Hearing me ask, Andrei looked at me, was silent for a while, and then continued:

- "Actually, at the beginning, I just felt that I still needed to fight for it, after all, I had put in so much effort before, as long as I didn't reach the end, I shouldn't give up."

However, when I finally reached a merger agreement with one of my father's most powerful old customers, we had a conversation that made me suddenly feel that I had almost made a fatal mistake! ”

- "What mistake? I asked

- "Don't rely too much on David!" Andrei smiled wryly.

- "What? I asked, puzzled

Andrei sat up straight, put his hands on the back of his head, looked up at the ceiling, and said leisurely:

- "Linna, don't you think David has done too much for business? ”

Andrei's words confused me, and I looked at him strangely and said intermittently:

- "What does it mean to rely too much on David?" Aren't you a family? …… Of course, the family should help each other and tide over the difficulties together. Why are you still separating you and me...... You yourself said, I'm glad to have such a good brother as David, why did he do too much? Andrey, what exactly are you trying to say? ”

After listening to me, Andrei put his arms on the table, leaned his chin, stared at me with deep blue eyes, and said slowly:

- "My dear, David doesn't work in our firm, and I don't have a penny of him here. ”

- "But, after all, it is your family's inheritance, and he will have the right to inherit it sooner or later." I said

Hearing me say this, Andrei smiled meaningfully.

Looking at his expression, I said dissatisfiedly:

- "Andrey, am I wrong? I think David has always cared about you, not to mention how he has helped you in your career. Even if you get into trouble in Moscow, isn't it David who came to save you? I think David is better to you than your father, why are you so conscienceless that you doubt David? Is there anyone like you? ”

I was really angry at Andrei's remarks, and I thought to myself, does Andrei not know how to do it! What did he think of David like that!

After listening to me, Andrei said with a serious expression:

- "I'm not surprised that you think this way, Linna.

I said that I was glad I had a good brother, and that was indeed what I meant to be.

When I say that I can't rely too much on David, it's not that David is bad, on the contrary, as I say, without David I wouldn't be where I am today.

However, things have developed to this day, and many things cannot help but make me think a lot. ”

I stared at Andrei. He lowered his eyes and thoughtfully continued:

- "Linna, although my father's firm has been in business for thirty years and has a certain reputation in the industry, it is not worth mentioning compared to the world-famous bank where David works.

David had no interest in inheriting such a small business at all. That's why I had to take over the management of it.

At first, the firm's operation was in trouble, and David's idea was to simply sell it and forget it, and it didn't make much sense to continue to operate. It was my father's persistence and my persistence that kept it alive.

However, we can't change the fact that the firm's benefits are getting worse, otherwise the board of directors would not have set up a U.S. branch. Expanding outside of Europe is the only hope for our firm to survive.

But I'm not a good teacher! ”

Andrei looked at me, smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued:

- "The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has given us a blow to the business we have just started.

We didn't even react to what was happening...... Everything is as fast as magic, and it's unbelievable.

I felt in a desperate situation, not only my clients, but also me!

I can't just leave the country like that. The future of our firm and myself cannot be ruined like this!

It's no use complaining in the face of a helpless customer.

I suggested that perhaps we could ask them to help us through this difficult situation, for the sake of our firm's friendship with the Swiss banks and the European consortium.

Even though this was just my assumption, the client had a lot of expectations and said they could agree to anything as long as they could keep the company.

My father dismissed my suggestion, he thought that no one would be interested in these already indebted businesses, and I was whimsical!

To my surprise, David praised my idea, and not only that, but he also managed to persuade a British investment bank to acquire a business. Although, David's approach is suspicious of taking advantage of others. But it's much better than their business going out of business and liquidating. ”

- "Oh, Andrei, I seem to be starting to understand how you guys started to cross borders. ”

- "The recovery of these companies has also turned our company around.

I've found that David is much more interested in acquiring these businesses than I ever imagined.

Of course, I don't deny that it's lucrative. But David was just as enthusiastic about mergers and acquisitions that weren't very lucrative, and now I understand that David was preparing him for an investment bank. ”