“You are overthinking. For you, you father had never thought of gain and loss, it is his instinct to do things for you. This is an instinct that blood is thicker than water. He will be good if you live well. He’s thinking of you first and not himself, so he arranged me to be your bodyguard. Do you feel pressure since you are going to France to talk about cooperation?” Carl lightly asked Emma.
“Why do you say so?” Emma curiously asked Carl.
“Normally you don’t say so many emotional things, especially to me. I think you are under a lot of pressure because you are going to France.” Carl smiled and said.
“Maybe, this partnership is important for both our company and for the group. The most important thing is that I am in charge of such a large project by myself. It is impossible that I am not nervous. It involves several billion dollars of investment and the whole overseas development strategy of our group. There cannot be any mistakes.”
“I know, my dad want to train me painstakingly. He is tired, so he wants to let me to take over the group as soon as possible, but the group is not his alone. Although he is chairman, the group has the board. There are so many directors. If I don’t have excellent ability, they are unlikely to let me take the position. My dad made this trip on purpose. I didn’t want to disappoint him.” Emma sighed and said.
“Believe in yourself. You can do it. When I was in the army, one of my drill sergeants used to say to us, in this world, man is invincible. There is nothing we cannot do as long as we work hard.”
“Let me give you a simple example. When I joined the army, the first time I ran was the 5km off-road race, without heavy loads. At that time, I thought that was too inhuman. It’s almost impossible. Running five kilometers without stopping is a marathon. But then I made it. I ran from the bottom of my class to the top.”
“Then we ran 10 km, until in the end, we ran 30 kilometers with 40kg loads. Occasionally we had 50km road racing. Every time when I easily won the first after running 50 kilometers, I would think of the scene when I ran five kilometers for the first time, so I’ve always believed in a sentence that in this world, as long as you work hard, there is nothing you cannot do. The sole criterion is whether or not you work hard. Believe in yourself, no matter when, confidence is important, because, if you don’t believe in yourself, others won’t believe in you? Fighting.” Carl smiled and said to Emma.
Emma was stunned after hearing what Carl said, finally smiled and said to Carl, “Thank you, I really did not expect that you are good at talking and comforting people. I can hardly believe that you can say out all these great truths.”
Carl smiled and said, “Our national army has a special position, that is, political work. Those above the regiment level are called political commissar, and those below the regiment level are called instructor. There was something special about the team I was in. There was no separate instructor, so I was the leader and the instructor all by myself, so it was part of my job to do some ideological work.”
“Unexpectedly, you are good talking, and, also quite humorous. Why are you always so serious and inflexible? See, you are good now, we can chat like friends.” Emma laughed and said to Carl.
Carl smiled and did not say anything. He did not know why he said so much today, may be the relationship between Emma was getting better and better.
“Here’s something for you. You can look at it in advance and make preparations so that you will have some idea when it comes time to translate.” Said Emma. She took out a stack of paper from her bag and handed to Carl, “This is the details about the cooperation between our company with Aril Company. Have a look, there is a letter of intent Aril Group sent to us, and our company’s bottom line about the cooperation. Look carefully, and don’t make any mistake.”
Carl took the information Emma handed over, and then nodded.
“Carl, when we back from France, no matter how you do it, I will let the company give you bonus, for the last time you translated a letter of intent of Aril Company in the critical time. Of course, if you can finish this translation work well this time, then bonuses can certainly much higher. It is not I am mean, it is related to the company, which is on the premise of the interests, so it has rules. I cannot make my own decision. We don’t know when Frost will get healed. The longer you wait, the more money you will have to spend. You don’t know if you will be able to hold on till she gets well. So you need the money too.” Emma said slowly.
“I don’t want money. If you insist to give me money, you ask someone else to translate for you.” Carl coldly said.
“Why? What’s wrong with you? Why did you refuse that? This is not a handout to you, this is what you deserve. You have done for the company, indirectly made benefits for the company. It is normal that the company gives you a certain amount of reward? Does that hurt your pride, too?”
Emma was angry after hearing to Carl’s words, she again felt that she cannot understand Carl’s mind, she cannot communicate with him.
“I wasn’t helping the company when I translated that last document. I was helping you. It is for your sake that I translated, either as a friend or to thank you for your concern about Frost. In short, these have nothing to do with interests, and I don’t want any interests involved in these matters.”
“Money is a good thing, and nobody can live without it. I need it, but it depends on the situation. I know you’re doing this for my own good, and I’m not an ungrateful person, and I thank you very much. As for the money, you needn’t worry about. I have hands and feet, and I won’t let her go hungry and cold. I am really touched and grateful that you and Miss Hu care for her. However, I do not want you to pity her or me.” Carl said coldly.