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Virgon -An Educational Story
James Brassley stood up, " I built this company, and to
see it run in a way that no longer gives the students the first
priority pisses me off. I may be a stupid redneck who just lucked
into running a college, but you all are a bunch of idiots. My
schools had class, and that is why they worked. Take that
away and you have only smoke and mirrors. David may choose to
stay on and watch this greed fest, which by the way is not working.
I quit. You all need to buy me out of my 5%. You know
that this is very much in your interest."
James Brassley then addressed David Vince directly.
"They own you. You may not see it at this moment, but it is true.
You should follow me before it is too late." There was dare in
his eyes as he looked intently at David Vince.
David smiled grimly, and said as he looked around
the Boardroom, "I can handle them and get this college back to where it
needs to be." The rest of the board looked on David Vince with
approval. They had their man for the job.
Ousley Phoenix almost got ran over by James Brassley as
he and his 6'4'' bulky frame stormed out of the room. "What did I
miss?", he said as he pulled up, a chair and joined the meeting.
Not 20 seconds later a greasy looking man came into
the room ranting at Ousley Phoenix stating that he had stolen over
$50,000 credits from him and that he had nothing to show for it. As the
other board members looked on in astonishment, Matt Battle
continued to rant. Some things could be understood in the tirade.
These were the words "Weldon College", "space welder" and
shit.
As the security team rushed in, and caught Mr.
Battle by the arms he was about to pull a knife, fly over the table and
plung the knife into the still calm Ousley Phoenix. Nevertheless,
the nod by Mr. Phoenix to the security people insured that the
detention Mr. Battle would face included a space walk in the not to
distant future.
Ousley Phoenix said, "Gentleman, I am sorry for the
interuption. I have never seen that nut case before. I
guess he went to Weldon College, and you all know that venture did not
fair well for its students or owners. He must have gotten my name
when I consulted for them for a couple of weeks. It is sad.
I hope things work out for the man.
The rest of the board meeting went smoothly as
strategies were discussed to improve enrollment and to make the most
out of the current situation. Lunch plates were brought in and the
group ate while discussing addtional ways to reduce costs. The
shrimp cocktail was served with some special horseradish dip.
Each chilled glass had a small caviar mound in the middle.
By the end of the appetizer they had eliminated anyone
responsible for training staff accross all the campuses. The
fillet and lobster tails were brought in each on its own bed of
vegetables and rice pilaf By the end of this course all those
with a title of assistant had been terminated. By the time the
creme brulee was finished one of every three managers had also been
terminated.
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