The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 257

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As we continued our activities without rest, time flowed by just as quickly.

During this time, we were still making rounds on music shows and filming challenges with almost every celebrity we met, continuing our internal promotion.

The extraordinary chart performance kept reaching new highs day by day, finally achieving Flora’s first TOP100 #1 ranking.

Countless filming sessions and interviews followed, including our own content ‘Welcome to the Garden’, and we heard new updates every single day.

Days of getting high on dopamine and resolving to work even harder.

As time passed like this, before we knew it, it was the release date of our first self-produced content.

“I think they’re releasing it much earlier than expected. I thought they’d film at least one or two more episodes before putting it out.”

“Maybe the company knows this is the timing when they need to release it quickly, even if it means grinding their souls? Unnie, did you hear our YouTube views are increasing tremendously?”

At my question, Han Da-min smiled softly and nodded.

“They do say overseas viewers are watching much more than before. Same with the new album.”

We could just purely celebrate thinking we had great success this time.

Whether it was because of our past failure experience, or because success itself still didn’t feel familiar, instead of being happy, I habitually tried to analyze the reasons for our success.

“Cute, so cute.”

“What?”

I chuckled and leaned slightly against her shoulder as she refreshed our YouTube channel, turning on my phone.

Actually, these days my phone has been quite quiet since the company has been doing such good work.

When controversies or incidents used to break out every other day, both my mind and phone felt like they would explode.

But now during our busiest period, it’s quiet – I don’t know if I should call it ironic or refreshing.

“Hmm…”

The problem is that even Reporter Choi Gyo-young, whom I asked for information to find out about the unfortunate idol, has also been quiet.

‘When will he get a lead.’

Well, I did ask him to look into something too broad and vague, and Reporter Choi Gyo-young probably doesn’t know what exactly I want to find out, so he must be struggling with selecting information.

Or maybe he hasn’t found anything yet.

‘But…’

The spacious, luxurious high-rise building I saw in my dream.

If it’s someone who lives in such a place, and if by any chance they fell from there and committed suicide as in the dream content. Under the condition that they’re someone from the same entertainment industry, would it really be that hard to find?

‘I’m not sure.’

Of course, right now we’re in the middle of activities, so even if I found out, it’s not a situation where I could pay attention to it, and it’s not really urgent either.

Still, if even Reporter Choi Gyo-young can’t find out, it becomes a bit of a headache.

He’s the person with the best information network limited to the entertainment industry, and someone who stakes his life on money and stops at nothing – he can’t find this?

Then realistically, it would be hard to find, and I’d have no choice but to rely solely on information given by the system.

“Oh, it’s up.”

The worries I’d briefly fallen into while looking at my phone with nothing on it quickly disappeared at Han Da-min’s words.

On the YouTube channel displayed large on the TV screen, a new video had been uploaded.

“Kyaaaah! I’m nervous. What do we do!”

Han Da-min hugged me and shook me, then called out loudly to gather the members.

“What? It’s up? Wait! Don’t start yet! I’m bringing snacks!”

“Unnie, wait a moment!”

Min Ha-young and Seo Ra-eun rushed to the living room carrying snacks.

Though the snacks were just chunks of cucumber cut up due to weight management.

From a distance, Song-i walked slowly while on her phone, stopping in front of the curtains.

“Should I draw the curtains? Isn’t this a horror special.”

Then Min Ha-young shook her head in horror.

“Absolutely not! Don’t draw the curtains and don’t turn off the lights! Just come quickly, Song-i.”

Song-i mocked Min Ha-young like that and came over to sit lightly on the sofa.

“It’s not like real ghosts appear, we just played hide-and-seek.”

“Ahhh! Don’t mention that word!”

For reference, Min Ha-young shudders just hearing the ‘gh’ in ‘ghost’.

I knew she was timid, but I only found out it was to this extent after filming the self-content together.

“Alright, girls. Now shh! Let’s be quiet. Should I play it now?”

Han Da-min finally calmed down the members who had been chattering even after the upload and played the video.

Min Ha-young and Choi Song-i, who had been bickering, also quieted down and the members began focusing on the video.

An opening video edited with our activities to music taken from part of our title song 【GISS】 played, and soon.

“Ahhh!”

“Oh my, what a surprise!”

Min Ha-young screamed loudly.

The members looked at Min Ha-young in surprise and reproach.

On screen, there was just our music video and the abandoned building that was our first self-content filming location, processed with much darker and gloomier CG.

“Why are you doing that! You scared us!”

“Someone please cover Ha-young’s mouth. You know, Ha-young. There wasn’t anything particularly scary during our filming.”

At Han Da-min’s words, Song-i chuckled and muttered.

“Right. The only scary thing was Ji-ye unnie.”

Min Ha-young smiled awkwardly and lightly covered her view with a cushion.

What’s scary about that. I shook my head and focused on the video.

In the video, the self-content production staff naturally mixed in with the music video production staff, filming us in the middle of music video shooting as if it were a behind-the-scenes cam.

[Members showing off their professionalism while filming the MV, completely unaware of what’s about to happen!]

Along with subtitles previewing the upcoming events, sparkle effects and light words like ‘Cool!’, ‘Wow!’, ‘Pretty!’ were plastered all around the filming members.

Probably because it’s self-produced content that only fans would watch, it seems to have about three times more fawning than regular broadcasts.

As the members’ appearances began to show, even the noisy Min Ha-young started quietly watching the video.

[What on earth will happen to them today!]

And the full view of the abandoned building appeared again with cracking and flashing eerie CG processing.

Shortly after, the screen changed to the scene after the music video filming ended.

We were applauding and telling the production staff they worked hard. Though we looked quite tired, we were harmoniously about to go outside when.

-…Huh?

Just like that day, our Day Entertainment staff blocked the building entrance.

-What’s this?

-What’s this situation all of a sudden?

-Do we have something else left to do?

In the sudden situation, the members looked at the staff in confusion.

“Wow, look how dumbfounded we look. Our expressions came out so stupid. Ha!”

Han Da-min laughed and shook my shoulder, and small laughter broke out among the members who had been quietly watching.

But we couldn’t help it. At that time, we were feeling relieved that everything was over and only thinking about going home to wash and sleep.

Especially Min Ha-young’s expression, who had been scared to be in that building throughout the filming, was the highlight.

-Let’s get out quickly. I’ve been waiting to get out of this building since earlier!

However, even when told to leave quickly, the staff didn’t budge and just smiled, so the members gradually began to notice something was strange.

-Why is everyone like this? The staff’s expressions are a bit weird.

-Please at least say something, can’t you?

At that moment the screen switched and showed the self-content team camera’s perspective rushing in between the staff blocking the entrance.

And looking at our surprised faces, the production staff said.

-From now on, you will start filming Flora’s second variety show [Welcome to the Garden] here.

From my memory, I think we were horrified at those words.

The tremendous fatigue from music video filming, plus unexpected self-content filming at this gloomy location.

Because of that, I remember we had quite negative reactions, but fortunately those parts were all edited out and the production staff’s explanation continued right away.

-It’s a very sudden start, but we should tell you the first theme of Welcome to the Garden, right?

-This is really too sudden?

-Yes, the first theme is. It’s also the title of your second mini album title song, right? 【GISS】. Then shall we start right away? The first corner is. Midnight hide-and-seek.

And the screen immediately switched to a colorful page containing explanations about the game.

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