Manhattan Reborn 1978

Manhattan, 42nd Street.

Mike Bai was leading a beautiful singer who had just gotten out of the car and was carrying a guitar, preparing to enter the Wildfire Bar.

Not far behind him, a car drove towards the Wildfire Bar.

Mike Bai turned his head and took a look. He knew this car, it belonged to Pine. He turned around and motioned to the beautiful singer, asking her to go in first, and then stood on the street waiting. .

The car slowly stopped on the street not far from Bai Mike, and Pine and Lilith got out of the car.

They all waved to Bai Mike and said hello.

Mike Bai looked at the two of them curiously and asked, "Didn't Giles come with you?"

Pine smiled and glanced at Lilith calmly: "He should have arrived already. We have some things to do and came here after we finished."

"Oh well!"

"Then I welcome you on behalf of David!"

Lilith smiled and nodded to him: "Thank you!"

Pine also nodded to him: "Would you like to go in together?"

Mike Bai shook his head slightly: "No, you go in first, I have to wait for someone."

"ok~!"

Pine led Lilith, who was looking around curiously, into the Wildfire Bar.

Mike Bai looked at the two of them, thought for a moment, looked at a car in the distance, and waved to it.

On a car in the distance.

Karu was lying on his back in the passenger seat, looking at Mike Bai and waving.

He stuck his head out of the car and shouted, "What are you doing~!?"

"Let's go in and have a drink!"

"Don't go!"

Mike Bai smacked his lips, this somewhat difficult Karu boy was really. . .

He took out cigarettes from his pocket, lit one for himself and took a deep drag.

Then he glanced at the driver of the Pine car and made a smoking gesture to him. The driver smiled politely and nodded, waving his hands to express his gratitude and rejection.

He didn't even get out of the car. .

Mike Bai raised his head and squinted on the street again, looked around carefully to the left and right, and stepped towards the car where Carew was.

When Kalu saw Mike Bai coming over, he also got out of the car and lit one for himself. He yawned and said to him: "You drink yours, don't worry about us, we are just outside watching for you!"

Mike Bai sneered and waved his hand to Carew who was about to continue speaking: "Did you see the car that just came?"

"Ah."

"Then did you notice that there were a few more cars on this street after it came?"

Kalu frowned and looked at Mike Bai seriously: "What do you mean?"

"Haha~ don't get excited, man~!"

"I just want to tell you that as far as being a bodyguard is concerned, you and I are both outsiders!"

Kalu frowned deeper. He felt that Mike Bai must have discovered something when he stood there just now and looked around.

"You mean there was someone following them behind that car just now?"

"Nonsense, of course!"

"fxxx! Then what do you mean by telling me this?"

Mike Bai was helpless. He flicked the ashes from his cigarette, gestured to the street corner and said, "These people are professionals, you and I are both amateurs."

"So, while they are here, we can both rest."

"You and your men can also go to the Wildfire Bar to have a drink and relax~!"

Karu looked in the direction indicated by Mike Bai, then turned to look at another street corner in the opposite direction.

I don’t know when, several cars that hadn’t parked there just now came onto this street.

Are they the professionals that Mike Bai said?

Mike Bai waved to the two of Carew's men who heard their conversation in the car.

Karu also glanced at him, patted the roof of the car, and motioned to come with him.

The three locked the car and followed Mike Bai towards the Wildfire Bar.

Mike Bai put his arm around Karu's shoulders familiarly and smiled: "Have you seen this building? The apartment above it is still being renovated."

"When the renovations are completed in the future, David and we will move here."

"Moving here?"

"Haha~ That's right, David is looking for someone to add the top layer."

"You can have a party on the top floor later. When you get drunk, you can go straight downstairs and go home to sleep. Look, how nice it is here!"

Karu raised his head speechlessly and looked at the building.

"It...is all David's?"

"Yes, old Malkin gave it to David!"

"Send it to me? fxxx! He is so lucky!"

"Lucky?"

"Haha~ That's right, David's original nickname was Lucky Boy!"

Kalu followed Mike Bai and opened the bar door: "Original nickname? What is his name now?"

Mike Bai stood at the door of the bar with his arms around Karu, looked around, pointed to David sitting on the long table to Karu, and laughed softly: "Now his nickname is: Boss!"

"Boss? It's really...appropriate~!"

What he said is just nonsense.

If David hadn't been the boss, would Carew still be squatting in the car outside? !

"Haha~ Look, there are all kinds of drinks on the bar. You can drink whatever you want, but remember not to get drunk~!"

Karu rolled his eyes with disdain: "We are not that low!"

"Okay! I'll go find the singer later and order a song for you! I wish you a good time at the Wildfire Bar tonight, buddy!"

"Get out of here!" Karu replied, and sat down at the bar with his two men. They took cups and poured themselves a glass at will, looking at the long table where the party was held from time to time.

Mike Bai walked up to the beautiful singer who had just come in with an incomprehensible look on her face. He gave her two Franklins and let her do whatever she wanted. She could just find a place to sit down and sing a few songs.

The beautiful singer lowered her head and glanced at the rice knife in her hand, quickly put away her guitar bag, found a seat for herself at the bar, poured herself a glass of wine, took out her guitar, sat down, and began to slowly play with the strings. Get ready for tonight's free performance.

Mike Bai was pulled by Lavis who came over and sat down next to Brother Biao. He made sure that he and Brother Biao competed for Chinese liquor.

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That's right, when Brother Biao came to deliver takeout, his uncle, Boss Zhang, was quick-thinking and thought that the Wild Fire Bar must not have Chinese liquor, so he asked Brother Biao to bring a few bottles of the store's stock.

Wildfire Bar definitely doesn’t have liquor as a thing!

After the four bodyguards drank it at Jincheng Restaurant last time, they all knew that this stuff was a strong drink on the same level as vodka, with its taste. .Simply. .

None of them dared to accompany Brother Biao, who had half a glass of dry white wine here. .

Just in time, Mike Bai, a guy who never gives up when drinking, came to the rescue. Lavis put his arm around Mike Bai's shoulders and said to Brother Biao: "Come on, we didn't have a good time drinking last time. Today, Mike Bai and you Have a drink! Let’s see who of you has the stronger drinking capacity!”

When Brother Biao heard this, he became energetic!

When it comes to drinking, Zhang Wenbiao ranks first in the entire Chinatown!

Whoever you drink with, no matter what you drink.

He has never lost!

Mike Bai was coaxed by Ravis, picked up a white wine glass that was almost three ounces full, and drank it with a tilt of his neck!

Suddenly, he felt a burning heat flowing down his esophagus into his stomach, and then began to stir inside. . .

"fxxx! Damn it.. So cool~!"

He endured the burning feeling in his stomach and shouted unwillingly.

Brother Biao saw his generous look and gave a thumbs up sincerely: "Come on, eat some food quickly. If you drink this wine too fast, it will hurt your stomach if you don't eat food!"

Mike Bai was so burned by the liquor in his stomach that he couldn't care less. He directly reached out and grabbed a piece of meat on the plate in front of Brother Biao and put it into his mouth.

Lavis, Black Mike, and Giovanni looked at White Mike's actions, their eyes widened.

They all looked at Mike Bai with expressions as if they were waiting for a good show.

Mike Bai felt something was wrong when they were staring at him. He smacked the taste in his mouth, looked at Brother Biao, and asked tentatively: "What did I eat just now?"

Brother Biao smiled with an honest expression and whispered in Chinese: "Niu Bao!"

"what?"

Mike Bai had a bad feeling in his heart when he heard this Chinese word that he didn't understand!

Brother Biao rolled his eyes, looked at the expressions of the people around him, and whispered in Mike Bai's ear: "I originally planned to give this to David. The last time you came to my restaurant for dinner, we After chatting about this nugget, David said he wanted to try it, so I brought it here today.”

"Um... So? What is it?" Mike Bai also hugged Brother Biao and asked in a low voice.

Brother Biao scratched his chin in embarrassment: "Well...it's just...the two eggs under the cow!"

"Below the cow... what? fxxx!" Mike Bai's eyes widened, and he felt his stomach churn. He ignored the looks of several people, stood up with his mouth covered in an exaggerated movement, threw off his long legs and walked back ran to the bathroom.

David's side.

He had just arranged for Lilith and Pine to sit down, and before he could say a few words, he saw Mike Bai's exaggerated movements as he stood up, and Brother Biao with an innocent expression on his face.

He asked Brother Biao with a surprised expression: "What's wrong with him?"

Brother Biao glanced at the plate in front of him sheepishly and said to David in Chinese: "He just took a bite of Niu Bao and insisted on asking me what it was. I told him... That's what happened to him..."

"Huh? Niu Bao? Uh...hahaha~~"

David pointed at Brother Biao and couldn't help but slap his thigh and burst into laughter.

His smile made several people around him feel puzzled. .

Susan sat next to him, took his arm and said, "What are you talking about? So funny?"

"Haha~No...it's nothing~!"

"It's better you don't know! Hahahaha~"

Several people around looked at Brother Biao with an innocent expression, and then at David with an exaggerated smile, and they all felt that this might be because of it. .It was caused by that plate of meat.

Giles was so curious that he stood up and took a look at the plate of meat.

Um. .

An ordinary round piece of meat, nothing much can be seen~

"David, what is that? Why are you smiling so much... Tell me~!"

The handsome man Riley, who had always been very quiet, glanced at Lilith and then at the plate of meat. He seemed to have thought of something in his mind. He glanced at David who was laughing so hard for a while and secretly complained a few words in his heart.

Pine and Zina also roughly guessed what was going on. They had inexplicable smiles on their faces, and some sympathized with Mike Bai who covered his mouth and ran away.

After a while.

David finally stopped laughing under the gazes of several people. He touched the tears from his laughter, put his arms around Giles' neck, and whispered something in his ear.

Giles grabbed the wine glass and looked at David with wide eyes: "You are talking about... that?... Hahahaha~"

A few people took a look and thought, OK!

Laughing like crazy again!

The curiosity of some people who didn't know what was going on was aroused. They all looked at David, waiting for an explanation.

David closed his eyes, smiled and waved to Brother Biao, who had been stuffing beef into his mouth: "Give it to me, and I'll have a taste of your craftsmanship!"

"Okay!" Brother Biao was taken aback and agreed vaguely. He took a small step with his head lowered and placed the plate with three pieces of Niubao in front of David.

David pointed to the plate and raised his eyebrows at Giles: "How about you come too... try it?!"

As if touching a switch, Giles jerked back, laughing and shaking his head: "nonono!"

Susan quietly took David's arm and asked softly: "What is this? Can I have a taste?"

David shook his head slightly at Susan: "You just need to know that if I eat it, I can train with you for a few more rounds!"

"What?" Susan glanced at the Niu Bao on the plate with a suspicious look on her face, not quite understanding what David was talking about.

He picked up the chopsticks and stuffed all three pieces of Niu Bao into his mouth. Under Giles' surprised gaze, he calmly chewed them clean and swallowed them.

The taste is very good!

David looked at the plate and suddenly remembered the little blue pill that would later become world-famous: Viagra! . .

The magic little pill that's saving men all over the world, now. .There shouldn't be a shadow of it yet, right?

In an era before the little blue pill, Niu Bao was undoubtedly men’s favorite delicacy.

Um. .

Who knows who eats it!

The effect is absolutely great!

haha~

David murmured silently in his heart, but looked at Lilith. He thought about it and said to her with a smile: "Our plan to establish a biological and medical research center, I also have some other plans that I want to realize. .”

Lilith felt inexplicably that David's new idea must be related to the meat slices on the plate just now!

for sure!

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Twenty minutes later.

Everyone put down the tableware in their hands and listened to the singer playing the guitar and humming folk songs while chatting with the people around them.

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Mike Bai also came back from the bathroom.

She grabbed Brother Biao and wouldn't let go, shouting that she would kill him tonight. .

After David and Lilith negotiated the establishment of a medical center, they asked everyone to come together to contribute some interesting ideas, stories, and anecdotes for the upcoming TV series.

This undoubtedly aroused everyone's curiosity.

George, who had drunk too much, patted the table after Tangtang told a short story. He clapped his fingers and talked to Harvey and Tangtang, who took out their notebooks to record, about his tragic experiences over the years.

"When I just graduated from Harvard Law School, I came to New York with great ambitions, entered a law firm introduced by a senior fellow student, and started working."

“The year I first started working was the most difficult year to get through!”

“Thirty percent of my monthly salary has to be paid in taxes, and [-]% in rent, as well as student loans, car loans, food expenses, parking fees, plus water, electricity, and gas bills.”

"You also need a suit, shoes, and tie worth hundreds of dollars, plus a spare set of clothing in case of an accident, etc."

"In addition, I have to go to bars and restaurants with my colleagues several times a week. If I refuse to go, it will appear that I am not gregarious and do not want to have a good relationship with my colleagues!"

"fxxx!"

"After I worked for a year, I went back home to spend Christmas with my parents and told them that everything was fine in New York and I didn't want them to worry."

"The result...after I returned to New York, I only had 32 dollars left in my pocket!"

"This money is needed to cover transportation and food expenses for the next half month."

"Then I sold the new car I just bought, gave up my apartment in Manhattan, and went to live in a shared apartment in Queens."

"Just like that, after my second year of work, I was left with 700 meters of knife!"

"These are all the savings I saved from working frugally for two years. I exchanged them all for gifts to make up for Christmas gifts for my parents, brothers and sisters!"

George said while wiping tears in a depressed mood.

These experiences of his can almost represent the daily life of all young white-collar workers in New York who are working hard, looking for opportunities, pursuing dreams, eager to be recognized, eager to get rich, and realize the American dream.

This is how they live, gritting their teeth in the city of New York, not because they really want to, they just don't want to do it!

I am not willing to live such a mediocre and ordinary life.

I am unwilling to find a job, opportunity, or platform that can leverage my strengths and demonstrate my abilities.

Aren't they excellent?

Not!

They just always meet people who are better than themselves.

of course.

Excellence doesn't mean everything.

Any time!

Because there has never been any rule in the world that stipulates that outstanding people must be valued, reused, and valued by people!

There is never such a rule!

No!

This reminded David of a later research article.

He glanced at Miranla, who was sitting there in a daze, and said, "Does everyone know about the IQ test?"

Some people nodded and some shook their heads. His words broke the silence just now and attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone waited quietly for what David would say next.

"Hehe~"

"In fact, IQ tests were first used to identify stupid people."

"It allows these stupid children to be separated from normal children and receive some education so that they can grow up healthily and happily like their peers."

Giles' mind opened up a little, and he muttered softly: "It's like... Forrest Gump?"

"um, yes!".

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David couldn't argue with that.

After all, anyone can see what Forrest Gump is thinking. .He is a little stupid, but he is not stupid!

"Yes, there is a large population in this world, and there will definitely be some children among them who, for various reasons, will not grow up and develop into smart children."

"IQ tests can be used here to distinguish them to a certain extent."

"These stupid children need some special education and special care to lay a certain foundation for their future lives and learn some basic common sense."

"Of course, our magical world also has a group of children who happen to be very smart, and some of them can be screened out through IQ tests."

"But there will still be some children who cannot be screened out by IQ tests."

"It is difficult for these people to get high scores in IQ tests, but this does not necessarily mean that their IQs are the same as ordinary people."

"Why is this so?"

"That's because smart people have many different ways of being smart, but stupid people are mostly all stupid in the same way!"

"Those fixed IQ tests cannot screen out all smart children."

"So, our world, as long as we look at it from different angles, it will be fair to each of us!"

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After listening to David's words, everyone couldn't help but think of the smart people and fools around them.

indeed.

Smart people have thousands of ways to be smart.

But stupid people. .Most of them are the same!

Among the people present, the one who was most surprised by David's words was Leslie.

He chewed on what David had just said, glanced at Lilith diagonally opposite, and recalled some past events.

Those things he did in those years, now that I think about it, are really stupid and give me a headache!

Harvey and Tangtang looked at each other and quickly wrote down this passage in their hands, preparing to adapt it into a plot in the TV series in the future, which will definitely make the people who watch it shine.

Miranla, on the other hand, was like a little girl chasing stars, staring at David with her big eyes unblinking, as if she was still chanting: "It's him, it's him!"

Zina beside her heard Miranla's chanting and patted her forehead lightly, wondering if she would talk to Susan later to make her situation more serious.

Giles patted his thigh and pointed at Pine, Lilith, David and Leslie with a smile: "You are absolutely right!"

"Look, among us, smart people all have different ways of being smart!"

Lilith rolled her eyes disdainfully and said sarcastically: "How smart are you?"

"I...I got into Harvard because of my ability to study. Why am I not a smart person?"

"David originally said that he barely graduated from high school, so he was stupid in studies!"

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No problem!

Many people know this bit about David's academic qualifications.

He couldn't argue with anything. .

Competing with top academics to get into college?

David's brain is not that sick yet!

He gritted his teeth and glared at Giles sideways: "Besides studying, how else are you smart?"

Hey~!

Giles became interested and started to show off to David with his fingers: "That... is too much!"

"You see, I am a member of the school chess club. I participated in the Massachusetts state level chess competition and won No. 6."

"I joined the music club. The piano I studied since childhood passed the professional assessment and got the certificate. It is placed in my bedroom with blue crystal. I will definitely take you to see it next time."

"Also, I participated..."

David covered his face, feeling that he was going to be humiliated today. He quickly waved his hands and said: "Stop, stop, stop! You are awesome!"

"You are the smartest smart guy in the Wildfire Bar today! Okay~!"

"Hahaha~ Of course! But I'm not finished yet!"

"I also participated in some competitions at Harvard University..."

"Okay!" Lilith couldn't stand it either, so she interrupted Giles' self-bragging.

This Giles, how come he seems to be a completely different person now after drinking some wine.

Lilith glanced at David, touched Pine with her hand, and asked him to say something too.

Pine smiled casually, picked up the briefcase from his side, and motioned to David.

David glanced at the briefcase sideways: "Um...what is it?"

"Some contracts that need your signature!" Pine pointed at the briefcase and nodded.

"Um...do I need to sign now?"

"Of course, I'll need them tomorrow."

"Okay, give me the pen."

Several people nearby listened to the conversation between the two of them and were a little confused.

Giles smiled and hugged his shoulders, leaned back, and gave Leslie his sight.

Leslie listened to the conversation between the two and stared at the briefcase with some curiosity.

He knew Pine, this guy wouldn't take anything serious as a joke. .

So. .Now in this somewhat inconsistent scene, the problem can only be with David.

Under the watchful eyes of several people, Pine took out the documents and signature pen from his bag and handed them to David.

Lilith frowned and stared at the files and David.

David took the pen, burped, looked through it and said, "How many copies are these? Where do I need to sign?"

"Three copies, here, here, and here." Pine pointed out each contract and the places that needed to be signed to David.

David glanced briefly, nodded, and raised his hand to sign.

Lilith couldn't bear it any longer, so she asked aloud: "Don't you take a look?"

"They are all..."

"No need, Lilith!"

With three strokes of his pen, David signed the contract, sorted out the three contracts, and handed them to Pine: "So that's it?"

Pine checked the signature, smiled and nodded: "Yes, done!"

David stretched his neck and glanced at the drinkers in the bar.

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Most of the drinkers have left, and most of the wine bottles on the bar are missing.

It seems that many people found that no one would pay attention to them here, so they all picked a bottle of wine and left the Wildfire Bar with it. .

It’s just a few bottles of wine, David can still afford to pay for it now! ~

He stood up with a smile, clapped to everyone and said, "Since everyone has finished eating, let's move on to the next step tonight~"

"Erica, we are closed tonight, let's play some exciting music for everyone, let's drink and dance!"

"Hahaha~"

Lilith opened and closed her little mouth a few times, looking at David's cool look, she was full of words and didn't know where to start!

he. . .Is this how you cooperate with Pine and the others?

Didn't you even read what was specifically written on the signed contract?

What Lilith didn't know was that Leslie, who had been watching David's actions silently across from her, suddenly felt that David was very interesting.

He moved towards Giles, stuck his head out and asked, "Has he always been like this when you cooperated with him?"

Giles felt a little funny about his uncle Leslie's question: "What kind of thing? Are you talking about David's signature?"

"Yes! He always signs the contract so casually?"

Giles looked at Leslie with a playful expression: "Yes, what else?"

"Otherwise? Uh..."

Leslie choked, yes, otherwise! ?

Giles patted Leslie on the shoulder.

Of course he knew that this older brother-in-law did not treat David as a friend after meeting him for the first time.

Giles could understand Leslie at this point.

No one will pay attention to a stranger who does not understand him.

Of course, Leslie's current performance is also what Giles is happy to see.

Based on his understanding of Leslie, this means that Leslie has already developed some interest in David.

Um. .

Didn't Giles himself become friends with David because he had some curiosity when he met David for the first time?

History is starting to repeat itself again!

Hehe~!