Manhattan Reborn 1978

California, Los Angeles.

In Bloomer's mansion.

The three friends: Giles, Bloomer, and Leslie ran to the second floor and made some preparations for the girls who would come to play later. .

Of course, there is another reason.

They all wanted to see David and Lilith rehearsing there again. .Pretending to be a couple and spreading shit~

first floor.

living room.

David approached the butler and asked if there was a place where everyone could dance together.

After waiting for a positive answer, David and Lilith followed the housekeeper and entered a larger, more spacious room through another door in the living room.

This room is almost the size of two living rooms, similar in size to a classroom in school.

In the corner of the room, there is also a small bar.

The wine rack behind the bar is filled with all kinds of famous wines~

"Wow~ I didn't expect that! How about we go have a drink first?"

"Okay~ Give me a glass of your specialty cocktail~"

"No problem~ I'm happy to help, my dear! Haha~"

David quickly walked behind the bar and took a quick look around.

None of the wine here has been opened, only two bottles of red wine have been opened~

"Um... Butler, why doesn't anyone usually drink here?"

The butler who followed him smiled and nodded: "After Bloomer went to Boston to go to college, I was basically the only one here when I was resting. Occasionally I would come here for a drink~"

"Then your drinking capacity must be pretty good, right?"

"Yes~"

"How about having a drink together?"

"..good!"

The housekeeper didn’t agree very simply~

David raised his eyebrows and took out a bottle of brandy produced in 69 and a bottle of tequila produced in 73 from the wine rack.

I lowered my head and looked around the bar carefully, and found a bottle opener, wine dispenser, cocktail mixer, ice machine, etc.

He took off his coat, threw it to Lilith, and rolled up the cuffs.

Under the gaze of the two of them, with a smile of great enjoyment, he started mixing drinks~

"What I'm going to make now is a new cocktail I thought of. No one has drunk it before~"

"Butler, you are in luck~"

"Haha~ I'm looking forward to it!"

"Don't worry, you will like it~"

“I added French cognac, Mexican Tapatio tequila, a little orange juice, a little Aultmore whiskey, and shook it all up~

"Two more ice cubes at the end ~ it's done!"

"Come, please taste it~ Its name is...Morning Light!"

"Morning light?"

The butler looked at the golden-red cocktail in the glass in front of him and repeated its name.

"How do you want to drink this cup of morning light?"

David found himself a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and continued with a busy smile: "It is made from the three strongest wines in the world."

"If you want to pursue the ultimate taste and pleasure, I suggest you drink it in one gulp, hold it in your mouth for a few seconds, and then swallow it all~"

"Of course, this is just my suggestion~"

The butler picked up the morning cocktail, smiled and raised the glass to thank David: "Bloomer once said that you are a professional~"

"So, I follow your advice~ Cheers, David!"

David laughed and gave a thumbs up sign: "Cheers~"

The butler looked at Lilith, nodded to her, raised his neck, drank all the wine into his mouth, and carefully felt the slightly cold taste of the mixed wine.

After a few seconds, swallow them.

"Tell me, how is it?"

"Haha~ It tastes very complex~ After your preparation of these spirits, they are not as good as I imagined..."

David curiously asked again: "How does it taste when it's in your mouth? Is it very strong?"

"No~ The orange juice neutralizes most of their alcoholic taste, plus a little bit of grass fragrance. This feeling is amazing~"

"You're right, I'm starting to fall in love with this cup of morning light!"

"Hahaha~ Aultmore whiskey has a strong grassy aroma, just like it~"

"If you want to drink in the future, you can follow the steps I just took and try to make a cup yourself~"

"I believe it will bring you good dreams every sleepless night!"

The butler smiled and handed the cup to David: "Thank you!"

Lilith was beside her, holding David's coat and curiously asked: "Why is it called morning light?"

David took back the cup, put it aside, and continued to explain with busy hands: "Because generally people who have a very light drinking capacity will probably get drunk directly if they have one drink~"

"When he wakes up, it will be tomorrow morning~"

"This... morning light? Hahahaha~ interesting!"

The housekeeper looked at David who was busy and Lilith who was laughing, and prepared to leave silently, leaving this place to the two people in front of him.

But just when he wanted to move.

In his stomach, the morning light he just drank seemed to be. .The cool and gentle veil was torn off, and it burned like a fire.

"Hi~"

The housekeeper inhaled slightly, hoping that the cold air could reduce the heat in his mouth and rising from his stomach~

David caught a glimpse of the butler's expression, quickly made a new cocktail in his hand, and handed it to the butler.

"Here, try this~ I think you will feel better after drinking it~"

The butler took the wine glass in surprise and looked at the light golden wine with some broken ice floating in the glass for a few seconds. Without saying any nonsense, he drank it in one gulp~

David watched the butler put down the cup, took two sharp breaths of cold air, and asked with a smile: "Do you feel better?"

"Hi~ha~ much better?!"

"How did you do that? This... is mint? Mint julep?"

"No, I made a little mint juice, mixed with orange juice, gin, smoothie, etc.~"

The housekeeper felt the fresh coolness in his stomach, which counteracted the heat of the morning sun. For a moment, he felt an indescribable sense of comfort~

"Fantastic!"

"What's the name of the cup at the back?"

David shrugged, wiped his hands and said: "It doesn't have a name~ Just give it a name~"

"No, no! It is your work, and you should choose the name!"

"Oh... then call it... Lilith! What do you think?"

Lilith's expression was tangled for a moment, and she shook her head: "No~ I don't want to be a cocktail~"

"Hahaha~ Okay, then come and give it a name~"

"Hmm... Listening to your introduction just now, it should be... let's just call it: Sea Breeze~"

"sea breeze?"

The corner of David's mouth twitched involuntarily, and he immediately clapped his hands and said: "Morning Light and Sea Breeze~Haha~What a beautiful name!"

"From now on, they will be my cocktail combination reserved exclusively for you~"

"For me?"

"Yes, it's yours alone!"

"...Thank you, David!"

Lilith licked her lips, and the smile on her face became even happier~

The butler silently smacked his lips, turned around knowingly, and left quietly. .

----

After the housekeeper left.

The two of them were left more relaxed.

David made two "Sea Breeze" cocktails~

While the two were drinking, they had the following conversation~

"David, when will you go back to New York? I want to be with you~"

"...Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow! If there is still smog tomorrow, we won't be able to go to sea. I want to go back tomorrow afternoon~"

"it is good!"

"What about you? You said you had something to say to me on the plane. Can you say it now?"

"Hmm...I forgot~Sorry!"

"Haha... What is there to be sorry for? Don't care!"

"You...why aren't you angry?"

"Didn't I explain it to you? In fact, Nylent did the right thing, he..."

"Stop! Why did you say the same thing as Pine?"

"Hahaha~ Because we all understand this in our hearts~"

"What the hell does it mean?"

"It is the truth that allows us to continue to cooperate and go further together."

“Payment and gain can never be equated!”

"There are too many people in the world who give everything but get nothing~"

"From this point of view, I am lucky!"

"Then... I'm a lucky one too?"

"Of course!"

"why?"

"...Because you have never been poor!"

"What's the point of this?"

"Haha~ It doesn't make sense~ Only when you have been truly poor can you understand why poor people work so hard to make money~"

"Money?...Is it that important?"

"Most of the time, yes!"

"What about a small part?"

"A small part... is what people always say, money can't buy... true love, or friendship where you can pour out your heart at any time~"

"Yeah..I understand~"

"Haha~ You should understand what I'm talking about, it's just that you have very little contact before~"

"After all, no one can tell you... what your love is!"

"Why? Don't they all have lovers?"

"People are different, and their outlook on life will also be different!"

"For example... Xina, have you ever talked to her about why she's not married yet?"

"We had a chat~ She said at the time... she thought about getting married, but the man she wanted to marry later married someone else~"

"So...? She doesn't plan to get married?"

"I don't know~ I haven't asked her."

"Then... do you think her views on love are consistent with yours?"

"It's definitely different ~ Laura and I..."

"It's good that you can understand this!"

"No leaves in the world are exactly the same, and no people are exactly the same, let alone have the same ideas."

"You're talking about Laura's thoughts..."

"nonono~"

"Laura's feelings for you, in my opinion, have not changed at all and will not change at all~ You can rest assured about this and stop thinking about it! Do you understand?"

"Oh.."

"Haha~ Let's talk about the engagement."

"Have you ever thought about what kind of wedding you want?"

"No...I never dared to think about any wedding~"

"I just want to be with Laura forever and never be apart!"

"Sure enough, when a woman encounters love, her IQ will plummet~"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Don't worry ~ Men are the same!"

"As long as people meet the person they truly love, they will be addicted to sweet love and think of each other all the time!"

"The difference is that most men will become stupid and slow to respond. Most women will become very coquettish and very dependent on each other~"

"These things you mentioned...were all thought of by yourself?"

"Haha~ How is that possible! I learned them all~"

"Study? Is there any place to teach these?"

"Hey~ are you stupid? I... learned this while working in a bar~"

"You can learn this by working as a bartender? Are you lying?"

"What's the point of lying to you? If you meet dozens or hundreds of different people every night and chat with them, you can also learn this."

"Hmm~ It seems I need to chat with you more and learn something from you~"

"Hoho~ I'm always welcome to chat or whatever!"

"Haha~ Is it okay if I call you in the middle of the night? Susan won't doubt you? Will there be no complaints?"

"...You can chat with me during the day~ Why do you have to do it in the middle of the night?"

"I... I often have insomnia at night and can't sleep~"

"You can't sleep...Okay~ But you can only call me before midnight! I won't answer your call after midnight~"

"...I can't guarantee this~haha~"

"Hey~ If you dare to harass me in the middle of the night, I will take revenge on you!"

"Tch~ You are a coward, you still want to take revenge? Haha~"

"Ahem~ I'm not timid when it comes to revenge, I'm very courageous!"

"Haha~ Come on~ Show me your revenge now!"

"You...I...cough cough cough~ You are so cruel~ Humph!"

"Hahaha~ You are not a coward? Hahaha~"

"Okay~ Okay~ Have you laughed enough?"

"Haha~ No!"

"Then keep laughing, I'll go upstairs to wash up and go to bed~"

"No~haha~Sorry, I will stop laughing soon~haha~"

"...Give you the last five seconds!"

"Five, four, three..."

"Okay, okay~ I won't laugh, I promise! Hahaha~"

"...Can you still have a good chat?"

"Yes! What should we talk about next?"

"... Let's talk about the engagement ceremony! Didn't we just finish talking about it?"

"Oh...yes, yes! I just talked about the wedding~ Do you have any ideas or plans?"

"Yes and no ~ look at you!"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you want the perfect wedding that makes you laugh in your dreams?"

"..think!!!"

"Haha~ I'm sorry, I can't give it to you!"

"you.."

"Hey~ The person you really want to marry is not me~ How can I give you a perfect wedding?"

"Ah~oh...what about you? What does the perfect wedding you imagine for yourself look like?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Maybe... I will be at the beach, invite relatives and friends, put a ring on my wife on a small stand, kiss her, receive people's blessings, and live happily ever after. !”

"Almost...that's it~"

"...Your plan sounds easy to implement~"

"Haha~ The difficulty is... I haven't planned to get married yet!"

"Hahaha~ Don't let Susan hear what you said~ Otherwise she will be sad~"

"Oh? Did she say anything when you were chatting together?"

"No~ but... I think she must have fallen in love with you!"

"what?"

"How come she never told me herself?"

"What did you say? When I see you every day, the first thing I say is... I love you? Stop dreaming about you!"

"Is there anything wrong with this? You have to be brave enough to speak out about love!"

"Pfft~haha~ Why can't you tell her first?"

"I...I...I don't know!"

"And you said you're not a coward?"

"Hey~ This is different!"

"Then you just told me so many great truths, why do you shrink back when you encounter this... when you want to be brave?"

"Um...well...saying and doing are not the same thing at all~"

"Oh~ So, you can only talk about principles, but you have never practiced them?"

"Practice? Why don't I practice?"

"Okay, stop talking! I don't want to hear your talk anymore... That's the truth!"

"Haha~ You won't have insomnia tonight, right?"

"Yes! I will definitely have a sweet dream tonight!"

"No, you will definitely have nightmares tonight ~ I will come to find you in your dreams at night!"

"Haha~ Come on~ I'll wait for you!"

"Hehe~ Just wait, I will come find you when I dream at night!"

Speaking of it.

The two of them fell silent in a tacit understanding, each thinking about their troubled thoughts.

----

Miami.

Griselda Blanco is sitting in the living room, receiving tonight's temporary visitor, Gustavo, the advisor and brother of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

"It's so late~ Why don't you come to my place?"

"Londono disappeared after you met him~"

"Where are his men? You should ask them, right?"

"All dead!"

"Uh~ You came...just to ask this?"

"Yes~ Is Londono dead or alive?"

"I don't know~ I was not involved in the Rondono matter!"

Gustavo's biting muscles exerted force, and he gently grinded his teeth and said: "Is there a sniper rifle aimed at my head outside the window behind me?"

"No! I don't have that kind of talent under my command~haha~"

"Then...they were done by the same group?"

"You...why don't you call and ask yourself? I'll call it for you?"

Gustavo took a few deep breaths, exhaled, took out a cigarette, lit it and said, "I will call them for confirmation~"

Blanco smiled and spread his hands: "Then... can I go to bed? It's already very late~"

"..And one more thing!"

"You say~"

"We... we won't give them any money, let alone any compensation!"

"Haha~ You shouldn't say this to me..."

"Listen to me!"

"We have a batch of new products before the end of the year, which will be shipped to you for sale~"

"Have you seen their samples? What do you think?"

“The purity is very high, it’s a good product!”

"Ok~ We can give you a discount on this batch of goods~"

"Oh? How much?"

"..[-]% off~"

"Thirty percent off!"

"No, [-]% off!"

"Seven-five~"

"Nine...[-]% off!"

"Twenty percent off!"

Gustavo frowned, took a long drag on his cigarette, and said slowly, "[-]% off!"

"Deal! Haha~ How many times do you want to transport this batch of goods?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"Of course you have to ask the buyer for a deposit~"

"Whoever pays the deposit will get the good goods first~"

Gustavo's eyes flashed, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "I don't care about the transportation, the Lion will contact you to pick up the goods."

"Then...how do I know when the goods will arrive? I need to collect the deposit in advance~"

"Don't you need me to pay a deposit?"

"...Yes~ for this batch of goods, you can pay in installments without paying a deposit!"

"Wow~ Hahaha~ Should I thank you for trusting me?"

"...No need~"

"No, this saves me a lot of money ~ I must thank you!"

"You know, all the cash in my hand has been given away~"

Gustavo looked at Blanco's round face full of cheerful smile, stood up angrily, and flicked the cigarette butt away.

"Lion will contact you in a few days to pick up the goods~"

"When you give money to the other party, you must leave evidence ~ we will investigate!"

"No problem, it's all a trivial matter~"

"Are you...going to leave now? Shall I see you off~?"

"fxxx! I can leave by myself!"

"Wow wow wow~ Tsk~ I wish you a safe journey, my friend! Haha~"

After watching Gustavo leave.

Griselda Blanco turned off the lights in the living room, walked to the window, and hid her figure in a dark corner. She watched Gustavo's car leave quickly, and the smile on her lips slowly faded.

There won't be any compensation?

No need to pay a deposit? ?

Pay in installments? ? ?

hehe~

Gustavo is scared~

Blanco guessed that this timid guy would leave Miami tonight, leave the United States, and leave this place where he might die inexplicably~

However, Blanco can understand Gustavo's timidity.

She is no different from Gustavo and Pablo~

They are all the kind of people who want to get rich by selling cocaine and make money like crazy~

From this point of view, they are all businessmen~

None of them want to live in constant fear, or die inexplicably in their dreams~

Blanco, who is 35 years old this year, has experienced these recent fantastic things and truly understood some truths that he could not figure out before.

Why are people afraid of growing old after they become rich?

Why do people fear death after they become rich?

Why do most people think selfishly when they get rich?

The answer is simple.

They are afraid of losing the wealth in their hands and everything they have now!

Maybe there are people among Monopoly who are not afraid of death.

However, among these people, absolutely no one wants to become pauper or die inexplicably at a young age.

Now, Blanco, who has positioned himself as a businessman, does not want to fight with those soldiers who dare not show their faces just because of a small loss of money~

We won the battle, but we couldn't kill all the bosses on the New York side standing behind these soldiers.

They will become more dangerous, will become angry, and will try every means to deal with Blanco.

If you lose by fighting to the death, then it’s easy ~ there’s nothing else but death ~!

Oh ~

wrong!

And the money left behind by Blanco after his death, I wonder which lucky bastard will get it~

. . .

Blanco stood at the window for a while, looking at the raindrops floating in the sky, and felt a little tired for a while.

However, there are still things that are not over~

The Silent and Inexplicable Disappearance of Chip Santacruz Londono~

People from the Colombian Cali Group will definitely come to Blanco to inquire about the situation~

How will Blanco deal with it then?

She needs to come up with an excuse to completely cut it off~

----

Miami.

Gustavo sat in the back seat, looking at the rain outside the car window, lost in thought.

He and Pablo debated whether to give money. .Or we had a big argument on the phone about giving compensation~

Pablo Escobar, Gustavo's cousin.

Because in the past two years, I had made more and more money from the business of smuggling and selling cocaine, my heart began to expand rapidly.

Pablo doesn’t agree with any damn compensation~

He believes that instead of throwing the money away as compensation, it is better to hire more gunmen and killers in the United States to kill all these soldiers and the bosses behind them.

But unlike Pablo's arrogance and arrogance, Gustavo, as a military man, is very sober.

Kill all the soldiers?

Kill all the bosses behind them?

shxx!

They are drug lords!

They are in business.

They are not those lunatics who think about subverting xx all day long! (I’m afraid of being blocked, please figure it out yourself xx, sorry!)

The largest cocaine consumption market in the world is the United States!

What they earn is the rice knives in the wallets of those drug addicts in the United States!

Having more money is the reason why Pablo swells.

Making more money is the goal that Gustavo, who regards himself as a businessman, works hard for~

. . .

If you make another decision.

I followed Pablo's idea and killed everyone I could find~

and then?

Can killing people solve all problems?

What if there are people who are not as good as them, and there are people behind the scenes hidden deeper?

Faced with such a large-scale murder and assassination, what should the U.S. official do if they start an investigation?

What should I do if a killer betrays them after being caught due to a mistake?

Blanco betrayed them, what should they do?

Could it be because of fear of retaliation that will follow. .Have you been hiding?

Pablo has a wife, children, mother and other relatives!

Let these relatives continue to be ostriches?

Is this what he is doing as a human being?

. . .

Gustavo, as Pablo's strategist, broke these concerns apart one by one and explained them clearly on the phone.

Pablo, a few years ago, was still in the business of smuggling televisions on the border between Colombia and Peru. .businessman~

After listening to these explanations from his brother, he was silent for a while before making an agreement with Gustavo.

If Rondono of the Cali Group really died in Miami, they would give Blanco a batch of goods at a discounted price and earn less. .

Let her give the money she saved from these goods to the soldiers~

. . .

In Pablo's opinion, this kind of arrangement gave him face and dignity. .

Gustavo also breathed a sigh of relief after putting down the phone.

As long as you spend some money, you can reduce one potentially very dangerous enemy~

Why reject it?

In his opinion, this is not a loss at all, but a gain!

Any business in the world has one thing in common.

Only by earning money steadily for a long time will it turn into disposable wealth~

Only what can be spent is money.

Those who can't spend money are not even as good as a soft, clean butt wipe!

They're too hard, too small, and too dirty~!