However, Linton warned that the acquisition is by no means a guarantee of future success. In fact, the declining market situation indicates that the road ahead will not be smooth sailing. Recently, Linton even began to think that the shareholder ownership model in recent years is beneficial to business expertise, and proved that the previous acquisition of competitors by the industry is not encouraging. In fact, recent reports on the performance of large competitors (such as Maften Limited Liability Company) have actually made this view untenable: large companies are happy homes for experienced employees and managers like Linton.