The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 77

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 77

“You’re the one who looks really fresh?”

Or.

“What’s this, you look happier than when you were in I Meet You~”

“Ah, it is kind of fun? You’re one to talk – are you happy being in a new team after leaving I Meet You? Are you?”

“Yeah, I love it~”

And so on, playful conversations flowed naturally between them.

It was a strange situation – seeing my members with other teams felt awkward yet new, and oddly unfamiliar.

An unusually relaxed atmosphere settled over this place that was always filled with tension.

Of course, our Flora wasn’t an exception when it came to exchanging gentle jokes.

“There, Ryu Ji-ye from Flan-Shu, I heard you’ve become the Ji sisters combo without anyone knowing.”

Min Ha-young pouted her lips with a playful expression.

“How could you become a combo with Ji-ah before me?”

I chuckled as if to say don’t talk about others.

“There, Min Ha-young from Crescendo, I heard you became a rapper. My goodness, without even telling me.”

Since various teams were mixed together, it wasn’t difficult to hear about other teams’ issues.

Like how a U&Da member who teamed up with Han Da-min gave up the leader position to her.

Or how some member got thoroughly scolded by a trainer and shed tears.

I heard quite a lot of stories about our Flora members too, but the most surprising were the news about Choi Song-i fighting with someone and Min Ha-young’s switch to rap.

The Choi Song-i fight incident… I don’t want to talk about something that already happened, so I’ll skip it.

Min Ha-young’s rap challenge was so unexpected that it was surprising, but on the other hand, it was good.

She had been very unconfident about vocals from before.

Of course, to be honest, rap isn’t easy either.

However, Min Ha-young already had her pronunciation and tone down, so with a little practice she should be able to handle rap parts in idol songs just fine.

It’s good to try different things to find what you’re good at.

“That’s right! I decided to do rap this time, so look forward to it~”

Fortunately, seeing that there was no pressure in her expression when she spoke, it seemed to suit her quite well.

“Alright, hello everyone!”

Just then, a familiar voice was heard among the chattering trainees.

“Oh, you’re here. Hello!”

The trainees reflexively stood up and looked toward where the voice came from.

Start Plan’s host Choi Gyu-jin entered the set studio with his usual high-energy laughter.

“Wow, did everyone watch episode 1? You all did really well in the auditions.”

“Thank you!”

“The ratings too, wow, they’re very good!”

He showed great satisfaction with the ratings above all else as he headed to his position.

And filming began right away.

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Opening comments, reactions to Start Plan episode 1 that aired recently, and reviewing the third round rules and determining the order.

Choi Gyu-jin’s hosting flowed naturally like water, as always.

The first team to perform in this third round was Team Crescendo, which included Min Ha-young and Choi Song-i.

“Team Crescendo, I heard you prepared incredible choreography. Judge Lee Si-ah was apparently very impressed?”

Team Crescendo smiled shyly at Choi Gyu-jin’s words.

It meant the rumors he heard were true.

‘It’s definitely a team composed of trainees that Lee Si-ah would like.’

I nodded in understanding at that news.

In this third round, trainer Lee Si-ah was in charge of two teams total – one was our Flan-Shu, and the other was Crescendo.

Compared to our team which had many vocal-focused trainees, Crescendo had many dance-focused members.

With even those May Rookie trainees included, Lee Si-ah’s satisfaction level must have been quite high.

‘I heard the Choi Song-i fight was because of that too.’

Since many trainees with dancing as their strength gathered, naturally opinions would have converged on going hard with both arrangement and choreography modifications.

In that process, the opinions of the few trainees who weren’t dance members – kids like Choi Song-i – were likely ignored.

I suspect there was a clash of opinions during that process.

Anyway, setting aside the Choi Song-i issue, since it’s a group that meticulously planned their dance parts to that extent, their performance will probably be outstandingly good.

“Well then, Crescendo, we’ll look forward to seeing what kind of stage you’ve prepared. Please move to the stage now.”

Crescendo headed to the stage.

“Fighting!”

“Do well!”

Cheers from the members followed behind them.

I too quietly watched this, and when I made eye contact with Min Ha-young and Choi Song-i, I clenched both fists to show them.

And the set studio went dark.

“Huh, what?”

While the trainees were flustered by the unexpected situation, the Crescendo members appeared on the screen above the platform.

“Huh?”

Not their current appearance heading to the stage all dressed up nicely, but in a disheveled state like us from a while ago.

It was a VCR made from footage shot during the training camp.

“I guess they make these kinds of things now that it’s the third round. Interesting.”

Seo Ra-eun muttered quietly.

In the video, Crescendo members were deciding on a song to perform on stage amid an awkward atmosphere.

-Do you have any songs in mind that you’d like to do?

When Ja-yeon from May Rookie, who became Crescendo’s leader, asked, a trainee immediately raised her hand.

-Me! I have a song I really want to do.

‘Oh, that kid is.’

An I Meet You member, but what was her name? The member who was the same age as me.

-How about senior Chronos’s “Joyful Rock”?

-Joyful Rock?

-Yes.

As soon as the I Meet You member nodded, reference material about the group Chronos and the song appeared.

Chronos is a boy group currently gaining the most global popularity in the K-pop industry, famous for their extremely difficult dances.

Among them, “Joyful Rock” is particularly known as a difficult song to cover.

Because of the choreography that contrasts with the bright, joyful atmosphere expressing youth.

Since you have to move constantly while singing, the live performance difficulty is quite high…

‘To choose that song.’

As expected of people with expertise in dancing, they confidently brought such a difficult song.

‘Dancing aside, how are they going to handle the live performance?’

The high notes in this song are no joke either.

-What do you all think? It’s difficult, but I’d like us to try challenging it.

The I Meet You member asked each Crescendo member for their opinion.

Although opinions were divided since live performance was burdensome, the atmosphere generally leaned toward doing it.

-What do you think, Song-i?

The question inevitably fell to our youngest member, Choi Song-i.

Hmm, they said there was a conflict of opinions, and Song-i would probably want to avoid songs with intense dance, so she’d refuse, right? That’s what I was thinking…

Choi Song-i glanced at Min Ha-young and then nodded her head.

-Sounds good.

Huh? She agreed surprisingly readily.

If she was going to okay it herself without any hesitation like that, she should do well until the end – what was the point of fighting?

I thought they fought because her opinion was ignored, but was there another reason?

‘Wait, hold on. That expression…’

That face looks like she doesn’t know anything.

‘Ah.’

As soon as I saw Choi Song-i’s expression, I could immediately tell what caused the fight.

At first glance it just looks expressionless, but now I can tell.

It seemed she accepted without knowing what Chronos’s “Joyful Music” was, just thinking it would be fine since Min Ha-young said okay.

With Song-i’s personality, it would have been difficult to honestly say she didn’t know.

And so Crescendo’s song was decided to be “Joyful Music” through majority vote.

Then the scene immediately changed.

Unlike the lively meeting scene, this showed them sitting exhausted and drenched in sweat.

-Huff… ugh.

Choi Song-i, breathing heavily while sitting with her back against the full-length mirror in the practice room, had a very thoughtful expression.

With a truly hopeless expression, she quietly watched the dance members who were practicing non-stop.

Then the screen changed.

-I really thought I couldn’t do it.

It was Choi Song-i’s solo interview scene.

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