Chapter 643: Seoul Regional Preliminary (2)
At seventeen years old, Go Eun-Seo's polished appearance already surpassed that of most lead actresses and her vocal skills rivaled seasoned veteran singers. On top of that, she had trained professionally in both dance and piano since childhood, giving her a strong edge in both choreography and instrumental performance.
She was so impressive that PD Ji Yung-Sik, an audition show expert, had fallen for her at first sight and declared she would become a star.
However, she had one serious flaw. Her father was a three-term lawmaker named Go Joon-Taek from Incheon, and her mother was former top actress Han So-Ye. Both were notorious for constantly interfering in company affairs. Worse yet, Go Eun-Seo knew how talented she was and had a selfish, self-centered personality.
Back in Top Entertainment, attempts to build teams around her ended up destroying no less than five different groups. Because of this, her nickname was 'Go-Centered Theory.' Just like the geocentric and heliocentric models, everything supposedly revolved around Go Eun-Seo.
In the end, I had no choice but to piece together a pseudo-group of three members who followed her every word, debuted them, and even pushed them to first place.
The group's name back then was PEONY, which had been chosen by Kim Dong-Soo himself. He told the media it meant the flower of all flowers, the best of best—implying the idol among idols.
But in truth, it was sarcasm and he meant it as a scentless flower. He had enough of Go Eun-Seo's uncontrollable personality and her mother Han So-Ye showing up at the company every other day making unreasonable demands. Even the infamous Kim Dong-Soo had thrown up his hands in defeat, and no ordinary talent agent could handle the mother and daughter duo.
For such a reason, I had taken her on myself.
"Go Eun-Seo... did you say?"
I spoke the name in surprise without meaning to, and Ji Yung-Sik nodded. "Yes. Do you know her?"
Since I hadn't watched the second-round audition videos, I couldn't admit I recognized her. "Oh, no. The name just sounded similar to someone I know."
"Ah, is that so? Then make sure to watch her later. That girl's definitely going to blow up."