Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Early morning~

Male Hatton, Plaza Hotel.

Lobby seating area on the first floor.

Marat, Yuri, and Nobunari Kihara were sitting on the sofa discussing something in low voices.

Black Mike walked into the hall with a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. He happened to see the three of them, thought about it, and went over to say hello.

"Hi~ Good morning you guys!"

"Morning!" Yuri Orlov, who was most familiar with Black Mike, enthusiastically stepped forward and invited him to sit down and chat with him.

Black Mike smiled and waved his hand, explaining: "I still have to take Polly to work, maybe next time~"

"Ok!"

Black Mike, gone.

Marat looked at his retreating back, narrowed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.

After about half an hour.

Polly left the hotel in a car driven by Black Mike.

Marat felt that the time was just right, so he pulled Yuri and Kihara Nobunari towards the elevator.

On the fifth floor, in a suite.

David looked at the three Marat people with some surprise, invited them to come down to the living room, and asked.

"You...do you have any questions?"

"Yes!" Marat glanced at Kihara Nobunari and Yuri, and finally nodded to Yuri.

Yuri nodded understandingly, pondered for a few seconds, and explained.

"We went to Houston this time and not only met Davis Leahy and his friends, but we also met Mr. Cheroff."

"Oh?"

David thought for a moment in surprise and asked, "Did he take the initiative to find you?"

"Correct!"

"Hmm...what did you talk about?"

Yuri glanced at the two people around him, then caught a glimpse of a figure flashing behind the bedroom door not far away, and whispered.

"Mr. Cherov only talked to us about his experience in international trade."

"However, he mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that he purchased shares of Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch at that time in order to better maintain cooperation with the banks and ensure that his cash flow was sufficient."

When David heard this, he immediately understood the intention of old Cherov and the three of them to come again. He smiled and waved his hands, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled.

"At the time when old Cherov was engaged in international trade, there was no particularly complete financial payment system in the world, let alone personal safety in trade."

"But everything changed after World War II~"

"The fixed exchange rate and gold standard system under the Bretton Woods system have made the rice dollar a widely recognized trade settlement currency internationally."

“For traders, not only can it be relatively fixed and easy to calculate costs and benefits, but they can also use long-term trade contracts to lock in relationships between partners.”

"But~"

"This is the era of floating exchange rates!"

“Competition within the international commodity trading industry has gradually become fierce. They all want to use the floating exchange rates of various countries’ currencies, loopholes in financial supervision, loopholes in trade policies, etc. in the futures market, spot market, and foreign exchange market to conduct bulk commodity trading or profit speculation. . . ”

"In the past few years, Cargill's behind-the-scenes operations in the grain robbery are a good example~"

"Marx once wrote in "Das Kapital" that if there is 20% profit, capital will be ready to take action; if there is 50% profit, capital will choose to take desperate risks; if there is 100% profit, capital will dare to risk hanging. , if you have 300% profit capital, you dare to trample all laws in the world."

"As for the spot trade of e-liquid we are going to do, do you three have a full understanding of it?"

Marat, without looking at the expressions of Yuri and Kihara Nobunari, nodded to David with a serious expression and whispered.

"I have made it clear to my wife that we will go through the divorce procedures this afternoon, and the children also understand my choice to do so."

"Uh..." David smiled in surprise.

He shook his head at Marat and said: "If it is just for work, your wife and family will lose their sense of security and identity in the family, and their hearts will be filled with all kinds of resentment."

"I'd rather leave you in New York!"

"..." Marat was silent.

David looked at Yuri and Kihara Nobunari and continued.

"It seems I have never said it before, what is my greatest expectation for you?"

"No..." Yuri shook his head honestly.

"Hehe~"

David raised his left hand to the three of them: "First of all, it's smart!"

"Smart, most people will understand it as smart and witty."

"It does not describe or describe how high a person's IQ is, nor does it mean that a person has far-sighted wisdom."

"The word wisdom means the ability to quickly and correctly understand, judge, and invent and create food."

"When I talk about smart, I emphasize that you must keep yourself witty, sensitive, and strong in thinking at work, be good at analyzing complex problems, simplify them as much as possible, and handle them appropriately~"

"Secondly, it's hardwroking."

"Hard and woking, these two words are often used separately."

"If you connect them together, you may understand it as... the meaning of hard work, hard work, etc."

"And when I talk about hardwroking, I don't just want you to seize the opportunity and work hard. More importantly, you need to have a continuous upward ambition. You also need to know how to make compromises, know yourself clearly, and know how to make choices."

David saw that the faces of the three Marat people were more or less surprised, and they spread their hands and smiled.

“Take your last trip to an island country as an example~”

"If I choose a tougher, greedier way to solve the problems you have."

"Now the result may be completely opposite."

"For example: If we do not resell these crude oil spot during the transaction, but choose to cooperate with the military and the Yasuda family to hoard them and wait for the oil price to skyrocket."

"Then we are not middlemen, but speculators!"

"Just like Carnes Rothschild is doing~"

"Kanes holds a batch of crude oil spot, and relies on his family's reputation and strength in the European financial community to make repeated mortgage loans in European banks to increase the leverage of speculative funds."

"What about us? Isn't it possible?"

"Of course you can~"

David raised his hand and pointed out the window, shrugged and said: "As long as I can confirm that you have purchased spot crude oil from the Nakhodka Commercial Port, I can use it to find Chase Bank, Mellon Bank, Morgan Bank, Citibank and other internationally renowned banks. Bank, apply for a mortgage!”

"Then use this money to purchase spot crude oil from the Nakhodka Commercial Port, superimposing investment leverage in a disguised manner, maximizing the utilization rate of funds and directly maximizing the total return on investment~"

"but!"

“Why should we become a gambler when we can make money safely and with less risk?”

David put away the smile on his face, looked at the three of them seriously and said, "My mentor, Professor Bartley, told me that risk = desire!"

"Kanes, you can afford the gamble."

"What about me? Can I afford the gamble?"

"What about you? Do you really think that I am a gambler?"

"No~"

David didn't wait for their answer and shook his head directly.

"Even if I want to gamble, even if I am a greedy gambler whose desire dominates my reason,"

"I will not use Carnes's old-fashioned speculation method and put all the investment risks on myself!"

"caution!"

"Everything I'm going to say next is a hypothesis~"

"Suppose I want to be a gambler and I want to maximize my profits, but I am troubled by factors such as insufficient funds..."

"First of all, I will let you negotiate the payment method for the transaction with Nakhodka Commercial Port."

"For example: before we negotiate a deal and they ship the goods, I can pay a 20% down payment to show my sincerity."

"For the remaining 80% of the payment, I will look for a major international bank to cooperate."

"The bank will grant me a loan based on the total value of this crude oil spot to settle the payment."

"At the same time, the bank will also assume the responsibility of transporting and temporarily storing this batch of crude oil spot. Only after I find a buyer to complete the transaction and receive the full payment, will the bank deliver this batch of crude oil in my name~"

"The risk I have to bear in this transaction is only the 20% down payment, the bank's ultra-high interest rate + part of the transportation and storage fees."

“And what about my earnings?”

"My income can be increased five times compared to traditional trading methods."

"In other words, as long as Nakhodka Commercial Port recognizes me and my payment method, and fulfills our transaction contract as promised."

“I was able to complete five transactions within the time of one transaction before, using the huge loan cash flow provided by the bank!”

"You will also follow me and make more money than you can spend in your lifetime in this upcoming oil crisis~"

David raised his eyebrows and deliberately said in an "endless temptation" tone, "Is this what you want?"

"No!" Marat and Kihara Nobunari shook their heads almost simultaneously.

Yuri Orlov was slightly slower than the two of them by two seconds. He also shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"You have already guessed... Mr. Cherov's deliberate suggestion to us?"

"Absolutely~ I'm just lucky."

David tapped the leather of the sofa lightly with his fingers, turned to look out the window, and said as if talking to himself.

"When he offered to sell his shares in Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch, I had some idea of ​​what he was thinking."

"He wants to see if I can withstand the temptation and whether I will use my status as a bank shareholder to add speculative capital leverage. In this oil crisis... I will take a serious gamble!"

"But he forgot a very important point!"

"His desire to sell shares in Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch was certainly not a spur-of-the-moment decision."

"If he mentioned it on purpose again during our conversation...Old Mr. Wharton, please make the connection~"

"Ha ha.."

David grinned, laughed twice, turned to look at the three Marat people, quickly adjusted his mentality, and asked.

"How was your day yesterday?"

"On Valentine's Day every year, you didn't let your lover down, right?"

"Haha~" The three Marat glanced at each other and shook their heads with a smile.

David also stood up with a smile, waved his hands and said, "Your Valentine's Day is over, but mine is not over yet!"

"Perhaps in the future, you will become big people who can stand alone and want to leave me and choose to go out alone..."

"I hope we can still be as open and relaxed as we are today."

"..." Marat and the other three nodded silently.

"Okay~"

"I will say one last thing."

"Infinitely expanding desires = amazing returns + risks + risks + n times the risks."

"I don't want to see you being controlled by desire, and I don't want to see you make a choice that you will regret for the rest of your life~"

"Just like many people make fun of my timid character."

"But it's just... one of the external manifestations of my efforts to control my endless desires!"

"So, I don't want to explain anything to anyone, and I won't be angry because of their contempt or ridicule."

"As long as I ignore it and them, my life gets better and better and I get happier!"

"I hope you can be like this too... timid and cautious!"

"..OK!"

Marat paused for a few seconds in a very "sophisticated" manner. Seeing that neither Yuri nor Nobunari Kihara answered, he nodded in response.

David smiled and nodded to him, walked up to Yuri and Kihara Nobunari, tapped them both on the shoulders several times, and joked.

"I have said so much, but if you can't understand it for a while, then go back and think about it carefully."

"Get out of here and don't bother me anymore!"

"Uh... ok!"

. . .

The Marat and the three left, and David leaned against the window of the living room, looking at Central Park downstairs, somewhat lost in thought.

The bedroom door.

Susan opened the door and looked over, and found that the "guests" had left. She trotted to David's side, looked out the window curiously, and asked.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing~"

David gathered his emotions, hugged Susan, and whispered in her ear: "I thought of a good idea!"

"You run, I'll chase~"

"If I catch you, you let me...hehehehe!"

"Hahahaha~" Susan couldn't help laughing when she saw the proud and vulgar look on his face.

. . .

Outside the Plaza Hotel.

Yuri Orlov stood on the side of the street, looking back at the fifth floor of the hotel behind him, and after thinking for a while, he asked Marat in a low voice.

"I feel like...the boss just said everything and nothing..."

"Am I too stupid to understand what the boss is trying to say?"

"Haha~" Marat glanced at the silent Kihara Nobunari, smiled and shook his head.

"You're not stupid, nor are you stupid."

"You just have too little experience and your reaction is a little slow..."

"It's ok!"

"None of that matter."

"The important thing is that you remember these words. It's best to go back and write them all down. Think about it slowly and learn to think for yourself~"

"Because as long as you summarize the answer yourself, that's all he wants to tell you."

"Oh~" Yuri nodded with a question mark on his forehead and said nothing.

Marat walked to Kihara Nobunari and quietly looked at the streets with cars passing by.

But neither he nor Yuri saw that Kihara Nobunari's hands were all clenched into fists at some point, with veins popping out!

----

Manhattan.

At the intersection of No. 12 Avenue and 40 Street.

The company's small building.

In the office, Polly met two guests who surprised her, Zhang Maochang and his apprentice Zhang Wenbiao (Brother Biao).

Through Brother Biao's translation, Mr. Zhang Maochang explained the main purpose of his special visit and expressed his gratitude to Polly for taking the initiative to take care of Brother Biao and Cui Yingying many times.

After listening to this, Polly said a few polite words to the old man, then looked at Brother Biao and said, "If I understand correctly...does this Mr. Zhang want to sell his secret sauce recipe to our company? "

"Yes!"

"Oh..." Polly nodded with great interest and asked.

"Just now, all you said...are some secret sauce recipes?"

Brother Biao glanced at his master, asked him a few questions in a low voice, and smiled at Polly: "The secret sauce recipes my master wants to sell include four seafood dipping sauces, four secret sauces, and a secret barbecue sauce." Four kinds, four kinds of secret sauces, and one kind of secret braised pork soup.”

"There are seventeen types in total."

Polly glanced at Mr. Zhang Maochang in even more surprise, and asked tentatively: "Have these sauces ever appeared in your restaurant?"

“There are three kinds of seafood dipping sauces, which are exclusive dipping sauces for the restaurant’s main dish, eight-flavored lobster.”

"I haven't learned the rest..." Brother Biao seemed to have some small "resentment" as he shrugged at Polly and smiled.

"Okay!" Polly said directly and directly.

"I need to ask a few professionals to help evaluate it."

"If they are all great, I will buy them all at a price that makes you very satisfied!"

"Uh... Okay!" Brother Biao saw that Polly was so straightforward. After being stunned for two seconds, he translated these words to the master.

After listening, Mr. Zhang Maochang nodded with a smile, shook his head and said something.

Brother Biao did not immediately translate to Polly this time, but opened his mouth to try to persuade her. .

Mr. Zhang Maochang waved his hand to him, indicating that he didn't need to belabor any more and just translated directly. .

Brother Biao was silent for a few seconds and said to Polly: "My master, I am willing to hand over all these secret sauce recipes to Da Company for free."

"He just wants to let more people understand our history and food culture through these handed down secret sauce recipes and cooking techniques."

"free?"

Polly never believed that pie would fall from the sky. .

She looked at Mr. Zhang Maochang with some confusion for a while, seemed to slowly figure out something, and said with a smile.

"Okay~"

"I will use this money to help Cui Yingying fulfill her wish, and also help you solve some minor problems."

"Um...thank you!"

Brother Biao heard that Polly did not explain everything clearly and only gave a very vague answer. He nodded and told the master again.

Mr. Zhang Maochang didn't say anything more. After saying a few simple words of thanks, he stood up and left.

After seeing Zhang Maochang and his apprentice away, Polly returned to her desk and thought about it carefully, then picked up the phone and dialed.