Manhattan Reborn 1978

(This chapter was locked up in a small black room. It was revised twice and republished twice. It didn’t work ~ it could only be deleted on a large scale.)

new York.

Manhattan, 42th Street.

In the white mist of morning light.

In front of the former auxiliary police office, Superintendent Allston parked the car on the street and took out a brand new plaque from the passenger seat.

across the street.

The little Zach, who happened to be full and had nothing to do, was standing at the door of the closed bar, looking around outside. He opened the door and smiled at Auston: "Hey~ Good morning, man!"

"..morning!"

"Want to come over for a drink?"

"...Okay!" For some reason, Auston, after hearing the proposal from the little Zach, hesitated slightly and nodded in agreement.

. . .

breakfast time.

Upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

In the restaurant, David was holding a peeled hard-boiled egg in his hand and smiled at Susan, Cui Yingying, Lilith, the housekeeper Acklade, and the maid Chasida.

"Boiled eggs are one of the most common ways to eat them in our lives."

"It has many benefits for our bodies, such as: it can replenish the energy our brain needs, enhance memory, and protect brain health."

"It is also rich in calcium, which can promote our bone health. It is very suitable for children and the elderly to supplement calcium."

"but!"

"Not everyone is suitable for eating boiled eggs regularly. They are rich in protein and cholesterol. For some patients with high blood pressure, it is easier for them to fail to control their blood pressure and blood lipids well."

"..Haha~"

"Should we applaud you for learning more knowledge?" Lilith put down the tableware in her hand and teased David.

"Hey~ No need! We are all our own people, why are you being so hypocritical?"

"I just want to say that you two should do the same as me and supplement your nutrition!"

"Both of us?"

Lilith held back her laughter, looked at Susan and joked: "Look! He's jealous!"

"what?"

"I do not have!"

"You have!"

"I'm not!"

"You are!"

"..."

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

After watching the daily "interactions" between David and others, the housekeeper Acklade and the maid Chasida consciously walked into the kitchen and enjoyed the breakfast carefully prepared by Cui Yingying.

David glanced at the two people who disappeared at the door of the kitchen, turned to Lilith and asked: "You try to arrange your work in advance these days. After our engagement ceremony is over, we have to fly to London."

"London?"

"You're thinking.."

"Yes! I promised Deborah that I would go see her~"

David nodded matter-of-factly: "I will never break my promise easily."

"..OK!"

Lilith picked up the juice cup with her left hand. After scanning Susan and Cui Yingying's bodies, she thought for a while and said with a smile: "Susan, Yingying, you can go too~"

"Us??" Susan and Cui Yingying looked at each other in surprise.

David tilted his head and looked at Lilith, his smile seemed to be filled with inexplicable "jealousy" and said: "Are you afraid that Laura will be jealous?"

"I do not have!"

"You have!"

"I'm not!"

"You are!"

"..."

"Hahahaha~"

This almost identical conversation happened to the same person again. .

It's just that this time the protagonists who were "accused" were exchanged. .

During breakfast time, we were chatting, laughing, and noisy, and quickly slipped away~

David wiped the corners of his mouth and fingers with a napkin, and said to the three girls with emotion: "When we were children, we always felt that happiness was very simple~"

"A delicious dinner, a pleasant outing, or an unforgettable wedding with family can make us feel very happy~"

"But when we all grew up, we found out helplessly and unwillingly..."

"It turns out that simplicity is the happiest thing in life!"

"..." After hearing this, Susan, Cui Yingying and Lilith looked at each other and nodded with emotion.

David stood up with a smile, waved to them and said: "A lie is like a colorful and charming transparent bubble..."

"Every lie we tell requires us to put in ten times or a hundred times the energy to prevent it from being exposed."

"But when the bubbles we blow burst one day, the beautiful scenery they once formed will no longer exist~"

"So ah~"

"Sitting here stupidly...what are you doing?!"

"Whatever you have to do, just do it!"

"..."

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

After a while.

Everyone who should go has gone~

David felt relaxed and sat in the living room, reading the newspaper leisurely.

at the door.

Butler Acklade opened the door and walked in first. He smiled at David and said, "Sir, you have a few more visitors today."

"...Who is it? Are they already here?"

"coming!"

Butler Aclade moved half a step aside, allowing several people behind him to file in.

David put down the newspaper, looked at the few people walking in, and suddenly had some bad premonitions.

"Odis, Mag, Lawrence?"

"Why did you three get together and come here?"

"Hehe~"

Odis Parker, who still maintained his unique British style, walked to David casually and sat down next to him. He smiled and said, "Of course I have something important to do with you."

"Otherwise, do you think we would come to play with you all the time?"

"Uh..." David stared at the ceiling for 1 seconds and raised a middle finger to Otis Parker.

"Hahahaha~"

Otis Parker laughed proudly and gave a middle finger in return.

"Hey~"

"What's the matter with you two?"

David chose to ignore the "sick" Odis and asked Mag Ludwig and the head of the security company Lawrence.

Lawrence grinned and looked at Mag with some hesitation.

Mag rubbed his dry eyes and said with a smile: "I got some news from my old friends in Washington last night, so..."

"So, you went to Washington last night... and just came back this morning. You want to tell me as soon as possible?"

"Ok!"

David crossed his legs, frowned slightly and asked, "Where's Janet? Isn't she pregnant?"

"You left her alone at home in New York?"

"Forehead.."

Facing David's rhetorical question, Mag felt surprised and lost his mind for a moment. .

Otis smiled and unbuttoned his coat, and continued in a relaxed manner: "The situation last night was very special... right, Mag!?"

"..right!"

"...Okay~"

David looked back and forth at the two of them, thought for a moment, and said, "Our homes are not too far apart, right?"

“Just a phone call!!”

"Man, if you encounter an emergency like this again in the future, don't leave a pregnant woman's belly at home!"

"Promise me, okay?"

Mag took a deep breath, followed Otis Parker's example, leaned back and sat on the sofa, and smiled very relaxedly.

"it is good!"

"Hehe~"

"That's right!"

"Lawrence is one of his own."

"If you have anything to do, tell me~"

Mag turned his head and glanced at Lawrence, who was also relaxing, and said with a smile: "We called Lawrence here because one of the messages I got was related to him."

"Oh?"

"What is it?"

"Hehe~"

"Do you still remember that a few years ago, President Ford was assassinated by two female assassins within a month?"

David searched for memories in his mind, nodded slowly and said: "Um... I have a bit of an impression~"

Ma Ge, who was sitting on the sofa, smiled and extended his right hand to Lawrence beside him: "Here, give me a cigarette to cheer me up."

"..." Lawrence took out cigarettes and lighters from his pocket and gave them to Mag.

Mager smiled and returned the lighter, took out a cigarette and put it to his nose, smelled it, and said with a smile: "When President Ford encountered the second assassination in San Francisco, California, the female assassin Sarah was beside him. There was a Vietnam War veteran named Oliver Sipple.”

"Sarah, the female assassin, once served in the navy~"

"When Siple saw that Sarah's first shot failed to hit any target, he quickly rushed towards Sarah, causing Sarah's second shot to miss, thus saving President Ford's life~"

"Afterwards, Sarah was caught red-handed. President Ford did not receive any harm from her, but was almost killed by Secret Service agents..."

"Hahahaha~"

"I know this part!"

David smiled and raised his eyebrows at Mag, and continued: "In the later TV news footage, two agents directly hit the president's head against the Cadillac bulletproof door that was not opened... almost hitting him. be hospitalized.."

"Hahahaha~"

"Haha~ That's right!"

Mager smiled and nodded, and continued: "Oliver Siple was just a bystander at the time."

"His brave scene of saving President Ford was recorded by many people and cameras at the scene~"

"He became an American hero!"

"But.."

"Last month, the murder on the street in front of the San Francisco City Hall once again opened the scars of Oliver Sipple."

"Because he is a member of LGBTQ..."

Mager paused meaningfully, looked at David's frown, and continued: "One of the victims in the street murder case, Harvey Milk, is also a member of LGBTQ."

"He was friends with Oliver Siple!"

"Furthermore, it is said that Harvey Milk deliberately broke the news to the media when he was running for civil service in San Francisco. The American hero Oliver Sipple is a member of the LGBT community and has received a lot of media pursuit and attention~"

"However, he himself gained huge benefits, but his friend Oliver Siple fell into... the verbal and written criticism of the unscrupulous media..."

When Mag said this, he turned to look at Lawrence, made a gesture of invitation, and smiled.

"It's your turn, man."

Lawrence smiled bitterly and took out a cigarette, only to find that there was no ashtray around. .

He could only put the cigarette back into the cigarette case and said: "Among the soldiers in our training base, there was someone who was a comrade with Oliver Siple~"

"He came to see me after seeing the news about Sipple in the media..."

"He asked me: Is there still a shortage of people?"

"I said: Of course!"

"result.."

David felt as if an exclamation point appeared on his forehead, and continued: "As a result, Oliver Siple joined the DA Security Company?"

"..Um!"

"Where are the others?"

"Training base."

"You haven't heard his name?"

"..No~"

"Then he..."

"He changed his name and rushed over to join us."

"..oh!"

"No wonder!"

David raised his hand, rubbed the "exclamation point" on his forehead back into his head, and asked Mag: "Then what?"

"Are we going to get into trouble?"

Mager shrugged and spread his hands and said: "Those who participated in the march have already organized members across the country because of the case in San Francisco. They went to Washington for several days in a row to carry out demonstrations."

"Oliver Sipple was once regarded by them as the most famous American hero in the group~"

"You don't need me to tell you what the gossip media are today, right?"

"Forehead.."

"Didn't he change his name?"

"Probably...are you okay?"

"Hehe~"

Mager laughed dryly twice and stopped talking.

Lawrence opened his mouth with a more bitter smile and explained: "After the case in San Francisco last month, some tabloids and media brought Sipple out again and made a very outrageous report."

"So, he went to the small town near the training base and called the media and wanted..."

"..stop!"

David felt speechless and patted his forehead, feeling very speechless at this sudden bloody "strange thing". .

He sighed helplessly, glanced at the smiling Odis Parker, and said, "Lawrence, go find...Lawyer George and Polly."

"It just so happens that Naples, Italy, needs someone to come over and talk about cooperation..."

"You give this...Mr. Oliver Sipple, change your name, get a passport, and go hide in Italy for a few years..."

"hide..?"

Lawrence lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said with a helpless smile: "Okay! I'll go back and persuade him."

"Um.."

"It's best to find him a friend he can talk to and accompany him."

"friend?"

Lawrence muttered, nodded, stood up and thanked David.

"Thank you!"

"Tsk~ Why are you here again?"

"We are all our own people, why are you so polite?"

"Hehe~"

Lawrence didn't say much nonsense, glanced at Odis Parker and Mag Ludwig, turned and walked towards the door.

. . .

Lawrence, gone.

Mag glanced at the door that was closed again, slowly sat up straight, looked at David seriously and said.

"Let's get down to business!"

"..Um!"

"Let me get ready."

David found a notebook and pen from under the small table next to him, and nodded to Mag.

Ma Ge pondered for a few seconds, organized his thoughts, and said: "I received two pieces of news worth 30 meters."

"First!"

"President Warren White will make a historic joint proclamation on foreign relations on the television news later today!"

"Hiss... Phew~" David took in a breath of cold air instantly and slowly spit it out. .

He suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart: "You...continue!"

"..Um!"

While paying attention to David's reaction, Mag continued: "Due to the time difference, the time for the live broadcast of this announcement on TV will be around 19 tonight."

"At that time, President Warren White will make a joint announcement to the world on television..."

"The content of this announcement is: On January 1 next year, the United States and... will officially establish diplomatic relations between the two countries!"

"Both countries will establish diplomatic embassies in their respective major cities."

(This has been greatly reduced.)

. . .

Mag Ludwig, as if holding the manuscript of the joint proclamation the President was about to issue, almost recited it in its entirety.

David held the pen in his hand and stared directly at the notebook, but he didn't record a word.

This kind. .Do historical events that will affect the development pattern of the world need to be written down in notes?

Do not!

Keep it in mind! !

He slowly closed his eyes, trying to calm down the excitement and agitation in his heart, and asked: "How long did you carry it last night?"

"Almost...an hour."

"30 million yuan?"

"Ok!"

"value!!!"

"If there is any similar big news in the future, we can spend any amount of money!"

Mag Ludwig felt extremely happy and smiled: "30... is not the price of just one piece of news!"

"Oh?"

"Is there any other good news?"

"Hahahaha~ Of course!"

Mag allowed himself to return to a relaxed state again and said with a smile: "King Pahlavi II has once again been rejected for many of his requests to the US government."

"He's completely cornered!"

"Wow!!!"

"This is great news!"

David whistled loudly happily, turned to Otis Parker and asked.

"What about you?"

"Any good news?"

"Yes~"

Otis Parker crossed his legs with a smile: "As soon as I received Mag's call, I tried to contact some friends in the Middle East and got some more specific information."

"The news coming from over there is that King Pahlavi II has made secret arrangements to escape from the capital Tehran!"

"However, he can only leave Iran and the Middle East by sea and by ship."

"And so far, no government has publicly stated that it is willing to accept his asylum request."

"...Hahahaha~"

"Yeah!~!"

"good news!"

"This is also great news for me...!!"

"Hahahaha~"

David slapped his thigh hard and laughed together with Odis and Mag~