Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

After noon~

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

in the conference room.

Pine, who left before lunch, opened the door of the conference room and was surprised to see a group of people huddled together, quietly watching something.

Pine stepped to the back of the crowd, and in the gap between the crowd, he saw David sitting at the table, with a lot of colorful plastic parts in front of him. .

"You...what are you doing?"

"Oh~ Pine, you're here!" David turned around and saw Pine and smiled.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"Um...the time and location of tonight's party have been changed~"

"Oh?"

"What about people? Have they changed too?"

Pine nodded to the people who made room for him, sat down with a smile and said, "That's right~"

"Visitors from the island countries attending today's dinner have arrived at JFK Airport before noon~"

"But as soon as we arranged a hotel for them, we received a phone call informing them that another group of guests from the island country would also arrive in New York around three in the afternoon."

"Oh.."

"The next wave will also be...?"

"Mainly Toyota and several companies belonging to the Fuji Consortium, after learning about it..."

"Understood!"

David interrupted Pine directly, frowned and thought for a while, then turned to his secretary Maggie and asked.

"Otis Parker, should he be here soon?"

"Yes~"

"Um.."

Pine raised his eyebrows and leaned forward with curiosity, looking at what David was assembling in his hands. .The small colored square asked.

"what is this?"

"MagicCube! A very fun little toy."

"Oh.."

Pine looked carefully at the parts of the Rubik's Cube that David was assembling, then turned to look at Laura, who was working hard to twist the Rubik's Cube, and asked with a smile.

"Is it fun?"

Laura frowned, twisting the third-order Rubik's Cube in her hand, shaking her head in frustration: "It's not fun at all!"

"Hehe~"

"You just haven't found the rules to restore it~"

"Oh? Can you restore it?"

David raised his head with a smile and asked with a smile to Alicia Nash, the head of the Angel Fund Project R&D Center who was sitting not far away.

(Alicia Nash, appearing in Chapter 129, from the movie "A Beautiful Mind", graduated from the MIT Department of Physics, played by Jennifer Connelly.)

"Have any of you tried to figure out the rules for restoring it?"

Alicia shook her head and said with a smile: "I only tried a few times without success."

"What about you? Did you succeed?" David turned to look at the young people around him and asked.

"No~"

"Well... we only received this third-level Rubik's Cube from Budapest the day before Thanksgiving~"

"We haven't had time to study it yet..."

"Okay~"

David lowered his head and found two slightly curved flat prismatic blocks from a large pile of parts on the table. He assembled them bit by bit on the prototype of the fourth-order Rubik's Cube in his hand, and said.

"The third-level Rubik's Cube in Laura's hand is a 3x3x3 cube structure, composed of 26 color blocks."

"By constantly rotating it, after disrupting all its color combinations, we want to restore it completely. There will be approximately 4.3x10th power changes."

"I just saw its structure. It is not assembled from various prismatic parts like in my hand."

"Instead, it adopts a structural design that snaps together like tenons, making it difficult to separate due to external force."

"However, with this structure, when we turn the Rubik's Cube rapidly, there will often be some minor problems where the internal axis gets stuck and cannot continue to turn~"

"The central axis in my hand has a protruding device to prevent locking. The outside of the core has been changed to a structural design in which large and small prismatic flat blocks are assembled together, which solves this small problem that occasionally occurs ~ "

David tilted his head and glanced at Laura, who was a little discouraged. He threw the third-order Rubik's Cube to Pine and smiled.

"When you encounter difficulties, you immediately choose to give up?"

"Isn't this your character?"

Laura glanced sideways at David, turned to stare at the "little toy" Rubik's Cube in Pine's hand, and muttered.

"You said it quite easily..."

"If you can restore it, why are you taking it apart?"

"Hahaha~"

David laughed awkwardly, shook his head and said, "The fourth-level Rubik's Cube in my hand is much more difficult to restore!"

"Because the biggest difference between it and the third-order Rubik's Cube is that it does not have a fixed center square that can provide us with a reference!"

"I want to restore it and make it uniform in color on each side... I still need to try for a while~"

"Hehe~"

Laura sat back in her chair and laughed dryly. .

With a smile on his lips, David asked Alicia Nash while restoring the third layer of the fourth-order Rubik's Cube.

“Have you patented it?”

"When can mass production begin?"

Alicia raised her eyebrows helplessly and said.

"We have submitted the international patent document~"

"As for mass production..."

"These days, we have traveled to almost all the processing plants in New York to find a low-error one-time injection molding mold that meets your requirements."

"If we mass-produce it on the assembly line now, we just need to get more molds and it will be OK~"

"However, the key difficulty in mass production is assembly!"

"This kind of complex fourth-order Rubik's Cube cannot be assembled from parts without workers who are extremely familiar with its structure~"

"Mass production can only be a slogan~"

"It's okay~"

David happily assembled the last piece of parts, turned the fourth-order Rubik's Cube in his hand a few times, and after it restored its shape, he smiled.

"We are only responsible for producing parts."

“The work of putting it together can be left to the person who buys it!”

"what?"

"Who would buy a bunch of big parts and go back?"

"Hahaha~"

David handed the restored fourth-level Rubik's Cube to Pine, who looked curious, and said with a smile.

"Don't mess it up~ Otherwise, I have to take it apart..."

"..." Pine smiled silently and glanced at the Rubik's Cube in his hand.

David took the Rubik's Cube drawings that he had given to Alicia before going to London, and smiled at her.

"You must be familiar with Lego toys, right?"

"Uh...yes!"

"Hehe~"

"Everyone who likes this kind of intellectual game will not refuse the challenge we challenge them!"

"If they can't even complete the test of putting together the Rubik's Cube, then why are they still playing with the fourth-level Rubik's Cube?"

"..."

Everyone looked at David with the same eyes as a "madman". .

David stood up nonchalantly, shook the design drawings in his hands, and said "arrogantly" again.

"We don't just sell...completely loose parts!"

"We also need to add a reward statement on the outside of each packaging box and on the first page of the assembly instructions~"

"As long as someone can perfectly restore a disrupted fourth-level Rubik's Cube within the time we set."

"We will give him a generous bonus and help him publish a book, so that everyone who likes challenges can experience its challenge and fun~"

"Um... what's the prescribed time and reward you mentioned?" A young employee of the R&D center who followed Alicia asked, raising his hand with bright eyes.

"Well...after we get the exclusive global agency rights for the third-level Rubik's Cube."

"We can start preparing for the first Global Rubik's Cube Invitational Tournament next year~"

"The recovery time of the third-level Rubik's Cube is tentatively determined to be... 3 minutes~"

"Level 8 Rubik's Cube, [-] minutes!"

"For the prize money of the competition, we might as well set it higher for the first time~"

"The person who can solve the Rubik's Cube the fastest and in the shortest time will win the No. 1 prize in this invitational competition ~ a bonus of [-] meters!"

"The bonuses for No. 2 and No. 3 are [-] meters and [-] meters respectively."

"Those who get the remaining rankings will also receive an incentive bonus of 100-500 yuan~"

"...One hundred thousand!?"

The young employee repeated in a low voice, and his eyes immediately focused on the three-level Rubik's Cube on the table. .

Alicia saw his appearance and sighed pretending to be helpless.

"You~ are really..."

"Hahaha~"

David walked over to Alicia and said with a smile: "For these matters, you go back and contact the person in charge of the angel investment company, Ben Richter~"

"Let him establish this new company and find a qualified manager."

"As for the issue of the company's shareholding ratio, we will discuss it later~"

"Okay~" Alicia glanced at Pine behind David, nodded and smiled.

"Then you get busy first~"

"Should I leave these two samples and design drawings with you?"

"Yeah~ Leave it to me!"

"ok~"

"Here we go, boys!"

David smiled and opened his arms to Alicia: "Thank you! Thank you for your hard work~"

Alicia smiled and hugged him, shook her head and said with a smile: "This is what I should do~"

"Oh, right~"

"Professor Nash, what have you been busy with recently?"

"He~ has been holding those computer theory books all day long recently, wherever he goes, wherever he sees..."

"Hahaha~"

"Maybe after a while, he can give us a big surprise!"

"Maybe~hehe~"

. . .

Alicia Nash and the young people she brought are gone~

David took out a few more drawings from a folder on the table, handed them to Pine, and said with a smile.

"Originally I just prepared small gifts for Sony and Toshiba~"

"Now that people from Toyota are here...it just so happens that it can meet a suitable recipient~"

Pine raised his eyebrows, looked at the drawings in his hand, and asked, "Did you come up with all of them?"

"Ok!"

"Hehe~"

David winked at Pine and said with a smile: "When I was chatting with Kihara Nobunari, who is an island citizen, he said that island people attach great importance to courtesy exchanges between friends."

"So, I think they won't refuse my little gifts~"

Pine's eyes fell on the two "bumps" placed on the table after Alicia and others left.

"You...are these just gifts you want to give out?"

"That's right!"

"They are the same as those on your drawings..."

"Hahaha~"

"This is just a first-generation sample that was rushed out."

"Although they don't look very beautiful...but their functions are very reliable!"

"Shall I demonstrate it to you?"

"Um...forget it~"

Pine looked at Laura, who had transformed into a "curious baby", playing with the gift in David's mouth, and finally gave up the idea of ​​taking a closer look and asked.

"Do you need anything else from me?"

"Need not!"

"ok~"

"The party is scheduled for [-]pm at the Plaza Hotel!"

"Ok~"

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, Allston Auxiliary Police Office.

Ludy's eldest son Asti Sidric and his cousin Alto staggered into the office after finishing lunch.

Auston, who was sitting behind his desk and chatting with an auxiliary police officer, saw the two brothers walking in. He waved to them and asked with a smile.

"Coming back so soon?"

"Yes~"

Alto patted "little brother" Asti on the shoulder, indicating that he could leave. .

Afterwards, Alto walked to sit down opposite Auston and said.

"Rudi just wants Asti to show his face to David and gain some exposure~"

"We've met all the people we should see, and we're back."

"Are you... huh?"

Alto had a cigarette in his mouth. When he was about to light it, he caught a glimpse of the "familiar" auxiliary policeman next to him and asked in surprise.

"Who are you??"

"Oh~ His name is Sani, our auxiliary police officer~"

"what happened?"

"Sani!?"

(Sunny Wozke, or Sonny Wozke, from the movie Hot Afternoon, joins the Street Informant in Chapter 205. After causing a farce in a bank robbery, he is sentenced to just one year in prison. After three years of squatting, he was released~played by Al Pasnow.)

. . .

Alto had a cigarette in his mouth and a lighter in his hand. He looked up and down for a long time~

I couldn't help but think of Al Pacino, the actor who is about to star in the movie "The Godfather" and play the second male lead, Michael Corleone. .

And Sani, who felt a little scared when he saw him, smiled dryly and said.

"Hello~ I'm Sani Wozik!"

"Hmm~Wozik..."

"Do you have any brothers?"

"Uh... no~"

"Then how old are you this year?"

"...29!"

Alto blinked a few times, lit the cigarette in his mouth, exhaled a large cloud of smoke, and said.

"Sani Wozke..."

"I remember you!"

"Another day, I'll buy you a drink!"

"Oh~ okay!"

Alto nodded and asked Auston, "Do you have anything else to talk about?"

"No more~"

"Sani, shall we do this first?"

"ok~"

. . .

Sani Wozke, gone~

Auston, who had been watching just now, noticed Alto's strange behavior and asked him curiously.

"Sani looks familiar to you, right?"

"Yes~I...have seen this face~."

"Hahaha~"

"Then you must have watched his live TV broadcast..."

Alto blew out another puff of smoke, shrugged, and said with a smile: "Live broadcast?"

"I haven't seen it~"

"He just reminds me of... Giovanni and Lavis when they bumped into each other!"

"They~"

"Giovanni, I can always see it during this time~"

"Where's Lavis? What is he up to?"

"Hehe~"

Alto narrowed his eyes and smiled with big white teeth: "His blonde single mother girlfriend is like a juicer that can't live without men all day long..."

"Looking at that kid's face... I guess he won't be able to survive for long..."

"Hahaha~"

Auston couldn't help laughing as he recalled the blonde beauty he could always see across the street.

. . .

After the two laughed for a while.

Alto put out the cigarette butt in his hand and got down to business.

"Lady Bumgarner, who came to the bar to see Ludy last night, have you found out the details about him?"

"Ok!"

Auston took out a piece of information from the drawer at hand, threw it in front of Alto, and said.

"Rudy Bumgarner, a native of Compton County, Los Angeles, was arrested twice by the Los Angeles police for fighting, leaving a criminal record~"

"Compton?"

Alto looked at the handwritten material in front of him and raised his eyebrows: "That's all?"

"Yes~"

Auston spread his hands: "This is the only information he has recorded in the police~"

"However, I found a friend in Los Angeles and learned some information about him~"

"It is said that Lady Bumgarner was a smart boy who first joined the Crips."

"He participated in many Crip gang drug trading activities, and gradually came into contact with some drug lords' agents in Mexico and Colombia~"

"Last year, when he was participating in a drug deal, he was assassinated by another group from the Cripple Gang and people from the Blood Gang~"

"Lady Bumgarner stayed in the hospital for more than half a year before finally saving a small life."

"Until he recovered from his injuries and was discharged from the hospital, he disappeared from Los Angeles~"

"The Crip Gang..."

Alto frowned and thought for a moment before asking.

"Is this all information provided by your friend?"

"Is it reliable?"

"Haha ~ of course... no!"

Auston sat back in his chair, waved his hands and smiled.

"Before you came back, that guy Ludi had just left~"

"Although he keeps scolding Asti for not living up to expectations, but..."

Alto felt a little dumbfounded and raised his hand, waved to interrupt Alston and said, "Okay~ I understand!"

"Is there any more information about Lady Bumgarner?"

"No more~"

"What did he say, Ludy?"

"He said, let me send two smart guys to follow him from a distance for a few days~"

"After they finish discussing cooperation, we will see whether we should continue to follow him..."

Alto nodded silently, stood up, thought for a while, and said.

"Tonight, they made an appointment to meet at the Wildfire Bar."

"You tell your men to cheer up~"

"understand!"

. . .

Alto Sidric is gone~

Auston reached out from the table, took back the handwritten document, glanced at it casually, turned around and threw it into the trash can~

Lady Bumgarner!

What did he go through after he disappeared from Los Angeles and before he came to New York?

Perhaps no one in this world knows it except herself.

But~

After coming to New York, this kid was able to quickly get rid of the deadbeat bastard, Lie Ma Joey, and find Ludy in a short period of time. .

Auston thought of this, looked at the phone on his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed.

"Hello~ I'm Auston."

"Oh~Cohen! Didn't you clean the toilet?"

"Hahaha~ ok, ok! Sorry, sorry!"

"Where's Lawrence?"

"Well~ something happened!"

"Didn't Ludy contact you?"

"Um..Okay~"

"I just want to communicate with you in advance."

"Yes, they have an appointment at Wildfire Bar tonight."

"Okay, okay."

"Then let's see you tonight!"

"Hahaha~"

"I invite you! No problem~"

"ok~"

After putting down the phone, Auston sat back in his chair with a smile on his face.

He sighed in his heart: When you encounter trouble, it feels so cool to have strong support on call!

----

Manhattan.

Under the night sky, neon lights flash~

The Plaza Hotel is located at the northeast corner of 59th Street and Central Park.

As one of the landmark buildings in New York City, it is actually no longer just a hotel~

In the hearts of many New Yorkers, it has witnessed the development of New York, carried the changes in New York's history, and has become a symbol of New York.

. . .

It was near seven o'clock in the evening.

In front of the hotel.

David, who was wearing a suit and ties, got out of the car and ran to the other side to open the door for Lilith, his female companion tonight.

After a few minutes.

David stood at the door of the hotel, watching Lilith and Laura enter the hotel lobby, and waved to Odis Parker and Kihara Nobunari who were following them.

Kihara Nobunari, who was wearing a brand new suit and carrying two large briefcases in his hands, walked quickly and steadily to David, nodded and smiled.

"do you need..?"

"No~ You should follow Laura and the others in first."

"I'll wait at the door."

"Ok!"

. . .

Mr. Odis Parker watched Nobunari Kihara enter the hotel and smiled at David.

"I will find someone to send it to you as soon as possible about his information."

"Yeah~ don't be in a hurry!"

David glanced at the hotel door attendant not far away, raised his hand and patted Mr. Parker on the shoulder, and asked.

"You come with me and reappear in front of them."

"No matter how they react, we will all be considered... bound together~"

"Otis, are you ready?"

"It's not too late to regret it now!"

"I don't blame you either."

Mr. Otis Parker put away his smile and looked directly at David. His eyes quickly flashed through countless memories, scenes that were carved into the depths of his soul~

It was as if David's words made him relive the first half of his life again. .

"Hush~huh~"

Odis Parker took two deep breaths and tried to calm down his heart, which had not been fluctuating for a long time.

The last picture in his eyes was fixed at this moment, and it was fixed on David's young face~

The corner of his mouth showed a trademark smile again, and he said.

"I will never leave again~"

"Hmm~ You mean, leave New York?"

"Haha~ There are all of them!"

"Ok!"

David stretched out his right hand to him, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "As long as you can take your medicine on time, I quite like you."

"Hahaha~"

Mr. Parker held David's hand and smiled: "Dr. Coleman, your consultation fee should not be cheap, right?"

"Hahaha~"

"rest assured!"

"I promise, the medicine will cure the disease!"

"Hahaha~ I'll wait and see!"