Manhattan Reborn 1978

Manhattan, New York.

42nd Street, Wildfire Bar.

After Black Mike sent David over, he said hello and went on a date with the beautiful clerk~

David was busy at the bartending table behind the bar, trying to relax his tense nerves with this simple task~

In the bar, business is very good tonight~

Many people who have received relief funds from the government have begun a new round of consumption and enjoyment~

Old Rhett and Erica were as busy as two spinning tops at the bar. Susan, Madonna, and Jin Ji served as tonight's waiters, shuttled among the crowd, and delivered drinks to the drinkers. ~

Among the Zach brothers, the little Zach has been standing by the bar. If someone is too busy, he will lend a hand to help~

Giovanni and the big man Zach were sitting at the table near the door, eating pizza and drinking beer together~ It was not too comfortable~

"Bell bell~"

The phone in the bar rang.

David glanced at Erica and Old Rhett who were busy, wiped his hands, walked to the phone, and picked up the phone.

"Hey~ this is the Wildfire Bar~!"

"David? Haha~ I didn't expect that your boy is actually in the bar?"

"Are you... Bloomer?"

"That's right buddy!"

"...Why did you remember to call me?"

"Haha~ I bet Giles and Leslie that they don't believe that your kid will be in the bar at this time!"

"Uh... Okay~ It seems you won~ Remember to share some of the loot with me tomorrow~ That's it~ Hang up, we are very busy here!"

"Hey~ wait~ don't hang up! We... just want to have a drink later. How about meeting you at Wildfire?"

"Okay~ You come to play and spend money. As the boss, of course I raise my hand to welcome~"

"Haha~ Then wait for us!"

pat~

David looked at the microphone in his hand speechlessly, shook his head, and put it away. .

Old Rhett, who had been busy, took a moment to light a cigarette for himself and handed one to David. He leaned against the wine rack and used a lighter to light the cigarette for David. He squinted and looked at David. There, I lowered my head and puffed away the clouds~

"I called Andy today and told him that Haywood and I were moving into the apartment upstairs~ He told me, are you going to California tomorrow?"

David flicked the ashes of his cigarette with his finger, crossed his arms across his chest, and nodded: "Yeah~ I might go there for a few days, attend some parties, and get to know some bankers and rich people~"

"Oh~ Really~" Old Rhett observed David and found that when he spoke, his expression was very dull~

"The parties you are going to attend, there must be a lot of people trying to squeeze in~"

"That's right~ No one would choose to refuse a gathering like this, regardless of whether they are qualified or not!"

Old Rhett asked with some confusion: "Then... I see why you don't look happy at all now?"

"Haha~" David took a long drag on the cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and smiled helplessly.

"I'm going with you... to see the world ~ I'm not part of that group of rich people!"

"Besides, when I go to California this time, attending those parties is only a small part of the itinerary. I also want to inspect some companies and see what the Silicon Valley next to San Francisco, where high-tech companies gather, looks like~"

"Silicon Valley? Is there really such a place?"

"Haha~Of course~"

"Silicon Valley is a long and narrow valley located south of San Francisco~"

"Its name was mentioned repeatedly in a series of articles in "Business Weekly" in 1971, and then people slowly spread it~"

Old Rhett felt that his knowledge had increased a little, and he said with a smile: "I saw some new gadgets on TV named... Computers ~ Are they from Silicon Valley?"

"That's right~"

"Ok~... It seems that I need to find an opportunity to learn more about this kind of new knowledge~ Haha~"

David tilted his head and looked at Old Rhett's somewhat self-deprecating smile. He thought for a moment, looked at the cigarette butt in his hand, threw it on the ground and stamped it out~

Conveniently, he also snatched the cigarette butt from Old Red's hand, threw it on the ground and stamped it out~

"Then you should stay away from smoking and drinking in the future and keep yourself healthy. Wait until I finish the investment plan this time. We can make a travel plan together to see wherever you want to go."

Old Rhett looked at David dumbly, took out the cigarettes from his pocket, shook his head funny and said: "Okay~ you are the boss, you have the final say~"

David tilted his mouth, tilted his head and patted Old Rhett on the shoulder with a smile, and teased: "I remember... there was a time when you liked Rita Hayworth very much~especially her role in the movie "Gilda" "In it, the scene where you flip your hair~"

"This time when I go to California, I will go to Los Angeles for two days and visit Hollywood~"

"How about it? Do you want to meet her? I can help you ask her to come to New York~"

"Uh... forget it~! That was a movie over 30 years ago~ She is as old as me now~ I still like Hayworth when she was young~"

David felt the old man's aesthetics. .Nothing wrong ~

I couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay~ Which Hollywood actress do you like now? I can help you... If you want a signed photo of her, or if you want to hear her voice, I can help you directly. I want her phone number~"

"fxxx! Are you planning to go to Hollywood to see female stars? Don't you have anything else to do?"

"Hahaha~ Don't regret it~ You only have this chance!"

Old Rhett was speechless by David's ridicule. He smiled and shook his head and said, "These Hollywood actresses you are talking about are not as real as the beautiful women I saw here~"

"I have no interest in them anymore ~ ​​David!"

"Okay~ You...don't already have a goal, right?"

"What a fart~I was just making an analogy~you kid..."

"Hahaha~ Okay~ Just pretend I didn't say anything~" David raised his hand to express surrender~ He smiled and prepared to go back to his mixing station and continue working~

Halfway through, David paused, hesitated, turned back and walked to Old Rhett and said, "Have you ever thought about...writing a memoir of your own life?"

"Memoirs??" Old Rhett's face was filled with questions. .

"What do I recall? Are you going to write about how I ended up in Shawshank Prison...and spent decades in prison?"

"That's right~ Don't you think they are a very good story?"

"If you are really willing to write it out, when I have money, I can find a good director to make a movie about you and Andy, so that more people can know your story."

"What? Could it be that Andy's escape from prison can also be filmed?"

"We can adapt the plot and put a note in the movie that this story is purely fictional~"

Old Rhett rolled his eyes helplessly and looked at David like an idiot: "What are you thinking in your head?"

"Haha~ Movies are all inspired by life~"

"I can guarantee that if your memoir is made into a movie, it will definitely win a Hollywood movie award!"

"Return... the grand prize? Haha~" Old Rhett waved his hands and said helplessly when he saw the serious look on David's face. .

"I will try... write it down and read it~ Are you satisfied?"

"Then we have an agreement~ I will tell Andy that when the time comes, the two of you will come up with this memoir together, and I will invest in the filming for you!"

"Okay, okay~get out of here~"

"ok~"

David happily walked to his work station with a relaxed pace, started working with his hands, and began to make calculations in his mind. .

He can’t remember who wrote the novel "Shawshank Redemption"~

But he knew that this movie was from Old Red's perspective, telling some stories about what happened among the prisoners in Shawshank Prison over several decades~

Art comes from life!

This is an attempt and a challenge~!

I would like to write out the real-life events that happened to Andy and Old Red and make them into a movie. .David will get some unexpected gains~

Thinking about it. .David's mood gradually improved. He raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was already nearly ten o'clock in the evening~

If Giles and the others don't come before 10:30, David will prepare to ask Susan to go back to bed~

----

ten minutes later.

Giles, Bloomer, and Leslie didn't keep David waiting for long. They walked into the Wildfire Bar together, came to David, and found a seat to sit down.

Bloomer joked to David who had just idled away: "I just won a 10-meter knife~ When we arrive in San Francisco tomorrow, I will treat you to the best Italian food~"

Giles continued from the side: "Let David serve you a few cups of rainbow and drink you down~ You were so bad just now!"

Leslie also mocked: "Yeah~ I always hear you bragging and talking about how great you are~ I didn't expect you to do it for real~ Why are you so timid?"

Blumer glanced at David, and in his curious eyes, he defended with some embarrassment: "How did I know that that little girl wanted me to go back to the room with her the first time we met..."

"I...I'm just not mentally prepared for this~"

"Tch~" Giles, Leslie, and David all expressed their disdain by gesturing at Bloomer with their middle fingers.

"Hey~ you guys~fxxx!"

"Hahahaha~"

David smiled and made a glass of rainbow for each of Bloomer and the three of them, and a low-alcohol cocktail for himself. He wiped his hands and said, "How is it? It's not that easy to be a playboy, right? Hahaha ~"

Leslie took the rainbow cocktail and gestured to David: "Why don't you go to see me with them? Don't you like to see those... beautiful beauties?"

"Me? Haha~ I'd better forget it~!"

Blumer stood aside, elbowed Giles, and teased: "David is now...about to be engaged~ Why would he go with us to pick up beautiful women? You think so, Gil Si!"

"that.."

Giles scratched his head, rolled his eyes, picked up the cup, and said to a few people: "Come on, let's wish our trip to California a success~ Cheers~"

"Cut~"

This time it was the turn of the three people around him to give him the middle finger to express their contempt. .

"Hey hey~ hey hey~"

Giles was not annoyed, and with a silly smile on his face, he raised his cup and clinked it with several of his bad friends one by one. .

Leslie picked up the cup, looked around, thought for a while, and asked Bloomer a question he had been holding back all day.

"Hey~ Bloomer, on the investment list today, I saw... you took out 3200 million dollars?"

"Where did you get so much money?"

Blumer put down the cup, feeling the mixed taste of the rainbow in the cavity, he took a deep breath and shook his head with a smile.

"borrowed!"

"Borrow? Borrow from whom?"

"My dad~I borrowed [-] million knives from him!"

"whatFXXX!"

"You are...how did you do it?" The fire of gossip in Leslie's eyes was about to burst out~

Seeing his appearance, Bloomer raised his head to several people proudly: "After I returned to Los Angeles, I had several face-to-face talks with my father and gave him an IOU. The [-] million dollars I received ~"

"But...the money comes with interest~1000 million dollars a year. After three years, I will pay him back 3000 million dollars!"

"..."

This is the first time I heard that Bloomer borrowed money from his father. .Giles, Leslie, and David, who still had to pay interest on the loan, all looked at each other. .

Giles frowned and said, "Why didn't we ask? Why didn't you say this yourself? 3000 million dollars? That's at least 10% interest per year!"

Blumer curled his lips, spread his hands helplessly and said, "What else? Would I still choose not to borrow it?"

"Don't worry, buddy! This money is put into David's investment plan. Are you worried about anything?"

David really didn't expect that Bloomer, the most unreliable and loser friend, would be so courageous~

He raised his cup, took a sip, smacked his lips, shook his head and said with a smile: "You idiot~ Any investment is risky!"

"Haha~ OK, OK~ I am a top student who graduated from Harvard Business School. Do I not understand the risks of this investment?"

"David, I told my dad about this investment~ He very much agreed to spend one-third of the [-] million yuan to participate in this futures investment~"

"If your prediction is correct and the plan is successfully completed, my investment may be doubled, or even... doubled or tripled!"

"Of course, if the investment really fails, this one-third of the investment will not bring me much loss. After all, the remaining two-thirds of my investment will be greatly lost in the next three years. Wei, you will help me make back my losses...right, buddy?"

Emm. . .

This time it was David's turn to start scratching his head severely. .

He looked at the trusting expression on Blumer's face, opened and closed his mouth a few times, and finally. .He nodded and said: "Yes ~ I will help!"

"Haha~ok~! Isn't it over now~"

"No matter how you calculate it, this kind of business is a business that won't lose money~ I think David, your nickname of Lucky Boy... should be given to me... Haha~"

"...Okay~ If you like it, just take it~"

Bloomer showed off to his friend Giles with a proud look on his face, high-fived David, picked up the wine glass, and wanted to share one with everyone~

Leslie sat next to him, with a look of confusion and hesitation in his eyes. He responded to Bloomer, raised his glass, and took a sip with everyone else. .

in the bar.

The arrival of Giles and the other three people has become accustomed to the people working in the Wildfire Bar. But for Madonna, every time these rich kids come to the Wildfire, it is an opportunity for her.

She didn't know that Susan, Jin Ji, Erica, and even Old Rhett, who had been busy all the time, could clearly feel Madonna's working status. After Giles and others came in, there were obvious changes. ~

At the bar, Erica and Old Rhett looked at each other and could ignore Madonna's performance~

Jin Ji, Giovanni’s wife, knew very clearly that these friends of hers and David were from two different worlds~

. .Can there be a spark of passion between a married woman working in a bar and these wealthy young men?

hehe~

Stop making trouble~!

Yes~ Jin Ji is very confident about her external conditions~ but this does not mean that she will daydream like this~!

Emm. .

Playing for fun or something may just be a way of life for these gentlemen, but for Jin Ji, it is best that this kind of experience never happens in her life.

Because in the end, it will never be the rich who get hurt, only the rich. .Having a bit of unrealistic fantasy. .Beautiful women!

However, Jin Ji didn't know if Madonna knew these truths, and she didn't know what this young girl who had just started to make her way in New York had been paying attention to David and the others with some absentmindedness, and what she was planning in her heart. .

When she passed by Susan after work, she whispered a few words to her and gestured to David.

Susan understood what Jin Ji meant. When she arrived at the bar, she glanced at David and the others who were laughing and joking. After thinking about it, she walked over and greeted them.

"What are you talking about, so happy?"

When they saw that Susan was coming, Bloomer was the first to joke: "We are talking about going to California this time and we must take David to see Hollywood. There are countless places there that he could only see on TV before. The female stars~haha~”

"Oh... So you want to... take David to meet these... female stars?"

"Hahaha~ That's right~!"

Giles was beside him and patted his forehead speechlessly, patting Bloomer with his hand to stop him from talking nonsense. .

David looked at Bloomer and Susan with a smile and expressed. .Just watch a show~

Bloomer felt Giles patting him, and was stunned for a moment. He looked at Susan's smiling face with some confusion, smiled awkwardly, and explained.

"Well... don't get me wrong Susan~ I just... want to hold a party at home and invite the actresses David wants to meet so we can all get to know each other~"

"Oh? David...are there any female stars you really...want to meet?"

Of course David was sane~ He denied it directly: "What female celebrities? Why would I want to know them? Don't listen to Bloomer's nonsense!"

"Don't worry, if I am really dishonest when we go to California, you will cut off Bloomer's hair when we come back!"

Said. .David raised his index and middle fingers, making a downward scissor motion. .

"Oh~~Hahaha~It's okay~I don't worry~"

"If you let me know that you are dishonest... you go around messing around with women... I will do it~" Susan smiled and rolled her eyes at David. Then she faced the three Blumers and imitated David's gestures and gestured downwards. A scissors gesture. .

Bloomer feels. .There is something cold between the legs. .

The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and he quickly promised: "You will never have a chance ~ I swear!"

"Hahaha~ Okay~ You guys chat, I'll go... and get to work~!"

With a proud smile on her face, Susan winked at David. .left. .

David lay on the bar with a smile, and raised his eyebrows at Bloomer who raised his hand to wipe his sweat: "Your mouth... It's time for a janitor ~ Hahaha ~"

Giles and Leslie were also on the side, nodding in agreement: "Yeah... if you don't want... to suffer the scissors~"

"fxxx!~"

"You just know how to scare me, right?"

"Hahahaha~!"

On the other side of the bar, Madonna's eyes were once again attracted by the laughter of several people. .

She stood in a daze in the distance, looking at a few people, biting her lip slightly, not knowing what she was thinking. .

----

Night is deep.

Manhattan seems to be filled with a different kind of vitality~

On the street, pedestrians in twos and threes walked on the street full of garbage.

Some people are smoking and looking around~

While chatting with friends, some people took out certain smokable items from their pockets, preparing to take a few sips somewhere unoccupied to refresh themselves. .

42nd Street, in front of Wildfire Bar.

David put his arms around Susan and sent the three Giles into the car.

Watching the car slowly disappearing around the corner, David looked back at Giovanni and the big Zach who were about to take him home, nodded to them, and started walking with Susan on the street, enjoying the time between the two of them. The intimate time before separation. .

When he reached the downstairs of the apartment with almost 100 meters to go, David suddenly patted his head, turned around and waved to the big man Zach, smiled and asked him: "You brothers... are on the Wildfire Bar floor. Come on, find a room you like and move in~"

"Rent and other things... will be deducted from your monthly salary~"

"From now on, you can be considered... to have a family!"

"Home?" The big man Zach looked down at David, with a complicated expression on his face. .

"Thank you, boss!" He bowed slightly to David seriously and nodded in thanks. .

David glanced at Giovanni, smiled and shook his head: "No need to thank me ~ you deserve this!"

"Giovanni, have you and Jin Ji discussed it? When will you start decorating and decorating the apartment? Then let Jin Ji also help Zach brothers~"

"The two of them... without a woman around to help or look after them, I don't know what the hell the apartment will be like~!"

"Hehe~ No problem!"

Giovanni walked up to the big man Zach, reached out and patted him on the back.

"In the few days you go to California, we will help fix their apartment!"

"Ok~ Then... Zach, do you have enough money?"

"Money..." The big man Zach looked down at his bulging belly and said nothing. .

Giovanni and Susan are both happy~

David looked at Giovanni with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Haha~ His money...forget it, you'll know just by looking at it~"

As he spoke, Giovanni turned his head back and forth, looked around, and after making sure that no one was around, he reached out and lifted up the big man Zach's coat, revealing what was underneath. .Homemade body armor and a big black belly. .

"Uh...what are you wearing?"

David reached out and touched the homemade body armor filled with several millimeters of thin steel plates, and asked the big man Zach in confusion. .

Giovanni was amused and lifted up the side of Zach's coat, revealing a modified oversized pistol. .

"whatfxxx!"

David was shocked this time. .

This is xx. .Pistol?

This is a hand cannon that is easy to shoot~

"All his money... was spent on this clothes, gun and belly~"

. . .

"Okay~" David let go of Susan, took a step closer to the big man Zach, and took a shot of the oversized pistol. .

"Well... the bullets also need to be customized, right?"

"Yes...Boss~"

"Then you've tried it... is it powerful?"

"Of course!" The big man Zach pulled out the pistol from his waist with a proud face, checked the safety, pointed the muzzle of the gun to the ground, and handed it to David.

"Nothing can stop it~"

David was speechless and took the pistol. He weighed it in his hand, feeling that if he took the gun and fired a test shot. .My wrist will definitely break!

"Tsk~ It's really a big killer!"

"Zach, I hope you never need it~"

"Uh... Of course, there's still it!" With that, David handed the pistol back to Zach, and reached out to pat his homemade body armor~

The big man Zach pursed his lips, took the pistol without any joking expression, straightened his coat, and said seriously: "Don't worry, boss, as long as I'm by your side, no one can hurt you!"

David smiled and took a step back, put his arm around Susan's waist, and nodded: "Yeah... I know, you will!"

Giovanni was on the side, stretched out his foot, kicked the big man Zach, and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Hey~ Are you fucking trying to steal my job?"

"Uh...hehe~ No, no!"

The big man Zach raised his hands and scratched his head with a silly smile on his face, and explained to this old friend who introduced him to his new job and new boss. .

David raised his head slightly and looked at this. .A tall dark man whose body can be compared to that of Shaquille O'Neal. .And his belly that has been swollen these days, he thought about it.

"Zach~ I'm going to California tomorrow, you go with me~"

"Can I?"

Zach lowered his head and looked at Giovanni inquiringly~

Giovanni knew that this was a rare opportunity for Zach and quickly answered for him: "No problem!"

"David, please go back first~ I will buy some decent clothes for Zach and ask him to accompany you to California!"

"Okay~ Then... remember to have a good rest tonight~ There is a time difference between California and New York~ Tomorrow may be a long day!"

"Okay~ We will!"

While talking, several people had arrived downstairs at David's apartment.

After saying goodbye to the two of them, David and Susan hugged each other and entered the apartment building. .

downstairs.

Giovanni took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it for himself, looked up at the stairs, and after the lights in David's apartment came on, he signaled to the big man Zach, and the two were ready to leave. .

across the street.

In a car parked on the street, Carew, the right-hand man of the Bronx gang boss, got out of the car and waved to Giovanni.

Giovanni was surprised to see Carew, walked over with the big man Zach, briefly introduced the two of them, and asked curiously.

"How will you be here?"

Kalu patted the car back, leaned against the car door, and said with a smile, "I've been following you for two days~ Haven't you noticed?"

"Two days?"

Giovanni had an expression of disbelief on his face, and then scratched his head in annoyance. .

"Man, please don't talk about this. This... is too stupid..."

"Haha~ I know~!"

"How's it going? My tracking skills are pretty good, right?"

"fxxx!"

"Are you showing off to me?"

The big man Zach stood aside, silently stretching his hands to his waist. .

Seeing that the big black man was a little too nervous, Kalu quickly raised his hands and signaled to him: "Wow~Wow~"

"Don't be nervous, man! That gun of yours... it's fucked! Anyone who gets hit by it will be unforgettable for a lifetime!"

"I don't want it to be used on me!"

Giovanni glanced back at the big man Zach, signaled to him that it was okay, and casually explained to him the origin of Carew. .

The big man Zach slowly lowered his guard, still looking at Carew with an expression of "I don't trust you!" on his face. .

Carew waved his hands to Giovanni helplessly: "Where did you recruit this... big black guy?"

"Haha~ I met you by chance on the street!"

"..ok~ Around David, any bizarre things may happen...huh?"

Giovanni curled his lips in agreement and continued to ask: "You haven't answered my question yet! Why are you back again?"

"Me? Follow David. This is the job that Boss Xinni gave me a while ago~"

"A few days ago, I went back to deal with some things. Now that everything is settled ~ I'm... back!"

"..."

Giovanni looked at Carew up and down, then at the car behind him and the person sitting in the passenger seat.

"You guys slept in the car at night?"

Kalu smiled helplessly: "What else? Didn't I sleep in the car a while ago?"

"How about... I send you a quilt later?"

"Uh... Haha~ Forget it~ I prepared it myself!"

"Tsk~ Okay~ Let's go then! If anything happens, you know where to find me!"

"Okay~!" Carew raised his hand and gestured in the direction of the Marseille restaurant. Giovanni nodded and was about to leave with the big Zach. .

After crossing the road, Giovanni patted his head and remembered. He turned back to Carew who was about to get in the car and said, "He is going to California tomorrow~ The time of his return is not yet certain~"

"If... you still plan to follow in a few days, you can contact me!"

Carew was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Giovanni with a smile and thanked him: "I got it~Thank you, man!"

Giovanni waved his hand and walked towards the far corner~

Kalu stood there, thought for a moment, turned around and found the phone booth in the distance, ready to tell his boss, Xinni, the news. .