His mood plucked back up. “Partners!” He and Nik shook hands.
“And hey,” he continued, “while he’s off getting a million photos, why don’t I fill you in on who’s who? Like that guy there. He’s responsible for green lighting almost everything that goes on the five to ten slot. And that one over there; she’s head of advertising at NBC. You know she signed her first deal when she was twenty-one? Oh, hey, and that one…” And so they went. Nik pointed out everyone of interest, and everyone of interest to them. Finn could only imagine that Nik had spent most of his professional life committing countless names and faces to memory. “In this business,” Nik said, “it’s not who you are, it’s who you know. And occasionally, who you blow.” Finn barely choked down his laughter.
As starstruck as he was,
