Beginning of the downfall

"How is this supposed to be an issue of my own?"

Rick Jones's father Edward Jones furiously asked his son on video call while in front of all the board of directors in the meeting room.

"And why do you think company's problems have to be an issue for me as well?" Rick Jones asked him back while sipping some cola juice from the glass, he was holding.

Rick Jones was currently enjoying his honeymoon period with his newly wedded wife Sandra accompanied by their son in the love city called Paris. While he was enjoying his life at its fullest, his family business was facing a lot of troubles.

Many of their past projects were terminated and cancelled. Even the newly handed projects were snatched back. Not a single industrial or any other developing companies were ready to work with them. All the construction and partnership projects that were handled back then by Rick Jones returned back with loss. The company's stock market graph was getting down with each passing day.

"What do you think of yourself? You didn't earn those money from any other source. This company made you live your life the way you wanted to and will be the only source of living for our future generations. This is our family business. But still you have the guts to say what it has to do with you?" Edward Jones slammed the table in front of him and glared at his son's face angrily.

"President Jones please calm down or else your health will deteriorate." Edward Jones's secretary Henry requested him to calm down.

Edward let out a deep sigh with a "Hmph" .

"President please have some water." Henry offered Edward Jones a glass of water before helping him to take his medicines.

"Hey you old man!!" Rick Jones stared deep into his father's dark eyes and continued.

"Why don't you just give up on the position of CEO and handover the company to me? Just look at you. You look so tired and worn out. Why don't you just rest well for the rest of your life." He scoffed while saying such things.

Rick didn't care about the fact that all the board of directors could hear him and they did hear him well. Whatever he said everyone there in the meeting room heard him.

After the past incidents and the way he handled the company as the acting CEO of the company a few months back already made many and most of the directors and the shareholders dislike him and now this time. The reply from the CEO's son made everyone in the meeting room dislike him more. Even the higher ups of the company were disappointed in him.

"Don't forget the day you took over the position of acting CEO, you kept on making mistakes and because of you the company started facing it's downfall. You neither attended any meetings nor you were careful or attentive while signing documents. Taking my advice was nowhere to be considered."

Edward Jones uttered angrily. It was already hard for his secretary to reduce his blood pressure, now again the Young master was making him angry.

"Ohh dad.. if you have to talk about the shits of piece happening with the company then please don't disturb me from now on. Let me enjoy my honeymoon period at least with my wife and son. If you don't have anything else to say I am hanging up the call for now."

"Hey.. you.. don't you dare.. you.."

Before Edward Jones could reply his son had already ended the call. In rage Edward Jones threw off his tablet which crashed on the wall and broke down into pieces.

After a few minutes of complete silence in the meeting room there was a knock on the meeting room door.

"Come in." Edward Jones yelled angrily.

Meanwhile the board of directors were talking to each other with their face expressions and staring at each other disapprovingly.

After getting an affirmative, Henry came inside and strode towards the CEO chair. After a while when he said what he had to inform him, Edward Jones slammed his desk angrily.

"What ??? How.. how can they suddenly do this ? " With creased and knotted eyebrows Edward Jones slammed the desk in front of him in rage.