The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 269

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“Haha…”

A strange smile formed, half bewilderment and half genuine amusement mixed together.

I had no idea this video even existed.

The video, about a minute and thirty seconds long, came to an end.

Grandfather covering Flora. This unimaginable video was short but powerful.

I didn’t even know what kind of reaction I had shown.

As I stared blankly at the already stopped screen, still feeling the afterglow, the CEO asked me.

“Ji-ye, have you ever seen this video before?”

“No. Not at all. I really had no idea.”

At my answer, the CEO smiled and explained to me how this video came to be shown to me.

It turned out I was the only one who didn’t know about this video.

A video of Hong Jin Enterprise’s chairman cheerfully singing his granddaughter’s group’s song.

Come to think of it, there’s no way this wouldn’t become an issue.

The original video, as well as many edited short-form versions, circulated widely and became famous enough to become a meme. Even Hong Jin Enterprise’s SNS actively utilized the issue by replying to posts about the video.

‘Right, if it became that famous, it would be worth showing me.’

They must have been curious. What kind of reaction would I, both family and the original artist, show when seeing this.

“Ji-ye, what did you think of this video?”

“First of all, I was incredibly shocked when I saw it. At first, I watched it thinking, what on earth is this?”

I even covered my mouth while explaining how truly surprised I was.

“Usually this person isn’t like this at all. He’s extremely stern and I used to get scolded a lot by him. But seeing him like this, in this way, wow…”

As I laughed and shook my shoulders with a face that showed I couldn’t continue speaking, the CEO laughed joyfully and said.

“Does the Chairman usually keep a close eye on Flora’s activities?”

“Oh, actually I only found out about it recently too. At first, it’s true that he viewed it unfavorably, and he thought I was unreliable. I have two older brothers…”

“I know, I know.”

“Yes, my brothers are the type who do well on their own without being told. Plus, I thought Grandfather originally wasn’t very interested in music.”

“Does the Chairman usually not listen to music much?”

“Actually, I’m not sure. He’s so busy that I can’t see him that often either. But one day when I went home, the dining table that was in the cafeteria had been moved to the middle of the living room.”

I began to briefly tell the episode that had happened before.

When the story came out that the reason for moving the dining table to the living room to watch TV comfortably was Grandfather’s instruction to monitor me.

“Wow, the Chairman did that?”

The CEO listened to my story with fascinated eyes.

“I was surprised too. Oh right, and also…”

I briefly told the story of how Grandfather bought albums even for his acquaintances when we were alone together to get autographs, wrapping up the conversation.

After the reaction filming was finished and a short break, the interview filming began right away.

The interview was simply looking at the camera and briefly answering questions from the production staff.

For example, what I brought in my bag today, which song from the album I like most, and strange questions like going to a sauna with Han Da-min VS going to an escape room game with Min Ha-young.

“Cut! Great work. Let’s take a short break and then go into the live performance!”

“…”

What? Why is this filming so comfortable?

I tilted my head as I left the set studio with a half-puzzled expression.

It was filming at a one-take level, to the point where I thought it might air almost as the original without editing.

‘At this rate, it’ll end much faster than the estimated time the Writer told me?’

They estimated it would take at least three hours. The pure filming time so far, excluding break time, was maybe about 30 minutes?

No, it wasn’t.

After the first take of the live filming ended, I immediately realized.

Ninety percent of the estimated time gets consumed during the live performance.

The CEO’s expression itself changes completely.

Unlike during the interview when he smiled at whatever I said, throughout the live performance he had no trace of laughter, just staring at the camera, talking with the production staff, and quietly moving cameras repeatedly.

Then suddenly he’d change his expression, smile, and say to me.

“Ah, this is so good! Let’s change the camera position and shoot once more!”

There are so many cameras here. From insisting on moving camera positions to shoot more, I realized his passion for video quality.

And at the same time, I realized, ah, this won’t end easily.

Well, it wouldn’t make sense for a video of that quality to come out easily.

‘Still, two hours seems manageable.’

There’s something I realized while filming by directly hiring music video director Jang Jak-so.

It’s better to just quietly follow the opinions of people who have strong egos about their work but produce good results.

Thinking that way, I did everything the CEO wanted. Changed poses, changed angles, changed lighting.

Having to do the live performance multiple times was a bit of an ordeal though.

The song I chose this time was [Summer’s Nostalgia], a track from U&Da’s debut album.

It’s the only ballad song sung without technique among the jazz concept album.

A song called a hidden masterpiece among U&Da’s fans and listeners who enjoy idol music.

I predict it might be a song that references Start Plan, which was difficult but passionate at the time, and has now become a memory when I think about it.

I also liked it and had it in my playlist, so I came to cover it this time, but as expected of a U&Da song, it’s too difficult.

‘I didn’t realize when I was just listening to it.’

The emotions and technique were all equally difficult, and since it was a song with a different atmosphere from Flora, I felt my stamina draining with each performance.

I did that for two hours. It was like having a concert with just one song.

Still, adding up to my Choux Cream days, I’ve been a singer for almost 10 years, so my voice didn’t give out or get damaged, but repeatedly singing someone else’s song, not my own, was quite exhausting.

Still, somehow the filming came to an end.

“Ji-ye! You really worked hard today! Today’s footage will be uploaded sequentially after editing. Thank you for coming!”

“Thank you for inviting me. It was so much fun. Please call me again next time.”

“Oh! You promised! We’ll contact you first when Flora’s new album comes out!”

The production staff saw me off with warm conversation until the end.

I naturally took out my phone as I got in the car.

“Still, compared to other broadcasts, it does end quickly. Is your throat okay?”

Manager Seong Ji-soo immediately brought me water and started the engine.

“It was fun though? I want to do it again next time. But who would have thought Grandfather’s video would come up as a reaction video. Did you know about it, unnie?”

“I knew about it. Anyone who watches YouTube probably saw it. The Chairman seems to be more cheerful than expected.”

“No way…”

That can’t be. I shook my head and opened YouTube, searching for [Hong Jin Chairman Flora].

“Grandfather is such a stern person. I only get scolded every time I meet him. He’s really scary.”

Just looking at the thumbnail of ‘that video’ at the very top showing Grandfather holding a microphone was naturally funny.

I giggled and copied the video’s address to share with Ryu Jae-geum.

Ding!

Ryu Jae-geum

Hahahahahahahahaha

Ryu Jae-geum must have liked it too as he started laughing like crazy.

I smiled slightly and checked if there were any other messages before turning off my phone.

‘Today is incredibly peaceful.’

No, recently it seemed like these peaceful days were continuing.

The busy period was over and now album activities were gradually wrapping up.

Now there’s only one schedule left.

Once we finish the collaboration filming with the overseas artist who’s coming to Korea, we’ll enter concert preparation.

…At least officially. However.

‘Collaboration with an overseas artist.’

This activity, maybe the real thing starts from here.

Because the ‘big event’ mentioned in this mission hasn’t happened even now when activities are ending.

If that collaboration becomes the one invisible breakthrough that the mission speaks of.

We had to do our absolute best to seize that opportunity.

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