Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Morgan Stanley, fourth floor.

David and the other three silently followed Leslie into the conference room.

Giles and Blumer both took the initiative to say hello to Livlin, then took David and quietly found a place to sit down, ready to start watching the show. .

Leslie walked towards Livlin stiffly, saying hello softly, but asked with some curiosity in his voice.

"Hi~ Livlin! When did you arrive in New York?"

Looking from the perspective of David and others, Livlin, who was standing by the window, tilted her head slightly, looked straight at Leslie, and said in a clear voice: "I hope this is the last time you lie to me!"

Leslie spread her hands in embarrassment and said: "We have temporarily changed the schedule. Bloomer and Giles have important matters to deal with back in New York."

"No~ don't use these lame excuses of yours again from now on!"

"The two of them had something to do, and they didn't even say hello to you when they left... What does it have to do with it?"

"..."

David sat next to Giles, patted his shoulder with his hand, and whispered: "They are right! Say hello to you bastards when you leave, she can't eat you up." "

Giles rolled his eyes speechlessly, and nodded at Blumen: "It was all his idea!"

"Hey~ Why is it all my idea now?"

"You both nodded in agreement..."

"I... didn't agree. I just wanted to go back to New York..."

David reluctantly retracted his arm and looked at the window not far away. Riley and Livlin, like the hero and heroine in a movie, looked at each other in silence and held back. The urge to say something. .

At this time, there was an unexpected knock on the door. .

"Clang clang clang~"

Pine opened the door and walked in.

His eyes first glanced at the three disabled friends who were sitting quietly not far from the door. Just when he was about to say something, he noticed Leslie and Livlin by the window. .

"Um...Hi~ Livlin?"

"Hi Pine!"

"You come to New York..."

"Yeah~ I'm here... I want to see Lilith and Laura~"

"Ah...oh~"

Pine turned to Giles and the others, raised his eyebrows, and cast a doubtful look: What is going on?

Giles rolled his eyes: That's what you saw. .

Blumer folded his hands on his chest and winked with a smile: Come over and watch the show together. .

David covered his forehead, frowned, and grimaced: Get me out of here!

After looking at the expressions of the three of them and answering, Pine said with a smile: "David, I have something to talk to you about~"

"Ok!"

David instantly became happy and stood up happily. After casting an "sorry" look at Leslie, he walked towards the door of the conference room~

At this time, Livlin suddenly said: "David?"

"Uh...yes!"

David stopped, stood next to Pine, and turned around to answer.

"I'm Livlin~ Leslie and the others mentioned you when they were chatting..."

"Can we have dinner together tonight?"

"...Sorry, I already have an appointment tonight~"

"It's okay! I promise I won't disturb your date~"

David didn't know what this Livlin had planned. .

He glanced at Pine who took half a step back beside him, tilted his head, and said reluctantly: "Okay... let's go to P.J. Clark's Restaurant! 07:30 in the evening!"

"ok~"

Livlin nodded slightly, thanked David, and then looked at Leslie: "You will come too, right?"

Leslie's eyes quickly rolled around a few times, and finally he sighed helplessly: "I will~"

"it is good!"

A smile broke out on Livlin's face, she nodded to Giles and Bloomer, and walked towards the door of the conference room.

"You guys have something to talk about, so I won't interrupt you~"

She stood in front of David, looked at David's appearance carefully, then turned back to Leslie and said, "I'm staying at the Gramercy Hotel. Remember to pick me up early tonight~"

"Goodbye, gentlemen~ I'll see you tonight!"

After saying that, Livlin left gracefully with a smile on her lips, stepping on her high heels. .

. . .

After Livlin left.

Several people in the conference room looked at Leslie. .

Leslie spread his hands and asked with an innocent expression: "Were you all here just now... watching the fun?"

"You've obviously agreed to help me~"

"Haha~ How can we help with this? Say to Livlin for you: no?"

"Just~ don't be stupid! Haha~"

"I look at Livlin...it's pretty good~it's not like what you said..."

"That? What kind?"

"Just... a little nervous..."

"Hahaha~ You will know when you meet again for dinner~"

"Hey~hey~what are you talking about? I asked you to help~!"

"Help, we didn't say we wouldn't help~"

"That's right~ It's just that we can't help much at the moment..."

"..."

Pine watched the excitement happily for a while, shook his head, closed the door smoothly, pulled David to sit down, and said.

"Elder went to California to handle some follow-up details of the investment with Grace~"

"When they come back, the money that belongs to you will go into the Northern Hedge Fund Company established by Panaris for investment~"

"..OK!"

"Is this why you came to me?"

"Yeah... Also, the work of the insurance company that I was previously in charge of will be gradually handed over to Grace after she returns to New York."

"Among the new departments that Stanley will establish in the future, I will take over a few and establish them~"

"The plan to invest in real estate development that you and Nylent mentioned will also be implemented after I establish a new department."

David glanced at Sanshouyou who came over to sit down and listened quietly, nodded and said: "So, you have agreed to invest in the real estate development project?"

"That's right!"

"I have just contacted Uncle Seamus's team~"

"They will come to Stanley tomorrow and call in representatives of the Sidrich family to start the first round of detailed discussions on the real estate development plan~"

"Then...do I need to attend this meeting?"

"Haha~ If you are willing to come forward and listen, of course that's fine~ It doesn't matter if you don't go~"

"Every round of meetings has records. You can check them at any time and communicate with everyone at any time!"

David rubbed his chin, thought for a while, and nodded: "I will go if I have time~"

Pine leaned back and continued with a relaxed smile: "On the weekend, Panaris will hold a social reception at Sapphire~"

"You guys are going to have some fun too?"

"Drinking party?"

"Yeah~Mayor Lynch Colson will be there too."

"Oh...did his campaign go well?"

"Haha~ He doesn't know whose advice he listened to, and proposed to restart the lottery industry in the state~"

David was surprised: "Lottery ticket? He still... really has an idea~"

"Did he say how many operating licenses the state government will approve this time?"

"No, there is no private license~"

"This restart means that the state government has established a new department: the Lottery Management Committee to monopolize all lottery industry operations and sales rights in the state."

"This Lottery Management Committee will serve as the highest regulatory agency for state lotteries and be responsible for the supervision of state lottery issuance and the formulation of policies."

"Due to the particularity of the lottery industry, the government's involvement in operation and supervision can, to a large extent, prevent fraud and fraud more effectively, thereby ensuring the sustainable development of the lottery industry."

“Therefore, the state lottery management committee is the direct management agency of the state lottery industry. Its head is appointed by the governor, approved by a majority of the committee members, and is responsible to the committee.”

"And lottery tickets will be sold through agents."

"Agents only have the authority to sell lottery tickets if they have obtained a license from a lottery company under the jurisdiction of the State Lottery Management Commission."

"Once an agent is found to have committed fraud and fraud, the lottery company has the right to refuse or withdraw the agent's license."

After listening to Pine's introduction, David smiled and continued: "Speaking of lottery tickets, I have done some simple investigation work for it before~"

“In 1974, Massachusetts (Massachusetts) launched the world’s first scratch-and-win lottery.”

"It was developed by a company called Scientific Games."

"I gave it a funny name: scratch-off..."

“In 1975, New Jersey took the lead in issuing a legal three-digit game-based lottery.”

"A major innovation in this digital lottery is the introduction of computerized digital lottery production methods~"

"Its appearance has directly eliminated an illegal three-digit game-type lottery that was circulated underground in various cities on the East Coast a few years ago and was run by gangs."

"So, when I gave the Sidrich family transformation investment advice, I mentioned using their personal connections to urge and push the state assembly to pass a bill to restart the lottery industry."

"I didn't expect that this good business would be proposed by Mayor Lynch..."

This time it was Leslie's turn to be surprised, and then asked curiously: "You...the Sidrich family, did you listen to your advice later?"

"No~ they chose to make small films as a new industry for the family's transformation and investment..."

"Shoot... a short film? Hahaha~ Their vision... is so unique!"

Several people laughed~

Bloomer, who laughed the loudest, also asked: "Besides lottery tickets and making short films, what ideas did you give them to make money?"

"Uh... there's another one, a good guy~"

"A piece of shit? Hahaha~ Not bad, not bad!"

"At least it's much better than... robbing someone on the road~"

David also smiled and continued to ask Pine: "You just mentioned agent sales agents? Does Mayor Lynch have a detailed plan in this regard?"

"For now... not yet~"

"He just put forward this idea that can increase the state government's fiscal revenue to increase his campaign chips~"

"So... this plan will not be implemented until he is elected governor?"

"That's right!"

"Okay~ I originally had a few interesting ideas about lottery tickets that I wanted to mention to him~"

"Now we can only wait until he is successfully elected before talking~"

Pine's right index finger swept across the stubble on his chin, squinted slightly and said, "Haha~ I think... you might as well mention it to him when you go to a cocktail party this weekend to see him~"

David looked at Pine's expression and seemed to understand what he meant. He nodded slowly and said, "I will~"

"In the past few days, I have been looking for the notebooks where I used to take notes, sorted them out, and gave them to Lynch at the weekend~"

Leslie, who was sitting opposite David, leaned back in his chair and took a deep breath.

After this period of contact, he knew that David would always have some weird ideas for making money in his head. .

But he seems to have underestimated it. .David?

. . .

Several people chatted and laughed in the conference room for a while. When Pine was about to leave, he curiously asked one more question.

"David, who did you meet for dinner tonight?"

"Osdie Parker!"

"Um... did he take the initiative to date you?"

"That's right~ He said I could get acquainted with Harold Stone, the newly transferred FBI director in New York."

"Oh~" After receiving this answer, Pine immediately associated some things together.

"Then...are you going to go to dinner by yourself this time?"

David blinked and asked tentatively: "Shall I make an appointment with Lilith?"

"..Can!"

"Will you contact her later?"

"Yeah... I'll call her office!"

"Okay~" Pine waved to Sanshouyou, walked out of the conference room, and left.

In the conference room, the remaining four people looked at each other. Blumer stood up first and said: "Well... you all have a date tonight, I will go find it myself..."

"nonono~ You have to go with me tonight!"

"What? Why should I go on your date with Livlin?"

"Hey~ She's not dating me, it's David!"

Blumer choked on his words. .

Giles smiled as if he was having fun: "That's right...your date with Livlin and David has nothing to do with me~"

"you you.."

Leslie pointed at the pair of unscrupulous friends, feeling furious and not knowing what to say. .

After Pine left, David, who was a little dazed, stood up and said something fair to Leslie: "Ahem~ As for dinner, everyone goes there tonight!"

"No..."

"Yes, I won't go either..."

"...Everyone go, it will be good for you!"

"Benefits?...No~"

"Yeah, what the hell are the benefits of that?"

"Haha ~ Leslie?"

"Hehe~ David is right, it will be beneficial if you go~ Why don't you go..."

"Hey, hey, what are you going to do?"

"Well...don't try to make me give in! I won't go!~"

"Okay! I just like hard bones! Hahaha~"

"..."

----

Manhattan, 66th Street.

FBI headquarters in New York.

Harold Stone looked at the action plan left by CIA director Ezra Cremo on the table in front of him and shook his head helplessly.

After a while.

He raised his hand to check the time, put the junk-like plan into a drawer, packed his belongings, and walked out of the office.

After going out, he looked around the office area, and when he saw his subordinate Torres Bradman, he waved to him.

"Torres!"

"Huh?...Yes~I'm here!"

"Haha~ Last time you invited me to have dinner at a newly found restaurant. I just found out about a good restaurant. I'll treat you to it tonight!"

"Um...Okay, boss~"

"Boss? Hahaha~ Who did you learn this from?"

Torres scratched his head in embarrassment and changed the subject: "We have received a lot of reports about the Sting case~"

"However, until now, no valuable clues have been found."

Harold Stone frowned, glanced at the busy agents around him, and whispered: "Well... we need to be serious and responsible in our work. In terms of personal life, we also need to leave a certain amount of space for ourselves! "

"07:30pm, P.J. Clark's Restaurant on East 19th Street, I'll wait for you~"

"...ok! I'll be there on time!"

"Hahaha~ Go get busy!"

----

The sun sets and night slowly falls.

Manhattan, East 19th Street, p. j．In front of Clark's restaurant.

David stepped out of the car wearing a neat suit, and the gentleman led Lilith, who was also wearing a gorgeous skirt, into the restaurant under the guidance of the waiter.

Otis Parker, who had been waiting here for a long time, stood up and motioned to the two of them.

David waved to him naturally, and together with Lilith, they walked to Mr. Parker's table and sat down.

"We...are not late?"

"Haha~ Of course not!"

"The time I agreed with Harold Stone is half an hour later~"

"So, we can just relax and have a delicious dinner?"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

Mr. Parker looked at Lilith, nodded slightly and said, "I am honored to have dinner with you!"

"You're too polite~ Haha~" Lilith responded politely.

David looked left and right at the two people who were having a simple and polite conversation. He spread his hands in amusement and joked: "You won't be like this all night. Are you polite?"

"I don't want to take my girlfriend to have dinner with friends and be so tired..."

Lilith raised her hand, patted David's arm gently, and smiled softly: "I was the one you brought to the rescue temporarily. Why do you... say so many weird things?"

"Rescue?" Mr. Parker looked at David curiously.

"That... they are all old friends you know. They will be here soon~"

"Oh.."

Mr. Parker smiled and nodded. From the corner of his eye, he saw Brotney Mejia and Herris Schultz walking in together with the waiter at the entrance of the restaurant, and then nodded to David.

"Those are Mecia and Schultz~these are the people who will meet Larold Stone!"

David and Lilith curiously turned their heads towards the two people in the distance, looked at them, turned back and whispered with a smile: "Where did you find these two beauties? Are they all your subordinates?"

"Haha~ No, they are Cardinal, not my subordinates!"

"Cardinal?" David whispered the familiar-sounding name in his mouth, frowned and thought for a moment, then asked.

"Are they... related to Yanzi?"

Mr. Parker said softly, slightly surprised: "Hey~ you still know about swallows?"

Of course David knew about swallows!

However, their existence was only widely known to the world after the polar bears disintegrated. .

These women, who have left no trace in today's history, are female secret agents who use their beauty, intelligence, body, etc. as their most powerful weapons. In this period of polar opposition in the world, they have stolen money from all over the world for the polar bear country. A lot of classified information. .

Mr. Parker glanced at David, who was bowing his head in silence, and Lilith, who was curious, and then at the two Cardinal girls who had already sat down to order. He shook his head and explained in a low voice.

"The Polar Bear Country, in addition to the well-known secret agents with the prefix K, has also trained many non-combatant agents."

"These non-combat agents are nicknamed Crow for men and Swallow for women!"

"Mecia and Schulz are not swallows~"

"They are just... Cardinals trained by someone who imitated the way swallows are trained~"

"So, their main job is not to steal confidential information of a certain country, but to obtain confidential business information through various means in the business world."

David listened to Mr. Parker's explanation silently, took a deep breath, gently slid his fingers on the tablecloth, and asked.

"Who...of them will marry that Mr. Harold Stone?"

"Haha~ I can't say that!"

"They have their own way of doing things~"

"I just need to find them and issue tasks to them - they will figure out the rest by themselves!"

Lilith, who was sitting on the side, looked towards the two Mecia girls with a hint of sympathy in her eyes, bit her lower lip, turned her head and whispered to David.

"We... It's time to order, right?!"

"..Okay~Sorry! Haha~"

Lilith grabbed David's right hand with her little hand, smiled again and said, "Don't say anything apologetic to me in the future!"

"..Um!"

David grabbed Lilith's little hand with his backhand and raised his eyebrows at Mr. Parker: "What did you... prepare for our dinner?"

"Hahaha~ I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

"Waiter~!"

----

new York.

Kennedy International Airport.

Roland Perkins of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Peart, Bloomer's butler, walked out of the airport lobby and got into a taxi.

Not long after they got into a taxi and left the airport.

Andres Salazar, who flew to New York from Miami, led his twin sons out of the airport lobby.

(Andres Salazar, who appears in Chapter 307, is a Vietnam War veteran, nicknamed American Alligator. After being strongly invited by Jackal, he brought his children to New York and joined DA Security Company.)

----

The Queen.

Old Malkin once again convened the main members of the Sidrich family at home and held a meeting.

The topic of the meeting was exactly what David had mentioned, regarding Stanley's investment plan.

However, this time, the old Malkin, who was full of energy, did not give anyone a chance to raise objections and decided on the cooperation plan directly.

After he finished speaking, Polly, who had just returned home, continued to share some of her thoughts.

The father and daughter spoke very clearly~

This kind of investment plan can benefit all parties, if some members of the Sidrich family miss it because they can't turn around. .That would be a huge loss to the family!

Therefore, Alto, the most intelligent member of the younger generation in the Sidrich family, stood up and expressed his affirmation of this plan after listening to the elder Malkin and his daughter. .

Emm. .

this. .What else is there to say?

Now that the smartest people in the family have reached a consensus, the cooperation is basically finalized. .

After everyone in the family dispersed laughing and joking.

Old Malkin took Alto, who stayed behind, to the study on the second floor, closed the door, and started chatting seriously.

----

Manhattan area.

East 19th Street, p. j．Clark's Restaurant.

street.

The four bodyguards who followed David were sitting in the car with the door open.

After they saw Leslie, Giles, Bloomer and a beautiful lady entering the restaurant, they started chatting about something.

"Hey~ Lavis, why didn't you tell David about making a movie?"

"..."

"Making a movie? Lavis, are you going to change your career to be an actor?" Black Mike, who had no idea about this, asked curiously.

Seeing that Lavis was silent, Giovanni opened his mouth to explain to his second brother.

"It's not that he wants to make a movie~ but some of his past experiences were noticed by a director named Martin, and he wanted to adapt them into a movie and shoot them~"

"Oh~ Then...Lavis, are you able to make a fortune again? Haha~"

Mike Bai, who was sitting in the driver's seat, curled his lips and said, "What do you earn~"

"That Martin has no money to make a movie!"

"He came to Lavis just to try his luck and see if he could find some investment from us~"

Black Mike finally understood this time~

He tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "David might actually be interested in this matter~"

"You... how about I mention it to him?"

"Haha~ How much money can you make from making movies?"

"His investment plans can easily multiply this money several times!"

"In my opinion, even if David was really interested, he wouldn't spend tens or millions of dollars to shoot this movie!"

Black Mike was speechless. .

Although Mike Bai has a bad mouth, he makes the truth very clear~

If you can make a steady profit from making movies. .

Where else can the elites on Wall Street feed themselves? . ?

Everyone has no idea to invest in making movies. .Wouldn’t they all become millionaires?

hehe~

Filmmaking, a business with a lower probability of winning than gambling, is just like what Mike Bai said, if you can avoid it, it’s better not to!