The Board Meeting
Chandler slammed the phone onto the receiver causing a loud bang. Monica, who was sitting opposite of him filing her nails down in a bored manner, jumped by the sudden noise.
"The only way he will talk to me is in person. He wants to have a meeting this evening, here." Chandler whined putting his head in his hands. Monica, taking this as a time to make a move, slinked behind him and set a hand on each one of his shoulders and because to caress him.
"Don't worry. It will be okay." Monica breathed. Chandler stood up causing Monica's hands to fall.
"No, Monica. If we lose this case against Gleemonex Vikki will leave me." Chandler said nervously. Monica rolled her eyes.
"Then your fiancée doesn't deserve you." She spat, folding her arms and walking to the other end of the room. The air was thick with tension for a long moment as both just stared. Suddenly, the doors to Chandler's office burst open as Rachel walked inside.
"Well? What's going on?" She snipped. Monica and Chandler focused on her instead.
"We have a meeting with the president and two officials from Gleemonex Co tonight at 5:00 pm." Chandler gulped.
"Oh? What's the president's name?" Rachel asked writing something down in her notebook.
"It's Ross Geller, no relation to Monica. The officials attending will be Phoebe Buffey and Joseph Tribianni. I am very very worried about this so you guys need to make a great impression." Chandler finished.
"I always make a good impression." Rachel smiled as she sat down in the chair across from chandler, folding her legs and bouncing the one on top up and down. "Have I met Ross Geller? The name sound familiar." She asked staring into space.
"He was probably one of the guys you have screwed, in many different ways, in the past." Monica said narrowing her eyes. Rachel rolled her eyes.
"At least I've screwed people." She said standing up. "How long has it been since you have had sex?" Rachel asked nearing Monica. Monica put her nose in the air. Chandler, sensing the oncoming of a feud, tried to halt it before it happened.
"Is this really the subject right now?" He asked walking over to Monica's aid. Rachel smiled.
"Come on Chandler, you know this is how we play." A smiled broke over Monica's frowning mouth.
"Yea. You know us by now." Rachel said grabbing Monica's arm and leading her out of the office. "We'll be back at 5:OO then."
Ross smiled. He was very pleased with himself. He was going to ruin Arcom. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a year now. He began to type something on his laptop when Phoebe entered.
"Sorry to bother you sir, but at what time is the meeting tonight?"
"5:00 PM. We are holding it there, so will you please let me know when we are supposed to go?"
"I will. Here are the files you asked for. It has all of the partnership laws in the state of New York, so you can win your case against them. I highlighted all of the important information."
"Thanks Pheebs, you're the best." Ross smiled as Phoebe set the manila envelope on his desk.
"Knock them dead." Phoebe smiled.
"I just hope that they decide to come clean so I can drop the whole thing. I mean, Arcom is very important to our company." Ross complained as he opened the envelope and began to thumb through the papers. "Thank you Phoebe, that will be all."
Ross stood up and walked to his window, peering at the busy streets and tall buildings. How had he gotten into this? It seemed like just yesterday he was a naive worker on the second floor. Now, three years and 18 floors later, he's here. It's not like he wasn't happy. He got everything he wanted, like everyone else. But he had gotten here on his own, and he would not let this company fall apart. Even if he had to stake his life on it.
"I want to thank you for meeting with me, especially under these circumstances." Ross greeted the five others from the end of a long oak table in conference room C at Arcom Inc.
"It's a pleasure and an honor sir." Monica said, her voice dripping with honey. If she hadn't have seduced Joey and stolen the ideas, they wouldn't be here, so she tried to act as innocent as she could.
"Let's get down to business." Chandler suggested as he stood. "Arcom Incorporated has been here for, I don't know, 30 years? We have a history of being a totally original and honest company." Chandler said faithfully. Although he knew that this statement wasn't true.
"I think you're wrong there." Joey stood up. He held a paper up and read off of it. "There is a long history of dropped lawsuits and suing proceedings against you too. March 3, 1978: Stealing copywrited ideas and suggestions from Winco International. October 18, 1981: Computer fraud. December 13..."
"Well, that may be so, but I assure you that within the last three years of me being president of Arcom, there have been no such proceedings." Chandler argued. Rachel coughed, signaling chandler to bend down. She whispered into his ear. He looked a bit frightened when he returned, but then gained confidence. "Okay, so maybe there have been a few, but none have been involved with Gleemonex Co." Chandler chuckled nervously. "And plus, this is a partnership, right?" All talked amongst themselves until Ross stood with many papers. He cleared his throat.
"Mr. Bing, what state do we live in?" Ross asked.
"New York." Chandler said simply, a bit taken back from the awkward question.
"Correct. And what are the partnership laws in New York?" Ross asked quickly. Chandler looked at Rachel and Monica who looked away quickly, not knowing what to say. "I didn't think you knew. Under Partnerships and records, the number one law states: "The partnership books shall be kept, subject to any agreement between the partners, at the principal place of business of the partnership, and every partner shall have access to and may inspect and copy any of them at all times." Well, Mr. Bing, do you have a copy of a signed contract stating that this is a partnership?"
"No." Chandler said slowly. He wasn't expecting all of this; there was no way to win this case.
"Yea, funny thing, me neither. I guess that means that this is NOT a partnership and you can be sued and/or arrested for making profits off of our ideas." Ross smiled. Rachel's mouth dropped as she looked through her papers for support.
"Well, what do you want to do about it?" Monica asked with almost a touch of fright in her voice.
"Oh, I plan to take you to jail." Ross smiled. "Or....."
"Thank god there's an or!" Rachel sighed.
"Or you do as we say. Either you sign a contract stating that this is a legal partnership, and we get 70% of profits off of OUR ideas, or we'll see you in court."
"Okay, the "or" wasn't that great." Rachel said under her breath.
"Neither. You have no proof that those ideas were yours." Chandler said stubbornly. Joey stood up again.
"Actually, I have recorded proof provided by Ms. Geller. She stayed at my home for the night a few weeks ago, and she accidentally, I assume, left her memo recorder under my bed." Joey smiled a mischievous smile as Monica put her head in her hands. Joey pressed play and immediately a female voice filled the room.
"I am in Mr. Joey Tribbianni's apartment, he is using the rest room. I need to find the files and get out of here before he thinks I want something." A long pause came, and then finally it continued. "I'm looking under the bed and...Ewe! Who eats sushi in bed? Aha! I found the Gleemonex files. Chandler baby, we're gonna be rich." Joey clicked off the little recorder.
"Ms. Geller, could you clarify that that voice on this recorder was you?" Monica shook her head. Joey rolled his eyes and pressed play.
"Okay, I need to get out of here. We're gonna be rich!" She sang. "We're going to be rich or my name ain't Monica E. Geller!" Joey pressed stop again.
"Okay, slight chance that it might have been me."
"Now, why would someone go through all of that trouble, going to a mans home and looking under the bed? Obviously it was something your company wanted bad enough. Oh, Ms. Geller, this belongs to you I think." He said handing her the recorder. "And these too." He handed her a light pink thong. She began to blush as she shoved it into her briefcase.
"I'm sorry but Ms. Geller's mistake is not going to push me into giving you 70%" Chandler said emotionlessly.
"70% is rightfully ours!" Ross shot back. "Here's another law: Number 27 in Partnership Records: "Any partner shall have the right to a proper financial credit of partnership affairs if: (a) he is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his co- partners; (b) If the right exists under the terms of an agreement; (c) Whenever other circumstances render it just and reasonable." That means that we will get reimbursed our money that you owe us no matter what." He paused. "If I don't have a signed contract by the end of the month, Ms. Geller will be in jail and YOUR Company will be history, understand?" Ross said harshly. "We'll be hearing from each other soon."
With that, Ross, Phoebe and Joey left Arcom.
"What a prick!" Rachel sighed running an impatient hand through her hair. "We weren't at all prepared for the 'Law Squad!' Who does he think he is, shooting all that legal shit at us? Ken Starr? God! I need a coffee." Monica stood.
"We just need to do what we do best. We need to get out of it. We have bought our way out of so many other lawsuits and court hearings, let's just do it again."
"No. I won't do it again. I am sick of Arcom having this horrible Reputation. Now we need to pay up to what we have done!" Chandler almost yelled.
"Well, Chandler, that's very noble of you, but Monica's going to go to jail for what she did."
"He's just trying to scare us. Monica can't go to jail for that."
"She stole someone's property, and we are now making millions off of it!" Rachel spat. "We need to soften him up towards us a bit." Rachel said, staring into space. Monica and Chandler both looked at her.
"Hey, Rach, are you dating anyone?" Monica asked calmly.
"Well, not really, I have been going out with this guy named Dan and he's really cool but he wears the same cologne as my dad does so it kind of creeps me out when we kiss. I can't stop think of my dad." She said disgusted.
"Okay, that was kind of an over share." Chandler said looking at the floor than back up at Rachel. "What are you willing to do for Arcom?"
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Chandler slammed the phone onto the receiver causing a loud bang. Monica, who was sitting opposite of him filing her nails down in a bored manner, jumped by the sudden noise.
"The only way he will talk to me is in person. He wants to have a meeting this evening, here." Chandler whined putting his head in his hands. Monica, taking this as a time to make a move, slinked behind him and set a hand on each one of his shoulders and because to caress him.
"Don't worry. It will be okay." Monica breathed. Chandler stood up causing Monica's hands to fall.
"No, Monica. If we lose this case against Gleemonex Vikki will leave me." Chandler said nervously. Monica rolled her eyes.
"Then your fiancée doesn't deserve you." She spat, folding her arms and walking to the other end of the room. The air was thick with tension for a long moment as both just stared. Suddenly, the doors to Chandler's office burst open as Rachel walked inside.
"Well? What's going on?" She snipped. Monica and Chandler focused on her instead.
"We have a meeting with the president and two officials from Gleemonex Co tonight at 5:00 pm." Chandler gulped.
"Oh? What's the president's name?" Rachel asked writing something down in her notebook.
"It's Ross Geller, no relation to Monica. The officials attending will be Phoebe Buffey and Joseph Tribianni. I am very very worried about this so you guys need to make a great impression." Chandler finished.
"I always make a good impression." Rachel smiled as she sat down in the chair across from chandler, folding her legs and bouncing the one on top up and down. "Have I met Ross Geller? The name sound familiar." She asked staring into space.
"He was probably one of the guys you have screwed, in many different ways, in the past." Monica said narrowing her eyes. Rachel rolled her eyes.
"At least I've screwed people." She said standing up. "How long has it been since you have had sex?" Rachel asked nearing Monica. Monica put her nose in the air. Chandler, sensing the oncoming of a feud, tried to halt it before it happened.
"Is this really the subject right now?" He asked walking over to Monica's aid. Rachel smiled.
"Come on Chandler, you know this is how we play." A smiled broke over Monica's frowning mouth.
"Yea. You know us by now." Rachel said grabbing Monica's arm and leading her out of the office. "We'll be back at 5:OO then."
Ross smiled. He was very pleased with himself. He was going to ruin Arcom. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for for a year now. He began to type something on his laptop when Phoebe entered.
"Sorry to bother you sir, but at what time is the meeting tonight?"
"5:00 PM. We are holding it there, so will you please let me know when we are supposed to go?"
"I will. Here are the files you asked for. It has all of the partnership laws in the state of New York, so you can win your case against them. I highlighted all of the important information."
"Thanks Pheebs, you're the best." Ross smiled as Phoebe set the manila envelope on his desk.
"Knock them dead." Phoebe smiled.
"I just hope that they decide to come clean so I can drop the whole thing. I mean, Arcom is very important to our company." Ross complained as he opened the envelope and began to thumb through the papers. "Thank you Phoebe, that will be all."
Ross stood up and walked to his window, peering at the busy streets and tall buildings. How had he gotten into this? It seemed like just yesterday he was a naive worker on the second floor. Now, three years and 18 floors later, he's here. It's not like he wasn't happy. He got everything he wanted, like everyone else. But he had gotten here on his own, and he would not let this company fall apart. Even if he had to stake his life on it.
"I want to thank you for meeting with me, especially under these circumstances." Ross greeted the five others from the end of a long oak table in conference room C at Arcom Inc.
"It's a pleasure and an honor sir." Monica said, her voice dripping with honey. If she hadn't have seduced Joey and stolen the ideas, they wouldn't be here, so she tried to act as innocent as she could.
"Let's get down to business." Chandler suggested as he stood. "Arcom Incorporated has been here for, I don't know, 30 years? We have a history of being a totally original and honest company." Chandler said faithfully. Although he knew that this statement wasn't true.
"I think you're wrong there." Joey stood up. He held a paper up and read off of it. "There is a long history of dropped lawsuits and suing proceedings against you too. March 3, 1978: Stealing copywrited ideas and suggestions from Winco International. October 18, 1981: Computer fraud. December 13..."
"Well, that may be so, but I assure you that within the last three years of me being president of Arcom, there have been no such proceedings." Chandler argued. Rachel coughed, signaling chandler to bend down. She whispered into his ear. He looked a bit frightened when he returned, but then gained confidence. "Okay, so maybe there have been a few, but none have been involved with Gleemonex Co." Chandler chuckled nervously. "And plus, this is a partnership, right?" All talked amongst themselves until Ross stood with many papers. He cleared his throat.
"Mr. Bing, what state do we live in?" Ross asked.
"New York." Chandler said simply, a bit taken back from the awkward question.
"Correct. And what are the partnership laws in New York?" Ross asked quickly. Chandler looked at Rachel and Monica who looked away quickly, not knowing what to say. "I didn't think you knew. Under Partnerships and records, the number one law states: "The partnership books shall be kept, subject to any agreement between the partners, at the principal place of business of the partnership, and every partner shall have access to and may inspect and copy any of them at all times." Well, Mr. Bing, do you have a copy of a signed contract stating that this is a partnership?"
"No." Chandler said slowly. He wasn't expecting all of this; there was no way to win this case.
"Yea, funny thing, me neither. I guess that means that this is NOT a partnership and you can be sued and/or arrested for making profits off of our ideas." Ross smiled. Rachel's mouth dropped as she looked through her papers for support.
"Well, what do you want to do about it?" Monica asked with almost a touch of fright in her voice.
"Oh, I plan to take you to jail." Ross smiled. "Or....."
"Thank god there's an or!" Rachel sighed.
"Or you do as we say. Either you sign a contract stating that this is a legal partnership, and we get 70% of profits off of OUR ideas, or we'll see you in court."
"Okay, the "or" wasn't that great." Rachel said under her breath.
"Neither. You have no proof that those ideas were yours." Chandler said stubbornly. Joey stood up again.
"Actually, I have recorded proof provided by Ms. Geller. She stayed at my home for the night a few weeks ago, and she accidentally, I assume, left her memo recorder under my bed." Joey smiled a mischievous smile as Monica put her head in her hands. Joey pressed play and immediately a female voice filled the room.
"I am in Mr. Joey Tribbianni's apartment, he is using the rest room. I need to find the files and get out of here before he thinks I want something." A long pause came, and then finally it continued. "I'm looking under the bed and...Ewe! Who eats sushi in bed? Aha! I found the Gleemonex files. Chandler baby, we're gonna be rich." Joey clicked off the little recorder.
"Ms. Geller, could you clarify that that voice on this recorder was you?" Monica shook her head. Joey rolled his eyes and pressed play.
"Okay, I need to get out of here. We're gonna be rich!" She sang. "We're going to be rich or my name ain't Monica E. Geller!" Joey pressed stop again.
"Okay, slight chance that it might have been me."
"Now, why would someone go through all of that trouble, going to a mans home and looking under the bed? Obviously it was something your company wanted bad enough. Oh, Ms. Geller, this belongs to you I think." He said handing her the recorder. "And these too." He handed her a light pink thong. She began to blush as she shoved it into her briefcase.
"I'm sorry but Ms. Geller's mistake is not going to push me into giving you 70%" Chandler said emotionlessly.
"70% is rightfully ours!" Ross shot back. "Here's another law: Number 27 in Partnership Records: "Any partner shall have the right to a proper financial credit of partnership affairs if: (a) he is wrongfully excluded from the partnership business or possession of its property by his co- partners; (b) If the right exists under the terms of an agreement; (c) Whenever other circumstances render it just and reasonable." That means that we will get reimbursed our money that you owe us no matter what." He paused. "If I don't have a signed contract by the end of the month, Ms. Geller will be in jail and YOUR Company will be history, understand?" Ross said harshly. "We'll be hearing from each other soon."
With that, Ross, Phoebe and Joey left Arcom.
"What a prick!" Rachel sighed running an impatient hand through her hair. "We weren't at all prepared for the 'Law Squad!' Who does he think he is, shooting all that legal shit at us? Ken Starr? God! I need a coffee." Monica stood.
"We just need to do what we do best. We need to get out of it. We have bought our way out of so many other lawsuits and court hearings, let's just do it again."
"No. I won't do it again. I am sick of Arcom having this horrible Reputation. Now we need to pay up to what we have done!" Chandler almost yelled.
"Well, Chandler, that's very noble of you, but Monica's going to go to jail for what she did."
"He's just trying to scare us. Monica can't go to jail for that."
"She stole someone's property, and we are now making millions off of it!" Rachel spat. "We need to soften him up towards us a bit." Rachel said, staring into space. Monica and Chandler both looked at her.
"Hey, Rach, are you dating anyone?" Monica asked calmly.
"Well, not really, I have been going out with this guy named Dan and he's really cool but he wears the same cologne as my dad does so it kind of creeps me out when we kiss. I can't stop think of my dad." She said disgusted.
"Okay, that was kind of an over share." Chandler said looking at the floor than back up at Rachel. "What are you willing to do for Arcom?"
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What's going to happen? : ) : ) : ) : ) More to come! (Couples will progress in time! GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS!!!!)