manager; s.yh

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i enter the building towering up into the sky slightly stressed.

5:54am

if i don't hurry up my first day will start as an disaster.
i never overslept before, but this won't stop me.
i don't really believe in karma or fate.
logic is the only thing that will bring you the right answers and not how your inner rhythm works.
bullshit.
i shake my head focusing onto the important facts.
sm entertainment.
one of the biggest music industries in south korea.
and i'm here for my first day as a manager.
walking through the big hall i notice everyone watching me.
oh yeah i get it i'm the new one right.

the elevator is packed with other staff members and i sigh looking at it.
do i want to walk the stairs?
into the 21st floor?
not really.
do i have a choice?
not really.

05:56am

if i run at full speed i could make it.
but people would- a cut it,
i turn on my heals sprinting up the stairs.
keeping my breath steady so that i wouldn't appear like a huffing dog into the office.

11. floor
05:57 and 32 seconds

ten more.
i'll make it in time.
a smile appears on my lips while running upstairs.
the people passing by look at me curious.
why do people always stare?
i don't get it. seriously.
will you get happier with watching others?
will it change anything about your life?
no. but they still stare.
their brains work in such simple ways it's sad.

20. floor
8 seconds until 05:59am

and the 21. floor
i cover my face with a neutral expression but on the inside i burst out laughing because of my triumph over the time.

turning left i step into the hallway leading into the office of my new boss.
the massive wooden door looks expensive but i knock like i'd knock on every other door.
after a short moment of silence i hear him say 'come in'
i take a last breath and open the door slowly stepping inside.

06:00 am

'you're perfectly on time, really good'
i nod but then i bow down greeting the man sitting in the black chair in front of the  the windows and behind the dark table.
the room is simple.
after the first visit i noticed everything that was here to notice.
nothing special.
expensive but plain furniture.

he points onto the chair on which he always points when i came to visit him.

Lee SooMan

founder of sm entertainment.
and my new boss starting today.
i don't look at his eyes, not after what i've done to get this job, and sit down.
while he talks to me explaining how my schedule for the first few days will be, i stare between is eyes.
but then a thought rushes through my brain.

i wait for him to pause his explanations and nod to signalize that i got everything.
"Sir, just one question. i still don't know of what group i will be the manager from now on. in my trial period i worked with the trainees, but i'm just really curios."