Manhattan Reborn 1978

Los Angeles.

David and Lilith were sitting in the car, sharing with each other about today's short shopping experience. .

Just now.

Before the two of them got in the car, Roland Perkins actually had Xiao Jiujiu in mind and wanted to come back with him.

But he gave up after seeing Lilith's sharp eyes. .

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Bloomer's mansion.

When David and Lilith got out of the car and walked into the big house, they saw the housekeeper standing upright at the stairs, as if waiting for something.

"Are you here...?" David asked the housekeeper curiously.

"Old Mr. Wharton just went upstairs, I'll wait for him here!"

"Oh? We didn't make an appointment..."

The housekeeper shook his head and said: "I heard that I have something to do temporarily and I need to go to the airport later~"

"Oh.."

David glanced at Lilith who was also surprised. He looked back at the shopping bags that the big man Zach and the bodyguard had just brought in. He felt that the money seemed to have been wasted. .

at this time.

There was a sound of footsteps on the second floor.

Old Wharton walked downstairs as if he had just taken a shower and changed his clothes.

"David, Lilith, are you back? Haha~ Come, we still have some time, go to the living room to chat~!"

"ok~"

The housekeeper led the three of them into the living room and arranged for the servants to serve coffee to the three of them.

Seeing that everything was arranged, the housekeeper nodded slightly to the three of them, left the living room, and closed the door.

Old Wharton and Lilith had not seen each other for several years. After sitting down, they chatted for a while.

Lilith briefly talked about her current situation with Laura.

Old Wharton smiled and asked a few questions, then turned to look at David.

"Unfortunately, something unexpected happened today. I have to fly to Tokyo later~"

"David, this time you came to California, we never had a good time to have a good chat."

"When I come back this time, how about you come to Houston during Thanksgiving?"

"Old Morgan and I will be waiting for you there then!"

"Okay, I'm fine~"

"Um.."

Old Wharton's eyes wandered around David and David, and the smile at the corner of his mouth caused the wrinkles on his face and eyes.

"I heard that you two are planning to hold an engagement ceremony at Christmas?"

Lilith nervously held David's arm with her hand and replied.

"Yes~"

David patted Lilith's little hand with his hand and said with a smile: "This is the decision for the time being~ We haven't discussed the specific details yet~"

"Haha~ According to my wishes, let's hold a simple engagement ceremony. Those people from the Morgan family, if you can, don't invite them~"

"Um... Old Mr. Morgan still needs to make the arrangements in this regard~"

"Hey~ I can help him and tell him, what do you mean? What do you think?"

David and Lilith didn't understand why Old Wharton would talk about this matter at this time. .

The two looked at each other and nodded slightly.

Lilith smiled with gratitude in her eyes: "Okay, we have no problem~Thank you!"

Old Wharton crossed his legs, leaned back, relaxed, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I have some knowledge of some of the things you did when you were in New York~"

"So I've always been curious about you~ Where do all the ideas in your head come from?"

David shook his head and smiled: "I was just lucky enough to come into contact with some information and put them..."

Old Wharton suddenly raised his wrist, glanced at his watch, and asked, "Is this what you told old Morgan?"

"I didn't marry one of my daughters to you, so you're just perfunctory with me like this?"

David burst into laughter. .

He glanced at Lilith who was nervous but didn't speak, leaned back, hugged her shoulders forcefully, and said relaxedly.

"Okay~ How can I help you?"

Old Wharton nodded with satisfaction and said after a while: "My time is limited, so I won't make any detours."

"You also attended the meeting in San Francisco. What do you think?"

David's mind was racing again.

He held Lilith's little hand in his hand, played with her fingers, and said: "This time the development potential and status of the computer industry are really taken seriously by people."

"In the past few years, Texas Instruments, Fairchild, IBM, plus now Intel, Apple, etc."

"The products of these companies will enter various industries in the next few years and play an amazing role in some fields."

"However, people seem to have selectively ignored another very important branch industry, computer software!"

"As the times progress, the speed of research and development and update of computer hardware will become faster and faster, and the technological content will become higher and higher."

"But the software industry, which corresponds to hardware, is still in the seed stage, and some green shoots have just emerged!"

David raised his head slightly, looked directly at the pensive old Wharton, and continued: "Your family is rooted in California, and Silicon Valley has gathered the largest number of computer industry-related companies in the country."

"From this point of view, it is very beneficial to you!"

"I think that in your plan, all companies related to the computer industry should be put on the list of key points to focus on and invest in!"

Old Wharton nodded slightly and waved his hand, signaling David to continue.

"Also, I have some questions about this meeting in San Francisco that I still haven't figured out yet~ I want you to help me answer my questions!"

"Just say it~"

"Swift! Why don't you and Mr. Morgan Sr. get more involved? Why did Chase Manhattan refuse to join in the first place...?"

"This conference obviously deviated from Swift. Many people who spoke on stage pointed their fingers in different directions of their choice!"

"Are they all arranged? Are they here with some purpose? Are these all planned?"

Old Wharton smiled in surprise and said, "Who said we don't want to get involved?"

"Chase and the others... David is a person with his own ideas. I don't know what is going on in his head."

"However, Swift is an innovation and the fastest and cheapest way to transmit information between banks~"

"But... its real role is not as crucial to the international banking industry as you know~"

"As for the people you mentioned who came up to speak..."

"Most of your guesses are correct~"

"They indeed came to the meeting with their own present, and came to power for plans related to their interests."

David asked: "People from the IMF and the World Bank came to the stage to speak, and they all mentioned the interest rate issue. Are they sending any signal?"

"Washington is going to come up with relevant policies in response to the continuous depreciation of the dollar and the turbulent international monetary situation?"

"That's right~"

Old Wharton picked up the coffee, took a sip, and continued: "The Federal Reserve is preparing to increase the discount rate, at least by one percentage point."

"Washington is accelerating discussions on the dollar rescue policy. The initial plan is to borrow money from foreign central banks, the Monetary Fund (IMF), and domestic capital markets~"

"In the most recent meeting, the amount they negotiated was around $300 billion."

"Hi~I...get it!"

"That's why... people from Barings Bank in London and the European Community came all the way here and went on stage to give a speech that was incomprehensible?"

"Inexplicable? Hahaha~"

"They are all very smart, how could they talk nonsense?"

"The United States is experiencing stagflation, and European countries are not running away either!"

"Take the example of the person who came to power in the European Community. The solution he gave is that the government should strengthen the control of monetary policy, further relax restrictions on enterprises, and reduce the state's restrictions on enterprises and companies in terms of development and operation. Intervention.”

"We will also reduce unnecessary domestic government expenditures, speed up the reform of tax rates, reduce the operating burden on enterprises, etc."

"Their purpose is very simple. They hope that the United States can speed up the rate of interest rate increases, withdraw a large number of rice dollars that have been flooded and devalued in the international currency market, control the rice dollar interest rates, stabilize commodity prices in the international market, etc."

"These are very similar in many aspects to what you told old Morgan!"

"Um...I just..."

"Okay~ No need to say anything!"

Old Wharton looked at David with deep eyes and said solemnly: "Whether you admit it or not, you guessed it right again, right?"

Emm. .

David's heartbeat accelerated again, and sweat began to form on Lilith's little hands that he was playing with. .

"I'm just lucky~"

"I have no problem~ You... If you have any questions, you can ask directly!"

Old Wharton stared at David for a while, and suddenly felt that his son Bloomer was compared with David. .

Why don't you look like your peers?

Bloomer is a talented student who graduated from Harvard Business School!

. . .

He looked down at his watch again, stood up, stretched out his right hand to David who also stood up, shook his head and sighed: "You have your own thoughts and concerns, I understand."

"You may be in New York for a long time from now on."

"If you encounter any problem that you can't solve, call me~!"

"Okay, thank you! I will~"

Old Wharton smiled and nodded to Lilith, preparing to leave to catch the plane. .

David stood there, watching him stride out of the living room with Lilith, and the tension in his heart just now was relieved. .

Lilith turned back and looked at David, who was frowning and thinking, with a complicated expression. She bit her lip and remained quiet without speaking. .

Old Wharton!

David felt that when facing him, the heart-racing oppression emanating from him was far more powerful than old Morgan.

He lowered his head slightly and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind. He gritted his teeth and apologized to Lilith: "I think... I'm going to see off Uncle Wharton. You wait for me to come back and have dinner together, okay?" "

"Good~"

At this time, Lilith was as powerful as her girlfriend. .Gentle~

It was impossible to tell that just now she had stared away at Roland Perkins with that sharp look. .

David bared his teeth, hugged Lilith fiercely into his arms, bit her earlobe with his teeth, and whispered.

"Your gentle look is so beautiful~hahaha~"

After saying that, he trotted after Old Wharton~

This feeling of flirting and running away. .very nice!

Lilith covered her ears with her hands, stamped her feet with a blushing face, but there was a strange emotion in her heart that she had never felt before. .

Her feet couldn't help but follow David, and she trotted out of the living room.

door of the house.

Old Wharton's car had just started.

David caught up with the car in three steps and patted the door: "Wait a minute, I want to go to the airport too!"

"Squeak~"

The car braked suddenly.

The rear window was lowered, and Old Wharton asked with a playful smile: "Come up?"

"Ok!"

"Haha~ Come on!"

David quickly opened the car door and watched as Old Wharton made room for him and ducked into the car.

"Let's drive~!"

. . .

door of the house.

The housekeeper and Lilith, who had their hands on their chests, watched David enter the car and watched the motorcade drive out of the courtyard gate.

After a while.

Lilith came back to her senses, turned to the housekeeper and whispered softly: "I'm sorry~ I... may have to disturb you here for a few more days!"

"You are so kind. It is my honor to serve you!"

"Thank you!"

"Can you help arrange dinner? I want to wait for David to come back and eat together..."

"Okay~ Don't worry, you will be satisfied!"

"Thank you ~ You are so kind!"

The butler's smile froze. .

Then his smile became more natural and he said: "The last time I heard a similar compliment was many years ago... Haha~"

"Oh? Then I should come more often, right?"

"Yes ~ you are always welcome here!"

"Hahaha~ I will, I will!"

Lilith bowed slightly to the housekeeper, her movements and posture were all ladylike. .

The housekeeper bowed slightly and watched Lilith running up the stairs with brisk steps. He couldn't help but shake his head slightly. .

"Young ~ so good!"

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Los Angeles.

A small convoy of several cars was on its way to the international airport.

David looked out the window at the street scene and smog. .Start by asking: "Did you just say you were going to Tokyo?"

"Correct!"

"Is it related to... Sumitomo Bank?"

Old Wharton raised the corner of his mouth to the right and nodded: "It has something to do with it~"

"Part of it? It seems...the rapid development of island countries in recent years has given them a lot of confidence?"

"Yeah~ It's difficult for a rich man to be a man without money!"

(Um.. This sentence seems to be a bit dramatic when used here. Please don’t go into details ~ it’s just for entertainment!)

"These island people have bulging wallets and much straighter waists, haha~!"

Old Wharton remembered the joke David mentioned at the cocktail party and laughed.

David thought for a while and said relaxedly: "Let me tell you an interesting story~"

"..Okay~!"

"There is a person named a."

"A and his partners have done a lot of business, covering many industries~"

"When they found that the domestic market could no longer satisfy their business empire expansion plans, they looked to the other side of the Pacific to find their next investment target."

"After that, A and his partners came up with many advanced scientific production technologies, invested in and established a large number of factories and companies there, brought countless jobs and employment opportunities to the local area, and indirectly drove the rapid economic development of the entire country. Restoration and development~”

"However, A gradually discovered that some local families, organizations, and groups that were supposed to be broken up and killed have quietly reunited again."

"These people..."

Old Wharton listened to David's story with great interest. .

To the a and place mentioned in his story. .He raised his eyebrows with a smile and continued listening. .

"As time goes by, these families and groups formed by local people slowly become wealthy again through the help and investment of A and their partners."

"The rebellious thoughts that these people have always hidden in their hearts have come to the fore..."

"They want to stand up straight~"

"They want to stand up straight and make money from a~"

"They want to stand up straight, no longer grovel in front of a, and can speak with their heads held high~"

"They want to go to the center of the world stage, stand further in front of a, and confidently make their own voice heard to everyone!"

"But they know they need to continue to wait and continue to be patient!"

"They need the right time, they need a reasonable excuse, they need to be stronger, and they need their wallets to be bigger!"

"They know in their hearts that as they continue to grow stronger and a continues to weaken, this opportunity will definitely come~"

"So, they have already made excuses for themselves~!"

"But, in my opinion, they are a little too inflated and too blindly confident about their own strength!"

"I don't know that they are selectively blind and turn a blind eye to the many problems they have exposed during their rapid development~"

“I’m still too sure of some of my trump cards~”

"I think A's overall strength, control, and influence have dropped significantly, and are far less than before~ I can completely surpass the opponent!"

David looked at the front windshield of the car, narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled.

"They got some of the most critical issues wrong!"

"A's own strength is constantly declining, and it has never been the key to being surpassed!"

"A's wallet is deflated, but his fists are still strong and his bullet inventory is still sufficient!"

"A was once powerful, and the important position it brought to the world cannot be shaken in a short period of time!"

"They want to rely on their bulging wallets to smash a... It's just a delusion that appears in fairy tales~"

"If they really do this, it will only bring them disaster!"

"A will see another side of them that has been hidden before~"

"A will do everything possible to kill this competitor who has been cultivated and fattened by himself and dares to bark at A's dog!"

"By then, the barking of dogs will be gone and the world will be peaceful~"

"A will absorb a lot of nutrients from them, strengthen itself again, and return itself to the center of the stage."

. . .

David, who was sitting next to Old Wharton, spread his hands and said with a smile: "The story is over, what do you think?"

"...Howling?"

"That's right~ Barking!"

"Hahahaha~Interesting! Nice story~haha~"

a and his partner, as well. .them?

Why did Old Wharton decide to go to Tokyo on the spur of the moment this time?

The hidden side?

Stand up straight?

hehe~

Old Wharton really feels now that David’s story is interesting and the person is even more interesting!

"You just said that A will do whatever it takes? Tell me~ there are any ways!"

hey~

Old Wharton, this examiner has set a question!

David put away his relaxed attitude, suppressed his smile, thought about it seriously, and then said.

"Tax increase!"

"Stop authorizing!"

"Require it to open up the entire industry market!"

"Add restrictions to the development of its industry!"

"Stop the speed of its high-tech development!"

"Let its currency appreciate for a long time and weaken the market competitiveness of the goods it produces!"

"Finally... make long-term preparations, spend a lot of money, attract international hot money, and go long on the stock market and real estate together to create bubbles that cannot subside in the short term!"

After David said these words seriously, as if he had drained the last strength from his body, he collapsed on the back seat and stared out the window in a daze. .

He didn't know whether his words would have any hellish butterfly effect on the future development of the world. .

Old Wharton, who was sitting next to him, listened silently and felt the veins on his forehead jumping around. .

The first few items. .

Put on the shackles and tighten the leash. .

Old Wharton can still understand and understand~

But the last thing David said made him take a breath. .

Being pragmatic and forgetting reality?

This is to be. .Take the fire out of the cauldron!

. . .

As a successful big capitalist, Old Wharton knows very well that the nature of capital is to pursue profits!

Wherever you can make more money, capital and hot money will turn their attention~

So, here comes the question~

Can they withstand the temptation?

The answer is simple, no!

Greed is human nature!

Basically, no one can use their own willpower to control their greedy nature!

. . .

In this silence between the two of them, the motorcade drove into Los Angeles International Airport.

Old Wharton took a picture of David who was in a daze.

The two got out of the car.

Old Wharton glanced at the private jet that had been prepared, pulled David aside and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Don't mention what you said today to anyone again!"

"If you encounter any problems, you can come to me and I will handle it!"

"For Thanksgiving, come to Houston with your family! The winter here is very suitable for the elderly to cultivate and live!"

David was happy. .

He looked at Old Wharton's serious expression and said with a smile: "I need to ask my family. If they agree, we will go together!"

"Hahaha~ OK! Go back~ Lilith is still waiting for you, right?"

"Okay~ Goodbye, old Uncle Wharton~"

David looked at Old Wharton standing at the entrance of the airport, turned back and waved to him.

He took a deep breath and threw all his worries and troubles into the private jet in front of him.

Prepare to give them as gifts to those on the other side of the ocean. .them!

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Florida.

To the west of Miami, near the Everglades National Park, is an old and abandoned residential area.

Cohen, Jackal and several others, wearing hoods and exposing their mouths and eyes, walked out of an old house.

The jackal raised his head, feeling the fine raindrops blowing in the wind and hitting his face, and whispered.

"Huh~ The smell outside... is so wonderful!"

"Tsk~ Do you still know the consequences of those moves you made?"

"Haha~ If you hadn't urged him to hurry up, I would have let him try a few more new tricks!"

Cohen took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Jackal. After lighting it, he blew out the smoke and said, "Let our people clean it up~ Tomorrow, we will go back to New York!"

"Good~!!!"

"I fucking want to go back a long time ago!"

. . .

In the old house the two of them walked out of just now.

A middle-aged Hispanic man had his hands tied to a pillar behind his back and spitting blood from his mouth. .

The Colombian drug lord, Chepe Santacruz Londono, suddenly!