Manhattan Reborn 1978

new day~

new York.

Manhattan, 42th Street.

In the morning light, Superintendent Allston opened the door and entered the Wildfire Bar.

He waved to the steel-toothed dog Mengo and said hello, walked to the bar, glanced at Erica who was busy settling accounts, and smiled.

"Hey~ give me a drink of the best!"

"...what?" Erica counted the last few coins in hand, tilted her head and smiled at Odison.

"Are you sure... you want a drink at dawn?"

"Of course! I just want to go back to bed and need a little help~"

"Hahaha~" Erica handed a piece of change to the bartender Bruce Willis who came over to take over the shift.

"Give him a glass of cranberry whiskey, and I'll treat him~"

"...ok!" Bruce held a thick stack of small change in his hand and could no longer hide the joy on his face.

He quickly got a drink for Auston and asked with a smile, "Were you busy all night last night?"

"Yes~"

Auston shrugged helplessly and drank the wine in his glass. When he saw Milanha and Madonna coming out of the warehouse at the back, he waved to them and smiled.

"Hi~"

"Oh...morning!" Madonna let go of Miranla's arm, walked to sit next to Auston, and asked curiously.

"You haven't been here for a few days, right?"

"What are you busy with?"

"Investigating the case~ What else could it be?"

"Are there many cases happening recently?"

"Hehe~"

Auston gestured to Bruce, ordered another drink for himself, and said, "On the second day of New Year's Eve, the owner of Poppy's Food Store came to me and said...his granddaughter was missing~"

"do not you know?"

"Bobby's Food? The one on the west side of the street?"

"Correct!"

Madonna couldn't help but glanced at Erica who was sitting at the bar and rested in surprise, and asked.

"That's the girl... who always likes to give herself two dark circles... is missing?"

"Yes~"

"So have you found any clues?"

"..No~"

"Um..." Madonna was speechless.

Miranla came to her side, held her arm silently, and whispered with some uneasiness in her eyes.

"Is it the girl we saw last time we went to the store to buy sausages?"

"Um.."

"..." Miranla was also speechless. .

Erica, who was sitting at the bar, stood up and threw the money belonging to Madonna to them respectively, and said.

"There's nothing surprising about this kind of thing, right?"

"Maybe in a few days, the girl will come back with a group of guys on motorcycles~"

"Motorcycle?" Auston frowned and looked at Erica.

"Uh... I was just guessing~ I didn't hear anything..."

"However, I heard someone mention it by chance... In a bar over there in Greenwich Village, someone was discussing a trip to several southern states for a walk and fun~"

"You might as well go there and check..."

"South? Anything more specific?"

"I listened casually and didn't pay much attention..."

"Maybe...over there in Florida..."

"...Hmm!" Auston took the wine glass from Bruce, nodded to Erica, and expressed his gratitude.

Madonna took Milanla's arm, lowered her head and thought for a while, sighed silently, and said.

"Let's go~ let's go back and rest..."

"Um.."

----

Manhattan, Wall Street.

Stanley CEO Nylonte Ramon walked into the lobby carrying his briefcase and saw Sam Rogers waiting for the elevator from a distance.

"Hey~ Do you have to work on Saturday too?" Nylent asked Sam teasingly.

"Haha~ You are too, aren't you?" Sam glanced at the open elevator door and invited Nylent to come forward.

Nyrent walked into the innermost part of the elevator and said with a smile, "How long will David be on vacation for?"

"I still want to have a good chat with him!"

"Haha~ He bought a vacation home in Hawaii. It may take a long time..."

"Oh? He wants to... live there all the time?"

"Maybe~"

"If I had to choose, I wouldn't want to suffer the cold here in New York."

"Hahaha~" Nylent laughed and shook his head, then suddenly remembered something and said.

"I remember... you worked at Goldman Sachs?"

"I have an appointment with Peter Peterson, CEO of Goldman Sachs, at noon today. Come with me!"

Sam looked at the smiling Nylent in surprise, thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "I also made an appointment with Bernard Madoff."

"If you don't mind, we can come together...?"

"Of course~"

"Madoff... I also want to meet him!" Nylent agreed very simply, with a little expectation in his smile.

Sam saw his expression and felt a little doubt in his heart. He smiled, confirmed the lunch date, and walked out of the elevator.

. . .

in the office.

Sam stood by the window, frowning and thinking for a long time, but couldn't figure out what Nylent's intentions were~

He wanted to meet Bernard Madoff. . ?

----

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

early morning.

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

In the living room on the first floor.

David put down the TV remote control, walked to the dining table, and smiled at Cui Yingying who was holding breakfast in her hands.

"Why did I run away again after I fell asleep last night?"

"..." Cui Yingying rolled her eyes at him with her face flushed, then turned and walked into the kitchen.

Zina, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, smiled at David and said, "Don't you have trouble sleeping alone?"

"Do you really need someone to accompany you?"

"..." David rolled his eyes fiercely at Zina, who was looking for trouble, and turned to the housekeeper Aclade and asked.

"Where's Mr. Gardener?"

"He promised me last night..."

"He's already here and is drinking coffee in the courtyard~"

"Oh~ Then I have to eat quickly..."

"Hahaha~"

. . .

After breakfast.

David walked to the yard, sat down on Mr. Gardener's couch, and smiled.

"Good morning~ Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Hmm~"

"However, I can wait as long as I want to sit in the courtyard and drink a cup of Hawaiian specialty coffee in this comfortable early morning!"

"Hahaha~" David also poured himself a cup of coffee and looked at the bushes in the distance, also enjoying a moment of relaxation and quiet.

ten minutes later.

David put down the coffee cup, crossed his legs and said to the gardener.

"Before the birth of futures contracts, the prices of agricultural products and raw materials were basically in a state of disorder~"

"Agricultural products are an industry that depends on the weather~"

"Farmers need money to buy seeds, livestock, farm machinery, pesticides + repair farm tools for farming."

"However, bad weather may lead to a significant reduction in agricultural production at any time, or even no harvest."

"So the emergence of futures contracts allows farmers to sell forward agricultural product contracts with greater peace of mind and immediately receive income during the harvest season."

"From this perspective, futures contracts are a powerful tool for hedging that can help them!"

"Of course, there will also be people who buy and sell without physical objects..."

"In any market, the only way to achieve huge profits is through monopoly."

"More than 20 years ago, a businessman, Vincent Kosuga, almost went bankrupt while trading wheat futures."

"With the idea of ​​making a profit, he turned his attention to the onion spot and futures markets at that time."

“But it’s not easy to sell out all the onions in the entire market while concealing it from others!”

"And what he wants is not just the spot market, but also the onion futures market four months from now!"

"Even the onions that are still under cultivation, Vincent Kosuga did not let them go~"

"So, he got 98% of the onion spot and onion futures on the market through the Chicago Exchange."

"Subsequently, Vincent Kosuga convened a large number of farmers and dealers to gather in Chicago and openly said to everyone: All the onions on the market are in my hands! If you don't buy them from me at a high price, Onions, I will dump all the onions into the market at low prices so that no one can play with them..."

"After discussions between these dealers and farmers, they finally had no choice but to hold their noses and buy nearly 1000 million pounds of onions from Vincent Kosuga."

"Vincent Kosuga is making a lot of money..."

"However, everyone overestimates Vincent Kosuga's integrity, and even underestimates his greed."

"After he sold the spot goods to dealers and farmers, he took the opportunity to short the onion futures contract in the futures market, causing the price to drop directly from 2 yuan to 5 yuan."

"An empty bag of onions costs 0 meters, but a bag of onions is only worth 2 meters."

David sneered, shook his head, and sneered: "It was precisely because of the unscrupulousness of Vincent Kosuga and his partners that the U.S. government passed the Onion Futures Act in 58."

"Onion, you can no longer enter any futures exchange in the United States..."

When Mr. Gardener heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said what David wanted to hear most.

"A few days ago, robbers robbed Barclays Bank of tens of millions of dollars in Manhattan. The Rothschild family owns the headquarters of Barclays Bank in London and the permanent chairmanship of the board of directors!"

"...Permanently!?" David narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Yes!" Mr. Gardener nodded slowly.

"The original Barclays Bank was founded by two goldsmiths: John Fulham and Thomas Gould."

"Both of them are members of the Quakers, and like the masters within the Freemasonry, they both enjoy high prestige and power~"

"The business of Barclays Bank in its early days was basically related to industries dominated and controlled by Quakers."

"For example: London Lead Company, Welsh Copper Company, etc."

"But a few years ago, Barclays Bank and Martins Bank merged~"

"Martins Bank was a bank founded by Thomas Gresham in 1563."

"Thomas Gresham, also a goldsmith, whose family emblem is a grasshopper."

"He helped the Queen establish the Royal Exchange in London during the reign of Elizabeth I."

"At the same time, he is also a Grand Master of Freemasonry..."

"His relative...John Gresham, the then Mayor of London, was also a high-ranking member of the Freemasons~"

"Thomas Gresham also invested in the founding of Gresham University."

"A Masonic lodge in London called Old Greshamee Lodge, most of whose members are graduates and faculty of the university."

. . .

Mr. Gardener, with a steady voice, finished telling everything he knew~

After David listened silently, he thought for a long time and then asked.

"What's the name of Carnes's uncle?"

"Schroth F. Rothschild!"

"People within their family will rotate as chairman of the board of directors of Barclays Bank at regular intervals."

"He happens to be the rotating chairman this term."

"...I understand~"

"Then Bill and Walid brought by Kanes were also arranged by him?"

"Yes!"

Mr. Gardener turned his head slightly, glanced at the housekeeper Acklade who was standing far behind David, and whispered.

"Barclays Bank in London is as famous as the ancient Barings Bank."

"The Rothschild family controls part of the daily pricing power in the gold trading market through Barclays Bank."

"Nowadays, except for Karnes's uncle Schroth, who is often active in people's sight...their family members have been very low-key in recent years~"

David continued with a strange smile: "So, he immediately sent Bill after I had a close relationship with Carnes?"

"Man, is there anything else you need me to know?"

"Tell me everything once and for all~"

"No more~"

"That's all I know..."

"Parker knows more, you can ask him when you go back."

"...Forget it~" David only considered it for a few seconds before directly rejecting the idea.

The brain of that Odis Parker guy. .has a problem!

Great question!

"Hehe~"

Mr. Gardener picked up the coffee pot and refilled a cup of warm coffee. He hesitated and asked.

"You declined Parker's invitation?"

"Invitation? What invitation?"

"Join the Freemasons!"

"Uh...yes!"

David put down his legs, held the edge of the table with both hands, and said to the gardener seriously.

"Although I'm not that old..."

"But I've seen too many...people who have been deceived!"

"Some people may say...those who are deceived are stupid! They deserve to be deceived..."

"But I want to say... there are many people in the world who may not be as smart as we think~"

"There are still many people who are deceived not because they are stupid, but because they are kind, compassionate and willing to help others."

"Social Darwin believes that the phenomenon of survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest exists in human society. Therefore, only the strong can survive, and the weak can only suffer the fate of destruction."

"Hehe~"

"If only smart people can live better in this world... then it is a social Darwinian world...?"

"I want people who pursue their simple lives to have no need to exist?!"

"Success or failure, wisdom or stupidity, what depends on it?"

"Who made the decision?"

“Did the liberal concepts and doctrines popular in various countries today come about?”

"Can no one see the conflict between it and Darwin the Turtle?"

"If one day, another German mustache maniac appears in the world... he will start to frantically eliminate the so-called fools and inferior people..."

"Will these people who have been labeled for no reason rise up and resist?"

"Then will this world have a future?"

"Huh~" David took a deep breath and stared into the gardener's eyes.

"Let's not say those empty-sounding words, just why I rejected Parker!"

"My idea is very simple!"

"Last year, I met a Wall Street stock trader in a bar."

"He lost his job after the stock price crashed during the last oil crisis."

"He said to me: If you want to succeed in stock trading, the most important thing is to be careful and patient enough~"

"Waiting takes up most of his trading life~"

"Every time he makes a transaction, it's like he found a wallet that someone else had left behind in the corner..."

"He stood up from the chair, walked over to pick up the wallet, sat back in the chair, and waited for the next wallet to appear."

"And I don't need to be like that trader, waiting silently for others to lose their wallet~"

"I can create crazy wealth by myself!"

"So instead of joining the Freemasons and being a young lad who has to work his way up..."

"How about I follow my own plan and realize it step by step!"

"Of course~"

"I also know very well in my heart that I have entered a jungle full of danger~"

"Just like old John Rockefeller once was."

"When he was a worker, there was no such thing as an enemy!"

"But when he showed that he wanted to climb up, enemies appeared one after another~"

"Maybe I still have a little naive idea."

"Old John is undoubtedly very worthy of my study and research... a legendary figure!"

"I cannot agree with the despicable methods he used in countless dangerous competitions..."

"Because there is more to him...that cannot be described with the word despicable..."

"Hehe~"

David sighed and shrugged, smiling.

"To be a successful good person requires far more strength and luck than to be a bad person or a profiteer...it takes much more effort!"

"The simple wish in my heart may not come true in my lifetime~"

"but!"

"The simpler the plan, the simpler the wish, the more unstoppable it is!"

"Because I stand at the tail end of the times and see countless possibilities for the future~"

"I will definitely be the one who survives to the end...the big winner!"

"..." After listening to David's very "secondary explanation", Mr. Gardener felt a strange sense of absurdity in his heart ~

Can you really do whatever you want when you are young? !

"Haha~" David seemed to have guessed his thoughts and smiled.

"I can prove it to you bit by bit!"

"You will keep reading...right?"

"Ok!"

"Hahaha~"