Ross had "very slight pain" on his flight to Dallas He ate a bagel, drank hot tea, and just tried to relax
Ross landed in Dallas, changed planes, landed in OKC, and went to the office in a taxi.
"Sir Ross from The Apple, so good to see you!" Fritz boomed, banging fists with Ross in friendship as Steve did the same.
"Guys, Excellent to see both of you as well. How are both of you? " Ross asked.
"Just fine. Let's all go to a big steak lunch, and talk" Fritz said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve got into Fritz's SUV, and drove to a fine steak place, where they ordered three steak entrees.
"How long can you stay, sir?" Fritz asked.
"I promised the teacher that I would be home after three days. My feeling, depending on what we do on the third day, I can sleep over the third night, and such, if I'm on a plane home on the morning of the fourth day, go straight home, and don't go into the office" Ross said.
"I have an open list of five hundred potential investors, of which someone promised me at least a hundred would show up tomorrow. We will see" Fritz said.
"Tis sounds fine" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went back to the office, where the secretary gave Fritz a rather, odd message.
"Mister P, while you guys were all at lunch, a guy who is in energy brokering called, and said he wants to talk to one of the partners in RFS Energy. The guy said he can direct you to investors"
"Okay, thanks, I will take care of it" Fritz said.
Ross , Fritz and Steve went into Mister P's office, where they closed the door.
"Mister P, I suggest that you call this guy, since we know that old Ross has a big mouth that gets me into trouble" Ross said.
Fritz put on the phone, and dialed the number on speaker phone.
"Fritz P here returning your call with my partners Ross and Steve listening on speakerphone. We all are joint owners of RFS energy" Fritz said.
"Thanks for calling me back, Fritz. I would like to have a meeting with you gentleman for an hour of your time. I think I can direct you to a load of investors" The man said.
"Ah, as I'm sure you can imagine, we are very busy men. Our partner Ross is down from New York, can only stay three days, and our scheduled is already loaded with shows. How do we know that this is legit, and worth our time?" Fritz said.
"Call a place called Kaplan oil. Talk to a guy named Art Kaplan, president and CEO. It's a major energy company, and he can vouch for me" The man said.
"Okay, I will do so right now. If he says you are legit, you can have up to two hours with us tomorrow night for dinner, after we do our already scheduled show" Fritz said.
"Sounds fine, thanks"
"Will get back to you" Fritz said.
Fritz looked at Ross and Steve. "Well?"
"Its one phone call, Mister P. We dont have a show today anyway. Call Art Kaplan and see what he says" Ross said.
Fritz dialed the number , and a man picked up.
"Is this Art Kaplan? This is Fritz Paterson of RFS Energy. I was referred to you by a guy who says he can help us with our company in regard to investors" Fritz said.
"Yes, he can. It would be worth your while to meet with us for an hour or two tonight" Art said.
"Okay, we will meet at my club, The River Club in OKC" Fritz said.
"Six pm,. will see you then" Art said.
"Okay, gotcha" Fritz said.
Ross looked at Fritz. "Muster P, not to, but, ah, something tells me this is not legit" Ross said.
"Ross, please dont confuse this with that recent bullshit deal that you had to back out of. Let;s go meet Art and his friend and see what's up" Fritz said.
"Okay, Ross will shut up and follow" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz, and Steve drove to the River Club, and saw one man there: "Fritz, Ross, Steve, Art Kaplan, thanks for meeting me" Art said.
"Pleased to meet you" Fritz said.
The men ordered drinks and dinner. They got down to business.
"Okay, Art, we are here. You have our time and attention, you talk, we will listen" Fritz said.
" "Gentleman, as my friend told you, I am an energy broker. I can get you access to at least five thousand investors in less than thirty days" Art said.
"Okay, now what do we have to give you in return?" Fritz said.
"A standard broker fee, plus ten percent of any investors who sign up directly from my recommendations" Art said.
Ross sighed, and made a proposal. "Art, I have an idea that seems like a compromise. Please give us your first pool of investors, and we will give you five percent on the first signups. If that works, then you get the ten percent" Ross proposed.
Art smirked. "I heard you play hardball, Ross. Okay, fine. Since our association will be mutually beneficial, I will agree to that. " Art said.
"We have a couple of current shows to do. Let us do those. Please give Fritz and Steve your list, because as you know I live in New York. Then, I will come back within thirty days when all is set up, does that sound fair?" Ross asked.
"More than fair" Art said.
The men said their goodbyes, and Ross, Fritz and Steve rode back to Ross';s hotel.
"Well>" Ross asked.
"RC, dont confuse this with that other deal up in the Apple that got fucked up. Let's just take it down the road. In the meantime, we do our shows like usual" Fritz said.
Ross was dropped off at his hotel, where he went upstairs, undressed, and called The Teacher.
"How are you?" Kayley asked.
"Hanging in. We had dinner with a guy named Art Kaplan who is a broker for investors. He says that he can get us a lot of people within thirty days. I told him I only have three days . If need be, I will come down sooner than 30 days, meet the guys, and Art and his investors?" Ross said.
"Okay, Good Luck" Kayley said.
"Kale, if I can ask Mister P to combine or do two shows in one day, I will try to get out of here in two days, but that is a big if and please do not hold me to it, or get mad if I cant" Ross said.
"Its okay, oil boy. I said three days, and I mean three days. Teacher will say nothing, okay?" Kayley said.
"Yes, teacher" Ross said.
Ross went to bed, and tried not to focus on Art.
The next day, Fritz, Steve and Ross went to the fields with five hundred investors.
Ross sat in a chair, while Fritz, Steve, and the field crew explained all the ins and outs.
At the end of the day, one hundred and fifty asked for contracts, of which the men figured half would sign up.
After dinner, Ross went back to the hotel, when Fritz called him.
"Ross, I could see that you are not at full shape. I'm going to try to put in two shows tomorrow. If not, we will do the show very early the morning of the third day, then I want you out of here, and on a plane" Fritz said.
"Okay's let's see" Ross said.
Ross tried to focus on the present shows, but inevitably, his mind kept drifting to Art Kaplan.
On the second day, they were able to get the two shows in,. showing the fields to five hundred in the morning, and five hundred in the afternoon. Of those, one hundred signed up each time.
Fritz and Steve took Ross to the airport, he went through security, and the plane took off at 1230am bound for JFK.
After the changeover, the plane landed at 530 am New York time.
Ross went in an Uber, and walked in the door of the apartment at 6.
Kayley was half up,. said "Hi, sweetie" as Ross went over to kiss her.
Just then , Ross got a text on his cell phone. "Ross, I'm Art Kaplan's former partner. Art is definitely legit. I can get you loads of references from past clients on him."
Ross said. "Okay, thanks. Six am New York time. I just literally got home from a business trip. I will call you within 24 hours" Ross texted back.
Ross undressed, and got into bed, as Kayley dressed to go to work.
"No office today, Mister. I know your stomach virus is better, but I also know you probably still have a headache" Kayley said.
"No office, teacher. You know I never do the day after I come home from a trip. I'm very tired, and still have a headache" Ross said.
Ross tried to sleep, and did at intervals.
After what happened last time with RFS Energy having to pull out of the deal with the shady party, Art Kaplan definitely seemed to be legit with referring major groups of investors to RFS Energy, or was Art Kaplan legit for real?
That would be seen.
Ross landed in Dallas, changed planes, landed in OKC, and went to the office in a taxi.
"Sir Ross from The Apple, so good to see you!" Fritz boomed, banging fists with Ross in friendship as Steve did the same.
"Guys, Excellent to see both of you as well. How are both of you? " Ross asked.
"Just fine. Let's all go to a big steak lunch, and talk" Fritz said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve got into Fritz's SUV, and drove to a fine steak place, where they ordered three steak entrees.
"How long can you stay, sir?" Fritz asked.
"I promised the teacher that I would be home after three days. My feeling, depending on what we do on the third day, I can sleep over the third night, and such, if I'm on a plane home on the morning of the fourth day, go straight home, and don't go into the office" Ross said.
"I have an open list of five hundred potential investors, of which someone promised me at least a hundred would show up tomorrow. We will see" Fritz said.
"Tis sounds fine" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went back to the office, where the secretary gave Fritz a rather, odd message.
"Mister P, while you guys were all at lunch, a guy who is in energy brokering called, and said he wants to talk to one of the partners in RFS Energy. The guy said he can direct you to investors"
"Okay, thanks, I will take care of it" Fritz said.
Ross , Fritz and Steve went into Mister P's office, where they closed the door.
"Mister P, I suggest that you call this guy, since we know that old Ross has a big mouth that gets me into trouble" Ross said.
Fritz put on the phone, and dialed the number on speaker phone.
"Fritz P here returning your call with my partners Ross and Steve listening on speakerphone. We all are joint owners of RFS energy" Fritz said.
"Thanks for calling me back, Fritz. I would like to have a meeting with you gentleman for an hour of your time. I think I can direct you to a load of investors" The man said.
"Ah, as I'm sure you can imagine, we are very busy men. Our partner Ross is down from New York, can only stay three days, and our scheduled is already loaded with shows. How do we know that this is legit, and worth our time?" Fritz said.
"Call a place called Kaplan oil. Talk to a guy named Art Kaplan, president and CEO. It's a major energy company, and he can vouch for me" The man said.
"Okay, I will do so right now. If he says you are legit, you can have up to two hours with us tomorrow night for dinner, after we do our already scheduled show" Fritz said.
"Sounds fine, thanks"
"Will get back to you" Fritz said.
Fritz looked at Ross and Steve. "Well?"
"Its one phone call, Mister P. We dont have a show today anyway. Call Art Kaplan and see what he says" Ross said.
Fritz dialed the number , and a man picked up.
"Is this Art Kaplan? This is Fritz Paterson of RFS Energy. I was referred to you by a guy who says he can help us with our company in regard to investors" Fritz said.
"Yes, he can. It would be worth your while to meet with us for an hour or two tonight" Art said.
"Okay, we will meet at my club, The River Club in OKC" Fritz said.
"Six pm,. will see you then" Art said.
"Okay, gotcha" Fritz said.
Ross looked at Fritz. "Muster P, not to, but, ah, something tells me this is not legit" Ross said.
"Ross, please dont confuse this with that recent bullshit deal that you had to back out of. Let;s go meet Art and his friend and see what's up" Fritz said.
"Okay, Ross will shut up and follow" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz, and Steve drove to the River Club, and saw one man there: "Fritz, Ross, Steve, Art Kaplan, thanks for meeting me" Art said.
"Pleased to meet you" Fritz said.
The men ordered drinks and dinner. They got down to business.
"Okay, Art, we are here. You have our time and attention, you talk, we will listen" Fritz said.
" "Gentleman, as my friend told you, I am an energy broker. I can get you access to at least five thousand investors in less than thirty days" Art said.
"Okay, now what do we have to give you in return?" Fritz said.
"A standard broker fee, plus ten percent of any investors who sign up directly from my recommendations" Art said.
Ross sighed, and made a proposal. "Art, I have an idea that seems like a compromise. Please give us your first pool of investors, and we will give you five percent on the first signups. If that works, then you get the ten percent" Ross proposed.
Art smirked. "I heard you play hardball, Ross. Okay, fine. Since our association will be mutually beneficial, I will agree to that. " Art said.
"We have a couple of current shows to do. Let us do those. Please give Fritz and Steve your list, because as you know I live in New York. Then, I will come back within thirty days when all is set up, does that sound fair?" Ross asked.
"More than fair" Art said.
The men said their goodbyes, and Ross, Fritz and Steve rode back to Ross';s hotel.
"Well>" Ross asked.
"RC, dont confuse this with that other deal up in the Apple that got fucked up. Let's just take it down the road. In the meantime, we do our shows like usual" Fritz said.
Ross was dropped off at his hotel, where he went upstairs, undressed, and called The Teacher.
"How are you?" Kayley asked.
"Hanging in. We had dinner with a guy named Art Kaplan who is a broker for investors. He says that he can get us a lot of people within thirty days. I told him I only have three days . If need be, I will come down sooner than 30 days, meet the guys, and Art and his investors?" Ross said.
"Okay, Good Luck" Kayley said.
"Kale, if I can ask Mister P to combine or do two shows in one day, I will try to get out of here in two days, but that is a big if and please do not hold me to it, or get mad if I cant" Ross said.
"Its okay, oil boy. I said three days, and I mean three days. Teacher will say nothing, okay?" Kayley said.
"Yes, teacher" Ross said.
Ross went to bed, and tried not to focus on Art.
The next day, Fritz, Steve and Ross went to the fields with five hundred investors.
Ross sat in a chair, while Fritz, Steve, and the field crew explained all the ins and outs.
At the end of the day, one hundred and fifty asked for contracts, of which the men figured half would sign up.
After dinner, Ross went back to the hotel, when Fritz called him.
"Ross, I could see that you are not at full shape. I'm going to try to put in two shows tomorrow. If not, we will do the show very early the morning of the third day, then I want you out of here, and on a plane" Fritz said.
"Okay's let's see" Ross said.
Ross tried to focus on the present shows, but inevitably, his mind kept drifting to Art Kaplan.
On the second day, they were able to get the two shows in,. showing the fields to five hundred in the morning, and five hundred in the afternoon. Of those, one hundred signed up each time.
Fritz and Steve took Ross to the airport, he went through security, and the plane took off at 1230am bound for JFK.
After the changeover, the plane landed at 530 am New York time.
Ross went in an Uber, and walked in the door of the apartment at 6.
Kayley was half up,. said "Hi, sweetie" as Ross went over to kiss her.
Just then , Ross got a text on his cell phone. "Ross, I'm Art Kaplan's former partner. Art is definitely legit. I can get you loads of references from past clients on him."
Ross said. "Okay, thanks. Six am New York time. I just literally got home from a business trip. I will call you within 24 hours" Ross texted back.
Ross undressed, and got into bed, as Kayley dressed to go to work.
"No office today, Mister. I know your stomach virus is better, but I also know you probably still have a headache" Kayley said.
"No office, teacher. You know I never do the day after I come home from a trip. I'm very tired, and still have a headache" Ross said.
Ross tried to sleep, and did at intervals.
After what happened last time with RFS Energy having to pull out of the deal with the shady party, Art Kaplan definitely seemed to be legit with referring major groups of investors to RFS Energy, or was Art Kaplan legit for real?
That would be seen.
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