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Note: single quotes ' .....' are thoughts and "....." doubles are spoken words.

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Your POV

“Pardon?”

The ahjussi looked at me and smiled. “I said that it seems you have talent. Would you like to see what you can do with it?”

My heart was beating frantically as I looked from the ahjussi to my boss who was looking at us with a frown on his face. I hope this doesn’t lead to a problem.

I gulped and asked again, “I still don’t understand what you mean sir.”

The ahjussi smiled again and took out a pen from his pocket. My eyes went wide watching him write something on my sketchbook.

Don’t think of me being weird, everybody has something that’s private that they don’t share with others or let others use that item. For me, it’s my sketchbook and the dude is freaking writing on it without my permission, that too with a pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took deep breaths trying not to snatch my sketchbook away from him when he was done writing. He handed it back to me and I looked at what he wrote.

It was an address, a well-known office building of the largest business group in Asia, KN Group.

“Be there tomorrow morning by 9 am sharp,” the ahjussi said. “If you pass the screening process and qualify, maybe that sketch can become a reality one day.”

I gaped at his words. I was at a loss. Before I could form the words to give him a reply or ask for his name he left the place. I looked at the address again and excitement finally crept back in. ‘Maybe my prayers have been answered, if I go for this interview or selection or whatever he said I can finally have a path to walk on and fulfil my dream. But what if he was lying? I regularly check the job portals and newspapers for jobs and interviews that are taking place. Surely such a big company hiring will not go unnoticed. But many a times these types of companies hire with little to no advertisement, preferring to keep the interviews limited and selective. This one is probably one of those situations.’

I nodded to myself and went to the back to keep the sketchbook back in my bag. As I resumed my work I took one look at the boss/chef and relaxed seeing him going about his business and not minding me or what happened a few moments ago.

‘Should I go to this place tomorrow? It’s just an interview right? What’s the worst that can happen, I won’t be able to clear the round.’

‘Should I tell Kyu about this? Maybe he can help me with some advice; after all he has experience in appearing for auditions and stuff.’

After finishing the day’s work I headed home thinking about what to do about tomorrow. On the way I rang up Kyu but it seems he wasn’t able to hear it.

‘Sleeping or busy probably studying.’ I sighed. I’ll have to prepare a resume for tomorrow and inform halmeoni that I won’t be coming to work.

I went back home and freshened up and ate dinner without a word of this to mother. She’ll probably get too excited too early and I don’t want to disappoint her if I don’t make it. She seemed to notice this though.

“Are you alright dear? Is something on your mind?” she asked while wiping the dishes while I was washing them.

“Huhh???! What?”

“You seemed to be rather quiet than normal so I wondered if something happened today?” she said looking worried.

I shook my head slightly. “Nothing happened out of the ordinary.” I lied. “Don’t worry too much. I was just thinking about college work.”

“Okay. Don’t work too hard. Enjoy your college lessons and focus on what you learn. You can always drop one of the part time jobs and give that time to studies and resting. It’s not like we can’t manage without all of your jobs.” She said.

“MOM! I told you I’ll take my own responsibility and I’m able to fit in study time just fine. So please don’t worry, ok?”

“Okay, okay.” She said with a smile.

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Next Morning

I got up at 6 as I just couldn’t sleep due to anxiety and nervousness. I prepared my resume and saved it on a disk so I can print it at a shop. After getting my bag and clothes ready I called up halmeoni to inform her I’ll not be coming today. I got ready and went downstairs for breakfast. I grabbed something for lunch and put in my bag and took a toast and was about to leave when mom came out of the kitchen and noticed me.

“Wow dear! You’re looking so pretty and like an office lady!” she said. “Are you going for an interview or something?”

“Uh........yeah.......something like that,” I muttered and went out. “See you mom! Thanks for the lunch!” I waved at her.

After about half an hour I was standing in front of the building the ahjussi wrote about. It was a huge building, 15 floors with glass walls and the entrance that was manned by security that was kind of intimidating at first sight. Not only were there guards that checked in everyone that entered there, but also security mechanisms like ID scans, CCTV cameras and baggage scanners. I don’t know about anyone else but I’ve never entered a building like this. Yet I’m about to do so.

I heaved a sigh and moved towards the gate where the guard would note your details and let you in. there was already a small line forming and I stood behind a little girl who looked no older than 12 or 13.

‘What the hell??........... These people hire even kids? Or is this some kind of talent hunt for an entertainment company?’

The little girl turned t look up at me and smiled nervously. I smiled in return.

“Eonni, did you get selected by some random stranger as well?” she asked. “I was nervous to come here; it could be a hoax or something.”

‘What? So it seems the candidates are selected out of the blue by agents or something???? I’m not the only one who was given a strange offer, huh?’

“Yeah, I thought so too..... By the way, did you come here all alone?”

She shook her head. “Mum dropped me here on her way to work. She wanted to stay but had some emergency issues at office. She’ll pick me up once it’s over here.”

We had reached the security person by that time. They took our details and clicked a photo which they pasted on a temporary ID that they gave us. We signed on the entry records and went in. the lobby was spread out and well decorated. Beautiful art pieces were placed here and there. When we reached the reception desk the lady behind it counted heads and took us to an adjacent room which was even larger than the lobby. There were some chairs and tables arranged like in an exam hall & a long table at the front where 3 people stood waiting for us. When they got our attention they said, “Please take a seat.”

We sat down. For a moment the scraping of chairs on the floor and small talk was all that could be heard. One of the 3 came forward and said, “Thank you for coming today. My name is Mr Kang. The reason why we have invited you here is to give you an opportunity to realise your potential and see for ourselves which of you have what it takes to be an integral part of the KN Group.”

Silence. I still don’t get why I was selected. I know nothing about business!

Mr Kang resumed speaking. “I’m sure you’re all wondering what this is about. We’ll come to the details shortly, but first it would be nice to get to know each other. Please one by one introduce yourselves to everyone here.”

He gestured to the guy sitting closest to him to start. After fidgeting a little the guy stood up and gave his introduction.

“Hi everyone! I’m Woojin. Nice to meet you all. I’m a student of Seoul National University of Education. I’m 18 and I’m doing my bachelors in science and I also love sports. I was asked to come here at the local football match where I was playing last weekend.” He was scratching his neck out of nervousness. “Well that’s about it.”

He looked to Mr Kang and he nodded in approval and Woojin sat down. “Somebody else now? A lady perhaps?” Mr Kang looked around.

A girl about my age stood up and faced us. She looked pretty confident as if she knew something we didn’t and she did this pretty often. Most probably she does.

“Hi people! I’m Seoyoon. I’m 18 years old and I go to Dongseo University and take performing arts. I love to dance and I’m the best dancer in Korea!”

‘Thank God she didn’t say ‘the world!’ ......’ I thought.

“And soon I’ll be the best dancer in the world!”  I sighed.

The others followed after her introduction. Most were either musicians or singers or dancers. I was starting to feel very out of place, like I didn’t belong here. Maybe the ahjussi made a mistake. Maybe I was wrongly chosen. The football guy is the only hope that is keeping me from sneaking out of here. But then again the security is too tight here.

‘Don’t think like that! It’s not like you’ve committed a crime! You can leave whenever you want.’ I convinced myself.

Next the little girl from the line stood up.

“Hello everyone!” she bowed. “I’m Jimin and I’m a student of Cheonan Girl’s High School. I’m 14 and take advanced classes. I also love to play the piano and was selected to come here at my school recital.”

She bowed again and sat down.

‘Wow. Cheonan high is an incredible school! She must be talented to be accepted there to take advanced classes.’

But this also confirms my nagging feeling of this being a talent hunt show. Next a guy at the far corner at the front stood up.

“Hi everyone! I’m Cho Kyuhyun and I’m a student at Dongseo University and I take performing arts there, vocals.”

I snapped my attention to the guy who was talking, shocked beyond words.

‘Kyu??????’

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