Namjoon - The boy with the dragon eyes - KNJ - RM Kim Namjoon

Chapter 33 The meeting Part 1

You looked at your maps on your phone. You finally arrived at the building. You looked up, the building was quit tall. "Ok, here we go" you thought "22nd floor".

You got into the elevator and it felt like it took such a long time to get you to the floor that you needed to be. First day on the job and you were to meet a guy named Scoot or Scooter. It wasn't really clear on the note. As you arrived at a very nice office. The receptionist smiled at you..."Just a second, he is already waiting for you". She pressed on one of the buttons of the phone..."Your 9 o'clock is here" she said. "Ok" she nodded, "I will tell her". 

She looked at you with a friendly smile again: "Hi, my name is Wendy...Scooter is ready for you, just go straight and second door on your left". She pointed to the hall way.

"Ok so not Scoot but Scooter" you thought "better remember that, cause he could potentially become your new boss".

You looked at Wendy "Thank you" you said and you headed to the hall way. As you approached the door, you became  very nervous. "Shoot, what if Scooter doesn't like me at all during this meeting?" You didn't even know what the position was, it was all so unclear. "Stop it" you thought" and gathered yourself..you just had to trust Lily and her dad.

Here it was, second door on your left. You knocked lightly on the door. "Come in" a voice said. As you opened the door you saw Scooter Braun sitting behind his desk. "Ah, welcome to Hybe America" he said with a grin and pointed at the chair in front of the desk "have a seat".

You shook his  hand and introduced yourself before sitting down. You were a little overwhelmed "Shoot" you thought "Why did I not make that connection with his name and thought of Scooter Braun before coming here?" For a moment, you felt a bit awkward as you  felt that you hesitated "Did you even wanted to work for someone like him?" you asked yourself.

"Sooooo" there was that grin again. "I guess this is just a formality, because you basically already got the job, since I owe Marcel big time". 

"Uh....Marcel?" you repeated the name. 

Scooter looked a bit puzzled "Uh yeah, Marcel Lechi...my lawyer friend who send you here?"

"Ah, Lily's dad" you thought "Ah yeah, Marcel Lechi...yes he sent me here and sorry it hasn't all been clear to me, but apparently I am here for a job interview...meeting???? Uhh? you tried to kinda guess what you were there for. "Shit, why didn't they gave you more information" now you looked absolutely stupid.

"Ok" Scooter said "Look, as I said...the job is already yours, I owe Marcel big time. You will leave in about 2 weeks. We will help settle all your affairs here, don't worry, as soon as you sign your contract, this will be done quickly".

"Wait...what? Leaving where?" now you looked puzzled and you didn't know what was going on.

"Hmmmm" Scooter squinted his eyes "obviously, you have not been briefed". He looked at his watch. "Look, I don't have much time because I have another meeting..so I will explain it shortly to you and you will have to sign today. Otherwise the deal is off...but honestly I don't like to disappoint Marcel, cause I will still need his services in the future. So please work with me on this one...ok?"

"You nodded" yeah, sure..I understand your time is valuable...but can you please explain, because I have no clue what you are talking about"

"OK" Scooter said. So we have hired you as our new PR director. "Look I must admit your resume is impressive how you worked your way up in Sony and all. I called Gaby and she spoke highly of you. So with that I have no doubt you will do an excellent job in Korea".

"Uh what, Korea??"

"Yeah we just started collaborating with Hybe Korea and to bridge things, we will have some of their employees over here and we will send some of ours over there. Unfortunately, I can't really send any of my current employees, because you know..I need them here. But it was all part of the deal....so enter you. You will be going in 2 weeks, and yeah make us proud".

"Uh, wait a minute" you panicked...first of all, I don't know anyone in Korea or I don't speak Korean...I also have my apartment here ...and..."

Scooter held up his hand and shook his head...basically asking you to be quite "Do you even know anything about Kpop?" 

"Well, I just saw BTS the other day in concert and I kinda had a conversation with Namjoon"

Scooter looked impressed "you had a conversation with Namjoon?"

"Shit" you thought "Why did I have to tell him that.

"Well, that's good enough for me" he said. "Look don't worry about your apartment. It was part of the deal that we will keep the apartment for you. We will pay your rent, while you are gone for 2 years. Don't worry about living space in Korea, we have set you up with an apartment there too. People are very friendly there you know, you will make friends in no time".

"Look, from what I heard you just broke up with your fiancé, maybe this is a good way to get over him. Also everything else you have here, will still be waiting for you here, when you come back" He wrote something on paper..."Look this amount will be your salary, I am sure it will not disappoint you".

You glanced on the piece of paper. Your eyes became wide open. That was double of what you earned at Sony. 

"Like I said, on top of that your rent here and there will be paid for. I can have someone come and clean your apartment here once a week while you are gone. Now do we have deal?" He quickly took a stack of papers out of his drawer, what appears to be a contract.

"Look, no worries, I will not screw you over...Marcel looked at this contract and actually he set it all up for you. My hands are tight, it is a good contract, if I do say so myself. You could save a lot of money in those two years, plus you will gain excellent experience, plus you might just be able to get over that fiancé of yours".

Again he looked at his watch. "Look, I have to go ... you can read the contract and hand it to Wendy. If you agree, I expect you back here at 8 am in the morning and we will do some briefing on what is expected of you"

He held out his hand "It was nice seeing you today, I hope I can say welcome on board?".

You shook his hand and just nodded with a bit of a smile. You didn't really know what to feel right now, crying, smiling or screaming...what in the hell was happening right now?

You tried to quickly read the contract in the waiting room. "It's a good deal you know" Wendy smiled from behind her receptionist desk and winked at you, but you will have to sign now..cause I have to hand it over to Scooter" She handed you a pen.

You quickly signed the papers, and thought..."What did I get myself into?" and you were left confused, the rest of the day was a total blur for you.