Manhattan Reborn 1978

Los Angeles.

Leslie and Bob took the car back to Bloomer's mansion. .

After Bob got out of the car, he covered his mouth and nose with his hands, turned his head and looked around: "Is this... Bloomer's home?"

Leslie covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense and hurry in~"

"Ugh, okay!"

Bob took three steps at a time and followed Leslie into the big house.

In the hall on the first floor.

The housekeeper was standing upright at the top of the stairs, with a smile on his face, paying attention to what was going on on the second floor. .

He heard a sound at the door and turned around to see that it was Riley and a strange young man coming in.

"Hello, Leslie~"

"Hey~ where are they?"

"It's upstairs, on the second floor."

"Oh...then please help me arrange a room for my brother Bob~"

"Ok, no problem!"

The butler greeted Bob, who was still looking around, in a gentle voice: "Is it Bob? Please come with me~"

Bob suddenly turned around, thanked the housekeeper, and followed him to the second floor.

Leslie slapped his forehead, glanced left and right, and walked to the living room. He needed to slow down. .

----

The second floor.

In Giles' bedroom.

The three bad friends who had just finished their daily interactions fell on their backs on the ground and on the bed.

Giles groaned and wiped his face, muttering: "I'm so unlucky! Why did I get up so late?"

"Hey, tell me, what bad things did you do last night?"

"...I didn't do anything? I just called Pine. The rest...is gone~"

David's expression changed, and he changed the subject and said, "Let's think about what to do today. We can't just stay at home, right?"

Bloomer sat up from the bed, tilted his head and thought for a while: "There are many places to play indoors, I'm afraid you won't like it~"

Giles turned around and sat up with difficulty: "You don't mean to go to those boring clubs, do you?"

"Clubs? They are boring, but that's not what I'm talking about~"

"What's that? Watching a movie? Bowling? Or playing pool?"

Blumer curled his lips disdainfully and said: "Is this all you know? Haha~"

"Remember Roland whom you met yesterday? He should know some interesting places~ We can call him and ask him~"

David stared and nodded: "Just ask~ It's better than just the few of us watching TV at home~"

Giles scratched his slightly wet hair and said, "Okay~ You guys get in touch, I'll take a shower first~ I'll come downstairs to meet you later~"

"ok~"

----

first floor.

David and Bloomer walked downstairs arm in arm.

Leslie heard the two of them coming down and shouted: "I'm here~"

David and David looked into the living room and saw Leslie holding something in the shape of a key. Bloomer smiled.

"What? Did you borrow a yacht?"

"That's right~ As long as the weather is good, we can go to sea at any time!"

"Haha ~ great!"

David couldn't help but give Bloomer a kick: "Why don't you go make a phone call?"

Blumer made a fuss: "...Okay~ I'll go and finalize today's arrangements first!"

Leslie smiled and put away the keys, looked at David sitting next to him and said, "Did you just discuss it?"

"Not yet. Bloomer wants Roland to ask if there is anything fun~"

Leslie raised his eyebrows: "Does he have any good suggestions? Should we go to the agency to choose new actors... Huh?"

"This...it's okay!"

David is now slowly accepting Leslie's participation.

He fell to one side, crossed his legs, and hummed: "That's okay~ Just say you want to see beautiful women, and that's it?"

"Hahaha~ Don't you like looking at beautiful women?"

"Not interested~I saw too much in New York~"

Leslie then remembered that David had been working in bars for several years, and he should have seen a lot of beauties in New York~

What he didn't know was that what David said about meeting many beauties was that he had seen thousands of beauties of all kinds through the Internet in his past life~

Round face, oval face, oval face, square face. .

The ones with explosive figures, the charming ones, the youthful ones, the mature ones, the charming ones, etc.~

In short, on the Internet, there is no beauty that you can’t think of, so you can get whatever you want. .

David slowly sat on the sofa, immersed in the pictures of beauties in his memory, and couldn't help but sigh to himself.

Among the beautiful celebrities of his generation, few are in line with his aesthetic taste~

Sophie, Monica, etc., those future earth ball flowers are just little lolita who are growing quietly in who knows where~

. . .

Just when David was thinking wildly, Bloomer hung up the phone with excitement on his face and shouted.

"Hey guys ~ do you want to go to a live concert?"

"Concert? Whose?"

"Queen~"

"Queen!"

David was brought back to his senses by Blumer's loud voice. .

"You mean Queen?"

"Yeah~ Hahaha~ Roland said they happened to have a concert in a theater in West Hollywood today~"

"Originally they were planning to hold an outdoor concert, but... you also saw the weather today~"

"They had no choice but to change the location and choose a theater that happened to be free, so they could have another indoor concert."

"Roland also said..."

In David's ears, it became increasingly difficult to hear what Bloomer was saying.

A picture of Uncle Ya wearing white boxer shorts, a towel around his neck, a beer in his hand, singing loudly with his bare feet flashed through his mind. .

(Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, because of his buck teeth, many fans of Queen affectionately call Freddie "Uncle Teeth"!)

. . .

Leslie wasn't very interested in the concert that Blumer was talking about, but seeing Blumer's excitement, he asked curiously.

"You know this band Queen? Are they hot?"

"Of course~!"

"I like the album "ANight at the Opera" released by their band in 75~"

""Bohemian Rhapsody" among them is my favorite!"

"Oh... Haha, never heard of it~"

Blumer rolled his eyes at Leslie with disdain: "You are already outdated, man~ You can't even keep up with the trends of our young people~ Haha~"

Leslie didn't care about Bloomer's ridicule, tilted her head and looked at David in a daze, patted him and said.

"What about you? You want to go to this concert too?"

David came back to his senses and looked at Leslie with a slightly dazed look: "What did you say?"

"I said...do you want to go to the concert?"

"Oh... look! Why don't you look? That's Queen!"

Leslie felt like she was being choked, and took a deep breath: "Okay~ Since you are willing..."

At this time, Bob, who had just gone upstairs, and the housekeeper walked to the living room.

Bob saw Bloomer and greeted him warmly: "Hi Bloomer, I'm Bob, do you remember me?"

Bloomer blinked and looked back at Leslie in confusion: "He is...your brother?"

Leslie curled her lips and nodded. .

Bob laughed and walked to Bloomer, took his hand and said, "Oh, you really don't remember me?"

"We even chatted at Laura's birthday party!"

"...Haha~ I remember, how could I not remember~ You are Bob, right?"

"Correct!"

"Why are you here?"

Leslie covered her forehead and said to David: "I just went to the airport to pick him up~"

"David, Grandpa Louis specially asked me to let him stay with us for a while~"

"It just so happens that your company is short of people. If...if possible, you...find a job for Bob~"

After saying that, Leslie covered half of her face with her hands and winked at David. .

David blinked his eyes and opened his mouth: "Ah~oh... Yes! Yes!"

"Um...Bob?"

"Yes~"

David stood up, adjusted his expression, shook hands with Bob with a smile and said: "I am David Coleman, please call me David~"

"Okay David, call me Bob~haha~"

David looked at Bob closely and felt that this kid was very similar to the little pockmarked Zucker Berg in his memory. .

"Bob, let's sit down~ Where are you from?"

"Chicago!"

Bob sat down and said with enthusiasm and excitement: "After my grandma Mary called me, I packed up and came to Los Angeles~"

"Mary?" David looked back at Leslie and nodded, with the figures of Louis and Mary appearing in his mind.

Of course Bob didn't know what David was thinking, so he smiled and continued: "Do you have your own company? On Wall Street?"

David glanced at Bloomer who suddenly became quiet, nodded to Bob and said, "Yes~ a newly opened small company~"

"Our company is hiring right now. If you are interested, you can come and work in my company~"

"By the way, what did you study in college?"

Bob smiled slightly proudly: "I studied at the University of Chicago Business School for five years and got an MBA diploma!"

"EMBA (Master of Business Administration)? How did you get it?"

(Note: The University of Chicago is the first business school in the United States to grant doctoral degrees and offer MBA courses. It is also the first business school to produce Nobel Prize winners.)

(Also: The University of Chicago was originally funded by the founder John Rockefeller! Its predecessor was a church school established by the American Baptist Church.)

Bob was quite proud of David's somewhat surprised expression.

But when he suddenly saw Leslie's smiling eyes behind David, he instantly understood that he was pretending to be sexy in front of his future boss. .

like. .It shouldn't be done. . ?

"Ahem~ I just got my MBA diploma a year earlier than others~ It's nothing special~"

David's head tilted back, and this time he was really caught by Bob. .

He turned around, holding back his laughter and looked at Leslie who was looking embarrassed, and winked: Your brother?

Leslie rubbed his temples with his hands, his expression blank, and his eyes flashed to the side: I don't know him!

"Hehe~"

David bared his teeth and turned his suppressed smile into a laugh. .Let it out.

Bloomer, who was sitting on the side, put his hand on his mouth and his shoulders were shaking, obviously he was overjoyed. .

He really didn't expect that after not seeing this Bob for several years, this kid would become more interesting than before. .

Bob was not stupid either. Seeing that the three of them were silent, he blushed slightly and said with a smile: "Sorry, I may have said the wrong thing David~"

"Ahem~ It's okay~ Haha~ You just arrived in Los Angeles. We are planning to spend a few days here before returning to New York. What about you? Will you come with us?"

Bob had a better memory this time, and he looked at Leslie.

Leslie tilted her head and gave him the back of her head, letting him figure it out. .

Bob licked his lips, stared, and said tentatively: "Look... is it appropriate for me to stay?"

David smiled and shook his head: "What's wrong..."

"Not suitable!"

At the door of the living room, Giles walked in at some point and answered loudly.

David didn't know what was going on with this bad friend. .

He crossed his arms, closed his mouth, and prepared to watch the show. .

Bob turned around and saw Giles walking over. His face was half surprised and half confused: "Giles? You are here too!"

Giles was wearing a big nightgown, standing next to Bob, looking down at him, and said with a cold expression: "You still know me?"

"We know each other, how come... we don't know each other~"

"Haha, okay then~ Where should you go? Let's start right away~ You are not welcome here!"

Bob lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and whispered: "Okay, we... will meet in New York~"

"David, I'm going to New York first~ Leslie can contact me when you go back!"

After Bob finished speaking, he pursed his lips, stood up, and walked out of the living room from Giles.

In the living room for a while. .very quiet.

David turned his head, glanced at Leslie, who was silent, and Bloomer, who was no longer smiling. He thought for a moment and patted the sofa.

"Hey~ man, sit down~"

Giles had a cold face, sat silently next to David, and took a deep breath: "Sorry~ between me and Bob..."

"No, you don't need to explain anything to us Giles~"

David turned back and gestured to Leslie: "Do you know what happened between them?"

Leslie nodded silently: "I know a little bit, but I didn't expect..."

"Okay~ You guys talk first~ I'm going to see Bob!"

David stood up and patted Giles on the shoulder: "I don't know what happened between you two~"

"But you have to know that anything, no matter whether it is good or bad, cannot be escaped or avoided. What is yours is yours, and the day will eventually come to an end~"

Giles raised his head, looked at David, twitched the corners of his mouth, remained silent for a few seconds and said, "I understand, thank you~"

David shrugged, turned to Blumer and said, "Remember to tell Roland to leave a ticket for us, I'll go change clothes, and we'll set off later!"

"Keep the ticket?" Giles watched David walk out curiously and asked Bloomer.

"Did you just discuss going to the show?"

Bloomer squinted at Giles and kicked Leslie: "He hasn't even heard of Queen~ Sad, right?"

Giles looked at Leslie with strange eyes: "You don't know Queen?"

Leslie, who had been silent just now, smacked her lips: "Should I know about them?"

"why not?"

"Tch~ they are not..."

"they are!"

"What is it? You haven't heard me finish yet..."

"Haha~ They are the greatest band~ and Giles and I's favorite band!" Blumer jumped up and shouted.

Giles also had a smile on his face: "Yes~ are we going to see their performance today?"

"Haha~ yes!"

"Wow~ So what are we waiting for? Let's go now?"

Blumer waved his hands and said comfortingly: "Don't be impatient, I'll go find Roland and ask for some tickets~"

With that said, he turned around, walked to the phone not far away, picked up the phone and started dialing.

Giles turned to look at Leslie and suppressed his smile: "Sorry~ I just..."

"Hey~ I've already said it, I didn't expect you either...forget it, this is my negligence, I should apologize to you~"

Giles shook his head, glanced at Bloomer on the phone, and whispered: "Then...we are even, right?"

"Haha~ What's the deal? What are you talking about?"

"Haha~It's nothing!"

----

The second floor.

David just asked the housekeeper and found out where Bob's room was.

He walked to the door of Bob's room and met Bob who was walking out. He smiled and said, "You really want to leave?"

Bob raised his hand and scratched the back of his head: "Me and Giles..."

"No, you don't have to explain anything. That's a matter that belongs to both of you!"

David glanced at the small bag Bob was carrying: "Come with me, I'll give you a phone number. When you arrive in New York, you can go directly to my company first."

"If you are satisfied, I welcome you to join!"

Bob followed David and hummed.

David didn't look back at him. He walked back to his room, found paper and pen, and wrote down the phone number of the office of Fuller Fund Company on the fourth floor of Morgan Stanley. He also left Sam Rogers' name below.

"You make this call and tell Sam that you are here for an internship, and he will help arrange your work~"

"Okay~Thank you...No, thank you, boss~"

David raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "You still know very little about me~"

"When you get to New York, you can ask Sam about the company's situation and...my situation~ He will tell you~"

Bob didn't understand the meaning of David's words, so he could only nod his head and said: "Okay, I will humbly ask Sam for advice!"

"Hahaha~ Let's go, get out of here. You've seen the weather in Los Angeles~ It's not as nice as I thought~"

Bob also laughed and said: "This is the second time I have seen smog, but I didn't expect it to be in Los Angeles~haha~"

"Your second time? This is my first time! Haha~"

David and Bob walked downstairs.

Leslie heard them coming down, got up and walked to the door, holding Bob and whispering a few words.

Bob nodded to express his understanding, turned around and waved to David, walked out of the door and left~

David and David stood at the door, watching him get into the car arranged by the butler and leave slowly.

Leslie shook his head and sighed: "Thanks, man, I owe you one!"

"Haha~ You didn't expect such a development..."

David smiled, spread his hands, and nodded to the butler standing not far away.

Leslie also looked at the butler belatedly, and was stunned for a moment. Then, like David, he smiled and nodded to the butler to express his thanks~

"Okay~ let's go, let's go see if that guy Blumer has the tickets~"

"Tickets? Haha~ I think you don't want to watch the concert today~"

"What? Bloomer didn't mean Roland..."

"You'd better ask yourself~"

----

new York.

da nightclub.

Ludy and Vince, the current nightclub manager, stood in the shade of the tree at the door and chatted.

Vince took out a paper bag from his arms and handed it to Ludy: "Here is thirty thousand dollars. I borrowed it from David some time ago~"

Lu Di opened the bag, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Why don't you give it to him yourself?"

Vince squinted his eyes, shook his beard and smiled: "He runs around all day long. It's so difficult for me to see him~"

Lu Di nodded in agreement: "Yes~ That boy should be lying on a beach in California right now, sunbathing comfortably~ Haha~"

"Okay, I know about this~ I will give this money to Polly!"

"Polly?"

"Hahaha~ You don't know yet, do you? Where did that poor boy David get the money to lend you?"

"So...this money is?"

"Old Malkin lent it to David!"

"..."

Vince was speechless for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said to Lu Di with a smile: "I really don't know about this~"

Ludy put the bag into his arms: "It doesn't matter~ Old Malkin probably never thought about taking back the money David borrowed~"

"You are a man of your word. David was right about you! Vince~"

"But how did you get all this money in such a short time?"

Vince shook his beard and shook his head: "I made up the money by mortgaging my apartment, taking out a loan, and Abby and my brother-in-law Bobby also contributed."

Ludy looked at Vince in surprise, thought for a moment, took the bag out of his arms and gave it to Vince.

"Take this money and go get the loan for the house first~"

"When you have saved enough, return it to David yourself~"

Vince looked down at the bag, thought about it, silently chose to accept it, and changed the subject.

"Didn't you have something you didn't say just now?"

Ludy suddenly raised his hand and slapped his forehead, pulled Vince to his car, and slapped the roof of the car.

"Come out~"

Black Franky, wearing a black jacket, hat and brown toad glasses, got out of the driver's seat.

He raised his hand and waved to Vince: "Hey Vince!"

"Hey~ man, what are you...?"

Ludi explained: "Black Franky joined the da security company and will be responsible for the security management of da nightclub full-time from now on~"

"If you have anything to do in the future, you can ask him to contact me!"

Vince raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It seems I have a new partner?"

"Haha~ That's right!"

"Black Franky, you will do things together from now on~ At the nightclub, you have to pay more attention to those bastards who want to bring weapons and white powder in!"

"Okay, boss, I will!"

Vince held his hand on the roof of the car and joked: "Now you are really going to become Dark Franky~"

"Haha~ How about asking your brother Franky to change his name? How about Freddy?"

"Freddy? That's the name of my aunt's puppy that was accidentally burned and left scars! Do you want Franky to beat you? Haha~"

Black Franky shrugged: "Then...that's all I can do for now~I won't change my name anyway~"

Ludy stood aside, smiled and patted Vince on the shoulder: "Okay, if you're okay, I'll leave first."

"Okay, see you later Ludy!"

"Well, let's go, Black Franky. You can send me there first..."

Vince stood on the side of the street, watching the car go away and disappear around the corner.

He tightened his coat and prepared to go back to his girlfriend Abby and brother-in-law Bobby to return the money to them first. .