Manhattan Reborn 1978

For David, a new day starts with a headache, a thirsty hangover.

I've been drunk and drunk for the past few days, and even my iron-clad body can't bear it!

He stood up, sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his sore temples, thinking that he couldn't drink like this anymore!

After sitting for a while, I felt that the headache was relieved a little.

David walked around the apartment, but Susan was not there. He glanced at his watch and saw that it was already past 10 o'clock. .

He walked into the bathroom and took a shower, then changed his clothes and prepared to solve the problem of eating first.

Come downstairs to Black Mike's apartment.

When David walked in, Lavis and Giovanni were whispering and talking slyly.

"Do you want to eat? I'm so hungry~"

Lavis looked at David and said with a smile: "Your snoring last night was really world-class! Haha~"

The third brother Giovanni followed Silly beside Lavis.

David scratched his head and thought for a while: "Did I snore last night? Well, maybe it's because I've been drunk the past two days and I'm too tired."

Lavis smiled and gave David a thumbs up.

David rolled his eyes and said, "Have you seen Susan? Why did she go out so early?"

"She said she received a call from the Wildfire Bar. The decoration there is basically complete. Old Rhett asked Susan to take a look and discuss some details."

"Oh? It's all over so soon? Then let's go eat first and then go take a look!"

"Okay!" The second brother and the third brother stood up, picked up their coats, and started to walk out with David.

David glanced at the closed bedroom door: "Black Mike is still sleeping?"

Lavis curled his lips: "He said, you should be fine if you sleep for a while~"

"Then... well, let's leave him a note and leave first."

"Okay, let's go down first. Giovanni can just write. Mike Bai is still downstairs."

"He's downstairs? What is he doing?"

David was pulled out of the apartment building by Ravis for some reason.

He raised his head and glanced at the sky. It was still cloudy and it looked like it might rain at any time.

Far down the street.

Mike Bai was chatting with Karu beside a car.

Lavis shouted to him: "Let's go eat!"

Mike Bai glanced at the two Davids who were walking out of the apartment, nodded to Carew, then wandered behind the two Davids and walked towards the Marseille restaurant.

When he arrived at the restaurant, David ordered himself a breakfast, then took a glass of juice from the waiter and drank it.

After Mike Bai walked in, he sat opposite David and pointed in the direction where he was standing just now.

"The person I was chatting with just now is called Karu. He was sent by Xinni last night."

"Xinni? What did he send people to do?"

Mike Bai leaned back, signaled to Marseille, asked for a cup of coffee, and then crossed his legs.

"Yesterday, Matthews and Ludy held a meeting for people on the west side of the street. They will go to Allston today to register and receive their auxiliary police badges. Matthews also said..."

Mike Bai told David the general situation of the meeting Ludy held yesterday.

David thanked the plate handed to him by Marseille and thought for a moment: "Are you saying that Alston will work in the new office across from Wildfire in the future, and that it will also be a place for people working on the streets?"

"But these things are different from what Xinni sent..."

"Caroo."

"Yes, does it matter if you send this guy named Karu?"

Mike Bai smiled deeply and said: "Karu said that Sinni wants to leave a way for himself to escape with you."

"The way out?" David paused while holding the tableware, and asked a little confused.

"How can I give him a way out? What is he thinking?"

"Could it be that... he wants to clear his name and leave the gang?"

"Or, he wants to invest more money in our company and get some shares?"

Mike Bai spread his hands: "How do I know what is thinking in Xinni's mind?"

"Just now, I was asking Karu why he told all this!"

"Yeah, why?"

"He said that since Xinni sent him here with integrity, he didn't want us to doubt what he did and cause us to misunderstand."

"Xinni sent him here to express his goodwill. He had absolutely no other thoughts."

"Is this what Karu said?"

"Ok!"

David chewed a piece of sausage in his mouth, thinking that Xinni and this Karu were really interesting.

Maybe their current show of kindness is to prepare for some bad things that may happen in the future.

Is there a way out~?

David smiled and said to Mike Bai: "I never thought that I could become an investment valued by Xinni."

Mike Bai drank the coffee in his hand, squinted his eyes, and did not answer.

When he saw David finishing breakfast, he put down his coffee and said, "Have you finished eating? Shall we go find Susan now?"

"ok~"

After David and the others got up and asked Marseille to pay the bill, they were about to walk out.

Before going out, David remembered something, turned around and walked to the bar, looking around for the jar for Ashley. .

No more~? !

He scratched his head, held some rice knives in his hand, looked at the busy Marseille, and asked: "Man, did you put that jar away?"

Marseille looked back, shook his head and said, "It wasn't me, Vince took it away. It turned out he was the one who put it here."

"Vince? Okay, thanks man!"

David muttered something, put the rice knife back into his pocket, and went out.

The wildfire was not far from the apartment, and several people walked there.

Karu and two of his men followed from a distance.

After a while.

David stood in front of Wildfire and saw a storefront with a small sign not far across the street, Allston Office.

He pointed to the small sign and said to several people: "Alston just put up the sign like this?"

Mike Bai also felt a little funny and shrugged: "Otherwise? Should he hold a grand opening ceremony?"

"Uh... No, I'm talking about him..."

Lavis scratched his chin and continued: "It just so happens that our Wildfire Bar is about to open. Then we can ask him to buy us a drink!"

David raised his leg and gave Ravis a kick: "After we finish watching the bar, let's go to Auston's place to have a look."

"Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say~!"

"fxxx! You bastard~"

"Haha~"

Giovanni was on the side, looking at Lavis and David laughing with some envy.

In the Wildfire Bar.

As soon as David walked in, he saw a rectangular bar more than ten meters across. There was a small stage on the left, and a row of booths against the wall on the right. There were also some hanging and stickers on the surrounding walls. Ornaments, pictures. .

Overall, the decoration style of the bar is somewhat like a new country style, which is quite good!

In front of the bar, Red, Susan, Harvey, Tangtang, and two middle-aged men whom David didn't know were sitting together, looking at the table. .drawing?

Several people heard the movement at the door and saw David and others walking in.

Old Rhett smiled and waved to David: "Good morning, boss~!"

David touched his nose in embarrassment: "Okay, I got up a little late and kept you waiting~!"

"Haha~"

Several people smiled and called David over. Harvey and Tangtang gave David a hug and introduced the two strange middle-aged people.

"These two are the sets, art and props our company hired from Hollywood. They have been working with us over the past two days to design and arrange the bar for the filming location of our TV series."

As he spoke, Harvey pointed to the decorations on the walls and some arrangements in the bar.

“David, you see, we chose white as the background color for the surrounding walls and ceiling, so that the light can be reflected from all directions when shooting, making the light in the entire bar brighter during shooting. "

"And the design of this bar, too..."

Harvey pulled David around the bar without stopping, and the two crew members followed them, adding a few words from time to time.

At the door of the bar, Black Mike and the others smiled and waved hello to everyone, and then each found a place to sit down.

Mike Bai turned around and went out, beckoning to Karu and asking them to come in and sit for a while.

Red walked to Black Mike and glanced at Carew who came in: "Are they... the new ones?"

Black Mike raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Probably, that's right~!"

"What should it be?"

Black Mike spread his hands: "Well... you can think of them as temporarily following David... Well... that's it!"

Red glanced at Black Mike, sized up Carew, walked up to him, shook hands with him, introduced himself and chatted for a few words.

Seeing David who came back to sit down after circling around, he and Carew nodded, walked over to Harvey and sat down.

Harvey and Tangtang took out the script they brought, compared the shooting plan, and discussed it with David.

David read the Hollywood script written by the two actors. The overall feeling is that it is still the old Hollywood hard comedy style. After reading it, the audience may feel that it is still the same and there is nothing new.

David looked at the script and recalled the fragments of memory in his mind.

"Harvey, look, in terms of scripts, can we try to write some unit dramas?"

"We can return the timeline to a few years ago in chronological order, and adapt some scenes based on real stories and events to form a unit. In the middle, we can also add how we ordinary people view these things and the opinions of some viewers. idea."

"This way, the audience will feel that I was thinking the same thing when these things happened, and they can resonate with me!"

"The whole drama will set up several relatively fixed characters as protagonists in the bar. According to each person's situation, let them participate and intervene in some events and become one of the parties."

"When we are filming, we will use the bar as the place where most of the plot takes place, and rely on the verbal and emotional interactions between the protagonist and the drinkers who come to the bar to promote the development of the plot."

David said, seeing the confused expressions on Harvey and Tangtang's faces.

I feel like what I am saying here, and explaining it again, it is better to find a suitable person to act it out, so that it can be easier for Harvey and Tangtang to understand and more intuitive.

He thought for a while, then turned to Mike and waved him to help: "Do you remember the time you caught a kid who lost money gambling and taught him a lesson?"

Mike Bai winked and scratched his chin, thinking for a long time: "There are too many people, which one are you talking about?"

"I.."

"I mean... forget it..."

David waved to him in frustration and turned to look at Black Mike, Lavis and Giovanni.

Um. .

Let a few of them act, why not let them go out to find someone to have a gun battle. .

He looked at Karu, who was sitting at the door, smoking and drinking coffee, and yawning incessantly.

David looked at Carew with big dark circles under his eyes and waved to him: "Man, have you seen the Yankees game?"

Kalu nodded with some confusion: "As long as I have nothing to do, I watch every game."

"Then you come and sit at the bar, pretend that you lost the game yesterday, and chat with me about the game."

"let me?"

"Yes, it's very simple. Just say whatever you want and I will help you!"

"Um...this...okay!"

Carew put out his cigarette helplessly and walked to the bar to sit down.

David smiled and walked into the bar under everyone's gaze, found a cup and gave Karlu a drink.

"Man, did you bet on the Yankees game yesterday? How much did you win? Haha~"

Carew seemed to understand what David meant. He took the glass and followed David's words: "Winning is nothing! If I knew they were playing so badly, I might as well put all my money on the Red Sox." Already! FXXX!”

"Haha~ Yes, who would have thought that that damn xxx could even throw away a ball that my grandma could catch..."

Carew followed David's words naturally, and the two cursed the right field butterman and the damn coach for not replacing him right away.

David continued what Carew said and asked him how he could bet on the next game since he had already lost everything this time.

Carew acted like a bad gambler, shouting that even if he borrowed a loan shark, he would gamble again, and said that he would definitely win next time!

David smiled and gave a thumbs up to Carew who performed well, ending this short temporary performance.

Rhett and Susan sat there, as outsiders they didn't see anything.

Harvey and Tangtang both understood what David meant.

Tangtang pulled David back to his seat with some excitement: "We can definitely expand and film the segment you just said into a small unit drama.

It tells the story of a bad gambler who was addicted to gambling, and some interesting things that happened in a bar with other people because of the winning or losing of a certain football game.

Then we can treat him as a major supporting character in the drama, and let him appear whenever needed to promote the development of the plot and deeply imprint the name of this bad gambler in the memory of the audience. . "

Harvey also understood what Tangtang said, and he continued: "In this way, we can adapt the daily happenings between each character to make it look closer to reality and more eye-catching. "

David also smiled and answered: "Yes, the bar is always a place where strangers come and tell recent interesting stories."

"Here we can laugh, celebrate, grieve, cry, gather with friends, and meet former lovers again."

"As we shoot, record, and tell more and more things, there will definitely be some shadows that allow the audience to find themselves in this show."

"After all, the creation of any art is inseparable from life."

"Every creator looks for inspiration in life. In their eyes, the daily life of each of us may be a certain painting, a certain book, a certain beautiful melody, a certain thought-provoking movie. 's video."

"Then we will put every bit of life that happens around people on TV, and tell all the real interesting things that happened in this bar in the form of a pseudo-documentary."

"You know, things that happen around real people are often more magical and interesting than the scripts written by screenwriters."

"So, life is like a play, and play is like life."

"You think so, Red~!?"

When David said this, he winked at Old Rhett.

The life of this old man and Andy is a wonderful movie.

Rhett looked at David's funny expression, and unconsciously thought of his friends in prison and the decades of life he had spent with them.

Everyone present silently repeated this sentence in their mouths and minds.

Both Harvey and Tangtang thought David’s words were so good!

Life is like a drama, with its ups and downs.

And what happens in the play, just like life, is ever-changing.

When Susan heard what David said, she leaned closer to him, wrung her hands together, and looked down at the wine glass on the table, feeling a little lost.

David certainly didn't forget what he was going to say to Susan.

He tilted his head, kissed Susan's little face, then pulled her to the corner, and said in her ear: "I accepted a script yesterday under the arrangement of Pine and the others."

"Most of the reasons why I got drunk at Jincheng Restaurant were because of it."

"Yesterday I was in the advertising agency...and then I went to meet Giles's sister..."

Susan raised her head slightly, listened to David's words, and raised her hand to cover his mouth: "Stop talking, I understand."

David was a little surprised and resisted looking at Black Mike and the others. He looked at Susan: "Who told you?"

Susan looked into David Lake's blue eyes and whispered: "Last night, Lilith and Laura came to see me! Black Mike introduced them to me."

"last night?"

"The two of them came together?"

"fxxx!"

Fortunately, he had controlled his gaze just now and didn't want Susan to have any grudge against Black Mike and the others.

"Then you... knew that I was going to be a fake couple with Lilith? What did they say when they came here?"

Susan bit her lip and thought for a moment: "I promised them both that I won't tell you!"

"So I... don't want to say it."

"I...you~!?"

David could tell that Susan's unwillingness and unwillingness were completely different concepts.

He didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup Lilith and Laura poured into Susan to make this silly girl keep such a secret!

"Then... do you agree or disagree with this?"

"If you object, I'll tell Lilith and let her find someone else. Anyway, I really don't want to do such a hard-working but thankless thing."

Susan imitated the high-low eyebrow expression that Ludi often made: "She is Lilith~ You should be honored to be your girlfriend, right~?"

David did not accept this trick: "Since you have already met and talked with them, you should also know the love between them, with and without me. In fact, the final result is not difficult to guess!"

Susan nodded lightly and said: "What Lilith and Laura are doing now is nothing more than..."

"They want to let Lilith and I pretend to be together first, and then think of other solutions, right?"

"Useless Susan!"

"As long as Laura's parents don't change their minds..."

"Then...is there no other way?"

David pretended to tilt his head and thought for a while.

"I think if we can really get Laura's parents to bless their love, there may be only one way!"

Susan was a little curious and asked: "What is it?"

"Well... wait until it's time to read the will!"

"Oh, David, you are such a damn bastard!" Susan couldn't stand David's bad taste and punched him twice.

David smiled and hugged Susan, half-hugging her directly: "So, you won't be angry with me because of this, right?"

Susan smiled helplessly: "You haven't even become a couple yet, and they all came to me to explain to me. What else can I do?!"

"OK! Haha~"

"Susan, as I just said, life is a drama!"

"You, Lilith, and Laura, we all have a new identity from now on, an actor!"

"We don't know how this scene, Lilith and I will play out in the end."

"We don't know whether the two of them will be happy together in the end."

"However, these are the efforts and sacrifices they have made in order to pursue their own happiness."

"As friends, since we agreed, we must do our best to perform our part."

Susan pinched David's nose and corrected him: "It's just a performance! You won't be like movie actors who fall in love with each other, right?"

David tightened his nose helplessly: "You really think too much! This is a performance that we can't even do again!"

"Not to mention any feelings!"

"She has a lover, Laura, and I also have you!"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely impossible for us!"

With that said, David hugged Susan tightly and gave her a passionate kiss.

As they kissed, David remembered that he seemed to have set up a flag just now. .

emmm 。。。

Everyone not far away laughed heartily when they saw the two people kissing passionately.

Lavis pulled Bai Mike and whispered thiefly: "David is like this...does it mean that Susan has been taken care of?"

Mike Bai also smiled evilly and nodded: "David boy's future days... Tsk tsk~ We are going to have a good show~"

Black Mike had a smile on his lips, but kept his eyes on Carew, who was starting to act a little dishonest.

This boy, he needs to pay more attention!

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The Queen.

Ben Whitcott is recruiting new people for da group of companies.

He held his resume in his hand and looked at the little girl in front of him: "Are you Mirella Webster?"

"Yes, sir."

"Your resume shows that you graduated from high school?"

"Yes, sir."

"But our recruitment these days is for college graduates, and your academic qualifications do not meet our requirements!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Um...then do you have anything else to say?"

"Yes sir! I know Mr. David Coleman! We have met before and we had a great time chatting together."

"I came here today to apply for his assistant position."

"I know you are Mr. Coleman's assistant. I will learn more from you and work harder."

"Although my academic qualifications do not meet the requirements of da company, please believe me, I am confident and capable, and I will definitely be qualified for this job!"

Ben Whitcott was a little stunned by what the little girl said. .

He thought for a while and said: "Then you can join the company as a temporary worker. You need to intern in the administrative department for a period of time. After passing the assessment, you will be assigned the next step of work."

"Good sir!"

"Okay, here is your form. Take it and go to the DA company building to report to Sally tomorrow."

"You know the company's address, right?"

"Yes sir, I will be there on time, thank you sir!"

Later, Miranla asked cautiously and tentatively: "Then... I would like to ask, is the next job you mentioned is to be David's assistant?"

"David?"

Ben Whitcott raised his head and looked at Miranla again: "Sally will take care of your follow-up work arrangements, so..."

"When did you meet David?"

Miranla narrowed her eyes with laughter: "I confessed to him in the nightclub last time and scared him away~! Haha~"

After saying that, she jumped out of the room. .

Emm.....

The eldest brother Ben patted his forehead and felt that he had brought trouble to the company. .

But then I thought about it, it won’t be him who will have a headache when I see Miranla!

This little girl Miranla, for David, should only be regarded as a happy trouble, right?

hehe~