The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 66

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 66

At first, she just seemed nervous, but after hearing the interview narration just now and looking again, she also seemed somewhat dejected.

-As far as I know, Ha-young is an excellent dancer, so I’ll watch with anticipation. Please begin.

And Min Ha-young’s audition began.

True to her reputation as someone unmatched in dancing at Love Me Dol, her song selection was one that could showcase her dance skills from the very beginning.

As the flashy intro flowed, Min Ha-young moved her body to the beat.

-Oh wow, she’s incredible right from the start?

Judge Lee Si-ah spoke as if she had grasped it from the intro part.

Just as she said, it was flawless and overwhelming dance skills.

‘Wow, she’s good.’

Even watching it on broadcast, I could clearly feel it.

“Whoa, I just got completely overwhelmed. Ha-young.”

Han Da-min playfully shook Min Ha-young’s shoulder while acting cheeky.

It seems everyone felt the same way.

“Oh come on…”

Min Ha-young smiled proudly, seemingly not embarrassed by this scene. And right as she entered the first part.

-Ah.

Judge So-hae let out a sigh.

-The vocal is a bit disappointing.

“I was so nervous back then that I sang even worse than usual…”

Min Ha-young said timidly, feeling embarrassed.

Hmm, it definitely sounds strained, as if she’s forcing herself to hit the notes.

But her dance skills more than make up for the lacking vocals.

-But she dances so well that I want to see more. It would be too much of a waste to eliminate her now with those skills.

As expected, Min Ha-young’s acceptance was strongly pushed by Lee Si-ah, who was also a dance trainer.

At Lee Si-ah’s praise, which she herself hadn’t known about, a smile slowly spread across Min Ha-young’s lips.

And with the evaluation that her dancing was perfect and vocals were disappointing but showed potential, she safely passed.

-Thank you!

The moment she heard she had passed, Min Ha-young on screen scrunched up her nose as if about to cry and bowed.

Then as soon as she came down from the stage, she collapsed.

-Ah, waaah… Thank you so much. Really, thank you. Wah…

…She’s crying?

The sight of her shedding tears and continuously bowing with a trembling voice was pitiful beyond words.

Even someone who didn’t know Min Ha-young well would probably think ‘Ah, she went through a lot of mental anguish.’

“You really had such a hard time. Even I feel sorry watching this…”

Oh my, she’s crying now too.

Tears were dripping onto the back of Min Ha-young’s hand.

“Are you crying?”

When I asked quietly, Min Ha-young roughly wiped her tears with her palm and then shed more tears.

“I… this is like a tear button. Whenever I think about when I passed, I just get like this, you know?”

Yes, you have every right to feel that way.

You’re still so young, yet to hear unspeakable curses and mockery and still challenge again – how could that be easy?

It was truly admirable and at the same time pitiful.

“Ha-young.”

Seo Ra-eun stretched her hand from the back seat and handed her a tissue.

Min Ha-young pressed the tissue firmly against both her eyes and waved her hand at me.

“Ugh, don’t worry about me. Watch the broadcast, the broadcast…”

Yes, okay. I popped a piece of squid into Min Ha-young’s mouth and turned my gaze to the screen.

The trainees who came after Min Ha-young were probably two eliminated contestants who were too bad to be edited out, and one first year member.

Perhaps because the first year member who passed also got eliminated in the first round?

They didn’t get as much screen time as Min Ha-young and passed by briefly.

And the next member to appear was Seo Ra-eun.

“Ooh, Ra-eun unnie~ Wow, you’re so pretty, aren’t you?”

Min Ha-young, who had been pushing me and acting embarrassed during her own turn, began teasing Seo Ra-eun as if getting revenge.

I naturally expected Seo Ra-eun to be embarrassed about her appearance too, but surprisingly, she just smiled calmly and showed little reaction.

Instead, she focused calmly on her image on the screen.

-Hello. I’m participant number 21, Seo Ra-eun.

Come to think of it, what did Seo Ra-eun do in her audition?

I naturally assumed Min Ha-young would showcase mainly dancing, but I had no idea what Seo Ra-eun did to pass.

It was a difficult audition with tremendous competition, and she had to be worthy of being a member of one of the two teams.

That means she wouldn’t have passed just by being pretty.

But honestly, thinking back to the days we practiced together, it was hard to find any particularly outstanding skills in Seo Ra-eun.

‘She always just felt like she did reasonably well at everything.’

-Yes, please start right away.

Plus, seeing that the judges didn’t comment separately, it seems she couldn’t really leverage her Love Me Dol background either.

Then what did she use and how did she appeal to those picky people?

-Yes.

At that moment, Seo Ra-eun got into position.

…Huh?

It doesn’t seem like an ordinary ready position? It looked like a pose with considerable showmanship.

“I’m really curious what Ra-eun did for her audition.”

“Oh, even her posture seems unusual.”

-What’s with that posture?

-She’s starting in a really unique way.

While the members, and the judges on screen, were all watching Seo Ra-eun without knowing her intention.

Ding!

“Whoa! That startled me!”

Along with a rich and resounding orchestral sound completely different from before, Seo Ra-eun suddenly lifted her head.

And she began to sing.

Oh, my beloved darling

I long only for you

Oh God, please

Send a single flower on a cloud

To my lover

This song is…

“Unnie, did you do musical theater?”

Even faster than me, Min Ha-young recognized what that song was and asked loudly.

“Oh, no. I didn’t do musical theater, I just learned a little. Really just a tiny bit. I was too weak physically to audition for it.”

I could hear Seo Ra-eun’s sheepish answer from behind, and at that moment, Seo Ra-eun on screen began moving with elegant gestures.

Oh, wait a minute…

Without realizing it, I grabbed Seo Ra-eun’s arm.

“Unnie, if you did musical theater…”

Why didn’t you tell us if you did it…

She’s even pretty good at it.

For some reason, she chose a real musical song instead of pop for the audition, and it wasn’t bad.

Of course, if it’s true that she only dipped her toes in, her vocalization and movements are a bit awkward.

Nevertheless, she was performing quite impressively.

Seo Ra-eun’s vocal fundamentals are solid with her initial B- stats anyway.

Moreover, the already wistful song created synergy with her wistful and elegant appearance, making it an incredibly charming stage.

Of course, that’s from a strictly K-pop fan perspective, not musical theater.

“Seriously, why didn’t you tell us, Ra-eun…”

Han Da-min also shook Seo Ra-eun’s shoulder lightly with a hurt tone. Only then did Seo Ra-eun shake her head quickly in embarrassment.

“No, it wouldn’t help anyway… I really learned just a little, so people who actually do musical theater would laugh at my level.”

“How is this not helpful!”

“Yeah, seriously!”

Da-min and I shouted simultaneously.

I mean, of course musical vocalization and K-pop are very different!

But even if you only learned a little, if you had told us you studied musical theater, I would have found a way to use it somehow!

-I thought the costume was a bit unusual, but I never expected her to sing a musical song here. It’s actually unique, so I thought she strategized well! It really left an impression.

-Her vocalization is quite good. Since K-pop and musical theater are completely different fields, how Ra-eun incorporates her uniqueness into K-pop will be an important challenge going forward.

Exactly. She really strategized well.

Boldly using musical theater to catch the judges’ attention and create a fresh feeling was a really daring yet clever attempt.

Like that, Seo Ra-eun was praised for her skills and sense and passed smoothly.

After Seo Ra-eun left the stage, several more participants went by.

And the next turn was.

-Hello. I’m participant number 80, Ryu Ji-ye.

It was me.

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