Manhattan Reborn 1978

Northeastern United States, Connecticut.

It's approaching evening.

A car driving from the direction of Boston slowly stopped at a gas station near New Haven.

Dragonfly and Beetle, who had disappeared from New York for many days, got out of the car, walked into the store on the gas station, bought some things, asked the clerk a few random questions, and then drove away~

. . .

More than an hour later.

new York.

Manhattan, Gold Coin Hotel.

Odis Parker poured the drinks for Dragonfly and Longfly, and said with a smile: "Do you want cash? Bank transfer?"

“Or the gold coins from our hotel?”

The beetle and the dragonfly looked at each other, obviously neither of them expected that Mr. Parker would have questions.

Otis sat across from the two of them, glanced at the briefcase on the table with a smile, raised his glass and said, "If I choose, I will definitely choose gold coins."

"The gold coins commonly used in hotels are made of pure gold."

"...Okay, I choose gold coins!" The beetle hesitated briefly, raised his glass, and smiled at Mr. Parker.

"I...choose one gold coin and transfer half of it to the bank." Dragonfly also gave its choice after the beetle.

Odis took a sip of his drink, shrugged to Dragonfly and said, "Wait a minute, will you leave me an account?"

"No~ use my old account."

"Oh?"

"The one from Deutsche Bank?"

"Ok!"

Otis smiled unexpectedly, stood up and made an invitation gesture to the two of them: "OK!"

"We've finished talking about work~ The rest is leisure time."

"I'm leaving New York in a few days. If anything happens to you, please say hello to me in advance."

"Okay." Ms. Dragonfly put down her wine glass, turned around and left without even looking at the beetle.

The beetle sat back on the sofa and stared at Mr. Parker's back quietly for a while before asking.

"Aren't you afraid of being caught?"

"Grasp?"

"Hehe~"

Odis shook his wine glass, looked out the window beside him, and said with his back to the beetle: "I used to be afraid of everything!"

"I'm afraid that I will be like my parents and my grandparents, who have been plagued by the disease called poverty all their lives, generation after generation."

"What's scary about it is that... it not only devastates us throughout our lives, but it also infects everyone around us."

Otis turned back, put down the cup, put his arms on the table, looked at the beetle, showed a smile, and continued.

"When I left that... disease-contagious environment and came to New York~"

"I swear, I will never repeat it again in my life!"

"never!"

"So, I chose to be like most people, I thought about a lot of things, abandoned those psychological burdens, and prepared to have a big career in New York~"

"The results of it?"

"I lost!"

"Losing...even I feel deserved~"

"Because it was those underlying rules that I once took so lightly that gradually made me become the enemy of the people around me!"

"Hehe~"

Odis leaned back half-way on Zhuozi, raised his hand to loosen some ties at the collar, and smiled self-deprecatingly at the calm-looking longhorn.

"Fear doesn't solve any problem."

"It will only erode and destroy people's courage and will little by little!"

"So, as I was getting kicked out of New York and getting back on my feet, I knew..."

"I want to get rid of the entanglement of fate. I can only rely on myself~no one can help me!"

"I gave up the fear, dependence, self-reward, making excuses for myself, and shame... and so on~"

"These things that would affect me, I packed them all together and threw them into the Atlantic Ocean."

"Then, I gradually amplified my inner emotions of adventure, thrill-seeking, self-confidence, etc.~"

"Let them truly influence my decisions and choices from the bottom of my heart."

After listening to Mr. Parker's "monologue", the beetle felt that the "problem" in this guy's brain seemed to be getting more serious. .

However, he was not prepared to express any opinions of his own.

Everyone has their own different experiences.

One-sided evaluation of other people's "confession", no matter whether it is right or wrong, will only make you look very stupid~

Maintaining a short silence and changing the topic is one of the best ways.

----

Manhattan.

Wall Street, in front of the Stanley Building.

After finishing his work and preparing to go home from get off work, Sam Rogers held his briefcase and stood on the side of the street, glanced around casually, then turned and walked towards the street.

Not far across the street.

Marat Poyezhnev, who came all the way from Brooklyn, stared at Sam Rogers silently for a while, then threw away his cigarette butt and strode after him.

ten minutes later.

Sam Rogers, holding a sauce packet, "squeezed" out of a large discount store that had just opened a few days ago.

He looked back at the busy salesperson in the store and smiled with emotion.

This kind of optional seasoning sauce package created by Chef Zhang Wenbiao of Wild Fire Restaurant seems to have begun to spread among housewives~

Sam’s wife heard about the deliciousness and convenience of this sauce package from a colleague, so she specifically asked him to come over after get off work and buy a spare~

"Hi~ Are you... Mr. Rogers?"

Marat's rich voice surprised Sam.

He turned to look at the middle-aged man with a strange accent, nodded slightly and said, "I am."

"Oh~ Hello, Mr. Rogers."

"My name is Marat, I'm a friend of Yuri Orlov."

"I have heard him mention your name and appearance more than once."

"So, when I happened to see you just now, I thought of coming over to try my luck~"

"It's really you!"

"Haha~ What a coincidence!"

"Yuri?"

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Marat." Sam had some suspicions in his mind, and extended his right hand to the other party without changing his face.

"Hahaha~ I must be lucky to know you!" Marat shook hands with Sam very politely and said with a smile.

"Mr. Rogers, if you don't mind, I'd like to invite you to dinner. How about it?"

"Uh...sorry!"

Sam raised the spice bag in his hand and said with an apologetic smile: "Tonight, there is a small family gathering at my house."

"Can we do it some other time?"

"Okay! No problem~" Marat nodded happily and continued to ask tentatively.

"Then look...can I follow Yuri and visit your company tomorrow?"

"..sure!"

The smile at the corner of Sam's mouth made both nasolabial folds look very "polite" ~

He glanced at the two people who were standing in the distance and kept looking this way, and said with a smile: "Your friends should still be waiting for you, right?"

"See you tomorrow?"

"Okay ~ see you tomorrow!"

. . .

Sam Rogers, gone.

Marat stood there, watching the car he drove disappearing at the far corner of the street, and then walked towards the waiting two people.

Agron, the gang leader wearing an old hat, raised his chin towards the street in the distance and asked.

"How about it?"

"We have made an appointment to go to his office tomorrow to discuss it in detail."

"Yeah..." Agron responded dully and stopped talking.

Marat put his hands in his pockets and asked with a smile to Elmi next to him: "Are you going to drive first?"

"Uh... ok!"

. . .

Elmy, let's go.

Marat and Agron walked slowly down the street side by side.

Agron looked at the fair price store that Sam had just visited from a distance, and suddenly said: "What did he buy there just now?"

"Um... It seems to be a seasoning bag?" Marat recalled it for a moment and replied.

"Let's go and buy one too."

After saying that, Agron quickly crossed the street and walked directly into the discount store.

Marat's steps slowed down slightly, he frowned slightly, looking at the plaque of the Fair Price Store, feeling that he had forgotten something very important. .detail!

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, in front of Wildfire Bar.

Under the shining neon lights, Inspector Alston tightened his collar, glanced at the mother and son who passed by and walked into the bar, and couldn't help but smile and raise his eyebrows.

In the Wildfire Bar.

The little Zach saw a mother and son walking in hesitantly. He smiled and greeted the sweet and dimple Martha who was passing by, and they went up together.

After a few minutes.

The little Zach placed the tickets for two people in front of Susan's mother, Sarah, and said with a smile.

"This is specially prepared for you by the boss!"

"You can go back and pack your luggage later. Just bring a few changes of clothes for summer + underwear."

"Tomorrow morning, we will arrive at your home in advance, pick you up and rush to the airport together~"

“Then we took the same flight to Hawaii to meet up with my boss and Susan.”

"..." Sarah Grubb, Susan's mother, after listening to little Zach's explanation, glanced at her son Johnny, who was sitting in front of the bar, drinking juice, and asked in a low voice.

"We... are going to Hawaii. What are we doing?"

"Hahaha~"

The little Zach smiled and pushed the ticket in front of Sarah, then pointed in the direction of the bar and said.

"Look~"

"The old black man's name is Old Rhett, and the girl who is taking care of your son is called Martha. Plus I, the boss's housekeeper Acklade, and the maid Chasida will all be with you tomorrow on the same bus. Take a flight to Hawaii for a vacation.”

"Haven't you heard of Hawaii?"

"On TV, there are often travel advertisements for it."

"It's not as cold as New York."

"It is said that now is the best season to travel there!"

"That's why the boss arranged for all of us to go there to spend a... different New Year!"

"..."

Sarah nodded silently, slowly picked up the two tickets, put them back in front of the little Zach, and said.

"We are very satisfied with the life we ​​have now!"

"Go to Hawaii..."

"Susan can be happy, and I'm very happy too."

"We won't go..."

"Tsk~" The little Zach scratched his head as he felt a little headache. His eyes quickly turned around on Sarah's face, which had regained some of its color, and he said with a smile.

"Sorry, Sarah."

"If you want to refuse, you can only call me personally and tell my boss."

"I can't decide this matter."

"..." Sarah put her right hand on the table, clenched her fist gently, lowered her head and was silent for a while before saying.

"Tomorrow morning...what time?"

"Haha~ Before seven o'clock."

"You can just wait at home."

"Ok."

. . .

Sarah led little Johnny and left.

The little Zach returned to the bar, took out a small notebook from his pocket, wrote a few strokes, and quickly put it into his inner pocket.

Sweet-dimpled Martha came to him curiously, took a look at his "treasure" notebook, and asked.

"What do you remember?"

"Boss, give me the task."

"Tch~ What's so secret about this?"

"What do you know?!"

Sweet-dimpled Martha rolled her eyes, curled her lips, and left~

Old Rhett, who was standing at the bar, chuckled and put down the rag, glanced at the little Zach, and asked in a low voice.

"This...Bruce Willis, where did you recruit him?"

"He~"

The little Zach looked at the boys surrounding Erica like "followers", shrugged and smiled.

"He's the bartender who came here with the TV crew a few days ago!"

"you forgot?"

"Oh... is it him?" Old Rhett searched for memories in his mind, nodded brightly, and said with a smile.

"Why did you think of taking him over to take over your job?"

"Hehe~"

The little Zach spread his hands helplessly and said, "Go and search all over New York. Where can you find a bar with clean hands and feet now?"

"If Ludy hadn't specifically mentioned it, Vince would need to stay there to take care of the nightclub..."

"I almost want to call Vince over to take over the shift..."

"Vince?"

"Is that the guy with the mustache?"

"Yes! That's him."

"He never made a mistake in the accounts under Rudy."

"The bartenders I used to know would basically stuff dozens of dollars into their pockets every night."

"So, people like Vince are really... so rare in New York!"

Old Rhett nodded speechlessly, looked at the seemingly "very honest" Bruce Willis, and whispered.

"I hope this guy is also a guy with clean hands and feet."

"Hahahaha~"

"I hope I can have a chance... to teach him a lesson~"

"..." Old Rhett picked up the rag, rolled his lips and rolled his eyes at him, then turned around and went to work.

----

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

Honolulu, Waikiki Beach.

The warm sunshine approaching noon brings a big wave of "peak traffic" to this charming beach~

Southeast corner of the beach.

Under the rows of parasols, David and Kanes wore sunglasses, drank juice comfortably, and chatted without a word.

"Hey~ look!"

"Two more are coming over there~"

"Um.."

"It looks very ordinary!"

"Cut~"

"Why do you think everyone is average?"

"Hehe~"

David pointed at Susan playing in the waves and said with a rather proud smile: "Didn't I just say that~"

"Because women shoulder the important responsibility of giving birth to offspring, 90% of the ratio of upper body to lower body is [-]:[-]~"

"Of the remaining 10%, long-legged people only account for less than 5%."

"So someone like Susan's... body proportions are definitely one in a million!"

"Hehe~"

"So you've been studying this in your mind all day?"

"Nonsense~ You are just naked envy and jealousy!"

"Cut~"

"In my club in California, there are many long-legged beauties like Susan~"

"What am I envious of?"

"Tsk tsk~"

David tilted his head, took off half of his glasses, smiled disdainfully at Carnes, and asked, "Then why are you on vacation alone?"

"Where's your... long-legged beauty?"

"None of them are your girlfriends, right?"

"..." Kanes silently raised a middle finger and said against the wind.

"Where can you go?"

"Landland duck!"

"Hahahaha~ What about you?"

"Aren't you the same as me? You can only stay here and be reduced to... a logistics worker who looks after bags?"

"Tch~" Karnes was not so easily convinced, and said as if "showing off".

"With just one phone call, I can summon a flight of beauties with long legs~"

"Hollywood has never been short of them..."

"Forehead.."

David was suddenly struck by these few words from Kanes, which struck a forgotten thing in his mind.

He frowned, sat up straight, thought about it seriously, and asked, "I want to find an unknown young actor in Hollywood. Can you do it?"

"what?"

"Are you serious?"

"Tsk~ Stop making trouble, I'm talking about business!"

"Forehead.."

Karnes also sat up straight, took off his glasses, stared at David suspiciously and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"I think her name was...Michelle Pfeiffer."

"She? Is she a girl?"

"Correct!"

Kanes blinked a few times, shook his head slowly and said, "Never heard of it~"

"There are at least tens of thousands of young actors like this in Hollywood..."

"What are you looking for her for?"

"..."

David didn't answer immediately, but rubbed his chin with a strange expression, thought for a while, and then said.

"I have watched a film she starred in, and I have some impressions of the clips..."

"So I want to verify it!"

"verify?"

Karnes asked, and seeing that David had no intention of answering, he turned his head and glanced at the girls playing in the waves, and laughed.

"This Michelle is also a long-legged beauty, right?"

"Hey~ I told you, I came here to verify something..."

"It's just a ticket, why are you so nagging?"

"ok~ok!"

"Hehe~"

"I'll go find my friends for help, just wait!"

. . .

Carnes, went to find the phone.

David lay back on the beach chair again, repeatedly recalling the clips related to Michelle Pfeiffer in his mind, and he had some bad guesses in his mind.

Characters from the movie world and the real world overlap!

Tom Hanks and Forrest Gump!

Where's old Rhett?

What about Morgan Freeman?

Where's Andy?

What is the name of the actor who plays Andy? . ?

And what about the three colliding brothers, the eldest brother Ben Whitcott, the second brother Lavis, and the third brother Giovanni?

Robert De Niro?

"Hi~"

David took a breath and patted his forehead with his hand, suddenly remembering a very important question.

He paid no attention at all. .The casting of the movie "The Godfather"!

Will Al Pacino and Marlon Brando still play the two generations of Italian godfathers?

If someone else were to play "The Godfather", what kind of butterfly effect would there be?

"Whoo~"

"Ha ha!"

David took a deep breath and closed his eyes with a wry smile.

The butterfly effect has slowly changed the history in many memories~

So. .The future in memory will definitely undergo more changes with the superposition of time + butterfly effect!

So, the future in memory may be completely different? !

Will the Iran-Iraq war break out again?

Plaza Hotel Agreement! ?

What about Black Monday?

The disintegration of the Xiong Dynasty?

the Gulf War?

The island nation’s lost decade?

Y[-]K?

The dot-com bubble burst?

The new wave of the Internet?

Apple comes out?

Subprime mortgage crisis?

A financial tsunami sweeping the world? !

Emm. .

David feels. .I was frightened by my own random thoughts again~

He lay down in the chair with a feeling of "giving up on himself", opened his eyes and looked into the distance. Following the rise and fall of the waves, the women slowly adjusted their mentality and regained their composure little by little.

No matter what you should do or what you shouldn't do. .What should be said and what should not be said. .

Now everything has been done and everything has been said~

What is the question of what the future holds?

Only. .Make more adequate preparations in advance + show off your skills as you go!

. . .

lunch time.

David led the girls back to the hotel in a somewhat depressed mood and had lunch in the restaurant.

In a room on the fourth floor.

David walked into the bathroom in silence, which made Susan, Cui Yingying and Polly who followed him feel a little confused~

Polly glanced at Susan and the two, simply took off the towel wrapped around her waist, and waved to Susan.

"Let's go in and see him!"

"Um...now?"

"Yup!"

"what happened?"

Susan glanced at Cui Yingying and said hesitantly: "We'd better... let him be alone for a while."

"Hehe~"

Polly walked up to Susan, took off the towel on her body, and said with a smile: "You think of him too complicated!"

"He's just...a big boy~"

"Our active companionship is what he needs most at the moment!"

"Understand?"

"...Oh~" Susan nodded with her eyes wet.

Polly lowered her head and looked at her long legs, which were slightly red from the sun, and teased with some envy: "If it were me... I might not be able to bear it when I see you!"

"..."

"Hahaha~"

"Oh~ that's right!"

"Cui Yingying, come too~"

"Uh...me?"

"Yup!"

"you are not willing?"

"me.."

"Haha~ Forget it then!"

"I'll give you the chance~"

Cui Yingying wrung her hands together and watched quietly as Polly and Susan pushed the door open and walked into the bathroom. .

She stood there, lowered her head and looked at her arms and legs, which were also reddened by the sun. She bit her lip with a tangled expression, and took a "brave" step forward~