Manhattan Reborn 1978

The morning is bright.

A new day begins.

David rubbed his eyes and slowly got up from the bed.

I touched my side with my hand. No one there?

He squinted his eyes and walked around the apartment, raised his wrist and checked the time. It was 9:15. It seemed that Susan should have gone to the bar.

David sat on the sofa in the living room, rubbing his still somewhat groggy head. After calming down for a while, he walked into the bathroom to take a shower, change clothes, and went out to Black Mike's apartment downstairs.

"Hey~ guys! What are you doing?"

When David walked into the apartment, he saw Black Mike watching TV with interest. He curiously walked over to Black Mike and sat down.

"Look, our actions on Wall Street were on TV yesterday."

"Um..Okay~"

"Besides this, is there anything else new?"

Black Mike looked at the TV and glanced at David with a strange expression: "You know?"

"what do you know?"

"Haha~ Wait a minute!"

After saying that, Black Mike walked to a corner of the living room, which was an open kitchen. Black Mike carried a tray containing sandwiches, fried eggs, milk, and cereal, and placed it in front of David.

"Wow~ Did you prepare breakfast for me?"

"It's not me, it's Susan!"

"Ok?"

David blinked, picked up the sandwich and looked at the sandwiched meat slices and vegetables inside. .

"Can Susan make breakfast? How come I've never heard of that?"

Black Mike leaned back on the sofa beside him with a smile: "I only found out this morning!"

"Then...you and Susan have finished eating!?"

"Of course, thanks to you, my kitchen here has now become Susan's breakfast kitchen! Haha~"

"Tsk~"

David looked at the sandwich in his hand and the two fried eggs and bacon slices on the plate. He shook his head and smiled as he put them all into his mouth one by one and started eating.

After a few minutes.

David wiped his mouth with his hand and was very satisfied with today's breakfast.

"Let's go, go to the company first."

"ok~"

Black Mike got up and turned off the TV, found his coat, yawned, and followed David downstairs.

"You had a good time sending my dad home last night."

"Of course, it was past midnight when I got back to New York."

"Oh... I asked you why you always yawn."

"Haha~ Then you have to ask Susan!"

"Susan? Why are you asking her?"

"You do not know?"

"What do I know?"

Black Mike started the car, glanced at David in the back seat, and chuckled: "Susan came to my house to make breakfast for you at dawn. It took more than two hours to finish it. Make a show of yourself."

"Forehead.."

When David heard what Black Mike said, he seemed to have some bad premonitions. .

"Then what I just ate was all made by Susan?"

"Haha~ Not really!"

"fxxx!"

"You said it all in one go!"

"Hahaha~ Except for milk and cereal, I make everything else!"

"You? You can make sandwiches and omelettes?"

"What? I also learned how to make apple pie from Sierra's mother. One day I can make one for you and let you try it?"

"Hahaha~ Did you really do it?"

"I asked you why you didn't say a word when I was eating... Hahaha~"

"Haha~ What did I say? Do I have to tell you that I added... to that sandwich? Hehe~"

"what?"

David was shocked~ He suddenly threw himself in the middle of the front row, grabbed Black Mike's shoulders and asked loudly: "You... won't let anything... go to hell, will you?"

"Hahahaha~"

Black Mike glanced at the red light ahead, slapped the steering wheel and laughed.

"You fool me?"

Seeing that Black Mike succeeded in this behavior, David also realized that he had been tricked. .

"fxxxyou!"

He pretended to be angry and punched Black Mike, sat back down in his seat, relaxed and slumped in the back seat with a smile on his face. .

After a while.

Black Mike's laughter stopped. He glanced at David in the rearview mirror, raised his eyebrows and asked, "When I sent your dad home last night, he didn't say much the whole way."

"Do you... need to call home again?"

"Well, I will."

David looked out the window and nodded.

After that, the car became quiet.

Black Mike drove the car and glanced at the rearview mirror from time to time. When he saw another red light at the intersection ahead, he turned his head and looked at David, thought for a moment and said: "If... there is something I can do, Just say it!”

"it is good!"

David looked at Black Mike and nodded slowly.

"Uh... the light is green ahead ~ I'm fine, man!"

"Hehe~"

Black Mike started the car again and let out a strange laugh.

At the intersection of No. 12th Avenue and 40th Street, in front of the small building of Da Company, Black Mike stopped the car, the two of them got out of the car and walked towards the company in silence.

The first floor of the company's small building.

The doors of the offices of each branch were wide open, and the sound of people talking on the phone and typing kept ringing on the first floor.

David stood at the top of the stairs and looked around. Everyone in the office was busy. The scene looked very lively~

The two of them went up the stairs and were almost on the fifth floor.

David looked up and saw his second brother Lavis and his third brother Giovanni sitting in the lounge area on the fifth floor.

He quickened his pace in surprise, trotted over to them and sat down next to them, and asked in a low voice: "Are you done?"

"Of course~!" Lavis showed his third brother a proud expression.

Giovanni glanced at Black Mike who was following David, then approached David and said, "We... yesterday."

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original.

Yesterday, after brothers Ravis and Giovanni received the task from David and left the Wildfire Bar, Giovanni made a suggestion to go to Brooklyn to find a quick thief to help them. .

Ravis thought about it and thought it was a good idea, so they drove straight to the area where Giovanni lived, trying to hide it from Jin Ji and find the thief for help. .

However, they searched and searched until the sun went down, but still could not find Giovanni's thief friend. .

There was no other way, so Giovanni had no choice but to find other people for help. They drove to the place where Giovanni's former boss frequented.

The southernmost part of Brooklyn is an area called "Little Odessa".

The people living here immigrated from several countries near the Black Sea.

What they didn't expect was that they tried every means to come to the free country of the United States, but found that after arriving here, they could not integrate into American society normally. .

When Americans in New York see immigrants from Eastern Europe, they subconsciously think that they are bad people. .

Many of them, from the day they arrived and were born in New York, have never left Brooklyn, never been to Manhattan, let alone New York City. .

In "little Odessa," gangs abound.

The first survival skill that all people who live and grow here must learn is not to walk around and look around on the street, and don't run around and scream when there is a gunfight. .

Gunfights, in which a group of people or a few people get out of a car, pull out various types of firearms on the street, and exchange fire in the street, killing or injuring several or more than a dozen people. Such small scenes are as commonplace in "Little Odessa" Natural and common.

Lavis, who had been driving the night shift taxi before, saw his third brother Giovanni pointing him to the Palace Hotel not far away, and his head began to hurt.

"fxxx! Do you know this is the messiest place in Brooklyn?"

"Haha~ don't be nervous~"

"Of course I know where this is?! I grew up here!"

"Then you still bring me here?"

"Whoa ~ have some patience, man!"

"Look, people on the streets here are very friendly~ aren't they? Don't listen to those rumors, they are all nonsense!"

"Nonsense? The police won't come here when it's dark. Is this also nonsense?"

"Well...that's true~ When the police come here at night, they usually come in their cars and don't get out of their cars."

"So...we don't have to worry about the police coming to arrest us here!"

"What? Is this your plan?"

"Yeah~ What else?"

Giovanni spread his hands towards his second brother. .

"fxxxyou!"

Lavis is out of options. .

He looked at a family restaurant called Crimea across the street with a depressed look on his face.

"Let's go to that restaurant and wait for a while. I always feel unsafe on the street."

Lavis looked around and suggested to his third brother.

"Okay~ I happen to be hungry too, so let's go eat something first and think about it while we eat!"

The two parked the car in front of the "Crimea" restaurant, got out of the car and walked into the restaurant. They found a seat where they could see the Palace Hotel opposite and waved to a young waiter.

"Give us the menu!"

"ok~"

Vitaly Orlov, who had just finished dinner and was about to help his mother clean up the kitchen, greeted the two of them, took the menu, and walked over to them.

"What to eat?"

"Uh... let me see! This is..." Giovanni took the menu and looked through it.

Lavis rolled his eyes at Giovanni impatiently and grabbed the menu: "Are you still thinking about ordering? With this time, can't you think more about how to get those newspapers from the library?"

"Um...Okay~ give us one piece each..."

Giovanni casually ordered the most obvious dish on the menu, then returned the menu to the waiter and nodded to him: "Just take it, as long as it makes us full~ Give us two more drinks." ~!"

"it is good!"

Vitali looked around at the strange two people, then turned and walked towards the kitchen.

in the kitchen.

His mother and brother are making some preparations for tonight's business.

Mom saw Vitali coming back and raised her hand: "What did they order?"

"Your specialty dish, two portions!"

"Haha~ They are really lucky!"

"Yuri, the plate is behind you, get them two portions and let them have a taste of my craftsmanship."

"Oh.."

Yuri glanced at the onions in his hand, touched his eyes, took out the plates and cutlery, put the dishes that his mother had prepared, put them on the tray, and handed them to his brother.

Vitaly looked at his brother with red eyes, smiled and joked: "I'll chop the onions later... You're about to turn into a red-eyed pig... Haha~"

"fxxx!"

Yuri raised his wrist, wiped his tears, grabbed a handful of onions and threw them to his brother.

"Haha~"

"Hey~ Yuri, don't throw things around in the kitchen!"

"Ok~ok~Mom, I understand!"

"Vitaly, just wait for me!~"

"Haha~ I'll wait!"

Vitaly held the tray in his hand, made a face at his brother, walked out of the kitchen, and placed the dishes in front of Lavis and Giovanni.

"I'll bring your food and drinks right away."

Both Lavis looked at the Palace Hotel opposite, didn't say anything, just waved their hands.

Vitaly took the tray, followed their gazes, and glanced at the Palace Hotel not far across the street, muttering in his heart.

He returned to the kitchen, motioned for his brother to come out, and told his brother Yuri, who looked inexplicable, that Ravis and the two were behaving strangely.

Yuri lowered his head, grabbed his brother's sleeves and wiped the tears from his eyes, walked behind the bar of the restaurant, and looked at Lavis and the others from a distance.

After watching the two of them eating for a while, Yuri shook his head slightly and said to his brother: "They are not from around here!"

"Do you need to say this? I've seen it a long time ago!"

"Then... do they have guns?"

"There should be. Look, they should have guns on their waists and in their arms."

"Um.."

Yuri squinted his eyes and observed Lavis carefully, and saw that he indeed seemed to be carrying a gun.

"Where have they been looking? The Palace Hotel?"

"Correct!"

"Then...what did they say?"

"They said..." Vitali put his hands on his hips and recalled.

"They seem to be talking about going to a library to get some newspapers?..."

"what?"

Yuri looked at his brother with a strange face: "Are those newspapers treasure maps? Which library are they from?"

"fxxx! How do I know? That's all I heard!"

"Uh... Okay then~ I'll go over and take a look!"

"Hey~! Don't go!"

"what happened?"

"What did you say in the past? Did they bring this guy to our restaurant and keep an eye on the Palace Hotel to kill someone?"

When Yuri heard his brother Vitaly's question, he felt funny and patted his shoulder.

"Don't worry~ If they want to kill someone, it won't be now!"

"why?"

"Haha~ Do they still have something that they haven't finished yet?"

"Yes... there are still two drinks left."

"Okay~ I'll go!"

Yuri poured two drinks with his hands and feet quickly, nodded to his brother, asking him to calm down, carried the tray, walked to Ravis's table, and placed the drinks for them.

"Your drinks~"

"Well, put it there!"

Ravis raised his head and glanced at Yuri, then lowered his head and continued eating the dinner on the plate.

Giovanni had been paying attention to the other side of the street. When he heard Yuri's voice, he turned back to look at the drink. After thinking about it, he reached into his pocket and took out his wallet, pulled out a 10-meter knife and handed it to Yuri.

"Man, I want to know something."

Yuri looked at the handed rice knife, smiled and nodded: "Of course, as long as I know it!"

"Do you... know where I can get old newspapers and magazines?"

"Old newspapers?" Yuri blinked and glanced at Ravis, who was a little stunned.

Lavis looked at his third brother with wide eyes and said, "Is this how you think of a solution?"

"Haha~ It's okay~ We can't do anything, but maybe he can do something?"

"Right, man?"

Giovanni smiled at Yuri and lifted up his coat a little, revealing the pistol in his arms.

Yuri stared at the holster and slowly opened his eyes: "Gentlemen, we have discounts here! If you need it~"

"Haha~ Don't be nervous. We just want to get some old newspapers that people don't like. If you have a way, we can give you another benefit."

"Forehead.."

Yuri glanced at the 10-meter knife in his hand, and regretted why he had impulsively come over to take a look. .

He saw that both Lavis and Giovanni stopped eating and stared at him. His mind began to work involuntarily: "Old newspapers... I know there is a library a dozen streets away from here. They should have old newspapers in there."

Giovanni glanced at Lavis with some pride: "Go on~"

Emm. .

Yuri moved his hand and put the 10-meter knife into his pocket: "I know their night security guard and library administrator."

"I think as long as you can give them some benefits, they should be very willing to give you some old newspapers!"

"Oh? Buy it with money?"

When Lavis heard this idea, he remembered that when David handed over their mission, he seemed to have mentioned that it could be bought with money. .

He put down the tableware, picked up the drink, took a sip, and said, "What's your name?"

"Yuri~"

"full name?"

"Uh... Yuri Orlov!"

"Okay~ Yuri!"

"If you can do us this favor, we can give you... 200 dollars as a reward. What do you think?"

"200?"

Yuri's eyes began to light up. He never dreamed that in just a few words, he would encounter a good thing and earn 200 meters of knife?

Their restaurant has to feed their family of four!

They had to work for two whole days before they could make a profit of 100 meters. .

Yuri held the tray in his left hand and glanced back at his brother Vitaly in the direction of the bar. He gritted his teeth and moved a chair over, sat down and said, "What do you need from me? I can help you! 200 meters of knife, right?" "

"Haha~ That's right!"

Giovanni saw that this Yuri boy was tempted by Ravis' money offensive, and he couldn't help but laugh and slap the table.

"Go on, do you have any plans that can help us?"

"Forehead.."

Yuri lowered his eyes, looked at the tableware on the table, and began to think about the plan. .

"Do you... have a car?"

"Yes, look, that's the one parked at the door!"

Yuri glanced at the car parked not far away, and half of his excitement dropped.

He looked at the two of them left and right, put his elbows on the dining table and said, "I know the address of the librarian. He knows everything about the library. We can go to his house later and chat with him about old times." Things like newspapers and old magazines.”

"Maybe he can help you..."

"Of course, this help fee... also needs you to negotiate with him."

"Haha~ No problem, then... shall we set off now?"

"it is good!"

Yuri saw both Giovanni and Lavis standing up and getting ready to go.

He said with a slight hesitation: "Then...this money..."

Lavis and Giovanni looked at each other and smiled and said: "Get in the car, and when you take us to the place, we will give you the money after we deal with the librarian!"

"ok~"

Yuri felt relieved when he saw how generous they were. He turned around and walked to the bar. He said a few words to his brother, went to the back kitchen, shouted to his mother, and then grabbed his coat. He followed Lavis and Giovanni out of the restaurant and got into the car.

Vitaly saw that his brother Yuri had really left with the two strangers.

He hurriedly chased out of the restaurant and watched the car slowly disappear at the far corner. He couldn't help but cursed softly: "fxxx! You are so brave! Yuri~"

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The company's small building.

David listened to Lavis's story with great interest and sighed in his heart, these two boys are really stupid people who are lucky~

I randomly found a restaurant on the roadside and stupidly asked the waiter for help. .

As a result, I really found the correct way to open it. .

this. .Where can people go to reason?

hehe~

"Then what? You found the librarian and got the newspaper?"

"Of course!"

Lavis took out the cigarette with some pride, handed it out to everyone, lit it and said: "We waited for him directly in front of the administrator's house. After telling him about the matter, he hesitated and agreed. .”

"However...in the library he managed, the types and dates of newspapers and magazines were not that comprehensive. We were afraid that you would be in a hurry, so we moved back all the old newspapers and magazines we could find there. .”

"Oh? Where are they?"

"In the conference room downstairs."

"Um.."

After David heard that they had brought back a batch of old newspapers, he felt less anxious.

He leaned back, thought for a while and said, "You guys will move them all to the car later. Let's go find Professor Nash and his wife. They should be able to help me."

"Ok!"

The three bodyguards looked at each other and nodded.

David took a drag on the cigarette and put it out. The cigarette felt bitter on his tongue when he smoked it in his mouth, and it didn't taste good. .

He stood up and glanced in the direction of Polly's office: "Have you seen Polly?"

"Here he is, he should be in the office!"

"Where's Andy?"

"He's here too. He was called over by Polly just now with Sally."

"Um.."

David thought that Polly should have called them over to discuss the company's loan.

"correct!"

He remembered what Giovanni and Lavis had just said. .He couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"What about that boy Yuri? Did you give him money later?"

Giovanni saw David's teasing expression and immediately patted his chest and said, "I gave it, of course I gave it~"

“Are we the kind of people who don’t keep our words?”

"How much did you give?"

"It's a 200-meter knife! It was promised before!"

"Then...did he help you move the old newspapers?"

"Help~ We gave him a hundred dollars first after he took us to the administrator's house and discussed the matter."

"Later, he helped load the old newspapers into the car, and we gave him another hundred dollars."

Seeing that the second and third brothers looked like thieves, David couldn't help but shook his head: "Did he say anything before you separated from him?"

Giovanni blinked and looked at his second brother.

Lavis didn't understand why David suddenly asked this question. He thought about it and said, "After we got the newspaper, the back row was full of newspapers and he couldn't sit down. I gave him a 100-meter knife to let him sit down." He went home on his own.”

"He didn't say anything when we left."

"Before we drove, I glanced at the rearview mirror. He was looking around and nervously put the Franklin in his pocket."

"Oh..." David sat down again, nodded slightly and thought.

"He...what's his full name?"

"Yuri Orlov!" Lavis answered quickly.

"Well... Okay! Then... Giovanni, you go back to that restaurant now and tell him that I want to meet him."

"You can go and find us at the angel investment project R&D center later, okay?"

"Um...ok!"

Giovanni nodded, caught the car keys thrown by Lavis, and went downstairs in three steps.

Watching him go downstairs with questions on his face, Lavis approached David with a smirk on his face and said, "Why did you remember to meet that boy?"

David glanced at him and said with a smile: "This Yuri can figure out a problem in such a short time that neither of you can solve in a long time."

"Why should I see him? Needless to say?"

"Pfft~haha~"

Black Mike, who had been acting as a crowd-pleaser on the side, couldn't hold it back any longer and laughed so hard that he spat out saliva. .

"Forehead.."

Lavis raised his hand and scratched his head with a confused expression, watching David walk towards Polly's office with a smile, opened the door and walked in. .

After another ten seconds, Lavis slapped his thigh: "fxxx! Why are you laughing? Are you laughing at us for being stupid?"

Black Mike's laughter was about to stop, but was interrupted by Lavis's rhetorical question that penetrated deep into his soul. .

"Hahahaha~~"

"You're not stupid~ Hahaha~ You're just a little dumber than that Yuri... Haha~ You're just a little dumber~ Hahaha!"

Emm. .

Ravis began to rub his scalp with some annoyance, and for a while, dandruff began to fly around following his movements. .

Black Mike saw that he was using his tricks again. .He quickly laughed and got up from the sofa and ran downstairs, preparing to stay away from this guy with a flawed IQ. .

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Jacksonville.

Elena Mesa, wearing a female business attire and a pair of decent glasses, walked to the door of Jenny's apartment and knocked on the door.

"Hi~ Jenny! Are you ready?"

"Almost~ Come in quickly!" Jenny answered as she opened the door and walked towards the room.

Elena carried her small bag and walked into the living room of the apartment, and looked at Jenny who was doing the final touches.

"What's left to be done?"

"It's all done! I just forgot where I put some things... What time is our flight?"

"At 12:30, we can arrive in New York in just over an hour's flight. It's almost time for us to set off!"

"Um...ok~I'll be fine soon!"

Jenny glanced at her watch and nodded repeatedly.

Elena also looked at the time, lowered her head and found a place to sit down, watching Jenny open the two bags and look through them again. . .

Earlier today. .

Elena contacted Mr. Odis Parker in New York and told him that he would be able to return to New York today.

Otis Parker readily agreed that as long as she could bring Jenny to New York, the $80 would be paid into a bank account in Europe.

As for. .Odis Parker said a few more words about what happened next.

"The payee for this deal was Forrest Gunn, but one of the people handling it was David Coleman, and I'm very interested in him."

"So, after you return to New York, I think you can continue to maintain a certain degree of close contact with this Jenny."

"Maybe in the future, you can use Jenny to get close to David Coleman."

"Approach him? What do you want to do?"

"Haha~ Don't get me wrong~ I don't have any extra plans, I just want you to stay by his side and help me pay attention to his every move!"

"This boy David, he started from nothing, and now he is an apparent partner of the Morgan family."

"He brought me many surprises and...accidents that I had never experienced before? Haha~"

"So, I want to have someone I can trust, who can be close to him, be by his side, and help me keep an eye on what he will do that makes people...unexpected."

amount. .

Elena was speechless. .

She looked at the microphone in her hand, wondering what Odis Parker, whom she had known for nearly ten years, was thinking in her mind. .

he. .I wasn't like this before~

he. .It’s always been pretty normal~

"Okay~ You can approach this boy David. This is considered a normal mission for me, and my reward is not low!"

"Oh?"

Otis Parker on the other side of the phone was a little surprised.

"You promised?"

"Yes~ Any questions?"

"Haha~ No, I'm just a little surprised that you agreed so easily."

"Well, I'm short of money recently!"

"Um...Is that so? ~Okay~ Let's meet and talk about the specific things after you come back to New York."

"ok~"

After hanging up the phone, Elena changed her clothes, found her small bag, took out the small piece of paper with a bank account number, and stared blankly for a while. .

After a few minutes.

She put the note back into a compartment of the small bag, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked out the door to find Jenny.

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Southwest United States, California.

city ​​of los angeles.

In the suburbs, inside the Wharton family's manor.

Bloomer Walton, who had just climbed out of bed, stood in the bathroom sleepily with a toothbrush in his mouth, listening to the morning TV news broadcast on the TV in the distance.

After a few minutes.

He finished washing up and was about to go to the bedroom to change clothes when he was stopped by a piece of news.

He ran to the TV with a face full of surprise, looked at the contents of the news, and slowly began to giggle.

"fxxx!"

"David, you kid... really dare to do such a thing!"

"Hahahaha~"

"Wow~woohoo~"

The strange noises made by Bloomer attracted the attention of the servants outside the room. They all poked their heads to see what madness Master Bloomer was up to. .

"Wow~ you...did you really kiss me?"

"Ah~my God~"

"That's Lilith?!"

"David..."

"No, I have to go back to New York!"

"Why the hell did he cause such a big thing when I left New York?"

"fxxx!"

Bloomer jumped directly into the bedroom, preparing to return to New York to interview David and find out what was going on in his head. .