Manhattan Reborn 1978

Listening to the news on the TV, David sat at the bar and wiped his wine glass.

A big black man opened the door and walked over to the bar.

"Hi! David, how are you doing these days?"

As he spoke, he came to the booth in front of the bar and sat down.

David raised his chin at him, gave the big black security guard Mike a glass of ginger ale with ice, shrugged and said, "Hi, Mike! I've been spending time with Ruby these days. I sent her away. Philadelphia.”

"Wow, oh, that little beauty finally can't stand you anymore? Did she run away with that rock band guy I mentioned a few days ago?"

David poured himself a glass of soda, took a sip and said, "Yeah, that's the bastard."

Black Mike raised his glass and grinned, showing his big white teeth: "Hey! Long live David, who is single! Haha!"

"You bastard!" David was helpless at Black Mike's teasing.

Black Mike served as a soldier in the Vietnam battlefield for several years. He was lucky to be able to retire unharmed. He came to New York to try his luck the year before last.Because of his good skills and reliable people, he was favored by the old Malkin and arranged for him to watch the scene here, solve some minor problems, and watch the young Malkin at the same time.

Mike Bai is another of Lu Di's subordinates. He is a ruthless chatterbox and has not been to the bar recently.

"How's the bar going these days?" David asked.

"It's still the same. Erica has a bad look every time she sees little Malkin. Since Susan and Martha put on tights to work, the store's business has been getting better and better."

"Ponyboy did that asshole really make them wear tights to work? I thought he was joking!"

"Yes, when you meet them later, you will know why the bar business has been getting better and better recently."

While the two were chatting, the bartender Erica and the two waitresses Susan and Martha arrived one after another.The waitresses said hello and went to the back to change clothes.

After Erica greeted a few people, while busy at the bar, she also asked David the question about Black Mike just now.

David had to answer again, which got a burst of teasing laughter from everyone.

Susan and Martha changed their clothes and came out and smiled at David: "Bring me a drink to celebrate!"

David filled everyone's cups.

"Here's to David!"

"David can happily tease girls again this time!"

"Long live singlehood! David!"

It turns out that David is an honest kid. Because of his good temper, everyone often makes fun of him, and everyone is very happy when working together.

Now David is more willing to get along happily with everyone, which can eliminate his feeling of strangeness to this world as a time traveler.

After laughing for a while, everyone started to continue their business.

Black Mike returned to the booth near the door of the bar and looked up at the TV program with the volume turned down.

David was at the corner of the bar far away from the door, at the small table in front of the warehouse, making some well-selling cocktails and preparing some ingredients for the evening.

As the time gets later, some drinkers come to the door, and the Wildfire Bar slowly becomes lively with the singing of the karaoke machine.

Only then did David take a closer look at the work clothes of the two waitresses walking among the drinkers.

Isn't this just a one-piece swimsuit and high heels?

The key point is that these two beauties swayed their waists, shuttled among the crowd, and responded to those restless eyes from time to time. They were really eye-catching!What man doesn’t like to watch?

Susan has blond hair, a hot figure and long legs, and Martha has a sweet smile and dimples.

If David were a drinker, he would be willing to spend a few dollars to have a drink and watch beautiful women drinking. The more he drinks, the better he gets.

When Susan came to David's place to get a drink, she felt David's gaze, and she puffed up her chest to tease him.

Hey! ~Okay! ~

It turns out that David is really stupid. Neither of these two girls is worse than Ruby, so why don't they eat the grass from the nest first?

Near midnight, a middle-aged man in his late forties wearing a short-sleeved shirt came in. It was Ludy!

After he came in, he looked around the bar, waved to Black Mike, and the two of them came to sit in front of David.

Ludy is Malkin's subordinate and a distant relative and nephew.

He is now gradually taking over Old Malkin's business and subordinates. He represents Old Malkin in some gang matters. Ludy collects the bar's monthly income dividends.

Ludy motioned to David to give him a drink as usual, then turned to Black Mike and said: "Our income at Lima Joey's has continued to decrease in the past few months, but their business has been good. There are question!"

"I want to know what they are doing! The people around me are all too familiar. I need new faces to follow them and see whose pockets our money goes into!"

Black Mike took the wine from David, nodded and said, "Which store should I start with?"

"Tom will drive you to the door of Liema Joey's shop in a while and wait for them, watching them work. If they really do something, come back and tell me, and I will solve it."

Black Mike nodded in understanding.

Ludi drank a glass of wine and said to David: "Old David called to chat with old Malkin a few days ago and said that the machines in his soda factory are about the same age as you and are too old.

I talked with old Malkin and planned to invest in a soda plant to replace those old machines and add a few more production lines.Old David said he would come to New York to meet and chat in three days, at Bonini Restaurant in Nolita (Little Italy) at 12 noon. You can come too then. "

"Ok."

Ludy stood up, patted Black Mike on the shoulder and left.

Watching Ludy leave, David said to Black Mike: "Are you considered his subordinate now?"

Black Mike drank the drink and said: "This time it's just a favor for Ludy, I didn't think about joining."

After signaling to David, he turned back to his original position and waited for Tom.

After midnight, the wildfire intensified and there were many drinkers.

Sometimes after the seats are full, there are still many people standing, drinking and chatting with wine glasses.Because Ludi and the others have bribed the police, everyone here is willing to come, but few police come.

In the booth at the end of the bar, several regular customers were playing poker. Susan liked them the most. Where could I find good customers who tipped a lot and didn't touch them?

The brokers on the street were still drinking and chatting in smart clothes late at night, and the beauties who had just finished exercising were standing on the street.They all come here to reward themselves with a drink and relax before being chased back to the streets by the pimps to continue the show.

There is still some white powder left on the bar, which is the trace left by an addict who was high on drugs just now.

David Jiang, who had traveled back in time, looked at these people in the bar and felt for the first time that the night and day here were completely different.It seems that only at night, these nocturnal people appear and Manhattan wakes up.

Early morning.It was almost dawn, and people slowly dispersed.

Erica is checking the accounts, and Black Mike is not back yet.

The two waitresses were doing housekeeping, and David was cleaning the cups.The pile of dirty cups is what he does before closing time.

After Erica settled her wages and tips, what was left was the bar's income tonight, which was more than $700.David and Black Mike each paid more than $60, and Erica $100.

The two waitress girls had no salary and relied on tips for their income, but judging by the way they counted the money, it was already over 100 dollars.

Wildfire earns almost $1300 a night including tips!

This bar is so profitable!

You must know that David is going to the Bonini restaurant where two people can have a sumptuous lunch while drinking French red wine, which only costs 60-80 dollars.

David now has a headache after taking the money!

Think about it carefully, an income of more than 1000 dollars a month!After three years of working, I only have $22 in my pocket! ?

What about money?

Does raising my girlfriend Ruby cost so much?

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The two waitresses finished cleaning up and left first.

David and Erica deposited the money into the cash collection box of the bank across the street, and then went home.

After returning to the apartment, I turned on the air conditioner. I lay on the bed and was about to fall asleep when a voice rang in my head.

David was shocked!I saw rows of notes scrolling on a bright white screen in front of me:

"System startup is complete!"

"Host information is being obtained!"

"The system is bound!"

"Retrieve host data."

"Retrieval completed! Host information has been integrated."

"You can check the host information in the basic panel!"

"The skill system has been updated!"

"The basic panel is generated and the host can view it at any time!"

David sat up in shock, rubbed his eyes and stared at the basic panel carefully.

"fxxxWhat the hell kind of system is this!!!!"