100 Days With Mr Romero

Seven months later, Emma was seated in the conference room awaiting some clients.

She was well dressed in a plain trouser with a matching jacket on. Her shoes were high and comfortable and her expensive hand bag established its presence on the table.

“They are here. ” announced the messenger.

“Show them in. ” she told him while adjusting her jacket.

Few seconds later, the messenger had led a group of three men and a lady into the conference room where Emma was seating.

“Welcome! ” she said to them the moment they walked in.

“Sit please. ” she added pointing to the vacant chairs in the conference room.

Soon, the men and lady were seated while Emma sent for light refreshments for them.

“I went through several proposals. ” began Emma while fiddling the pages of the stapled documents before her.

“I must say you guys have the best proposal. ” she commended them.

They smiled at one another.

“However, countered Emma. ” while closing the file.

“This company operates on the basic principles of efficiency and loyalty among others. Therefore, give me reasons why this company should sign this deal with you. ” she stated with her hands stretched on the table.

“We have something for you. ” said one of the men which Emma assumed to be their leader.

He opened his bag and presented a bottle of wine to Emma. The bottle was green and not branded.

“This is a product of our harvest. ” he continued after Emma collected the bottle from him.

“Our grapes are fresh and you can see photographs of our fertile farmlands and healthy fruits attached to the proposal. However, a taste will work better. ” the man said pointing to the table before her.

“We will produce more grape fruits and thus more wine for you as long as this company will cover up staff salaries and production expenses. ” explained the man.

Emma immediately opened the bottle and sipped the wine.

“It doesn’t taste bad” she attested and returned the cap back on the bottle.

“Your farmland has a lingering court case with VD vines. ” Emma pointed out while the men stared at each other. They didn’t expect Emma to bring up that issue.

“I am the business lawyer of the company. ” the lady amongst them finally spoke and immediately stood up.

“Sit. ” Emma told her and she sat.

“Go ahead. “offered Emma.

“The major reason for the lingering court case is finance. ” the lawyer continued .

“If we can get enough finance, then we can take the case to the state high court and claim right over our property soonest. ” assured the lady.

Emma placed her back on the chair and said.

“If LIAS offers you money to clear the court case by getting a quick hearing from the state high court, what will your payback constitute? ”

“Also. ” continued Emma without giving them a chance to comment on the first issue she pointed out.

“If LIAS facilitates more wine production and pays all the staff you’ve been owing salaries of about three months, what will your pay back be? ” she asked them.

They stared at each other and Emma read their minds. They were wondering how she discovered they were in a financial mess.

“I have a proposal for you people. ” she said fondling the tip of her pen.

“We will finance your court case and ensure it gets cleared and we will also finance more wine production and clear your debts. ” offered Emma.

“In return, ” she continued.

“Your farmlands will supply us with a thousand barrels of wine each year till the end of the contract period which will last for three years. ” she explained.

“Do we have a deal gentlemen or should we allow the accountant finish his work first.” she pointed to the guy in the middle who was punching numbers and writing down figures on a plain sheet.

“Give us some minutes please. ” the lawyer suggested.

“Of course. ” Emma agreed.

“Take your time. ” she told them and left the conference room.

Emma stood outside the conference hall and smiled inwardly. When she tasted the wine they offered her, Emma could swear it was the best grape wine she had ever tasted in her life instead, she commented that it was average.

Before inviting them for the meeting, she had researched on all the proposal offers sent to the company and she discovered that they were the weakest clients but she praised them in the conference room as the best.

They were wallowing in debts and Emma knew their desperate state was good for business. She chuckled over the way she had been smartly handling the business for the past seven months and she knew she was doing excellent.

Tom had died. He didn’t survive the surgery and they were running out of wine since Tom’s vineyard crashed after his demise. Emma began oughting for proposals and didn’t show the public how desperate the company was for original wine.

Meanwhile, she had placed Tom’s two daughters on the company’s life insurance policy.

“Tick tock. ” Emma said after glancing at her fancy wrist watch.

“Time to sign a deal. ” she added and dashed into the conference room.

“We accept the offer. ” the team leader said after Emma walked back into the conference room.

She smiled knowing they would accept it. She had already calculated it and counted the cost and sorted the expenses and profit last night before presenting the offer to them.

“Sign here. ” Emma said presenting a contract document to their leader.

He signed and Emma appended her signature too.

“You will hear from our accountants soonest. ” Emma assured them and they left the conference room feeling excited.

Emma sat on the table and smiled proudly over her latest achievement. She can’t wait to share it with Sam.

Suddenly her phone began to ring.

“Mother! ” she excitedly called our after picking the call.

“I’m fine mother. ” she said with a nod.

“And Dad? ” she further asked.

“Yes I’ll be coming back to New York tonight. ” Emma told her mother.