The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 9

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 9

They even set it up so that where I spend my allowance quickly reaches eldest brother Ryu Jin-woo’s ears, and now they’re asking what I was secretly attending academy for?

‘They’re acting like this because they can’t believe it after seeing that scene directly.’

It turns out Ryu Jae-geum saw me at that audition venue.

According to him, he stopped by on business to handle PPL and happened to see me by chance, but who would believe that?

Obviously he must have stopped by because he was worried about Ryu Ji-ye.

Anyway, Ryu Jae-geum witnessed his sister’s new side there and seemed deeply impressed.

So like a doting brother, he spilled all the details of what happened there to our parents and Ryu Jin-woo, and even used his connections to bring news of my acceptance early.

So the family was in a situation where they decided to acknowledge me, albeit with some doubt.

Unlike Ryu Jin-woo who had always been quite lenient with Ryu Ji-ye, Ryu Jae-geum was someone who spoke firmly about what was wrong with her behavior.

The family knew that when he said something was good, it really was.

‘But PPL?’

Wow, I didn’t think of that.

I would have had to live as a chaebol before to think that far…

Since there’s no household in South Korea that doesn’t use Hongjin Electronics products, I never thought that Hongjin products being on site would be PPL.

PPL is a bit concerning though.

No matter how the only public photos of Ryu Ji-ye are from when she was young, if I go on broadcast, there will definitely come a time when my identity is revealed.

Then there will surely be suspicions that I passed because I had backing.

This is an unavoidable part as long as I’m the daughter of Hongjin Group.

‘Should I tell the broadcasting station in advance after all?’

I pondered for a moment then quickly dismissed the thought.

‘I’m strictly a regular participant.’

Unless I’m trying to obviously hint for favorable treatment, is there really a need to talk about my family background?

Hongjin’s scale is so large it’s problematic, but in a situation where even chaebols, and furthermore foreign royalty and nobility come to be idols, it would be stranger to go around showing off.

Of course, I’ll discuss the PPL matter separately with Ryu Jae-geum.

‘Ugh, if it becomes controversial, my parents will handle it.’

They’re agonizing like that because they’re anticipating such situations.

Right, let Ryu Ji-ye just pretend not to know like Ryu Ji-ye would.

“Anyway, I’ll work hard. Brother, thank you for bringing the acceptance news too. I’ll let you know when the filming schedule is set.”

“…See that. It seems like you’ve gotten better at speaking somehow? Did you really fall wrong down the stairs…”

“I’ll go back to my room now.”

Anyway, thanks to Ryu Jae-geum I got proper permission and cleared the mission early, so it’s all good.

I bowed my head to my family members and turned around heading to my room.

Sorry, but I’m too tired right now to have a conversation. To resolve the dopamine addiction side effects, I think I need to sleep first.

“Ah, look at that! Not explaining properly when adults are present and just going in! Ugh, when will that child mature…”

I don’t even have the energy to respond to Ryu Jae-geum’s grumbling.

Returning to my room, I threw myself onto the bed and fell asleep just like that.

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“Ah.”

Crazy, I’m still tired no matter how much I sleep, is this really okay?

Was it in elementary school? I heard something like that once. That sleep is practicing for death.

That’s exactly how I feel right now. I’m sleeping so much I’m slightly worried I might die at this rate…

“Ugh.”

My back and neck are stiff and painful too.

But the problem is the fatigue still hasn’t gone away. Looking at my body’s condition, it seems like this will continue until the actual filming begins.

‘Ugh, I don’t want to get up.’

I overcame the creeping lethargy with willpower and got up.

If I really don’t want to die in my sleep, I need to eat something and prepare for filming.

[Please eat this when you wake up]

Biting into the sandwich Aunt had left on the table, I brought up the window I had hastily closed earlier.

A cash shop no less.

‘They really brought over a game system as is.’

When the reward was a thousand gold I had my suspicions, but to think there would even be a cash shop.

‘I want to check.’

Then immediately with a cheerful sound, the cash shop window opened.

“Ooh…”

What I could buy was more extensive than I thought, not just items.

Stat points that could raise the stats in my status window.

Various buffs like ‘Saint’s Healing’ that I received as a tutorial reward.

And traits like Master of Persuasion, Social Genius, etc.

There was even an exchange where I could convert cash to real money.

‘Everything is quite expensive though.’

The thousand gold I have isn’t nearly enough. It’s so expensive I can’t buy anything, and the relatively cheaper stat points I don’t plan to buy right now.

‘I need to check if stats can be raised through practice.’

If stats represent skills, there’s no way they can’t be raised through practice.

My gaze moved to the bottom of the categories.

The other things were interesting too, but what caught my eye most was ‘User Function Access Rights’.

Even the name felt extraordinary.

When I selected the category, a list of access rights I could purchase was displayed.

“Ooh.”

1,000G wasn’t nearly enough, but functions close to cheat level that made me wonder if this was possible were listed.

‘You can change Quests?’

What’s an affection system?

…Reset?

From things that made me think ‘Oh, that looks fun’, ‘I want to try that’ to functions too scary to even look at, there was all sorts of stuff.

As if entranced, I was checking the descriptions of each product and items I could purchase, when drowsiness hit me again and I dozed off before I knew it.

A few days later.

As Ryu Jae-geum said, I received a text that I had passed Start Plan’s final audition.

And in the blink of an eye, the day of the official first filming approached.

Chapter. 3 First Filming

The pure white, cutely decorated waiting room door that signaled filming would start from here.

When I opened the door and entered, along with numerous cameras, the gazes of all the cast members in the waiting room focused on me.

“Oh, hello.”

“Hello. Wow.”

Awkward greetings, awkward applause.

The trainees who had half-risen from their seats greeted me with obvious awkwardness written all over them.

“Hello.”

The waiting room atmosphere was so awkward that even someone like me, who isn’t particularly shy, felt uncomfortable.

‘This really feels like a first filming day.’

I kept bowing to them repeatedly as I headed toward an empty seat.

Today was the first time all cast members would gather together, including the debut group trainees.

And everyone gathered here were individual trainees who had passed the final audition.

Before the full-scale competition began, they said they would announce the team formation for individual trainees along with the first round competition theme.

These kids had just stood in front of cameras for the first time. While everyone was at a loss in the awkward silence, just killing time.

Knock knock.

“Everyone, let’s move to the filming studio!”

At truly perfect timing, the production staff entered the waiting room.

“…Wow.”

“The filming studio…”

Only then did the trainees let out awkward exclamations as they gathered themselves up and followed the production staff with awkward steps.

A long corridor with cameras positioned here and there.

As we passed through it, we could see a set studio in the middle of filming, and simultaneously heard someone’s booming voice.

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