I walked in to the agency just as the sun began to rise, I had awoken long before dawn and found myself just lazing around for a few hours before preparing, as usual my face was perfectly done, my hair was done neatly in it's high one and today I was wearing in a red pencil dress with a white blazer and white and black wedge, the lobby was empty, but I was easily able to gain access to the building because of an ID I was provided with before I went home.
I got on the elevator and waited for it to reach the top floor of the building, I got off and made my way into the office, the place was empty except for a few workers that were scattered about attending to their work, I finally made it to the office and knocked on the door, only entering when I was given the go ahead, I was surprised to see that only Mr. Yoshida sat in his office behind his desk, a stack of papers a large jug that most likely had coffee and his computer in front of him that he furiously typed away on, I greeted him as usual but only received a grumble and a gesture for me to sit in return.
I sat down and crossed my legs, I pulled out my phone and decided to go through the list of to-do's I had made the night before, I had no idea how long we had been sitting their each getting on with their respective job's before their was a knock on the door and the other five people entered, they seemed surprised to see me but greeted me good morning anyway, I returned the gesture and watched as everyone settled down to start their work, I waited a bit more before Mr. Yoshida got up and gestured for me to follow him, I got up grabbing my bag and did as I was asked, we got into the elevator and headed to the third floor, which I knew held the cafeteria and lounge area's for the staff.
We walked to the kitchen and I watched as he moved around swiftly, most likely making a sandwich for himself, I followed him the the balcony when he was done and sat in a chair opposite him, quietly waiting for him to finish eat what looked like his breakfast, I felt a bit sick but didn't let it show, when he was finished he quickly drank down the juice he had poured for himself, when he was finished I watched as he moved the dishes to the side and place a laptop on the desk that I didn't even notice.
His eyes moved around the screen and then he looked up at me "Okay, so sorry about the wait it's just that I've been here for two days without fail and just needed something to eat quickly." I said it was okay and he nodded "okay so the reason we're here is because I got a call from a few of the places I had said you needed to visit yesterday, especially the fashion agency, who said that you didn't choose a designer, neither a make up artist but when you chose the Hairstylist it was one of the new person's who barely had any experience." he glanced at his screen before looking back at me "Of course I cleared up the misunderstanding but I want to hear from you why you made the decisions you did, after all I need to make a record."
I nodded and quickly explained to him that the reason I didn't choose the styles was because the styles were a bit too mature for Maemi and the cost to make them would just be expensive and so I decided they wouldn't be wort the money we would be paying them and the same went for the makeup artist, their style of doing it was just too much for a fourteen year old girl and it would take up too much time, he nodded and typed everything I had said into his laptop.
"Okay so that's all understandable, but what about the van, I heard you paid from your own money to get a different and newer model, so why was that." Once again I took my time and explained to him why I made the decision's I did, he nodded along while typing at an amazing pace "Okay well that explain's everything and since I was able to clear that up, there's no big deal, I'll see about getting you a list of suitable people for the makeup artist and designer, but anyway now that that's out of the way, I decided that I would assign a road manager to help you out, because from what I can see things are going to get hectic." I nodded and he glanced at his watch "okay their supposed to be here by now, so lets go."
I got up and followed him back to the floor with the conference room and he lead me back to the same one we had used before, he opened the door and allowed me to go in first as he told me to have a seat, I sat down and crossed my legs, when I looked up was the first time I noticed the five people standing across from me. I glanced all of them over it was about three women and two men, I felt disgusted, I definitely had no interest in working with a man, the first and last time I did, it was a complete disaster that nearly cost my Idol everything, it took me a while to get him off my team and then had to work hard to get my Idol back on track and now she's leading a three man group and running for an award.
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When it came to this kind of work I'd say that the women would be more suitable because the minute they saw the cute little child in front of them brimming with all these hopes and dreams, they immediately want to protect them it's like a motherly switch flips in them and I admire that, but all the same when it happens with the men it's just a few and I'd rather not take a chance like that again, but then I let my eyes flit across the women and felt disappointed at the ways they were dressed, bland and no enthusiasm, they'll be working with a fourteen year old child and with the way they are acting I'm sure it would just turn the girl into a monster.
My eyes went over to the woman in the corner and I arched my brow, she looked like a child and even though she didn't know what the outcome would be she had a bright smile on her face, I looked over the way she was dressed and I was really impressed with how she came dressed to an interview, her short hair was pulled into two with colorful clips, she had on a hot pink shirt and a frilly black skirt that had a bright yellow bow on it, her tights were pink and from what I could see she was wearing sneakers that had heels in them, and of course she had a crazy amount of accessories on her hand, she was dressed a bit strange but that might be what we needed to make Maemi's long hours on the road easy for her.
I looked over at Mr. Yoshida when he called my name and told me that these were the candidates for the road manager and then pushed a stack of five files over to me, saying to go through each and then pick the person I wanted, I nodded and pulled up the first file, quickly flitting through it, this person wasn't going anywhere near Maemi, I tossed the file to the side and picked up another one, as I looked through all I could think was that the person was a lazy troublemaker and that they were just trying to push him on me to see if I could changes his ways, I huffed and tossed the file on top of the other one.
I picked up the next one and started going through it, this person had experience enough to be working as a manager for her own Idol group, so why in the world was she pushing for a road manger opening, then I read a report on her and felt like hitting her and burning her file in front of her face, but I simply decided to throw the file with a little more force than the other's, nearly sending it off the table only to have it stopped by Mr. Yoshida who gave me a strange look.
I ignored it and moved o to the other file, this one also had experience, Ms Amano, from what I could see she would be perfect but with her history she would be more suited to work with an older group, I found myself pulling out a pen and writing int the information before closing it and placing it down gently on the table, they all seemed a bit surprised but I said nothing and just moved on to the other file, not paying attention to the fact that Mr. Yoshida had picked up the file and was looking through it,.
I smiled at the picture that was in this file, Aya Adachi, she was half Japanese half Dutch, moved to Japan about two years ago for studies, from what I could see she just finished school and was looking for a job, so she lacked experience, but she was eighteen and had already gotten herself a license, the recommendations from her school were a big help, one of the teacher's saying "she was a bit wacky but when it came down to it a hard worker" and that was exactly what I needed to hear, so I happily closed the file and handed it to Mr. Yoshida who quickly flitted through it and then stood up as he closed the file.
I followed his actions "Okay everyone it seems Ms. Ishikawa has made her decision, so everyone except for Ms. Adachi and Ms Amano, return to your work locations." I watched at their faces and felt relived I hadn't chosen them, they weren't mature, we waited on them to leave before Mr. Yoshida spoke again "Ms. Amano I need you to take your file and head to the second floor and look for a Mr Richard, just give it to him and he'll understand." she thanked him and then headed out the room "As for you Ms Adachi follow us." I could she her practically skipping as she followed us and felt extremely happy with my choice.
We went back to the office with Mr. Yoshida and waited for some information to be finalized before we headed out, as we made our way down to the garage I called Akira and told him I would be heading over let him get himself ready, then I called Maemi's parents and asked them to get her ready, I pulled out the keys and Aya moved to collect them but I pulled away and she gave me a questioning look.
"It's okay, I'll do the driving today, you just watch at the way I drive so it would be easier for you, okay?" she smiled at me and said yes before getting in the van, it wasn't long before we were pulling out and heading over to Akira's home, after talking yesterday we agreed that being on a first name basis was easier for us, so he called me Nami.
It didn't take long for me to pull up in front of his house hoking the horn, I watched as he came out a door from the second floor, bound down the steps and ran over to the van jumping in the back when he realized Aya had already taken up the front passenger seat, they both looked at each other and then at me "Akira meet Aya, she'll be the road manager, basically my assistant, Aya this is Akira he's Maemi's hairstylist, the two of you get along or I'll throw you both in front of a moving truck, I'm not too good with patience."
They both looked at me bewildered and I arched my brow making them nod, which gave me sweet satisfaction as I headed off to Maemi's house.