I myself am ready to admit that the last two days I have been behaving like the last bastard. Polina drove, tortured. He didn’t even praise her for the presentation for Trade Service, and she redid it a hundred times. And at the meeting itself, the assistant was very helpful. Firstly, she looked great, and the glimpse of a pretty assistant always has a beneficial effect on the course of negotiations. Secondly, she thought very quickly, understood me at a glance, immediately submitted the necessary printout or document, opened the necessary slide on the screen.

No, I didn't say anything nice to her. But, leaving the office, I popped into...