Post-14: My Story beginning. Help needed

Dear All, 

I'd like to share with you the beginning of my story which I got stuck with. Can you help me out?

Imagine yourself on a long train journey which you have to take to visit with your friend you haven’t seen for a long time. When you enter the train compartment you see that your companion on it will be  a man in his 40-ies. He is rather good-looking but at the same time there is something not quite pleasant about him. You can’t quite say what it is but soon you begin to realize that it is his stubborn nature. No matter what you start talking about he immediately finds smth. to contradict you. Just imagine that you mention your opinion about the developing scandal in the corporate world. He immediately finds some arguments in support of the people involved. They did not expect the situation to develop the way it is? They could not foresee the outcomes of their actions? Can they be then considered real professionals? ­­­­ But I am getting off the track. So, as the train went into the night, a third person joined us and soon instead of falling asleep, we found ourselves in the middle of a bitter discussion about whose fault it was that one of the largest investment companies in the country went bankrupt almost overnight. First, nobody could believe that it was happening, but it happened so quickly that you had to believe that it was for real.  Peter, this is the name of our third companion, said that he personally knew the CEO  and always found him to be ­­quite arrogant and rude. But aren’t these traits necessary to succeed in the corporate world?