Everybody was very impressed with the dishes the young couple offered. Especially Sarah's parents were very positively surprised by the huge change their daughter went through in the last few months. She got a lot quieter and more considerate. Furthermore, in all the years before Sarah never entered a kitchen, not even to play. Seeing her cooking for many hours for her family and the family of her boyfriend while having fun and doing a great job fulfilled her parents' heart with warmth and gratitude.
The first part of the dinner was full of everyday talks and recounting of some past moments. Caroline loved to introduce the Harisson couple and Sarah to some of Simon's embarrassing moments during his youth. Even if he was reborn with a mature mind, in the first few years of his life he couldn't really control his body and brain the right way, which led to some embarrassing stories that Caroline gladly offered during the dinner.
Sarah couldn't believe that her genius boyfriend really had so many weird yet funny stories about his early childhood. The Harisson couple on the other side were glad that Simon was not perfect for all his existence, because they amount of success and the genius halo of Simon Smith caused them to have some pressure in front of their daughter's boyfriend.
Both of their parents were rather sensible people and after receiving repeated signs from her daughter Caroline, Lisa Smith offered to take Sarah's parents to some of her husbands favorite meeting places of New York's upper society and to leave the rest of the evening for the children to enjoy.
Christoph Harrison, Sarah's father, gladly agreed to the invitation after making sure that her daughter was in a lovely relationship and seemingly was developing in a great direction. Profiting from the connection of the Smith family was one of the major reasons why he supported this relationship in the first place, so after some greetings the parents of the young couple left Simon's apartment around 22 PM in the evening to enjoy the rest of the night by themselves.
Simon finally felt a lot more relaxed after successfully finishing this dinner in a positive atmosphere and with everybody satisfied. This was the first time in this life he invited his girlfriend's parents to his own home. Having his sister and brother spectating everything he did, just waiting for the opportunity to embarrass him and get some small revenge certainly di not make this any easier.
After her parents left Caroline wasted no time and immediately hugged her little brother from behind:
"Our little Simon is finally becoming an adult, right? You did quite the good job today, I never expected you to cook so well. Did you not love your sister in the past? I never got some of your personal cooking in the past."
Obviously, his sister didn't really care about the cooking. She just wanted to gain the moral high ground now to force her brother to give her more help and additional investment for Red Bull. At this point she no longer needed his creative ideas, because Simon already came up with a clear framework for the next few decades. She was completely after the marketing resources of Atari and their precious sales channels. For his dignified older sister to act coquettishly in front of him, Tanja seemed to be quite a hard business negotiator while talking about the official business relationship with Red Bull.
After the initial easy partnership Simon left the whole responsibility and decision-making power to Tanja Crawford when it came to any relationship with Red Bull. He wanted to avoid any malicious speculation that he would put the needs of Atari behind Red Bull because of his relationship with his sister. Tanja obviously used the leverage Atari had over Red Bull to get a great deal for her company.
"Catherine, seriously, I won't meddle in the relationship between Red Bull and Atari anymore, no chance. I took a precise look at the deal you formed, and you got a deal worthy of Red Bull's strength. If not for taking care of my face, Tanja could have pressured you even further.
Just focus on the financing of Red Bull for now and choose some Wall Street Banks that can help you with national and international sales channels. If you want to negotiate more favorable deals for your company, you should focus on strengthening yourself, instead of relying on relationships.
But if you need my opinion on any future strategic decision, I will always be available."
Caroline was a little annoyed that acting like a little girl was no longer working for her brother but accepted her defeat this time. But her relationship with Tanja was a rivalry from this moment forward.
Afterwards, his brother Alexander asked some more questions about their holiday in Italy and some details about his brother's acquisition of Lamborghini. Both Alexander and Caroline were deeply impressed by their brother's vision for the Italian automotive company. After seeing her sister's malicious grin and noticing her little claws getting closer to his ear, Simon immediately promised to deliver any new model of Lamborghini to his sister before it was available on the free market.
After Sarah finished talking about some more fun and intimidate moments Simon and herself shared in Bologna, like learning a whole afternoon from an old Italian Nonna, Alexander couldn't help but ask whether his brother was already thinking about a suitable position for him.
Before Simon went to Italy, they agreed to let Alexander take over a new company if his little brother had a suitable position. He was quite self-aware and realized that he could not take over a car company in Europe, so it was obvious that he needed to wait for the next company to open.
"Don't worry Alex. I already thought about the next company I want to open. But honestly, I am really stressed when it comes to finding capable management personal and talents to lead my companies in the future. My next step is to personally visit some Universities all over the United States, Canade and maybe even Europe to scout for some talents myself. I will open something like a Secretary Office for myself, where I gather talents and train them by myself.
After I finished this task, I will focus on the next company and one of the acquired talents will probably be your right-hand man during the initial founding phase of the company."
His forward-looking vision managed to impress both of his older siblings. Simon asked his brother to focus more on the financial situation of his companies while he was travelling around looking for talents, to which Alexander gladly agreed. After finishing both the talks about their private life and the upcoming business the older Smith siblings left the young and loving couple alone to enjoy the rest of their evening together.