MEETING WITH THE EDITOR

Earlier this week I had a meeting with the editor of Thailand's number three best-selling newspaper. This is a Thai publication with a claimed circulation in the 500,000- 600,000 copies per day region.
I was expecting an older, stern, serious character but he actually turned out to be young-ish (early 40s at a guess), seemingly quite meek, verging on nervous. Perhaps the language issue was scaring him (his English was fine so he needn't have worried) or perhaps I'm just a generally scary guy.
Our new magazine isn't a rival to his newspaper but perhaps the brand image and reputation was influencing his attitude. I might have been getting a false impression because of the language issue but I would love to have known why he seemed so scared?