The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 289

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The sudden appearance of five members drew all the eyes in the plaza to us in an instant.

At first, their expressions said “What are they doing?” That lasted for quite a while. However, as we skillfully matched formations and danced our choreography, the tightly packed crowd gradually stepped aside, and soon a space was created for us.

Did they just think we were a pretty good cover dance team? The people who had been cheering lightly soon realized our identity and their reactions began to change dramatically.

“Kyaaaah!”

“Flora!”

Cheers from people who recognized us could be heard from here and there.

Manager Seong Ji-soo was right.

Most of the people gathered in the plaza knew us and were extremely surprised and delighted by Flora’s appearance.

For me, it was truly amazing.

To think that in such a distant country with no connection, people would know us and dance to our songs while cheering.

Of course, it was a bit embarrassing and awkward since we were so close to the people.

When Flora’s 【GISS】 highlight part ended, the random play dance event that had been going well was temporarily stopped.

Our song wasn’t the last one, and it seemed they had paused the music for a moment to welcome us.

There were so many people in the plaza, this wasn’t our event at all, and we couldn’t communicate well in the language, so all we could do was wave and greet them.

“Thank you for welcoming us!”

“Enjoy this fun event!”

“Thank you for including Flora’s songs!”

It was a really good atmosphere.

Despite our sudden appearance, we were grateful that they recognized us, cheered at every word we said, yet didn’t approach us carelessly and maintained their distance.

We kept thanking them as we left the plaza.

Up until this point, we had no idea at all.

How much of a sensation our sudden and spontaneous action would create.

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News of our participation in the random play dance spread quickly and reached Day Entertainment across the ocean.

Really…

Really, it spread so quickly.

We got a call from Korea less than 30 minutes after leaving the plaza.

The random play dance event in the plaza was being broadcast live on YouTube, and the part where we appeared was made into clips that spread across various social media platforms.

Why on earth is Flora in the United States?

What are they doing in the United States?

Why did they suddenly appear at a random play dance held in the United States?

Combined with testimony from the event organizers that there had been no prior discussion, it became a kind of spoiler action.

Of course, Flora’s fans knew we were doing something in the United States – me and Cael Arden eating together, all of us traveling around sightseeing, fans following us to the hotel, and so on.

But what had only been known among our fans was now being picked up and spread by YouTuber gossip channels.

Along with very accurate speculation.

Just in case, Gu Beom-tae, please don’t spread rumors.

PD Gu Beom-tae

Yes

Are you going to publish an article?

Reporter Choi Gyo-young

Haha but everyone else already published them… It would be weird if only I didn’t…

Yes ㅠ I had no choice due to orders from above haha

Now it’s not even a vague spoiler anymore.

There’s no speculation about just having a meal to build friendship.

It’s just become an established fact that Cael Arden and Flora are doing something together, and articles have been published.

I’m not really sure if this is good or bad.

It’s a spoiler that came out too early, and there’s still a long time before the album comes out.

Even though the manager gave permission and even encouraged it, shouldn’t I have acted more carefully? Only after all that chaos did I think I had been a bit hasty.

But well… Cael Arden’s side and Day Entertainment’s CEO Kim Ja-in liked it.

They said wouldn’t it be good to build up anticipation from now?

Since people with more experience and longer careers than me said so, I decided to just think I was worrying too much.

‘Building anticipation is good, right?’

And the planned two-week schedule came to an end.

All the Flora members returned to Korea, and I decided to stay in the United States a bit longer for activities with Cael Arden.

Not long after that, Cael Arden’s album was released.

I had to follow him around and frantically handle the schedule.

Life in the United States without the Flora members was really…

Lonely and very different. How should I put it?

Should I say the scope and type of activities were different?

Most were interviews, and since the language was different, the fatigue from that was no joke, more than I had expected. Moreover, since it was Cael Arden’s album and Flora’s position in the United States wasn’t that big, I was just a background decoration throughout most interviews.

Still, since we were working together and I was said to be a popular singer in Korea, they would throw me one or two questions out of courtesy, but the content was mostly exactly the same things without changing a single word.

Some interviewers even crossed the line by suddenly asking about Hongjin Corporation.

It was to the extent that our Flora fans would get angry and upset after each interview.

Just when I was realizing the reality that Flora and I were really nothing special in the United States, an opportunity finally came for me to appeal my existence.

“This show’s host knows about you.”

Cael Arden said while flipping through the planning document for the next show he would appear on.

“About me?”

“His daughter likes K-pop. He often goes to concerts with his daughter, so he seems to know some famous K-pop idols.”

“Ah.”

“The singer who appeared in the previous episode was also a K-pop fan, so they had some related talk, and Flora was mentioned there. Your name too.”

I was looking at my phone with tired eyes from the relentless schedule when I casually looked at Cael Arden.

No matter how bad our relationship started, wouldn’t people naturally get closer after working together for several weeks?

Cael Arden was the person who, after the staff, saw the humiliation I endured from the closest distance.

No matter how indifferent his personality, as someone who invited me and suggested we work together, he must have felt quite sorry.

Seeing him suddenly bring this up.

But you know what.

“I know, but.”

I said with a grin.

“It’s a really good opportunity. To appeal myself.”

I’m not a pushover who gets intimidated and just takes it because it’s another country, and I’m absolutely not the type to quietly tolerate unreasonable treatment.

The reason I wasn’t too angry during interviews where I was treated like a background decoration or where they didn’t even look at me was because I recognized that the protagonist of this album was Cael Arden, not me, and honestly, I knew those weren’t particularly important interviews.

Of course, our fans would have been angry, hurt, and sad about each interview I did, but from the interviewer’s perspective, it would have been luxurious and difficult to ask questions for a K-pop singer they didn’t know well in a Cael Arden interview that only gave them about 5 minutes.

But the show we’re going to appear on from now is different.

‘It’s extremely important.’

Just as Korean singers naturally go on music shows when they comeback with an album, there are several shows in the United States that you must appear on like a required rotation when you release a new album.

Unlike Korea, most have a format that combines talk and performance, and the show hosts are people who have great influence just by their existence alone.

The programs naturally come with high ratings and buzz.

The show we’re appearing on today is exactly that kind of show.

And fortunately, I had seen this show’s host mention or invite K-pop singers from time to time before.

They also said the previous episode’s guest mentioned me.

I guarantee that this time, there will definitely be an opportunity for me to talk about myself too.

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