Manhattan Reborn 1978

new day~

new York.

In the dim morning light, dark clouds are gathering~

Manhattan, east of Central Park, Upper East Side.

Mag Ludwig, pulling his pregnant girlfriend Janet Patrick, walked quickly to the street and smiled at his second brother Ravis, who had been waiting for him.

"Feel sorry!"

"It's okay~"

The second brother, Ravis, opened the rear door in a "gentlemanly" manner, and let the two of them into the car as Janet thanked her.

Then Lavis got into the driver's seat, patted the steering wheel, turned to Mag and smiled: "This is the first time I've driven such a good car."

"Hahaha~"

"It doesn't matter ~ it's just a car!"

"...ok~" Lavis raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"I bought some newspapers and magazines on the way so that you wouldn't get bored~"

"Also...do you like listening to the radio?"

"Do you want me to open it now?"

Mag took the newspapers and magazines casually and said with a smile: "Thanks, man!"

"We can all do it~"

“If you want to listen to music while you’re on the road, no problem~”

"it is good!"

Lavis started the car that Mag Ludwig had just bought a while ago. Hearing the faint sound of running from the engine, an excited smile appeared on his lips.

"Target, Washington!"

"Estimated time...four hours~"

"We're off!"

"Hahaha~"

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

David, who was sitting at the dining table, turned his head and saw Polly coming like a gust of wind. He couldn't help but put down the tableware with a smile and opened his arms to hug her.

"I thought you... last night."

Polly pursed her lips, nodded to the women at the table, and said to David: "You had expected... Andy would come to find you?"

"No~"

"That.."

"Hehe~"

David stood up, hugged Polly's cheek, kissed her, pushed her into a chair, and explained.

"When doing business, there are management problems or tight capital chains... these are the most common things~"

"Just like Pepsi-Cola, it has become a very well-known company domestically and internationally~"

"Haven't they also experienced situations where they were forced to resell their companies?"

David walked behind Polly, put his hands on her shoulders, bent down and smiled at the people at the table.

"The cause of this incident is partly my responsibility!"

"If my original plan hadn't been too complicated, the company's business would be too broad, and its income couldn't keep up with its spending..."

"No!"

"This matter has nothing to do with you!" Polly immediately interrupted David. When she wanted to continue saying something, Lilith glared at David with a smile and continued.

"ok~"

"We are all a family! Let's have breakfast first and let's not talk about work... okay?"

"...Okay!" Polly looked into Lilith's eyes for two seconds and nodded.

In the direction of the bedroom, Laura held her toothbrush in her mouth and asked curiously as she walked towards the dining room.

"What are you talking about?"

David crossed his arms, looked at the water-pink dark floral nightgown she was wearing, and said with a smile: "We are talking about... how to deal with this crazy girl like you!"

"what?"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

After breakfast.

Butler Acklade helped David move a box containing information from the study to the top floor.

Maggie, the secretary dressed in ordinary clothes, and Nobunari Kihara, who was full of energy, helped David organize the required information according to his requirements~

"Maggie, these data require you to draw a curve chart that can reflect their upward and downward fluctuations."

"Kihara Nobunari, please sort these out, pick out the key paragraphs I want, and then organize, summarize and summarize them!"

"ok~"

After the two received their tasks, David looked at Laura who followed him with a curious look on his face and smiled.

"Don't you want to know how I prepared the two tapes I recorded?"

"Come on~ These are the tasks you have to do today!"

David pointed to several large stacks of bound old newspapers and raised his eyebrows at Laura: "From the 70s to the present, you must copy down the key points of all news related to economic data and information, and sort them out. A clear context for my reference~"

"can you?"

Laura felt a little busy and walked to the old newspaper, bent down to read it, and muttered: "Isn't this..."

"Hahaha~"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Just tell me if you can do it!"

"..able!"

"ok~"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Are you supervising our work?"

David smiled and waved to the maid Chasida who was holding a briefcase and coat: "I'm going to go out to find someone to ask for some... key knowledge points to prevent me from making some basic troubles in the show. common sense joke~"

"Oh..." Laura tilted her head and glanced at Maggie and Kihara Nobunari, who were already at work. After thinking for a while, she also sat next to them, picked up paper and pen, and started busy with unfamiliar hands and feet. .

While David put on his coat, he secretly glanced at Laura's actions, with a naughty smile on his lips.

----

The other side of the Pacific.

Island country.

Tokyo, Haneda International Airport (Haneda Airport).

It is located on the left bank of the Tama River estuary in Tokyo Bay, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 17 kilometers northwest from the center of Tokyo. It is a 4F-level airport, an international aviation hub, and the largest national airport in the island country.

On August 1931, 8, Tokyo Airport (Haneda) opened and Tokyo Airport (Tachikawa) closed.

On September 1945, 9, Tokyo Airport was taken over by the US military stationed on the island and renamed Haneda Airport.

On July 1952, 7, Haneda Airport was returned to the island nation by the US Army and was renamed Tokyo International Airport~

. . .

Due to the time difference, Tokyo is thirteen hours ahead of New York.

So right now in Tokyo, it’s the time when people start nightlife + drinking and having fun after get off work~

However, the waiting lane at Haneda Airport for flights to New York was surprisingly busy. .

Jellal and Kanes stood with interest among a few bodyguards in ordinary clothes, joking to the group of islanders who were waiting to check in and board the plane~

"Look, after the news spread this afternoon, they couldn't sit still!"

"Hehe~"

"They are...ptsd! Do you understand?"

"Um...what is that?"

"Cut~"

“It’s called post-traumatic stress disorder, or ptsd for short!”

"This kind of mental illness is usually only suffered by people who have suffered huge psychological trauma..."

"Oh~"

"You mean... after the last oil crisis, they got PTSD?"

"Nonsense~"

"Anyone who is not a fool knows how bad it will be if there is another oil crisis..."

"...Okay~"

Jellal raised his hand to wipe his nose and shrank his neck: "Let's get on the plane too~ It's too cold!"

"Cut~"

Kanes once again showed a disdainful expression, tightened the scarf around his neck, and took the lead in walking towards the boarding gate~

Jellal stood there and looked at the people from the Islands for a while, then started to chase Kanes, but an interesting thought came to his mind: Christmas in New York will be even more lively this time!

----

new York.

Chase Bank, Manhattan.

David carried his briefcase, said goodbye to Leslie, got into the car, thought for a moment and said to the driver, Black Mike, "Let's go back to Stanley."

"ok~"

. . .

Lunch time.

David and Stanley's CEO Nelunt Ramon started a heated discussion again in his office while eating takeout pizza and looking at the various reports and information on the table~

. . .

Afternoon~

David followed Pine and walked into the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He met an old friend of Pine and obtained a lot of information from him that the New York Fed has not released to the public for the time being~

. . .

It's approaching evening~

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

David returned home carrying today's "heavy" briefcase.

He called the maid Chasida and brought a lot of food and drink to the top floor. He began to examine the results of the day's work by Maggie, Kihara Nobunari and Laura.

. . .

After dinner~

David asked Maggie and the others to take a rest first, while he immersed himself in all the information and began to draw up the final program draft~

Nearly five hours later~

David, who was sitting on the carpet, leaned on Cui Yingying's thigh, took a deep breath and asked.

"what time is it?"

"It's almost 10:30 pm!"

"...Oh~"

David closed his eyes and enjoyed Cui Yingying's head massage for a while before finally relaxing a little.

"In the bar...Are Harvey and the others still rushing to shoot?"

"Ok!"

"Where's Susan?"

"She...hehe~"

Cui Yingying stroked David's cheek with her hand and couldn't help but smile: "She got one for herself... a guest role~"

"The filming should be finished by now~"

"..." David felt speechless and rolled his eyes, turned to look at his secretaries Maggie and Kihara Nobunari, who still hadn't left, and asked with a smile.

"You guys need to work another shift to finish it with me?"

"Okay, boss!" Kihara Nobunari, who felt that he had "slow energy", immediately replied excitedly. .

Secretary Maggie, with a look of exhaustion on her face, smiled wryly and nodded: "Okay..."

"Hahaha~"

"You two have a day off tomorrow! I said so~"

"..."

. . .

It took more than half an hour of preparation.

Harvey, the head of Da Film and Television Company, directed two professional videographers to set up the shooting positions and gave a thumbs up to David, who was sitting behind the table. .

David took one last look at the props he might need later and nodded to Harvey.

"ok~"

"Ready to record!"

"Three, two, one!"

"start!"

. . .

"Hi ~ Hello everyone!"

"I'm David Coleman~"

"A commentator in the economic field who is willing to share his personal views~"

"Today, at the beginning of the program, I want to thank one person in particular... Mr. WGM!"

"I'm sorry, it's not convenient for me to say his name~"

"But he invested a lot in this program of mine...sponsoring it!"

"Tsk~"

"Okay~ I'll show my cards!"

"Mr. WGM is the biggest sponsor of my show..."

"Of course~"

"I am a man of integrity who only tells the truth!"

"No matter how much money Mr. WGM gives me, I will never give up on myself...bottom line!"

"cough~"

"Sorry~ I shouldn't have paused just now..."

"If you have any wrong interpretation..."

"That's all your imagination and has nothing to do with me!"

"Hehe~"

"ok~"

"Let's get back to the point!"

"At the end of the last episode, I previewed the topic of this episode: Why does inflation, this strange economic phenomenon, occur!?"

"But in this issue, I have to regret to tell you..."

"The topic of inflation is too big and complicated~"

"It is difficult for me to explain in layman's terms why inflation occurs and how we can protect our property and prevent it from depreciating in today's period of high inflation."

"So, I found a new breakthrough point for everyone~"

“Let everyone follow my explanation and understand some of the key points of knowledge about inflation!”

"ok~"

"In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, I will follow the chronological order, starting from the Great Depression in 1929, and let's slowly talk backward~"

"If you do some research on the Great Depression that began in 1929, it will not be difficult to find~"

"It started from the stock market crisis in 1929, was transmitted to the real industry and induced the economic crisis in 1930, then developed into the currency crisis in 31-33, and finally broke out into the global economic depression."

"Why do I say it was a currency crisis that finally triggered the Great Depression?"

"We might as well take a look...1929, the decade before the stock market crash~"

"I believe that many older people have personally experienced that... so-called golden age!"

"In other words...it was the noisy + impetuous 20s~"

"At that time, all of Europe was silently licking its wounds from the First World War..."

"And what about us?"

"Modern new things such as cars and electric lights are beginning to become more popular + the government promotes concentrated urban development + people become keen on consumption."

"Coupled with people's general optimism about the future of the United States, the stock market... this economic barometer has ushered in the most amazing seven-year bull market in history!"

"At that time, almost everyone was discussing how to buy stocks... Everyone was dreaming of getting rich overnight~"

"Even the kids who shine shoes on the street will discuss with customers... which stock will be more profitable to buy..."

"But we all know that the stock market cannot only rise but not fall."

"It will definitely, at some point in time, in some way, cause investors who have already fallen into fanatical fantasies... to fall into the bottomless abyss~"

"So, the crisis came as expected~"

"From October 1929st to 10th, 21, for more than a week, the stock market experienced a huge earthquake..."

"This week's corrective decline in the stock market has completely triggered the trigger of the global economic depression!"

"After the stock price crashed, ordinary investors stepped on each other to sell stocks, which caused a high-leverage crisis in some related lending institutions and shadow banks."

"The term shadow banking is a new term for the financial industry that I compiled to make it easier for everyone to understand."

"It means: a lending company or institution that has not obtained a legal operating license from a bank but is operating a business similar to that of a bank."

"In a broader and more accurate sense: it is outside the banking regulatory system and may cause systemic risks, supervision, arbitrage and other systemic problems... the credit intermediary system~"

"As for now...which companies or institutions should be included in the shadow banking sequence, the relevant government departments have not yet completely clear definitions or legal provisions."

"So, shadow banking will only appear in our programs to help everyone understand what kind of institution it is and what role it has played in history."

"ok~"

"let's continue!"

"The material in my hand is the interest rate adjustment record of the Federal Reserve Bank of America from 1924 to 1927."

"From this, it is not difficult to find that the Federal Reserve Bank of America has maintained a low interest rate of about 3% in the past few years, allowing a large amount of money to flow from banks to all corners of the market in the form of loans."

"People can get loans at very low interest costs from banks or shadow banks to engage in production, start companies, invest in stocks, or even... speculate!"

"This has also resulted in an increase in rice dollars in the market, an increase in people's income, and a steady rise in prices. The domestic economic situation is in a golden age~"

"In 1927, when the Federal Reserve found that the total amount of money in the market was about to exceed the control range of the gold standard, it started a new round of interest rate increases in an attempt to control the rising inflation index~"

“The increase in interest rates also means that the cost for people to obtain loans increases. As a result, when a lot of money invested fails to obtain sufficient returns, they have to reluctantly sell companies or stocks to repay the bank’s increasing loan interest. . . ”

"This means that there are fewer and fewer rice dollars in the currency circulation market~"

"Until...October 29, an avalanche-like disaster in the stock market completely detonated..."

"But when the stock market price avalanche came, a series of complex chain reactions were conducted, making the Great Depression a nightmare for everyone."

"Hehe~"

"Everyone seemed to understand what I said..."

"Isn't this what happened to us in recent years?"

"That's right!"

"Since the dollar was decoupled from gold in 71, we have experienced major historical events such as the oil crisis and the end of the Vietnam War, which have caused the domestic inflation rate to continue to soar."

"Since 73, the Federal Reserve has maintained a more rational approach to raising interest rates in order to curb inflation."

"But we can learn from history, and it will not be difficult to find out soon that the Federal Reserve's... seriously lagging measures to curb inflation did not have many positive effects. Instead, it became the last straw for domestic companies and banks."

When David said this, he frowned slightly and raised his hand to Harvey to make a pause gesture.

Cui Yingying, Lilith, Laura and others standing behind Harvey immediately walked to David, looked at his ugly face, and asked with concern.

"what happened to you?"

"Hiss~ My thoughts are a little confused~"

"Then... let's not record it now, right?"

"You want to rest for the night and talk about it tomorrow?"

"..hold on!"

"I'll try to take it easy first..."

"If possible, it's best not to postpone it until tomorrow~"

Lilith bit her lip lightly, turned to wave to Harvey and others: "Everyone, let's take a rest first!"

"ok~"

Harvey threw a color to the lighting engineer, sound engineer and others, turned around and led a few people towards the stairwell. .

Laura couldn't help but yawned, walked behind David and learned Cui Yingying's technique, massaging his head and asking in a low voice.

"I heard what you said is very good~"

"Are you... dissatisfied with anything?"

"Hehe~"

David smiled bitterly and explained: "I overlooked a very important issue!"

"Oh?"

"What is it?"

"...Tell me, who am I going to make this film for?"

A trace of confusion flashed across Cui Yingying's face, and she looked at Lilith and Laura.

Lilith blinked her big eyes for a few times, thought for a moment and said, "Do you want to send it to... experts in the economic and financial fields?"

"No!"

David closed his eyes and shook his head slightly: "I want to show this film to those who are willing to listen to my point of view + agree with my point of view... Watch it!"

"There is no shortage of economists in this world who have more theoretical basis and are more qualified to comment than me!"

"I'm just a high school graduate~"

"The data and information that I can find, they can also get..."

"What I just said, they must understand what they should know~"

"So, what I just said... is basically nonsense!"

"...Oh~" Laura paused with her little hand, leaned over and tilted her head to look at David's side face, and said teasingly.

"Then you say something...something they haven't thought of at all or something they haven't said before~"

"I want, too.."

"But if I could be one step ahead, I would be a genius!"

"If I were a few steps ahead... or even a dozen steps ahead, I would be a crazy person talking nonsense~"

"How do you think I should measure the distance between genius and madman?"

"Uh..." The three women looked at each other and were speechless~

David rubbed his cheeks with his hands a few times, took a few deep breaths, and then said to Cui Yingying: "Is there any ice at home?"

"some!"

"Get me some herbal tea or iced coffee~"

"I need a pick-me-up!"

"Ok!"

Cui Yingying left with a trace of worry in her eyes~

Lilith took a step forward and touched David's forehead. After feeling normal, she breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Can we help you with anything?"

"..."

David shook his head silently~

His eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the closed camera not far away, and he fell into deep thought ~

Dry stuff!

Do you want to take out a little bit?

To take it out. .Which point?

This is a big problem that will trigger a series of unknown butterfly effects + you must choose carefully!

After all, he was able to predict the future that countless economists could not accurately predict again and again. .

Being arrested and sectioned + studied is not a pleasant memory! ~