For the past four years, the branch company in France, made tremendous success. After being supervised under Elijah, the company was one of the most upright standing companies in France.
On one edge, the branch company was running smoothly and on the other side, the main company was in chaos.
Edward visited his father's villa in the corner city, to sort out the problem the company was facing. The old man asked him to take advice from Elijah to find a solution. The advancement of the France branch, was itself a good achievement for him, which showed how much he is capable of.
At first, Edward hesitated, but later on, he contacted him.
"I think it's time that you should focus on the main branch. You must have heard about whatever the company is facing." Edward explained to him with a sigh.
"Send me the overall reports from every department and details of all the recent projects, the company worked on." Elijah replied to him coldly.
"I think you should return back to London." Edward told him with a slight change in tone.
"President Jones, I don't want to return back so soon. I am good at what I have right now. I don't wish to take incharge of the main head branch." Elijah replied to him back with a mocking laugh.
"Is this how you talk to your father?" Edward was agitated when Elijah did not greet him as father. He directly greeted him by the position he holds in the company.
"How far I remember, at the age of 6 you told me I am not your son and I don't deserve to be your son. So how come today you suddenly asked me about my father?" Elijah asked him back coldly before hanging up the call.
Edward was stunned for a while as he could not register the sudden events that happened. He glanced at the cell phone screen which turned black, before putting up a bitter, yet a bit of grieving smile on his face.
Then next day, Edward held a stakeholders meeting to inform them that the company will be advancing their focus on showbiz and as instructed by Elijah, no one knew who was the incharge of the coming projects.
Steadily, under Elijah's supervision, the company's stock market growth was coming back on track. Though, it was not a huge recovery but the company was steadily being stabilized.
These past few weeks, Jones Enterprises were focused on stabilising their shares and rooting their grounds in showbiz. Few days earlier, the company started promoting a daily drama show, which helped them to a great extent.
Meanwhile, Rick Jones was forced to come back, ending his vacation period.
From his secretary, he got to know that the company started advancing their focus on showbiz. About all the recent scandals about the company and also that the majority of the stakeholders pulled out their shares.
"Why can't I get that report?" Rick was furious. His eyes were looking coldly at his secretary.
"Sir, President Jones ordered me not to let you know any information regarding the new project." His secretary replied honestly.
"Ok. Then, who is in incharge of that project? Can I know this?" He asked her back while controlling his anger.
"Sorry sir! I have not been given any information regarding this." Freya lowered her head after replying.
Rick Jones gritted his teeth in annoyance. He wanted to vent his frustrations on something but realized that it was pointless to waste any more time. He still needed to think of a solution for this sticky situation. "Out!" he ordered, sending his secretary out of his office. "YOU. GET. OUT!"
Rick took a deep breath before he closed his eyes and leaned into his chair.
It seemed, he was forced to come back for nothing. The company was already getting on track, yet his father asked him to come back. Also, after coming back, he was not informed about anything, regarding the company's recent collaborations or projects. Even the name of the person, incharge of all the projects was kept hidden from him. The company was getting out of his hands. Everything was kept undisclosed.
After spending two hours in his office, Rick stood up from his chair and went out of the room in rage.
He rushed towards the CEO's office, to get an answer from his father. He will be the future CEO of the company, yet he is being treated as an outsider.
Without knocking on the door, he pushed it open.
Edward was resting on his chair in his room, with his head lowered. He has already finished three cups of black coffee since morning.
These recent encounters were indeed very difficult to handle. He felt he has aged a lot these past few weeks. At such an age, he faced everything alone. Rick, his son, on whom he doted more than anything was not even bothered to come and give a hand to his father. Yet, the person who helped him out was Elijah, whom he never considered as his own blood.
Henry clutched the documents in his other hand as he quickly started explaining to him about the drama progress. Later, he reminded Edward of his today's schedule, "President Jones, there's a meeting with the upper management at 2 p.m. After that, you have to attend a business meeting around 3 p.m. at the Blanch hotel. Also, later on, you need to discuss the progress report of the current projects with Director Elijah. At 5 p.m. in the evening, Director Elijah's secretary, Noah will be conducting an inspection as per sir's orders, at the shooting site. Previously, you said you'll be going with Noah , but Elijah sir asked not to make you worry. This is the itinerary for today."
"What time is it now?" Edward placed both of his hands on the table as he started tapping on it.
"President, it's 1:49 p.m., there are still a few minutes left." Henry answered him calmly. He lifted his head up to look at Edward, before continuing.
"Also, President.." Edward understood Henry was hesitating to tell him something.
Edward opened his eyes and glanced at him, before asking in a raspy voice, "What's the matter?"
Henry lowered his head and pressed his lips. "President, today, Young master scolded his secretary loudly. He was trying to get some information regarding the project. He wanted to know about the supervisor and other related information. Since Freya did not know even a bit about this project, she couldn't inform him. So, the Young Master was very furious." Henry explained to Edward about today's morning incidents about Rick.
"I can't be responsible for his mood. When the company was facing such a crisis, he was not even bothered to ask about the situation, leaving the fact of lending a hand in solving it. It's up to him whether he wants to be the future CEO or not. If not for Elijah... I... I don't know what... what I should have done." Edward said with mixed expressions on his face.
At first, he could not gather himself to speak about the crisis to Elijah due to some unknown reasons. He wasn't sure how to talk to him.
Unaffected, he stood up from his chair and straightened his shirt. After grabbing his coat, he turned to walk into his private elevator, just outside his office, with a cold expression. While Henry sighed to himself as he collected all the signed documents on the table, before following him behind.
"Father!" Edward lifted his head and looked at the source of voice to see Rick was fuming in rage.