Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Stanley fourth floor.

There was another knock on the door of David's office.

"Please come in~"

At the door, Sam led Bernard Madoff in.

"Hi~ Mr. Madoff, I'm sorry!"

"I just came back last night. I knew you had been here, so I wanted to try to make an appointment with you~"

"I didn't expect you to have time to come to my place~ What do you want from me?"

David took Mr. Madoff's hand and enthusiastically asked him to sit down on the sofa area. Sam went out to bring in coffee, served it to the two of them, and closed the door behind him.

Mr. Madoff smiled and nodded the whole time. After Sam went out, he said: "After we met last time, I went back and seriously considered your suggestion."

David smiled, picked up the coffee, waved his hand and said, "Please drink coffee~"

"..."

Mr. Madoff picked up the coffee, took a sip, observed David's expression and demeanor, and gritted his teeth secretly.

"Mr. Nylent has recommended my electronic trading system to Nasdaq."

"Mr. Madoff, how many times have we met today?"

"..the third time!"

"Oh... Look, my small company has just opened and it doesn't have all the staff yet. Do you have any suitable candidates you can recommend to me?"

"Haha~ In today's Wall Street, as long as you let out the news, the people who apply for jobs will cross the threshold..."

"Mr. Madoff, are you looking for me to discuss cooperation? Or do you want to discuss investment?"

"Cooperation!"

"Mr. Madoff, the last time we came out of Nylent's office, you didn't say anything in the elevator."

"Come to me now to discuss cooperation? Haha~"

Madoff clenched and unclenched his left hand, forcing a smile and saying, "I want to apologize to you for this..."

"No, Mr. Madoff~"

"We have only met twice, and I have shown great sincerity to you each time~ But you only thought of coming to me for cooperation after you really got the benefits..."

"Sorry, Mr. Madoff~"

"Why don't you go talk to someone else?"

David watched Bernard Madoff's face change from white to red, and then from red to black. He shook his head and smiled, stood up, and continued.

"You...do you have anything else?"

“I also made an appointment with someone for lunch, and I’ll be leaving soon~”

Facing David's explicit farewell behavior, Bernard Madoff stood up with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot, nodded slightly, and slowly turned around and walked towards the door.

After he turned around, David pouted and prepared to return behind the desk.

Doorway.

Mr. Madoff held the doorknob, hesitated for a few seconds, turned around and whispered: "I have made appointments with all the investment clients of that fund company in the past few days~"

"We re-signed an investment contract with them for a two-year lock-in period~"

"Promised annual income of at least 12%~"

"Now there is still 2600 million dollars left in the fund company's books!"

"I...you're right!"

"I have been walking on the edge of the cliff before. You once extended a helping hand to me, but luck and stupidity blinded my mind and covered my eyes."

"So...David, I come today with sincerity~"

"I understand your dissatisfaction, but I hope you can..."

David held Sam's investment plan in his hand and raised his hand in surprise to interrupt Bernard Madoff's words.

"Wait a moment!"

"You just said... how many years of income were promised?"

"...More than 12%!"

David threw the plan in his hand on the desk and leaned against the table with a playful smile: "Where are the other fund companies?"

“What annual income are they reporting?”

"8~12%!"

"Where is Buffett's fund company? Do you know?"

Mr. Madoff was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "He doesn't often appear on Wall Street. I only know him a little bit."

"However... I've heard people say that Buffett doesn't like investing in companies or stocks that he doesn't understand, and their company's earnings are rarely disclosed to the outside world~"

The last time David talked about Buffett with anyone was when he was chatting with Columbia University Vice President Ferry Cripps ~

That time, Ferry briefly told him some of Buffett's experiences. .

The most famous financial investment guru in the future world, his current wealth is still in the initial stage of snowballing. .

David thought to himself that he must find an opportunity to meet with Buffett in the future, have lunch several times, and learn about the concept of value investing. .

This can be regarded as fulfilling a small wish of David. .

Lunch or something. .Who needs to spend money to eat when it’s free?

hehe~

David looked at Bernard Madoff standing at the door and considered what to do.

"Please sit~"

Mr. Madoff took two deep breaths and sat down on the sofa again.

David walked two steps in front of him, stood still, looked down at Bernard Madoff, and asked.

"What do you want most in your heart...are you clear?"

"Do you want to be a millionaire? Be a celebrity that everyone admires on Wall Street? Or something else?"

"Please think carefully and give me a sincere answer~"

Mr. Madoff frowned, thoughts racing in his mind, and gave David the answer without letting David wait too long.

"Celebrity, rich man, I want them all!"

"I don't want to live in this kind of fearful life anymore..."

David raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Is that your answer?"

"It will directly affect whether we can continue to cooperate, Mr. Madoff!"

"...Yes! That's my answer!"

"I can give you all the accounts of the fund company..."

"No, they are not important~"

"If I really want you to go to jail... I will only harm those who believe in you and give you money to invest~"

"I am of Italian descent, and I am also a businessman~"

"I won't do anything that harms others and is not beneficial to myself, and I don't even bother to do it!"

"I believe in promises and I keep them!"

"So, please think again!"

"Don't make any promises to me easily~"

"I don't want us to become enemies because one day in the future you will change your mind, Mr. Madoff!"

Madoff frowned even more. He raised his hand to loosen some of his tie, lowered his head, pursed his lips, and clenched his fists for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his head and said.

"I want to cooperate!"

"I promise you that I will never betray cooperation for any reason."

"We will not question our cooperation in any way!"

David put away his smile, nodded, took half a step forward, and said seriously: "Mr. Madoff, can I trust your promise when your credit has been overdrawn before?"

"..."

Madoff was speechless. .

Those Ponzi scheme tricks are very simple to say, they take advantage of people's greed and trust. .To maintain~

David knew all these details about him. .

Credit overdraft, as the saying goes. .That’s already very polite~

. . .

"Clang clang clang~"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Pine walked in with the company's treasurer, Erwin Barnetta.

David curled his lips secretly, took two steps back, and said with a smile: "Hi~ You are here."

Pine glanced at Bernard Madoff, who was bowing his head in silence, and stopped: "Did I bother you?"

"No~ Come on, sit down!"

"We'll be done talking soon~"

"You also know Mr. Madoff, right?"

Pine smiled: "Giles mentioned it to me~"

David tilted his head and raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Madoff: "Okay~ Mr. Madoff wants to come to discuss cooperation~"

"But he's considering it~ I think..."

"Mr. Madoff, how about we talk next time?"

at the door.

Erwin, who followed Pine in, rolled his eyes back and forth a few times, stepped back silently, and closed the door. .

Pine walked to David's desk nonchalantly, sat down and said.

"In your company's account, the mortgage loan funds have been received~"

"The money I told you yesterday, you can ask Erwin to transfer it to the company account at any time~"

"I suggest you, if you have no other plans, it is best to leave them where they are for the time being~"

David sat directly on the desk, ignored Madoff, and asked curiously: "You mean, I can mobilize 4500 million dollars now?"

"That's right~"

"Wow~ Hahaha~ Tell me...if all this money is in cash, can you bury me?"

Pine sneered and shook his head. It was probably only David who would ask such a strange idea. .

"If you bury it... it's more than enough!"

"However, I think you will be crushed to death before you are buried by them~"

"Hahaha~ Being beaten to death by tens of millions of knives... What does that feel like? I will definitely be on the headlines of TV news, right?"

"Tch~ Do you really want to try it? I can take you to the vault of Morgan Bank and try it out on the spot~"

"No no~cash or something...let's forget it~why don't you try it with a check? Haha~"

"Hehe~"

Pine expressed his attitude towards this. .

He continued: "Okay~"

"I contacted Nylent and we're going to have dinner together tonight. You can come too~"

"Dinner? Tonight?"

"Yes~"

"Not tonight, I already have an appointment!"

"Oh? Then I have to go alone~"

David was happily swaying his legs back and forth: "You can't go either~"

"You have to go to the appointment with me tonight!"

"...Who did you date?"

"Laura's dad!"

"Forehead.."

Pine raised his hand to cover his forehead and asked to make sure again.

"What did you make an appointment for?"

"I called him this morning!"

"He said that Laura's mother wanted to see Lilith's boyfriend, so she invited me to be her guest~"

"Mom? Nariya?"

"Probably so~"

"By the way, do you have any suggestions? I need to prepare for our first meeting? What gifts should I bring them?"

Pine leaned back, held his chin with his hand, shook his head and said, "Gifts or something...it doesn't matter~ There aren't that many rules at home."

"You just said Laura...will she go back too?"

"Yes~"

"...What exactly do you want to do?"

David spread his hands innocently: "I was invited, what can I do?"

Pine smacked his lips, thought for a moment, and said with a bitter look on his face: "I won't go!"

"Hey~ Why? Are you still afraid of those two little girls suing?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm here! I'll protect you! Hahaha~"

David didn't expect teasing Pine to feel so good. .Interesting~

"you?"

"It would be nice if you don't add fuel to the fire~ Still helping me?"

"How could that be? Am I the kind of person who cheats on my friends?"

"Otherwise, if I make you feel wronged tonight... how about asking Lilith to apologize to you when I come back?"

"No! You bastard!"

"Hahaha~Thank you for the compliment~haha~"

. . .

On the sofa, Bernard Madoff stood up silently, walked to the door, opened the door, and went out.

Pine looked back at him, tilted his head and said, "What's his condition?"

David shrugged: "I took the wrong road and want to turn back~"

"I still hope that I can successfully land without paying any price and just rely on verbal promises."

"The ideas are full of ideas, but the reality is very skinny~"

Pine smiled slightly in surprise: "What weird thing are you talking about?"

"Haha~ It's just the truth!"

"Didn't Giles tell you about him?"

Pine shrugged, indicating that he was not interested in the matter, and continued what he had just said.

"I won't go tonight. The insurance company still has a lot of work that needs me..."

"No, you have to go back!"

Pine was a little confused: "Why?"

David chuckled and said, "The last time I met old Mr. Morgan, you weren't there."

"If you don't go back and take a look this time, he will definitely think that you are deliberately avoiding him~"

Seeing that Pine was still hesitant, he added more words.

"Anyway, I've already informed you of the matter. If I ask you about it then..."

"Okay~!"

"I... let's go back together!"

"Hey~ This is right! Hahaha~"

Pine stood up helplessly, raised his hands to straighten his suit, shook his head slightly and said, "Now I know why Giles always wants to beat you."

"Haha~ He can't beat me!"

"How about... let's give it a try?"

David's body leaned back tactically: "Don't make trouble~ This is so disrespectful to you~"

Pine suddenly felt that he had a deeper understanding of the shamelessness of the David boy in front of him. .

"Hehe~ It's almost lunch time, want to come together?"

"No, I also have an appointment at noon!"

"Oh... what time should we leave tonight?"

"Yeah... I will pick up Lilith and the others at the Blue Crystal Hotel before evening. Let's meet there~"

"ok~"

Pine agreed readily and left.

. . .

David looked at the closed door, sat on his desk, swung his legs back and forth a few times, and thought for a while.

Picked up the phone and was about to make a call.

"Dang Dang Dang~" The knock on the door sounded again.

"Um...please come in!"

at the door.

Bob Rockefeller opened the door and walked in.

"Bob?"

"Hi~ David, haha~ Are you back from California so soon?"

"Yeah~ Come on, sit down quickly!"

David put down the microphone in his hand and enthusiastically asked Bob to sit down on the sofa.

"You've been in New York for two days, right? How do you feel? Do you have a place to live? Where do you live?"

Bob felt that there was still some warmth on the sofa under his butt. .He moved his body and replied with a smile.

"Leslie gave me the key to one of his apartments, and I stayed with him temporarily~"

"New York... I used to come here a lot when I was a kid and got to know each other a little bit. But when I grew up, I rarely came here~"

"Oh... you see, my company has just been established and people are needed everywhere. Do you have any expertise or the job you most want to do?"

"I.."

Bob didn't have any interview or work experience, and he lacked some self-confidence. He didn't know how to answer David's questions for a while.

David waited for a few seconds, then smiled and waved his hand and said: "If you haven't thought about it yet, you can do an internship in the company for a while, get more exposure to various jobs, and see which one you like to do~"

"When you make a decision, tell me directly and I will make arrangements for you!"

"...Okay, David!"

"Uh... No! Okay, boss~"

"Haha~ don't be so polite~"

"You already know Sam?"

"Yes, we have met on the phone and in person~"

"Okay~ Let Sam introduce some colleagues in the company later. If you don't understand anything, you can ask them for advice~"

"Sam and Leon have worked at Goldman Sachs before and are knowledgeable on many common sense issues."

"And they have just passed the stage of newcomers on Wall Street. I think you will have something in common~"

Bob nodded with a smile and stood up: "Then I... will go out first~"

David stepped forward, held his hand and said, "Haha~ As I said before, if you encounter any problems, you can come to me!"

"Okay, okay~"

David sent Bob out of the office, handed him to Sam, and gave him a few more instructions.

Sam blinked, looked at David's wink, silently and readily responded, and took Bob to recognize him. .

David took a deep breath, walked back to the office, slapped his forehead, and fell into the sofa. .

Bob Rockefeller!

David made no unnecessary introduction to him.

His name has already revealed his identity to people.

David wanted to observe Bob for a while and see what purpose Louis had in arranging for this boy to come to him.

Louis!

David recalled the meeting between the two, and slowly tasted Old Wharton's words from some details.

"Louis...he is not that easy to get along with!"

. . .

"Clang clang clang~"

The knock on the door came again and again. .

David scratched his head, wondering what happened today. .

"Please come in~"

at the door.

Pine led two people in.

"Hey~? Why are you in trouble again..."

When David saw the two people following him, he stopped asking and asked in surprise: "Rambo? Lawrence? Why are you here?"

With a dull expression on his face, Pine motioned for Lawrence to close the door and asked first, "Why is Bob here?"

"Well...his grandpa arranged it~"

"Have you met Louis? With Panaris?"

"Yeah~ We visited him when we were in San Francisco... What happened?"

Pine nodded clearly: "Don't tell Giles about this yet, he and Bob..."

"It's late, man! Giles and the others have met~"

"...When? In San Francisco?"

David spread his hands and told how Bob was brought to the Bloomer mansion by Leslie and how several people met.

Pine walked to the sofa and sat down, frowning and said, "He's talking about...Mary?"

"Yeah~ But I think these should be Louis' arrangements."

Pine nodded silently, thinking about this matter.

Only then did David have the opportunity to wave to Rambo and the two of them: "Come, sit down~"

"This is my newly established company~ If you need anything from me in the future, you can come here!"

"Where are our people? Are they all back safely?"

"What are you drinking? Do you have a problem with me?"

Rambo and Lawrence sat down and looked at each other. Lawrence spoke up and said concisely: "We are here to give you something~"

"Something? What is it?"

"money!"

"what?"

David stopped at the door, opened his mouth, and blinked quickly: "What... do you mean?"

Lawrence took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to David: "Someone parked a van on 42nd Street this morning."

After a few minutes.

David sat on the sofa, dumbfounded as he listened to Lawrence's story. .

He turned to look at Rambo and said, "What did you say before I sent you to Miami?"

"You're not asked to kidnap, extort, and extort drug lords, are you?"

"What do you think? Aren't you afraid of death?"

Rambo spread his hands with an innocent expression and said: "The person who should be the one to explain this to you...has been assigned to clean the toilet by you~"

"Forehead.."

Only then did David remember that Cohen and Jackal were punished by him to clean all the toilets in the training base. .Until Christmas. .

"Okay~"

He looked at the letter and saw the final signature: gb. .

"Blanco is willing to spend some money, I understand~"

"But you sent this money again...what do you mean?"

"GB is Griselda Blanco? Did she give the money for Pablo? Why did she do this?"

Rambo glanced at Lawrence, who had an expression on his face that this matter had nothing to do with me. He spread his hands again and said, "You can only ask Blanco these questions~"

David blinked a few times: "Are you asking me to call her?"

"...What if? Write a letter? Or send a telegram?"

"Cut~"

David pouted. .

He really doesn’t want to have any contact with any drug dealer~

These guys who make shady money are not all fuel-efficient lamps. They have many evil intentions and may do any bad thing.

He kicked Pine and complained: "What are you doing? Aren't you going to say something?"

Pine came back to his senses, shrugged and said: "You are the boss, you have the final say ~ don't ask me!"

Emm. .

"Forget it~ Let's put this matter aside for now and let me think about it again!"

David felt that his head was about to be overloaded, so he decided not to dwell on all these weird things. .

"Clang clang clang~"

At this time, the knock on the door rang again. .

"Enter!"

David's especially weak words.

at the door.

Bernard Madoff opened the door and walked in.

After scanning the circle of people, he nodded to David and said, "The $2600 million in the fund company account under my name has been transferred and will be transferred to your company's account soon."

"I know that my promise has no credibility with you~"

"So, I hope that by doing this, I can express my sincerity that I want to sincerely cooperate!"

oops. .

David didn't know why Mr. Bernard Madoff came back to cause trouble for him again. .

"Mr. Madoff, there is no way I can accept money like this~"

"I will ask the finance department to transfer the money back to you later~"

"I.."

Pine, who was sitting aside and listening, interrupted: "No, David! Wait a minute~"

He turned to Madoff and said, "Can you give us some time? Let's discuss it~"

"Okay~I'll be outside~"

With that, Mr. Madoff closed the door. .

David looked at Pine in confusion, spread his hands and asked, "What do you want to do again?"

"Haha~ The money delivered to your door...Why do you feel your hands are hot?"

"What money? Do you mean Madoff's? Or Blanco's?"

Pine spread his hands and said, "Is there any difference? There's no name written on the money. Why do we have to separate it so clearly?"

"Hey, man, that's not right!"

"The nature of these two sums of money are different. In my opinion, they are both things I should not take!"

"Haha~ Then don't take it, borrow it and use it... It's always okay, right?"

"Borrow? What do you want to say?"

Pine began to count his fingers and persuaded David: "The money in your hand is 4500 million dollars."

"4000 million, given by Blanco."

"500 million, house mortgage loan."

"Then what? It's gone?"

"Uh..No more~"

"... Adding these two sums of money together, the amount of money you can use and invest will exceed [-] million dollars!"

"With them, you can become a billionaire faster!"

"You can also put your inner plan into practical action faster~"

"So, why not borrow it first and use it?"

"Even after you use them, return them with the highest interest rate."

"The investment income this money will bring you will save you many years of struggle!"

Pine said borrow it and use it. .

Full of the temptation of money~

David frowned. .

He is never short of money-making ideas!

What he lacks is capital. .

indeed.

As Pine said, the more capital, the greater the return from investing in the futures market. .

Do not!

If you really invest [-] million dollars ~

its income. .It may be an astronomical figure that David never dared to think of before~

They will make David's future path more stable and faster~

But he doesn't want these capital to be obtained by breaking his own bottom line~

Any money can be used.

What money is absolutely untouchable. .

The two villains in David's heart were constantly arguing. .

So, bottom line. .Do you want to refresh it?

. . .

"Clang clang clang~"

In a quiet office.

The knock on the door sounded again. .

How many times has this happened today?

David's expression kept changing, and his hesitant and entangled mentality was almost ignited and exploded by the knock on the door. .

"Please, come in!"

at the door.

Polly opened the door and walked in with a happy smile. .

She glanced at a few people, nodded to a few, and looked at David: "It's lunch time, how long do you want?"

David grinned and forced a smile: "One minute, I'll be right back!"

"Okay~I'll wait for you outside~"

"Hey Pine! Want to join us?"

Pine glanced at David, who had a complex and tangled expression, shook his head and smiled: "No, next time!"

"Then we agreed, we will definitely do it next time?"

"Haha~ Definitely next time!"

With that said, Polly gave a thumbs up to several people, closed the door and went out.

Pine patted David on the shoulder, stood up, and said with a smile: "Nothing is as important as eating!"

"You wouldn't want to have lunch with Polly with that look on your face, would you?"

"Haha~ It was supposed to be a happy day~"

"In the end, all these things came together..."

David shook his head with a wry smile, stood up and complained. .

"Haha~ You are so blessed that you don't know how to be blessed~"

"Where do so many difficult decisions come from?"

"It's just that you didn't think about it for a moment~"

"Okay ~ let me... think about it again!"

After finishing speaking, Pine walked to the door, opened the door and went out.

"Rambo, Lawrence, you don't need to worry about the money for now~ I will take care of it in the future!"

"ok~"

David rubbed his forehead and waved to a few people: "I won't send you off anymore~I have a headache!"

Rambo smiled and pulled Lawrence towards the door.

After the two of them left the door, Lawrence came back, stuck his head in and asked, "Do you need us to bring a message to Cohen and Jackal?"

David organized his notebooks and briefcase, and said with a smile: "Let them do their best to clean the toilet ~ I will go to make a surprise inspection!"

"Hahaha~ No problem, I will supervise them!"

Lawrence laughed and walked away.

David slowed down the movements of his hands for a few seconds and exhaled heavily. .

money!

What a fucking torture thing!

. . .

David carried his bag and walked out of the office.

After seeing Bernard Madoff not far away, he waved to Polly to wait.

He walked up to Madoff and said, "I will have someone transfer the money back first."

"I want to think about cooperation again!"

"No matter what decision I make, I will definitely give you a clear answer within three days!"

Mr. Madoff smiled and nodded: "Then... three days later, I will come here to find you?"

"No, I will call you~"

"Ok~ Then I won't disturb you... It's a lunch date~"

"Well... Goodbye, Mr. Madoff!"

"Bye, David!"

Watch Madoff leave.

Polly's eyes were filled with curiosity, but she said, "Have you thought about where to eat?"

David smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Where do I have time to think~"

"Hahaha~ Are you busy this morning?"

"It's more than just busy..."

Polly looked at David's painful expression, smiled, held his arms in her arms, and said softly.

"Let's go first~Dad is still waiting for you at home!"

"Hey, okay, let's go!"