Manhattan Reborn 1978

Wildfire Bar.

David watched Mr. Edith Parker leave, turned around and walked to the bar, found a bottle of Coke, and made himself a few refreshing drinks.

He now needs a lot of sugar to keep his brain functioning properly.

2 minutes later.

David picked up three drinks with a lot of cola in them and drank them all.

The sugar, caffeine, and alcohol contained in these three drinks can help him relieve the fatigue caused by the overload of his brain just now, allowing him to continue thinking about subsequent issues.

in the bar.

Black Mike, Old Rhett and Jin Ji all silently watched David's actions.

Just now, when Otis Parker was talking to David, the three of them overheard some of the conversation intentionally or unintentionally, so they all knew that David probably didn't want to be disturbed by them.

He needs some time and space to make certain decisions.

really.

After drinking three drinks, David opened a bottle of Coke for himself, poured half a glass of whiskey on the rocks, took them to a table in the corner and sat down, and began to stare blankly. stay.

The three people in the bar looked at each other, closed their mouths in a tacit understanding, and did their own thing quietly.

Time passed slowly.

After ten minutes.

The door of the bar was pushed open, and the sounds of several people talking and laughing entered the bar along with the footsteps of several people.

It was Mike Bai, Lavis, Giovanni, Erica and Martha who came back.

After the few of them walked into the bar, they saw Black Mike and Old Rhett sitting on the side, and they all made a quiet gesture to them.

Several people were a little confused. .

Seeing them standing there, Jin Ji trotted up to them with light steps, put their heads together, and explained a few words in a low voice.

After listening to the explanation, several people looked at David, who was sitting in a daze in the corner of the bar, with different expressions.

Mike Bai, who was the first to react, put his arm around Giovanni's shoulders and asked him to go to the door to check and not let the drinkers in yet. Then he pulled a few people and told them to do whatever they needed to do and everyone to keep quiet. Just fine!

Just like that, Giovanni wrote "Closed" on the small blackboard in front of the Wildfire Bar.

In the bar, after Mike Bai and others found a place to sit down, silence returned.

After a few minutes.

David picked up the glass of whiskey on the rocks, took a big sip, and then drank most of the bottle of Coke.

Twenty minutes later.

David picked up the cup and bottle again, and after draining them, his eyes gradually began to condense.

ten minutes later.

David raised his hand and rubbed his cheek vigorously, hoping to slowly lower the temperature of his brain.

After a few minutes.

That is, nearly an hour later when Mike Bai and the others returned to the bar.

David finally stood up, walked to the bar, got himself two more bottles of Coke, and drank them all.

"Hiccup~"

He put down the Coke bottle, let out a long burp, and took a deep breath.

At this time, David focused his attention on the bar and saw Mike Bai and others sitting quietly in a corner, looking at him silently.

"Um... guys, when... did you come back?"

David asked David and the others with a blank expression.

In the bar, Old Rhett, watching the muted TV, saw that David had finally come to his senses, so he walked to him with a smile and waved to Mike Bai and others: "They came back an hour ago!"

"One hour?"

"Um...I was sitting there just now, for an hour?"

"Of course~! Haha~"

Emmm. . .

David looked at the people who had sat in front of the bar with a smile, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now and didn't see it..."

Among the people, Mike Bai was the first to speak: "No need to say sorry nonsense to us~"

"Did you... think of anything else just now?"

"Um.."

When David heard what Mike Bai said, he twitched his lips and smiled.

"I'm thinking about something important."

"What is it?"

"Well... past and future!"

"what?"

Everyone in the bar made a question mark face at David's answer. .

Old Rhett raised his eyebrows and curled his lips with a smile: "Then have you figured it out?"

"I figured it out!"

"Then...is there anything we can do to help you?"

"Of course ~ I need your help!"

David smiled, very happily~!

He skillfully made a cocktail for everyone, and delivered them along the bar to everyone's hands. Then he also made a cup for himself, raised it and signaled to several people: "Cheers~ For us friendship!"

"Cheers~"

Some inexplicable people all agreed and took a sip of cocktails, waiting for what David would continue to say.

"Ah~ I'm finally recovering a little now."

"You don't know, it was like a volcano erupted in my mind just now..."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now~"

"Guys, I need a few favors from you!"

"Mike Bai, help me find a way to contact Ludy and Old Malkin. I will go find them after dinner tonight. The meeting place will be at Old Malkin's house."

"Okay~" Mike Bai raised his eyebrows at David and signaled.

"Haha~ That's it, you can go find them now~"

"Okay~" Mike Bai drank a glass of wine happily, turned around and walked out of the bar. .

David looked at Lavis and Giovanni: "I... need your help to get the New York Times, Wall Street Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Forum without anyone noticing. Newspapers, newspapers of all dates from 1970 to the present, all dates!”

"You guys, do you understand?"

Emmm. .

The second brother Lavis and the third brother Giovanni, you look at me, I look at you, they both looked at David, but neither nodded in agreement. .

David scratched his head and laughed: "Haha~ I know, this may be difficult, but have you forgotten the New York Public Library?"

"It should have everything I need. You can use some means to get them out without anyone noticing! Do you understand?"

"Oh...this is easy to handle~!"

The two brothers, who looked like they suddenly understood, nodded repeatedly, indicating that there must be no problem.

Giovanni smiled and said: "I know a thief. His methods are very powerful. He will definitely be able to give you what you said..."

"no!"

Jin Ji, who was watching the excitement, slapped her hand on the bar and objected loudly!

"The scumbag you know, the Giovanni who will definitely do bad things!"

amount. .

David had a frightened expression on his face and slowly patted his little heart. .

He looked at Jin Ji, who had a beautiful face like Michelle Pfeiffer, and stared like an angry female leopard. He knew that the thief friend Giovanni just mentioned must not be anything. Reliable guy.

for sure!

hehe~

The second brother Lavis, who was also shocked, blinked and said to Jin Ji: "Then... do you have any good ideas?"

"I...I can't help it~"

"But you can't ask that scumbag for help! He is an alcoholic and a drug addict. If you ask him for help, he will definitely ruin your affairs."

"Well... okay~ let's find another way."

Lavis glanced at Giovanni with his eyes wandering, and comforted Jin Ji.

"David, when do you need these newspapers?"

"The sooner the better!"

"Oh, by the way, if there are magazines related to financial investment that are collected in the library, you'd better bring them to me as well."

"Magazines? All of them?"

"Yes, all of them!"

amount. .

The two brothers, who were speechless again, nodded silently and accepted.

After a few seconds, the two looked at each other, picked up the glass with tacit understanding, and drank the wine in the glass.

"Then...are we going now?"

"Okay~ You should all be careful and don't cause trouble again. Let me go to the police station to bail you out~"

"Haha~ Don't worry, it won't happen~!"

Watching the two people leave, Jin Ji said inexplicably in her heart: It will definitely happen. .

David didn't pay attention to Jin Ji's psychological activities. He looked at Erica and Martha, thought for a while and said: "Can you help me buy some big notebooks and pens? Buy more, I want to use them. When it comes to them, I’ll come here to get them in the evening.”

"Okay~" After hearing this simple task, the two women smiled and nodded, and walked out of the bar together.

"Jinji, can you help me go see where Karu is? I have something to do with him!"

"Good~"

Jin Ji also walked out of the bar.

Old Rhett put the glass down silently, knowing that David had sent everyone away, leaving only him and Black Mike, so he should have said something.

really.

David walked up to Old Rhett, looked at him seriously, and asked, "I can trust you, right, Rhett?"

Old Rhett was silent.

He blinked and didn't understand why David asked this, but he still thought about it seriously and nodded: "If I were 50 years younger, I would never choose to let you believe me."

"Hahaha~"

"Thank you, Red!"

"Okay, don't thank me~ If you have any questions, just tell me."

"Good~"

"I need you to buy a house in Manhattan over time, under a stranger's name, and I'm going to store some stuff there."

"Buying a house to save things? Just... these?"

"Correct!"

"it is good!"

David smiled and nodded to Old Rhett: "Then I'll go back first. I've been cheering up just now, but now the sleepiness is coming, and I can't stand it anymore."

"Well, go ahead. Aren't you going to come to the bar tonight?"

"Yes, I will come!"

The two chatted and joked for a while, and David left the bar with Black Mike.

a time.

The bar became quiet again.

Old Rhett picked up his wine glass, looked at the liquid in the glass, and recalled everything that happened this morning. In a daze, he seemed to understand what David meant to him.

----

David's apartment.

David walked into his apartment with Black Mike, who was holding a box of pizza, and glanced at the bedroom door that was ajar.

In the bedroom, Susan was sleeping soundly on the bed. David signaled to Black Mike, then closed the bedroom door, walked to the phone in the living room, and picked up the phone.

After the call was connected, the familiar voice of Sierra's mother came from the other side: "Hello~"

"Hi~Mom~It's me, David."

"Oh...why are you calling back now? Is there something wrong?"

"Haha~ Mom, you've been..."

After saying some common things.

"Mom, where is my father? Isn't he at home?"

"No, he said this morning that the factory has been increasing production recently, and he wanted to go over and keep an eye on the workers to avoid any accidents."

"Oh.."

"Then...Mom, can you tell Dad for me and ask him to come to old Malkin's house for dinner tonight?"

"We have some matters related to the development of the company and soda factory, and we want everyone to sit together and talk in person!"

"Um...Okay! I'll tell him, after dinner, at old Malkin's house!"

"Yes mom~"

"Then you want it in New York..."

2 minute later.

David put down his mother's phone, rubbed his forehead with his hand, looked at Black Mike, slowly frowned, and asked: "Black Mike, you... know why I chose to face Lily in front of the Stanley Building today. Silk confesses your love?"

Black Mike also frowned, not expecting David to suddenly ask such a question. .

He thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

"Okay~"

David covered his face and took a deep breath: "Man, let me sleep for a while, and you can go and rest too. At 6 o'clock in the evening, please come and wake me up, and we will go to Wildfire together."

"Okay! I'll go back and set an alarm clock."

"Ah."

After saying that, Black Mike stood up and left.

David dragged his tired body to the bathroom, took a simple shower, and rubbed his scalp vigorously.

Then he walked into the bedroom, lay down next to Susan, closed his eyes, forced himself to get rid of distracting thoughts, and fell asleep.

After ten minutes.

David's snoring sounded in the bedroom.

At this time, Susan, who had kept her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes.

She quietly looked at David who was sleeping soundly next to her, listening to his snoring, pursed her lips, and slowly clenched her fingers.

----

on Wall Street.

Salomon Corporation.

Warren Buffett and John Gutfreund walked out of the elevator, walking and chatting together as they walked out of the building.

door of the building.

While Gutfreund was accompanying Buffett and waiting for his car to drive over, in the Salomon Company building, Michael Bloomberg walked out of the door of the building with a stylishly dressed beauty with big curly hair.

"Hi Michael~" Gufran saw them coming out and waved hello to them.

"Hi~John~Um...this is...Mr. Warren Buffett?"

"Hello~ I'm Michael Bloomberg, we met once before in Omaha."

"Haha~ Hello, I remember you, Mr. Bloomberg!"

Buffett smiled modestly and shook hands with Bloomberg, and the two exchanged some polite words.

While the three of them were smiling and talking nonsense, the beautiful woman with big waves following Michael Bloomberg had bright eyes.

Warren Buffett! ~

Why did he come to New York?

he. .Aren't you hiding in that shitty place in Omaha all year round?

wrong!

The wavy beauty took a look at John Gutfreund.

This Buffett must have met and discussed something with Gutfreund just now!

There must be some big news here!

At this time, the three people who were talking all noticed the beautiful woman with big waves. Gufran gestured to Bloomberg: "Who is this?"

"Oh~Sorry! This is Sandra~"

"Hello, gentlemen! I'm Sandra Watkins, a reporter for The New York Times."

"Hello~" Buffett nodded to her gently and greeted her.

"Hello, nice to meet you!" Gufran narrowed his eyes, glanced at Bloomberg with a smile, and greeted her.

Sandra had a bright smile on her face, but she took a small step away from Bloomberg.

The three men all noticed this, looked at each other in a tacit understanding, continued chatting with a smile, and ignored the wavy female reporter.

After a few minutes.

Buffett's car is long overdue.

After saying goodbye to a few people in a very gentlemanly manner, he got in the car and left.

Gutfreund and Bloomberg stood on the street and looked at each other. Bloomberg turned to the female reporter and said: "Sandra, thank you very much for today..."

"No, this is what I should do!"

"So... we'll see you later?"

"Okay, Mr. Bloomberg! Goodbye!"

"Hehe~"

Bloomberg took the initiative to shake hands with Sandra, turned around and walked into the company building.

With a smile on his lips, Gufran looked at the female reporter who also turned to look at him, and asked slowly: "I happen to know that there is a very good French restaurant not far from here."

"Can I invite you to have lunch with me?"

"Um...of course~!"

Female reporter Sandra paused with a slight hesitation on her face and agreed to Gufran's lunch invitation.

"Hehe~"

"Then let's walk there. We'll be there in about 10 minutes."

"Good~"

Sandra laughed so hard that she rolled her eyes. She naturally raised her hand and took the right arm Gufran had prepared for her. The two of them talked and laughed side by side towards what Gufran said. Walk to a French restaurant.

----

Florida.

City of Jacksonville.

The beautiful Elena Mesa was walking out of a store with Jenny in ordinary clothes.

The two of them got into a car and drove towards Jenny's apartment while talking and laughing.

Twenty minutes later.

Elena looked at the window upstairs and waved her arms to say goodbye to Jenny, smiling and nodding.

She opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, adjusted the rearview mirror, looked at a man in the back seat, and said in a cold voice: "You... are still so haunted~"

"Oh~"

The man seemed to chuckle slightly and muttered a simple syllable in his mouth.

"You... are so hard to find ~ Elena!!"

"I came here this time just to thank you."

Elena glanced at the rearview mirror, started the car, and let it slowly pick up speed: "Let's be honest~ There is no old relationship between us that we can talk about again!"

"Oh~"

"it is good!"

"I didn't die in West Berlin...so I need some money!"

"How many!?"

"100 meter knife!"

"Chichi~~"

A sudden sound of brakes made everyone who heard it feel harsh.

Elena gently removed her foot from the brake and stared coldly at the rearview mirror.

"I don't have that much money!"

"No, you received 80 U.S. dollars from this business. Don't tell me that you haven't even saved 20 U.S. dollars in all these years."

The air in the car slowly began to solidify. Elena held the steering wheel with both hands and stared directly at the rearview mirror, turning a deaf ear to the harsh horn sounded by the driver behind the car.

After dozens of seconds.

Elena slowly turned her gaze back, took a deep breath, stepped on the accelerator, and started the car again.

"You...when do you want it?"

"The sooner the better!"

"impossible!"

"I have to go back to New York to get paid."

"Then wait until you return to New York!"

"I'll give you an account."

The car continued to drive, and neither of them spoke anymore.

A certain intersection, red light.

Elena stopped the car, and her hands slowly began to clench, relax, clench again, and relax again.

Finally, she put her right hand on her thigh, tapped her thigh gently with her fingers, and hummed an unknown melody silently in her mouth. .

"Turn right at the next intersection and I'll get off."

Elena didn't respond or look in the rearview mirror. Following the man's instructions, Elena turned at the next intersection and slowly stopped the car.

The man silently stared at Elena's fiery red long curly hair for a while.

He opened the door, got out of the car, closed the door, walked outside the driver's seat, bent his head, and whispered to Elena: "This is... the last time! I promise!"

"Hehe~"

Elena's mouth twitched slightly and she let out a laugh.

"The account number is in the back seat. We...will never meet again!"

Elena was silent.

The man looked at her angelic and beautiful face seriously, as if he wanted to imprint it deeply in his mind.

After half a minute.

The man straightened up, patted the car door gently with his hand, turned his head and looked around, and whispered.

"I'm leaving!"

"My Elena!"

After saying that, the man strode across the street and quickly disappeared down the street.

in the car.

Elena raised her hand and gently tapped the bridge of her nose between the eyes with her index finger.

This position, on that man's face, has a mark she left on him, a mark that can never be erased.

"Whoo~"

Elena put down her hand, turned her head and glanced at a small note on the back seat, gently held it in her hand, and put it into her small bag with a twinkling look.

----

new York.

Manhattan.

The sun was setting, early 6 o'clock.

In the apartment, David, who was sleeping soundly, felt a gentle hand stroking his hair.

He opened one eye and looked.

"Susan?"

"Uh... haha~ It's already... 6 o'clock now?"

"Ah."

Susan withdrew her hand, smiled and gently massaged David a few times with her hands.

"Where's Black Mike? Is he here?"

"Come on~"

"And...your father is here too!"

"Dad? Where is he?"

"Outside in the living room."

"Forehead.."

David raised his hand, rubbed his chicken coop-like hair, closed his eyes, and muttered: "Five, four... one! Get up!"

"Ha~ wake up!"

David smiled and hugged Susan, found her lips and kissed them.

"You go downstairs first, and we'll go to Wildfire together later, okay?"

"it is good!"

Susan licked her lips, made an "I'll wait for you" expression to David, then smiled and walked out of the bedroom, said hello to David Sr. and Black Mike, and went downstairs.

in the living room.

David found his clothes, got them done and put them on in a few clicks. While yawning, he walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, waving to old David.

"Hey dad~ why didn't you go directly to old Malkin's house?"

Old David looked at the sloppy-looking David, raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "What? Do I still need to listen to your orders?"

"Uh... No~ Haha~ Absolutely not~!" David smiled and denied repeatedly.

"Hum~"

Old David took out his cigarettes and gave one to Black Mike. He paused for a moment, took out another cigarette and handed it to David. He lit the lighter and handed it to David.

"What's the matter with coming to me in such a hurry?"

David took his father's lighter, lit the cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said with a look of enjoyment on his face: "I just had a good sleep, my brain has recovered, but my body is very sore now..."

"Yes, there are some things that I need to tell everyone!"

Old David took a cigarette, put it to his mouth and took a puff. He exhaled the smoke and said, "Speak! I'm listening!"

"This matter cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two."

"Then just use a simple sentence to summarize it!"

"Forehead.."

David started scratching his head!

He glanced at the cigarette in his hand, took a drag, put it out in the ashtray, tilted his head and thought for a while.

"I met a person today and got some information."

"So, I want to ask everyone if you are willing to gamble with me!"

"bet?"

"What are you gambling?"

"Bet on a chance to get rich!"

"you.."

"Dad, don't get me wrong, this is an investment opportunity in the financial market!"

Old David was silent.

He squinted and took out another cigarette from his cigarette box, lit it, looked at David, took two deep puffs and said.

"How confident are you in this matter?"

"Hmm... sixty percent?"

"If there is more information and I can collect it, it will be almost [-]%!"

Black Mike blinked, and the cigarette butt in his hand had burned to his hand. He quickly put it out and looked at Old David quietly, wanting to hear his answer.

"You... asked me to go to old Malkin's house to tell them about this?"

"Correct!"

"Then have you ever thought that if they are willing, they may not be willing to take this risk with you, but you have already given them a [-]% certainty by patting your chest."

"How will they choose?"

"Uh... never thought about it!"

David felt the smell of cigarette smoke in his mouth, which began to taste bitter. .

A tar smell spread from the taste buds in his mouth to his brain, making his scalp itchy. .

"Have you ever thought that they would refuse?"

"no!"

"Have you thought about your follow-up plans after they reject it?"

"..No!"

"Old Malkin took out the money to establish Da Company according to your plan, gave you the Wildfire Bar and the building, and then took out another sum of money to continue investing in Da Company to ensure its subsequent development."

"Why do you think they will agree to your gambling opportunity to get rich?"

"Yes, the old Malkin we knew was an out-and-out gambler when he was young!"

"He always has been!"

"But he's old, he's retired now!!!"

"Do you still want him to accompany you this time and gamble the only family property you have?"

"Just for the [-]% chance you said?"

"What if those two chances of failure actually happen?"

"Have you... thought about the consequences?"

"No~ I haven't thought about this."

David lowered his head with a dark face. He stretched out his hand and took out a cigarette from in front of old David, lit it, and took a long puff.

Old David stopped questioning, glanced at Black Mike with a gloomy expression, and threw away the burned cigarette butt in his hand.

"Then start thinking now, aren't we going to the Wildfire Bar later?"

"it is good!"

David lowered his head, smoking a cigarette, and glanced at the pizza on the table. He grabbed it and started to swallow the pizza, finishing his dinner as if he was devouring it.

He stood up, took a long drag on the cigarette, put it out, wiped his mouth and said, "Let's go!"