Plot
In the cold open, Kevin struggles to correctly transfer phone calls, after having been moved to reception by Charles.
Michael (Steve Carell), having left Dunder Mifflin with Pam (Jenna Fischer) to form his own company, is having trouble starting his first day as president of the Michael Scott Paper Company. Pam tries to keep things together and suggests they create a list of things to do to maintain a positive working atmosphere. Michael sets up a meeting with a potential investor and makes a list of potential salesmen to join the company. He receives a letter from his realtor saying that running a business from his condominium is in violation of his residence agreement, so he needs to find office space for the company. Michael and Pam leave to find potential salesmen and then have their meeting with the potential investor.
Michael's first stop is his old part-time telemarketing job to pick up Vikram. Next, they stop at a bowling alley, where Ryan (B. J. Novak), with bleached blond hair, is now working behind the shoe counter. Michael successfully convinces Ryan to join them, despite initial reservations from Pam, and they head to the meeting with the investor. The investor turns out to be Michael's grandmother, whom he calls "nana," at a nursing home. Michael gives her his pitch, but she does not believe his new venture will yield success and refuses to fund his company.
Meanwhile, at the Dunder Mifflin office, Charles Miner (Idris Elba) is revealed to have an obsession with soccer, and the rest of the employees pretend to feel the same way about it. When Jim (John Krasinski) tries to play it coy about his feelings about it, Dwight (Rainn Wilson), attempting to humiliate Jim, requests that the staff play a game after work in the parking lot. Charles agrees, and Jim reluctantly does the same. During the game, when Charles kicks the ball towards Jim, he ducks and the ball hits Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) in the face. Charles berates Jim for ducking, and Dwight mocks him.
In the car on the way back from the nursing home, Vikram asks to be brought back to the telemarketing job after he learns "nana" is a term for grandmother. Back at Michael's condo, a frustrated Pam loses her composure and tells Michael she made a mistake leaving Dunder Mifflin with him and only did it because she became tired of being a receptionist. Michael gives her a pep talk, telling her the reality is they both quit and that their only option is to continue trying with the new company. Michael purchases office space in the Scranton Business Park, where Dunder Mifflin is located; it turns out to be a large closet directly underneath the Dunder Mifflin office. Michael and Pam put their company name in the office lobby directory where they encounter Charles, who is seemingly agitated with the presence of Michael's new company occupying the same space. Michael taunts Charles and informs him he cannot kick them out of the building now because they own their own space.
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