"Welcome home, my bro!" Steven warmly greeted when he saw Ricard walking into the meeting room.

"How? How come our client wants to cancel his partnership? You are incompetent, Stev!" Ricard did not return Steven's warm welcome to him.

"Keep calm, bro! You just arrived. Take a moment," said Steven.

Ricard pointed his index finger at Steven's face with a severe glare. "Stop kidding. I have lots of other things to do. Where's the client? I don't want to lose hundreds of millions of dollars just because of the cancellation."

Steven opened the door to the meeting room. Everyone who was there stood up and gave Ricard a slight bow....