Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Early morning~

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

David woke up from his sleep, got out of bed and walked into the bathroom in a daze.

Twenty minutes later.

David, who felt that he was "resurrected with full blood", walked into the restaurant in high spirits and saw Polly, Susan and Cui Yingying treating themselves as if they were nothing and completely ignoring others. .

"Huh?" David deliberately stood next to his seat, looked at the breakfast that was supposed to be laid out, and smiled.

"How do you know I'm going to start losing weight today?"

"...Haha~" Cui Yingying wiped her hands with her apron, turned around and "hid" in the kitchen while holding back her laughter.

Susan's face showed a look of watching the fun, "working hard". .

Polly picked up the milk cup while flipping through today's newspaper, and continued with a smile hidden in her voice.

"Are you going to lose weight too?"

"Uh-huh~" David sat in his old seat, turned his head and glanced at Cui Yingying who was doing some tricks at the door of the kitchen, smiled, put his mood in order, his expression slowly became more serious, and said.

"Promise is something that some people value very much and think that they should make a promise without any regrets."

"Some people think that promises are so worthless that they can be said casually with just a touch of lips~"

"No cost, no risk, just listen to it and never take it to heart."

"And it is precisely these people who feel that they must understand a truth~"

"The driving force that forces people to keep moving forward is not only the faint light of hope ahead, but also the abyss behind them in reality."

"People must rely on themselves, feel less sorry for themselves, and work harder to get the life they want."

"But~"

"The relationship between people is like knitting a sweater. When it is established, it is stitch by stitch, careful and long. When it is removed, it only takes a gentle pull~"

"Destruction is always faster than construction, and loss is always faster than gain."

David saw Polly put down the newspaper, biting her lip and trying to say something, and smiled and waved to her.

"The fall of last year, not long after Ruby and I became a couple, I met a middle-aged man in a bar who was suffering from marital trauma."

"He said ~ Marriage is... If there is no better choice, I will stay with you till eternity..."

"But not love!"

"He believes that although most people's love has a certain shelf life, if you can combine love and marriage and treat your lover or wife as a business partner, the results may be different~"

"From the bottom of their hearts, people long for love, attention, recognition, and understanding."

"But when two people fall in love for a while, the passion is gone..."

"What's left...perhaps is only family affection and lingering nostalgia..."

As David spoke, he carefully observed the changes in Polly and Susan's expressions. The smile on his lips disappeared, leaving only a little melancholy and self-deprecation.

"Perhaps, you will think that I am a wanton and greedy bastard..."

"But this is not my original intention..."

"If what I am going to say next, you will feel incomprehensible or ridiculous for a moment..."

"Please be patient and hear me out!"

He waved to Cui Yingying, asked her to sit back at the dining table, crossed her hands, straightened her chest, looked straight at the three of them calmly, and whispered.

"I have something to confess to you."

"This matter has been in my heart for a long time~"

"Now, I am no longer the one who deeply loves Ruby and regards her as the only goddess in my life..."

"My current name is David."

"But I'm not David Coleman."

"..." Polly, Susan, and Cui Yingying looked at each other inexplicably and said nothing.

After David deliberately paused for a few seconds, he shrugged to the three of them.

"When I say this, it may break your cognition, or it may make you think I'm crazy."

"But this is the biggest secret I keep in my heart!"

"I am David now."

"At the same time, I'm David Coleman."

"In our hearts... and on a soul level, we have become one."

"But there are still certain differences between us in terms of personality, experience, cognition, emotion, etc."

"for example:.."

David looked at Cui Yingying, squinted his eyes and smiled: "I like eating your food more than him, I like Eastern culture more, and I am more willing to accept you and everything about you."

"..." Cui Yingying's eyes widened, and she grabbed the apron with both hands. The words had already reached her lips, but she forcibly held back the words.

David nodded to her in thanks, looked at Susan again, and smiled.

"My brother..."

"Okay~ I know this title sounds a bit strange..."

"But now he is my biological brother who is fused with my soul and is inseparable!"

"My brother David Coleman, before he met his real first love girlfriend Ruby, he had always secretly liked you..."

"Your kindness, cheerfulness, willingness to help others, and strong and independent personality are all the types of girlfriends he longs for most."

"It's just that he is introverted and timid. He doesn't dare to express his feelings to you, let alone let you know that he was in his dream..."

"Um.."

"Okay~"

"He's protesting to me..."

"Haha~"

David looked at Susan as if she was looking at a fool, covered his mouth with his hand, turned to look at Polly, and laughed in a muffled voice.

"Do you remember what I said to you at the Four Seasons Hotel in London?"

"...Remember!" Polly nodded with a calm expression, trying to remain patient and listen.

David scratched his chin, put down his hand, and smiled.

"The words I once said to you contain both the voice of my brother David and my sincerity."

"Love is invisible and intangible."

"But you can definitely feel it, right?"

"You gave me my bravery!"

"Your bravery also reflects the suppressed love in my heart... right?"

"..." Polly bit her lip lightly, lowered her eyes, and remained silent.

David took a few deep breaths, glanced at Susan and Cui Yingying, and deliberately spoke in Italian.

"The trust fund I established for you can be entrusted to Pine and Giles to help manage it."

“With its continuous investment return support, we can live a life of a middle-class family with no worries about food and clothing for almost our entire life.”

"My company and the money I invested can also be entrusted to Sam Rogers and Odis Parker to help me take care of it."

"If you feel that I am already a bit unacceptable to you..."

"I immediately went to tell Zina and Elena that from now on we can only be ordinary friends."

"I am willing to give up all the wealth I have now, find a leisurely job that can support my family, and live a peaceful life with you and my children~"

"Of course~"

"If you still want to continue in the business world and build a business empire of your own..."

"I can also be the man behind you, making suggestions, arranging strategies, analyzing current affairs, making connections, and stabilizing the rear..."

"Only you like it, as long as you want it~"

"I'm willing to do it for you!"

"..." Polly looked at David with a very complicated expression. After a moment of silence, she asked.

"Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"It's very simple~" David continued to explain in English.

"Because the human heart is like a land that is both fertile and barren..."

"Some seeds can take root, sprout, bloom and bear fruit very smoothly at a certain period~"

"Some seeds cannot survive on this land and gradually wither until they disappear."

"I consider myself a person with an infinitely bright heart!"

“Perhaps it’s because of this that Miranla said that I have light~”

When David said this, he smiled to himself, leaned back in his chair, and glanced at the three people spreading their hands.

"It's fine now~"

"The biggest secret in my heart has been shared with you."

"I'll never have to..."

"Oh, right!"

"This is not a mental illness that has not been recognized by the medical community!"

"This is just a transformation of my own growth!"

"Correct!"

"I actually thought of the word transformation~"

"I'm such a genius!"

"Hahaha~"

"...Haha!" Polly grinned, not feeling funny at all. .

Susan breathed a sigh of relief, covered her forehead and murmured: "Why do I feel a little dizzy...?"

Cui Yingying is obviously the most accepting of David among the three. . People who make "self-justifying" remarks.

She walked up behind David with concern, rubbed the acupuncture points on his head with her hands, and explained in a low voice.

"I woke up late today, and the breakfast specially made for you in the kitchen is not ready yet..."

"so.."

"Wow~!"

"You mean...I have breakfast?"

"Of course!"

"Hahaha~"

"You told me earlier, I'm already hungry!" David happily grabbed Cui Yingying and asked Polly with a smile.

"Dearest Mrs. Coleman, may I have breakfast?"

"..." Polly turned her head to the side, leaving him with a big white eye.

"Hahaha~" David smiled and pulled Cui Yingying for a kiss and asked her to go to the kitchen quickly. .

He walked up behind Polly again, hugged her and kissed her several times. Susan saw that he was about to "pounce" towards her, and quickly raised her hands to stop him.

"I just touched it on my face... Ugh!"

David didn't want to hear these "excuses" and kissed her hard on the lips, then smiled.

"I'm going to discuss with Lilith today and ask her to arrange a work-study job for Miranla at the Plaza Hotel."

"Huh?" Susan asked with a hint of joy in her surprised expression.

"What did you talk about last night?"

"It's nothing~"

David scratched her nose with his hand, patted Polly's shoulder twice more, returned to his seat and sat down, smiling.

"I feel that the main reason is that Madonna is a little impatient and wants to take away from Milan..."

"Forget it, none of this matters."

"Milanla, she is indeed a good girl."

"She likes me. Her position has never been hidden and has never changed."

"But I already have you, it's enough!"

"I don't want to and can't continue to let her have illusions..."

"Haha~" Polly laughed dryly, interrupted David, and continued.

"Then you will arrange for her to work in Lilith's hotel?"

"Forehead.."

David tilted his head and rubbed his chin, thought for a while and said, "Let her work in a hotel so that she can get in touch with more and better young people~"

"Isn't this bad?"

"I'm not the best man in the world. She should forget about me soon!"

Polly rolled her eyes again, unable to hold back the "complaining energy" that was about to explode in her heart, and said loudly.

"enough!"

"you.."

"what?"

"Are you angry?"

"You look so beautiful now..." David looked at Polly who was about to "go crazy" with his mouth wide open, and murmured with a blurred look.

"Pfft~" Cui Yingying was in the kitchen and couldn't help but laughed.

"Hahaha~" Susan covered her face with her hands, but her laughter spread throughout the house. .

Polly was also troubled by David, this super shameless "shameless bastard". She tapped his forehead with her fingers several times and smiled helplessly. .

"Hey~ This is right!"

David rubbed his forehead with his hand, winked at Susan, took his breakfast from Cui Yingying, and smiled.

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet~ Madonna actually has the potential to become a pop superstar!”

"...Superstar? Super?" Susan said in a very cooperative manner.

David nodded with a serious expression and explained.

"Look~"

"Madonna has been rebellious since she was a child, but she was able to endure her temper and practice ballet hard..."

"She never received true love from her family, but she was brave enough to come to New York alone."

"She has never learned to sing, and she has never known all the unsavory inside stories of the music industry and the entertainment industry, but she has always maintained the confidence that I will become a big star."

"In order to get more opportunities for herself, she confided in me many times..."

"Um.."

"Why do you think this is?" David swallowed back half of his words very promptly, but he didn't say what he meant, and the three women knew it clearly in their hearts.

A sneer appeared on Polly's lips, she stared at David sideways and asked, "Are you telling us that she wants to be a big star so strongly that she is even willing to become one of your lovers?"

"No, no, no!"

"you misunderstood."

David stuffed a piece of apple into his mouth, shook his head and said, "Perhaps Madonna is still unable to do something that breaks the moral bottom line..."

"But~"

"She doesn't love vanity, she doesn't covet fame and wealth, and she doesn't want to become a big star!"

"Fame and fortune will continue to affect her understanding of herself."

"The so-called moral bottom line will gradually become dispensable as time and status change."

"Like..."

David said this, blinked and thought for a while, and finally decided to speak out.

"Like Michelle Pfeiffer!"

"When she first participated in the beauty pageant, she must have had a certain degree of confidence in her appearance. At the same time, she also had an increasingly urgent desire to pursue fame and fortune."

"That's why, under the arrangement of her agent, she knew she might lose something because of it... She still gritted her teeth and entered Kanes' room, hoping to gain his support."

"Canes?" repeated Polly in surprise and ignorance.

"Yes~"

David shrugged to Susan and Cui Yingying and smiled.

"However, she may not be Karnes's type..."

"That bastard Karnes just shut her out and went back to the bedroom to sleep~"

"Tell me, what was her mood like at that time?"

"Um..." The three women looked at each other with different expressions and were speechless.

David picked up the milk cup, took a sip and smiled.

"Since I've said so much, I might as well say it all~"

"Pamela Randy, the CIA agent we met in Honolulu, went to Houston to see me a few days ago."

"Her purpose is actually very simple."

"I once entrusted her with helping me to use my position to continue investigating cases of human trafficking and keeping young girls in captivity."

"After she returned to New York, she worked very hard and found many very useful clues."

"But she couldn't get investigation funds from her boss for this case..."

"So, I gave her a patent document for a magnetic thermos cup and asked her to create a company to get investment to continue supporting her investigation."

David looked at Polly and asked curiously: "I never told her about our venture capital company."

"Has she been looking for you lately?"

"No.."

Polly's curiosity was aroused and she asked: "What is that magnetic thermos cup?"

"Did you make it? Why did you give it away?"

“Will it make money?”

"Forehead.."

David couldn't help laughing when faced with Polly's questioning.

"Magnetic cup..."

"You can definitely make money by making money."

"Because from a physical and biological perspective, it does have some health-care effects."

"But its biggest role is to subtly urge people from a health perspective that drinking more water is good for the body."

"Human beings cannot live without water."

“If you don’t replenish enough water every day, your body will naturally develop problems.”

"So the advertisements for the magnetic cups that are about to hit the market will definitely say that they are selling health products."

"But people with a discerning eye will quickly discover that what we sell is not just a cup that can magnetize water, but a business idea!"

"idea?"

"That's right!"

David stopped joking and explained for Polly.

"You may be suspicious and ask, why don't we make magnetized cups ourselves?"

"The reason is very simple~"

"Because I also have a series of new product business plans. I need to see the public's reaction and feedback after the magnetized cup actually enters the market, so that I can gradually adjust it to the best state and slowly expand it!"

"It's like... strategic brand positioning."

“As for what strategic brand positioning means, we can look to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.”

"The strategic positioning of a brand is a process from the outside to the inside, from the outside to the inside."

“It can be said that once the strategic positioning of a brand is determined, the specific connotation and basic appearance of a brand, that is, the basic framework of the brand, will also be determined, and the brand will be systematically consistent from the outside to the inside, from the inside out, and market behavior. sex."

"Strategic brand positioning includes three levels~"

“Market positioning – the position in the minds of consumers that differentiates them from competitors.”

"Value positioning - the value connotation that consumers recognize as different from competitor brands,"

“Cultural positioning—the cultural personality of a brand that is accepted by consumers as different from competitors, including brand image, characteristics, etc.”

“The main determinants of strategic brand positioning include target markets, competitive brands, corporate culture and product attributes.”

"Let's take two Coke companies as examples."

"For example, Coca-Cola's brand positioning and target market are..."

While eating breakfast, David "populated science" to Polly, who was very interested, about the importance of brand building and positioning, etc. .

He used another set of his business plans and some mature business concepts summarized by people in later generations to slowly make Polly fall into the "trap." .

Susan and Cui Yingying, who were not interested in these, couldn't help but smile and "eat melon" silently. .

Susan raised her neck and drained the milk from the cup. She tilted her head and looked at David, who was almost "vomiting tears from his mouth." A strange emotion suddenly appeared in her heart.

The kind, introverted younger brother?

A cheerful, talkative brother?

Combines?

Did it become David + David Coleman?

Emm. .

No matter how you think about it, this feels weird. .