but really, how did we end up appearing there with overseas star singers?

Is this another one of Kim Ja-in’s connections?

When I looked at Kim Ja-in, she chuckled and said reassuringly.

“Girls, it’s not such an artificial meeting – [Today’s Song] made the proposal first. When the other side asked who the most popular singer in Korea right now was, the production staff said it was us.”

Ah, so they scouted us aiming for publicity and buzz.

When the members finally properly understood the situation, Han Da-min asked.

“Then who’s appearing? You said earlier that not all members would appear.”

Kim Ja-in nodded.

“They said they only wanted someone to sing together with. So after discussing among the staff….”

The members pointed at me before Kim Ja-in even finished speaking.

“Ji-ye should do it. She’s our main vocal.”

At the members’ words, Kim Ja-in smiled lightly.

“Right. We also thought that for singing content, it’s definitely right to bring the member who’s in the main vocal position, so we decided to send Ji-ye.”

…Me? Well, of course looking at positions alone, it’s right for me to go, but I’m quite burdened too.

“Ryu Ji-ye, stop pretending to be burdened. I can see your lips twitching, you know?”

Ah, I got caught.

Actually, I’m a bit happy. These are superstars I never thought I’d meet in my lifetime.

“I’m really jealous…. I’m a Lyla fan.”

At Seo Ra-eun’s words, Han Da-min also agreed in a small voice.

“I would like to meet them in person once.”

“Ji-ye, when you come back, give us a review….”

How common is it to see famous Hollywood pop stars?

They’re singers whose songs are essential in our playlists too. I feel a bit sorry that only I get this opportunity.

At the members’ expressions, Kim Ja-in grinned and flipped through her notebook.

“But girls, you don’t need to be too disappointed. I heard that Lyla Bale plans to stay in Korea for a while even after the [Aqua World] promotion schedule.”

Following Kim Ja-in’s words, another employee spoke up.

“In Lyla Bale’s case, she knows that she’s been popular in Korea recently, so separate from the [Aqua World] Korea visit schedule, she plans to hold a concert.”

“A concert?”

The employee nodded.

“And Flora is scheduled to be invited as a guest singer to Lyla Bale’s concert.”

“…Huh? Really?”

“Yes, after hearing from the [Today’s Song] production staff that Flora is popular in Korea these days, she said she’d really like us to appear.”

“It’s just appearing as a concert guest singer, but other connections might develop from there, so let’s think of it as a good opportunity and do well.”

“Yes!”

“Of course, for now, rather than that, let’s focus on preparing for tomorrow’s music show.”

Kim Ja-in gestured for us to stand up.

“Our members are doing so well that there’s no content I need to give feedback on. Go and practice hard.”

“Thank you!”

I stood up with the members and left the conference room. As I did, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘But could this be the big event the system was talking about?’

Variety shows are regular schedules, so I’ll skip that.

Could our concert or the brief meeting with overseas pop stars be it?

‘Honestly, I don’t think it’s that level.’

Of course, both the concert and the schedule with overseas pop stars are good opportunities that Flora has never experienced before….

But this didn’t seem like such an important event for our future direction.

The concert is actually closer to just our own festival, and Cael Arden and Lyla Bale just needed popular Korean stars who could draw Korean audience response.

Literally a connection that would end after one performance.

“Hmm….”

I pondered briefly then gave up thinking and headed to the practice room.

‘I guess it hasn’t appeared yet.’

Well, a big event that could change Flora’s future wouldn’t come this quickly and immediately.

For now, let’s just focus on practicing for tomorrow’s first comeback broadcast.

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And the next day.

We arrived at UNET for our Countdown appearance.

A broadcasting station we hadn’t visited in a long time.

Was it the effect of Start Plan? For some reason, we felt a strange sense of warmth as if returning home as we entered the waiting room.

Finally, the beginning of our comeback activities. We wanted to compose ourselves a bit more before filming, but unfortunately there was no time for that.

Knock knock.

Just as we were about to put our luggage down on the waiting room sofa and sit, we heard knocking as if they had been waiting.

“They’re here. They came.”

We immediately lifted ourselves off the sofa and looked toward the door.

“Yes!”

That thing you have to do when you come to music shows, running around breathlessly. Challenges.

During 【Bloom】, we had to earnestly go around asking for challenges, but in just half a year, juniors who come to us had appeared.

Most were teams we hadn’t even heard the group names of because we were busy preparing for our comeback, but the team coming in now was a group with very deep ties to us.

“Excuse us!”

Even before entering, the members’ faces brightened with joy.

The members entering the waiting room with energetic greetings were connected through Start Plan, the U&DA members who had recently finished a successful debut.

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