Manhattan Reborn 1978

Kennedy International Airport.

Cohen, Jackal and Rambo, wearing floral shirts, carrying their own luggage, backpacks and tickets, sat in the waiting room chatting.

"If you are going to Miami for a connecting flight this time, someone will get your passports processed for you."

"In terms of time, it was a bit rushed. How is your contact with Jackal over there?"

Jackal looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he took out cigarettes and handed them around.

"I have already contacted the guys from CIA in Colombia. They can provide us with some help."

"There's no problem with the weapons or anything else. As for the intelligence, the intelligence they have is all in the CIA's white house. The person I contacted is not qualified to go in and check the intelligence."

Cohen exhaled a cloud of smoke, frowned and muttered: "White House? Can the information about these drug lords of his **** be found there? You have been fooled by him, jackal~"

Jackal shrugged indifferently: "My friend you haven't seen for a long time, what help do you expect from him?"

"If he can prepare some useful weapons for us, exchange for some cash, and provide us with some basic information, I will be very satisfied! What else do you expect from him?"

"fxxx!"

"That's not enough, man!"

"You and Rambo are not going to Colombia this time to die!"

"David has made it very clear. The reason we go this time is to express an attitude on his behalf."

"Don't think of yourselves as super soldiers who want to kill them all!"

"Remember, come back safely! Don't cause any trouble~!"

The jackal smiled and nodded: "okok! Let's be a good boy, travel around, look around and then come back."

Rambo was dumbfounded by this conversation between them. .

He stretched out his leg and gave Jackal a kick on the leg: "They say there are so many beauties in Colombia. We must find you a wife to bring back with you this time~"

Cohen waved his hand and interrupted the banter between the two: "After we arrive in Miami, don't leave in a hurry. I'll contact you again and see if I can find someone to help you."

The jackal asked curiously: "Who are you looking for?"

"Don't worry about it, wait until we get to Miami!"

Jackal smiled and spread his hands to Rambo: "It seems we can go to the beach in Miami first, man! ~Haha~"

Rambo also smiled and tugged on the floral shirt on his body: "You greedy old guy...haha~"

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Inside the Stanley Building.

David and Black Mike stepped out of the elevator on Pine's office floor.

Black Mike and David signaled that they were going to move freely.

David thought it was funny and teased him: "Going to find that beautiful clerk of yours? Don't tell me that what you said last time about sending her a check was true!?"

Black Mike waved to him proudly and said, "You should be able to see her at dinner later. Then you will know if you ask her yourself."

"Haha~okok~ Go and find your goddess, you bastard!"

Black Mike smiled and gave him the middle finger, turned around and strode away.

David came to Pine's office, and the secretary regretfully told him that Pine had left here to do some work.

Hey! ~

Is he running away? ~

David asked where Lilith's office was, then thanked the secretary and took the elevator again to the floor where Lilith's office was.

In front of the closed door of Lilith's office, David looked around and found no secretaries or assistants around him.

He thought for a moment and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Lilith's voice came from the office.

David opened the door and walked in.

This office is not big. As soon as you enter, there is a set of sofas on the side near the door.

Lilith was wearing a female business attire and was at the desk at the far end, immersed in the documents in her hands.

She raised her head and glanced at the person who came: "David? Why did you come to see me?"

David smiled, came to the sofa and sat down: "I came to talk to you about the medical research center."

"center?"

Lilith glanced at the documents in her hand, put them down, stood up, and walked to the sofa next to David to sit down.

She crossed her arms and looked at the decorations on the small table in front of her: "Yes... who called you and asked you to come?"

David leaned back and found a comfortable sitting position for himself: "Pine, he said Laura left this morning and asked me to come and see you and talk to you."

He paused, and then said: “You... didn’t go to see Laura off?”

"I...sent her to the car in the morning."

"Get in the car? Um...why don't you take her to Yale? It only takes less than an hour to drive there~"

"I.."

Lilith didn't say any more, she raised her head and looked at David.

"Pine came to you because he wanted you to talk to me about this?"

David looked at Lilith's somewhat guarded eyes and simply let go of the tense nerves in his heart.

"No, actually I didn't want to agree to Payne to see you on the phone."

"Because, I don't know what else I can talk about with you besides talking about the center."

"Lilith, what will happen to your relationship with Laura in the future? It seems to me that Panaris and Elder are a little too worried."

"Laura is only 18 years old now. She is still concerned about her emotional affairs..."

Lilith's voice started to turn cold and she interrupted him: "So, you are here to talk to me about this?"

David waved his hand nonchalantly, signaling to Lilith not to misunderstand.

He smacked his lips a little and began to regret agreeing to Pine.

Why do you want to get involved in these emotional things?

Who loves whom, does David have anything to do with him?

"Lilith, don't get me wrong. I have no intention of being anyone's lobbyist, let alone preaching or interfering in your and Laura's emotional issues."

"I want to apologize for what I just said."

"I'm sorry, Lilith!"

He took a breath and didn't intend to bring up these topics that disgusted Lilith anymore.

"The medical research center we have talked about, Columbia University has not yet given me a reply on whether to cooperate. I have some new ideas that I would like to discuss with you now."

"Look~ do you have time now?"

David tentatively asked Lilith, who had a cold smile on her face.

Between the two of them, the atmosphere in the office was a bit cold. .

"Tell me, what do you think~"

Lilith said softly after staring at David for a while.

"Whoo~"

Ok.

It seems that the Story King is back in business again.

"That's right, you know I'm an only child."

“Mom Sierra is someone who never wears makeup.”

"Well... of course, including in the small town of Morrison, most women don't pay much attention to their faces and don't spend a fixed amount of time every day taking care of them to make themselves look more beautiful. Be more beautiful.”

"Because of this, in my concept, there has never been a concept of women needing to carefully take care of themselves. The youthful appearance is easy to pass away, change and age."

"It wasn't until I came to work at the Wildfire Bar in Manhattan and came into contact with those girls on the street that I understood something during the past three years."

"If they don't make themselves more outstanding, desirable, and attractive to men every day, they will be out of business and hungry."

"The first thing they do after getting up every day is to take out various cosmetics and slap them on their faces to keep themselves beautiful and attractive."

"But as they get older, these girls become women."

"Girls who used to rely on cosmetics to make themselves more mature and beautiful."

"Now they are using cosmetics to make them look younger."

"Almost most of these girls smoke, drink, take drugs, stay up late to work for long periods of time, and have irregular schedules and rest all year round."

"These will make them look more mature than other girls of the same age, and also accelerate their aging rate."

David glanced at Lilith's expression and saw that she continued to listen without any disgusted expression on her face, and he felt reassured.

"Some time ago, I went to the New York Public Library to read some books."

“Among them, I accidentally came across an interesting research book on women’s health and aging.”

"In the book, the author gives some very simple examples to let readers know and understand some situations about women's health."

"For example: among all the women in the world, there is..."

Lilith sat there quietly and listened to David's words, looking directly at him: "I have already met the directors of the Columbia University Board of Regents."

"They said they have no interest in cooperating with your company."

David blinked and looked at Lilith who interrupted him.

"It...it seems we are looking for a new collaborator?"

"Well, I have found several alternative cooperation targets."

"I had a chat with Elder just now, and the suggestion he gave me was to find cooperation with New York University."

"NYU Langone Medical Center is a medical institution in New York, second only to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital."

"They have a biological research laboratory at the university that would fit perfectly with your plans for a research center."

"Moreover, Longoni Medical Center is among the best in the country in clinical disciplines such as heart and blood vessels, neurology and neurosurgery."

"The medical beauty you mentioned before is to perform some micro-plastic surgery on the facial features and body without changing the overall appearance of a woman."

"This experience of Langoni Medical Center in the fields of muscles, bones, blood vessels, neurology and other disciplines is very helpful for the development, research and development of medical aesthetics and micro plastic surgery."

David nodded in agreement.

Medical cosmetology and plastic surgery are based on modern advanced medical science and technology to help women who love beauty change their unsatisfactory appearance.

In fact, it does not matter whether the research center David wants to establish cooperates with Columbia Medical School and Presbyterian Hospital.

He discussed cooperation with Vice President Ferry Cripps of Columbia University, thinking that since they had met, they would have a chat. He did not put all his hopes on cooperation with Columbia University.

He just wants to find a more authoritative and powerful medical institution to help him accelerate the development of the medical beauty industry.

"Ok!"

"If you think it's appropriate, we will go to New York University to discuss cooperation."

"Do you have a suitable candidate to take over our research center?"

"You know, all I have now is the idea of ​​setting up a center, the specific personnel and..."

Lilith interrupted him again with a wave of her hand: "What do you think of my appearance?"

Emmm. .

What is this little girl doing?

How does this make him answer?

David opened his eyes wide and looked at Lilith seriously: "If I were to rate your appearance, you would get a perfect score of 90 or above."

Lilith nodded gently: "Keep talking!"

fxxx!

What else are you going to say? ~?

"No, Lilith. If you have any words or questions, you'd better say them once and for all."

"The way we are talking now makes me feel very awkward."

Lilith had no expression on her face and just looked at David quietly.

"The idea that you came to me today was probably the idea of ​​the two bad guys Panaris and Elder."

"They asked Pine to call you just because he was more familiar with you."

"So David, you promised Pine and you are here. Do you have any thoughts about me?"

"Me?" David pointed to his handsome face, a little speechless. .

He quickly waved his hands and said: "I didn't, don't talk nonsense, it's impossible!"

"why?"

"I'm not pretty enough, you don't like it?"

"Or am I not as good as your girlfriend Susan, and you don't like it?"

amount. .

"Lilith, can we have a nice chat?"

"How come this kind of dialogue from a weekend romance drama comes out of your mouth~!?"

"I really don't have any thoughts about you~!"

"A bloody romance drama? Dialogue?" Lilith looked at David with interest.

"what are they?"

"I~"

David felt as if there were countless magical alpacas around him, flying past him in groups. .

"Let's not talk about this for now. I just want to know what is going on in that little head of yours?"

"Why do you think that I came to you because I have thoughts about you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, it's just because we talked about the medical center yesterday..."

"Okay! I get it!"

Lilith waved her hand to interrupt David again, resting her chin on her hand and frowning as she began to think about something.

David closed his eyes and patted his forehead vigorously with his hand. He really shouldn't have come today!

Pine, you bastard, you tricked me!

David wanted to go, get out of here.

But Lilith said she still had something to say, and waved her hand to him, indicating that he should wait.

David raised his head helplessly and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

He has never encountered such a situation in his life.

He didn't have an idea whether he should leave now or what to do.

The two of them just sat in the office in silence, with no one talking anymore.

After a quarter of an hour.

Lilith straightened her sitting posture, looked at David and said, "Since you are here, please promise me one thing."

"What's the matter?" David replied weakly.

"Before Laura graduates, be my...boyfriend~"

"what?"

David sat up straight and stared at Lilith, who had a serious face.

"I have a girlfriend!"

"I know, Susan."

"You know..."

"It's okay~"

"What doesn't matter? How can it not matter?"

"Isn't it normal for you men to have several girlfriends?"

"Well... I'm not that kind of person you're talking about!"

"you are not?"

"Yes, I'm not!"

A smile appeared on Lilith's face: "Don't get me wrong, I just want you to pretend to be my boyfriend. After Laura graduates from college, we will break up peacefully."

Lilith raised her hand and pressed down, stopping David who was about to speak: "The fake relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend is for outsiders, Panaris and Elder to see."

"We... won't have too many dates or physical intimacy."

"Similarly, during this period you can continue to live happily with your girlfriend Susan. It will not change at all just because we pretend to be a couple."

"You just need to show up in time and help me when I need you."

"How about it?"

This is ****!

And you said this is not a bloody romance drama?

fxxx!

Pretending to be a couple, David has to step forward at the critical moment and be a brave shield in front of Lilith.

Depend on!

"Lilith, you love Laura, and you like women. Do you think they would believe me if I tell Panaris and the others that we are in love and we are a couple?"

"This is simple, we just need to act it out until they believe it, isn't that enough?"

"I...I'm fucking ****~!"

"Stop swearing and keep talking!"

"I..I.I don't agree!"

David felt that the group of magical alpacas had turned back again.

This time, instead of passing by him, they all stepped on his face one by one. .

Lilith stood up and sat next to David, pointed at herself with his little finger and said: "Look at me!"

David looked at Lilith in front of him a little aggrieved and helplessly.

"If you have anything to say, say it, but don't talk about being your boyfriend!"

Lilith smiled nonchalantly and said, "We just need to show off, date a few times, attend a few parties, and let outsiders know that you and I are a couple now and we are in a relationship."

"As for Panaris and Elder, if they ask you about this matter, just tell them that I took the initiative to approach you and confessed to you, and don't say anything else."

“This way, they won’t embarrass you, and you will also help Laura and me a lot, killing two birds with one stone.”

As a time traveler, David certainly knows these routines clearly.

Who hasn’t watched a few romantic dramas?

But. . .

Let him be the backup male lead in a romantic drama. .

This made him somewhat unacceptable. .

Moreover, he still acts as a shield for the first and second female lead. . .

For this kind of script, which screenwriter could have such imagination?

If he dared to write it, he would be beaten to death as soon as he left the house!

It's so hateful!

When Lilith saw that David still had no intention of agreeing, she had no choice but to continue to increase the stakes.

"For your medical research center, I will find connections to discuss cooperation with NYU Langone Medical Center, and I will also spend my own money to help you establish it."

"All shares in the research center, except those given to Longoni Medical Center, belong to you."

David waved his hand to her and said, "The central matter has nothing to do with what you said about being a couple."

"That..."

"If you encounter any difficulties, I will do my best to help you!"

"No need. If Giles and Pine can't help solve the difficulties I encounter, you shouldn't be able to help either."

Lilith lowered her head and bit her lip, silent for a moment.

She leaned back and unbuttoned her coat.

When David saw her move, he quickly stood up and waved: "You are really doing this~"

"shxx!"

"With your small figure, I'm not my type. You'd better not go to all this trouble!"

Lilith was in a daze: "That one? I just wanted to..."

"No! Stop thinking nonsense, my eldest sister!"

Lilith's face changed instantly: "Who did you call eldest sister?"

"I..."

"Lilith, you better stop asking me to pretend to be your boyfriend, no one will believe me!"

"No! It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. As long as they can take their eyes and attention away from me and Laura, as long as they can see more possibilities, that's enough."

"them?"

"Well, them!"

David looked at Lilith in confusion: "You mean besides Panaris and Elder, there are..."

As he spoke, a voice flashed in his head.

"Old Morgan?!"

"And Giles, Laura's mother?"

Lilith frowned and corrected David: "Her name is Neria!"

"Oh, yes! Neriya!"

"Is this scene of pretending to be a couple staged for old Morgan and Neria?"

Lilith's eyes were blank, and she nodded slightly: "Yes, they are Laura's parents, and they are also one of my...parents~!"

Got it!

David understood everything this time!

The script that Director Lilith came up with turned out to be a bloody love + bloody family ethics drama.

And David may not even be considered the second male lead in this entire drama.

Um. .

The male lead is clearly the villain who wants to break up a couple in love, the old Morgan who beats the couple.

The leading female lead is Lilith, who is a director, screenwriter, and star. .

As for Neria, Panaris, Elder, Giles, Pine, David, etc., they are all present briefly on the credits.

It won't arouse the interest of all theatergoers.

David rubbed his hair with his fingers, causing dandruff to fly freely in the air.

Lilith's little face was full of pleading: "David, please do me this favor. Laura and I will never forget it..."

"stop!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"fxxx!"

"You... have a nice chat and don't use bad words!"

"I..."

David was so angry with Lilith that he patted his thigh and spun around in circles.

He was like a big lost bee, walking around in this small office, which dazzled Lilith.

"David, I...please."

"stop!"

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!"

"Help, can't you help me?"

David looked frustrated and sat down on the sofa.

He raised his head, looked at the ceiling, and muttered in Chinese: "Whose script did I take? How could such an unlucky and terrible thing happen to me in the end?"

"I'm fucked!"

Lilith couldn't understand what he said, but she could clearly hear David's promise.

She suppressed the joy in her heart that she finally succeeded, smiled and leaned towards David and said, "Since you have agreed, let's go out on a date later."

"We go to places where there are many people, and the more people see it, the better!"

David raised his hand feebly: "Don't even think about it! We have made an appointment to go to Jincheng Restaurant for dinner later."

"Let's talk about dating you later!"

"Jincheng Restaurant? Is that... a restaurant in Chinatown?"

"Yes~~!"

Lilith tilted her head and thought for a while: "Then I will tidy up and go with you!"

"What? Are you going too?"

"Yeah, when you go to dinner later, there must be no Susan, right?"

"Um...ah~ no."

Lilith smiled and spread her hands to David: "Then as long as there is no Susan party, I can go with you~!"

"No, no, no, no, no, no!"

"If Susan knew about this, she would..."

"I'm going to talk to Susan!"

"You...I...you~!?"

Lilith smiled like a fox looking at its prey: "Don't worry, she won't misunderstand!"

"Besides, I know that from Giles."

"When you have parties during this period, Susan doesn't attend. Every time you bring Polly to the party."

"Is it possible that between you and Polly..."

"No! Don't talk nonsense! She is my sister! There is nothing like that between us!"

"Hmm... Okay!" Lilith rolled her eyes nicely, covered her mouth and smiled.

"Then let's set off now. I'll go find Susan first, and I'll have a chat with her!"

"She...you..." What David said to Lilith was true. . .

"Okay, I'll go find Black Mike and we'll wait for you downstairs!"

"Okay! You go ahead, I'll be down right away."

Lilith stood up happily, walked quickly to the desk, picked up the files and started organizing them.

She looked up and saw that David hadn't left yet, so she urged: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you leave quickly?"

David looked at Lilith speechlessly, and then at his right hand.

"Clap~Clap~Clap~"

David gently slapped himself on the face several times.

"Let you owe me!"

"Let you mind your own business!"

"You deserve to get into this kind of mess!"

"Both hits are light!"

"There will be times in the future when you regret it!"

"It deserves it!"

"Should!"

"Haha~hahahaha~"

Lilith couldn't help laughing when she saw David slapping her mouth while walking out.

But after he walked out of the office and disappeared from Lilith's sight.

Lilith sat softly on the chair, threw the documents in her hands aside, looked at the phone on her desk, her smile slowly faded, and her vision began to blur.