The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 64

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 64

From the production staff’s perspective, making fans want to support them through the broadcast is just as important a goal as May Rookie’s debut.

Nothing’s better than competition for motivating support.

“It probably won’t happen, but as long as we don’t get a better reaction than May Rookie or anything like that, I think it’ll be fine.”

“…What if the reaction is good?”

“If the reaction is good… That won’t happen though.”

“Then won’t we end up like we did on Love Me Idol?”

Min Ha-young pointed to herself and Seo Ra-eun with an expression that showed irritation rising just from thinking about it.

Hmm, I see.

It was a simple problem.

As long as we perform just well enough to give May Rookie and their fans an appropriate sense of crisis, nothing major will happen.

Of course we won’t be able to win and debuting through Start Plan will be out of reach, but we can go all the way as strong championship candidates.

But.

What if we become a real threat to May Rookie, whether in popularity or skills, beyond just creating a sense of crisis?

There’s no telling how we’d be edited for ‘popularity adjustment.’

Well then, I have my own thoughts too.

I smiled subtly and said to the members.

“Why is everyone so dejected? Like you’re already finished.”

“…Huh?”

“You all look dead-eyed like you’ve already given up. Don’t be like that, let’s work harder.”

The winner’s already decided? But you broadcasting station bastards. You don’t know yet.

“Excluding May Rookie, aren’t we the most likely championship candidates? I’d like us to work hard and at least win the voting.”

“But there’s no way that’s possible…”

“I have an idea.”

You’re probably only thinking about exploiting trainees who are full of dreams but have no power or authority!

But among those girls, there’s someone who has power and authority.

“We can win through fair and square methods. But for that to happen, we need to be overwhelmingly more popular than May Rookie.”

Whether it’s the adults who exploit dreams, or May Rookie who knowingly tries to benefit from it.

Just out of spite, we should win, shouldn’t we?

“What I mean is.”

I told the members my thoughts with faces that held a little hope.

“…Is that possible?”

The members’ expressions changed moment by moment.

Ding!

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When I noticed, the Quest was already completed.

‘As expected, 500 gold missions are at a level that can be resolved immediately on the spot.’

It was the same during the previous Seo Ra-eun persuasion mission and when Han Da-min and Min Ha-young fought.

‘I worried for nothing.’

Using the scary word ‘dissolution’… I thought something really big was going to happen.

Anyway, the atmosphere was gloomy because the winner was predetermined, but it seems all the members more or less accepted what I said.

And at 7:30 PM.

We finished discussing our future direction and headed to the cinema room on basement level 1.

“No really, hah… This is ridiculous. How can there be a movie theater in a house? I’ve never seen a house like this before.”

Min Ha-young let out a hollow laugh out of habit and looked around the dim room repeatedly.

Choi Song-i shook her head and poked Min Ha-young’s side.

“She’s the owner of Hongjin Group. The one we only saw on the news.”

“I know that. But you know that feeling of finding that itself amazing? Ah, whatever. It’s just like a drama.”

“If you just think of it as visiting the Blue House, it doesn’t feel like much.”

“That’s what’s amazing though? The Blue House…”

Choi Song-i’s eyes, muttering that it was ridiculous, had returned to how they used to be.

-Unnies, I’m sorry about this competition. Since we can’t win anyway, since working this hard would be pointless anyway. Even though I knew you unnies were working hard, I was just being selfish. Please think of it as me being immature.

Choi Song-i, who was the first to agree with my proposal, apologized to the members while awkwardly gripping my sleeve tightly.

It seems she did know that her behavior wasn’t good for the members.

Of course, all the members including me forgave Choi Song-i.

She had her reasons and sincerely apologized, so what reason would there be not to accept it?

Knock knock.

“Girls, it’s starting soon, right? I brought some snacks so let’s eat while watching~ You can eat messily, so watch comfortably, comfortably~”

While I was watching the members who had become harmonious again, Ryu Ji-ye’s mother and brothers came rushing in with snacks.

“Watch comfortably. Comfortably!”

Goodness, she’s really emphasizing watching comfortably.

Mother seemed to hope that our members would have a comfortable and fun time and come visit again.

I quietly pretended not to notice the family members taking seats in the back and put the butter grilled squid that mom handed me in my mouth.

‘With everyone expecting this much, what if I don’t appear for even a second…’

Start Plan episode 1 was scheduled to air in 10 minutes.

People lined up in a long queue, and people waiting in what appeared to be the broadcasting studio corridor.

The first broadcast of Start Plan alternately showed individual trainees waiting for auditions and debut group trainees.

“Look at all those people. The competition among debut group trainees must have been really intense too.”

Right. For individual trainees like us who didn’t know anything, it’s natural that there are many participants.

But for the debut group kids, most of them probably already knew there was a predetermined winner, yet there are still so many.

They probably participated thinking that any publicity would be appreciated, regardless of winning.

Thinking about it that way made them look a bit pitiful.

‘Though I’m not in a position to pity them.’

Knowing and watching felt very different from watching without knowing.

Many teams with dreams auditioned in front of the judges, received evaluations, and were eliminated.

As many trainees passed through, finally a team I knew appeared.

“Oh, it’s I Meet You.”

“What? They look even more innocent than now? It’s only been a month, why do they look so young?”

As soon as I Meet You appeared, the members cheered with welcoming voices.

The only group that got close to our team.

Unlike their familiar friendly and playful appearance, I Meet You was completely frozen, clinging to each other like twisted rope.

-Do you feel confident about the audition?

-Uh, no…

-If we run away, we’ll fail… We’re screwed, mmph.

One of the members slapped the mouth of the member being interviewed.

-Ominous words are really forbidden… We need to watch our words until the audition is over, and if we get jinxed, it’s all because of you.

-We were looking for a mouse hole. The other teams are too good. Our team is the wor-, mmph.

-I said it’s forbidden…

They definitely weren’t acting like their usual selves, but they were still the same wrinkled troublemakers, so it was still funny.

-Uhhh, what do we do? Yuhwa Sunbae is among the judges.

-…Really? Ah, ahhh…why, why did you have to tell me that now…. My heart is literally torn apart right now….

By the way, the judges who handled the Debut Group Trainees’ auditions are now our mentors.

Their careers and popularity may vary, but since such amazing people who are qualified to mentor a group are serving as judges, it’s natural for them to make such a fuss even before the audition…right?

That seems a bit excessive though.

“Oh my… what should we do, those kids are lying flat on the floor. Their pretty clothes are going to get dirty~”

Mother sighed as if she truly felt sorry for them.

I MEET U was so nervous they were practically lying flat on the floor.

-Ahhh! I really want to run away.

-Shh shh shh! We’re in the middle of an audition!

-Oh, oh no, this mouth of mine again, I’m sorry….

It was truly an I MEET U-like reaction, but with strange BGM added on top, it became an interview where you couldn’t tell if they were trying to be nervous or comedic.

“What is that! Were they like that from the audition? They’re really funny, those kids.”

“Maybe they’re not actually nervous but doing that on purpose to be funny? Haha!”

As expected of a team that passed, they’re already establishing their image clearly from the beginning.

Is the Production Staff planning to make I MEET U into comedy idols?

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