Manhattan Reborn 1978

Manhattan.

Thomas Hanks and his friends took two buses and walked for ten minutes.

His friend led him into a narrow alley and introduced him.

"The front is the back entrance of the nightclub where I work. We usually go here to work."

"Look, that guy squatting by the wall smoking is one of our bartenders~"

"Hey~ man, why did you run out?"

The bartender who was squatting smoking saw Hanks and the two walking in, blew out a puff of smoke and cursed.

"Stop mentioning it..."

"Five waiters have resigned today, and the boss is getting angry inside..."

"If you don't want to be scolded, I advise you to do the same as me and wait here for a while."

"Five resigned?"

"fxxx! Where has she gone?"

"Haha~ It is said that Da nightclub released the news that they will recruit more new people, so they all signed up."

"Um...when did this happen?"

"It just so happens that my friend Hanks just came to New York and has no job..."

"Oh?~" the smoking bartender looked sideways at Hanks and sneered.

"You can try it, maybe...it's not too late~"

"Yeah..." The friend crossed his arms, thought for a while, and patted Hanks on the shoulder.

"I'll go in and talk to the boss first. If nothing happens, I'll take you to apply!"

"...Okay~ I'll wait for you here!?"

"Yes, 5 minutes~"

When Hanks saw his friend walk into the back door, he looked around, took two steps forward and approached the bartender, and asked with an apologetic smile.

"I just came from California yesterday and am not familiar with New York."

"That nightclub you were talking about just now? What is it?"

The bartender juggled the cigarettes between them, chuckled, and didn't answer. .

Hanks blinked, took out a crumpled twenty-dollar card from his pocket, put it into the bartender's hand, and said with a smile.

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Wow~haha~of course!"

"Actually, the so-called nightclub is similar to the nightclub we have here."

"It's just...a nightclub, just comparing girls~"

"Why? Can I make more money by working in this nightclub?"

"Okay~"

"Money may not necessarily mean you can earn more. The good thing is that they won't encounter trouble or harassment when they work."

"I heard that da nightclub is known as the place in New York where anyone can go and have fun..."

"But everyone must abide by the rules there~!"

"You can't bring weapons, medicines, or drugs, and you can't harass girls..."

"So, that nightclub is particularly popular with girls, and it will attract more men who want to have fun~"

Hanks played with the pebbles he picked up from the ground, nodded and said with a smile: "Thanks, man!"

"Haha~ With your handsome face, if you apply for a job, you really might be selected~"

"If it were you..."

"If I really work at da nightclub, I'll treat you to a drink while you go have fun!"

"Hahaha~ good!"

The bar flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, patted Hanks on the shoulder and smiled.

"I'll go in and say a few nice words to the boss, and buy you some time to apply for the job~"

"Ok!"

"By the way, what's your... name?"

"Thomas Hanks~My friends call me Tom~"

"Okay~ Tom, wish you good luck!"

"Hahaha~Thank you, thank you~"

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new York.

Wall Street, Stanley.

Polly and Rosenlow from the company got out of the car.

Polly stood on the street and looked around twice before she found the person she wanted to find and waved to him.

At this time, the one-eyed Andres, who was standing in the distance, leaning against the wall, basking in the sun with a cup of coffee, saw Polly waving to him, nodded slightly, and walked over.

Polly stood there and introduced to Andres: "This is my family's relative and younger brother, Rosenlow~"

"This is Andres~"

"Oh...Hi~" Andres said hello first to save face.

Rosenluo twitched the corners of his mouth, showed a very fake smile and nodded, as a greeting.

Polly rolled her eyes at him speechlessly and explained: "This kid has been stupid since he was a child...don't mind~"

"Haha~ It's okay..."

"Well... you go contact Lawrence and Cohen and ask them to come over as soon as possible. I have something to ask them."

"Um...now?"

"I'll probably have lunch with David and get them as soon as possible~"

"You can come in with me and find a phone number~"

"Ok!"

One-eyed Andres nodded crisply, followed Polly and walked into Stanley.

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Eastern region of the United States.

Driving from New York and heading southwest for more than 150 kilometers, you will reach the largest city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia!

After passing through Philadelphia, and then driving more than 150 kilometers southwest, you will reach Baltimore, the city closest to Washington, the political center of the United States, and the largest city in Maryland.

Baltimore is only more than 60 kilometers away from Washington, located in the District of Columbia.

In the downtown area of ​​Baltimore, on Howard Street, is the famous university in the United States, one of the top 20, Johns Hopkins University.

When Johns Hopkins, a banker and Quaker in Baltimore, Maryland, died in 1873, he left a huge inheritance worth US$700 million (equivalent to US$2006 billion in 16 based on purchasing power). ).

In accordance with his will, his estate was distributed and donated to Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital, which are named after him.

This was the largest charitable donation in the history of the United States at the time.

On January 1876, 1, Johns Hopkins University was officially founded.

On February 2 of that year, the first principal Daniel Gilman took office.

Hopkins University was the first university in the United States to teach in the form of seminars and to admit undergraduates by major. Its concepts and models had a huge impact on subsequent American universities and were imitated.

In 1889, the university established one of the earliest schools of nursing in the United States.

Hopkins Medical School was the first medical school in the United States to launch graduate education, and became the model for many medical education institutions to follow in the future.

In 1909, the university pioneered adult education.

In 1916, the university established the first school of public health in the United States.

In 1942, the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) became a major contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense.

In 1950 and 1977, the Nietzsche School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Peabody Conservatory of Music (Peabody) were merged into Johns Hopkins University.

The university's ambitious expansion plans further established closer ties with Washington.

(Also: In 1986, Johns Hopkins University became the first prestigious American university to establish an official academic center in China.)

(However, these things that happened after 78 will only be listed as a historical background reference in this book.)

. . .

Otis Parker was sitting in a coffee shop not far from Johns Hopkins University, waiting patiently.

Almost 10 minutes later.

A slovenly and unkempt middle-aged man entered the coffee shop, strode across to Mr. Parker and sat down.

Mr. Parker smiled and said to his old friend: "The last time I saw you so sloppy was when you were in New York, right?"

"fxxxyou!"

The middle-aged man raised his middle finger directly to him, and after greeting Mr. Parker's family cordially, he slowly stopped. .

Mr. Parker seemed not to have heard anything and happily ordered a cup of coffee for his old friend and said.

"Mag, how are you doing?"

"Huh ~ see for yourself!" Mag Ludwig shook his windbreaker with his hand and sneered.

Mr. Parker picked up the coffee, took a sip, and said slowly: "This place is no longer suitable for you... You should go back to your hometown!"

"Why are you still here?"

"Aren't you reconciled?"

Mag Ludwig nodded to the waiter who brought him coffee. He didn't care about any social etiquette. He took a big sip and said with a sad smile.

"Yes, I am not willing to give in!"

"Butterfield shouldn't..."

"enough!"

Mr. Parker interrupted Mag's complaint rudely, with a stern expression, his eyes piercing the face of Mag Ludwig, who was sitting opposite, like a sharp sword, and whispered.

"Alexander Butterfield, then President Nixon's deputy chief of staff, said that a secret recording system was installed in the President's Oval Office that could automatically record conversations. It was just for self-protection after being exploited."

"But you were assisting Haldeman, the then chief of staff, in transferring and destroying relevant important documents in an attempt to cover up the truth about the Watergate incident."

"The judge only sentenced you to 40 months in prison. In my opinion, it is too merciful!"

(One of the main planners of the Watergate incident in the United States, FBI executive Gordon Liddy, was sentenced to 74 months in prison in 52.)

(So, I made it up that Mag Ludwig, who was modeled after Mag Ludwig, the assistant chief of staff in the Nixon administration, was sentenced to 42 months in prison.)

A sneer hung from the corner of Mr. Parker's lips: "The President of the United States was actually bugged in his Oval Office... and was kept in the dark..."

"It doesn't matter who the idiot came up with this kind of witty operation that makes people laugh out loud..."

"After the Watergate incident was completely exposed, several people around Nixon reacted one after another and revealed various shocking inside stories."

"But what about you?"

"What are you doing?"

"Take relevant important information home...hide it?"

"You ****...are all the expired milkshakes on your mind?"

"You still feel unwilling to give in?"

"Now that I say you are a lost dog that everyone shouts about, they are all praising you!"

"Could it be...are you still dreaming about standing in the spotlight again and having old scores turned over by those reporters?"

"Wake up~!"

"It's impossible for you in this life!"

These words of Mr. Parker directly broke through the last broken line of defense in Mag Ludwig's heart. .

this time. .He really broke through the defense completely!

Mag breathed slowly, and after a while, he picked up the coffee cup and drank it with a tilt of his neck.

He slammed the cup on the table and showed a miserable smile: "You... win!"

"What if you came here from New York to ridicule and laugh at me..."

"Stop~"

"I don't have the time to spare, so I came all the way here to see your jokes~"

"There is a job in New York, waiting for you~"

"If you figure it out, you can come back to New York with me!"

Mag Ludwig showed confusion and confusion for the first time since entering the cafe.

"Work? In New York?"

"Yes!~"

"What can I do?"

Mr. Parker sat back a little, spread his hands and said, "What else do you think you will do?"

"I.."

"Humph~hehe~"

"This new job is very easy~"

"Give me a job as a political consultant for my current boss!"

"The time I can leave New York is limited this time~"

"You only have 10 minutes to think about it and give me an answer!"

Mag Ludwig frowned deeply and stared closely at his old friend Odis Parker.

leave here?

A new path was laid out before him by Mr. Parker.

he. .Is there any choice?

"..make a deal!"

"When are we leaving?"

Mr. Parker raised his wrist and looked at it, took out his wallet, asked the waiter to pay, and shrugged.

"If we go faster on the road, we can get back to New York in time and have a nice dinner~"

"..ok!"

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new York.

Stanley fourth floor.

David, who was sitting on the sofa, chatting with Giles and Lilith, saw Polly knocking on the door and walking in, leading a strange young man. He stood up and said with a smile.

"Haha~ How did you know that I was thinking of looking for you?"

"Who is this.."

Polly first nodded and said hello to Giles and Lilith, then naturally hugged David's arm tightly and introduced with a smile.

"Rosenlow, my distant brother."

"Oh~ Hello, Rosenlow!"

"I'm David Coleman, you can call me David!"

"Hello~Call me Rosenlow."

Polly was on the side, using her arms to pull David aside, and explained Rosenlow's situation in a low voice.

After hearing this, David shrugged, nodded and smiled: "Then... let's talk about your business first~"

"Come, come and sit, Rosenlow~"

"Yeah...thank you!"

David led Polly to the sofa, kicked his friend Giles who was taking up space, and asked him to move aside. He naturally sat between Polly and Lilith, and took the two women's hands. , said fiddling with it.

"Have you encountered any problems with the real estate development project?"

Rosenlow turned his eyes back and forth a few times, and then said after seeing Giles sitting down muttering in a low voice.

"Yes~"

"Our tripartite negotiations went smoothly, and we have reached a consensus on specific details such as the project location."

"However, there are different voices on the city council's side regarding this project."

"It seems...some people don't want to see our project proceed so smoothly..."

David tilted his head and after looking at Rosenlow for a few seconds, he suddenly felt. .

This boy's words are not as childish as his face. .

"City Council?"

He turned to look at Lilith: "Mayor Lynch said that day that he would help...?"

Lilith raised her head slightly and sneered: "What politicians say...do you take it seriously?"

"Uh... I want to curse!"

"Hold on!"

"...Hey~"

Polly, who was next to David, saw him slumped and smiled happily and said, "I called Lynch's office~"

"His people said that Lynch has not been in New York during this period and is on a state-wide speaking tour before the election~"

Giles asked curiously: "Are you sure that Lynch will run for governor?"

"You should ask Pine or Elder~"

"Oh.."

Giles was stunned, curled his lips, lowered his head and started playing with his fingers. .

David adjusted his posture, and after quickly flashing through many people in his mind, he asked Polly.

“Have you been following Commissioner Hardman’s mayoral campaign lately?”

"Can he... win?"

"No~"

"The company is very busy during this period, and Ludy has always been paying attention to Hardman~"

"Oh.."

"You might as well go to him and see what he has to say about this~"

"If...he tries to keep himself out of the situation, let's find a way~"

"it is good!"

Polly's big eyes instantly narrowed~

Hardman. .mayor?

seem. .The entire real estate development project will be completed during Mayor Hardman’s term!

If he wants to stand by and take advantage of the opportunity, Polly will never let him go easily!

Even if you can't hit or kill him. .

But those are the "good ideas" that made Mayor Hardman chant "Bring me an adult diaper." .

It’s just not too much~

hehe~

How many of these politicians who only have power in their eyes have clean bottoms?

Polly thought about the countermeasures in her mind and smiled again on her face.

"Rosenluo, please go back first~"

"Negotiations continue!"

"In the next few days, we will come up with a complete cooperation plan as soon as possible~ We will try our best to complete the demolition work before the end of the year!"

Rosenluo blinked and stood up quickly: "Okay, I will~"

He nodded politely to a few people and strode to the door of the room. As if he remembered something, he turned back and said to David.

"David, I've met Alto before~"

"He, let me say to you, I'm sorry!"

"Oh? Haha~"

"Tell him for me, it's okay ~ we are still friends!"

"See you!"

Rosenlo Sidric is gone.

David scratched Polly's palm with his fingers and said with a meaningful smile: "How old is this kid?"

"It seems... 19 years old, right? I don't know~"

"Wow~"

David scratched his head and gave Giles a mocking look: "Did you see that? When you were 19, were you as mature and calm as him?"

Giles rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, pretending not to care: "I was studying at Harvard when I was 19. What about you?"

"I.."

David really thought about it seriously and said with a smile: "When I was 19 years old, for the first time, I learned that curse word from a beautiful customer standing on the street: He's ****... and he can be scolded so much. Tricks..."

"At that time, I had an impulse in my heart to ask her to be my teacher and teach me how to curse."

"Uh...hahaha~"

Polly was so teased by David that she punched him in the chest. .

Lilith was also so amused that she covered her mouth and laughed~

Giles' eyes widened, he scratched his chin and said, "Swearing... do you still need to ask someone for advice?"

"Hehe~"

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

"..Need not!"

Giles waved his hands, rolled his eyes a few times, smiled and said, "Someday you can also introduce me to this...teacher?"

"Hahahaha~ No problem!"

Lilith couldn't hold back and kicked Giles directly.

Giles pretended to be in severe pain, screamed miserably, held his legs and fell backwards. .

"Hahahaha~"

in the office.

After several people laughed.

It was Lilith who spoke first and brought up the business.

"In our data center, Giles and Bloomer contacted IBM and Washington."

"Mainframe computers, minicomputers, and some of the data information we need are basically done~"

Giles continued from the side: "IBM's mainframe computer is already in the installation and debugging stage."

"I talked to the computer science instructors at Princeton University, and they said they had no actual experience in writing software for this kind of large database management."

"The engineers at IBM are mostly theoretical and their actual writing skills are not outstanding."

"So, I asked people in software circles all over the United States~"

"Only a small company established in Silicon Valley last year and the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Berkeley, have made very good research and development results in commercial large-scale databases."

David probably guessed who and which company Giles was talking about~

But he still pretended to be curious and asked: "Have you contacted that company? What did they say?"

"Contacted~"

"The person in charge, Larry Allison, didn't say that their software products could meet our needs."

"Because the database management software they make is all designed and researched on computers from Dec."

"He said that if we want to use IBM's mainframe computer as a host to build and manage commercial databases, we can only customize a new software for us."

"Oh.."

"What's the name of their company?"

"It seems to be called Relational Software Inc. (rsi)."

"ok~"

"Let's invite Larry Allison to come to New York and talk in person~"

"If their company is really good at writing database management software, I will go find Mr. Guy, the president of Princeton University."

"Ask their school to also spend some money to customize a management software for us~"

"Guy Luther?"

"You still want to ask for money from that stingy old man? Hahaha~ Stop dreaming!"

Giles has heard a lot of interesting stories about the miser Guy Luther~

So he had no illusions about David going to blackmail him~

David curled his lips and mocked: "They paid for the land, but we paid for it~"

"After the database is established, their school will send people to the data center to do research and find jobs."

"Where can there be so many good things?"

"He must pay this money, and he will definitely pay it!"

"Okay, okay~"

"Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you. Do you have any bad ideas? It's up to you."

"Row!"

"Ask Larry Allison to come to New York as soon as possible~"

"Ok!"

Finished talking about the data research center.

Lilith continued: "The Medical Research Center, I talked with New York University twice more."

"The preliminary cooperation plan has basically been finalized."

"They provided the research center's space, basic research equipment, and some researchers."

"These venues and equipment will only charge a nominal rent, and users will not be required to compensate for losses due to misoperation or damage to the equipment."

"We need to purchase some advanced research equipment and equip it with corresponding management personnel and core researchers."

David thought for a while and asked: "How much does it cost to buy new equipment? Core researcher, do you have a backup list?"

"What about the shares? How to distribute them?"

"As for the equipment, I asked about the market prices. It costs more than 100 million dollars..."

"I have already drawn up a list of researchers with someone, and I need to contact them and talk with them before I can finalize it."

"In terms of share distribution, it's very simple. They have [-]% and we have [-]%~"

"Three sevens?"

"We have to pay extra rent to use their laboratories and equipment."

"No~!"

"At most...give them [-]%..."

"No, 15% of the shares!"

Lilith sighed helplessly and patiently explained to David, who suddenly became a miser.

"The basic laboratory research equipment I just mentioned is already worth more than one million dollars..."

“Do you know how much rent they charge?”

"..you say!"

"Every year, 3 dollars!"

"The site to be used for the medical research center is a five-story independent building."

David finally reacted to Lilith's helpless expression and quickly admitted his mistake.

"One building + basic equipment worth one million dollars, only 3 dollars per year...?"

"Um..Okay~"

"The follow-up of this matter is all left to you~!"

. . .

After finishing one more thing.

David turned back to Polly and smiled, "Tim came up to me while I was having breakfast."

"He said my dad..."

Polly laughed after hearing David's worries about his father, David Sr., who might do bad things out of good intentions.

"I see~"

"I'll go back and talk to my dad tonight and let him persuade your dad~"

"Um.."

David rolled his eyes at Giles and continued: "Just in time, I found a new job for you!"

"I remember... you have signed agricultural product purchase agreements with many farmers and farmers, right?"

"Yeah~" Polly didn't quite understand what David meant, and there was a trace of curiosity on her face.

"Hehe~"

"You're like this~!"

"When you go back later, buy all the heating oil you can buy on the market."

"Wait until... when you settle the purchase payments with these farmers and ranchers, give them one more settlement option: heating oil!"

Polly's eyes widened slightly, and she asked in a low voice with some uncertainty: "You mean... the price of heating oil will increase?"

David shrugged and said, "I only know that the first cold wave this winter is coming to New York~"

"..I will!"

Polly seemed to understand something and nodded in response.

Immediately, she looked at David carefully with a strange look as if she was seeing him for the first time, and shook her head.

"You... are becoming more and more like a capitalist!"

David raised his eyebrows and smiled with the same weird expression: "I can't explain anything to you now."

"I can only say that doing this is a win-win choice for us and them!"

"Okay~"

When Polly heard what David had said, she could only stop there and stop asking further questions.

So, she changed the topic and said, "I came to you for one more thing."

"A guy named Field came to me and told me that he was Blanco's agent in New York and wanted..."

Polly talked about this matter in great detail, adding some of her own and her father Malkin's analysis and judgment.

After hearing this, David felt a headache and smiled bitterly.

"I guessed it... Blanco, the female drug lord, can't be thrown away so easily~"

"Otis Parker must have said something to her before Blanco came up with the bad idea of ​​hiring soldiers from the security company to go to Miami to eradicate dissidents..."

David turned to look at Giles and asked angrily: "Hey~ you are a shareholder too! Don't you want to say something?"

Giles replied lazily: "Don't tell me these nonsense, you can handle it yourself~"

"Forehead.."

David took his hand out of the two women's hands, scratched his head vigorously, spread his hands and smiled bitterly.

"What can I do? It must be rejection~!"

"Should...let them live a life of licking blood from the knife's edge again?"

Lilith, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said: "I don't think so!"

"There are tens of millions of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War in the United States..."

"It's a good thing that you want to help them get out of the shadow of war!"

"However, each of these soldiers experienced different situations and made different choices after returning~"

"I guess... maybe many people may not be able to withstand the temptation of drug lord Blanco and choose to pick up the gun again and become the killer whose hands are stained with blood again..."

After listening, the three Davids could only nod silently.

When all the ways out for these soldiers are blocked by people~

Becoming a cold-blooded killer for Blanco, maybe. .Many people have no choice but to make the final choice~

Polly's eyes moved, and she took the opportunity to express her unspoken thoughts to David.

"So, now that we have chosen to help them~"

"How about... just give them one more chance to choose!?"

David frowned and understood what Polly meant: "You mean, the mercenary team?"

"Yes~"

"So you don't want this team to cooperate with the New York police to carry out armed arrests?"

"This time, we might as well change this plan a little bit~"

"We can contact Bog Beru who goes to work for DEA in Florida~"

"Let da security company and dea become partners!"

"In this way, we not only give these soldiers an opportunity to choose, but we can also find a stable income for the security company."

"After all... we now have to support a security company with hundreds of people. If we only rely on the existing security business, the financial pressure will only get bigger and bigger~"

"If this winter, we..."

"All right!"

David interrupted Polly directly, looked directly into her eyes, and asked inquiringly.

"Have you decided before you came?"

Polly felt a little aggrieved, pouting like a little girl and shaking her head: "No! Only you can make the decision on this matter!"

David stared into her eyes for a few seconds before nodding in relief.

"I need to ask Lawrence and Cohen what they really think."

"You are right~"

"Everyone has the right to choose!"

"I hope that my decision can give them a new way out and a new choice!"

"Just so that they can know that I, too, want to sincerely help them!"

Polly bit her lower lip, glanced at Lilith, and whispered to David: "They will!"

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