SCIENTIST OR GANGSTER

RICHARD P.O.V(MR.STONE'S ASSISTANT)

PLACE: Christopher Stone's New York head office.

I was sitting inside my cabin with my college friend who's a journalist from a famous magazine company " Richard ..thank you so much for accepting this interview brother" he said sipping his coffee at which I shook my head "Ahh..don't be so formal brother, we also needed a good platform to announce our new project" I told him sitting in the couch.

"So what is this project about?? and how long it's gonna take to complete it??" he asked holding his recorder, "our project name is project042, it's about to develop a hybrid seed which is immune to pests and gives the double amount of production compared to a normal seed and we are planning to release the sample for trials in six months," I said at which he nodded in understanding.

"There are some rumors running around that Mr.Christopher stone has internal conflicts with his father over Stone Industries shares, is that true?? "he asked to which I chuckled and said"Boss is one among the top 500 billionaires all over the world. He has his own fertilizers company which he runs with his best friend Mr.Stephen King and he has partnerships with many Pharmaceutical companies, why would he need his father's company?? those rumors were all created by his rivals to defame him."

While I was answering his questions, Journalists stormed inside our office shoving mikes and recorders at my face and started asking questions like:

J1." Is it true that Mr. Stone has returned to Newyork ??"

J2."Is it true that he is abusive and manhandled his Ex-girlfriend??"

J3."Did he really left all his inheritance to his stepmother's nephew??"

J4." Ms. Sophia has claimed that she's pregnant with Mr stone's baby, is it true??".

J5." Mrs.stone stated that Sr Mr stone disowned Mr. Stone as his family heir, what's your comment on that??"

J6." Senior scientist Mr smith stated that Mr. Stone needs to be admitted to drug rehab, what's your comment on that??"

I am really done with these media people and their hunger for gossip, why can't these people ask work-related questions?? they are already living off of gossip on movie actors, why can't they leave scientists for god's sake??

"friends..friends..please calm down, yes..it is true that Mr. Stone has returned to Newyork from Srilanka after collecting the samples for his new project, I will update our latest project details on our website asap, that's all for now "I said trying to calm them down and praying to god that the boss shouldn't show up now.

when did god hear my prayers since I have joined Mr stone's team, I heard my death bell which is the sound of my boss's Harley Davidson bike sound. I panicked and rushed outside to reach him before he takes all their cameras and smashes them.

But before I could reach him, media people ran to him like they are in some marathon race and started asking him the same stupid questions which they have asked me earlier shoving cameras and recorders at his face.

I have closed my eyes and ears not knowing what will happen next. Then I heard his booming voice "ENOUGH..." he shouted and Everyone fell silent, except for one female journalist "is it true that you broke up with your ex-girlfriend after she got pregnant with your child?" she asked him confidently.

He gave her a serious look scaring the living lights out of her "Before I answer your question... go and ask the person who fed you this false information that how she spent the money she stole from my father's company" he asked and stormed inside leaving that reporter with a pale face.

Now I can easily expect the next day's news headlines.. great just great ..now I have to face the wrath of his father too I thought and went to the boss's cabin. He was sitting on the couch seriously looking at his phone, he has this Tarzan kind of hairstyle with a thick beard and he always has this serious expression on his face telling people to stay out of his way" goo..goo..good morning boss ..do..do.. you w..w..want me to g...ge..get you some c..c..coffee," I asked shivering holding the files as my shield.

He gave me a pointed look and signaled me to go near him ...if I didn't empty my bladder just before entering his office I would have pissed my pants right now "Who allowed those people inside??" he asked me looking serious, my legs started shaking"boss...i have accepted my friend's request to answer questions regarding your new project but I didn't think other reporters would know about your arrival, i am sorry boss I couldn't stop the news from getting out" I apologized at which he sighed and threw some ointment at me.

"Go and apply some ointment to those scratches on your face" he said and started typing something on his laptop, then I noticed the scratches on my face and hands made by the media people with their mikes and recorders, I looked gratefully at him with but he gestured me to go out.

"Oh my god, Richard... I was so scared that your boss would fire you or something" mason said picking his office bag from my table to which I smiled a little"I forgot to tell you one important thing about my boss, he may be short-tempered and hot-headed but he has a heart of gold, unlike his father" I said looking at the direction of boss's cabin.

"But..but I thought he is some arrogant cold-hearted person, who doesn't care about people around him" he asked confused," that's because people don't understand him and paid media portrays him as some brutal person based on some false rumors," I told him and we both started walking out of my cabin.

"He never advertises the charity he has done like other rich people and he doesn't let people around him know that he cares about them, he is the kind of person who helps silently but doesn't expect anything in return. Don't write all this in your article, I only want you to write about our project" I told him seriously and he nodded in understanding, we both walked out of my cabin and reached the lobby.

There i saw the candidates waiting to be interviewed by Mr.Stone for Project042, then i remembered that i have called them today for the interview so i immediately bid goodbye to mason and ran to boss's cabin.

"boss I have called the six candidates who have excelled in the test. If you want I will call them one by one??" I asked nervously because I have arranged it without asking him so there is a chance that he might just throw me from the top floor for wasting his precious time.

"No need just tell them to answer these questions. whoever answers correctly in less than 5 minutes, just send them the appointment letter and internship contract directly. I don't have all day to interview some kids."He said giving me a paper.

"ok boss.." I said and went to my cabin to arrange for the spot exam. I already knew that boss would avoid interviewing them because he never likes human interaction much. sometimes he spends 2 to 3 days with some useless plant but he never spares 10 minutes for some important investor.

I have called the receptionist and asked her to send the six of them at once, she hesitated at first and said, "right away sir".3 girls and 3 guys entered the cabin, I asked them to sit down and handed them the question papers which the boss has prepared for them to answer.

4 of them failed to solve it while two of them did an Ok job. boss saw the results and looked at me furiously throwing the papers of 4 failed candidates on my face "Is this what you call an excellent performance huh?? I should never have left you this task" he said angrily.

"Boss I will conduct the exam again ..just give me some time," I asked him ready to run away if he gets angrier. He looked at me like he's gonna eat me alive and said"you have already wasted enough time idiot....anyways I don't need any other brains for my project my brain is enough. Just send the call letters to those two who passed the exam, now... I need a personal cook since my last cook resigned".

He didn't resign you picky beast he ran away on some fisherman boat unable to put up with your anger I thought but smiled and asked "Sir do you want me to post an advertisement for a cook??".

"no need.. did you put the cooking clause in the advertisement before ??" he asked looking thoughtfully "yes boss I did and there were a few candidates who selected that option, do you want me to filter the best candidate among them," I asked

"No ..pick the worst candidate. I badly need a cook now and that candidate will feel like he/she got some lottery after getting selected and won't run away like my last cook," he said using his low EQ.

This arrogant beast with a high IQ and low EQ is using some innocent student just to cook for him pls god save that innocent soul from this beast I prayed to god and sent the call letter to Ms.Erika Williams who got the least score on the test.

"By the way boss what happened to your hand," I asked looking at his bandaged hand. He stared at his hand thinking deeply and said"ugh.. it's nothing, just a small accident".

Judging by the way he's looking at his hand intently it didn't look like nothing but I didn't say anything as I want to live longer." Boss, I got to know who leaked your visit to the bookstore today to media." I told him seriously.

He raised his eyebrow in a questioning manner " It's your ex-girlfriend Sophia. she has been feeding the media people with your personal information along with some false rumors and I heard that she has been meeting your biggest rival Mr. Andrew Smith frequently".

He stared at the rings on his fingers with a frown on his face and said "I don't have time to play these useless games with these useless people, so you just keep an eye on them and give me updates"

"But boss your stepmom will use this opportunity to get the board of directors on her side. You know how desperately she has been trying to appoint her nephew as a new CEO to stone industries" I reminded him but he chuckled and said"stone industries will always be mine no matter how hard she tries, I won't let her have my mom's hard-earned company".

"Now inform those students who are selected for the project to reach the airport by morning 4 am. we will be leaving for jamaica tomorrow " he said not caring about anything.

"Boss but that's too early for them, they need at least two days to prepare for the journey " I told him nervously but he just gave me a pointed look and I shut my mouth.

"ok boss I will call them and inform them".

"Call them and inform them to be at the airport by exact 4 '0' clock tomorrow otherwise their appointment will be canceled"

This arrogant psycho will kill me with these tasks I thought to myself but said "Ok boss I will Inform them of your exact words" he didn't say anything so I waited if he has any other orders.

After a few seconds, he looked at me like I am some irritating fly and shouted "Are you waiting for me to hug you and give encouragement to make few calls ??" with that I ran outside.

The receptionist gave me a sympathetic look and handed me the phone, I have called all the three candidates and informed them boss's exact words.

I just hope either they have watched the prison break series or learned swimming so that they can escape before they lose their minds in that shutter island i thought.