Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Night shrouds this neon-lit city.

In the west of the Bronx, near No. 12th Avenue and along the Hudson River, in an old bar.

A few days ago, Karu, who took over the position of gang leader from the gang leader Xinni, was sitting in a booth in the corner with a frown on his face, drinking beer. .

ten minutes later.

One of Carew's men opened the door and walked into the bar, sat down opposite him, and whispered: "Everything is ready!"

"Um.."

Karu glanced at his watch expressionlessly, drank the beer in front of him with a tilt of his neck, stood up, and walked outside.

. . .

at the same time.

Downstairs of a dilapidated apartment building just two streets away from this bar, a dark figure wearing a hat silently looked around in the darkness of the night, dodged several times in a row, and quickly entered the apartment building.

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Manhattan, East 19th Street.

p． j．Clark's restaurant.

David, Lilith, Leslie, and Livlin were sitting at the same table. Odis Parker, Giles, and Bloomer were sitting at the same table. There were two tables close to each other. After ordering the meal, chatting. .

David had been observing Livlin silently since she sat down with Sanshouyou. .

While a few people were chatting, the waiter brought everyone the dishes and poured the drinks. David smiled, raised his glass first, and said a few words to everyone, and the dinner officially started~

David glanced at Odis Parker who was chatting with Bloomer, and then at Brotney Mecia and Herris Schultz in the distance, thought for a while, and said to Livlin.

"Livlin...can I call you that?"

"Of course~"

"Haha~ You come to New York...do you have any plans or plans?"

Livlin was not annoyed by David's knowing question. Instead, she thought about it seriously.

"I love movies!"

"So, I think... I will buy some movie company stocks and invest in a few movies I like~"

"Movie?"

David tilted his head slightly and glanced at Lilith.

Lilith smiled softly and explained: "The bosses behind the big movie companies in Hollywood are almost all in New York~"

"Oh.."

David nodded, thinking of the movie "The Godfather", and smiled and said to Livlin: "It just so happens that I am also planning to invest in a movie, and the partner is Paramount."

"Paramount? Charlie?"

"..who?"

"Ah, sorry! The parent company of Paramount Pictures is Gulf Western Industries in New York. Its president is Charlie G. Bludorn, nicknamed Austrian Madman."

"Wow~ Listen to his nickname... Is he famous?"

Livlin smiled like a naughty little girl who got into trouble and was caught: "I have never met Charlie. I only heard about him from my family~"

After saying that, she turned to look at Leslie beside her. .

Leslie blinked and was stunned for a moment, then continued as if suddenly: "Charlie~! Uh... I know him~"

"The Gulf Western Industrial Group that that guy works for was developed by him~"

"Many years ago, he took over a wholesale auto parts company that was on the verge of bankruptcy."

"After that, Charlie built it into Gulf West Industrial Group, which has 65 subsidiaries."

“Among them, Paramount Pictures.”

"However, the main business of this company is auto parts, candy, tobacco, and only a small part of the business is at Paramount."

After Leslie finished speaking, he paused and picked up the wine glass. Seeing that several people were still looking at him, waiting for the next step, he held up the wine glass helplessly and continued.

"Charlie G. Bludorn, as the founder and chairman of the board of directors of Gulf West Industrial Group, has a character that is both arrogant and rude, but also very realistic... He is a very successful businessman!"

"Because he is a manager with a very hot temper and a heavy accent who always likes to yell and give orders, so someone gave him the nickname: Austrian Madman."

David smiled and raised his eyebrows, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Leslie, and said to Livlin: "Haha~ It seems that there is a possibility for us to cooperate?"

"...You want me to invest in Paramount?"

"Yeah~ When I was in Los Angeles a few days ago, Bloomer introduced me to a friend, Roland Perkins~"

"He said that Paramount's current business situation is very average. There have been some rumors that it will become a trading item."

"Deal? Charlie wants to sell it?"

"Hmm... I really don't know about this news~ If he is willing to sell it and the price is reasonable..."

"I think investing in Paramount would be a good business, right, Leslie?"

"Well... I don't understand anything about film companies. I'm sorry!"

After hearing Leslie's apology, Livlin, who had been smiling just now, instantly frowned. .

Lilith felt funny and nudged David with her elbow. .

David winked at Lilith, grabbed her little hand, coughed lightly and said, "I'm repeating it again!"

"Today, I brought my girlfriend to have a happy gathering with my friends~"

"Leslie, if you continue to be so tense and unable to let go of your airs, our dinner will be completely ruined by you!"

"Yes~" Lilith was on the side, smiling and helping David.

"...Okay~"

Livlin saw the embarrassment on Leslie's face, picked up the cup with a rather resentful look, and touched it lightly with Lilith.

Leslie tilted his head and saw Giles and the others eating dinner with smiles and watching the show. He sighed and said to Livlin.

"I... haven't apologized to you for leaving without saying goodbye~"

"Hmph ~ Apologize?"

"Frankly, I couldn't care less!"

Ok?

Otis Parker whispered in surprise: "Gone with the Wind in 1939?"

Livlin also looked at him in surprise: "You also know?"

"Hahaha~ Of course, Vivien Leigh was once my idol goddess~!"

"But... you missed two words~"

"I remember, the original words of this line are: Frankly, my dear, I don't give adamn."

The surprise on Livlin's face had not subsided, but her eyes dimmed. She lowered her head and whispered, "He... is not my mydear yet!"

"Wow~mydear? Hahaha~"

Several people began to shrug their shoulders, resisting the urge to burst into laughter. .

Leslie's face turned from red to black, and then from black to red again. She glared fiercely at Bloomer, who had the hardest time suppressing his laughter, and bared his teeth.

"If you want to laugh... just laugh!"

"Pfft~ Hahaha~ Sorry, I just can't bear it anymore~ Hahaha~"

"Hahaha~" Everyone also laughed~

Livlin, who was just minding her own business, felt a little sad. Seeing that Leslie was even more embarrassed by everyone's laughter, she also started laughing without sympathy. .

In this dinner between a few people, the hearty laughter diluted some of the strangeness and awkwardness, and added some intimacy and relaxation~

. . .

David smiled and took the lead in raising his glass to everyone, and his eyes met Mr. Parker.

Mr. Parker smiled and nodded, then tilted his head in one direction.

David looked in the direction he indicated. Not far away, a middle-aged man and a young man were thanking the waiter, chatting and eating dinner.

That is. .Harold Stone?

David winked hard at Mr. Parker and smiled at everyone: "Let us... welcome Livlin, cheers!"

"Cheers~!"

"cheers!"

"Haha~ Leslie, why do you still have that bad face? Be happy... Hahaha~"

With a smile on his face, Leslie glanced at Bloomer, who was dancing the most happily tonight, and showed a fake smile: "Are you...satisfied?"

Livlin next to him covered her little mouth, laughed so hard that she patted Leslie and said, "You... your smile is so real~hahaha~"

"Haha~ That's right..."

At this time, Giles, who had been so transparent just now, suddenly said: "Leslie, I think... you need a bigger boat!"

"Hey???"

Livlin pointed at Giles in surprise: "This is a line from "Jaws"!"

"Wow~ Have you seen "Jaws"?"

"Of course! I even went to see the prop shark..."

"It looks really scary in the movie, but that shark prop... is so ugly! And so stupid..."

Giles's eyes started to shine: "Shark prop? I didn't expect you to be so brave~"

"Haha~ What's this?"

"Then...what other classic movies have you seen?"

"A lot~ I usually find a movie I like and watch it again every night before going to bed."

"Every night?"

The smile on Livlin's face froze for a moment, then she shook her head and said with a smile, "Let me test you~"

"Okay~"

"Well...we'll always have Paris!"

"Casablanca in 1942!"

"Hmm... I'm big, but the screen has become smaller!"

"1950's Sunset Boulevard!"

"I always appreciate the kindness of strangers!"

“1951’s Train Named Desire!”

"No one is perfect~"

"1959's Some Like It Hot!"

"Hahaha~ Giles, do you really know this?! Wow~"

"Now you come and test me~"

"Okay~ Let me think of some lines that you won't know..."

"Badges? We don't have any! We don't need any! I'm not going to give you any!"

"1948's "The Golden Sands"!"

"You know this movie too? Let me think about it again..."

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night~"

"1950's Beauty!"

"Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?"

"This is... Hell's Angels from 1930!"

"...Don't look at the person behind that curtain!?"

"Hahaha~ This is one of my favorite movies, 1939's "The Wizard of Oz"!"

. . .

At the dining table, several people happily watched Giles and Livlin play a game of guessing movies based on classic lines. .

David looked down at his watch and winked at Mr. Parker~

Mr. Parker nodded slightly, whispered hello to several people, stood up, and walked towards Harold Stone's table pretending to go to the bathroom. .

David looked at Mr. Parker and Harold Stone. After the two unexpectedly met, he smiled and waved to Giles.

"Hey~ This game can't be played by just the two of you, right?"

"Um...Bloomer, tell me, Kaokao Livlin~"

"Me?" Blumer looked at his friend Giles, who had an unfinished expression on his face, and said after holding back for a while.

"May the Force be with us!?"

"Tch~ That line is: May the Force be with you!"

"Oh...I remembered it wrong~hahaha~"

"Next, Lilith, please say something~"

Lilith looked at Leslie whose expression had softened, put her arm around David's arm, and said to Livlin with a smile.

"Love means you never say you're sorry!"

Livlin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Leslie, her smile turned gentle and she said softly: "This is a line from the 1971 "Love Story"~"

Leslie couldn't stand Livlin who suddenly became so feminine. .

He stared down at the wine glass in front of him and asked a question he really wanted to know the answer to.

"There are so many small towns in the world, and there are so many taverns in them, but why did you just walk into my place?"

Livlin's eyes began to blur and she whispered softly: "'Casablanca', you changed the lines, but I still know that it is it!"

David, who was sitting opposite the two of them, felt the sour smell of literary youth coming towards his face. He smacked his lips, rejected the sour smell, and continued.

"Destiny is like two parallel lines in God's hand~"

"Life will always encounter various coincidences, just like parallel lines will intersect one day~"

“If you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to come quickly!”

After David said these words, when he saw Livlin and Leslie opposite him, they both looked at him blankly. .

He shrugged, smiled and took Lilith's little hand, and continued: "Someone once said that in love, whoever falls in love with the other person first will lose!"

"When he/she meets him/her, he/she will make himself very low."

"When you sink into the dust, then the flower of love will bloom from the dust~"

"I have never met Livlin before. I only have a rough idea of ​​her character and past from your mouth~"

"But from our meeting today, I can feel that Livlin doesn't like this restaurant!"

"When she was in Stanley, she deliberately suppressed her inner anger!"

"She always hopes to get your positive answer and approval, consciously or unconsciously~"

"When she smiles at you, there is always some expectation and hope in her eyes~"

"Leslie, my friend!"

"In this world, it is very difficult to meet someone you love!"

"Meeting someone who loves you is also very difficult!"

"So, Leslie, I really appreciate and admire Livlin's bravery!"

"Because she is also an ordinary girl!"

"She chased you to New York, sat in front of you, in her own way, I hope you can understand her thoughts, I hope you can express your true emotions like her~"

"Even if she gets a rejection from you, she will never regret this impulse in her heart!"

"Right, Livlin!?"

Several people at the table immediately looked at Livlin. .

Lilith even hugged David's arms with both hands, and leaned on David with most of her body, with a smile on her lips.

Livlin's face turned red, as if all the fire in her heart had burst out due to David's words. .

Her eyes were shining with unprecedented brightness, she stared directly at David, twitched the corners of her mouth, and showed a slightly sick smile.

"Are you...we met...too late??"

"No! The parallel line that belongs to me, she is already by my side~!"

"...Okay~"

Livlin looked at David deeply for a while, showed an envious smile to Lilith beside him, and turned to look at Leslie, waiting for his answer. .

At this time, Leslie felt very uncomfortable being stared at by everyone. .

He couldn't help but raise his hand to scratch his head, and asked David: "How about... I give it a try?"

David smiled like a fox who stole the chicken, shook his head and said: "At some point, we all need to change ourselves to adapt to life~!"

"So you have to ask yourself this question! Man~"

"..ok~"

"Livlin, we can try to be lovers first..."

"if.."

"No! Leslie~"

"Although I'm not as strong as I look, I'm not as weak as you think..."

"What if you want to say it, I know!"

"Even if we can't get together and start a family in the end, we will still be friends and good friends!"

"Okay~!!! Hahaha~ Livlin, you are awesome!"

Bloomer's sudden shout for Livlin startled several people. .

Giles rolled his eyes at his friend beside him, and also sent his blessing to the brave Livlin: "We will help you keep an eye on Leslie... Haha~"

David also echoed: "That's right! Anyone of the opposite sex who wants to get close to Leslie in the future must pass our level! Hahaha~"

But what surprised everyone was that Livlin imitated Lilith, held her arm around Leslie who was looking at her bad friends with gritted teeth, and said some shocking words. .

"thank you all!!"

"But it doesn't matter to me!"

"If we really get married, as long as he comes home on time every day, I will not deliberately be hostile to women who want to get close to my husband~"

"Men, as long as you let them know where home is, they won't lose their way or go astray~"

"Right? mydear?"

Leslie blinked, looking at the stunned expressions of several people, and nodded with a wry smile: "You said...yes!"

David stayed for a while, and then gave Livlin a thumbs up with admiration on his face.

"Guys, come on, I'll teach you a word of Chinese!"

"Cow!"

"what?"

"What does it mean?"

"Um...it means exclamation, praise, and admiration!"

"Ah~ say it again, what do you want it to say?"

"... awesome!"

"Bull...x?"

"Yes! Awesome!"

"Cow!"

"Niux?"

"Hahahaha~ That's right!"

. . .

When Mr. Otis Parker, after arranging the chance encounter with Harold Stone, turned back to the dining table and sat down in his seat.

He gave a thumbs up to several people and said "cool" to Livlin who had a happy smile on her face. .I feel very curious~

"Um...did I miss something?"

"Haha~ David just taught us a compliment in Mandarin. It's very simple~ awesome!"

Mr. Parker looked at David with a "What the hell?" smile. .

David smiled and shrugged: "Man, you missed the best part of tonight!"

"All right.."

Mr. Parker also shrugged, gave David a "plan goes well" look, and made himself transparent at the dinner table again.

After David saw Mr. Parker's eyes, he nodded slightly and continued to joke with his friends, while his eyes quickly swept over the two tables not far away.

. . .

After half an hour.

Everyone walked out of p． j．Clark's Restaurant, standing at the door, saying goodbye to each other.

Leslie followed Livlin into the car as if she had accepted her fate, and left~

Mr. Odis Parker also said goodbye to several people and walked towards the car parked on the street in the distance. .

Giles and Bloomer looked at each other, and both held up David with a smirk and put him into the car.

Lilith saw the three of them starting to interact and be funny again. She shook her head and got into the passenger seat. She listened to the three people in the back seat laughing and playing with a smile on her face. .

. . .

Another half hour later.

David stood in front of the Blue Crystal Hotel, drove away his two bad friends, took Lilith's little hand, kissed her forehead, and watched her walk briskly into the hotel~

The four bodyguards who followed all got out of the car and walked to David's side.

Mike Bai held a cigarette in his mouth and joked: "David, do you want to go to the nightclub for another drink?"

David rubbed his forehead with a tired expression and shook his head: "Forget it tonight~ You can go ahead~ I need a good rest!"

"ok~"

The people David needs to face and the things he needs to deal with are all very difficult for them~

Therefore, everyone understood the fatigue David showed at this time~

"Then... let's go home?"

"go home!"

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Manhattan, 53rd Street.

Zina, who had been busy all day at Da Film and Television Company, walked into her home, kicked off her shoes, and lay down on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, relaxing and enjoying the tranquility of the moment. .

Ever since Tangtang and Harvey discussed changing their working hours, the TV drama writers at Da Film and Television Company all stared like owls at night. .Bel is energetic!

Tonight is no exception~

After Zina accompanied them to work out many details of the script, she said "no" to the idea of ​​having a drink with night owls like them!

She just wanted to go home, take a hot bath comfortably, get into a soft bed, and have a good sleep. .

The second floor.

Madonna, who came back from get off work early from the bar tonight, walked downstairs, saw the tired Zina, and asked with concern.

"...Do you need me to put the bath water in for you?"

"Yeah...thank you!"

"It's okay~"

Madonna trotted upstairs. After a few minutes, she came down again and sat next to Zina, silently and without speaking. .

Zina tilted her head, looked at Madonna who was hesitant to speak, raised her hand and patted her arm, and said with a smile: "Do you have a question?"

"..Hmm~"

"I heard that Miranla is going to shoot a commercial?"

"Haha~ Yes~ There is an advertisement for Tiffany jewelry."

Madonna opened her eyes wider and looked at Zina quietly, waiting for her to say next. .

As if seeing through her little thoughts, Zina sat up and pondered for a moment before saying: "You are different from Miranla!"

"You've met Barbara, you've met Mary."

"Being a big star is not that easy!"

"Your road will be difficult and even harder!"

"So, what you need to learn now is to lay a solid foundation for your future!"

"You have to know that if a star wants to become famous temporarily, as long as someone is willing to pay a big price for her, they can make her famous~"

"But if you want to be a big star like Barbara and Mary, you have to let yourself have more..."

Madonna listened to Zina's explanation very seriously and nodded silently to show that she understood~

On the second floor, which neither of them noticed, at the stairs, Miranla was wearing pajamas, quietly listening to the words coming from the first floor.

Commercials. .

This is not what she wants!

But it made Madonna's heart flutter!

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Harold Stone, director of the New York FBI, preceded David and the others. After leaving the restaurant with his subordinate Torres, they went directly back to their apartment.

And just when he opened the apartment door and walked in, he found another envelope on the ground.

Mr. Stone reached back and closed the door, turned on the light with his right hand, and after glancing around the apartment, he bent down to pick up the envelope and read it over in his hand. .

This is it again. .That psychotic Parker sent it?

Mr. Stone frowned, opened the envelope, and saw some familiar fonts on the letter paper again.

"Tomorrow at noon, xx restaurant on Sixth Avenue."

"Tomorrow afternoon at 02:30, in front of the xx Theater on Broadway Avenue."

"They will be here, you have two chances~"

"Wish you good luck~pk!"

Obviously, this is another chance encounter arranged by Mr. Parker~

Mr. Stone smacked his lips, read the address and time several times, tore the envelope and letter paper into pieces, threw them into the toilet, and flushed them away~

Encounter again by chance. .

Mr. Stone sat down and thought about the two girls Brotney Mecia and Herris Schultz he saw in the restaurant~

emm. .

Which of the two of them will be his fake wife?

He needs to think about this issue carefully~