Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

evening.

Wildfire Bar, 42nd Street, Manhattan.

Old Rhett was sitting at the bar, lowering his head and playing with the camera, but the boy who had borrowed the camera from him appeared in front of his eyes. .Mike Tyson.

. . .

at the door.

A young man wearing a leather jacket + jeans + high-waisted beige boots, chewing gum in his mouth, stood looking at the steel-toothed dog Menge walking by, smiled and asked.

"Is this the Wildfire Bar?"

"Correct!"

"But this place is closed today, please come back tomorrow!"

The young man looked around the empty bar, took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to the steel-toothed dog Menge with a smile, and said.

"Dude, you want one?"

"Need not!"

"Hello! My name is Thomas Hanks, and my friends call me Tom."

"I come from California and have been working in da nightclubs. I heard from my friends that this place..."

"Wait a minute!" The little Zach, who was sitting behind the steel-toothed dog Menge, looked at him with confusion on his face and asked.

"You just said...what's your name?"

"Uh... Thomas Hanks!"

"..." The little Zach looked back with a strange look, and saw that only Old Red was lowering his head and fiddling with the camera at the bar, and Erica and Jin Ji were not there. .

"then you.."

"You can call me Tom!"

"..ok~"

"Tom, what's the matter with you?"

"Um...I..."

Tom was about to say something when he suddenly felt a little nervous. .

He lowered his head and spit out the chewing gum in his mouth. He turned his eyes around the two people in front of him and explained.

"When I was working in the nightclub, I heard Vince and Tangtang talking about filming a TV series here..."

"Later, I asked Vince more about this and learned that there might be opportunities to star in TV series~"

"so.."

"So you want to come here... to try your luck?"

"Ah...yes!"

"Hehe~"

The little Zach reached out and patted Mengo, the steel-toothed dog, and waved to Tom. The three of them sat down at the small table at the door.

"How old are you? Have you graduated from college? Have you studied acting?"

".Yes!"

"I'm 22 years old and just graduated from college last year..."

"I was in college and participated in..."

. . .

ten minutes later.

The little Zach asked for all of Tom's information like he was checking his household registration. He smiled happily and patted Mengo: "You haven't remembered yet...Who does he look like?"

"...Who?!" Menge continued to stare at the beauty magazine in his hand, grinning and asked casually.

"Forrest Gump!"

"Didn't you take a look at this kid yourself?"

"He is what he was when he was young... Forrest Gump!"

"Oh~"

"..."

The little Zach laughed angrily at Menge's cold response. .

He rolled his eyes helplessly, spread his hands to Tom and said, "Boy, you are out of luck today~"

"The TV crew has already finished filming the first few episodes here. We will decide whether to continue filming based on the situation after the New Year~"

"After New Year..." Tom murmured in a low voice, nodded a little disappointed, and stood up.

"Thank you!"

“Then I’ll come back after the New Year!”

"ok~"

"My name is Zach!"

"Next time you come over, you can come to me directly or tell me my name!"

"Okay, Mr. Zach!"

"thanks, thanks!"

. . .

The polite and polite Tom boy is gone~

The little Zach stood by the window, looking at the back of Tom Boy in the dimming light of the setting sun, muttering to himself: "This means that he is the illegitimate son of Forrest Gump... I guess the whole world will Believe it?!"

"How can there be strangers who look so alike?"

"strangeness!"

. . .

42nd Street.

Tom Hanks tightened his collar in the cold evening wind, feeling once again that he was "unlucky". .Feeling speechless~

After he asked for leave from the nightclub manager Vince a few days ago, he returned to California to reunite with his wife Samantha Lewis and prepare to spend a well-off Christmas and New Year with the "huge sum of money" earned during this period of work ~

But when his wife Samantha learned that he could earn nearly $100 a night in New York, she immediately decided. .

It doesn’t matter where you celebrate the holidays. It doesn’t matter if you can’t go back to visit your family~

As long as you can make money!

With money~

The piles of various bills at home, the money for the children's milk powder, the rent arrears, and the cost problem that Samantha had long planned to go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination can all be solved!

Tom rushed home excitedly. After listening to his wife Samantha's "realistic" explanation and reading the pile of bills she pushed over, he could only nod in agreement with a wry smile. .

So, after one night and one morning of collaboration, the two settled all the bills and rent issues. With two red-eye tickets and two oversized suitcases, the family flew back to New York. .

However, when Samantha held her child and got into the taxi in front of the passenger exit of JFK Airport with her husband Tom, she vaguely guessed. .The bullshit her husband once boasted about her is about to be exposed~

really!

The taxi driver took the initiative to introduce Samantha to the real New York on the way, what is it really like~

Lufthansa heist, Barclays bank heist. .

There are countless homeless people on the street + gangsters who don’t know if they have guns hidden in their arms + rubbish all over the ground that no one has cleaned + passers-by with indifferent expressions, etc. .

That's what husband Tom said. .Is New York a place where the food is good, the housing is good, and the people are nice?

Samantha was silent~

She felt that she was too naive, too optimistic, and too convinced of what her husband Tom said to her on the phone~

New York has never been paradise!

. . .

Standing at the intersection, waiting for the traffic light, Tom certainly knew the hopes and disappointments in his wife Samantha's heart~

But for the two of them, just after graduating from college, they had to seamlessly enter the life stage of raising children + finding a job + facing various problems and dilemmas. .

Who would feel happy?

How sweet it is when you are in love, how cruel reality is!

This is what Samantha's family once said to the two of them ~

But neither of them listened. .

"Hush~huh~"

Tom looked down at the watch his wife bought for him when they got married, and took a few deep breaths.

The cold wind quickly sobered up his somewhat heated mind~

He touched his pocket and found that after paying one month's rent, he only had more than 30 yuan left. He cheered up again and was ready to try his luck in a nightclub again~

Before that, he and Vince took half a month off. .

So after Vince left, he hired two beautiful waitresses to take his temporary place~

But now, he is back with his wife and children and will not go back to work in the nightclub. .It’s hard to find other jobs that pay well and are stable.

. . .

At the intersection, the green light came on.

After Tom secretly gritted his teeth and made up his mind, he raised his head and glanced at a few cars passing by on the street, feeling a little dazed. .

This is. .Military Jeep?

How come they are here?

Tom took back his steps with confusion and curiosity in his eyes, and stood there looking at the several jeeps that had just turned onto 42nd Street, and the three cars following them~

After the small convoy slowed down and stopped in front of the Wildfire Bar, Tom opened his mouth slightly and suddenly remembered that he had heard it in the nightclub. .Tangtang mentioned to Vince that the owner of the Wildfire Bar is a big investor in TV series!

This time, he rushed over rashly to try his luck for this reason. .

Emm. .

Go and have a look? !

Tom used the lighted street lights to see a group of people getting off the cars from a distance, standing on the street talking and laughing, silently cheering himself up. .

Go over there and take a look!

. . .

In front of the Wildfire Bar.

With a tired look on his face, David arranged for Susan, Cui Yingying, Zina, Polly and the little secretary Maggie, and helped the drunken Lilith, Laura and Tilda Swinton upstairs. .

Only then did he let out a sigh of relief with a wry smile, walked up to Lawrence, Jackal, and Big Zach, spread his hands and said, "Sorry, guys!"

"I was planning to have a drink with everyone tonight~"

"Hahaha~"

Before Lawrence could say anything, Jackal put one hand in his pocket and laughed "aggressively" and said: "It's an accident, we all understand it!"

"It's going to come out of nowhere... none of us can control it~"

"You have to catch a plane later!"

"It's not too late to have a drink when you come back~"

"...Okay!" David breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lawrence with a straight face, and smiled.

"You're angry?"

"No~!"

Lawrence glanced at the four bodyguards standing behind David, leaning on the car, and said with a frown.

"Cohen and Rambo, both in Naples, Italy..."

"After you fly to London this time, I will notify them to meet you!"

"Naples?"

"What are they doing there?" David asked doubtfully, scratching his forehead with his hand.

"Tsk~"

"you forgot?"

"Didn't you ask that...Oliver Sipple to go to Naples, Italy, to avoid the limelight?!"

"Ah?~Ah!"

Only then did David think of the "American hero" Oliver Sipple, who had saved President Ford, but was exposed by the media and was unbearably disturbed because he liked men. .

His personal sexual orientation issue, after the street murder in San Francisco last month, caused many reporters and commentators in the mainstream media to chase and beat him to death like sharks smelling blood. Hold on tight. .

. . .

David slapped his forehead with his hand, turned around and grabbed a cigarette from the hand of his second brother, Ravis, and took a few puffs. He felt that the nicotine in the smoke quickly relaxed his mind, and then he exhaled a large cloud of smoke and directed it towards Lawrence. asked.

"How did they leave?"

"Take a flight."

"Do they...all have passports?"

"Hehe~"

Jackal showed a wicked smile and said, "Get a fake certificate!"

"Except Cohen, Rambo and Oliver Sipple all used fake passports!"

"Hush~huh~"

"Fake evidence..."

"You guys...you have so many ideas!"

"Hahaha~"

Jackal patted Lawrence proudly, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "When we went to the airport to see them off, no one even noticed that those were fake passports!"

"The fake passport Ludi asked someone to help make is exactly the same as the real one!"

"Even the photos above are old photos of Rambo and the two of them when they were soldiers..."

David held the cigarette butt in his hand, pointed at the jackal, and asked, feeling a little confused: "You are shouting like this on the street... Their fake passports were not discovered...?"

"Tch~what are you afraid of?!"

"There are no outsiders here..."

As he said that, the jackal looked around~

Suddenly he pointed behind David in surprise and shouted: "Hey~ you!"

"What the hell are you... eavesdropping on?"

"..."

Jackal's voice directly made everyone's eyes turn to Tom Hanks, who was peeping his head in the distance. .

David also looked back at Tom, grinned and kicked the jackal, shouting: "What are you yelling for!?"

"Hahaha~" The jackal laughed nonchalantly and curled his lips, waving to Tom.

"You! Get out of here!"

"..."

David rolled his eyes helplessly, flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, blew out a puff of smoke, looked at Lawrence and said.

"Polly said... Have you handed over the food reserves for Christmas and New Year at the training base to you?"

"Ok!"

A smile appeared on Lawrence's lips, and he whispered: "Polly... there are too many supplies prepared for us~ We, the people, simply..."

"Hey~"

David waved his hand to stop Lawrence, and then said: "Today, Polly was at the... cocktail party and contacted about purchasing new equipment."

"The flash bombs and other new European military equipment you use will be shipped back in batches after the New Year~"

"You and Polly must handle the handover and keep and store them properly."

"I chatted with Mayor Hardman and Governor Lynch at the cocktail party... about cooperation in training police officers~"

"After the New Year, our security company will also have its first official income..."

"When the time comes, you have to show some real skills and train those police officers hard!"

"Sweat more in training and bleed less in war... We must make them all deeply understand this truth!"

"Understand?!"

Lawrence put his hand on the shoulder of the "eager" jackal and said with a smile: "No problem!"

"Hehehe~" The jackal felt like he had a new toy, with a wicked smile on his face and a ferocious expression. .Like a big villain~

David silently raised his middle finger to him and told Lawrence: "Later, you go to Brother Biao's restaurant to eat first, and then go back to the bar to relax and have a drink."

"I'll treat!"

"But... people who want to drive back cannot drink!"

“Safety must come first at all times!”

"Our good days have just begun, don't let guys... anyone fall behind!"

"Okay!" Lawrence held back his laughter and nodded.

David was finally satisfied and relaxed. He turned around and waved to the four bodyguards. He took two steps and then stopped and said.

"Oh~ that's right."

"When you are training police officers, you should also pay attention to safety ~ don't go too far!"

"Hahaha~ Don't worry!"

"Absolutely, not!" Jackal patted his chest and laughed.

"Haha~ It's weird if I believe you!"

David raised his eyebrows, complained helplessly, and glanced again. .

"Sir! Sir!"

"..Um?!"

. . .

The other side~

Tom, who was stopped by two soldiers and was about to be "driven away", saw David going upstairs. .In desperation, I shouted loudly~

David heard the sound and looked towards Tom, only to see him being held up by two soldiers with his feet off the ground. He did not forget to wave and shout.

"Sir! I just want a job!"

"I have no malice!"

"..Huh?!"

"and many more!"

David rubbed his eyes with his hands, looked at Tom seriously in the distance, and waved to the soldiers.

"It's okay...let him come over!"

"..fxxx!"

"You boy... are so lucky!"

"..." Tom listened to the whispers of the two soldiers in his ears and felt that his feet were finally lifted. .Back to the ground again~

He raised his hands in front of his chest, smiled apologetically at the two soldiers, and walked towards the door of the bar. .

David watched Tom move closer, and then the shining neon light in front of the bar confirmed that he was indeed. .No dazzling~

"Hey~what's your name?" David asked.

"Um...Hello sir! My name is Thomas Hanks...My friends call me Tom!" Tom replied.

"Hiss~hahahaha!"

David took a deep breath and suddenly felt that the world was ridiculous and laughed~

He waved to Tom, stared at his facial features and appearance, and asked: "You want to find a job...Why do you come here?"

"Why did you come to me?"

"Um..." Tom stepped forward, looked at young David, and explained with some stuttering.

"When I was working in DA nightclub, I overheard Vince chatting with Tangtang and mentioned...Wildfire Bar and your name..."

"Oh?"

"Do you know my name?"

"..Yes!"

When David heard his explanation, he asked with great interest: "Then why didn't you just call me by my name?"

"gentlemen..?"

"Hehe~"

"The streets are full of...sir!"

"Uh..." Tom felt even more nervous for some reason~

He slowly lowered his raised hands, clenched his fists, tried to slow down his heartbeat, and explained.

"Sorry, Mr. Coleman!"

"I didn't come here to find you because I lost my job in da nightclub..."

"I just.."

. . .

Tom, try your best to explain~

David crossed his arms in front of his chest with a very playful expression and stared at his face again and again. The smile at the corner of his mouth could not help but become wanton~

Wait till Tom feels. .Explained clearly~

David smiled and took his arm, walked up to the four bodyguards, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Look! Who does he... look like?!"

Black Mike stared at Tom with his big eyes, silently spitting a curse word in his mouth, and smiled weirdly~

Mike Bai tilted his head and stared at his second brother Lavis and third brother Giovanni, and asked with the same weird smile: "fxxx!"

"You three are not the only brothers in the world who have butted heads!"

"Hahahaha~"

The corner of the second brother's mouth twitched a few times, and he tilted his head to look at the third brother Giovanni beside him. With his somewhat "innocent" puzzled expression, he explained.

"He...looks exactly like the Forrest Gump I told you about!"

"Uh... Forrest?!"

"Correct!"

"Hahahaha~" Several people laughed when they saw the confusion on the faces of the third brother Giovanni and Tom.

Lawrence and Jackal, who were next to them, also came closer, looked at Tom Boy's appearance, and laughed~

Tom is almost a young version of Forrest Gump!

Like. .The eldest brother Ben Whitcott and the third brother Giovanni have the same collision!

Tom raised his hands, touched his nose, scratched his cheeks, and pinched his ears. He couldn't understand what these people were laughing at. .

David smiled and put his hand on Tom's shoulder, and said to Mike: "Here, I'll leave his work issues to you!"

"Tomorrow, you go find Harvey and Tangtang and arrange a small role in the crew... Give it to him!"

"Ha~ OK!"

Mike Bai looked at Tom up and down, and said with a smile: "After I finish arranging work for him, I will take him to see Forrest Gump!"

"The kid's stunned look makes me laugh even thinking about it now..."

David suppressed his laughter, patted Tom on the shoulder and said, "No!"

"You must wait until I come back before letting him meet A-Gump!"

"Forrest Gump looked dumbfounded... I don't want to miss it!"

"Hahaha~"

Emm. .

Tom's eyes flickered back and forth on the faces of his second brother Lavis and his third brother Giovanni, and he immediately understood the meaning of the collision. .

After hearing this, he finally understood the reason for their laughter. .

It is. .Will someone look exactly like me? !

. . .

After David laughed and sighed with a few people for a while, he remembered Tom's explanation just now and stretched out his hand to the four bodyguards.

"Which of you has cash on you?"

"..." Mike Bai blinked, tilted his head, and admired the scenery on the opposite street. .

The second brother, Lavis, chuckled, covered his pockets, and said nothing. .

Black Mike reached out and took out the lining of his pocket. When David saw it, he spread his hands and shrugged, indicating that he had no money. .

The third brother Giovanni put his hands in his pockets with a tangled expression and complained to David: "Why are you borrowing money again?"

"The money you borrowed last time we went to Philadelphia... you haven't paid it back to me yet!"

"..." David was speechless~

"...Hahahaha~"

White Mike and Black Mike couldn't help but turn around and lie on the roof of the car, laughing~

The second brother Lavis put his arm around the "little brother"'s shoulders, laughed and gave a thumbs up, praising: "Well done!"

Lawrence and Jackal were on the side, and they also laughed and said, "Yes, boss!"

"When we go on missions, we don't bring any money with us..."

"You borrowed money from the wrong person!"

David. .Stiff expression, black lines all over his head, gritted teeth ~

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

Bar door.

The little Zach, who had been "eavesdropping" through the door just now, suddenly kicked the steel-toothed dog Menge beside him, pushed the door open and walked out, smiling.

"Boss, I have money here!"

"Um...more than 300, is that enough?"

David turned around and looked at the little Zach of Timely Rain. He couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and praised: "Well done!"

"enough!"

"Hahaha~"

David took a large roll of rice dollars from the little Zach, waved it proudly in front of the "bastards", stuffed it into Tom's hand, and said.

"Take it back and tell your wife...it's an advance salary for your new job!"

"You also know Tangtang from Da Film and Television Company~"

"Being with her, working with the TV crew and movie crew, you can learn a lot...things and experiences that you can't learn in school!"

"After I've been busy for a while, I will introduce you to Forrest Gump who looks exactly like you~"

"When the time comes, don't be shocked!"

"Hahaha~"

Tom nodded slowly, holding the money tightly in his hands and opening and closing his mouth. .I don’t know what to say~

David patted him on the shoulder hard and said with a smile: "Go back~"

"I'm very optimistic about you!"

"Remember... you must work hard and study hard!"

"...Okay, Mr. Coleman!"

"Thank you, Mr. Coleman!" Tom said with gratitude in his voice.

"Hey~"

Mike Bai, who was on the side, suddenly took a step forward, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Why are you still calling me sir?!"

"Uh..." Tom blinked rapidly, as if his head was struck by a bolt of lightning, and blurted out.

"Feel sorry!"

"Thank you... boss!"

"..Hahaha~"

"Is this right?" Mike Bai winked at Tom with satisfaction, returned to the car, and continued to watch the show happily. .

David tilted his head and glanced at the proud Bai Mike, smacked his lips a few times, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Go ahead~"

"There is still someone waiting for you at home!"

"Ok~"

Tom felt warm all over. .Full of strength!

He stared at David very seriously for a few seconds, nodded vigorously, turned around and strode away~

David stood there, staring at his retreating back, and was silent for a while before completely relaxing.

fortunately!

In his memory, Tom Hanks has never played the role. .Big villain~

How many more are there in New York? .What surprise awaits him?

Surprise, that’s okay~

Frightened, it’s best not to come!

----

Manhattan.

66th Street, FBI New York Division.

Harold Stone opened the door in the office and let Torres, Lexia and Kahn Spann in, then closed the door and asked.

"Let's talk briefly~"

"I have to go back...to have dinner!"

"Hehe~"

Lekosha, whose eyes were bloodshot, complained with a wry smile: "We didn't have dinner either!"

"Ha~"

With a smile on his lips, Harold sat back down in his seat, ignoring Lekosha's complaints, and asked Torres.

"You speak first!"

"..ok~"

Torres, whose eyes were also bloodshot, quickly sorted out his thoughts and said: "From our investigation at the crime scene, some of the robbers are very familiar with the precautions, usage and dosage of C4 explosives!"

"The vault on the lower floor of the crime scene was blown open after multiple precise apex blasts."

"And on the second underground floor, the doors of those private safes require expert blasting knowledge to ensure that the safe's internal finances are not damaged while exploding it..."

"So, we think we should start with this aspect first and investigate everything..."

"ok~"

After hearing this, Harold nodded thoughtfully, looked at Kahn Spann, and asked.

"What about your side? What's the latest development?"

Kahn said expressionlessly: "We only found one of the two security guards who were fired by Barclays Bank."

"The other one disappeared~"

"The person I found doesn't know anything..."

"All he could provide us was a sketch of the missing security guard."

"I will find someone tomorrow to get the portrait out as soon as possible~"

"..ok!"

Harold looked at Lekosha again, wanting to hear if there was any good news from his side.

Lekosha put away his impropriety and frowned seriously: "We didn't find any clues or traces in the cash transport truck abandoned by the robbers."

"But there's something very strange... that I haven't figured out yet~"

"When they abandoned the cash transport truck, they didn't take too much gold and jewelry. Instead, they took away most of the cash they got from the safe."

"According to the introduction of relevant bank personnel, more than 3000 million old cash notes weigh almost 400 kilograms!"

"There are five robbers in total, plus three hostages, a total of eight people."

"Even if... each of the robbers' weapons and equipment weighs ten kilograms, will they escape with dozens of kilograms of cash?"

"If it were me, I would definitely choose gold and jewelry that are smaller in size and lighter in weight... give up carrying cash and run away~"

"Hmm...any more?"

"Have!"

Lekosha knocked his legs, stared at Harold Stone, and said: "We were on the helicopter and saw the robbers holding the hostages and walking towards the speedboat docked on the shore. We noticed that the robbers were walking in a certain way. Something's wrong..."

"Later, when we rescued the hostages, I asked specifically~"

"So I think... those robbers may have no C4 explosives in their bags before boarding the speedboat!"

"No?!"

"What do you mean?" Harold asked with a frown.

Lekosha also frowned and thought for a few seconds before answering with certainty: "Yes!"

"They...have been playing tricks on us!"

"Maybe the explosives seen by the ATF have been hidden or used by them~"

"Anyway, when they escaped from the bank, those C4 explosives must not have been on them!"

"Hi~"

Harold took a sharp breath, stared at Lekosha with sharp eyes, paused for a long time, and then whispered.

"I see!"

"In the media, I will find someone to find a way to divert people's attention..."

"Go and keep an eye on the bank. Don't let them... talk nonsense!"

"ok~"

"Then... let's do this first?!" Lekosha exhaled a long breath and asked relaxedly.

"Um.."

"You guys go back and rest first~I'll... think about it!"

"Ha~ Are you in a hurry to go home again?"

"..."

"Go back~"

"The work is never done!"

"The case has been investigated to this extent, and I want to find someone to solve the case immediately..."

"Okay, you go first!"

"Hehe~"

. . .

in the office.

Harold Stone stared at the phone, lost in thought.

If, as Lekosha speculated, this group of robbers played tricks on everyone, and finally escaped with their "trophies" in style. .

Are the hundreds of people from NYPD+FBI+ATF not as smart as a few robbers?

This will definitely be big news that will shock the entire United States and the world!

Therefore, the relevant details of this case must not be published in the newspaper. .Not even on TV news!

Moreover, all speculations concerning this case must also be given. .Common external caliber!

Harold picked up the phone with a dark face, recalled the phone number of an old friend, and tried to dial it.