Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

da film and television company.

David was shaking hands with Harvey, Tangtang, and Zina to say goodbye. .

"The script of your TV series looks great. I think you can find time to show it to Grace for a look~"

Harvey smiled and shook hands with David: "No problem, I heard you are going to California tomorrow? When you come back, our script will come up with specific shooting plans for the first few episodes, and we will go Looking for Grace”

"ok~"

David stretched out his arms, hugged Tangtang, and said, "I saw that there should be many ideas you came up with in the script. How about it? Are you happy working here?"

"It's great here. I never thought I would have such a life now! ~Haha~"

"Haha~ Then you need to adapt as soon as possible~ Our good days have just begun!"

David turned his head, hugged Zina gently again, and kissed her gently on the cheek: "You also met Grace today. From now on, you will be... the bridge of communication between Harvey, the others, and Grace." "

Zina let go of David, touched her face with her hands, and smiled with a disgusted expression: "Okay~ It seems that my work scope has been expanded again~"

"Hahaha~ Those who are able should work harder~"

"Ok~ I'm leaving, guys! When I go to California this time, I can help our TV show to see if there are any suitable collaborators~"

"Hollywood is a star manufacturing factory. If some big stars join our TV programs and TV series, it will definitely attract more people to watch~"

With that said, David walked into the car on the street, waved to the three of them, and left~

The car slowly drove away. Harvey, Tangtang, and Zina looked at each other. Zina smiled and said: "Okay~ Our work can smoothly enter the next stage~"

"That kid David~ When he gets to Los Angeles, he will know that if those famous stars are allowed to join our TV series, let's not talk about the salary for the time being~"

Zina raised her eyebrows at Harvey: "A big star will definitely give you this...a headache for the producer, haha~!"

Harvey glanced at Tangtang, shook his head, shrugged and said, "If David can really find us a big star to make a cameo, I would be willing to give it a little headache... Haha~"

"Hahaha~ Okay~ You guys go back first~ I'm going to see an old friend and see if she has time to help us~!"

"Okay~ If you need us for anything, give us a call!" Tangtang smiled and hugged Zina and said goodbye.

Harvey accompanied Tangtang with a smile, watching Zina walk away with relaxed steps.

"Tangtang, tell me...will we succeed?"

"I don't know~ maybe..."

"No! We will definitely succeed in this TV series!"

As soon as Tangtang finished speaking, she opened her mouth to deny the trace of uncertainty in her heart~

"Harvey, we will make it one of the most popular TV series in the United States next year, for sure!"

"Uh... Haha~ Okay Tangtang~ Your confidence gives me great strength! Haha~"

----

sunset.

in the car.

Black Mike in the driver's seat glanced at Giovanni in the passenger seat and said to David sitting in the back seat: "Where are we going now?"

David rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, opened and closed his mouth, and muttered a few words silently, then replied: "Old Malkin's house! Let's go get a free dinner!"

"Haha~ ok, sit tight buddy!"

----

It was dark and the lights lit up the city.

The Queen.

David put down the tableware in his hand, thanked the hostess Sena and Polly's sister Manqi, and then walked to the living room with old Malkin and sat down.

Old Malkin adjusted his sitting position with a relaxed expression, looked at David who was lying on the sofa with a smile and said: "I guess... you are here today for the Sidrich family's investment, right?"

David leaned over and said with curiosity: "Yeah~ When I saw... that list said the Sidrich family spent 3600 million dollars, I felt a little... unbelievable~"

"Haha~ Nothing incredible~"

"Most of that money was given to the family when I quit the family!"

"what?"

"So you are... the hidden rich man?"

"Hahaha~ I have carefully run a business in New York for more than [-] years for my family. Is it not too much to spend this little money?"

"Forehead.."

David scratched his head, straightened his body, and forgot to glance at Senna and Manqi, mother and daughter who were busy in the restaurant, and asked with some gossip in his eyes.

"Can you tell me...what kind of business have you done in these years? Is it so profitable?"

Old Malkin smiled and shook his head slightly, got up and went to the small bar, poured two glasses of wine for himself and David, took them and handed them to David.

"What else can I do? Apart from the drug business, I will do anything to make money!"

Old Malkin sat down again and said with a face full of memories: "Only after I took over the family business did I know what those idiots have done over the years..."

"The Sidrich family, since they first conquered and controlled most of Manhattan, has been doing business such as collecting protection fees, lending usury, opening underground casinos, bars, and restaurants~"

"You should also have heard about Bonini's restaurant. The guy who opened the restaurant... Idiot, he has gone bankrupt several times because of poor management of the restaurant!"

"These stupid brothers in my family are short-sighted and have no foresight when it comes to business!"

"Most of the time, they only focus on the little profit in front of them..."

"I never thought that none of the family's businesses could allow the family to establish a firm foothold in New York and escape from this embarrassing situation of lingering at the bottom of society~"

"So David, after I took over the family business and read all the account books, I lit them all on fire and burned them all!"

"Burned?" David thought. .Like a curious baby listening to the story, his eyes widened in surprise. .

"Hehe~"

"I remember... the first business I did to make money for my family was to use manpower to control the workers in several docks in New York and Jersey City at that time!"

Old Malkin took a sip of wine and said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile: "At that time, I still had a period of time when I was looking for a genius idea for myself, and I was very complacent for a while~"

"It seems now that I was still too young at that time~"

"Um...why do you say that?"

"Could it be...that you didn't think about taking the opportunity to develop the shipping business?"

This time, it was Old Malkin's turn to be surprised. He smacked his lips and nodded: "Yes! At that time, I only wanted to control workers and trade unions, so that I could use this to gain control over the big bosses of trading companies, ports and terminals. Negotiate terms and charge more protection fee~"

"Tsk~"

"Thinking about it now, if I had been more flexible and slowly started the shipping business... the Sidrich family wouldn't be so embarrassed now~"

David nodded with understanding, recalling what Stanley said about the current situation of the U.S. transportation industry when he met with Bernard Madoff, as well as some of the problems currently faced by the shipping industry. .

"Uncle~ I think that after our investment makes profit this time... it is still a good choice!"

"Oh? Are you sure it will have greater development in the future?"

David smiled and shook his glass: "Of course!"

"Don't you know that 70% of the world's total area is ocean?"

"In the future, with the rapid development of the world, people will want to conduct trade and business activities from their own countries and regions. From the perspective of the transportation industry, sea transportation is the lowest-cost and fastest mode of transportation!"

"What we are investing in futures this time is the oil crisis that may occur!"

"We can foresee that next year and the year after that, all transportation industries will enter operating difficulties due to the rapid increase in transportation costs!"

"So, if you really want to find a business for your family that can make long-term and stable profits, shipping is an industry with great potential for development and great wealth!"

Old Malkin frowned slightly, thinking about David's proposal.

David took a sip of the wine in his glass and felt. .Juice is more suitable for him. .

He put down his wine glass, and then added something in the mind of old Malkin: "In the long run, New York, as the largest natural harbor and the largest financial city in the eastern United States, its international status will become more and more important in the future. !”

"You have lived here for many years, and you should know that people living here have always believed that... New York has surpassed London, which was once the center of the world~"

"Now when we look at New York, it seems that there are more poor people in the United States~"

"However, I can tell you that the domestic stagflation situation does not have much impact on the truly wealthy people~"

“These wealthy people living in New York have always been very willing to spend money on the quality and enjoyment of their lives~”

"New York, judging from its geographical location on the shipping routes, its main business routes are Europe and Africa."

"So it's like...the decoration company business you mentioned~"

"They can import the rarest wood in the world from Africa and lay the floor for their living room~"

"They will also buy some very expensive large decorative items from Europe and transport them back to their villas on Long Island to show off their... wealth to all the guests."

Old Malkin lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned to look at David, smiled and shook his head: "Okay~ you convinced me again!"

"You can always find... more unexpected angles to convince people, right?"

"Haha~ That's right!"

"That's because everything I said is right! Isn't it?"

"Haha~ okay~ you win again this time!"

Old Malkin also put down his wine glass, crossed his legs, put aside the topic, and asked David: "You just said you were going to California tomorrow?"

"Yeah~ What are you going to attend...a bankers' party!"

"Oh...will you go to Los Angeles?"

"It should be possible~Blumer has been asking us to go to his house to play~"

"When I go to California this time, my first stop will be San Francisco. What happens next... depends on how they arrange it~"

"Well...then when you go to Los Angeles this time, help me go to Paramount to see~"

"Paramount? Movie company? Do you want to make a movie?"

"Yeah~ A few days ago, my old friend Mario Puzo led a director named Francis Coppola to make a novel written by Mario into a movie~"

"Francis Coppola...?"

fxxx!

David tried hard to control the expression on his face so as not to let old Malkin notice him. .Surprise~

"Did they say the name of the movie?"

"Of course ~ Mario's novel is called "The Godfather" ~ the name of the movie should not change either! ~"

Sure enough ~ sure enough!

His xx!

David's little heart rate began to surge~

He resisted the urge to jump up, tried to calm his breathing, and asked softly: "Then... where is this novel?"

"Can you lend it to me? I can use it to kill some time on my flight to Los Angeles~"

"It's in the study on the second floor. I'll get it to you when you leave~"

"Okay, thank you uncle~!"

"Hehe~"

Old Malkin looked at David with a smile, not quite understanding why this kid was hearing it. . After "The Godfather", have your expressions and tone changed?

David didn't know that his surprise was noticed by Malkin Sr. .

He then changed the subject and said: "Where is Alto? After I came last time, he went to find... Did the Norton family talk about it?"

"Not yet~"

Old Malkin paused for a moment, then put aside the doubt in his mind just now, and said thoughtfully: "George told us..."

----

After more than half an hour~

Polly dragged her tired body and opened the door~

As soon as she entered the door, she kicked off her high heels, carried her small bag, and glanced into the living room on the first floor, wanting to get into the kitchen to find something to fill her stomach. .

But when she walked to the door of the restaurant, she suddenly turned around and found David sitting in the living room, chatting with his father Malkin. .

"Wow~ Why are you here? Haha~"

Polly threw away the small bag in her hand in an instant. While talking, she trotted to the sofa and threw herself forward. She threw herself next to David, hugged his neck, and hit him hard. Got a bite on my face~

"what.."

David's face widened with embarrassment, he glanced at old Malkin, twitched the corners of his mouth, and smiled at Polly: "I'm here for a meal~!"

"Black Mike and the others are in the car at the door, didn't you see just now?"

A blush spread on Polly's face. She didn't care about her father's eyes at all, she got close to David, hugged his arm and said.

"No! When I came back just now, my mind was groggy and my stomach was hungry. How could I pay attention to this?"

"Oh...haven't you eaten yet?"

"Yeah~ Mom should have left some food for me~ Do you... want to eat with me?"

"I...Okay~! Let's go eat!"

"Okay~ Haha~ Dad, please watch TV for a while~ Let's go eat first!"

Old Malkin stared, watching his daughter Polly pull David into the dining room, chattering non-stop while starting to prepare dinner for himself. .

Old Malkin hesitated for a while, then slowly shook his head, stood up, turned on the TV, and watched a TV show. .

The matter between daughter Polly and David boy, he, the father. .I want to take care of it, but I can’t!

Polly is already a mother of two children~

She is no longer the daughter who used to always circle around him, raising her head with admiring eyes~!

Tsk~

actually. .Malkin Sr. didn't know. .In the distant eastern country, there is a word that is very suitable for him to complain about now~

This is a paragraph. .What a bad fate~!

hehe~

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The door of old Malkin's house.

Polly has changed into home clothes~

She stood on tiptoes, hugged David tightly, gently stroked his back with her hands, rested her chin on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and whispered.

"You must pay attention to safety when you go to California this time~"

"Bloomer's family is over there..."

David held Polly in his arms and patted her back gently with his hands~

In my ears, I heard Polly's voice. .Nagging carefully ~ I feel that this scene is a bit weird ~

In this way, the two slowly separated under the deliberate avoidance of Black Mike and Giovanni~

David really didn't know what to say to Polly at this moment. .

In his limited. .With full love experience, how to get along with Polly in the future is one of the biggest problems he will face~!

Polly always seems to be able to see the confusion in David's eyes~

She slowly probed her head, kissed David deeply on the lips~

After they separated, she smiled and said, "Don't think too much~"

"From the moment I decided to divorce, men no longer mattered to me~!"

David pursed his lips and asked with surprise on his face: "Then... what am I?"

"Hahaha~ You are David! My boy David! Hahaha~"

"Okay~ It's hard for men~ I'm David boy... not bad!"

"Hahaha~"

Polly raised her arms and put her arms around David's neck. With a smile on her face, she kissed David again on the lips of David, a boy who was a little silly, a little stupid, and a little loved and hated.

"Business and career, family and children, and...you~"

"These are all I have in my life from now on!"

Polly shook her head slightly, stopping what David wanted to say, and continued.

"Your future will not change because of me~!"

"I understand, and I have never expected anything from you!"

"So, David, don't reject me!"

"Let us stay as we are now!"

"Just let me... deep down in my heart, have a... trace of fantasy about you!"

"Okay?"

David was struck by Polly's words. .Speechless. .

He raised his hand, smoothed Polly's long hair blown by the autumn wind, held her face, and gave her a deep kiss. .

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Manhattan.

Black Mike, who was driving, slowed down and let the car crawl slowly on the street like a turtle. .

David, who was sitting in the back seat, was looking out the window, feeling the cool breeze of the autumn night, and was lost in thought. .

Polly~!

Forget it~ don’t think about her now!

He reached out and took out a novel sitting next to him, "The Godfather" on the cover, and let out a long breath.

exist. .In this real film and television world, the movie "The Godfather" was filmed~

This fucking thing is something David never dared to think about before!

Now, it. .Appeared, placed in front of him~ David suddenly realized this~

turn out to be. .Can this still be done? ? ?

So. .How about filming a Forrest Gump in this world where Forrest Gump and Jenny exist?

or. .How about filming "The Shawshank Redemption" in this world where Andy and Red Sr. exist?

this way. .Whether something will happen is unknown. .What about time and space confusion?

Emm. . .

David felt that he should think about this issue carefully!