Manhattan Reborn 1978

Night falls.

new York.

Blue Crystal Hotel.

The car David and Polly were riding in slowly followed the traffic and stopped at the door of the hotel.

David, who thought he had arrived very early, saw a surprising person waiting at the door as soon as he got off the car.

"Mr. Madoff?"

"Hahaha~ Hi, David!"

"Hello, beautiful lady!"

"I'm Bernard Madoff."

Polly, who had just gotten out of the car and arranged her clothes, took David's arm, shook Madoff's hand lightly, and smiled politely.

"I'm Polly Sidrich, call me Polly~"

"...Okay, Polly~"

Bernard Madoff blinked his big eyes, looked at the smiling David, and was about to say something. .

David smiled and waved to him, looked around, and made an invitation gesture: "Let's go in and talk, don't block the guests behind you at the door~"

"Okay~" Madoff nodded slightly, bowed, half-tilted, and led David and the two of them toward the hotel.

in the hotel lobby.

Elder and Pine, who replaced tonight's host Panaris Norton Morgan to greet the guests, were standing together and chatting enthusiastically with the two middle-aged men.

They saw David and Polly approaching, and Elder looked at Pine.

Pine smiled and apologized to the middle-aged man in front of him, then faced the three Davids, stretched out his right hand from a distance, and said with a smile.

"Polly, you are so beautiful~"

"This guy David... is so lucky! Hahaha~"

Polly had a bright smile on her face, opened her arms to Pine, and gave him a big hug. Shunbai said "Thank you" in his ear~

Pine smiled and let go of Polly in his arms, glanced at Madoff standing aside, turned to David and smiled.

"Let Polly be my companion tonight. You go upstairs~"

"It's almost time, Lilith should be waiting for you too~"

David glanced at Polly, and after seeing her nod slightly, he handed her little hand to Pine and gave a pretentious warning.

"You have to watch my Polly, don't let her drink too much, don't let her get involved with those..."

Pine smiled and patted Polly's little hand holding his, rolled his eyes, shook his head and said, "Okay~ Where did you get all this nonsense!"

"Hahaha~"

David smiled and patted Polly's arm, cast a grateful look at Pine, and led Madoff to the elevator in the lobby on the first floor.

. . .

in the elevator.

David lowered his head and thought about his own affairs, while Madoff stood quietly aside.

When he arrived at the floor where Lilith's room was located, David stepped out of the elevator first, slowed down, waved to the waiter who looked over, and turned to Madoff and asked.

"Today you are..."

"Mr. Pine invited me here~"

"Oh... did someone you know just come here earlier than me?"

"Have!"

"Well~ when we get down later, you can walk around me first and wait patiently."

David's footsteps stopped at the door of Lilith's room. He turned to Madoff and said seriously: "This is also my first time entering this circle~"

"I don't know which people dislike each other, and which people have grudges privately, but still chat with smiles on their faces..."

Madoff nodded with a smile in his eyes: "I understand~ Please don't worry!"

"Okay~ Leslie will come too. You go downstairs and help me wait for him~"

"it is good!"

Madoff didn't even look at the door of the room the whole time. He nodded cheerfully and turned towards the elevator.

After David stood there silently for a few seconds, he exhaled and knocked on the door of the room.

"Please come in~"

"Honey? Are you ready?"

Lilith was wearing an ivory yellow evening dress, with white silk gloves on her hands, and a sapphire crystal necklace given to him by David on her neck that shimmered white, standing not far from the door. place, quietly looking at David who walked in. .

David showed a surprised expression, walked up to Lilith who was smiling and said nothing, lightly touched the blue crystal on the necklace, and said with a smile.

"Do I have to wear a blue crystal necklace when attending a cocktail party at the Blue Crystal Hotel?"

"Haha~ It's beautiful, I like it very much!"

"..Thanks!"

The two looked at each other quietly, and their tacit understanding seemed to have improved.

After ten seconds.

David moved his eyes away from Lilith's seductive face and smiled.

"Isn't there still a Laura hiding in your room?"

"Laura? Stop hiding, I can hear you..."

"Hahaha~ Stop making trouble!"

"She had activities to attend at school and didn't come back to New York today~"

"Wow~ So... can we ask the guests downstairs to wait a little longer?"

Lilith glanced at the ajar door of the room and deliberately showed a sarcastic smile: "Okay~ As long as my makeup is not ruined... It doesn't matter if I let them wait a little longer!"

David smacked his mouth, and under Lilith's provocative and mocking eyes, he could only smile bitterly.

"You~ know I won't do anything to you..."

"You know what? Am I not beautiful? Or...am I not attractive enough to you?"

"Hey~"

David knew that if he continued to play this ambiguous game, he would definitely lose. .

He shouted directly, took a big step forward, hugged Lilith's waist, held her directly in his arms, turned around and walked towards the door of the room. .

"Ah~ be gentle, my skirt..."

"Eh? Why do you seem to have lost weight? Are you losing weight again?"

Lilith gave up her struggle and muttered angrily: "In order to wear this dress, I supported breakfast today~"

"what?"

David put her down gently, touched Lilith's abdomen with his hand, and said with a slight complaint.

"To wear a nice dress?...What's the reason?"

"The body is the most important thing!"

"You look very beautiful even without this dress~"

"Why don't you have a good meal?"

"What's wrong with being fatter?"

"I just like how you look a little chubby..."

Lilith put her hands on David's chest and looked at him like a verbose ghost. .As he talked about caring about her, he felt very warm in his heart. .

She pressed her fingers lightly on his lips, stood up on tiptoes, kissed him on the lips, and smiled.

"You...why are you saying the same thing as Laura?"

David looked at Lilith in front of him and said happily: "Did you ask me to bring Laura this kiss?"

"Don't worry! I will definitely bring her to you next time I see her!"

"Hahaha~"

Lilith laughed, kissed David's lips again, and teased: "The last one doesn't count! This time, it's your reward!"

"Hmm~!? Fragrant!"

"Next time there is such a good thing, please come to me ~ hahaha ~"

The two looked at each other, laughed, and hugged each other. Feeling the warmth given by each other, they couldn't help but close their eyes and enjoy the short-term peace of mind at this moment~

To the two of them, it felt like a long time had passed.

David slowly let go of Lilith, kissed her forehead gently, took a half step back, raised his right arm, and smiled.

"May I have the pleasure of...asking you to have the first dance?"

"Of course!~"

Lilith held David's arm, rolled her eyes a few times, showed a naughty smile, and said: "You still smell like Polly~"

"Um...yes~ we are together..."

"Hmph~ What do you mean? I'm not the kind of woman who would be jealous of you..."

David pressed the elevator button, looked at Lilith with a toothache, raised his eyebrows and said, "Between us, it's not what you think!"

"I think...? Hahaha~"

"You idiot! You really thought... Hahaha~"

"...Okay~ You can't laugh anymore..."

"Lady! Keep your ladylike image!"

"Hahaha~ Let... let me laugh for a while... Hahaha~"

David reluctantly pulled Lilith into the elevator, and looked at her holding on to the elevator wall, laughing so hard that he almost burst out of breath. .

this. .what's so funny?

He really couldn't understand it. .Where's the punchline?

----

Manhattan, Little Italy.

Bonini Restaurant.

After Ludy took a sip of red wine, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, said sorry to the people at the same table, and walked towards the door of the restaurant.

A tall, strong young boy looked at Ludy walking over with a dull expression, nodded to him and said: "Hello, Ludy!"

"Haha~Rosenlow, have you had dinner?"

"Hmm~"

"Come on, let's go over there and sit down and talk!"

Ludy patted Rosenlow's arm, led him to a small table in the corner, and sat down.

He looked at the young man in front of him, Rosenlo Sidric, who seemed to be a bit slow to react and was very introverted. He sorted out his thoughts and spoke.

"Did you just come from home?"

Rosenlow nodded.

"Where are your parents? How are they doing?"

"..all good!"

"Haha~ After you dropped out of school, your father beat you again?"

"..Um!"

"Do you know why I came to you?"

Rosenlow shook his head.

"Uh..." Lu Di scratched his head, smacked his lips, and continued.

"Let me tell you straight~"

"Among the young people in the family, I am very optimistic about you!"

"So, I want you to participate in the family business and accumulate more experience so that you can slowly take over and take charge of the entire family business in the future."

"What do you think?"

Rosenluo raised his head slightly, his expression unchanged, his eyes full of curiosity and confusion, but he only said one sentence: "All business?"

"Yes~ As long as you can get the approval of old Malkin and the elders in the family~"

"What about you? These businesses...don't you want to take over?"

Ludy laughed heartily, shook his head and looked at Rosenlow: "We are all Sidric!"

"Some time ago, I already told my family that I had given up on the idea~"

"So, no matter who is in charge of the family business, as long as he can bring more benefits to the family and make the family prosper~"

"I can stand by his side, give him advice, and help him lead the family to a better future~"

"Rosenlow, you are the youngest generation in the family~"

"Family, now is our era~ But eventually we will usher in your era~"

"Without the rise of your generation, it would be impossible for the family to continue to prosper!"

After Lu Di finished speaking, he stared calmly at Rosenlow, whose expression remained unchanged, with a trace of expectation in his eyes. .

Rosenlow blinked and asked, "Where's Artaud?"

"Alto, we gave him a chance ~ twice!"

"He failed the test!"

"You, we will also give you two chances!"

"How's it going? Do you want to go home and think about it?"

Rosenluo stared at the vase on the table in front of him, shook his head slightly and said, "No, I accept it!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Di's mouth, but his tone became more solemn and said: "Do you know what choice you made?"

"I know~"

"Very good!~ Come with me to see old Malkin."

"Only when he nods, you truly have this opportunity~"

"Um.."

----

Manhattan area.

Blue Crystal Hotel.

It was getting closer and closer to the agreed start time of the reception, and there was some traffic jam at the gate.

Parris Dickler, CEO of Paramount Pictures, who got off the car half a block ahead of time and chose to walk, saw Leslie and Livlin getting off the car from a distance, and quickly quickened his pace and trotted closer to the two of them.

. . .

this afternoon.

After receiving the call from Livlin, Barris suppressed his excitement and went to the best clothing store and bought the most expensive suit to attend tonight's cocktail party.

. . .

Reception ~

Generally, they are divided into two categories: social drinking parties and private drinking parties.

Because most of the current residents of the United States and North America are European immigrants~

Therefore, the "salons" that emerged and became popular in Europe in the 17th century were also imitated by the Americans at that time. .

The word "Salon" originally originated from the Italian word "Salotto", which is the transliteration of the French word "Salon". It originally referred to the luxurious living room in the residences of the French upper class.

In the 17th century, celebrities in Paris (mostly ladies and ladies) often turned their living rooms into famous social places.

Most of the people who come in and out are dramatists, novelists, poets, musicians, painters, critics, philosophers and politicians.

They have similar interests and gather together, sipping drinks, enjoying elegant music, and having long conversations without restraint.

Later, people called this form of gathering "salon", and it became popular in the cultural circles of Europe and the United States.

The 19th century was its heyday.

But by the mid-to-late 19th century, people felt that this kind of "salon" in which a hostess controlled the overall situation, was held regularly, had fewer participants, was smaller in scale, discussed a wide range of topics, and was informal, could no longer satisfy people's desire for social interaction. desire. .

People thought of expanding the "salon" to a larger venue to attract more friends, where everyone could have a good time and express their opinions~

No matter who you are, you can find gatherings and drinking parties with like-minded friends here~

Since then, social receptions and private receptions have emerged out of people’s common needs~

However, the culture of these two cocktail parties still continues certain conventional rules from the "salon" era.

That is to say: the organizer of a cocktail party will not invite people whose identities and status are too different to attend his cocktail party.

For example, in the declining British Empire a few decades ago, according to the title of the host of the reception, there were five title levels below the king and prince.

If the Duke wanted to hold a private cocktail party, he would not take the initiative to invite people below the earl to attend. .

When the earl wanted to hold a cocktail party, he would not take the initiative to invite people without any title to attend. .

Of course, there are exceptions to everything!

The host of the reception has nothing to do with the guests as to who he wants to invite.

To put it in layman’s terms: I am the master, I can invite whoever I want to come~

Those of you who attended the cocktail party, don’t want to?Don't like it?

Go aside!

hehe~

. . .

Two world wars before and after changed the entire world.

But those at the top of society have never forgotten the hidden value brought by their status and wealth.

Barris Dickler, as the CEO of Paramount Pictures, would never have attended the cocktail party held at the Blue Crystal Hotel tonight without Livlin's words. .

This is one of the invisible attributes of the circle: exclusivity~

Paramount CEO Barris, no matter how high his annual salary is and how powerful his abilities are, he is just a jobber. .

There are many tool people who can make money~

Panaris Norton Morgan, why invite him?

hehe~

Of course, as I said just now, there are exceptions to everything!

Parris Dickler's predecessor, former CEO of Paramount Pictures, Evans, relied on his all-around social skills to achieve the status of "a little master of breaking circles". .

This point made Barris admire Evans greatly even though he didn't say it on his lips!

(In our history, Evans, the former CEO of Paramount, was the social master who supported the filming of the movie "The Godfather". His circle of friends can be found in every corner of the United States.

At the premiere of the movie "The Godfather", the Austrian madman Charlie, CEO of Paramount's parent company, repeatedly asked Evans to invite his friend Kissinger to the premiere. .

As a result, Kissinger was actually invited to attend the premiere of "The Godfather", which made Evans gain a lot of face and made Charlie almost jump with excitement. .

The reason for Charlie's excitement is also very simple - he cannot reach Secretary of State Kissinger's circle. . )

. . .

Let's turn our attention back to Barris Dickler.

Tonight, the cocktail party held by Panaris at the Blue Crystal Hotel can definitely be regarded as a grand gathering of top celebrities, celebrities, business tycoons, and politicians from all walks of life in New York~

Being able to have the opportunity to break out of the circle and participate in a drinking party of this level is not too exciting for a pragmatist like Paris Dickler. .

Hotel entrance.

Leslie stretched out his right arm in a gentlemanly manner. Seeing Livlin wearing a brightly colored evening gown, he smiled and put it on, and the two of them walked towards Elder, who was not far away.

Livlin heard the footsteps coming from behind~

But she didn't look back. With a smile on her face, she and Leslie exchanged greetings and joked with Elder.

"Where's Grace? Why didn't I see her?"

The smile on Elder's face froze. .

Leslie quickly changed the topic with a smile and said: "I saw Bernard Madoff at the door..."

"Did he come with David?"

Elder glanced at Pine on the side, tilted his head and smiled: "Pine arranged it~ I think... it's nothing~"

"Ah...oh~"

"Livlin, please introduce to Elder the gentleman next to you~"

Barris, who had just caught wind under his feet and stopped beside Livlin, happened to hear Leslie's words. He quickly took a half step forward, calmed his breathing, and waited for the new boss Livlin with a smile on his face. Introduction~

Livlin did not disappoint or embarrass him. She waved her hand naturally and introduced to Elder: "This is CEO Barris of Paramount Pictures~"

"I just bought Paramount today, and I just thought... let him come too~"

Elder raised his eyebrows slightly, with a friendly smile on his face, and extended his right hand to Barris: "Hello Barris~"

"Call me Elder~"

"Hello, Mr. Elder!"

"Hahaha~ don't be so formal!"

"Hope you can have a nice night here!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Elder's eyes caught a glimpse of Bernard Madoff standing a little further away, and turned to Leslie.

"David and Lilith are upstairs and will be coming down soon~"

"Be more casual..."

"Go and do your work. Let's find a place to wait for David~"

"Haha~ok!"

Leilis took Livlin with him, gave up his position, and walked towards the stairs.

The main venue for tonight's reception is in the banquet hall on the second floor.

There is also a venue here on the first floor, but Leslie and Livlin will not stay on the first floor for long. .

Barris nodded solemnly to Elder and followed Leslie and the others towards the stairs.

Behind him, Bernard Madoff, under Elder's calm gaze, also took steps to follow. .

How could Bernard Madoff, a seasoned veteran who has been in the circles of wealthy Jews for many years, not know the significance of attending this cocktail party tonight?

He understood what David just reminded him~

Breaking the circle is easy to say~

But if the circles are different, there can be no forced integration!

Even if you have the opportunity to temporarily participate in this top-level party in New York, you can't really regard yourself as an insider of the upper class. .

Everything will be recognized and accepted by the people in the circle only when you become stronger.

----

Manhattan, 42th Street.

Wildfire Bar.

Zina, Miranla, and Susan were sitting at the edge of the bar, together with Old Rhett and Erica at the bar, the waiters outside the bar, Madonna, Martha, Jin Ji, little Zach, Heywood, and others. , chatting while drinking.

"Come, let us welcome Xina, Miranla, and Madonna to join our big family!"

"cheers!"

"Hahaha~Cheers~!"

"cheers!"

Everyone drank the wine glasses in their hands, wiped their mouths, and continued chatting with a smile.

The little Zach was the first to complain: "I miss my brother Zach so much right now..."

"Xina, can your suitcase be bigger?"

"Isn't that type of box too big to hold the body of a serial killer?"

Everyone recalled the scene when little Zach helped Zina move the huge suitcase in the afternoon, and couldn't help laughing again.

Madonna asked Old Red at the bar for two bottles of beer. She threw one bottle in front of the little Zach and said loudly and proudly.

"Come on, I will stay with you until you get drunk tonight! ~ This is a thank you to you!"

The little Zach curled his lips, rolled his eyes and muttered: "You are not my brother's girlfriend. Why are you and me drinking like this dry little girl?"

"Wow~ wow~ hahaha~"

"Madonna, you are disgusted by him! Hahaha~"

Zina suppressed her laughter, took the beer bottle from the red-faced Madonna, and signaled to the little Zach.

"You and your brother don't have girlfriends, right?"

"I know a lot of good girls~"

"As long as you drink, I will introduce them to you~ How about it?"

"..real?"

"Of course ~ here are all witnesses!"

"it is good!"

"Bring me a dozen beers! I won't get home until I'm drunk today!"

Old Rhett can't even jump 1.6 meters high. .The little Zach rolled his eyes, suppressed his laughter, leaned against the bar, and watched the excitement happily. .

Erica was not used to the little Zach, so she directly stretched out her hand and smiled at him: "A dozen beers? Ha~?"

"Bring the money!"

"If you have money... I don't care how much beer you want!"

"what?"

"I drink... you want money?"

"nonsense!"

"No one has ever been able to drink for free at the Wildfire Bar!"

The little Zach looked bitter, scratched his head, covered his trouser pockets, shook his head and said: "Then I won't drink anymore~ Whichever of you likes to drink~"

"Haha~ Then you paid for the drink just now, right?"

"What? Does this cup count?"

"This is not to celebrate Zina and the others' moving..."

"Yes~"

"But no one said they wanted to buy you a drink~"

"That's all I said... Cheers!"

"Puch~hahahaha~"

Everyone saw that Erica even said such a far-fetched reason just to tease the little Zach. .

I couldn't help but burst into laughter again. .

Miranla, who was sitting next to Zina, watched everyone burst into laughter and the little Zach, whose face turned red, also started laughing.

This was her first experience of this feeling. .It’s really amazing~

After Milan finished laughing along with everyone, her eyes fell on Susan~

She is David's girlfriend!

David. .

Milan Laxu clenched her little fists, remembering the smiling face in her memory, and her eyes became blank~

I don't know, where is he?

what is he doing?

----

New Jersey.

The training base of the security company.

Cohen, who had just returned and smelled of alcohol, parked his car and strode into the temporary office.

Inside the office.

Lawrence, Jackal, and Rambo were chatting lazily.

"Hey~Cohen! Where have you been?"

"Huh~" Cohen breathed out the smell of alcohol, poured himself a glass of water, drank it, wiped his mouth, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Lawrence arranged a job for me~"

"Go find the mayor and the sheriff of the nearby town and have a chat~"

"What's the result? How's it going?"

"How else can it be?"

Cohen rolled his eyes angrily, sat down, put his legs on the desk, and shook his head.

"What if a group of soldiers came to your town and trained with live ammunition all day long..."

"Tell me, what would you do?"

The three of them suddenly choked on their words. .

Blinking their eyes, they looked at each other. .

"Then...how did you convince them?"

"It's okay... uh~ what should I say?"

"From now on, we can only move around the base. We can never... uh~ wander around the town for no reason..."

"If there is a security problem in the town, we will do it for free. Uh~ send people to help solve all the troubles~uh~"

"In short... there are a lot of conditions and a lot of responsibilities to fulfill, eh~"

"fxxx! Can you please stop talking... uh~?"

"Haha~ Uh~ Why don't you try drinking a dozen and a half beers? Uh~"

"Hahahaha~"

"So... you drank them?"

"Uh~ What if?"

"I'm so damn... I just threw this face at their feet... Uh~"

"If they don't nod... I'd like to find an opportunity to burn down their house~uh~"

"Hahahaha~"

All three laughed.

Lawrence stood up, poured another glass of water for Cohen, handed it to him and said with a smile: "We will write down your credit for this time."

"When the time comes for rewards based on merit, I guarantee you will be the top one!"

"Oh, what a waste of time!"

"First achievement...can you give me another medal?"

"Hahaha~ You want it? We can do it!"

"What do you want? A Silver Medal? Or an Army Medal of Valor?"

"Hahaha~"

Jackal suppressed laughter on the side and continued: "Get him a medal for being the cleanest toilet...a medal of honor~hahaha~"

"Correct!"

"Cohen, you are very good at leading troops in wars, and you are also No. 1 at cleaning toilets!"

"I'll give you a Medal of Honor... no shame!"

"Hahaha~"

In the office, the laughter of the four people continued to spread outside.

However, the four of them laughed and made trouble, and Cohen was able to initially solve the worries and dissatisfaction of people in the surrounding towns this time. .

This really deserves a lot of credit from Cohen!

From now on~

The security company training base has truly taken root in the unfamiliar land of New Jersey.