Manhattan Reborn 1978

Los Angeles.

The bright moonlight shines on the Santa Monica beach.

David, everyone, the bbq leisure activities on the beach and under the street lights have always attracted the attention of people passing by~

Bloomer's butler saw that everyone was fascinated by chatting, and slowly stopped eating skewers, and then put the desserts and ice cream that had been bought by people on several small tables for everyone to enjoy.

David thanked the butler for his attentive service, happily picked up an ice cream and ate it.

When he looked away from the butler, he focused on the direction of the big man Zach not far away.

Big Zach, this black guy from New York who came to California with David, is definitely the mvp winner for tonight’s meal~

On the table in front of him were a dozen finished skewers, 10 beef skewers, 4 vegetable skewers, and 3 shrimp skewers. .These are his results so far tonight~

At this time, Zach was still holding two newly grilled shrimp skewers that the butler brought to him. .Keep your head down and eat. .

David watched him eat for a while, feeling a little funny at first, and then gradually realized that he really cared less about this temporary bodyguard who followed him around in the past two days.

"Guys, excuse me~"

David apologized to Giles and Roland, stood up and put down the things in his hands, wiped his hands and walked to the butler. He asked him where the nearest bathroom was. After learning the specific location, he came to the big man's bathroom. Next to Ke, he smiled.

"Hey~Zach! After you finish eating these, come with me to the bathroom~"

"Oh~oh~okay boss!" Zach put down the things on his hands, wiped his mouth, and stood up.

"Haha~ don't worry~ we can wait until you finish eating."

"It's okay boss, I'm almost full~"

Zach, who was as tall and strong as a black hill, raised his hand and touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. .

"Almost? Hahaha~"

"Okay~ Let's go then~"

David patted Zach's arm and punched him lightly in the stomach. Feeling the elasticity coming from his stomach, he shook his head with a smile and turned around, walking towards a bar across the street~

The butler put his hands behind his back and stood straight not far away. He watched David and Zach interact with each other with a smile. He motioned to the Bloomer bodyguards on the side and asked two of them to follow David to the bathroom to avoid any accidents. ~

The person in charge of the bodyguard nodded to show that he understood, and followed David and the other two people who were about to cross the road with a boy.

David was on the side of the road, waiting for a gap between passing vehicles, and looked up at the bar sign in the distance.

Judging from the name, this seems to be it. .An Italian-owned bar?

After a few people crossed the street and walked into the bar, David was very sure that the boss here must be Italian~

Because there are all kinds of beautiful posters of Sophia Loren hanging and pasted on the walls. .

There are a few photos among these that may be taken with the boss here~

David walked toward the bathroom of the bar and suddenly remembered that his father, David Sr., and Malkin Sr. both liked the now Italian national treasure actress Sophia Loren~

if. .Let Roland Perkins help make an appointment with Sophia and take some group photos or photos to send to Dad and Malkin. Will they be very happy?

in the bathroom.

While David aimed at the enemy's position and released water, he thought of his mother Sera and Polly's mother Sena. .

Emm. .

Forget about sending photos or anything~

Mom Sera and Sena really know how to kill. .

David couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this. He shook the weapon in his hand a few times and cleaned up the remaining ammunition. .

After walking out of the back bathroom, the big man Zack standing at the door gave David a look and asked him to look in the direction of the bar~

David shook his wet hands and walked to Zach curiously, and saw a man and a woman sitting there chatting in the direction of the bar~

"what happened?"

"I should have seen them both on TV~" the big man Zach said in a confident voice.

"Oh~ It's not surprising, this is Los Angeles, isn't it, man? Haha~"

David glanced at the two people who seemed to be Hollywood stars. They looked unfamiliar and did not recognize them. .

The bodyguard Blumer who followed also glanced in the direction of the bar and said with a smile: "Want to get acquainted? I can help~"

"No need~ No matter how famous the celebrities are, they are still ordinary people~ We don't know them, so go back!"

"ok~"

The bodyguard glanced at David in surprise, nodded silently to greet his companions, and walked out of the bar.

Outside the bar, David crossed the street, returned to his seat, picked up the ice cream again, and said to several people.

"Hey~ Where were you talking about?"

Leslie smiled and said: "Haha~ We were just listening to Bloomer complaining about the smog in Los Angeles~"

"Smog? Is there...?" David turned his head and looked around. The air was very fresh~

"It's not now, it was when I lived here when I was a child that there was smog~"

"Um... That's not right. When I came back a while ago, there were still a few days of smog. The whole city felt like fog, and there was a strange smell in the air..."

. .

Roland Perkins, with a smile on his face, echoed what Bloomer said about the haze.

In my heart, I have a new understanding of the David Coleman I just met today.

Just now.

When David went to the bathroom.

Roland used a topic to ask Blumer about David's identity~

From the names of Giles Norton Morgan and Leslie Rockefeller, Roland could guess their identities.

But this David Coleman?

The Coleman family?

What business are they in?Why do you have such a good relationship with Bloomer, Giles, and Leslie?

And the answer Blumer gave with a smile made Roland almost lose his smile. .

"You mean David worked as a bartender in a bar?"

"Yeah~ more than two months ago, he was still a bartender~"

"..."

Roland choked. .

Giles thought it was interesting and asked, "Do you feel weird?"

"Uh...yes~" Roland nodded honestly.

Leslie also became interested and continued: "So after this afternoon's contact, do you have any evaluation of David?"

This question is really difficult for Roland Perkins.

He thought seriously for a moment and said cautiously: "I have been working as an agent for more than ten years and have come into contact with all kinds of people~"

"But this is the first time I've met someone like David today~"

"What do you mean?" Blumer asked.

"Well...when he talks or gets along with others, he always inadvertently makes people think that some of his views are correct~"

Roland's eyes flashed, and he quickly scanned the smiles on several people's faces, and continued: "And when he gets along with you, he doesn't have any psychological pressure. He is as honest and natural as an old friend~"

"That's why I'm so surprised...did you really just know each other not long ago?"

"We've known each other for almost two months~" Giles and Bloomer looked at each other and smiled.

Leslie smiled and spread his hands: "We have known each other for less than a month, and the number of times we have met is even less~"

. . .

just now.

Roland watched the four Blumers casually complaining and bickering with each other as if they had no scruples. He felt inexplicably curious that David could become friends with these top wealthy men in the United States so quickly. .

How did he do it?

Roland really wants to know this!

. . .

Time always passes quickly without people noticing.

David and the others ended the beach party tonight when the moon immediately rose to the center of the sky.

Bloomer asked the housekeeper to stay and arrange for people to pack things.

They said goodbye to Roland, arranged to see each other at a small party tomorrow night, got in the car, and returned to Bloomer's mansion. .

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Europe.

London.

In a flat near St James' Park.

Brotney Mecia sat at a small table by the window, listening to the phone and looking out the window at the foggy streets of London.

"Osdie Parker~Are you kidding me?"

"No, it's impossible!"

"..How did you know?"

"...Who were you talking about just now? Tell me your full name!"

"Hi~ Did he do it?..."

Mexia looked out the window with a look of resentment on her face: "I need to make sure!"

"Yes, if what you say is true ~ I will go to New York!"

"Okay, let's do this for now~ I'll give you this number and then I'll call~"

Mecia put down the phone. The anger in her chest made her face turn red and her hands trembled slightly. .

After a while, Brotney Mejia controlled his emotions, slowly regained his composure, rubbed his fingers gently, and said one word: "New York!"

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a new day!

new York.

Morgan Stanley.

Pine carried his briefcase, walked into the office, took off his coat and sat down, sorting out the work schedule to be dealt with today in his mind.

"Bell bell~"

The phone on the desk rang.

Pine picked up the phone, listened for a while, said a few words, then slowly put it down, with a gloomy look on his face.

some days ago.

Nylent Ramon, relying on the change plan that David told him at the Blue Crystal Hotel that day, quickly made a series of research and preparations in a short period of time, and presented the first draft of the plan to the emergency board meeting. It was announced.

The reason why Nylent came up with a first draft of a change plan is because Stanley has been suffering from illness for a long time. Although it has not reached the point where it is difficult to recover, it is absolutely impossible to change it at once!

At the board meeting, Nylent came up with the first draft, mainly aiming to take the lead in changing the management problems caused by the rapid expansion of Stanley's staff.

As well as attracting, recruiting, and promoting more middle and senior managers, so that they can quickly find their job position through this internal staff rectification, and reserve relevant professional management talents for the next step.

Nylent also clearly pointed out that the internal responsibilities of several Stanley departments are not clear enough and there is overlap in business development.

When internal work is running, people are doing similar work because they belong to different departments, which completely fails to achieve the ideal efficiency goal.

Everyone in the board of directors understood what Nylent meant.

A few years ago, Stanley was a gentlemen’s club with only over 200 people~

A few years later, Stanley's internal staff grew exponentially to more than 1700 people, a seven-fold increase!

To say that these new people and newly established departments have made the internal management without any chaos is sheer fart!

Therefore, the first draft of Nylent's plan quickly gained everyone's approval.

However, some of the old partners also expressed some concerns.

Nylent has just taken over the position of CEO of Stanley, and he has made this move that is similar to an internal cleanup. Will it bring serious turmoil to Stanley in the short term that cannot be dealt with~

In this regard, Nylent showed his decisive courage~

"No need to worry about this~"

"Stanley has developed to this point, if we cannot make a decisive decision to change and clarify its future development direction."

"Then it will quickly become a second-rate investment bank on Wall Street, and even slowly fade out of Wall Street!"

These few words made several old partners unable to sit still. .

Nylent smiled and waved to them, asking them to calm down~

"We can make an analogy~"

"Suppose the former Stanley was an invincible heroic army galloping north and south on the battlefield of World War II~"

"Then Stanley now is like a group of wounded and disabled generals who proudly walked onto the battlefield in Vietnam under the banner of a heroic unit, but suffered repeated misfortunes and returned silently~"

"Don't worry, everyone~ The wounded and disabled generals I'm talking about include myself~"

"The glory and status that Stanley once achieved are now gone forever!"

"Perhaps in the face of this situation, everyone has long thought that Stanley needs to change~"

"That's why I took on the post of CEO and led Stanley through this simple first step of change!"

Nylent waved the first draft of the plan to everyone and continued: "Stanley's internal personnel management adjustments are just the first step for us to recuperate and quickly regain our strength!"

"In this first draft, you can open the last two pages and take a look."

"It details the work and business scope of several new departments and prepares for their future development."

Twenty minutes later.

Nylent stopped talking, leaving some time for everyone to think and discuss~

After half an hour.

Stanley's board of directors began voting and approved a series of internal personnel improvement plans proposed by Nylent.

Plans such as actively participating in risky project investments, expanding the scope of bond trading business, and establishing a customer service window department and a risk control management committee have been included in the recent work priorities.

When the meeting ended, everyone slowly walked out one after another.

In everyone's heart, a common voice sounded: Stanley's real era of change has arrived!

. . .

Inside the office.

Pine sat silently in his chair and thought for a long time. He reached out and picked up the phone and called Morgan Manor.

2 minute later.

Pine put down the phone. Old Morgan was out and not at home~

What is supposed to come will eventually come!

You can't hide even if you want to!

Pine comforted himself in his heart, tidied up briefly, and walked out of the office.

He came to the door of Nylent's office, hesitated, knocked on the door, and walked in.

Nylent, who was working, raised his head and saw Pine, smiled and waved: "Come, please sit down~"

Pine sat down silently and whispered: "Come to me, what do you want?"

When Nylent saw his face, his expression froze for a moment, then he smiled bitterly and said: "Lilith came to see me too~"

"So, I want to make some amends for this~"

"Oh?"

"I want David to come and be the chief advisor of Morgan Stanley's strategic advisory team. What do you think, Pine?"

Pine stared at Nylent for a few seconds and shook his head slightly: "He won't agree!"

"...I know! But this is the most sincere apology I can give now!"

"No, Nylent~ Sincerity does not depend on giving you a position, let him continue to give you ideas and continue to assist you in your work!"

"Is this...an apology?"

Nylent quickly raised his hands and explained: "Hey, Pine~ you should understand that I didn't mean that!"

Pine raised his eyebrows: "You should tell Lilith about this!"

"...You! Okay~"

Nylent said that he was defeated~

There is no shame in losing at the hands of a Morgan family woman. .

"Man, I was thinking about it most of the night last night. Is there anything you can do to fix it for me?"

After Nylent said these words, Pine finally became serious.

He looked at the bitter face opposite him and shook his head slowly: "I've warned you before!"

"You may think it's too late to remedy it now, but I don't think so!"

Pine's voice lowered slightly and said: "David Coleman ~ From the moment I met him, he has been extremely honest with us."

"I don't know how you view him~"

"In my opinion, David's honesty does not mean that he is a fool~!"

"On the contrary, Nellent!"

"How many amazing and talented people like David have you and I seen over the years?"

"Among these people we know, how many can appear in front of you and me decently now?"

With a slightly worried expression, Pine leaned forward, resting his arms on the table, and continued: "So far, the David Coleman I know and what he has done to the Sidrich family and to the old Malkin Judging from the performance of the family.”

"He is the kind of person who will give you two, three, or ten knives in return if you give him one meter of knives!"

"No matter what investment Giles and I made for him, he gave us corresponding generous returns!"

"Da companies, venture capital, media companies, insurance companies, etc., these returns are far more than the help we gave him, Nylent!"

"I know, you may be thinking, didn't David himself gain from these businesses?"

"Haha~ Then you must not know that every time I take some equity documents and ask him to sign, he signs his name very readily and without even looking~"

"Every time, there are no professional lawyers or other people around him to help him check~"

"The attitude he showed towards the documents I gave him was complete and unreserved trust!"

"Trust! Nyrent!"

"David really doesn't understand. Can we actually play some word games in these documents and let him get nothing?"

"Doesn't he know that we can drain him of all his use value and throw him away, and he will still be a pauper?"

Pine's voice contained a trace of suppressed anger and excitement in his inner emotions: "I've never fucking thought about it like you do!"

"You said you didn't sleep well most of last night?"

"And me?"

"fxxx!"

"I'm so fucking ready to sleep?"

"You resold the venture capital project that David handed over to me, and now you're asking me how to remedy it?"

"What's going on in your head? Are you pooping?"

"Do you still consider yourself a member of a gentlemen's club?"

"You **** still think Stanley is the Stanley from before?"

"If you didn't have those plans that David came up with, wouldn't you be able to do Stanley's job as CEO?"

"fxxxyou!"

Done.

Pine slapped the table, snorted heavily, turned around and walked away. .

This was his scolding. .But it was far more cruel than what Lilith did yesterday. .

Nyrente Ramon was sitting behind his desk, his face turning red and white, and he was silent for a long time. .