I am the Entertainment Tycoon

Theo and Ryoko were walking toward the auditorium when he said to her, "Be calm, you have to be yourself when you're addressing the candidates. They will soon be your employees and you need to pass a calm and confident image." 

Ryoko took a deep breath to calm her nervous heart.

'I can do this. I can do this. I can…' she repeated the same thought over and over in her head.

After discussing the results for 15 minutes, both of them were ready to tell the candidates who passed the exam.

When they arrived at the auditorium, all candidates were seated as they waited anxiously for the announcement.

Even the more confident candidates were sweating anxiously.

When they saw two people appearing on the stage, their hearts managed to beat even faster.

They could hear their heartbeats in their ears, sweat rolled down their back, and their eyes looked at the two people on the stage.

Ryoko picked up the microphone and looked at the people below with a calm look.

She was not the little girl that ran away from Sakura City anymore, she was the Head Director of the Tokyo Studios!

"Good evening, everyone!" Ryoko gave them a light smile.

"You may remember me from this morning. I am the Tokyo Studios' Head Director and I will be announcing the results of the second phase." Ryoko passed her eyes through the multitude of candidates below.

It was the first time that the candidates heard Ryoko talk, and they were impressed by her manners.

She looked so confident and calm.

She exuded a mature and knowledgeable feeling.

And she looked so young!

Most of them thought that she must be a genius person to be able to get such an important job so young.

She would be their boss!

They became even more respectful, even though they paid attention to Theo. They didn't know who he was in the company.

So, seeing their boss was much more impactful than seeing an unknown person.

The ones who were most surprised when Ryoko talked were her former classmates.

The Ryoko that they knew was a shy person without the calm and confident look she was passing.

What they didn't was that after Ryoko passed through her traumatic experience and afterward being 'saved' by Theo, her personality started to slowly change.

She didn't want to ever feel what she felt, so she decided to be confident and decisive.

"This is the list of the ones who passed the second phase." Ryoko said as she pointed at the screen on the stage that started showing a list with hundreds of names.

"If you find your name on this list. It means that you are eligible to compete in the third phase of the interview." Ryoko complemented.

Ryoko then proceeded to wait for each one to search the list, she could already see that they were only paying attention to the list.

The candidates heard her and immediately started inspecting the list.

Each one searched for their own name anxiously.

When someone saw his/her name, the person would jump in joy.

Most of the candidates had this reaction when they saw their names on the list.

But there were a few who did not see their names after inspecting the whole list.

They could not believe it, so they inspected the whole again.

But even after inspecting the whole list multiple times, they had to face that they didn't pass the test.

In total, there were 906 candidates.

875 candidates passed the assessment.

And 31 didn't meet the requirement to pass.

"To those who didn't pass. We are offering another opportunity. If you want you can get an internship with us. You can improve your skills with us. And if we see that you improved your skills, we can hire any of those who meet the required skill." Ryoko said as she gave them a calm smile.

The 31 candidates who didn't pass were hopeful again, they might not be as good as the others but they wanted to get hired too!

They wanted to be in this studio.

Even though life as an intern would be hard, they were willing to do it if it meant that they would have a chance to be hired.

Those who passed the test were surprised.

It seemed that the studio was willing to teach new employees.

They also realized that even if they didn't pass the next phase, they would at least get an internship at the studio.

What they didn't know was that everyone who passed the second phase would be hired.

They would at least get a job as in-between animators.

This position may be low in other studios but the Tokyo Studios paid in-between animators as if they were keyframe animators!

Anyone would be glad to work as in-between animators at the Tokyo Studios.

"The third phase will start tomorrow at 8 am. We will explain then what this phase will entrail. To those who want to get the internship among the 31 who didn't pass, if you please come to one of our employees so that we can start the process." Ryoko said with a calm voice.

"Are there any questions?" Ryoko asked as she looked at the candidates.

A guy with short black hair raised his hand, and an Umbrella employee walked over with a microphone and motioned him to talk.

"What's the time duration of the whole interview process?" He asked.

"Good question!" Ryoko smiled at him.

The male audience was frozen by the beauty of their boss.

She was so pretty and confident.

She became their idol at that moment.

"It depends on how far each one of you will go. The second phase will last until next Saturday. If you pass, you can get the opportunity to do the fourth phase. And the time duration of the fourth phase will depend on how many of you will get there and in which positions." Ryoko explained calmly as she looked through all candidates.

They became enlightened as they heard what she said.

They wanted to go as far as it was possible!

"Are there any other questions?" Ryoko asked again.

Another person raised her hand.

"It was said that we will for teams in the third phase. We will get to pick our teammates or it will be random?" 

"We would divulge that tomorrow, but I can already say that it will be random." Ryoko replied calmly.

The people who were already thinking about forming a team with their friends were disappointed.

It was exactly because of that, that Theo chose to be random.

He wanted to see how they would react when working with strangers.

He wanted to see their teamwork, their work ethic, their behavior with other teammates, and how they would work working with strangers.

After all, if he saw someone rude to other teammates, he would reconsider hiring this person.

Who would want to work with a rude person?

Theo would evaluate everything.

"Any more questions?" Ryoko asked again.

No one raised their hands.

"Great! Then we can end our first day of interviews here. We see each other tomorrow at 8 am. Good evening to you all." Ryoko said as she smiled again at them.

All candidates clapped their hands as they saw Ryoko and Theo leaving the stage.

The ones who didn't pass the test moved toward the Umbrella employees to start the process of getting the internship.

The others started talking enthusiastically with each other about their day.

"You did a great job!" Theo complimented her with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, boss!" Ryoko smiled again but this smile was much more natural.

Her heart was starting to calm itself.

She couldn't believe that she managed to do it!

And her boss persona was so natural to her, that she felt that she was born to be the boss.

"Well, I have to go now." He said as he looked at the clock on his phone.

[7:18 PM]

He needed to get to his house in 12 minutes.

'Sister said I should be there at 7:30. I guess if I drive fast I can do it.' He thought.

"Bye, we see each other tomorrow!" Theo said as he started running through the corridor.

"Bye!" It was the only thing that Ryoko managed to say before losing sight of him.

Suddenly she remembered something.

'Oh, I must hurry too!…' she thought.