Ross sat in his chair in the office with Steve, and Fritz, and Ross started to look over the paperwork that Steve had tossed Ross when Steve said. "Surprise"
One of the potential companies, was an energy company with offices in Oklahoma, and Texas. This company was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma's "Other major city" besides OKC, and the other office was located in Dallas.
Secondly, this company had a potential "Tunnel" in Montreal, just in case the Toronto situation with Jim, did not "pan out"
Ross sighed. Ross was certainly open to the Tulsa aspect, but, upon looking at the Montreal "tunnel", and Ross, while of course "holding his tongue" to keep his relationship with his two best friends, and most important clients calm, was very, very concerned.
Ross looked up at Steve and Fritz. Steve already knew that something was bothering Ross, and said. "Ross, you are my partner in this great company we have, and one of the two best friends I have in this world, along with our good Mister P here of course. What is on your mind, sir? Let;'s discuss" Steve said.
Ross sighed again. "The Tulsa and Dallas potential company is fine. We can get right on the phone and deal with that as soon as we look over and discuss it once, while I'm here. The Montreal part of this whole thing, I will say. "Surprises me, my dear friend. As both of you good gentlemen well know, we have spent a lot of time with, and seem to be ready to get deeply involved with Jim, and the situation in Toronto. If you guys are showing me this, then something is apparently bothering both of you about Jim, and Toronto. I think the first and most important thing we have to do, is to all "lay it on the table about Jim, and discuss why you both seem to be showing me this "alternative" Ross asked.
Steve sighed. "Ross, I think you have become so .. deliberate since you're working with us, that the impatient side of you that you were so well known for when you were running RossShell yourself, has subsided or even abated. Everyone in this room knows that if such had been the old Ross, and Jim pulled something like he is when you were in complete day to day command at RossShell, you would have long walked away already" Steve said, honestly.
Ross sighed. "Steve, while you are one hundred percent correct in your assessment. I have changed my outlook for two reasons. One, both of you know from working with me for so long, that I never acted like that with RFS or either one of you since we started this company. At RossShell, until I turned over day to day control over to Vic of course, for my health sake, and so that I could focus on what all of us do here, such approach of being heavy handed, and "pulling the trigger" did not serve me well with Timothy, Kayley, or for myself. Personally, while we all know that Jim is moving far more slowly than any of us would like, I personally, think that we should keep talking to him for a little while longer, and see if we can.. "push him along" without getting distracted by another situation that would be unknown, and that we could not predict how it would work out anyway. Do you guys see my point?" Ross asked Steve.
Steve sighed. "Absolutely. I think that tomorrow, after we have all had a chance to talk about how to approach things, we should contact Jim, and tell him that we feel things seem to have changed with his approach, and that we would like to have a more.. concrete discussion, and push toward doing something with field exploration, and or drilling wells, and bringing up product to sell ASAP. Then, we see what his reaction is, and we move from there. The people in Montreal know that I had to show that to you first before we can or could even begin discussions with them, so even if that took a week, until we find out what Jim's reaction is to what we just discussed, there is no danger of risking losing out on Montreal" Steve said.
"Fine, then in the meantime, I think we should spend today studying the Dallas and Tulsa deal, see how to approach that, and contact those people. I dont have to be home until Wednesday unless God Forbid I dont feel well, so we have a couple of days" Ross said.
"Okay, Pardner!" Steve said in a southern drawl.
Steve, Fritz, and Ross spent the rest of that afternoon intently studying the specifics of the Tulsa and Dallas deals on their Ipads in the meeting office. While nothing could of course be known until they talked to the other parties, it looked like a "very good deal" Steve contacted the people in Tulsa, and asked if they could do a noon conference call the next day, to at least "Get the ball rolling", and the Tulsa people quickly agreed.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went out to an early dinner, and then Ross was dropped off at his hotel, with plans for an 830 breakfast for all three of them together, and then to the office for more prep work on the call with the perspective deal people.
Ross called Kayley and greeted her. "VP, Good Evening. How are you, this fine evening" Ross said in a loving voice.
"I'm okay, Trying to stay calm writing up "jail reports" on the soon to be delinquents in our school, and very concerned about you, oil man" Kayley said.
"Honey, I'm fine. I swear. I just came back from dinner with Fritz and Steve. We are just looking over a potential deal in Tulsa and Dalas, we might look into another thing in Montreal, just in case Jim takes too long for our comfort since we really want to get back into the Canadian Tundra business. I've felt fine all day, I promise you., I have a calming med in me, so all is okay" Ross said, trying to soothe Kayley's concerns.
Kayley sighed. "You truly do sound okay. Not too tired, or such. Okay, I will try to calm down and let you go about your business. I hope that you can get home Wednesday night even by midnight, so that you can sleep in our bed. Can you try to please do that?" Kayley asked calmly.
"Yes, any last meeting or conference call will be made in the afternoon, so I can tell Steve and Fritz that I really should go after two days considering what happened to me not too long ago. If I agree to that, will you please try to calm down?" Ross appealed.
"Yes, okay. Have a good night. I love you, energy boy" Kayley said.
"I love you too, VP , to the moon and back" Ross said, as the couple hung up.
Ross undressed, showered, took his meds, and went to sleep.
The next morning, Ross rose at 730, showered, dressed, and took an Uber to the office, arriving shortly before nine.
That morning was spent with discussion of how to prepare for the Dallas conference call. The men agreed that Steve would lead the discussion, for apparent reasons, due to Ross's occasional stuttering, and Mister P's still occasional speech problems since his stroke,.
At noon, Steve picked up the office line, and dialed the number for the people regarding the Dallas office deal. The lead man, Glenn, answered.
"Good afternoon, Gentlemen, so good to have this discussion. How can we help you, and what would you like to know?" Glenn asked.
"Glenn, thanks of course for taking the time to talk to us. My first question would be. We have read the paperwork you sent us throughly. What are your thoughts on how you might like to proceed.? Also, how can we help you if at all?" Steve said.
"Steve , as you can see from the paperwork we sent you, we are a rather, large firm with offices in both Dallas and Tulsa. We have done business in some of the same ways that RFS has, with investors. Now, we are looking to go into some.. larger commercial deals involving companies to buy and sell products of oil and natural gas from, such as gas stations, refineries, drilling exploration, etc. I know that RFS mostly has wells and fields in Oklahoma near OKC, Alaska, and just a bit in Texas. I think that we can definitely expand RFS's presence in Texas, and get you guys a tunnel in the Tolsa area, where I see that you dont have much of a presence. While the obvious split would be 50-50, that would depend on how we set things up, and what and how we introduce people into any partnership we have" Glenn said.
"Glenn, this is Ross, another partner in RFS. That sounds excellent to me. Fritz, Steve, what do you guys think?" Ross asked.
"Sounds just great " Steve said.
"Just fine" Fritz added.
"Okay, then I will tell you all what. How about ,. we all have dinner tonight to meet face to face, not an ultra long meeting, just like an hour or two, and meet face to face, continue this discussion, and narrow things down further"
Glenn offered.
"Just fine, where, when, and what is the dress code?" Steve asked.
Glenn laughed. "Steve, this is OKC, Slacks, a long sleeve shirt, no jacket is fine. Let's meet at Quinn's Steakhouse, 6 pm, how does that sound?" Glenn asked.
"Perfect, thanks , we will see you then" Steve said.
The call ended.
"Ross, I suggest you take an Uber back to the hotel just to rest. I will call you at 4 so you can shower, and then we will come get you at 5, so we can meet Glenn. Quinn's is not that far from your hotel, so even with traffic, we will make it in plenty of time" Steve said.
"Great" Ross said, rising, summoning an Uber, going downstairs, and back to the hotel.
Ross texted Kayley. "VP, please dont call me until you hear from me. We have an important meeting tonight about a potentially important deal. Will call you when all is done" Ross said.
"Okay, Good Luck" Kayley texted back, with a heart.
Ross undressed to his boxers, took a piece of a calming med that his Dr said he was allowed to have, as he was permitted to take three whole pills a day, took a swig of iced tea, and quickly sacked out.
At 4, Steve called Ross, Ross showered, was picked up by Steve and Fritz at five, and the men rode over to Quinn's to meet with Glenn. They arrived even with traffic at 545. They entered the place, and were taken by the host to Glenn's table.
"Gentleman, I am Glenn Synder, so pleased to meet you all" Glenn said, standing up and shaking, Steve, Fritz, and Ross's hands.
"Ross , Steve, and Fritz, so nice to meet you, Glenn" Steve said.
The men sat down, ordered drinks, began talking, and then all ordered nice size filet Mignon As they ate, the conversation turned from social talk to business.
"Guys, you have all the particulars. Please throw it on the table. What are your opinions?" Glenn asked.
"Glenn, it all looks very good. If it is okay with you, I think we would be prepared to move on the Tulsa and Dallas parts almost immediately. As for the Montreal part, I think we agreed that if it is okay with you, we would like to exclude Montreal for now, until we see how this works out, and how we work together as people, and with the matters we would be working on" Steve said.
Glenn smiled. "That is just fine, and I understand your prudent approach. Okay, so if we are leaning toward doing a deal together, what is next?" Glenn said.
"It would seem to me, we should go through the routine steps. How about ASAP, our geologists read through the field specifics of what you are proposing we get involved with. Then, when we get their reports back, if all looks agreeable, we sign an agreement in principle, talk to your existing customers, and others we might come up with ourselves. I think we can have a deal signed within 90 days. Does that seem reasonable?" Steve said.
Glenn reached his hand across to shake Steve's hand. "More than reasonable. We have had very productive discussions that I believe will lead to us doing significant business together. Now, let's have a relaxing social dinner, and then we say so long for the night, and figure out the next step" Glenn said.
Steve grinned. "An excellent idea"
The men finished dinner, parted, and as they drove back to the hotel Steve said to Ross. "Partner, I think we had a great trip that will lead to something major. Please, for your own good. Go into the hotel, pack, and get out of here tomorrow. It will be good for you, and will make the VP happy. If you feel okay, maybe you can come back in a month, and we can have plenty of other discussions on the phone" Steve said.
Ross smiled. "Thanks, Steve, and I absolutely agree with you"
When Ross got back to the hotel, he shook hands with Steve and Fritz, went upstairs, undressed, packed, and changed his flight to noon the next day. Then, he called the VP.
"VP, all went very well here. We had an excellent meeting with Glenn, the guy involved with the situation we are hopefully going to put together. I am leaving OKC at noon, and will hopefully be home early tomorrow evening , okay?" Ross offered.
"Glad things went well, just fine, and I look forward to seeing you" Kayley said.
Ross went to sleep, awoke at 7, had breakfast, checked out, and went to the airport to go through security, and board his noon flight.
The flights went fine, save for a half hour delay.
Ross arrived in JFK at 530, hopped into an Uber, and was home just before 7.
Ross entered, kissed Kayley, and went into the bedroom, to undress, before discussing the trip with Kayley.
Ross , as he went to undress, noticed a beeping on his phone as he pulled it out of his pocket.
Ross looked at the phone, gave a huge sigh, and frowned,.
Ross quietly said to himself. "Oh, Fuck!"
What seemed to have been a wonderful trip, had just been hopefully not ruined by Ross's cell phone beeping, and an "Oh Fuck" When Ross looked at the message he saw.
Just why did Ross say "Oh , Fuck" when he looked at his cell phone?
That would be seen.
One of the potential companies, was an energy company with offices in Oklahoma, and Texas. This company was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma's "Other major city" besides OKC, and the other office was located in Dallas.
Secondly, this company had a potential "Tunnel" in Montreal, just in case the Toronto situation with Jim, did not "pan out"
Ross sighed. Ross was certainly open to the Tulsa aspect, but, upon looking at the Montreal "tunnel", and Ross, while of course "holding his tongue" to keep his relationship with his two best friends, and most important clients calm, was very, very concerned.
Ross looked up at Steve and Fritz. Steve already knew that something was bothering Ross, and said. "Ross, you are my partner in this great company we have, and one of the two best friends I have in this world, along with our good Mister P here of course. What is on your mind, sir? Let;'s discuss" Steve said.
Ross sighed again. "The Tulsa and Dallas potential company is fine. We can get right on the phone and deal with that as soon as we look over and discuss it once, while I'm here. The Montreal part of this whole thing, I will say. "Surprises me, my dear friend. As both of you good gentlemen well know, we have spent a lot of time with, and seem to be ready to get deeply involved with Jim, and the situation in Toronto. If you guys are showing me this, then something is apparently bothering both of you about Jim, and Toronto. I think the first and most important thing we have to do, is to all "lay it on the table about Jim, and discuss why you both seem to be showing me this "alternative" Ross asked.
Steve sighed. "Ross, I think you have become so .. deliberate since you're working with us, that the impatient side of you that you were so well known for when you were running RossShell yourself, has subsided or even abated. Everyone in this room knows that if such had been the old Ross, and Jim pulled something like he is when you were in complete day to day command at RossShell, you would have long walked away already" Steve said, honestly.
Ross sighed. "Steve, while you are one hundred percent correct in your assessment. I have changed my outlook for two reasons. One, both of you know from working with me for so long, that I never acted like that with RFS or either one of you since we started this company. At RossShell, until I turned over day to day control over to Vic of course, for my health sake, and so that I could focus on what all of us do here, such approach of being heavy handed, and "pulling the trigger" did not serve me well with Timothy, Kayley, or for myself. Personally, while we all know that Jim is moving far more slowly than any of us would like, I personally, think that we should keep talking to him for a little while longer, and see if we can.. "push him along" without getting distracted by another situation that would be unknown, and that we could not predict how it would work out anyway. Do you guys see my point?" Ross asked Steve.
Steve sighed. "Absolutely. I think that tomorrow, after we have all had a chance to talk about how to approach things, we should contact Jim, and tell him that we feel things seem to have changed with his approach, and that we would like to have a more.. concrete discussion, and push toward doing something with field exploration, and or drilling wells, and bringing up product to sell ASAP. Then, we see what his reaction is, and we move from there. The people in Montreal know that I had to show that to you first before we can or could even begin discussions with them, so even if that took a week, until we find out what Jim's reaction is to what we just discussed, there is no danger of risking losing out on Montreal" Steve said.
"Fine, then in the meantime, I think we should spend today studying the Dallas and Tulsa deal, see how to approach that, and contact those people. I dont have to be home until Wednesday unless God Forbid I dont feel well, so we have a couple of days" Ross said.
"Okay, Pardner!" Steve said in a southern drawl.
Steve, Fritz, and Ross spent the rest of that afternoon intently studying the specifics of the Tulsa and Dallas deals on their Ipads in the meeting office. While nothing could of course be known until they talked to the other parties, it looked like a "very good deal" Steve contacted the people in Tulsa, and asked if they could do a noon conference call the next day, to at least "Get the ball rolling", and the Tulsa people quickly agreed.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went out to an early dinner, and then Ross was dropped off at his hotel, with plans for an 830 breakfast for all three of them together, and then to the office for more prep work on the call with the perspective deal people.
Ross called Kayley and greeted her. "VP, Good Evening. How are you, this fine evening" Ross said in a loving voice.
"I'm okay, Trying to stay calm writing up "jail reports" on the soon to be delinquents in our school, and very concerned about you, oil man" Kayley said.
"Honey, I'm fine. I swear. I just came back from dinner with Fritz and Steve. We are just looking over a potential deal in Tulsa and Dalas, we might look into another thing in Montreal, just in case Jim takes too long for our comfort since we really want to get back into the Canadian Tundra business. I've felt fine all day, I promise you., I have a calming med in me, so all is okay" Ross said, trying to soothe Kayley's concerns.
Kayley sighed. "You truly do sound okay. Not too tired, or such. Okay, I will try to calm down and let you go about your business. I hope that you can get home Wednesday night even by midnight, so that you can sleep in our bed. Can you try to please do that?" Kayley asked calmly.
"Yes, any last meeting or conference call will be made in the afternoon, so I can tell Steve and Fritz that I really should go after two days considering what happened to me not too long ago. If I agree to that, will you please try to calm down?" Ross appealed.
"Yes, okay. Have a good night. I love you, energy boy" Kayley said.
"I love you too, VP , to the moon and back" Ross said, as the couple hung up.
Ross undressed, showered, took his meds, and went to sleep.
The next morning, Ross rose at 730, showered, dressed, and took an Uber to the office, arriving shortly before nine.
That morning was spent with discussion of how to prepare for the Dallas conference call. The men agreed that Steve would lead the discussion, for apparent reasons, due to Ross's occasional stuttering, and Mister P's still occasional speech problems since his stroke,.
At noon, Steve picked up the office line, and dialed the number for the people regarding the Dallas office deal. The lead man, Glenn, answered.
"Good afternoon, Gentlemen, so good to have this discussion. How can we help you, and what would you like to know?" Glenn asked.
"Glenn, thanks of course for taking the time to talk to us. My first question would be. We have read the paperwork you sent us throughly. What are your thoughts on how you might like to proceed.? Also, how can we help you if at all?" Steve said.
"Steve , as you can see from the paperwork we sent you, we are a rather, large firm with offices in both Dallas and Tulsa. We have done business in some of the same ways that RFS has, with investors. Now, we are looking to go into some.. larger commercial deals involving companies to buy and sell products of oil and natural gas from, such as gas stations, refineries, drilling exploration, etc. I know that RFS mostly has wells and fields in Oklahoma near OKC, Alaska, and just a bit in Texas. I think that we can definitely expand RFS's presence in Texas, and get you guys a tunnel in the Tolsa area, where I see that you dont have much of a presence. While the obvious split would be 50-50, that would depend on how we set things up, and what and how we introduce people into any partnership we have" Glenn said.
"Glenn, this is Ross, another partner in RFS. That sounds excellent to me. Fritz, Steve, what do you guys think?" Ross asked.
"Sounds just great " Steve said.
"Just fine" Fritz added.
"Okay, then I will tell you all what. How about ,. we all have dinner tonight to meet face to face, not an ultra long meeting, just like an hour or two, and meet face to face, continue this discussion, and narrow things down further"
Glenn offered.
"Just fine, where, when, and what is the dress code?" Steve asked.
Glenn laughed. "Steve, this is OKC, Slacks, a long sleeve shirt, no jacket is fine. Let's meet at Quinn's Steakhouse, 6 pm, how does that sound?" Glenn asked.
"Perfect, thanks , we will see you then" Steve said.
The call ended.
"Ross, I suggest you take an Uber back to the hotel just to rest. I will call you at 4 so you can shower, and then we will come get you at 5, so we can meet Glenn. Quinn's is not that far from your hotel, so even with traffic, we will make it in plenty of time" Steve said.
"Great" Ross said, rising, summoning an Uber, going downstairs, and back to the hotel.
Ross texted Kayley. "VP, please dont call me until you hear from me. We have an important meeting tonight about a potentially important deal. Will call you when all is done" Ross said.
"Okay, Good Luck" Kayley texted back, with a heart.
Ross undressed to his boxers, took a piece of a calming med that his Dr said he was allowed to have, as he was permitted to take three whole pills a day, took a swig of iced tea, and quickly sacked out.
At 4, Steve called Ross, Ross showered, was picked up by Steve and Fritz at five, and the men rode over to Quinn's to meet with Glenn. They arrived even with traffic at 545. They entered the place, and were taken by the host to Glenn's table.
"Gentleman, I am Glenn Synder, so pleased to meet you all" Glenn said, standing up and shaking, Steve, Fritz, and Ross's hands.
"Ross , Steve, and Fritz, so nice to meet you, Glenn" Steve said.
The men sat down, ordered drinks, began talking, and then all ordered nice size filet Mignon As they ate, the conversation turned from social talk to business.
"Guys, you have all the particulars. Please throw it on the table. What are your opinions?" Glenn asked.
"Glenn, it all looks very good. If it is okay with you, I think we would be prepared to move on the Tulsa and Dallas parts almost immediately. As for the Montreal part, I think we agreed that if it is okay with you, we would like to exclude Montreal for now, until we see how this works out, and how we work together as people, and with the matters we would be working on" Steve said.
Glenn smiled. "That is just fine, and I understand your prudent approach. Okay, so if we are leaning toward doing a deal together, what is next?" Glenn said.
"It would seem to me, we should go through the routine steps. How about ASAP, our geologists read through the field specifics of what you are proposing we get involved with. Then, when we get their reports back, if all looks agreeable, we sign an agreement in principle, talk to your existing customers, and others we might come up with ourselves. I think we can have a deal signed within 90 days. Does that seem reasonable?" Steve said.
Glenn reached his hand across to shake Steve's hand. "More than reasonable. We have had very productive discussions that I believe will lead to us doing significant business together. Now, let's have a relaxing social dinner, and then we say so long for the night, and figure out the next step" Glenn said.
Steve grinned. "An excellent idea"
The men finished dinner, parted, and as they drove back to the hotel Steve said to Ross. "Partner, I think we had a great trip that will lead to something major. Please, for your own good. Go into the hotel, pack, and get out of here tomorrow. It will be good for you, and will make the VP happy. If you feel okay, maybe you can come back in a month, and we can have plenty of other discussions on the phone" Steve said.
Ross smiled. "Thanks, Steve, and I absolutely agree with you"
When Ross got back to the hotel, he shook hands with Steve and Fritz, went upstairs, undressed, packed, and changed his flight to noon the next day. Then, he called the VP.
"VP, all went very well here. We had an excellent meeting with Glenn, the guy involved with the situation we are hopefully going to put together. I am leaving OKC at noon, and will hopefully be home early tomorrow evening , okay?" Ross offered.
"Glad things went well, just fine, and I look forward to seeing you" Kayley said.
Ross went to sleep, awoke at 7, had breakfast, checked out, and went to the airport to go through security, and board his noon flight.
The flights went fine, save for a half hour delay.
Ross arrived in JFK at 530, hopped into an Uber, and was home just before 7.
Ross entered, kissed Kayley, and went into the bedroom, to undress, before discussing the trip with Kayley.
Ross , as he went to undress, noticed a beeping on his phone as he pulled it out of his pocket.
Ross looked at the phone, gave a huge sigh, and frowned,.
Ross quietly said to himself. "Oh, Fuck!"
What seemed to have been a wonderful trip, had just been hopefully not ruined by Ross's cell phone beeping, and an "Oh Fuck" When Ross looked at the message he saw.
Just why did Ross say "Oh , Fuck" when he looked at his cell phone?
That would be seen.
