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7:00 pm Seoul
There are several important requirements to succeed in this industry. Certain ways of being, a specific path to follow. Some few unspoken rules to keep you on the inside -- inside the world's most exclusive clique.
It's a minefield without guidance.
A guessing game with felt repercussions.
I certainly felt repercussions.
Though I also had guidance - or more so instructions/orders. Direction nontheless.
I was equipped quick to the rules and regulations of networking.
Networking as in; the action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts.
Also known as: kissing ass and sucking up.
It's a game and a shitty one for desperate beginners trying to make a name.
I, thank fuck, have worked long enough not to stress anymore. Not to have to stresse anymore.
You could say I've -- dun dun -- "made it".
And have for a while now.
I think I was about fifteen when the game got easy. Sucking up to money hungry, cocaine sniffing hotshots no longer mattered to me nor was it necessary - I had become known.
My work credits were impressive and I had jobs lined up for the next year. I had settled in and earnt my place in the ring.
I wasn't desperate.
I wasn't scared.
And I most certainly was not intimidated.
I had learnt to shortcut, cheat and play the game with little to no effort. I had mastered the art - the art of adult conduct. I had quickly picked up how they spoke, what they spoke about and how they liked to be spoken to.
That was important, I learnt. Status and age like any hierarchical system required different rules and levels of etiquette.
And in the case of this industry, it was rather... specific, you could say.
For example,
If you were new - you were to practically pull aside ass cheeks and lick the middle with formalities. You were nothing and everyone else was a God - except for the other nothing nobodies.
