Manhattan Reborn 1978

At the training base in New Jersey.

After dinner, some of the soldiers were resting, some got together and started bragging, and some went to watch TV together.

Rambo went out alone, found a piece of grass, lay on it, and looked up at the stars.

Not far away, the jackal came looking for him.

He walked over to Rambo and sat down too. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and motioned for Rambo to have one too and light it for him. .

"How does it feel here? Rambo."

"Awesome man, these two nights were the best sleep I've had in years."

"Ha~ buddy, you can start practicing tacit understanding training with us tomorrow. Here, you are no longer fighting alone!"

Rambo took a long drag on the cigarette, put it out, then randomly pulled out a straw stick from the ground nearby and bit it in his mouth.

"Ok!"

The two of them were like this, one sitting and the other lying down, enjoying the quietness of the autumn night.

"Om~~~"

"Snapped!"

Jackal gave himself a blow on his neck, took his hand off and saw a small blood spot on the palm of his hand.

“Everything is great here, except there are too many mosquitoes!”

Rambo curled his lips and laughed silently.

"The mosquitoes here are far worse than those in Vietnam!"

"Haha~ That's right! And that damn, endless rainy season!"

"And that damn swamp, it stinks like I'm walking in poop!"

"And there are shit mines that you'll step on wherever you go."

"And the bullets from who knows who's gun!"

"fxxx! And that..."

The two of you said something to each other.

This is a chat, a memory, and a kind of catharsis.

That war changed them.

But they couldn't change the war.

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New York City.

Manhattan, in the basement of a bar on 33rd Street.

Tom slumped on the chair with blood and bruises on his face.

Ludy and several members of the Sidrich family were standing not far away, watching their men busy preparing equipment. They were going to give Tom a full-body electrotherapy massage!

I don’t know which genius bastard in the Sidrich family learned the torture method of electrotherapy from a mental hospital.

Ludy knew Tom couldn't escape this time.

This kid misappropriated the family's money and went to Nicky Barn to resell cocaine, but he was discovered by the police!

This operation is definitely a crazy slap in the face of the Sidrich family!

last night.

Tom and his two men were preparing to go to the transaction. When they were on the New Jersey highway, they saw countless police cars roaring past their car and heading towards the transaction location.

Tom realized that something must have happened to Nicky Barn!

He simply turned the car around and returned to New York. He took care of all the things at hand, took all the cash he could find, and prepared to run away before dawn and leave here.

After Tom succeeded Ludy, no one in the Sidrich family regarded him as a meal.

He was randomly assigned the job of managing a female star, and asked him to hand over all the properties originally managed by Lu Di to other members of the family.

Tom is very ambitious. Can he be willing to have such an arrangement with his family?

By reselling powdered medicine, you can become a billionaire in a few years. How could Tom withstand such temptation?

What Tom couldn't understand was why the family was so sensitive and fearful of smuggled powder medicine.

Give up this big money-making business and start some other mass entertainment company?

Are their heads filled with shit?

Now, he probably knew why.

Times have changed and it is no longer ten years ago.

The police's crackdown on the smuggled powder drug business is increasing exponentially.

Anyone who has anything to do with drug trafficking will become their main target.

Each member of the Sidrich family is a millionaire, so naturally they will not touch this sugar-coated time bomb!

There are businesses that can make money safely, so why take the risk?

Before Dawn.

Tom took care of everything, got in the car, and just when he was about to start the car and run away, two men appeared beside the car, holding guns, and escorted him here.

Tom escaped the police's arrest, but did not escape the family's pursuit.

Since the last conversation between the two of Tom in Ludy's office at DA Company.

Ludy informed the Sidrich family and asked them to keep an eye on Tom secretly and prevent him from doing anything inappropriate.

Ludy had already anticipated that Tom would be where he is today when he chose to quit the gang.

The ambition and neurosis in this boy's bones have already determined that he will not be willing to slowly earn those inconspicuous amounts of money.

Ludy's former right-hand men, Tom and Mike White.

Today, his left hand is useless!

Ludy looked at Tom who was incontinent and foaming at the mouth due to the electrotherapy massage.

He sighed, shook his head, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and turned around to leave.

The path you choose, even if it means death, you must grit your teeth and walk on it, Tom.

When he walked out of the basement door and stood still, another burst of Tom's growling and screams came from the basement behind him.

Ludy stood silently leaning against the door, listening.

After a few minutes.

He turned around and pushed open the basement door, and said in a low voice: "That's enough, guys, give him a good time!"

"Tom, if you can hear me, wait for me in hell and we'll meet there!"

Among the few people from the Sidrich family, a young man nodded to Ludy who was speaking.

He took the pistol from his men and shot Tom in the head, who was already unconscious!

"Touch~!"

This time, Ludy has severed yet another connection with the Sidrich family.

This young man is Alto Sidrich, a top student who graduated from New York University!

One of the reserve talents that the Sidric family focuses on cultivating, he just returned from traveling to Italy to visit relatives two days ago.

If we talk about it in terms of seniority.

Ludy is considered his uncle.

Old Malkin is considered to be of his grandfather's generation.

He is the person most favored by Ludy and Malkin among the younger generation.

Alto Sidrich has a smart mind, high emotional intelligence, and careful thinking. He is not very good at doing business, but he is very reassuring in his work.

He is a reliable little guy.

At the age of 14, this kid stole the family's gun and killed a middle school classmate.

afterwards.

Until the year before last year, if Aalto hadn't talked about it with his family, no one would have known that he had done it.

Ludy nodded to Alto to express his gratitude, thought for a moment, and made a phone call gesture to him.

Alto returned the gun to his men. Seeing Ludy's gesture, he smiled and nodded to express receipt.

Aalto admired the old Malkin very much.

So he has always had a very good impression of Ludy.

Ludy walked out of the bar and sat in his car, muttering in a low voice: "Damn it, Tom, goodbye! Man!"

"Let's... go home!"

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new York.

A free parking lot in the Flushing area.

Erwin Barnetta untied his tie, stuffed it into the briefcase in his hand, and walked to the small bar next to the parking lot.

After entering the bar, Erwin came to the bar and got himself a bottle of beer. Then he took it and walked to the corner, where he began to drink alone in silence, waiting for a call.

He graduated from Columbia University Business School the year before last and found a financial job in a company here in New York.

In March this year, he suddenly contracted acute lung disease. His persistent high fever and cough kept him in the hospital for more than half a month.

The good news is that the disease didn't defeat him and he survived.

The bad news is, he's unemployed!

That damn manager held up a list in front of his hospital bed and told him about the company's layoff plan, and Erwin was one of the names on the list.

Erwin was breathing heavily and stared at the personnel manager. He no longer had the strength to curse, so he just stared at him.

The manager helplessly spread his hands and said, "Erwin, the list you saw is from a few days ago, and I still have a new list that I just got today."

"Our company has a total of more than 140 people. According to today's list, after the elimination, only more than 30 people will be left working in the company."

"Erwin, I'm sorry! Man!"

"If you weren't sick, maybe..."

"Forget it, I wish you a speedy recovery. You put this away and I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, the manager stuffed a small envelope on Erwin's pillow. Inside was a severance package from the company.

At that time, Erwin looked at the manager's leaving figure, feeling sad, angry and helpless in his heart.

In the months after recovery and discharge from hospital.

Erwin was unable to find a job and was kicked out of his apartment. He could only move his luggage to his second-hand car and became a guest in this parking lot in Flushing District.

He thought about leaving New York, but he was unwilling to leave here in such a mess.

Erwin still had some expectations and fantasies about this place.

"Bell~"

The phone is ringing in the bar!

Erwin was refreshed. He put down the bottle, walked to the phone in a few steps, and watched the bartender answer the phone.

Fortunately, the bartender listened for a while, said a few words, and handed the phone to Erwin.

Erwin took the phone and calmed his breathing: "This is Erwin."

"Hi, man! I have good news to tell you. Our Vice President Cripps has just negotiated a cooperation with a company in New York to establish a biological and medical research center.

The company will be recruiting graduates from our school in the next few days. You should take the initiative to try your luck with that company.You know, you are the best accounting graduate in our class, and they will already like you! "

"da company? Okay, thank you brother! If I successfully apply for the job, I will definitely treat you to a big dinner."

"Haha~ Okay, good luck to you buddy!"

"thanks, thanks!"

The phone hangs up.

The bartender smiled and took the receiver: "Erwin, don't screw it up this time, man!"

Erwin chuckled and waved to the bartender, indicating that he would not do it this time.

Returning to his seat, Erwin thought about what was on the phone.

The caller was a senior from Columbia University.

Erwin asked the other party to help him keep an eye on work news.

I didn't expect to receive this good news today.

da company.

Erwin looked down at the wrinkled suit he was wearing.

Maybe, tomorrow will be my lucky day? !