ღ꧁ღ╭⊱ꕥ CHAPTER 4 ꕥ⊱╮ღ꧂ღ

📖(✿˶˘ ³˘)~♡ MIMO'S POV (｡❛ᴗ❛｡)📖

"Good Afternoon, ladies. Most of you here already know me, so for those who don't know me." He suddenly looks at me. I feel like my heart is throbbing fast. "My name is Chris Fuentez Legazpi, the current CEO of S&L. I'm also a writer, and I think those girls who come from me are my fans, right?" He raises his hands and smile.

"Are you still single, Mr. Legazpi?" The monster who pushed me earlier is so bold to ask that question in front of us and beg to agree on her because I'm interested as well!

He giggles in front of us. "I'm sorry, girls. I already have a fiancee." Then, he looks at me again and gives me a wink. I'm kind of heartbroken right now because he already has a fiancee. But, oh well, there are many fishes out here. If he needs a mistress. I'LL VOLUNTEER AS A TRIBUTE! After they hear it from him, all the monster girls say, "Ugh..." they look disappointed as well.

"Don't be saddened. I'm already 35 years old, and you guys will meet here. She will explain to you guys the rules here in the publishing house." He explains as he gets the remote control below the television. I'm curious who his fiancee is. She might be beautiful.

"Let's start. Later on, I will ask you guys to introduce yourself once the directive editors are here." He says that as he fixes his suit. "Welcome to Story & Life, and congratulations for being admitted here. Today I will discuss with you the four branches of the jobs we offer here." He pauses as he points to the remote control in the television, and it shows us a slide show.

"What are the four branches that I'm talking about. I know that you guys are all writers, and you guys wanted to get a stable job here in our company." He crosses his arms and looks at us while he sits on the side of the table. "Do you know what kind of writer you want?" He asks us while raising a brow, and it catches my attention.

"If you don't know yet, I'll show it now the four branches we offer. Here are the following." He looks at the screen and then shows it to us. "First, we have screenwriters. Who are screenwriters? They are the writers who transpose manuscripts to a screenplay. Those scripts were used for the actors to know what action they need to act." He stops explaining and looks at us. "Who is here would like to be a screenwriter? Please raise your hands!" Wow, 4 raise their hands, and I don't have any knowledge of screenwriting, so I would not try it.

"Wow, almost half, that's great! We really need screenwriters since many companies always come here to transpose someone's novel into a movie or series script. Welcome to the team! I'll introduce you later to your directive editor." He claps his hands, and we follow him and congratulate them.

"Ok, for the Second branch is a creative writer. What does a creative writer do here? They are the one who creates a manuscript proposal for a novel that visionary novelist will need to write. Sometimes our creative writers are the one who makes the novel, and the novelist will proofread their work together with the editor. Anyone here applying for a creative writer?" After he asks that two ladies raise their hands, and we only have three left. "Good, congratulate yourself."

"Now, for the Third branch is Editors. We also consider that writers can be Editors, but this branch needs one year of provisionary training with our directive team. Do you ask why we need a year of training for them? Because every single writer's here in the company will be partnered with an Editors. So editors can have a lineup of up to 40 writers in each team to proofread their works. The editors are also the team leaders for each group, so be respectful because they can reject your work." He continues to explain, and the other two ladies raise their hands because they are editors. And I'm the only one left who doesn't have any role intact, and I'm waiting for the last branch he will explain.

"Lastly, this is the most challenging job here in our publishing. We call it here creative, imaginative, or visionary novelists. They are the writers who are talents and treasures here in our company." He pauses, points his remote to the screen, and changes the display. "If it weren't for them, the company doesn't exist. They work for us, and we train them to be the best. We help them make their name internally, and they help us be known worldwide. We are thankful for them because, without them, we don't have a business." While he is explaining that, I'm thrilled! I want to join the creative novelist! I want to have my story known all over the world.

I can't stop smiling because I am lucky to get admitted here. Our eyes meet again, and Mr. Legaspi smile, damn daddy, I might snatch you from your fiancee. Don't do that. I smile back at him with my eyes sparkling as I fix my hair and put them on the back of my ears. "So you are the only one here who didn't raise your hands. I bet you want to be a novelist here." I happily nod at him, and he widely smiles as he points his attention back to the screen.

"Since you are the only ones who choose to become our creative novelist, I will not continue explaining this for now. Instead, I will ask your editor to explain to you. Are you good with that?" Or, explain it to me later in your office. Damn, I'm hype!

"So, since you are our future front line assets, can you introduce yourself" He points his finger at me and looks with a quizzical face.

I stand up and introduce myself. "I'm Maria Isabela Monedero. I'm 24 years old," Single and ready to mingle. "I love to write romance tragedy genres and have joined many contests before, but I'm embarrassed to say this. I never actually won any of them, but I always get in second place or third place." As I introduce myself, I notice four guys entering the room.

"And also, my nickname is Mimo, and I also use that as my pseudo name." After I say that, I glimpse mister marble. I mean, the guy that I accidentally fondle is balls. Our eyes met, and my world stopped as we looked at each other for a few seconds.

I gulp because his eyes are staring at me like he wants to eat me, and I'm not yet prepared.