chapter 9

SerendipityEpisode-9“This is ridiculous... what is this??... you don't even understand simple instructions... it’s a simple report and so many mistakes??”The atmosphere in the conference room was heated... His face was red with anger...'His' eyes fixated on Jayesh... eyes looking like lava erupting from a volcano...Jayesh-Assistant Manager-Finance, caught in a tangle of numbers scratched out with a red pen in the report thrown in front of him... stood silent with his neck down...The eyes of 15 people in the meeting looked once at Jayesh and once at the laptop in front of everyone...No one dares to raise his head and look at him... Volcano have erupted and now everyone is thinking who is next...'That' Volcano... Yes 'That was...The Rajiv Mehra... CFO-Supreme Group.“How many years have you been working at Supreme?You still don't seem to be used to the "Supreme" way of working.. How can you be so oblivious?Still don't seem to understand how important accuracy and rigor are in financial reports... Your mistakes will cost Supreme millions of dollars”In front of Rajiv's anger, everyone is standstill...opening the mouth and asking questions...can be really dangerous...If by mistake someone tries to speak with too much courage, then it should be considered that the mouth of the cannon called Rajiv is turned towards him and the blows of Rajiv's words do not stop without making the person feel miserable.At 9 o'clock in the morning, the meeting of the finance department had already started in the Supreme Conference Room, when Rajiv's sharp tongue began to strike... the flames were about to rise."Sorry sir... I will immediately make changes and submit the report in 10 minutes" Jayesh was speaking with his head down.“Great, so now you will waste my 10 minutes on your careless mistakes... will you ever understand the importance of time... “TIME IS MONEY”Mr. Murthy... you should look at the report and forward it to me only if it is error-free” giving instructions to the rest of the people for the next meeting.Rajiv walked briskly towards his cabin... everyone who came in front of him bowed his head saying “good morning sir”, “hello sir”..Rajiv was checking mails on his phone  while walking. He was just shaking his head lightly in return for the greetings of the employees.The sound of his shoes on the marble floor made everyone alert and their eyes were staring into the computer screen in front of them or into the file in hand.Everyone thinking better to be far away from sir's sight as possible...His keen eye like an eagle.. moving from one corner of the office to the other in an instant...Fingers moving on the keyboard caught his eye.. Phones were ringing... The sound of printers was also humming...‘Supreme's staff It seemed to be working...Good everyone sims busy' he thought to himself  'or showing skills have improved a lot'.His sharp eye was enough to disperse the group of employees, who stood in the corner doing chitchat... The frown on his forehead indicated disapproval...he hardly needed words.The moment he entered the cabin, he started the laptop...The contract for the next week's business deal with the German-based Arkoma company displayed on the screen. He called the legal department to inform them of the necessary changes in the contract...after sending an e-mail to the VP of the Corporate Strategy Team, ordered him to prepare a new report for Friday's Technosys Takeover meeting...Notes scribbled in the diary... Apparently it was written in a strange alien language...But there is no doubt that Rajiv Mehra will clearly read out what exactly was scratched.... Weird... Wacky... An equally extraordinary personality.His mobile phone rang... reading the letters 'Sweetheart' on the screen, he smiled softly...sent a message saying "Busy, will call in sometime" and silenced the phone.At the moment he didn't want to talk to anyone. He needed to concentrate on reviewing an important deal contract for the Supreme Group.*@*@*@*@*“Jayesh bhai I heard that you were bombarded this morning...you were the morning hunt for the monster mehra”Rajesh from the accounts department was chuckling..An annoyed Jayesh was wondering to himself who exactly did he face this morning to start the day in such an horrible way... now it seems that the whole week is going to get worse..."Rajesh it's daylight now... As far as I know the next meeting is with the accounts department... Check your financial statements a thousand times... The monster is never satisfied with one hunt... He will come out again"Now it's Rajesh's turn to worry. Jayesh was smiling...Rajesh quietly came to his desk and sat down looking at the statements and prayed ... that I should not be the next target of the Monster Mehra.“Renuka! The sound of your laughter is a bit louder... “Jayesh instructed Renuka, the Assistant Manager of the Tax Department...“Today you have to submit the Income Tax appeal, so complete it without wasting a single second....Have you not heard the slogan of The Great Rajiv Mehra?” Jayesh laughed out loud...“TIME IS MONEY” they all shouted in unison, followed by laughter.But this burst of laughter did not last long ...Rajiv came out of the cabin ... crossing the entire floor with his hastening steps ... throwing his intense and penetrating glance at the employees of all the three departments, he headed towards Sanyal sir's cabin.Prakash Sanyal... Managing Director and CEO of Supreme Group...In a meeting room adjacent to his cabin, the vice presidents of fifteen departments, a few board of directors, sat anxiously waiting for Rajiv.The hands of the clock settled at 9.58 and Rajiv entered the meeting room... In a moment he looked at all the people present...Without wasting a second to greet, he sat in the chair next to Sanyal sir... only to give him a smile “Good morning Sir”and a glance at Mr. Murthy-Vice President Finance...That look was the signal to start the meeting. The meeting started at 10 o'clock sharp... neither a second earlier nor a second later...The last 20 days of the financial year...The meeting was organized to take annual review of the progress of the Supreme Group... As planned the team lead of each department presented the report...All branches of the Supreme Group were progressing in a phenomenal way... reaching new highs every year ... achieving this year's financial targets before the end of February ... a surge in indices on the stock exchange witnessed Supreme's progress.In the second half of the meeting, Rajiv stood up... The last 20 minutes of the meeting were reserved for the CFO.Supreme Group's International Success... New Ventures to be Launched by Supreme Group in the New Financial Year...Important International Business Deals ... Some of the Small and Mid Cap Companies in India to be Merged into Supreme Group...Rajiv was giving the information.His intelligent face beamed with pride talking about the success achieved by Supreme... He too was happy to see Prakash Sanyal sir's dream come true.Sanyal sir's focus was only on Rajiv... he didn't need to see a single slide of the presentation,whereas he was engrossed in old memories...The day Rajiv joined Supreme Group...To be continued....© ®️ Meghna_Yadav 2021Special Thanks to friend Gayatri and my loving daughter, my buddy.Hello Readers,Illuminate the five stars of ratings with your gentle touch. Do let me know your thoughts via comments..Thanks and Regards,Meghana Yadav...