Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Afternoon~

Manhattan, Fifth Avenue and 60th Street, Metropolitan Club.

Karnes, Little Peter and Holm followed a waiter to an independent luxury living room on the fifth floor.

After the waiter brought the prepared black tea, small desserts and fruits to the three of them, he closed the door and left~

Kanes looked at the plate of fruit in front of him, reached for a strawberry, put it in his mouth, and asked Holm.

"Jeral...should have arrived, right?"

"Yes~"

"He, like that boy David, left this mess to the three of us?"

"Haha~" Holm tilted his head and glanced at Little Peter, smiling noncommittally.

Karnes played with the two leaves of the strawberry with his fingertips, tilted his head and looked at little Peter and asked, "Will you come back to California with me for the holidays?"

"No~"

"Tsk~ Another... lonely Christmas!"

"..." Little Peter lowered his head slightly, stared at his hands on his knees, and remained silent.

. . .

After about 10 minutes.

at the door.

Pine walked in first and gave up his position to the side~

Julie strode towards the three Kanes who stood up with a smile, waved to them and said, "Everyone, sit down!"

"..OK!"

Karnes stared at Sam Rogers, Otis Parker and Pine who walked in behind Julie, and he had already roughly guessed something in his mind. .

After everyone was seated, Julie pointed at Sam and Mr. Parker and smiled at the three Carnes.

"They don't need me to introduce them, right?"

"..Need not!"

"Hehe~"

"The reason why I invite you to come here today is very simple~"

"David asked Sam to come over and tell me that you are going to join forces to invest in the gold spot market, right?"

Karnes stared at Sam for a few seconds, then turned to look at Little Peter and Holm. Seeing that there was no reaction on their faces, there was a faint smile on the corners of their mouths, and he nodded.

"Yes!"

"ok~"

"Then I..." Julie crossed her legs and said with a wider smile.

"Sorry!" Sam Rogers, who had just sat down not far from Julie, suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Julie and pointed at Mr. Parker.

"Mr. Julie, I'm very sorry to interrupt you..."

"My boss has a letter that I hope we can pass on to you and Mr. Carnes!"

"Oh?!"

Julie glanced at Otis in surprise and asked, "What letter?"

Odis Parker, who instantly became the focus of everyone's attention, stood up with a smile, took out two letters from his inner pocket, handed them to Julie and Kanes respectively, and said.

"David said that the contents of the letter were exactly the same~"

"He hopes... that after you get a positive answer from Mr. Carnes and the others, he will hand over the letter to you!"

"..Haha~"

Julie took the envelope, looked through it in her hand, pulled out the letter paper inside, and opened it. .

"The ring game?!"

Pine, who was sitting behind Julie, saw the phrase on the letter, and David's letter flashed before his eyes. .Hehe's "ugly face" with a bad smile couldn't help but laugh too.

After Kanes heard Pine's voice, he quickly opened the envelope, looked at the phrase on the letter, frowned, and took a deep breath~

He flicked the letter and handed it to little Peter and Holm.

Little Peter took the letter, glanced at it, looked at Sam and Mr. Parker blankly, and asked.

"Just...a letter?"

Sam pursed his lips, suppressed a smile, shrugged, and said nothing.

Otis Parker sat back down, pondering the situation, bent down, sat on his neck, and imitated David's expression and tone and said: "He also said: Don't hit me in the face next time we meet. ."

"I still need to rely on it...to eat!"

"...Hahahaha~" Julie couldn't help laughing when she saw Otis Parker's "lifelike" imitation.

Carnes, Little Peter and Holm were also amused by Julie's laughter~

"This bastard! He still wants to..." Karnes threw away the envelope in his hand, and just as he was about to say something, he heard someone interrupt him again~

"gentlemen!"

Odis Parker, who was laughing a second ago, was staring at Karnes with a very serious face at this moment and whispered.

"It's undeniable that you're right... David is an asshole~"

"But he is also my boss! Sir~!"

"Uh...hehe~"

Kanes smiled with a somewhat stiff expression, staring at Odis Parker feeling very "interesting"~

Julie threw the envelope and letter paper to Pine, stood up, straightened her coat, and said, "Okay, boys!"

“If you decide to buy spot gold, no problem!”

"200 meters per ounce, you can get whatever you want!"

"However, I have three conditions, which I must make clear to you in advance!"

"[-]. There will be no reduction or exemption in transaction fees."

"Second, all the gold you purchase must remain in the United States."

"Third, all your funds for purchasing gold spot must also flow out of American banks."

"Just these three points!"

"You guys think about it, contact Pine."

"Pine will contact you about the specific matters related to the transaction, I won't care~"

"I still have a date and I have to leave right away~"

After Julie finished speaking, her eyes swept across the faces of Carnes, Little Peter and Holm, and she turned to Pine with a smile.

"You stay here and chat with them, I'm leaving first!"

"Ok!"

Julie waved to everyone "coolly" and strode to the door.

When he opened the door and stepped out with one foot, he suddenly stopped and turned back to Odis Parker and Sam Rogers.

"If David comes back, let him take Lilith to my house for dinner!"

"Okay, sir!"

"Ok!"

. . .

Julie, let's go.

Pine put away the letter in his hand, opened his hands to the three of Kanes and said with a smile: "Guys, do you have any questions?"

"I can help you answer them all!"

"..."

Carnes, Little Peter and Holm looked at each other in silence and shook their heads.

"Hehe~"

Pine smiled and held up the letter and said, "I have known David earlier than you, and I know him better~"

"He chose to send this letter when we met..."

"It's nothing more than cowardice, but I want to leave some room for everyone, so I came up with this weird idea..."

"His timidity... seems to me to be a little too careful and cautious."

"He is already our family!"

"We will never let our family become a trap in our hands, let alone a prize placed in front of others!"

"So, as partners, you can rest assured!"

"but!"

"In the international market, there is always a shortage of people looking for trophies with nooses in hand!"

"Who is the prize? Who is the player? Who is...that hoop that keeps being tossed around?"

"Hehe~"

"It's up to you to judge and decide for yourself!"

Pine put away the letter with a smile, glanced at Odis Parker and Sam Rogers, and said to them.

"If you contact him, please tell me something~"

"Giles and I still owe him an apology!"

"Sincerely...apologise!"

"As long as he comes back, just don't hit me in the face!"

"Although I'm not someone who relies on it for a living..."

"But I don't want to be a pig head either..."

"Hahahaha~"

Sam Rogers laughed and nodded.

Otis Parker laughed and said, "I will!"

"Ok!"

"Kanes, Little Peter, Holm, do you have any questions now?"

"..Gone!"

Pine nodded with satisfaction, walked up to the three Kanes, and said, "Otis, you can contact me at any time."

"You guys...can we discuss it again?"

"Ok!"

"Hahaha~as soon as possible!"

"Time waits for no one..."

. . .

Pine, too, is gone.

Little Peter, who had been silent all this time, looked at Odis Parker with a frown and asked, "Have I seen you in London?"

"Yes!"

Mr. Parker stood up with a smile, nodded slightly to little Peter and said, "Actually, I have seen you in Paris and Stockholm."

"It's just that I was standing in the crowd and didn't have the chance..."

"..Um!"

Little Peter nodded thoughtfully and stopped talking~

Karnes reached out and picked up another strawberry in the fruit bowl, threw it into his mouth, and asked Holm.

"A lot of things to say... I finally said them all this time~"

"How about it?"

"You... are you still having fun?"

Holm smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "Isn't it too late to say no to playing now?"

"Tsk~ What's so early or late?"

"If you want to play, just stay~"

"If you don't want to play, you can just go home for the holidays!"

"Isn't it nice to be a spectator on the sidelines and watch the turmoil in the market...?"

"Hehe~"

Holm took a few deep breaths, rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers, and instead of answering, turned to look at little Peter.

Little Peter thought silently for a while, and just when Carnes couldn't help but ask again, he nodded slowly.

"I continue!"

"..oh?"

"Hahahaha~"

Carnes showed a smile that said "I'm very optimistic about you" and gave little Peter a thumbs up: "You have courage!"

"Holm!"

"What about you?"

"I... need to give you an answer tomorrow~" Holm hesitated for a while, then shook his head helplessly.

"ok~"

"Tomorrow... I'll be waiting for your good news in San Francisco!"

"That's it for today?"

"Yeah~" Little Peter and Holm both nodded.

Carness stood up, walked to Odis Parker and Sam Rogers, and smiled at them.

"Please remember to help me bring a holiday greeting to David and Lilith!"

"Then tell him... get ready for a beating!"

"Hahaha~Okay!" Odis responded with a smile.

----

Europe, UK.

Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire.

In the cold wind of the evening, the restaurant seemed particularly lively.

The cook Tenisha and her daughter Emma gave David and others the most classic British Christmas family dinner in advance!

The meal includes appetizers: foie gras + smoked salmon + cheese and cucumber + shellfish and shrimp platter.

The main course is: roasted turkey, roasted pork chops, roasted goose, Tenisha's own gravy sauce.

Side dishes include: bacon-wrapped bratwurst, ham-glazed Brussels sprouts, cinnamon-fennel purple cabbage, and crispy potatoes. .

The final desserts include: Christmas pudding, mince pies, cheese and honey cakes, etc.

Moreover, the portions of various dishes are quite generous~

Even a young guy like David couldn't help but sigh when he saw the dishes on the table~

. . .

in the restaurant.

As the only male at the table today, David held the knife and fork very "properly" at first and ate the delicious food. .

But later, after Tenisha served the main course, Deborah put a whole turkey leg on David's plate with a smile, which made him feel a little overwhelmed instantly. .

However, his "happiness" tonight has just begun~

Lilith and Zina, with Deborah's "encouragement", also began to "add bricks and tiles" to David's plate~

When Cui Yingying and the little secretary Maggie saw this scene, they also "joined in the fun" and offered "love" to David's plate ~

Elena and Tilda Swinton, who returned home, saw the plate in front of David slowly turning into a "hill", and they also held back their laughter and gave them the last "two straws". .

"Wow~ You guys?" David held up the knife and fork in his hand, blinked his big eyes, looked at the "spectacular scene" in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and said with a wry smile.

"We are celebrating Christmas, not...Gluttony!"

"I have to eat them all... I will be strangled to death, right?!"

"Hahahaha~" the women couldn't help laughing~

Tenisha and her daughter Emma, ​​who were standing at the door of the kitchen, also got behind the housekeeper and started to "cheer up" David with smiles on their faces~

Under everyone's "expected" gazes and encouragement, David simply stuffed the tablecloth into his collar, untied his belt, threw away the knife and fork, and grabbed various delicacies with his hands. .Eat it up~

. . .

ten minutes later.

"Forehead.."

David sat back in his chair, looked at the ceiling with dull eyes, burped a few times, and murmured: "I can't eat anymore~ I really can't eat anymore!"

"I... I ate it all the way up my throat!"

"Hahahaha~"

Deborah laughed until she burst into tears and held the table. She slowly stood up and walked behind David. She rubbed his belly with her hands and smiled.

"Then don't eat it yet!"

"I'll save these... for you to eat tomorrow!"

"Ah~ don't want it anymore?!"

"Tomorrow...I won't be able to eat tomorrow either!"

"Hahahaha~"

Lilith fell into Xina's arms, wiping the tears from her eyes with her hands while pointing at David. .I didn’t say anything for a long time~

Cui Yingying rubbed the sore muscles on her cheeks with her hands, stood up, walked to Deborah, and said, "Let me help him~"

"Hahahaha~ good!"

Deborah walked away a little while holding the table, laughing while watching Cui Yingying's hands gently massage the acupuncture points on David's chest and abdomen. .

"Hmm...comfortable!"

"Give me a few more strokes - that's the position just now!" David closed his eyes, hummed a few times, and began to direct Cui Yingying's massage position again.

Zina rubbed her eyes with her hands and couldn't help but complain: "How else do you know where to feel comfortable?"

"It seems you still haven't eaten enough!"

"Hey~" David grabbed Cui Yingying's little hand, rolled his eyes at Zina fiercely, and curled his lips.

"Even if you want to raise me like a pig... you can't fatten me up with just one meal!"

"The amount of this meal... I don't even need to eat tomorrow morning..."

"I need to digest, I need time!"

"Hahahaha~" Everyone laughed again~

David looked helplessly at the laughing people, his eyes couldn't help but fall on Tilda, and asked with a smile.

"Look at a guy like me... do you still like him?"

"..??"

Everyone at the table stopped laughing and looked at the little girl Tilda Swinton.

Tilda's face turned red, she lowered her head and used the small fork in her hand to "torture" a small piece of Christmas pudding. .

"..!!"

default?

Got it~

Everyone looked at David with different meanings~

David pointed at his nose and asked, "Tilda! It's me!"

"I have three girlfriends ~ you just attended my engagement ceremony..."

"Are you sure you want..."

"..."

Deborah, Lilith, Zina, Maggie, Mr. Housekeeper, and Cook Tenisha all raised their heads slightly in silence, staring at the ceiling for 0 seconds~

Cui Yingying gently pressed her hands on David's shoulders, stared at his back closely, bit her lip, and smiled "unbridled"~

Elena observed everyone's expressions calmly, lowered her head silently, and sat back in the chair.

Tilda looked directly into David's eyes with her face flushed, saying nothing and doing nothing.

She just watched silently. .Watch. .Watch. .

"Tsk!"

Finally, David felt that he was still "defeated" and took the initiative to look away from the "fierce collision" with Tilda, sighed and said.

"Let's do it~"

"From now on, you can come to New York to see us every year during your college holidays~"

"If after four years, you haven't...become disappointed with me and decide to give up..."

"How about we talk again...?!"

"Okay!" Tilda replied with a very straightforward smile.

"..." Deborah slowly sat back in her seat, looked back and forth on the faces of David and Tilda several times, and sighed.

"I can't control the affairs of you young people, and I don't care anymore!"

"As long as you don't regret it..."

"No!" Tilda pursed her lips firmly and replied.

David felt like he was sitting on wax and smiled bitterly, and asked: "When you went home in the afternoon...didn't you have a good chat with your family?"

"Chatted.."

"and then?"

Tilda stared directly at David and stopped talking. .

"Hi~huha~"

David covered his face with his hands and said in a voice that only he could hear: "I really don't want to scum you! Master Gu Yi!"

But~

He thought again. .

Many years later, Tilda has lost her youthfulness and cut her hair short. She can only be described in one word~

Sa!

. . .

The night is getting dark~

The path leading to Astor Hall Estate.

Mr. Odis Parker, the gardener sent to London, drove a van and slowly stopped at the gate of the manor.

After more than 20 minutes.

The gardener and the housekeeper placed a projector, several boxes of film, and a white movie screen in the living room.

David rubbed his stomach with his hands, moved next to Deborah, took her arm and grabbed the "C seat" of the movie first, and whispered.

"You...won't talk to her anymore?"

"Hehe~"

Deborah glanced at the women who were still at the dining table and said with a smile: "Since the Titanic sank decades ago, the circle of nobles has begun to shrink rapidly~"

"Not to mention that after World War II, many former nobles either lost their ancestral property or lost their titles..."

"The so-called aristocratic circle here in the UK has become... too small to be trivial~"

"Not to mention the nobles from Germany and France..."

"Just like...Elizabeth is silently worried about Crown Prince Charles's marriage every day~"

"Prince Charles, he is 30 years old this year."

"He's not married yet!!"

Deborah tilted her head and looked at David thoughtfully, raised her eyebrows, and whispered: "Do you think... Elizabeth doesn't know that her son likes that... married woman?"

"Of course she knows!"

"Many people...know about this~"

"But no one will say anything, let alone no one say anything, to tell Diana..."

"So, as long as Diana is willing to marry..."

"For the royal family, for the country, for..."

"Everyone will silently and secretly push the two of them...to be together!"

"Wait until the Crown Prince has his No. 1 boy..."

"Whether Diana knows these things... is irrelevant~"

"Hey~ Got it!" David took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and nodded.

"What I said to Diana last time... I was reckless~"

"Hehe~"

Deborah tapped David's forehead with her finger, looked at Tilda who was surrounded by Lilith, Zina, Cui Yingying, and Maggie, and said.

"She and Dai Nanna are of the same age, and their understanding of love is just very subjective and holds many fantasies~"

"But when they see their lovers clearly... I hope they can accept the reality rationally and calmly..."

David blinked his big "innocent" eyes and said with an embarrassed face: "Okay~ You are right!"

"I am indeed a... greedy bastard!"

"Hahahaha~"

----

new York.

It's approaching evening.

Manhattan, 16th Street, Lower Town.

Attorney George McCarron, who was sitting in the driver's seat, slowly parked the car on the street, turned around and picked up a small bag from the back seat, handed it to Mike Tyson in the passenger seat, and said.

"This is what Old Rhett asked me to pass on to you..."

"He said: Even if you repeat stupid mistakes again and again, it doesn't mean you have no chance to find the right direction!"

After George finished speaking, he paused for a moment, stared at Mike Tyson who bowed his head and said nothing with emotion, and said.

"Boy!"

"My boss has been very busy these days and doesn't know about your matters..."

"If you can really understand your... stupidity as Old Rhett expects!"

"I... can help you hide these things!"

"...Really?!" Mike Tyson's eyes widened and he asked quickly.

"Hehe~"

George waved to him and said with a smile: "But you also understand the agreement we signed before, right?!"

"..Yes!"

"ok~"

"The previous written agreement has expired!"

"There's nothing I can do about this."

"You have no one to blame but yourself!"

"Mike!"

"This is the adult world!"

“There is no luck, and there is no bargaining at all~”

"The vast majority of people cannot seize that... fleeting opportunity!"

"But you... now have another precious opportunity!"

"So, I hope you can really understand...what Old Red and I said!"

"ok?"

"Yeah!" Mike Tyson stared at George without blinking and nodded fiercely.

"I...never again!"

"Hehe~"

George chuckled and raised a finger and said, "Okay~"

"Now that I've said it all...I'll teach you a little more~"

"remember!"

"The so-called promise is to say that you must do it!"

"Otherwise, it's just bullshit!"

"No one will listen to your explanation, and no one will help you anymore!"

"Understand?"

"Yeah!!" Mike Tyson gritted his teeth and nodded.

He tried hard to look good. .He said it very seriously and solemnly.

"I promise! I won't... do anything stupid again!"

"..."

George held back his laughter and nodded, leaning forward to help Mike open the car door.

Mike Tyson got out of the car, raised his hand to signal to George, and watched the car slowly disappear around the corner~

The cold wind blew on Mike's somewhat hot forehead, making him slowly calm down from his excitement.

He lowered his head and opened the small bag and found that it was actually inside. .Old Rhett once lent him a camera, and his eyes suddenly felt sore~

Stupid repetition~

Repeated stupidity!

Do you want to continue?

Do not!

no way!

Mike Tyson gritted his teeth and gave himself two big slaps.