Manhattan Reborn 1978

night.

33rd Street in Manhattan.

Hardman drove the car to a bar diagonally opposite and parked the car. .

He carefully observed the surrounding streets in the car, then turned off the car, locked it, got out of the car, straightened his coat, and strode towards the bar.

There was only one black drinker in the bar, sitting at the edge of the bar wearing sunglasses.

At the bar, an old Irish bartender was holding a cigarette and looking up at the TV hanging on the wall not far away.

Hardman looked at the two of them and found the person he was looking for at a table at the end of the bar.

He walked to the table, pulled out the chair, and sat down slowly.

While smoking a cigarette, Ludy looked at Hardman's cautious look and couldn't help but feel funny in his heart: "Don't worry, it's safe here, no strangers will come!"

"Tell me, why are you here with me?" Hardman asked directly without taking Ludy's words.

Ludy didn't care about this. He snapped his fingers to the old bartender and ordered a drink for Hardman: "It's not that I have something to do, but I want to know what you want!"

"Me? Haha~" Hardman glanced at the old bartender who delivered the drinks, put the car key in his hand into his coat pocket, and took the wine glass.

"What are your thoughts on the passage of that bill?"

"idea?"

Ludy stared straight at Hardman with a playful smile on his face.

He lightly stomped the floor twice with the heel of his leather shoes: "People from our family sent me six guys today. How many of them are informants planted by your police?"

"Informant? I don't know about this~!" Hardman glanced at the ground with a surprised expression.

"Maybe it's the person in charge of a certain branch, the person who arranged it. How do you plan to deal with them?"

Ludy leaned back and smacked his lips a few times: "Sink in the Hudson River to feed the fish? Or go to New Jersey to dig a hole in a deserted place and bury it?"

Hardman lowered his head with a dark expression: "fxxx! Did you call me here just to tell me this?"

"Haha~ Of course not!"

"The phone call you made to Old Malkin allowed us to make some preparations in advance. We have to admit this situation! That's why I asked you what you want!"

Hardman looked at Ludy seriously, and when he saw that he didn't look like he was joking, his expression gradually became better: "Union!"

"I need your help to get the union down!"

Ludy squinted his eyes and smiled: "Is it that you want to run for mayor?"

"Ah."

"What do you need us to do? Get the union people to support you?"

"Ah."

"But you know, only half of the unions in New York are under the management of the Sidrich family. The other half... is Sinney and the gang leader who disappeared and was sunk in the river in Brooklyn a few days ago. The two of them are joining forces. managed.”

"I know!"

"Then I'm curious, what method do you want to use to get the other half of the union?"

Hardman did not answer immediately. A smile appeared on his face: "So, you have agreed?"

"Of course! Sidric will repay his kindness!

We promise to help you with union matters! "

"Okay, let's do this first!"

When Hardman saw that Ludy had agreed, he wasn't going to talk any more and stood up to leave.

Lu Di smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"What else?"

"Those six people, do you want to go back?"

Hardman frowned and sat down again: "What conditions?"

"No conditions, just answer my questions."

"Tell me about it!" Hardman thought for a moment and nodded.

Ludy leaned forward, supporting his arms on the table, and looked directly at Hardman: "Besides these six people, are there any other informants?"

Hardman looked at Ludy silently, feeling slightly relaxed. He thought for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"I have only read two reports and know that there are informants sent by the police in your family."

"As for the number of people and who they are, I don't know. These things are handled by specialized people!"

"Then tell me who's in charge, and I'll go talk to him!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Me? Haha~"

"I am a serious businessman now, what else can I do? Of course I will go to them to discuss business!"

"you.."

Hardman looked at Ludy, cursing secretly in his mind.

He knew very well how the Sidrich family behaved.

Hardman couldn't believe that these hyena-like Italians, with their ferocious reputation, would only talk business with the police officers who were responsible for informants. .

Heck!

Hardman didn't answer immediately, and Ludy patiently picked up the cup and gestured to him: "How's it going?"

"Phew~ You don't have to go find them!"

"I... will ask Matthews to give you all the informant information."

"However, only those in your Sidrich family!"

"Hahaha~ok! Thank you man~!"

"fxxx!" Hardman cursed, picked up the cup in his hand, and clinked it with Ludy's cup.

Lu Di drank the wine in his glass with a smile and continued: "There is one more thing!"

"you..!?"

"Say!"

Hardman's expression began to darken, and his eyes seemed to burst out of fire.

Ludy smiled and took out a check from his coat pocket, put it on the table, and gently pushed it in front of Hardman.

"I had a dream last night. I dreamed that there would be a fire in the next few days, which would burn all the files stored by the police and me and everyone in the old Malkin family."

"There may be people in the police who lose their jobs because of this dereliction of duty."

"Then this money can be considered as some help in life that we donated to him."

Hardman looked down at the check, which was 20 meters.

He stared at the check for a while before letting out a long breath.

He gently pushed it back towards Ludy: "I..."

“It’s just the first stroke!”

"We will give the same second stroke!"

"I believe that these two sums of money will definitely allow this police officer who has neglected his job to live a better life in other cities."

"Oh, right."

"After Mayor Lynch is successfully elected as governor, your mayoral campaign office will receive dozens of donations."

"The money will range from more than a dozen knives, dozens of knives, hundreds of knives, or thousands of knives."

"Their donors will be some union leaders, as well as some small businesses and owners and operators of small companies in New York City."

"I believe that after Mayor Lynch leaves New York, you will be the next most popular mayor of New York, bar none!"

Hardman squinted his eyes and looked at Ludy deeply.

After hearing what he said, I thought silently for a while, but did not agree.

Ludy smiled and pushed the check on the table to Hardman again: "All the current net worth of old Malkin and I have been invested in Da Group."

"We are full of confidence in the future development of da company and David!"

"I believe that Da Company will also be a good friend of the Mayor of New York in the future."

"Right, my friend?"

Ludy said, stood up and walked to the old bartender, ordering another glass of wine for himself and Hardman.

Then he slowly walked back with two wine glasses, sat down, and handed the glasses to Hardman.

"Friends, how about we have a drink together?"

Hardman looked at his wine glass in front of him, stretched out his hand, slowly grabbed it, and slowly lifted it up.

"us..."

"cheers!"

"Haha~ Okay, cheers!"

----

ten minutes later.

Ludy stood in the darkness at the door of the bar, watching Hardman get into his car, start it and disappear on 33rd Street.

He turned around and motioned to Black Franky who had been sitting at the bar, and the two of them walked towards the warehouse behind the bar.

In the warehouse, there is an entrance to the basement.

When Ludy and Black Franky walked into the basement, there were two members of the Sidrich family sitting boredly, drinking wine, playing poker, and looking after six informants tied like rice dumplings on the ground.

Black Franky pulled out the pistol from his waist and glanced at Ludy.

Rudy thought for a moment, waved his hand to him, and asked him to pull out all the things blocked in the mouths of the six people.

Then he slowly walked into the middle of the six people and squatted down next to the most familiar person.

"Nick? Is this... your real name?"

The people on the ground had their faces bruised and bruised.

He smiled miserably and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva: "It doesn't matter, just call me Nick."

Lu Di squinted, looked into his eyes that were almost invisible, and asked: "How many years have we known each other?"

Nick on the ground was silent for a moment, leaning his head on the ground, and whispered: "Four years and ten months!"

"Almost five years?"

"Nick, I remember that you once did things for the family and killed people..."

"Then can you go back now?"

"I.."

"I have no idea!"

Lu Di stood up slowly and looked at the other five people: "What about you? Which one of you has clean hands?"

"You...can you go back to being police officers?"

The basement was quiet, and no one among the six people on the ground answered him!

amount. .

In other words, no one has the strength to answer him.

Ludy walked around the basement in silence, looking at everyone carefully.

After waiting patiently for a while, he sighed, walked to the entrance of the basement, and said to a few people: "Now that you are here, you can understand in your heart that I have no intention of killing you."

"I can arrange for you to join the security company."

"At that time, we can still be friends as before, and it's okay... sit together and have a drink happily!"

"So, think about it!"

After saying that, Ludy walked out of the basement with Black Franky who put away his gun.

----

Hardman's side.

He drove his car quickly through the streets.

Soon.

He returned home, took off his coat, lay on the sofa in the living room, thinking about what he had talked about when he met Ludy, and silently stared at the chandelier on the ceiling in a daze.

Um. .

money!

Hardman loves it and needs it very much!

But after taking the money from Lu Di, he was going to sort out the criminal records kept in the police station.

union!

Hardman has yet to think of a solution to the union that Sidric has no control over.

but. .

Perhaps Matthews could be asked to go talk to Shinny in the Bronx about it.

Informant? ?

Now that they have all been exposed~!

Skip it~!

And that's it. .

David and company!

Him and it. .

Hardman frowned, slowly sat up straight, reached out and picked up the phone next to him.

After hesitating for a moment, he dialed out, planning to call Matthews first so that the two of them could discuss it first.

After a few minutes.

He put down the phone, a smile on his lips.

friend?

Hehe~!

----

Wildfire Bar.

David sat across from Leslie, answering his questions.

Lilith, Pine, and Giles all sat aside, smiling and watching the interesting conversation between the two.

"David, was it true that you were a bartender here?"

"Yes~!"

"But...where do you get all these ideas and insights?"

"Yeah...watching TV, reading newspapers, looking up information in the library, and listening to the chats of some drinkers."

"That's all? Impossible, right?"

"Of course! Well... I also need to add my smart brain. It only came up with these business ideas after sorting out and thinking about it."

"wahtFXXX!"

"You're like this... making top students like me and Giles who graduated from prestigious schools feel ashamed."

"No, no, no~! It's okay!"

"I just barely graduated from high school. When it comes to studying for exams, I have to be ashamed of myself!"

"Study for the exam? What's the use of being awesome!"

"After you get out of school, don't you have to start learning how to survive in this world again?"

"Survival? How profound?

The kind of life you are living now should be called a happy life, right? ! "

"shxx!"

"How am I enjoying life!"

"You know, after I graduated from college, my oldest brother just shoved a lot of things into me."

"Do you think I want to take over the company equity I just mentioned?"

"If each of them has any major resolutions or decisions, they need my opinions and suggestions."

"How do I know this? I don't have enough time to play, so how can I possibly learn this?"

"I have been studying for more than ten years, now I should enjoy life like you said!"

David couldn't help laughing: "So? Are you ready to stop caring about them?"

"Of course! Even if I want to, I can't!"

"I can't handle it... You can find a reliable manager to help you!?"

"Manager? How reliable is that thing? Do you think everyone can be like Pine?"

"Um... So, do you want to buy a stake in our company?"

"Of course! When I come here tonight, haven't I been waiting for you to invite me?"

David was speechless.

He looked at Lilith, Pine, and Giles in a daze.

When the three of them saw him looking over, they all smiled, shrugged and nodded. .

Giles put down the wine glass in his hand, adjusted his sitting posture, and said to Leslie with a smile: "David is our friend."

"A good friend like Bloomer!"

“So, the most important thing among the few of us when we cooperate in doing business is trust.”

"Trust is more important than any benefit, Leslie, do you understand what I'm saying?"

Leslie turned to look at the three of them one by one, then turned to look at David and laughed: "Of course I understand this!"

"But I have something to make clear to everyone in advance."

"If after I become a shareholder, don't come to me to discuss business matters. I don't have any opinions and I won't make any suggestions. I find it troublesome!"

"You just need to do what Pine did to David today, put the documents that need my signature in front of me and tell me where to sign, and that's it!"

Giles gasped and laughed.

Pine shook his head helplessly and smiled: "You... also want to be like David and be a mascot who cares about everything?"

"mascot?"

"This is good!"

"David, you think so too?"

"I...yes~"

David scratched his scalp speechlessly, really not sure whether he should beat Leslie up.

Who would have thought that, being a mascot, there would be a competitor?

Where is this **** going to reason?

Amidst the laughter and chatting of several people.

The somewhat weird atmosphere that existed in the room before was now gone.

Leslie is certainly not a fool!

He had long been sitting at the bar drinking with Giles, and he had keenly discovered that in today's party at the Wildfire Bar, it seemed that this boy David was the center and focal point of the entire party.

Let’s take a stake in this matter. .

Giles had a casual conversation with him in the car on the way here.

That passing remark left Leslie confused at first.

Until just now, when Pine began to tell David the history of the Rockefeller family.

Leslie was already laughing silently in her heart.

this. .Is it a game?

Leslie didn't think so.

Judging from David's performance tonight, he probably doesn't have the talent or ability in this area yet.

So. .

Are these Giles and Pyne's plans?

or it could be. .Lilith?

Leslie had been silently observing Lilith from the corner of his eye.

The Lilith tonight is absolutely not the Lilith that Leslie knew before!

She is simply a different person!

Leslie was unmistakable on this point.

After all. .He was beaten from childhood to adulthood. .

Laura, Lilith and Kylena, these three female devils have bullied Leslie a lot in the past. .

Those unbearable experiences have left him with a psychological shadow. .

Ok. . .

Leslie's little thoughts were not hidden from the eyes of Lilith next to David.

While several people were talking, she looked at Leslie and said, "Tomorrow you make a list of all the shares related to the media company that you manage and send them to my office, Stanley."

"I...will leave New York in two days. I will go to these TV stations to have a look at them and talk to them about the follow-up matters of the acquisition."

"Also, since you have agreed to cooperate."

"Do you have the final say in the shares of the companies your family has allocated to your management?"

Leslie blinked his eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Yes~ It doesn't add up to much money in total!"

"When my elder brother gave them to me, he told me that they will be my personal assets in the future and I can do whatever I want with them."

"If... I become a super rich man in the future because of these shares, he and his family will not ask for any shares from me."

After David heard this, he felt that this was not the case that the Rockefeller family was going to start keeping Leslie free, giving him some shares and property, and letting him cool off and play wherever he wanted. .

this. .OK~!

These shares may be just a drop in the bucket for the Rockefeller family.

But they are all very beneficial resources for David's future plans!

Emmm. .

Lilith looked at Riley's serious face, nodded slightly, and said to David beside her: "Did you hear everything?"

"For our subsequent development plan, let Leslie give you a clear list of shares held. Come and plan it carefully."

"Ah~ ok!" David nodded secretly.

"Okay, okay!" Leslie glanced at David with a smile and nodded.

"I'll send someone to make a list tomorrow and deliver it to you... to your company?"

"Well, just give it to Polly!"

"Polly? It's the one from dinner just now..."

Giles was beside him, kicked Leslie, pulled him with his head tilted, and introduced some of the current situation of Polly and Da Company.

Pine, on the side, gestured to David and said: "Ben Likert, the head of our angel investment fund, also asked me about the angel investment project plan you originally promised him, and when will you be able to give him the angel investment project plan?" Send it over."

"Has the R&D center completed recruitment?"

"Now are you going to publish the list of angel investment project pools so that investors can take a look?"

"Uh...I...I forgot about this~!"

"Feel sorry!"

Only after being reminded by Pine did David remember that during the last meeting in Stanley's conference room on the fourth floor, he had indeed promised Ben Likert that he would give him several new angel investment projects and put them on his investment list. Investors can be allowed to choose investments.

Um. .

"I'll go back and have a good sleep tonight. I'll come up with this project list tomorrow and send it to Likert."

"Haha~Okay!" Pine responded with a smile.

Lilith glanced at David in surprise: "Tomorrow? Do you already have these projects in your mind?"

"Well... that's right~"

"But I still need to look up some more information and consider which one can bring us more revenue now."

"Which one?" Leslie listened to David's speech and couldn't help but feel that this boy was bragging again!

"How many projects do you have in your mind?"

David shook his head slightly and was now quite awake.

So, you should pretend to be sexy in front of a few people. .no problem. .Bar?

He took a sip of the drink with a smile and said with a fake expression: "Not many, almost... about a hundred!"

"fxxx!"

Giles couldn't stand David's pretense, so he blurted out a curse word. He stood up and was about to grab David, ready to crack open his skull to see if there were any damn project plans inside. .

Leslie was also greatly amused by David's boastful performance. He followed Giles for fun, and together they kept hitting David on the head and started to have fun.

Lilith sat aside and said nothing this time. .Have a nice chat and don't use bad words.

She just laughed and stood up, walked behind Pine, put her hands on his shoulders, lowered her head and said, "Your plan succeeded, right?"

Pine raised his head and glanced at Lilith, then turned to David and the others with a smile and said, "There is no plan."

"These are just coincidences."

"Coincidence? Is it also a coincidence that you arranged for David to come to see me?"

A wry smile spread across Pine's face: "Isn't that matter in the past?"

"Who said that?" Lilith's beautiful big eyes suddenly stared at Pine.

“This matter is over only if Laura says it’s over!”

"I...that...okay~! You have the final say!"

Pine said softly with a look of helplessness.

Panaris came up with this bad idea. I don’t know when Laura and Lilith, who love to hold grudges the most, will let him go!

Hey~!

Lilith's expression changed, and she leaned down with a smile and said in Pine's ear: "Anything about my relationship with David, I don't want Laura to hear anything from anyone except me, you ,understand?"

Pine was made uncomfortable by Lilith's words. He nodded quickly and responded: "We don't know anything, and we won't say anything!"

"Including Panaris and Elder's side!"

"Yes, including both of them, we are all mute, blind and deaf!"

"Yeah! Just understand~"

"So...why are you so nervous?"

"It's okay~! Let me get you another drink. What do you want to drink?"

Pine leaned forward, looked back at Lilith, and chose to stand up directly, waving to her and saying, "No, I'll go find David to help me make a drink."

With that said, he turned around and pulled David up and walked to the bar.

Seeing this, Giles and Riley followed David and gave chase.

Lilith stood there with her arms folded, looking at the four people with a smile, thinking about some things in her mind, and let out a long sigh in her heart.

After a few minutes.

After Lilith came back to her senses, she saw that several people were sitting at the bar. She also strode to the front of David, squeezed Giles away, sat on the stool she grabbed, and faced David. Waving his hand: "Bring me the strongest cocktail!"

"Tonight, I'm going to get drunk before I stop!"

Seeing her like this, David kept his hands on her, but said back: "The most violent one? You are drunk, I will not be responsible for sending you back!"

"Send me back? Tsk~ You have a good idea!"

Lilith turned her head back and forth and glanced at Giles, Leslie, and Pine, the three of them.

"Are you all fools?"

"At this time, wouldn't you all stand up and say something?"

Leslie's face looked like this, and he shouted excitedly: "I'll call for a car right now, and I'll arrange for David to take you back later!"

Giles and Pine looked at Leslie like a fool, but the expressions on their faces didn't show the slightest hint.

Lilith had a smirk on her lips and watched Leslie slapping the bar with her hand: "Come on! Serve the wine!"

"Let's have a drink together!"

When Giles saw this, he also smiled and shouted: "Cheers!"

David brought the newly prepared and strongest wildfire witch to Lilith and Leslie, and also shouted with a smile: "Cheers, friends!"

"For our reunion tonight!"

"For our friendship!"

"For...I won't come back until I'm drunk!"

"cheers!"

"Cheers~~!!"