The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 326

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After the awards ceremony ended, the members were intoxicated by that day’s stage for several days straight.

Our Flora’s stage, and the stages of other performers we saw that day.

It was a good opportunity with much to see and much to learn.

After that, we stayed in the United States for a while and enjoyed our leisure time.

Some members went on restaurant tours with cameras in hand, while others immersed themselves in music work.

While everyone was enjoying the success of the awards ceremony stage and having their own individual trips, I was.

[They said SNS is going crazy anyway, so they’ll post an apology as soon as possible. -Ryu Jae-geum]

[Tell them to confirm properly before posting. Including how to handle those staff members. The fans’ backlash is fierce]

[OK -Ryu Jae-geum]

I’m making an appropriate protest in my own way about the discomfort we experienced throughout the rehearsal.

‘Hongjin really is amazing.’

At times like this, I always feel the overwhelming majesty of the super-dominant company that brings national prestige through technology.

The fact that Hongjin is visible everywhere was no different even for American broadcasting stations.

True to Hongjin’s status as one of the top electronics brands competing for first and second place even in the United States, they had inevitably placed PPL and sponsorships in the high-profile awards ceremony.

So it was all too easy to complain to the awards ceremony organizers about the staff’s attitude.

Those staff members who whispered and giggled while we were rehearsing.

They stupidly posted photos of themselves working as on-site staff on Byeolgram, and when asked in comments how Flora was, they wrote openly mocking replies, causing a huge stir online.

Gu Beom-tae, who was searching through SNS for material to upload to his wrecking channel after hearing my words, informed me of this fact, and I passed it on to Day Entertainment, Choi Gyo-young, and Ryu Jae-geum.

Still, we had coordinated several times, so I just distributed the materials and they took care of everything else.

Choi Gyo-young first subtly turned the on-site staff’s mocking posts into news articles. And Beom-tae also produced and uploaded a video at the right timing.

The theme was roughly that Flora had suffered racial discrimination and disrespect at the awards ceremony venue.

Then fans who were already angry even before the articles came out became more aggressive in making this an issue, and this incident quickly began to spread.

Naturally, Day Entertainment was flooded with emails demanding formal protests, and since we had just come down from that awards ceremony and now had racial discrimination involved, several American media outlets also published articles.

In fact, even if emails demanding protests pour in, Day Entertainment doesn’t have the power to protest against the American organizers.

They could raise issues, but would they even catch their attention?

‘Absolutely not.’

Rather, we’d be lucky if we don’t suffer disadvantages just for protesting.

For us who are just starting to seriously enter the American market, it was cautious to take actions that had no gains and many risks.

Instead, I have a company that is in exactly the opposite position from Day Entertainment when it comes to targeting the awards ceremony organizers.

Hongjin.

Hongjin took a stance that they wouldn’t advertise with broadcasting stations that tolerate staff who racially discriminate, making gestures as if they would cut all sponsorship and advertising to that broadcasting station.

The broadcasting station was also being heavily mocked by Flora fans as ‘an audacious awards ceremony that doesn’t recognize the daughter of their biggest advertiser and racially discriminates,’ so they voluntarily conveyed their intention to publicly apologize and announce disciplinary action against the relevant staff.

To both Hongjin and Day Entertainment.

American broadcasting stations too, or rather, American broadcasting stations would be even more sensitive to losing big spenders.

Since it seems like we’ll often have connections with this broadcasting station in the future, and we’ll probably perform on awards ceremony stages frequently.

I thought we just needed to receive a light apology and promises for prevention of recurrence and staff education.

But they seem to be treating the matter more seriously than expected, as I understand even lawsuits are being discussed.

‘Of course, that’s none of my business.’

No one knows what consequences their actions will bring, which is why one must be even more careful about their behavior.

Anyway, after completing my protest in my own way against the rudeness we suffered at the awards ceremony, I truly rested for several days.

I rested very deeply.

Either staying at the hotel all day or visiting good restaurants and tourist attractions with the members.

Flora’s SNS, which had been constantly and chaotically uploading various information, finally regained stability and began to gradually cool down.

What was being uploaded were photos and posts that members occasionally posted, and short-form videos taken and uploaded from various tourist spots.

The K-pop singer who received the most attention in the past week.

The singer who suffered racial discrimination at a foreign awards ceremony.

The singer who participated in an awards ceremony and received love calls from numerous celebrities.

We, who had been at the center of issues in various ways, were gradually returning to our original selves as singers who work hard on music, belonging only to Gaden.

We spent about a week more in the United States as a rest and then returned to Korea.

And around that time, I met her.

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Crunch.

It’s the name of a girl group that briefly came up when Han Da-min and I were going crazy preparing the 【Revenge】 album.

[The next news we have to deliver is truly unfortunate. Han So-dam, a member of the idol group ‘Crunch,’ died after being hit by a motorcycle while crossing a crosswalk. The perpetrator was a delivery driver in his 40s…]

To the general public, it’s known as the name of a group with an unfortunate member who left this world in a traffic accident before they could even show their potential.

To me, it was one of many unknown girl groups that felt sympathy during the Choux Cream days, similar to Han Da-min’s Rosetta.

To Han Da-min, it was the group where a friend she used to work on music with belonged, but who became mentally concerning after going through difficult times.

In any case, it was a disbanded group with a very sad story, and in fact, it was a group that didn’t have much connection with me, whether as Flora or during Choux Cream days.

‘Until I learned that this group might be connected to the Unfortunate Idol.’

It’s only speculation, after all.

“Hmm…”

‘Don’t meet’ was what she said.

When Han Da-min suggested working with a Crunch member, it was the first time such a clear message was conveyed through the Unfortunate Idol’s memory.

I sat in the swivel chair drinking my Americano and spun around.

The nightmares that the Unfortunate Idol had shown me in the past came to mind.

At first, I had no idea what those dreams were, but I’m starting to get a grasp on them little by little.

‘I’d need to raise the spiritual enlightenment level a bit more to know more.’

She was an idol.

And during her activities, she experienced very unreasonable things, and the mental suffering from that was considerable.

‘She stayed in a luxurious building, but even that didn’t seem to be hers.’

What could be the reason that such an Unfortunate Idol is preventing a meeting with a Crunch member?

To find out, I’m sorry to the Unfortunate Idol, but I have to meet that person she told me not to meet.

A member of Crunch.

“What are you thinking about so deeply? Are you bored? She’s coming soon. Should we start working first?”

“Huh? No, no.”

As I was lost in thought, Han Da-min, who was tinkering with the work program next to me, spoke to me.

“We should do it together. Let’s wait.”

At my words, Han Da-min smiled, put down the mouse, and picked up her phone.

“Right, I’ll ask how far she’s come.”

I had only thought about meeting her, but I didn’t expect to see her this quickly.

Actually, since it had been such busy days recently, I was wondering when we’d ever be able to meet.

Han Da-min recommended a Crunch member as a participant in the next album work more actively than ever before.

Therefore, I was able to meet one of the Crunch members much sooner than expected.

‘I’m looking forward to it.’

Of course, there’s the expectation that I might learn something about the Unfortunate Idol, but I was also curious about what kind of music this person makes.

Who could it be, what kind of music do they make, and how good are their work skills that Han Da-min recommended them so actively?

I don’t know for sure, but if Han Da-min recommends them, I’ll probably have a lot to learn from them too.

“Oh, she says she’s in front of the building now. I’ll go get her. Ji-ye, stay here. Clean up those dessert wrappers in front.”

“Okay.”

Han Da-min went out to get her, and I started cleaning up the trash on the desk.

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