K: did you get the position you wanted?
C: yes, I’ll be promoted to department manager.
K: I’m glad to hear that. Congratulations!
C: thank you. Actually, I could not believe it at first. You know, there’re so many outstanding people in our company. Many of them are qualified to fill that position.
K: sure, but you really did great and outperformed the others. You deserved it!
C: thank you very much.
K: you always have unique ideas and you’re such a team leader.
C: I appreciate it very much. You’ve been doing great. I expect to see you be promoted pretty soon.
K: that’s very nice of you to say so. I’ll try my best. When will you start at the new position?
C: next week.
K: so by then, you’ll be in charge of the whole department.
C: absolutely.