来自网友【Joebacktolife】的评论 Sometimes your client could be your best sensei and Harper is lucky to have one.First Yasmin. Bad, too bad. She is the one fell for the lie and handed over the rich Italian client to Kenny without getting anything in return and by chance elevated the newbie (who is an ambitious bitch by appearance, god forbids me). I actually quite like Yasmin. The girl is from money, kind in nature and she knows how to deal with people with money, especially the one with a familly office. PWM is a perfect place to play her strength: her multi-lingual ability, her well-connected famiity with ties in Middle East and Europe (EMEA) and it does not require strong technicalities. She is troubled by her weakness in financial know-how and that is why she needs Kenny in the first place. But does Kenny really know much about crypto currencies and its investment rationale (I mean who can? Is it a commoidity? Is it a security? The SEC is still uncertain about its nature and the roller-coaster movement of its price says much about it). By taking Kenny to the meeting she made the biggest mistake a seasoned sales person would never make: open your client book to your competition, hoping they would deliver something in return but only to find out it is a wish in vein. I really wish she can learn something from Celeste and am happy to see her grow.Second Harper. Good, very good. One thing about Harper I admire the most is her ability to see through bullshits and make a choice best for her at the moment. In Season One the bullshit is "women help women and we the woman should push out the man and take control of the bank." In this episode the bullshit is the pep-talk given by Eric in the beginning and the worthless fountain pen to buy her loyalty and deference.In episode 2, Harper landed Jesse by proving her essentiality in the block trade and clinched Jesse as her first VIP client. In this episode, she needs to learn how to keep him and grow the client into her KPI. To achieve this, she needs to evolve from a trade executor to a trusted finnacial advisor. The mission is clear: should Jesse sell the Rican stocks to Felim to make a quick money or keep it to play the long game at the cost of the bank?Kept in dark by Eric, Harper exhibited her capabilities to collect information and piece together the nips and sips to figure out the chess board. She shamelessly eavesdropped the conversation between the IBD associate and Rican and found out the scheme behind the block trade. She befriended Anna to understand what the social impact fund wants and smoothed the way for the deal between Jesse and Anna; she even nosed into the government’s predisposition on the budget diagnosis service with the input from the Pierpoint alumnus/junior cabenet member. With that, a bold investment advice was formed and a deal maker was born. Oh, did I mention how smart was the move to get back to London before the market was open and seal the deal for Jesse and leave Eric in awe? She is an assassin. In light of all the merits, I up the rating of season 2 to 4.5 with the option to top it up. HBO is really catching up and this is how high finance should look like. Kudos to Mickey Down and Konrad Kay.-0-
