The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 79

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 79

“Flan-Shu, you’re wearing very stylish costumes. If Team Crescendo received rave reviews for their dance, I heard this team received rave reviews for their vocals. Let’s see what we can expect.”

“Yes!”

“Team Flan-Shu, please move to the stage.”

We answered energetically and left the set studio.

It was a bit burdensome to perform after Crescendo, a team that had shown an overwhelmingly exciting performance, but we weren’t discouraged.

‘Because I’m confident.’

I was confident we could excite the audience in a different way from Crescendo.

While we were preparing for our performance on stage, a VCR showing our training camp footage played on the monitor.

Among the busy production staff, the members stopped moving and looked up at the monitor.

[A training camp near Seoul filled with sunlight]

As the subtitle suggested, the warm dormitory appeared with bright sunlight streaming through the windows.

‘It looks fresh seeing it like this.’

I thought it was pretty back then too, but seeing it on video made it look like the protagonist’s house in a drama.

Cute BGM that perfectly matched the dormitory’s scenery began playing.

It was still a quiet space at that point.

Then someone opened the door and peeked their head through the gap.

-Huh, is no one here yet?

“Oh! It’s you. It’s you!”

Giggling sounds could be heard from the stage.

It seemed Young-ju was teasing Young Il-lin again at Young Il-lin’s appearance.

Young Il-lin in the video moved carefully, seemingly awkward about the cameras installed throughout the dormitory.

-No one’s here yet, right?

Then she headed straight to the living room sofa and settled down immediately.

It was such a pretty dormitory that she could have looked around, but she seemed quite nervous.

While Young Il-lin was alone in the empty dormitory being cautious, someone else entered.

-Unnie, my bag got caught, what should I do?

It seemed the suitcase strap got caught in the wheel while following Young Il-lin inside.

“It’s Ji-ah!”

Once again, Young-ju’s voice and giggling sounds came from behind.

“Wow, why do I look like that?”

Ji-ah covered her eyes with two fingers and immediately hid behind Young Il-lin.

To me, she just looked pretty, but was she really that embarrassed?

I chuckled and focused on the video again.

Ji-ah was able to enter the dormitory with Young Il-lin’s help.

And right after U&Da entered, Young-ju from I Meet You came in.

-Wow! You were here first! How have you been? I missed you so much!!!

The dormitory that had been filled with awkward tension instantly became lively with Young-ju’s entrance.

-Ah, as expected of I Meet You. The moment she came in, she greeted us so warmly that my tension completely disappeared.

Young Il-lin’s interview appeared, followed by Ji-ah’s interview.

-We became close with I Meet You members since they were our opponents in the second round. The whole group treated us very kindly.

As expected of I Meet You.

True to being Start Plan’s mood makers, the U&Da members’ expressions looked much more comfortable when talking about I Meet You.

And then I appeared next…

-Hello.

Sha-ra-la-la~

“…”

What is this background music?

What are these CG effects?

Bright filters and flower-shaped stickers were decorating my face.

“Pfft.”

“Ji-ye, what’s that?”

As I watched speechlessly, the members naturally started teasing me from behind.

Well, yeah, that’s right.

I shouldn’t have said anything to Ji-ah.

Coming out like that made my face heat up for no reason.

Then interviews about the members’ first impressions of me followed.

-When she came in, wow, she’s so pretty.

-The door opened and she came in with the sunlight, and my eyes were dazzled, but I couldn’t tell if it was because of the sunlight or Ji-ye’s face…

Young-ju’s really laying it on thick. A bit like Min Ha-young’s type.

Then Ji-ah’s interview appeared too.

-Ah, a pretty person, and someone with really good skills. I heard she’s the same age as me, so I thought I should become close with her quickly.

Then she smiled shyly.

When everyone was expressing their fondness for me and a warm atmosphere continued, the BGM suddenly changed to classical music.

Ah, that’s my theme song.

If this song is playing, it means…

-I wanted to see Ra-eun unnie.

The screen switched and my interview appeared. I was speaking with a very troubled expression.

-When I entered the dormitory, everyone was so energetic. It felt like I couldn’t just sit quietly.

And a subtitle saying [Definite Introvert] was attached to me like a pig’s tail.

That’s right.

Since I’m an introvert, honestly at that time I wanted to close the door again and come back in with Seo Ra-eun.

Of course, with Ryu Ji-ye’s face, it probably didn’t show at all…

-I hesitated about whether I should go in. But then, the other members all came rushing toward me.

Her face was full of fear?

Following my words, the leisurely bed commercial BGM changed to a Beethoven piece.

It was a more dramatic production.

-So I was a bit flustered.

Then, as if nothing had happened, the bed commercial – my personal BGM – started playing again.

-The members took better care of me than I expected, so I felt relieved. But I still missed Ra-eun unnie.

Then the screen switched to show the dormitory scene again.

I heard giggling sounds from behind once more.

“Ji-ye speaks really gently but dramatically, doesn’t she?”

It was Young-ju.

When I turned around, Young-ju and Young Il-lin were looking at me and giggling.

“Ji-ye was waiting for me… And I didn’t even know. I should have left earlier…”

Seo Ra-eun was making strange sounds next to me again.

I shook my head and looked back at the VCR.

In the video, Seo Ra-eun, whom I had been waiting for so eagerly, was getting out of the car in a hurry and running into the dormitory.

-Wait, did they pick all the Individual Trainees based on looks…?

Seo Ra-eun also had cheerful BGM accompanying her.

Sparkly filters and stickers were naturally decorating her too.

It was a glamorous entrance edited together with interviews from other members, especially Young-ju’s gushing comments.

Then the scene changed to show our song selection meeting.

The harmonious atmosphere from earlier had disappeared somewhere, and the members were hesitating and watching each other’s reactions.

-Um, jazz style… But I’ve never really done jazz before.

It started when Young-ju firmly rejected Young Il-lin’s song selection.

-Jazz is a bit difficult.

At her words, Ji-ah glanced around nervously and hid her song selection card.

-I did bring a song selection, but mine is also somewhat jazz-style, an unfamiliar genre… Just skip me.

Then, urged by the members, she timidly held out her song selection card.

Actually, it wasn’t the members who urged her – Young-ju had an “oh no” moment and persuaded Ji-ah. But that part was completely cut out.

-There’s… a song called Dolce by Calidus.

-I brought that song too.

Following Ji-ah’s words, I continued and held out my card.

Then the screen switched to show reference material about Calidus and Dolce.

-If you listen to it, the song flows in very diverse ways. If we arrange it to be a bit easier to listen to…

-If we divide it by sections and have groups sing different parts, wouldn’t that be interesting…

A scene appeared of Ji-ah and me taking turns persuading the members.

Just when the members were starting to show increasingly positive reactions.

-Ah, for me… it’s a genre that’s a bit difficult for me…

Once again, Young-ju sharply rejected it.

The atmosphere in the dormitory turned cold.

“Hmm…”

Well, the context itself matched the situation back then. But why did they edit it like this?

This makes Young-ju look too selfish.

Is Young-ju this episode’s editing victim?

How ridiculous.

At some point, the laughter from behind had disappeared.

It seemed like all the members had noticed something was off.

‘This is unpleasant.’

No matter how much they needed the trainees’ VCR reactions, what were they thinking showing this kind of editing right before the stage?

Young-ju on screen was looking down at the floor with a rather dejected expression in the subdued meeting atmosphere.

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