The Host and System Matchmaking Team

Arc 1.12

Alex makes a considerate expression, putting a finger on her mouth in contemplation. "Would I be allowed to attend your meeting? I can just wait down here."

Bai Yang anxiously looks back at the professional woman behind him but she offers no help as she just smiles vaguely in response. "C-Come along with me please?" he meekly asks with pleading eyes, obviously not willing to face Lin Ning by himself just yet.

Alex easily agrees, mostly because it's an honest request from Bai Yang and even if they do bar her from the elevators, she'll probably just shove her way through and risk being called on by security.

Fortunately, nothing drastic as that has happened by the time they reached the elevators. Climbing to the 23rd floor, they exit out the elevator, walk down a hall, and enter into another area with opaque windows and glass doors and a reception desk at the front.

Miss Zhang exchanges a few words with the receptionist (brown, neatly tied-up curly hair, and natural-makeup with eye-catching red lips) before she then leaves them with (what Alex can read on her name tag) Miss Chen. Miss Chen smiles at them not different in the way Miss Zhang smiles before dialing a number on the desk phone to inform Lin Ning of their arrival.

After a couple of minutes of Bai Yang fidgeting on the spot and Alex observing some of the creative abstract paintings on the wall, Lin Ning comes out with her black hair tied in a professional bun and her attire strict and formal like the day she has scouted Bai Yang. In a dark grey pencil skirt and some impressive black high-heels, Lin Ning's air of professionalism is complete with her thin, dark blue, metal-framed glasses and allows her black eyes to be sharper than the average person.

Lin Ning immediately recognizes Alex next to Bai Yang and doesn't even raise an eyebrow as she gives a courtesy greeting and acknowledgment to the additional company while holding out her hand politely for a handshake. "Lin Ning," she simply states, aware that they have met before and doesn't see the need to introduce herself further.

"Chang Alex," Alex response back with the same civility and business-like attitude, the corners of her mouth perking up slightly. "I'm here just to support Bai Yang."

"I see... Will Miss Chang be coming along with us then?"

"Only if I'm allowed to."

"I don't see why not. If it makes Mr. Bai more at ease for you to be there, then please join."

Pleased, Alex nods in response as Lin Ning turns around to say her greetings and welcomes towards Bai Yang, who replies shyly before latching a hand onto Alex's blazer sleeve, relieved that his best friend will be coming along.

Seeing their closeness, Lin Ning doesn't say anything as she leads them pass the reception desk and pass other small offices that each seems to hold their own agent. Judging by the nature of the calls she has been eavesdropping on and some of the discussions she has heard, most of the agents placed in this seem to be working exclusively for models only. There's probably more than one office area for agents that are working in other entertainment businesses.

Eventually, they enter into room 2301A (which is strangely located in the very back of the hallway) and Alex can't help but blink at the spaciousness of the office. She has seen the other agent offices in passing and while they're not cluttered and small, they're relatively decent in size. Enough for a medium-size desk, a filing cabinet, and a tall bookshelf without making anyone feel suffocated even after inviting three more people in.

Lin Ning, on the other hand, has an office with a window view as the entire wall farthest from the door is just glass. In the middle is a large, mahogany desk with a large PC screen and a black, comfortable office chair just behind. In front of the desk is a couple of seats with white, leather cushions and a small coffee table in between. There's even room for two filing cabinets (placed left of the desk against the pale-blue colored walls) and a couple of tall, black bookshelves (both on the left and right wall). There's also a lot of indoor plants that seem well kept and a silver-colored couch near the doorway.