After Ross looked at the numbers which Steve had handed him about the "Bonanza" on the Texas Mexico border, the numbers which Ross saw were energy sites, both oil and natural gas, way down in South Texas, in the Brownsville vicinity for between 250 and 500 million dollars.
Ross looked at Steve, who was grinning.
"Okay, so this reminds me of a situation which we did sometime ago. What do you guys want to do, and how do you want to approach it?" Ross said.
Steve chuckled. "Ross, have you been spending too much time at RossShell? How long have the three of us been working together, 11, 12 years? You know how this works. Tomorrow, we have a meeting with the people who gave us these papers, to hear the "proposal" and time frame, and then, once we agree on approximate terms, the surveys go in there. I'm figuring, if all this is right, and real, six months until we drill. The wait will be well worth it, for that time of return" Steve said.
"For something like this, we need to find multiple commercial clients. No piles of investors , no matter how large the pool, could buy up something this huge" Ross said,.
"Patience is a virtue , Sir Ross C. All of this will be ironed out, in due time, once we bring in at least two test wells. That alone will take a month after we agree in principle" Steve said.,
"Fine, Sir Ross C will follow, keep his mouth shut, and sign whatever deal Steven and Fritz want. You know how much I trust both of you fine guys Fritz, are you okay with this?" Ross asked.
"I am , as your Dear Dad likes to say "Cautiously Optimistic. " Fritz said.
"Okay. Are we doing any "Regular deals? Do we even have time for that?" Ross asked.
"Who the Hell needs to play around with investor pools when we have something like this? That would be all routine. You can tune into that stuff via Zoom in New York. Please do not let your mind go all over the place. This is too potentially huge to get out of focus. For now, it is this, and VP will be happy to know that you will be home in two days from now" Steve said.
"Just great" Ross said.
"We are also going to give you some papers of a "possible" situation in Canada, but that is a week or two away, and you can just meet us up there for a day or two when it happens, so that you will not disrupt your more full RossShell schedule, and or anger Madam VP too much" Steve said.
"Madam VP is fine. Let's just have dinner and prepare for this meeting" Ross said.
After the three men had an early dinner, Ross was taken back to his hotel, where he wanted to rest before the noon time meeting with the people involved with the "Bonanza"
When Ross dialed VP, her first predictable question was. "Okay, Energy man, what gives?"
"What Gives, VP is that Steven and Fritz showed me a potential Bonanza on the South Texas Mexico Border for between 250 and 500 million. We meet with the people tomorrow. I might be home in two days, because I dont think we will be doing any regular shows this week. We dont have time for that" Ross said.
"Okkkayy. You boys just have fun, and I will see you when I see you" Kayley said.
"Remember to get rid of your male and female lovers before I come home" Ross said, meaning it as a joke.
"Not funny. Unfortunately, I do not have any other lovers besides you, Energy Boy One more comment like that, and I will tan your fanny, got it?" Kayley said, seriously.
"Sorry, and Ross has got it clearly" Ross said.
"Good, now Goodnight!" Kayley clipped and hung up the phone.
The next morning, Ross awakened, dressed, showered, and put on a sport jacket, slacks, tie, and loafers, before be took an Uber to the office for the meeting with TexMex energy.
At noon, the three men involved in TexMex Energy, Ira, Steve, and George, entered.
"Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. I'm guessing you read our proposal" George began.
"Yes, we have. So please tell us. What were you thinking? Sale price, sale terms, time frame, etc?" Ross asked.
"Well, since we know that the total price of between 250 and 500 mil is a lot to swallow at one time, how about we do one hundred million each at say three to six month intervals, depending on how the wells come in, and what clients you can find? We were thinking of maybe a five percent royality, but if you guys dont want that, we can cut it out" Ira said.
"Those terms sound very reasonable. We have no problem with five percent. Once the test well comes in, how long would you like us to buy the first one hundred mil in? Steve asked.
"Ninety days seems far. This way, all business will be in place within a year" George said.
Steve from RFS smiled big "That sounds just fine,. Tell you guys what. Let me see how fast we can get a crew in there. I;m thinking a week or two at most. This sounds like, especially for such a large potential deal, we might be able to pull this office realtively rapidly" Ross said.
Ira smirked. "Good, thats just what we all wanted to hear. Now, how about lunch at a nice steak place to celebrate what seems to be our agreement in principle, our treat?" Ira asked.
"That is just fine with us" Fritz said.
The three RFS partners, and the TEXMEX Energy guys went to lunch, and had a long, fun lunch to let loose about the huge potential new deal.
When the men said goodbye, Steve said. "Ross, we just struck a huge potential deal. Get the Hell out of here, and go home to the cute VP. We will keep in touch, and then you can rest up to see how we will begin to load up our Canadian Company" Steve said.
"Just fine" Ross said.
Ross went back to the hotel, and made a five pm flight to JFK. He texted such to the VP.
Ross's plane landed at 11 pm NY time.
When Ross got home, he quietly made his way into the bedroom, and undressed in his walk in closet.
As Ross got into bed, Kayley stirred.
"I'm up, its okay" Kayley said.
"Hi, Ross said, kissing Kayley"
"Pull them down, I want to do it" Kayley said, giving Ross a kiss.
Ross started to pull down his boxers, but all Kayley did was to give Ross a hard smack on his backside!
"OW! " Ross clipped.
"I wanted to do "That" If you so much as touch me or tickle me until tomorrow night, you are "DEAD" got it? Tomorrow, you can get me back" Kayley said, going near Ross.
Ross sighed. "Fine. I come home to get hit"
"That was your own fault, for mouthing off to me" Kayley clipped, half seriously and half joking.
Ross was tired. He figured he had better just let it go, and he would get Kayley back the following night.
When Ross awakened the next day, Kayley was luckily gone.
Ross decided to pull his way up, and go into the office.
Ross went into the shower, threw on jeans, sneakers, and a polo.
Ross texted Vic, got a briefcase, and staggered into an Uber.
Ross was driven to the office, and walked in,
"Good Morning Everyone , Sir CEO returns after a nice trip" Ross said, smiling.
Vic cautiously approached Ross.
"Ah Ross, let's go into your office. You might not be thrilled when I show you something " Vic said.
"Okayy. Into Ross's office" Ross said.
Ross and Vic went into the office.
Vic handed Ross what looked like a lawsuit. Luckily, it was not for Ross.
"Ross, you are going to be really pissed when you read this. Its almost like shades of old times. It..s about, Timothy" Vic said quietly.
Ross read the papers through.
His reaction was somewhere between fury and downright horror!
What did the papers "Have to do with Timothy?" \
That would be seen.
Ross looked at Steve, who was grinning.
"Okay, so this reminds me of a situation which we did sometime ago. What do you guys want to do, and how do you want to approach it?" Ross said.
Steve chuckled. "Ross, have you been spending too much time at RossShell? How long have the three of us been working together, 11, 12 years? You know how this works. Tomorrow, we have a meeting with the people who gave us these papers, to hear the "proposal" and time frame, and then, once we agree on approximate terms, the surveys go in there. I'm figuring, if all this is right, and real, six months until we drill. The wait will be well worth it, for that time of return" Steve said.
"For something like this, we need to find multiple commercial clients. No piles of investors , no matter how large the pool, could buy up something this huge" Ross said,.
"Patience is a virtue , Sir Ross C. All of this will be ironed out, in due time, once we bring in at least two test wells. That alone will take a month after we agree in principle" Steve said.,
"Fine, Sir Ross C will follow, keep his mouth shut, and sign whatever deal Steven and Fritz want. You know how much I trust both of you fine guys Fritz, are you okay with this?" Ross asked.
"I am , as your Dear Dad likes to say "Cautiously Optimistic. " Fritz said.
"Okay. Are we doing any "Regular deals? Do we even have time for that?" Ross asked.
"Who the Hell needs to play around with investor pools when we have something like this? That would be all routine. You can tune into that stuff via Zoom in New York. Please do not let your mind go all over the place. This is too potentially huge to get out of focus. For now, it is this, and VP will be happy to know that you will be home in two days from now" Steve said.
"Just great" Ross said.
"We are also going to give you some papers of a "possible" situation in Canada, but that is a week or two away, and you can just meet us up there for a day or two when it happens, so that you will not disrupt your more full RossShell schedule, and or anger Madam VP too much" Steve said.
"Madam VP is fine. Let's just have dinner and prepare for this meeting" Ross said.
After the three men had an early dinner, Ross was taken back to his hotel, where he wanted to rest before the noon time meeting with the people involved with the "Bonanza"
When Ross dialed VP, her first predictable question was. "Okay, Energy man, what gives?"
"What Gives, VP is that Steven and Fritz showed me a potential Bonanza on the South Texas Mexico Border for between 250 and 500 million. We meet with the people tomorrow. I might be home in two days, because I dont think we will be doing any regular shows this week. We dont have time for that" Ross said.
"Okkkayy. You boys just have fun, and I will see you when I see you" Kayley said.
"Remember to get rid of your male and female lovers before I come home" Ross said, meaning it as a joke.
"Not funny. Unfortunately, I do not have any other lovers besides you, Energy Boy One more comment like that, and I will tan your fanny, got it?" Kayley said, seriously.
"Sorry, and Ross has got it clearly" Ross said.
"Good, now Goodnight!" Kayley clipped and hung up the phone.
The next morning, Ross awakened, dressed, showered, and put on a sport jacket, slacks, tie, and loafers, before be took an Uber to the office for the meeting with TexMex energy.
At noon, the three men involved in TexMex Energy, Ira, Steve, and George, entered.
"Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. I'm guessing you read our proposal" George began.
"Yes, we have. So please tell us. What were you thinking? Sale price, sale terms, time frame, etc?" Ross asked.
"Well, since we know that the total price of between 250 and 500 mil is a lot to swallow at one time, how about we do one hundred million each at say three to six month intervals, depending on how the wells come in, and what clients you can find? We were thinking of maybe a five percent royality, but if you guys dont want that, we can cut it out" Ira said.
"Those terms sound very reasonable. We have no problem with five percent. Once the test well comes in, how long would you like us to buy the first one hundred mil in? Steve asked.
"Ninety days seems far. This way, all business will be in place within a year" George said.
Steve from RFS smiled big "That sounds just fine,. Tell you guys what. Let me see how fast we can get a crew in there. I;m thinking a week or two at most. This sounds like, especially for such a large potential deal, we might be able to pull this office realtively rapidly" Ross said.
Ira smirked. "Good, thats just what we all wanted to hear. Now, how about lunch at a nice steak place to celebrate what seems to be our agreement in principle, our treat?" Ira asked.
"That is just fine with us" Fritz said.
The three RFS partners, and the TEXMEX Energy guys went to lunch, and had a long, fun lunch to let loose about the huge potential new deal.
When the men said goodbye, Steve said. "Ross, we just struck a huge potential deal. Get the Hell out of here, and go home to the cute VP. We will keep in touch, and then you can rest up to see how we will begin to load up our Canadian Company" Steve said.
"Just fine" Ross said.
Ross went back to the hotel, and made a five pm flight to JFK. He texted such to the VP.
Ross's plane landed at 11 pm NY time.
When Ross got home, he quietly made his way into the bedroom, and undressed in his walk in closet.
As Ross got into bed, Kayley stirred.
"I'm up, its okay" Kayley said.
"Hi, Ross said, kissing Kayley"
"Pull them down, I want to do it" Kayley said, giving Ross a kiss.
Ross started to pull down his boxers, but all Kayley did was to give Ross a hard smack on his backside!
"OW! " Ross clipped.
"I wanted to do "That" If you so much as touch me or tickle me until tomorrow night, you are "DEAD" got it? Tomorrow, you can get me back" Kayley said, going near Ross.
Ross sighed. "Fine. I come home to get hit"
"That was your own fault, for mouthing off to me" Kayley clipped, half seriously and half joking.
Ross was tired. He figured he had better just let it go, and he would get Kayley back the following night.
When Ross awakened the next day, Kayley was luckily gone.
Ross decided to pull his way up, and go into the office.
Ross went into the shower, threw on jeans, sneakers, and a polo.
Ross texted Vic, got a briefcase, and staggered into an Uber.
Ross was driven to the office, and walked in,
"Good Morning Everyone , Sir CEO returns after a nice trip" Ross said, smiling.
Vic cautiously approached Ross.
"Ah Ross, let's go into your office. You might not be thrilled when I show you something " Vic said.
"Okayy. Into Ross's office" Ross said.
Ross and Vic went into the office.
Vic handed Ross what looked like a lawsuit. Luckily, it was not for Ross.
"Ross, you are going to be really pissed when you read this. Its almost like shades of old times. It..s about, Timothy" Vic said quietly.
Ross read the papers through.
His reaction was somewhere between fury and downright horror!
What did the papers "Have to do with Timothy?" \
That would be seen.
