Chapter 11 - The Start Of Something New
For the first few minutes of being left alone in the waiting room, with just the two of them to accompany one another, they sat in a comfortable silence, scanning the television. They stopped to watch a music program that consisted of idols who hid their identities while singing. It was good but the longer they watched it, the more they got bored by just sitting around.
Lina stood up and made her way over to the shelves that held video games and other things for the entertainment system. She began scanning the neatly placed games until her finger came across a Just Dance video game. Her head snapped towards Nabi and smiled evilly. Showing Nabi the game she wanted to play.
"No." Nabi said firmly.
Lina smirked. "The chairwoman afraid to loose to a homeless?" She asked.
Nabi scoffed. "Oh you're so on!"
Nabi stood up, taking hold of a sleek white remote that Lina handed her while she stay squatted, setting up the game for them. Nabi wasn't about to be showed up by someone who sang like Lina; who's voice matched well with a peacock. She was an ex-idol. She was trained until her muscles ached and her throat was raw. Even if the moves were handed out to her, she could beat Lina any day.
That's where Nabi was a million miles off. She was more than surprised to see Lina's body moving well to the music, hitting every move perfectly. Lina's moves were clean and culculated. She also add a little umph in every move she delivered, making her gain more points than Nabi, the ex-idol. Lina's small hourglass figure helped make her moves look sexy while Nabi had a plank of a figure.
"How do you dance so well?" Nabi asked breathing heavily.
Lina flipped her hair over her shoulder for a dramatic effect. "You're looking at someone who attended SAC." She smiled.
"SAC? You're lying!" Nabi says.
"Are you intimidated chairwoman? Does it scare you to challenge someone who attended SAC just for fun?" Lina challenged.
"Ooh that mouth of yours." Nabi smiled.
Thus began another few rounds of Just Dance. The two were too preoccupied by the time Secretary Kim came an hour and thirty minutes later. She entered the room ready to announce that Director Kang had arrived from his meeting and he was ready to see them. However, she was stunned into place. The contents on the table that held little snacks and foods were almost empty. Two wine glasses sat on the edge of the table, one still half way while the other was almost empty. Her eyes then went to the lounge area where she saw the two in a fierce battle to a Fifth Harmony song that was blasting through the sound system. Secretary Kim smiled, finding it absolutely adorable that a chairwoman could act this way.
Nabi had stripped her blazer off, left only in a short sleeve blouse. Her pencil skirt had wrinkles from the dance moves she was performing. Meanwhile, Lina -as well- had stripped off her cardigan and tied up her hair. This showed the game was a very heated one and that the two weren't about to break out of the game with just Secretary Kim's entrance alone.
"Chairwoman Park and Jung Lina-ssi." Secretary Kim says.
She watched as Nabi's body stilled, her hands tightening around the remote. Lina chuckled quietly while she went to retrieve her cardigan that she had thrown next to Nabi's blazer on the couch. She watched as Nabi went to place the remote onto the television stand and headed to her blazer. Nabi's cheeks were burning red. She was usually good at hiding her true personality while being in the presence of those who knew her as Chairwoman Park, however, she was in a room with Lina for too long.
"Director Kang has just arrived from his meeting. He's ready to see the both of you now." Secretary Kim informed, being sure not to redden Nabi's cheeks further.
"What about the mess?" Lina asked concerned for the way she basically made herself home.
"Don't worry about it. The cleaners will clean it. It's good to see the room being used to it's full potential. Not a lot of models like to eat those things or dance around. It's refreshing." She says. "Please follow me."
The two followed quietly after Secretary Kim. They were lead down the long hallway until a small opening where a few other ladies sat behind a fancy counter with their phones to their ears and typing away on the computer. They stopped before a door that was adjacent to the secretaries' desks and waited until Secretary Kim knocked on it and then opened it. She entered, announcing who was with her.
"Thank you Secretary Kim." Director Kang says getting up from behind his desk. "You may go."
Secretary Kim bowed as she left. Meanwhile, Director Kang made his way to the two women standing side by side. His eyes were concentrated on Lina. He used his hand to place over Nabi's face and pushed her away from Lina, so that he could have more room to examine her. Nabi only groaned, holding herself back from the urge to kick the old man in the shin.
"Yes! The perfection is great. A little shorter than most models, heels should fix that. Your hair is too curly and you're too tan. You're also a little overweight for a model." Director Kang says.
"Says the man with a beer belly." Nabi points out.
"I only run the modeling agency, I don't post my face up as advertisement for it." Director Kang shrugs. "Anyways, please take a seat." He says pointing them to the lounge area. "There are a few more things that I would like to point out but we can do that tomorrow. Right now, I just need to know if you're interested in becoming a model under YGK Plus?"
"Well, yes. I do have some concerns." Lina started.
"Like?"
"Well, I want to know why me? You street scouted me and I've seen the posters of the large model hanging outside the building. I look nothing like them. I just want to know, what makes you think that I could become a model?" Lina asked, even though her mind was set on becoming one.
Director Kang began shifting in his seat, uncomfortable by Lina's straightforward questions. "Well you see, our sales in clothes are doing well. Especially overseas. This means our style is mostly approved overseas so that's where our target sales will be. Although our clothes are selling well, the critics on the media are putting pressure on us because the models are supposedly boring. Saying they all look alike. This will give us bad rep on our models and I don't need that. So I needed something new. Someone who didn't look like other models in South Korea but appealing to the eyes nonetheless." He smiles to Lina. "So are you in or not?" He asked.
"I'm in. Thank you." She smiled.
"Alright. We'll talk about the details tomorrow. However, I would like to inform you about the day of your modeling debut. You'll be debuting in three months at the YGK Winter Wear." Director Kang informed.
"What's a YGK Winter Wear?"
"It's a fashion show thrown by YGK Plus where we of the higher ups choose a design from an underrated designer, anonymously. Once we choose the design, that designer will be YGK Winter Wear designer of the year, creating designs for us so she can have more recognition. It's a challenging season since winter is the most hardest season to be fashionable in. It's very hard to become a YGK Winter Wear fashion designer but it gives people good names." Director Kang explains.
"That sounds amazing." Lina smiled, feeling like it's a good way to debut.
"Yes. So you'll go through three months of training before debuting. I'll go more into details tomorrow." He says. "You can make it tomorrow to sign the contract right?"
"Yes. Do I just come in at anytime?" She asks.
"Yes. Just swing on by and I'll have the contract ready." He says causing Lina to smile and nod in reply.
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After the meeting with Director Kang, Nabi dropped Lina off to a destination she had requested to be dropped off at. Currently standing out on the road. She face a well groomed house that was in the neighborhood of some type of suburbs. The house had a black iron gate surrounding the whole front of the house. The iron gate came up to Lina's shoulders and lined just behind the iron gate was bushes, giving the house the privacy any home owner wanted. The front had a garden that would hold bunch of colorful flowers but it was currently out of season.
The roof of the warm house was covered in a thin layer of veins that stretched this way and that. The beautiful home is one that Lina had grown up with along with her siblings.
"Mija!"
Lina looked up and smiled. "Mommy!"
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