Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Lower Manhattan, Sixth Avenue.

The weather is very nice tonight~

Although the temperature outside is not high, the emotions of the people participating in the Halloween Parade are very high~

When they are busy making a living day after day, there are fewer and fewer happy things in life.

Such a large-scale gathering and carnival is the best opportunity to relieve negative emotions in terms of releasing people's emotions.

. . .

In the parade on Sixth Avenue, David and his four bodyguards walked slowly not far from the guardrail, hoping to wait for the float parade to catch up.

David, who was walking on the streets and in parades, enjoyed being surrounded by his family and friends and being able to laugh and play without restraint.

It seems that all the worries that were entangled during the day at work have disappeared~

. . .

23rd Street in Manhattan, near Madison Square.

Giles and Blumer were sitting in the car, looking at the long line of cars in the distance, and had no choice but to get out of the car and walk~

ten minutes later.

They walked to the hotel at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street, took the elevator to the room they booked last night.

window.

Giles took off his coat and wore drink cups with Bloomer, looking downstairs and on both sides of the road, looking into the distance to see the crowds waiting for the parade.

After standing quietly for a while, Blumer raised his hand and opened the window. A stream of cold wind flowed into the room along the window, causing the temperature in the room to drop instantly.

"Here...it doesn't have the lively feeling down there, standing on the street~"

Giles leaned half of his body against the window, the hair on his forehead lightly touching the glass, and smiled.

"What? Do you regret rejecting David's proposal?"

Bloomer shrugged, took a deep breath of fresh cold air, and sneered: "You're not... really jealous of him, are you?"

"No~ let's not talk about jealousy!"

Giles said with clear eyes: "David is right. His starting point is different from ours, and the tracks are even different~"

"While we were listening to the instructor's lectures on campus and researching which interest clubs to join, he was in the Wildfire Bar, taking tips from the drinkers, watching and listening to their real human lives..."

"So? You regret getting admitted to Harvard?"

"Haha~ These are two different things~"

Giles raised his glass, drank most of the drink, shook his head and said, "Harvard... can help us win at the starting line."

"With his own efforts, David is slowly catching up with the leading distance that we were once proud of~"

"I admit that when I first got close to him, I was really attracted by his straightforwardness, lack of pretentiousness, and the strange ideas in his head."

"So, I have been trying to find his perspective on people and things, and why his way of thinking is so different from ours."

Bloomer made a big-eyed expression, curled his lips and asked, "It's been a few months, and you've found it? Do you understand?"

Giles thought about it seriously, raised his head, and stared blankly at the dark night sky.

"..No~"

Bloomer felt that he had been defeated again by his best friend~

He patted his forehead with his hand, trying to think of a way to help Giles straighten his thoughts, and asked, "Where's Pine? Isn't he coming?"

"Yeah~ He went to that small theater."

"Oh? What is he doing there?"

Giles put the drink cup in his hand by the window sill, looked downstairs, shrugged and said, "He said... he wants to see if David's blind box plan can succeed again~"

Blumer followed Giles' line of sight and saw the makeshift blind box sales point, and smiled.

"How about we make a bet?"

"...Okay~ What are you betting on?"

"Hmm... Bet on how much money you can make from tonight's blind box sales plan!"

Giles tilted his head, glanced at Bloomer with a caring look, and said with a smile, "Okay~ I'll bet... 20 dollars!"

"Ha~ Then I'll bet [-] dollars!"

"Don't forget, that guy David wants to donate 60% of the profits to the New York City Government."

"For the remaining 40%, it would be great if it could cost [-] dollars!"

"One hundred thousand dollars a night, that's 650 million dollars a year!"

"Oh no! If it can earn more than 3000 million dollars every year, then this blind box company can be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in a few years~"

"Hahaha~ Okay, let's make another bet!"

"How about just betting on whether this blind box company can go public?"

Giles blinked with a smirk on his lips: "Okay! I bet it can be put on the market!"

"fxxx! I bet it will be on the market~ You have to change it~!"

"Tch~ I won't change."

"...You must change! You are too cunning~"

"I won't change~..Hahaha~"

"..."

----

On Sixth Avenue.

After seeing all kinds of strange monsters and monsters, David and the others finally arrived at the "backbone" of the parade. .

Float parade~!

The first float, with bursts of typical disco-style music, slowly drove in from a distance.

David and the others waited until it got closer before they could see the float clearly through the gaps in the crowd gathered in front of him. .

To be more serious, it should be regarded as two cars.

The leading car was a latest-model Cadillac sedan, and behind it was a semi-open and gorgeous band stage towed by a flatbed.

Various small decorative lights worn together make this slightly missing, but very pleasing to the eye and in line with the band's style mobile performance stage, making it feel like watching a live band's passionate performance. .

Countless "ghosts" and spectators on both sides of the avenue all followed the dynamic rhythm of electric guitar and drums, twisting their waists, shaking their heads, and with smiles on their faces.

David looked around, found Mike Bai, the "pig-headed man", and asked loudly.

“Where did you get this band?”

"Haha~ In the nightclub!"

"Wow~ The atmosphere around them makes them very hot! It's pretty good!"

Mike Bai waved the crude rake in his hand and said with a smile: "You should go and tell Ludy... He will be very happy! Hahaha~"

David curled his lips, raised the Bible in his hand, and followed the rhythm of the music of the float passing in front of him, imitating the dance moves of the young ladies in cool clothes and twisting along with him. .

The super large disco scene has begun~!

Bursts of music shocked everyone’s eardrums~

Groups of beauties and handsome guys follow the rhythm of the music, wave various props in their hands, and show off their "beautiful and charming" dance postures to the equally happy audience on the street. .

David pulled the four bodyguards together, and the five of them formed a small team, swaying their heads to the music and specifically choosing those beauties who did not have male companions to hang around. .

At this time, it seemed that several members of the band were gradually getting excited.

They slowly stopped the disco music, leaving only the deep bass sound, echoing on the streets under the night sky.

"Boom, boom boom~ boom, boom boom~"

"Om~"

After two bars of slightly low bass, a string of crisp drum sounds sounded.

David turned to look at the float. A male singer with long flowing hair and a jacket full of nails roared into the microphone in a low voice.

"Ouch~ah~ow~ho~"

"..."

David couldn't understand what he was singing either. .

Anyway. .It sounds creepy~

However, this hell-style death rock caused a strange chain reaction on the streets tonight~

Many young ladies in the parade, dressed as various "demon", wanted to be sacrificed to the devil, and let out heart-rending screams. .

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

David blocked his ears with his fingers and stared closely at a beautiful girl who was screaming at the male singer near the float, and found that she seemed to be. .Not ventilating?

Okay~

The two-generation man did not understand David particularly well. .The hell party has begun~

It seemed that for a moment, the young people around him were all following the male singer's voice, pulling their necks and roaring. .

One by one. .The veins on my neck are popping out~

David covered his ears and turned to look at the four bodyguards.

The second brother Lavis and the third brother Giovanni were seen imitating the people around them, stretching their necks like big roosters and shouting loudly. .

Emm. .

or. .Try it too?

David blinked and was pulled by a handsome guy wearing women's clothing next to him, and he tried to shout too.

"Ah~~cough cough cough~"

"Cough~cough~" David pretended to pinch his throat twice and continued to try. .

"Ah~ah~ah~"

He put down the fingers that had blocked his ears, and could clearly feel that his voice, which was rough and wild at the beginning, gradually became thinner as his breath expired. .

Especially the last two notes are particularly sharp~

Black Mike, who had been standing silently next to David, covered his ears, leaned into David's ear, and shouted.

"Don't act like a frightened woman... and scream!"

"fxxxyou~!"

"You're the only one who's scared!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

The slow progress of the first float, Brother Hellscream and his fans, made David feel something different. .Music charm~

The second float drove slowly toward David from a distance.

It has a completely different style from the first float. .

Many seductively dressed "vampire brides" held small bags in their hands, and distributed small paper bags to people on parade and on the roadside to a piece of music imitating ancient European court music.

David waited until the float came closer and asked a man with brown hair and bright red ketchup hanging from the corner of his mouth. .The bride, asked for a small paper bag.

The front and back of the small paper bag also have the logo of "Wrigley Candy" ~

He lowered his head and opened it. There were three small candies inside.

There was a throat mint deliberately stuffed into the small paper bag. It was obvious that someone had arranged for the first float to arouse people's emotions and roar to the tune of the music and the surrounding atmosphere. .

The second float followed and distributed candies to everyone, reminding everyone to protect their throats. .

Whose idea was this?

It also. .What a bastard!

David pouted and felt speechless as he threw the throat mint into his mouth and sipped it a few times. .

"Hmm~Tsk~"

"Talent!"

The second brother Lavis, who was close to David, looked at the sighing expression on his face and mocked: "What? Just bought you with a piece of candy?"

"Tch~what do you know?"

"This is called... marketing psychology!"

"When people subconsciously need something the most, silently deliver the products they want most~"

"Whoever came up with this idea must be very smart!"

The second brother, Lavis, didn't pay attention to David's nonsense. .

He put his arm around David's shoulders and gestured to a beautiful woman in a tight-fitting dress who passed by several people: "Look! Look at her steps... Her waist is almost broken by her!"

"Wow~hahaha~"

"Looking at it from the back... Tsk tsk~ This curve, this..."

David obviously did not pay attention to the beauty's figure like his second brother Ravis, but looked at her shoes.

High heels, left heel. .Seems a little shorter?

Emm. .

David crossed his arms on his chest and explained to his second brother Lavis, Mike Bai and others.

"Look at her shoes!"

"Legend...Marilyn Monroe, in order to have a more seductive and elegant step and show off her graceful figure, she went to a shoemaker to shorten her left heel."

"So, in the movies we starred in, her seductive walking posture made countless men dream about her... and gave birth to the urge to make her their own~"

Mike Bai, who used to like watching movies very much, rolled his eyes and thought about it, then smiled crookedly.

"It seems...it's really haha~"

"The two steps she took...are really tempting~hahaha~"

The second brother, Lavis, didn't buy David's explanation.

He made a "cut" sound, pointed at the beauty who was walking away with her waist twisted, and sighed.

"She doesn't want to act in movies. What a pity!"

"Hahaha~"

"What movie are you talking about?"

"Hollywood? Or the kind of short films you like to watch the most?"

"Of course...the kind of action that two people perform | a love drama~"

"Hahaha~"

"Forget it, let's talk to you idiots...you don't understand art at all!"

"Hahaha~ Yes, we are all fools, as long as you understand art..."

. . .

After the second float passed, the third float slowly came along with the parade.

. . .

Time always slips by very quickly when people feel joyful, happy and happy~

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the parade of floats in front of David and others has passed the last one~

David kept counting in his mind. There were eight floats participating in the parade tonight.

On every float, you can find the words and logo of the advertising company in a place that is not very eye-catching.

And, except for the first float.

The seven floats at the back all distributed more or less small gifts and gift bags to the parade participants and roadside spectators.

The contents of these gift bags are also varied.

For example, the sponsor of the sixth float is a department store chain.

The small gift bags they handed out contained shopping cash coupons of varying amounts and discount cards for the entire shopping order. .

For another example, the sponsor of the Disisi float is a well-known chain drugstore in New York. .

In the small bags they distributed to people, there were two of the most commonly used painkillers that people kept at home, and they were the cheapest ones. .

But even the cheapest painkillers cost a lot of money if they throw them out like snowflakes~

Spread coins?

hehe~

David doesn't think so.

In the corner of a soft leaflet about the size of a business card in his hand was printed a line of pinpoint fine print.

This is. .Someone took the trouble to find a disclaimer printed by a lawyer.

Because there are no words or phrases on these discount coupons that can be legally defined as offers.

Generally speaking, the final interpretation rights of all discount coupons and cash discount coupons belong to the merchants, and there is no offer relationship with consumers, only an offer invitation relationship.

The offer, if deemed valid, requires legal liability.

An invitation to treat is different. Generally speaking, it does not involve any legal liability. .

(The leaflets such as house viewing advertisements and other leaflets that we are daily distributed on the street are all invitations to offer, or offer inducements. Merchants generally will not bear legal responsibility for some inducement words on leaflets.)

(So, please keep your eyes open and don’t be tempted or try to take advantage~)

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Manhattan.

At the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street.

David and the others followed the direction of the crowd and slowly walked to the blind box sales point.

The sales point staff are packing up the shelves, banners and other items in the venue and preparing to retreat.

The final winner of tonight's blind box sales is being interviewed by a TV reporter under the envious gaze of the crowd.

The winners are a family.

The middle-aged father, dressed simply, with his wife and four children, faced the camera with a surprised smile on his face and told the camera about his joy.

David stood with his feet propped up and watched from a distance for a while, then turned his head and motioned to the four bodyguards, preparing to get closer and watch.

After they squeezed a way and got closer, David discovered~

Standing next to a family is. .Neil Walker?

under bright light.

Neil Walker, who looked young and confident, was neatly dressed, had a steady voice, and with a smile on his face sent blessings to the lucky winner of the grand prize, representing the seller.

Later, he was caught on camera at the C position, explaining in detail the rules of this event, and that the company shares held by the winners one year later will be bought by the company in full cash at the highest market valuation, and transferred to next year. Halloween blind box prize pool.

David leaned on Black Mike's side and silently watched Neil Walker's TV interview. He knew that his plan had succeeded again this time!

People, the most important thing is self-knowledge!

David never thought he could become a legend in the spotlight like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, etc.~

Therefore, he will continue to explore talents~

Use venture capital and thousands of dollars to buy horse bones to discover and inspire talented people with unlimited business potential, work for them, and build a huge business empire for them.

In this process, David just needs to continue to create a better environment for them to play and find. .A bigger and broader stage allows them to fully display their business talents, which is enough~

Of course, loyalty is also something David values ​​​​very much.

David didn't want to spend so much time and effort cultivating a great person, and then he would. .I changed jobs and was poached~

But then again.

even if. .This kind of bad thing will definitely happen in the future with a high probability.

David is not willing to waste talents now. .

The growth process of a talent may be very long, or it may be very rapid.

People's hearts will change with changes in identity and status~

Desire will also be infinitely amplified with the display and release of natural abilities.

Therefore, the help and wealth they could bring to David could not be accurately measured sometimes.

All conclusions cannot be given to satisfactory answers at this moment.

. . .

David put his arms around the shoulders of Black Mike and Giovanni respectively, lowered his head and silently followed the flow of people, walking towards the way he came.

Today, he felt a little tired.