"Woah, this is a huge company!" Amana said in her amusement.
Haley chuckled and said "Wait 'till you see this building from above!". She looked at her wristwatch and was shocked "Oh no! we're almost late! Let's go now!", she said and dragged Amanda inside the building.
They rode the elevator up to 40th floor. When the elevator door opened, a modern office style welcomed them. The receptionist welcomed them and Amanda gave a smile. Amanda is guessing that this floor is for the boss' because all of the rooms are offices and there is no public tables outside for the workers. They walked to the left hallway and in the third room they stopped.
"This is Manager Yula's office. You go in first 'cause I have errands", Haley said. Amanda nodded and knocked at the door twice.
"Come in"
She breathe heavily and said to herself, "You can do this!"
She opened the door and she saw a woman standing in front of the big window and reading some papers.
"Hmm 9:05, 5 minutes late. Why did it happened? Hmm?" the woman in front faces Amanda. The aura of manager Yula screams fierce and coldness.
"Uh-uhm hello. I am Amanda Lao-"
"Amanda Lao, 25 years old, a rookie artist from the America", manager Yula brings up her paper, "Got your information from Anne a month ago. So tell me, why are you late?" she said and walks toward her table and sat down.
"It was Haley's fault. I promise she told me that she was you and we've got jammed in traffic", Amanda explained. Manager Yula seemed convinced and just nodded. She gestured Amanda to sit down on the chair in front of her and Amanda obeyed.
"So here is the contract for your management team that will be lead by me. I will provide you the best assistants and endorse you to famous brands. Just follow the rules and you'll be in good hands. I see that you have an upcoming film. It will be good time to gain your fame. Anyways, where do you live?" She asked. Amanda was still overwhelmed with what manager Yula said because it was all new to her.
"What? Oh! I'm sorry! I live at Rich Almond Subdivisions. I know it's far but Ms. Anne already gave me an apartment to rent and I will look at it later", Amanda stated. The apartment that Ms. Anne gave was a little close to the building as written on the address.
"Oh I see. Here is the contract that Diamond Lane gave to you. We can still make revisions when there are some things that you want to change", manager Yula smiled and slide an envelope to Amanda.
Amanda opened the contract and start reading. The rules have different penalties when not followed and she agrees with it. And after minutes of thinking, she already have an answer.
"I agree with the contract. I'll sign now", Amanda said. She took the pen in the pen holder and signed the contract.
"Thank you for this cooperation, Amanda", manager Yula stood up. "Let me tour you on the whole land of Diamond Lane".
Amanda smiled and stood up. She is very confident that she will be treated nicely and fairly at Diamond Lane. Not only Anne endorse this cooperation but Diamond Lane is popular and is the 'home' of the famous actors in China.
Manager Yula took her outside the main building because she sad that the building is just full of paperworks and not entertaining. They start walking going to the other building. Amanda can see a lot of rookies and famous artists and she can't help to be awed. She started imagining that she is walking on the same way and she is already famous.
Oh she wish that her job here is going to be good. After walking through the long pathway, manager Yula stopped at an entrance place of a building. Comparing th previous building, this building looks joyful and entertaining.
"So we are here at the entertainment building. This is where rookie artists and idols practice. Well you can go here too if you want to practice some lines". Manager Yula said.
She went in and so is Amanda. The whole lobby is is full of trophies and medals. They went to each floor and saw the training room and many more. The training room in here was more better than the one in America. After an hour of touring and meeting the rookies, they went out and eat lunch. They ate lunch at the commercial building. All buildings are high and with an average of 40 floors each.
Manager Yula decided to continue the tour tomorrow because she have a meeting scheduled that afternoon. They bid their goodbyes and manager Yula took Amanda to the exit for she didn't know it.
"Well, let's meet tomorrow I guess. Your script will be delivered here and I can tell Haley to give it to you if ever we won't meet tomorrow", manager Yula said. She hugged Amanda.
"Thank you very much for this tour. I will be honored to continue this tour tomorrow. And after I received the script I will study it immediately!" Amanda said happily.
Manager Yula let go of the hug and chuckled. "That's the spirit! Oh well, I have to go now! Ciao!"
"Goodbye manager!" Amanda said and waved goodbye. She waited until manager Yula gets back inside the office.
After that, Amanda walks to the taxi bay and get inside the taxi. She wants to go somewhere peaceful and she wants to visit someone too.
"Where to?" asked the driver.
"To Quiet Gardens please. But first let's drop by to a flower shop. Thank you!" she said politely.
'Well it's nice to visit your true parents after you're gone for 3 years right?' Amanda thought to herself. Her nightmares keeps on getting worse and visiting her parents might lessen the pain that she had been through.