The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 78

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 78

But even so, her bewilderment was very clearly felt in her tone and voice.

-I agreed to it too, so I need to do my part, but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to pull it off. And this time, there’s no place for me to step up. It’s dangerous.

This was the first time I’d seen Song-i reveal her anxiety to this extent. It meant this situation was that overwhelming for her.

-Did you not expect the choreography to be this difficult?

At the production staff’s question, Choi Song-i immediately nodded her head.

-Yes, I didn’t know it would be this much. On top of that, it’s not like everyone can’t do it – only I can’t keep up. …Sigh.

The long, drawn-out sigh was deep. Finally, emotion showed on her expression too.

Anyone could see it was the face of someone deeply regretting her choice.

And then another member’s interview followed.

-Song-i was having a really hard time.

It was Min Ha-young.

-It’s a difficult song. I think she’ll need a little time to get used to it. I just…. I thought I need to help her a lot. Song-i is someone who can do it if she tries, so I think she’ll eventually pull through.

Oh, she said something nice. And they edited it at the right timing.

Min Ha-young spoke with a face that seemed genuinely worried about Choi Song-i.

The screen changed and showed scenes of Min Ha-young practicing with Choi Song-i late into the night.

Was it because they were a team with more members than the others? Unlike us who had been harmonious together throughout the entire training camp, Team Crescendo gave off more of a feeling of moving in groups while cooperating with each other.

Perhaps because of that, the VCR contained many scenes of friendships forming between the groups.

Not just May Rookie and I Meet You, but Min Ha-young and Choi Song-i too.

As the training camp neared its end, you could clearly see them growing closer as they taught and learned choreography from each other.

And then Choi Song-i’s interview again.

-Ha-young unnie helped me a lot. If unnie hadn’t led me, I really would have wanted to run away.

Choi Song-i said that, then hesitated for a moment before speaking.

-I’m grateful, but I’m usually not good at saying thank you. Thank you.

Oh my, how cute.

The corners of the Flora members’ mouths curved into smiles simultaneously as they watched this.

Min Ha-young, who was probably watching the VCR on stage right now, was likely smiling with the same expression.

And as the video quickly changed to show all the members’ thoughts on the training camp…. Huh?

‘Is this how it ends?’

I tilted my head and looked at the video with a puzzled expression.

From the atmosphere, it seemed like the VCR was almost over, but hadn’t the most important part not come out yet?

The part where Min Ha-young decided to do rap? The Choi Song-i fight… ah, that didn’t need to come out.

Anyway, I thought they would at least broadcast the content about Min Ha-young stepping up to take on the rap.

Why was that edited out?

They highlighted every single part that the other members took on.

‘The editing seems a bit strange?’

And shortly after, the VCR really ended just like that.

‘What!’

Fine, I get that May Rookie is predetermined as the winner. But even so, does it make sense for the screen time difference to be this big?

No, even the editing itself is choppy and unnatural…. Ah, could this be an incomplete version?

That could be possible.

If so, I’d have to wait for the actual broadcast, but if not, I think I’d be pretty angry.

As I watched the gradually darkening screen while trying to hide my dissatisfaction, the VCR completely ended and the figures of the Crescendo members on stage appeared.

And shortly after, with the brightening lights, the intro of [Joyful] echoed through the air.

Crescendo’s stage had begun.

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Pink cherry blossoms flutter

You and I are smiling within them

I capture your smile in a photo

You shyly lower your head

Cherry blossom petals gently fell onto the stage.

Just sitting still and watching Crescendo dancing non-stop on the pure white stage was enough to make my heart swell.

Our most brilliant moment

Becoming a beautiful filter

Will gift you a lifetime of joy

Crescendo’s stage was perfect.

Of course, the live performance wasn’t completely steady, but all the staging perfectly harmonized with the song Joyful, allowing complete immersion in the stage.

And the stage ended. The judges, trainees, and production staff who had been watching the stage from the venue all burst into standing applause.

‘Wow, this almost feels like a finale stage?’

Even Choi Song-i, who couldn’t follow the choreography at all in the VCR, was excellent on the actual stage. She did stop moving briefly when her feet got tangled during the dance break, but she did well in all the other parts.

Most of all, Min Ha-young’s rap was much better than expected.

Her confident dance break performance in the center was undoubtedly cool.

She had told us to watch confidently, and she had the skills to back it up.

This won’t be easy to beat.

I thought this while looking at Min Ha-young’s brightly smiling face without a shadow of doubt.

And then the judges’ evaluation followed.

“We watched very well. It was a stage that made us feel good just by watching.”

So-hae spoke in an excited voice, seeming very satisfied.

“Most of all, I loved your expressions. You weren’t smiling because you had to smile, but you were performing with faces that showed you were so happy and joyful to be dancing and singing on stage that you didn’t know what to do with yourselves.”

“Right. That was really nice to see.”

Lee Si-ah strongly agreed and stepped forward. Then she praised the detailed aspects of the dance as a professional.

Since it was a team that had prepared a lot focusing on dance performance, Lee Si-ah’s praise flowed out non-stop.

The evaluation was that they had developed the already difficult choreography of Joyful even further, yet brought it to life very well without being overwhelmed.

“Of course, it wasn’t perfect. In Song-i and Jin’s case, I saw them make mistakes or stop in the middle.”

“….”

Choi Song-i and May Rookie’s Jin quietly lowered their heads.

Then Lee Si-ah waved her hand as if she wasn’t trying to scold them and said.

“But I saw how hard both of you worked. As with everything in the world, results aren’t everything. You two did your best and really grew tremendously.”

These were the two people who had practiced all night and shed tears of frustration because they couldn’t do the choreography well throughout the VCR.

“Rather than pointing out each mistake one by one, I want to praise the efforts of these two. So don’t get discouraged just because you made mistakes. Okay?”

Lee Si-ah comforted the two of them. I had known her to be quite strict about mistakes on stage.

‘Was I wrong about her?’

Now that I look at it, she seems to value the process more than the results.

Lee Si-ah finished her critique that was dripping with affection and put down the microphone.

The atmosphere seemed like it would be full of only praise, but there weren’t zero criticisms.

The critique was that while focusing on the performance, the vocals were constantly shaky and the sound was uneven.

Especially Judge Ji-hoon, who had declared from the beginning that he would focus on vocals, went so far as to say that the voices were so shaky it was hard to listen to.

“Focusing on what you do well was a good choice. But being an idol isn’t just about dancing well. I wish you had put even half the effort you put into dancing into vocals. Good work.”

“Thank you!”

With Crescendo leaving the stage with somewhat disappointed faces as the final scene, the screen on the platform that had been showing the stage venue changed back to the logo screen.

“Yes, that was Crescendo’s stage. They really did so well, didn’t they?”

“Yes!”

“They were amazing!”

The trainees answered energetically.

After seeing such a well-performed stage, you’d normally feel discouraged, but today the more the members on stage shined, the more heated the atmosphere at the venue became.

The groups with members in Crescendo saw their own evaluation scores rise along with how well they performed.

The groups without members also, regardless of their true feelings, enthusiastically reacted for the sake of other members belonging to their teams.

Thanks to that, the atmosphere was incredibly bright.

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin spoke with a very pleased expression.

“The atmosphere is great! Please keep maintaining this energy. Now, we should watch the next stage with this hot atmosphere, shouldn’t we?”

“Yes!”

“Then who’s next?”

The next turn was.

Thump thump.

My heartbeat quickened.

Announcer Choi Gyu-jin spoke energetically while pointing at us with his cue card.

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