Manhattan Reborn 1978

new day~

new York.

On the streets of Manhattan on Sunday morning, there were almost no pedestrians~

Only those who had to rush to work walked quickly on the sidewalk in the cold wind, or stood at a crossroad waiting.

42nd Street, in front of Wildfire Bar.

Old Hawk, the street sweeper, pushed a four-wheeler full of garbage and took a few glances into the bar.

I happened to be sitting at the door of the bar and accidentally saw Old Hawke's steel-toothed dog Mengo. He opened the door with a smile and said.

"Come on, come in, warm yourself up and take a rest!"

"..OK!"

Old Hawke pushed the car against the wall and set it up. He took off a small paper bag from the hook on the side of the car, walked to Menge, the steel-toothed dog, and said with a smile.

"My grandson specially brought me some fried fish and sandwiches this morning. Would you like to try them too?"

"Okay~"

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, closed the door, glanced in the direction of the bar, and smiled at Erica, who had just had breakfast.

"Can you get us a cup of hot coffee?"

"..no problem!"

"I'm going to boil water~" Erica yawned lazily, turned and walked into the warehouse behind the bar.

. . .

After about ten minutes.

Mike Bai walked into the bar with a pair of big circles under his eyes.

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, saw this guy's tired look and couldn't help but laugh and asked, "What did you do again last night?"

"Hey~ don't mention it!"

Mike Bai sat unsteadily next to Menge, picked up the coffee pot and poured himself a cup, sighing.

"If someone hadn't come to pick me up this morning, I would have died..."

"Hahaha~"

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, glanced at Old Hawke who was packing his things silently, turned and teased Erica.

"Hey~ He needs your comfort very much now!"

"Tch~" Erica pouted her lips in an angry manner on purpose, walked out from the bar, stood in front of Mike Bai with her arms folded, and said looking down at him.

"Come on, empty your pockets and let me see how much money you have left."

"Uh...??" Mike Bai stared at his big eyes and swallowed unconsciously. He reached into his pocket and touched it, asking with a strange expression.

"What are you doing?"

"Collect money!"

"I...why should I give you money?"

"Haha~ You won't give it, right?"

Erica stretched out her hand directly, grabbed Bai Mike's neck collar, and said with a "gentle" smile: "Then stop talking nonsense to others!"

"Understand?"

"Nonsense...?"

Mike Bai immediately remembered something, grinned wryly, took out a large wad of crumpled banknotes from his pocket, and "obediently" stuffed it into Erica.

"..Um!"

Erica smiled and narrowed her eyes, quickly put the banknotes into her pocket, and nodded with great satisfaction.

"The door key is inside the bar~"

"I go back first.."

"Get back here right away!"

"do you know?"

"..OK!"

. . .

Erica walked away with a "chic" step.

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, couldn't bear it any longer. He laughed and patted Mike Bai: "Hey~ Bastard!"

"Why don't you go back with her quickly?"

"Hahahaha~"

Mike Bai raised his hand and scratched his head, pointed at the door with his thumb, and asked in a daze: "What on earth does she mean?"

"fxxx!"

Mengo, the steel-toothed dog, spoke to Mike like he was a fool, swore a curse word, pointed at the door and said.

"You unlucky bastard..."

"Go to the bar and get the key to Erica's room!"

"what?"

"Oh..." When Menge reminded him, Mike Bai suddenly opened his mouth wide and pointed at his nose and asked.

"She...I...?"

"Correct!"

"...ok!" Mike Bai pushed his thigh hard, jumped up from the chair, and shouted.

"If you call me later, tell him... I'll go over there tonight!"

"Hmm~"

"Hahahaha~"

Mike Bai laughed happily at his old friend Menge the steel-toothed dog, patted his butt, and ran away~

Menge limped to the door of the bar and looked at Bai Mike's disappearing back from the window, with a smile on his lips.

Old Hawk, the street sweeper, carried his breakfast bag, walked to Menge and laughed softly.

"The weather forecast says there will be snow today."

"Will it snow...?"

Menge glanced around the empty bar behind him, shrugged and smiled.

"Aren't you going to sit down a little longer?"

"No~"

"I still have some food stamps, and today is the last day."

"Hmm~" Menge took the initiative to open the door and watched Old Hawke walk out of the bar, feeling particularly calm.

----

Wall Street.

Stanley fourth floor.

Pine, who rushed back from Texas, walked out of the elevator with Stanley CEO Nelent Ramon, came to the outside of Sam Rogers' office, and knocked on the door.

After a few minutes.

Sam looked at the two people sitting across from him and asked with a smile: "Are you coming here this time...?"

Nelent Ramon smiled and shrugged, and gestured to Pine: "You tell me~ I have another meeting to rush over later."

"ok~"

Pine took out a large folder from the briefcase he brought with him, placed it in front of Sam and said.

"David holds 25% of the shares in our New York International Insurance Company and is one of the major shareholders."

“So, these are last year’s insurance company’s year-end financial briefing, as well as the company’s development plan for this year~”

"...Okay!" Sam accepted the folder.

Seeing his "calm" look, Pine continued with a wider smile.

"Giles went to Hawaii to hang out with David..."

"I will take over all the construction work of the data center~"

"I still need you to help me communicate about some specific details."

"Okay! No problem!"

"Hmm~"

Pine pointed to Nyrent Ramon next to him and said, "David had mentioned to us a plan to arbitrage short-term bonds before. Nyrent and I were both very interested in it."

"So, we are preparing to jointly establish a money fund company and hire David as a nominal special investment adviser."

"..." Sam looked at Pine who stopped and smiled, and asked with some confusion.

"His... boss, has already held several consultant positions in Stanley and... right?"

"That's right~"

Pine showed a rare moment of humor and said with a smile: "David will definitely not refuse a position like this where you can get free salary...right?"

"Uh.. Got it!" Sam couldn't help but smile and nodded, writing down the matter with a pen.

Nelent Ramon stood up, stretched out his right hand to Sam and said: "When you see Gaydon Milken, tell him for me~"

"The companies he has targeted are looking for help, and I have rejected them on behalf of Stanley."

"But I heard that Goldman Sachs is preparing to take over this business..."

"Okay, thank you!" Sam held Nylent's right hand and thanked him very sincerely.

"ok~"

"After I've been busy these days, can we find time to have lunch together?"

"my pleasure!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Nylent Ramon, gone.

After Sam returned to his seat, Pine took out another folder from the briefcase and said.

"This is Grace, who is responsible for the resource integration of cable TV stations, and she has made a list of acquisitions to consider."

"When you send someone to Hawaii, take it with you~"

"Ok."

Sam put the folder away, thought for a moment, and finally asked.

"You...and my boss...?"

"Hehe~"

Pine stood up with his briefcase and waved to Sam.

"we are Family!"

"understood!"

"Hahaha~"

"If you need anything, you can come directly to me!"

"ok~"

"Thank you!"

. . .

Pine, too, is gone.

Pine made a special trip to bring Nelent Ramon with him this time, and what he wanted to express may be the last sentence. .

family? !

Sam put his hands on the two folders, took a few deep breaths, and suddenly laughed.

He thought for a while, picked up the phone, and dialed.

"Hello~"

"Are Maggie Bianchi and Toby Olga, the boss's secretaries, here?"

"Correct!"

"Tell them to come see me immediately."

"Okay, I'll wait for them in the office."

----

Manhattan.

nine in the morning.

At the intersection of No. 12th Avenue and 40th Street, there is a small company building.

On the fifth floor, Polly's office.

Rudy walked to sit down opposite Polly with a cup of coffee in his hand and asked.

"Come to me...what's the matter?"

Polly threw a document in front of Ludy and said without raising her head.

"The new mayor is here to bring us benefits~"

"Oh?"

Lu Di picked up the document curiously, read it through, and sighed with some surprise: "Food stamps?"

"He actually wants our fair price store to join the food stamp program...?"

"Yes~"

Polly slowly raised her head, put the document in her hand aside, thought for a while and said.

"The food stamp program is a free food stamp provided by the government's Department of Agriculture to low-income poor families."

"Most supermarkets, food stores, seafood markets and produce stores across the country have joined the food stamp program proposed by the government."

"Mayor Front Hardman specifically applied for us to join this program. Do you think... is it a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing!"

Ludy showed a look of reminiscence, shook his head and smiled: "Hardman included our affordable store in the food stamp program... This itself is a kind of recognition of our store~"

“Brown 1 yuan, blue 5 yuan and green 10 yuan food stamps are almost the same as rice dollars on the market~”

"Many unemployed families and drug addicts usually use food stamps to buy or exchange things they want with others."

"For example: some housewives will sell food stamps at a discount to get their hair done, or use the money to buy some daily necessities, etc.~"

"Some people even use their food stamps to pay for the bar."

“When David was in the Wildfire Bar, things like this would often happen~”

"..Yeah?!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Polly didn't seem to know any of these things, Lu Di patiently gave her many more examples.

After listening to this, Polly nodded and said with a sudden smile: "What do you mean? After Ben Whitcott learned about this, he ran over very excitedly and told me a lot... I listened to everything. If you don’t understand~”

"So it is!"

"Hahaha~"

Ludy laughed and nodded, got up and walked to the door of the office, pointing to his belly and saying.

"At noon, I'm going to find David Romano for lunch~"

"Are you coming too?"

"Forget it~"

Polly pointed at the pile of folders in front of her and said with a wry smile: "Just leave me alone and go ahead~"

"Oh, right!"

"Come over to me during dinner!"

"I have something to ask Romano."

"Okay~" Lu Di didn't hesitate any more, opened the door and went out.

Polly sat back in her chair, fiddling with the pen on her fingertips, and had a good idea in her mind that could cooperate with the faster development of Da Affordable Store~

However, this idea requires the support and participation of more people to be successfully realized.

----

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

Early morning~

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

When Mr. Gardener, who had been "missing" for two or three days, appeared in front of the housekeeper Acklade, he greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning, sir!"

"Haha~" Mr. Gardener smiled, waved his hand, walked to the housekeeper Acklade, and asked.

"Morning, Paranino!"

"...?" The smile on Butler Acklade's face froze for two seconds and he laughed.

"I haven't used this name for a long time~"

"Oh? How long?"

"Almost...almost ten years!"

Mr. Gardener glanced behind the butler Aclade, turned and looked side by side at the rising sun in the east, and whispered.

"Whatever your name was, it doesn't matter to me."

"But I can't keep it a secret!"

"Ok~I understand!"

"Well."

"You go talk to David, or should I do it?"

"I'll do it myself~"

Mr. Gardener tilted his head and looked at the housekeeper Acklade, and said with a smile: "The scenery here is really beautiful~"

"What do you say?"

"Ok!"

The butler Acklade seemed to have forgotten the "etiquette" that must be maintained at all times. He put his hands in his trouser pockets, squinted his eyes and looked at the morning sun, and whispered.

"A new one...day!"

"Haha~" Mr. Gardener smiled and said nothing.

The two of them just faced the morning light side by side, standing and watching.

On the inside of the kitchen door that neither of them could see, Cui Yingying and the maid Chasida looked at each other silently, walked back to the kitchen quietly, and continued busy with the work at hand.

. . .

breakfast time.

As soon as David walked out of his room, he saw the housekeeper Acklade and Mr. Gardener waiting outside the door~

He smiled and teased: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Yes!" Butler Acklade replied calmly.

"Not really~" Mr. Gardener smiled and nodded.

"Oh?"

David shrugged at the two people who had different answers, spread his hands and said with a smile: "It's not so early in the morning...you're going to give me a surprise, right?"

"No~" Mr. Gardener took a step forward and smiled.

"Let's have breakfast first and talk later?"

"...ok!" David stared at Mr. Gardener for two seconds and said with a smile.

"I'm very timid...don't scare me!"

"Hahaha~" Mr. Gardener raised the briefcase in his hand and said with a "mysterious" smile.

"It can give you courage!"

"...??" David looked at the gardener's mysterious look, resisted the urge to complain, shook his head, rubbed his belly and walked downstairs.

"Let's eat first~"

"If you want anything, let's talk about it after you're full."

"..." Butler Acklade turned his head, took a deep look at Mr. Gardener, and silently followed David downstairs.

----

Near Honolulu's most famous Waikiki Beach, in a hotel next to the inland river.

The female agent, Pamela Randy, who had just been transferred from the CIA's Greek branch to the New York branch, stared at the microphone in her hand with confusion on her face for a few seconds and asked.

"Mr. Cremo, are you kidding?"

"Of course not!" Ezra Cremo, who was far away in New York, said with a smile as if he could see Randy's expression at this moment.

"I've never made fun of my job!"

"But.."

"Hey Randy!" Ezra Cremo's voice became more serious and he interrupted her directly.

"The information was given to me on your own initiative!"

"Don't you want to complete the mission?"

"..." Pamela Randy was speechless.

Ezra Cremo chuckled silently on the other end of the phone, put the phone to the other ear, and said softly.

"This task is not as complicated as you think!"

"Because, you did accidentally discover something while taking your family on vacation, and then reported it to me..."

"So...you just need to do what you should do and say what you should say, and it will be OK!"

"As for the rest, it's up to you to decide what to say and what not to say."

"I just want one result!"

"Okay..." Pamela Randy breathed out slowly.

"Then what should I do if something unexpected happens here?"

"There's no accident! There won't be any accidents!" Mr. Cremo said with a very certain voice.

"Why?" Randy asked feeling very confused.

"Because...hehe~"

"The biggest accident you may encounter has already happened~"

"..." Randy covered his forehead, feeling completely speechless.

Ezra Cremo on the phone stopped joking and asked in a low voice.

"Have you already cleared the mission?"

"..Yes!"

"Hmm~"

"Your former boss, Gust, recommended you to me very hard..."

"You shouldn't let him down!"

"..Um!"

"Every day at twelve o'clock in the evening New York time, which is six o'clock in the evening in your place, I will wait for your call."

"If you really encounter a problem that cannot be solved, you can go to a woman named Brotney Mecia."

"She will tell you how to do it..."

"Broteney Mecia?"

"I remember."

"Ok."

"Let's do this first."

"Good luck~Randy!"

"..."

After putting down the microphone, Pamela Landy suddenly realized that there must be something wrong with this new boss’s head!

There is a big problem!