Pride High : Book 3 - Yellow by Jay Bell

Author:Jay Bell [Bell, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-03T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

April 2nd, 1993

Omar wiped sweaty palms on the black slacks that were part of his work uniform. Then he checked, for the fiftieth time at least, the equipment in the new camera bag he’d bought himself. He had extra blank tapes and a spare battery that was fully charged. The lens of his camcorder was freshly polished. He was ready for his first paid gig!

“There you are!” a familiar voice said.

He looked up and saw Mr. Dandy waddle into the employee break area. His boss was a chubby man with rosy cheeks and thinning gray hair. As far as Omar was concerned, Mr. Dandy was one of the coolest people alive. They were kindred spirits—creative visionaries who were willing to risk everything to make their dreams come true. Mr. Dandy was the genius behind Archie’s Pizza Pi, the man who had invented it all from the costumed characters to the delicious fucking pizza that Omar got to eat for free each shift.

“Are you ready to go?” Mr. Dandy asked, beaming down at the spread of camera equipment.

“Yeah!” Omar said, packing it up again. “I can hardly wait.”

He was about to film his first birthday party, a business idea he had pitched and that Mr. Dandy had embraced with equal enthusiasm.

“We still have about twenty minutes,” his boss said, consulting his watch. “Let me show you your new editing room.”

“My what?” Omar said, even though he had heard the man clearly.

“Come see!”

Mr. Dandy led the way to a small dark room filled with various TV monitors and humming VCRs.

“You’ll have to share this space with our security team,” Mr. Dandy explained, “but I have you set up in the corner here.”

Omar’s jaw nearly hit the floor. To anyone else, it probably looked like a big VCR was connected to a couple of monitors and a board covered with buttons. But to him… “That’s a Sony EV-S7000 Hi8 video editing deck! And you’ve got the RM-E700 controller too! Oh my god, dude!”

“You have experience with such things?”

“Well no, but I’ve got a stack of catalogs at home that I stare at like they’re nudie magazines.”

Mr. Dandy chuckled. “I had the man who shoots our commercials set this up. He said to call if you need any help. I taped his phone number to the desk.”

An industry contact? Omar felt like falling to his knees in worship. “I think I love you, Mr. Dandy. I have so much to figure out, but I’m going to learn it all. You won’t be disappointed. I promise!”

“It was quite the investment,” Mr. Dandy said while eyeing the setup. “But we’ve already had six different families sign up for this service. I believe you’re really on to something. Speaking of which…” He checked his watch again.

“I’m on it!” Omar said.

He glanced longingly at the video editing system on the way out the door, only tearing his eyes away when forced to. He could do way more with it than editing birthday parties. His own videos would benefit from a professional touch.

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