Chapter 8

The ads went well without problems. The success of the ad for Matthew was normal, but for Mai and her team it was worth celebrating. This is their first job and it has met with success.

Offers began to come to Mai's office, including large offers to draw short cartoon clips that tell the verdict and lessons or even jokes, including fees for stores, and also requests similar to the old requests that she was working on, which is to convert the images that are sent to her from reality style to anime style while making the similarity clear .

Within a few months, Mai's office became one of the most important offices in Istanbul because not many people work in its field ...

The constant appearance of Mai and her team in the media and on social media platforms helped the fame and success of the office.

Meanwhile, a role was presented to Matthew, the role was starring and the film was filmed in an anime version and now it will be converted into a realistic movie, after it met with great success in the anime version ...

Before Matthew read the text, he refused the work because it was presented in a cartoon style before now, he does not like being compared to anyone, so he refused to play a role that was previously used by others, so how now will he be compared to a fictional cartoon character?

But Asia managed to convince him after she told him that Mai Yuki is the candidate to play the role of the heroine, who will form a duet with him in the film, and the reason is that this character Mai performed her voice in the anime version of the movie and she is actually similar to her because the designer of this duo and all  The characters in the movie were Mai herself, meaning that the anime character is Mai's cartoon version.

The show also reached Mai, she also rejected the offer because she was no longer working in this field, and even when she was working in it, she only performed voices, meaning that she did not act before.

But Beren, her business manager, did not give in to that rejection and tried to convince her of all the gains that she would gain, in addition to that it would be just an experiment in case she did not like the experience that would not be repeated ...

May was not convinced, but found it worth considering, so she decided to go to the production company to see some information as she was part of the production staff for the original version of the film.

Mai was scheduled to meet the producer two days later, and on the appointed day May went to the production company to meet the producer, when she arrived, Mai went up in the elevator because the manager's office is on the fourth floor ...

Before the elevator door closed, another person entered the elevator, and it was Matthew who also came to meet the producer to discuss the terms of the contract with him.

At that moment, the two of them looked at each other and both felt that the weather was starting to rise, so each turned to different side, trying to turn their eyes away from the other ....

When the elevator reached them between the second floor and the third floor, the electrical current was cut off and the elevator stopped and it got dark.

Mai screamed because of her fear, she is afraid of the dark and the worst is that she is stuck in a narrow and dark place, she tried to search for her phone inside her bag but did not find it, she forgot the phone in the office, she sat in the corner of the elevator frightened and suddenly the darkness went away with a light coming from Matthew's phone, who sat across from her trying to lighten her fear.

The employees of the production company tried to solve the problem of cutting off the power using a generator, but it was damaged, so one of the employees called the electricity company and learned that there is also a malfunction that takes half an hour to fix it at the very least.

Matthew sat next to Mai and held her hand to encourage her and started talking about funny things to forget her fear a little and it succeeded, and after thirty-five minutes the phone battery ran out and it got dark again, Mai closed her eyes because of her fear and felt that there was something going on her shoulder so she screamed and suddenly the electrical current came back on and she saw a large insect walking on her shoulder that seemed to have entered through the hole in the ceiling of the elevator, and immediately Mai lost consciousness.

The elevator reached the fourth floor at the same moment that Mai lost consciousness. Matthew immediately removed the insect and carried Mai, asking for help to bring anything to help her regain consciousness.

Matthew picked up Mai and took her to the nearest office near the elevator and sat her on a chair while a staff member gave him a glass of water. Matthew took it from him and poured a little water on his hand and sprayed it on Mai's face to wake up and he succeeded.

When Mai regained consciousness and remembered why she was here, she decided to leave without thinking. She was hesitant between accepting the offer and rejecting it, but what happened now with her made her make up for her, as she considered what happened was a sign that she should refuse.

The producer and his assistant tried to persuade her to speak at least, but she refused and left, and when the producer asked Matthew to speak about the terms of the contract in order to sign him, Matthew postponed the matter for a later time under the pretext of time that he ran out while he was stuck in the elevator and that he had important work so he must leave and he will contact them when he has time to schedule another date to speak about the contract.

The real reason why Matthew put off the subject of the contract was Mai's refusal; he accepted to participate in the role because he knew that she would participate, so he decided to talk to her about work. If she accepts the participation, he will sign the contract, and if she refuses, he will reject the role. From the start, he did not like the idea of ​​making a realistic cartoon character.

Matthew decided to visit Mai at her office, as it is the perfect place to talk to him about work, and there would be no opportunity for Mai to refuse to meet him.

Matthew actually went there .... When he entered the office he felt that he was inside an electronic game, the office is big, more precisely, it is considered a small company ....

The place was full of figures of anime characters ... the walls, each wall was a painting, one like a jungle, the other as if a battle was taking place and another as if it was a memorial picture of a happy ending to the story of and and ... etc.,

Each wall was talking about a story with fairy professional drawings, ... the style of arranging employees' tables and their movements inside the office or company as if they were in a movie ...

Matthew was walking inside the place as if he was exploring it. The matter is not limited to drawings, figures, and the shape and distribution of furniture, but there were sound effects that make those who hear them feel as if they are inside a virtual world ..

He was smiling at times and getting nervous at other times when he saw small things moving between his feet or flying over his head, these things were small robots that Mai brought with her from Japan, either in the shapes of birds that photograph the office and transfer data by carrying cards to store designs or robots in shapes cats and dogs moving leaves.

Matthew felt real pleasure as soon as he saw the place, so he realized that it was this atmosphere that caused the success of the team led by Mai because the place is not routine and everyone works with enthusiasm and psychological comfort.

Matthew arrived at Mai's main office, when he entered he found that it was a glass office as if in the depths of the ocean. The four walls were surrounded by an aquarium full of the most beautiful types of colorful fish. The fish tank was decorated as if the ocean floor was, the office was bringing calm and peace to the soul ...

Matthew couldn't say a word, not even a salutation, he was just laughing, and during those minutes he entered this place, he felt that he had really entered Wonderland, and even asked himself how much money Mai had spent in building this place.

Perhaps the place was a ready-made building when she bought it, but without a doubt she restructured the building from the inside so that it became like this.

Mai smiled and got up from her chair to greet her guest and said to him: "Welcome to my humble office."

Matthew was still looking at the office details and replied, laughing: "Damn such humility, if it was considered so at all!"

Then he looked at Mai, and his eyes met her eyes, strange melodies began to be played that were not issued by the music player but rather came from those looks.

To be Continued ...