Chapter 50 ken is president
Ken prepared to report to office
the first day of them assuming
the position of acting presidents
of the company, he was so tense,
and he needed some assurance
so he put the call across to Gina.
"Hello my love how are you?"
"Am fine, you are not sounding
ok, I hope all is well? Gina ask.
"Yea, no, I mean am just a little
bit nervous , you know I have
not done this before, this is going
to be my first time and I don’t
know whom am going to
meet there."
"Ok dear, first of all is ok to be
nervous, and secondly is
going to be fine. Just take a deep
breath and tell yourself is going
to be ok, tell yourself you are
good and you can do this."
"Wow, thanks a lot, what do I do
without you? I will surely try that,
are you sure it will work?"
"Yes, it works all the time.
Ok dear, see you at lunch time."
"Ok bye."
Getting to the office everyone
greeted ken with respect because
they knew he and ben are the
new acting presidents so they
better behave before anyone
receive a sack letter.
"Hello sir there will be a board
meeting by 10 am today, is there
anything you will like me to do?
A female who introduce herself
as his new assistance
announce to him.
#No, nothing thank you, did you
just said board meeting by 10
am today?
"Yes sir,"
"Ok thank you, you can go."
"Alright sir, she said and left."
"Board meeting, Board meeting?
Ken repeated the word like five
times, what do I know about
board meeting? I hope they are
not planning to disgrace me there?
I will just keep quite throughout
the meeting."
"Ken’s heart start to beat very
fast when the time reach pass
nine on the clock."
"He just wish that the time will
just stop and 10am will never
come, he blame himself for not
been a good boy, when his father
wanted to show him around the
business environment. Had it been
he listen, he would have been an
expert in the field of business."
Ben walk majestically into the
board room and sit himself at the
head of the chair meant for the
president himself, while ken sat
next to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, I call this
meeting on behalf of the president
to announce to you that he is
stepping aside and allowing his
two sons Benjamin and Kenneth
to assume the position of acting
president for a period of one year.
All clapping their hands in honor
of the new presidents.
So I will like every one of you to
give your support to them.
He turn to ben and motion for him
to say something.
Ben got up and thank them for
welcoming them but warn that if
he finds any one lacking he will
not hesitate to sack the person.
Do you all understand."
"Yes sir," they all chorus.
The meeting ending with some
of the workers not been happy.
"What’s the meaning of what you
just did in there?" Ken ask ben as
they walk to their office.
"And what are you talking about?"
"I mean the statement you just
made, didn’t you see the workers
faces?."
"What did you just call them?
Workers right? So they don’t
matter to me, if they don’t like it,
they should quit simple."
"If everybody quit because of you,
can you do this work alone?"
Ken ask.
"You see why I said you are not
fit to be here? You think like a
gateman, who told you there are
shortage of workers? We only
have shortage of jobs not workers,
get that into your head."
"Even though there are shortage
of jobs doesn’t mean you should
treat people any how you like."
"You can join them if you want"
ben said and walk away to his
office.
"I don’t blame you, am just trying
to respect the work place if not
you would have gotten it real
hot this morning" ken said after
ben has left.
"Walking to his office he ask his
PA to tell him what next is on
the line.
"Sir there is a letter here, you need
to meet up with our business
partners from France , they are
going to arrive by 12am. Sir.
"And what is the agenda of this
meeting?"
"I don’t know sir, you will get to
know as soon as you get there."
"Is ok, get things ready for that."
"Ok sir. His PA said and walk out
of the office."
"Damn, who is doing this? I hope
my father is not setting me up for
failure, what do I know that I will
tell these people? Ken’s heart start
beating fast, he pick up the phone
to call Gina but put it down again.
No, I don’t have to be doing this all
the time, is so embarrassing to be
calling her every now and then, I
will handle this myself, if I fail,
then I fail.
He pray endlessly that they should
not make it and that the meeting
should be cancel but he receive
a call by 11:38 that they have arrive.
Getting to the meeting he finds
out that he did have to say much,
all he was require to do is shake
hands with the business partners
and say thank you sir, or ma.
Because someone was there
introducing him to all their partners represented there.
After the meeting ken ask the man
why they want him to be there,
he thought he was having a
meeting with the partners.
"Ohh. Chief did explain to you?"
"No, he didn’t tell me anything like
that."
"Ok, they received a little from
chief that he was stepping down
for his sons, and they ask to see
you face to face, so that is why you
are here, they want to know who
they are doing business with."
"So why me? My elders brother
ben was supposed to be the one
to come and represent the
company and not me.
"Yes, you see my son, your father
is a very wealthy man, he owns
lot of wealth that you or your
brother can not even begin to
imagine. Your brother don’t need
to be here, because he was not
assign to handle this part of
the company but you.
So don’t worry about him, he is
somewhere else as we speak
right now."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Wow, I didn’t know how wealthy
my father is, so how did he manage
all of this?
'Well that is why he is wealthy,
not everyone can manage a
company, one your father can
answer that question, because
am not as wealthy as he is."
"Ken looked at the man and
realize he was just an employee
of his father, he is right, my father
must have work really hard to
get all this wealth."
"Now I know why he feels bad
anything I misbehaved. I promise
never to make my father sad again."
"Boy are you ready to go now, your
rid is ready."
"Ok, thank you sir for your time."
You are always welcome my boy."
Ken was so exhausted for doing
nothing, the anxiety he felt earlier
has drain the straight out of him.
I need to hangout somewhere for
a drink, I don’t want to go straight
to the house I need to un-wine.
Peter, yes let me call peter.
"Heyy… man. How the hell did
you ignore me for so long, I thought
you will never remember me again,
after you left my house with that
look on your face.
"Forget that mannn.., I was busy
with work."
"Work? You now work?"
"When I say work, I don’t mean I
really work, but the work is so tiring.
"I don’t understand you, you don’t
work but the work is so tiring.
"I hope you are not drunk before
coming here? Peter ask.
"Do I look drunk?" Ken wants to
know.
"No, you don’t but your speech
sound like drunk to me."
"I am now the new president of
my father’s company and that
is tiring."
"What!!.... Peter shouted and
jumped at ken and hug him.
"Please get off me, what are you
doing? Ken ask him.
"Menn.. did you know that you are
the most stupid person I have
ever known in my whole life? and
worst of it you are my friend,
peter said.
"Is that supposed to be an
insult? Ken ask.
"No is a complement my friend,
I now have a president of a
multimillion dollar company as a
friend what can one ever ask for
in this life? He starch fort his hands
towards haven.
"Ken was just looking at him,
wondering if he did a mistake of
having peter as a friend, damn
this guy is a joke. I wonder how
we manage to meet on this earth.
"Now tell me, how many bags of
money did you have in the back of
your car? We need to paint this
townred.
"How did I know you in the first
place? ken ask peter