Manhattan Reborn 1978

(Not finished, still writing.)

new York.

In front of the Blue Crystal Hotel.

Wearing a suit, the grandson of the Saudi King, Difar bin Abdulaziz, got off the car and stood at the door of the hotel. After looking around, he waved to the two FBI agents who got off the car far behind him. He waved and walked into the hotel with several guards.

In the banquet hall on the second floor of the hotel, the reception has officially begun.

On the small high platform on one side of the banquet hall, Elder, who was a temporary guest host, turned on the microphone and said some words of welcome and thanks to the guests attending tonight's meeting.

Tonight's host, Panaris, after hearing Elder's voice, nodded and apologized to several members of the New York State Assembly and the Speaker, then strode to Elder's side and took the hand from him. Microphone, said to the guests present.

"Ladies and gentlemen~"

"Thank you everyone for coming to this party tonight~"

"Mayor Lynch Colson of New York City, I think everyone is already very familiar with him~"

"This time, he..."

After Panaris made two simple opening remarks, he directly brought the topic to one of the protagonists of tonight's reception, Mayor Lynch!

He talked about how Mayor Lynch stepped forward and took over the mess when the New York City government was on the verge of bankruptcy a few years ago.

After that, it was a miraculous experience of how Mayor Lynch skillfully dealt with the elders of the City Council, formulated and promulgated many new policies, and brought New York City back from the edge of the cliff little by little. .

When Panaris was speaking, the entire venue was silent. Defal, who had just entered, was also holding a glass of wine, watching and listening to the sounds coming from the speakers from a distance, quietly.

If all the guests here tonight are like Defal and know nothing about Mayor Lynch Colson’s various political experiences. .

Then, like Defal now, they may be full of curiosity and admiration for the heroic New York City Mayor Lynch that Panaris talks about. .

After a few minutes.

In the eyes of Defal, Panaris ended his brilliant speech by inviting one of the night's protagonists, Mayor Lynch Colson, who is running for governor of New York State.

Mayor Lynch nodded slightly, bowed, took the microphone from Panaris with a smile, and told the guests tonight his gratitude for the strong support of Panaris and others. .

Next, Mayor Lynch spent a brief ten minutes and delivered a speech that, in Diffal's opinion, was extremely wonderful!

In his speech, he fully cited a large number of government statistics to explain the many major events that have occurred in New York State in recent years after entering the stagflation period, as well as his own views and countermeasures against these events.

Incident after incident, group of data, and policy response that seemed to be very appropriate, some people who originally came to support Lynch today made voices of approval for his speech from time to time and dedicated their own efforts. Applause~

Moreover, Mayor Lynch is very smart~

He did not express any dissatisfaction, criticism, or negative remarks about the previous governor ~

He just talked about New York State, in what areas can we carry out more in-depth policy reform, guidance, supervision and assistance in response to the financial crisis~

At the end of his speech, Mayor Lynch brought a surprising news to tonight’s guests!

He announced that he was quitting the Elephant Party, which he had been a part of since entering politics, and turned around and threw himself into the arms of the Donkey Party. .

This decision shocked everyone present who did not know the inside story. .

Was this matter of changing the family court decided so easily?

Could it be that in the future, New York State will be like Lynch and break away from the control of the Elephant Party and join the Donkey Party?

As Mayor Lynch expressed his thanks at the end of his speech, most of the people in the venue gave their own applause, but their eyes invariably looked towards the place where Panaris was standing just now.

There, the big guys in the state assembly also applauded Mayor Lynch who came down from the stage with smiles on their faces.

It seems. .seemingly. .New York State and New York City are really going to change! ?

. . .

Prince Difar, the current king of Saudi Arabia, looked around with some confusion after Mayor Lynch's speech.

However, he was not kept waiting for too long.

After receiving the notification, Panaris and Elder appeared in front of Difar in time~

After the three people on both sides introduced themselves, Panaris chatted enthusiastically with Sundifar, the Saudi king who had accepted the invitation.

After a few minutes.

Panaris, who was the host of tonight's reception, politely apologized to Difar and said he was going to socialize with some other important guests.

Therefore, he arranged for Elder to accompany Defal and get acquainted with the top celebrity social circles in New York City~

Panaris, after turning around and walking away, looked back at Defal's back, and couldn't help but think of some words that old Morgan once said.

. . .

In 1926, Abdullah Aziz ibn Saud was proclaimed king of the territories he ruled ~

In 1927, the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah officially enabled Saudi Arabia to break away from British rule and achieve independence.

On September 1932, 9, Saudi Arabia officially announced its unification.

However, before 1938, the Saudi royal family and even the people of the entire kingdom maintained the lifestyle of a nomadic nation. .

(King Abdullah was 52 years old when he took office and died in 1953.)

At that time, Saudi Arabia's main economic income, the largest part, was tourism. .

As the founder of a country, he paid great attention to diplomatic friendship with neighboring countries in the Middle East~

He rectified the domestic administrative agencies, established a cabinet system, and divided the country's administrative regions in detail~

It also made good friends with some of the world's largest oil companies and leased oil exploration rights covering an area of ​​93.2 square kilometers to Mobil Oil Company of California for a period of 66 years. .

On March 1938, 3, after five years of eating sand in the desert, oil exploration personnel from Mobil Company were a little discouraged and wanted to give up. oilfield!

Since then, oil has changed the destiny of this country!

The discovery and exploitation of oil gradually changed the economic structure of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, allowing it to evolve rapidly from the late safari nation to one of the emerging industrial countries through constant buying and selling. .

King Abdullah, after the country became financially wealthy, introduced a large amount of science and technology, increased agricultural production, improved the people's quality of life, and vigorously developed public utilities such as transportation, post and telecommunications, education, and medical care.

By 1953, Saudi Arabia's key development plans such as national infrastructure, people's livelihood transformation, and future development structure had been basically completed. .

But well~

As the saying goes, everything has two sides~

The founder of the Saudi dynasty, Abdullah Aziz ibn Saud, ruled for 1932 years starting in 21. He established the country's name as Saudi Arabia after his family and established the law of succession to the throne between brothers.

In other words, all kings from him onwards must be his sons. .

This decision of his. .From the perspective of the country’s centralized ruler, there’s nothing wrong~

But whether intentionally or unintentionally, Abdullah left a arena of humanity and power for the subsequent royal family. .

Regarding the founder of the country, King Abdullah, the number officially announced by the Saudi royal family is that he has 38 wives. .

According to folk rumors, Abdullah had more than 300 wives. .

In 1953, the first Saudi King Abdullah passed away. He left 58 sons and 69 daughters to the Saudi royal family. .

Therefore, the power struggle in the Saudi royal family has slowly begun since his death!

His eldest son succeeded him as the second Saudi King in the same year after his death. He was deposed in 11 after 1964 years in power. .

Faisal, the third king of Saudi Arabia and the fourth son of Abdullah, succeeded him as the third king in 1964. In 1975, he was assassinated by his nephew who suffered a sudden mental illness. .

Later, in the same year of 1975, Difar's grandfather, Abdullah's fifth son Khalid, succeeded King Saudi Arabia and began the ruling career of the new king. .

. . .

Panaris shook the wine glass gently~

The wine in the glass and the tiny lights reflected made Panaris narrow his eyes slightly~

When Morgan Sr. was teaching Panaris, his eldest son, he said that the palace drama of the Saudi royal family reached its peak in 1975. .

In March 1975, the third King Faisal was holding a grand palace reception in the luxurious palace of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to commemorate the 3th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

That morning, King Faisal met with a Kuwaiti diplomatic delegation led by the Kuwaiti Oil Minister.

A palace reception followed, and the elderly King Faisal greeted a long line of people waiting to receive him.

Among the people waiting in the long line to be received was 27-year-old Faisal ibn Musat Abdullah Aziz. .

He is the biological nephew of King Faisal!

When Musat walked up to King Faisal, King Faisal recognized him.

So King Faisal lowered his head in accordance with traditional customs, allowing Prince Musat to kiss the tip of his nose.

But for countless people present at that time, something never expected happened~

Prince Musat suddenly took out a pistol from his robe, pointed it at King Faisal's face, and fired several shots.

King Faisal's blood spattered on the spot and he was shot to death!

Musat, who assassinated his own uncle, did not run away, but shouted loudly: "Avenge my brother!..."

Although Musat is King Faisal's nephew, his father, King Faisal's younger brother, was exiled by the king in his early years.

Later, according to Musat's confession, a Saudi television station broadcast a program that violated the teachings of the Koran a few years ago.

Musat's brother, as a conservative leader, was extremely angry about this and organized a group of conservatives to attack the TV station with weapons.

In the ensuing conflict with the police, Musat's brother was shot and killed by the police~

Musat believed that King Faisal was responsible for this, so he did not hesitate to assassinate the king to avenge his brother.

But Musat's reason for assassinating the king was obviously difficult to convince outsiders.

During the follow-up investigation, it was first discovered within the Saudi royal family, the government and the opposition that Musat had a history of mental illness~

I also noticed that Musat has lived abroad for a long time and has been deeply influenced by Western culture in his thinking~

Musat studied in the United States and attended the prestigious University of California, Berkeley.

At that time, the hippie movement was in full swing in the United States. As a member of the Saudi royal family, Musat actually had long hair, smoked leaf cigarettes, spoke profanity, often attended various parties, and changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes. .He even participated in drug trafficking and was even arrested by the American police.

What's even more frightening is that while studying in the United States, Musat made friends with many radical Arabs, some of whom even had military backgrounds.

These people believe that King Faisal and the Saudi monarchy are a stumbling block to the progress of Arab society.

Of course, Musat himself does not believe it is possible to completely abolish the Saudi monarchy, but he does hope to see King Faisal replaced by a more moderate leader.

Emm. .

Is Musat mentally ill? .It doesn't matter what he is thinking in his mind anymore~

Three months after he successfully assassinated his own uncle, he was sentenced to death by the religious court!

A few hours after the death sentence was announced, Musat was publicly stabbed to death by the executioner with a large gold-handled sword in front of the Riyadh mosque square.

The throne of the third Saudi King Faisal was succeeded by his younger brother King Khalid.

King Khalid is slightly more moderately evaluated by outsiders and the royal family than King Faisal. .

But the Saudi monarchy continues.

As for what secrets are hidden behind the scenes of this assassination, it is still shrouded in mystery to this day.

When Morgan Sr. recounted this history to his eldest son Panaris, Panaris was certainly not naive enough to believe that the cause of Musat's assassination was just what he said. .Lame~

In recent years, conspiracy theorists have constantly suggested that the deposition of Saudi Arabia's second king must be related to Saudi Arabia's joining the OPEC organization and angering the Seven Sisters of the world's oil companies at the time. .

(The Seven Sisters of Petroleum is a term commonly used in the Western oil industry. It refers to the three major oil companies and the other four major companies with international influence after the dissolution of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.)

(The seven oil companies are: Standard Oil of New Jersey, later renamed Exxon Oil;

Standard Oil of New York, later renamed Mobil Oil;

Standard Oil of California, later renamed Chevron;

Texaco Oil Company of Texas;

the Mellon family's Gulf Oil;

Shell Oil Company, jointly owned by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands;

The last one was the British Persian Oil Company. )

And the third Saudi King Faisal, who was assassinated by his nephew, must be related to Saudi Arabia's nationalization of oil companies. .

Regarding these conspiracy theories, Panaris once asked his father, Morgan Sr.~

Old Morgan's answer at that time was very playful~

“Saudi Arabia wants to nationalize oil companies, but the methods they use are relatively mild~”

"They are ready to use the country's financial savings for many years to buy back the equity of Saudi Arabia's domestic oil companies in installments from major oil companies in the world~"

"In this kind of business, one person is willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, and the other person wants not to sell it, but he has to sell it... Where is there any conspiracy at all?"

Old Morgan's vague answer left a big blank space for his eldest son, Panaris, to imagine~

However, as a father, Morgan Sr. still told his son very clearly: "This matter has nothing to do with me or us!"

"These rumors from conspiracy theorists have caused the Saudi royal family to have some strange feelings towards our friends living in the United States~"

"If you have the opportunity in the future, you might as well get in touch with more children of the Saudi royal family who came to the United States~"

"You need to let them know clearly that our family, you and I, always have good intentions towards them!"

Therefore, during discussions at the Metropolitan Club, Panaris, Julie, Seamus and others sent an invitation to express goodwill to the Saudi mission visiting New York.

The result is very good!

Panaris felt that this grandson of King Difar. .Let’s call him Prince from now on~

Prince Defar studied abroad in London a few years ago and does not have much resistance to Western culture~

Moreover, judging from the attire he was wearing at the cocktail party he was invited to attend today, it can be seen that Defal did not hide too much about some of his thoughts and attitudes~

He wanted to take this opportunity to get acquainted with Morgan, a person from Panaris and New York's top circles~

This is a good phenomenon!

Difar, as the fourth generation of the Saudi royal family, may not want to participate in the power struggle within the family~

But where is his identity as a royal descendant?

In today's era, when members of the Saudi royal family are generally very resistant to American conglomerates, the Morgan family can have such a friend and royal mouthpiece, which is equivalent to adding a guaranteed bargaining chip to the family.

As for what exactly Diffal wants~

Will he become true friends with Panaris and Morgan? .

This is not a particularly important question.

You don’t have to be friends, you can just be allies in terms of interests!

Panaris stood there, thinking for a few minutes without being disturbed, and then looked at Defar again.

When he saw Defar, led by Elder, walking towards David and the others, a smile appeared on his lips~

. . .

Inside the banquet hall.

There is a sofa seating area near the wall.

David leaned softly in Lilith's arms, enjoying the constant head massage from her little hands. .

Just now, David experienced some aggressive questioning from Julie, his second father-in-law, and once again overdrawn some of the future in his memory. .

this. .What's wrong with him? !

Emm. .

And Lilith, this little girl, didn’t give any warning to David before he met Julie. .

Now let her give you a head massage. .

Relieve tension and stress, there’s nothing wrong with it!

On David's side, his expression was comfortable and he was enjoying Lilith's massage without any formality.

Leslie and Livlin's eyes widened. .

Both of them knew more or less that Lilith had changed a lot for David. .

But like today. .With a hint of apology in Lilith's eyes, she acted as gentle as a little woman next to David in front of the public. .

Really. .It was an eye-opener for both of them!

Leslie endured it again and again, but finally couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "David, how did you... do that?"

As soon as he said these words, he started pinching his thighs. .Regret it!

Will Lilith, who was always vengeful, give him a tenfold counterattack because of his impulsiveness and quick words? . .

What he didn't expect was that David hummed twice and didn't respond~

Lilith also glanced at Riley with a smile, but also did not respond~

this. .The heart that Leslie just mentioned returned to its original position. .

But Livlin, who was sitting next to him, seemed to have gone crazy. She asked David again with curious eyes.

"Yes, you...how did you do it?"

"Can you tell us?"

"Lilith's changes are simply... too big~"

"When we met again this time, I couldn't believe my eyes..."

This time.

David opened his eyes after hearing Livlin's question.

He sat up, looked back at Lilith, and asked curiously: "Have you... changed a lot?"

"Do you want to hear?"

"No!"

David took Lilith's little hand, slowly took off the silk gloves she was wearing, wiped the sweat on her forehead and neck with it, and said softly.

"None of those matters!"

"Starting from today, you must live a fulfilling, happy, cheerful and joyful life every day!"

"These are what I want to give you!"

The curvature of the corners of Lilith's mouth widened, her eyes watered, and she gave David a gentle kiss with a happy little woman's face, and said softly.

"Just now, why didn't you say these things in front of Julie?"

"He...doesn't mean any harm!"

"I know!"

"Hehe~"

David scratched his head, loosened some of his tight ties, and sighed.

"I feel... meeting Julie this time is like meeting my father-in-law again~"

"Can I not be nervous under his scrutinizing eyes?"

"I became so nervous that I forgot my words..."

"Puch~hahaha~"

Lilith threw herself into David's arms and laughed~

On the other side, Leslie and Lilith, who were being treated like shit, couldn't help but look at each other, as if they understood something from the conversation between David and David. .

----

new York.

John F. Kennedy International Airport at night.

CIA director Ezra Cremo, after a busy day, sat in an office with his feet on the table, preparing to take a temporary break.

After a while, there was an annoying knock on the door.

Claymore frowned, closed his eyes and shouted: "Come in~"

After the door to the room rang, Claymore did not hear the report from his subordinates, but instead heard a set of footsteps that stopped in front of the table.

He opened his eyes, and after a brief period of blindness, he saw Otis Parker's hypocritical smiling face that made him extremely disgusted. .

"Why are you here? Didn't we already chat on the phone?"

Mr. Parker tilted his head, glanced at the chairs next to the table, and simply stood there, nodding slightly to Claymore and smiling.

"The phone is not suitable for us to have more in-depth communication~"

As Mr. Parker spoke, he reached into the briefcase he was carrying. After stroking it a few times, he continued to speak to Claymo, whose face turned dark with a satisfied expression.

"I know, you don't like me~"

"So, we might as well keep this short!"

"I will take away the gardener, beetle, and dragonfly!"

"fxxx!"

Claymore gritted his teeth, pointed at Mr. Parker and cursed, but did not continue. .

The two looked at each other in silence.

Mr. Parker gradually put away his smile and explained slowly: "I brought them to New York~"

"They just want to live a normal life here and make a living...that's all~"

"A normal person?"

"Let's not talk about beetles and dragonflies for now."

"Gardener! He carries wanted warrants from more than a dozen countries!"

"He... still wants to live a normal life?"

"fxxxyou, Parker!"

"Haha ~ Gardener, why are you wanted? Isn't it the reason for cooperating with your CIA?"

"Don't tell me that! I don't know!"

Mr. Parker put the briefcase in his hand on the table, opened it facing Claymore, and said softly.