Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

After lunch time.

On 33rd Street in Manhattan, in a bar without any plaque.

Ludy of the Sidrich family was sitting next to a five-person table, playing cards and smiling at the people on the card table.

"We are all old friends. If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly~"

"Ok!"

"We all know that the Sidrich family has never been involved in the drug business~"

"But that black kid, Lady Bumgarner, is from California..."

"Wait man!"

Ludy waved his hand, picked up his cards from the table, and said with a smile: "No matter what business Rudy Bumgarner does, I don't care!"

"I made an appointment to come over and play cards with you today because we have been friends for many years."

"You have obtained most of the Manhattan land from our family. How to manage and manage it is your own choice~"

"If there is a conflict of interest between you, it has nothing to do with our Sidrich family!"

"..Understood!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Ludy’s poker game with a group of old friends ended~

Alto and Rosenlow, who were sitting at the bar and watched the whole process, walked to sit opposite Ludy together.

Alto asked curiously: "Why did you tell them...our plan?"

Lu Di looked back at the door and said with a smile: "It's business! Choosing customers is also one of the necessary business abilities for us to do business!"

"Where are the idiots who would push customers out the door?"

"Hehe~"

"Each one of these guys is worth hundreds of millions!"

"Their subordinates or families also have various legitimate businesses~"

"Let them introduce high-quality customers with credit to us, buy real estate, make credit loans and make investments. We bear all the risks, and they can also get a commission from us. Why not?"

Alto looked at the smiling Ludi, thought quickly in his mind for a moment, turned to look at Rosenlow, and asked.

"What is your opinion?"

Rosenlow had a straight face, picked up the cup with his hand, and said slowly: "If they are willing to cooperate with us for our new business~"

"I think the family can give up some risky businesses such as casinos and smuggling!"

"Give up!?" Alto frowned with doubt in his tone and looked at Ludy.

The smile on Lu Di’s face became even wider~

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one for himself, threw the pack on the table, and asked Alto.

"Have you read the "The Godfather" novel written by Mario Puzo?"

"Um... I looked at it a little bit..."

Ludy exhaled a cloud of smoke, and his eyes seemed to be shining in the blue smoke, which surprised both Alto.

"Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" has always been unwilling to let his family's business get involved with any drug dealers."

"You say, why is this?"

"..."

Both Aalto and Rosenthal looked at Ludi in silence, waiting for the answer he announced~

"Hehe~"

Lu Di changed his sitting posture, turned sideways to face the two of them, crossed his legs, and preached.

"When I was a child, World War II had just ended, and wartime control of food stamps, meat stamps, gas stamps, etc., on the New York market had not yet been fully deregulated."

"Our family has made another pot of gold in the docks and underground black market of Manhattan!"

"After that, the government gradually relaxed its control over the commodities on the market, and our underground commodity trading black market also lost business~"

"We changed careers and started running underground casinos and moneylending businesses!"

"There's nothing to say about the casino business ~ you all understand it."

"It has always been a business that is strictly controlled by the government and police, and there are often minor problems."

"However, its income is very high and very stable. As long as we have a good reputation and don't deceive others, it is a rare and good business."

"And what about the money lending business?"

"Hehe~"

"Some members of the family like to do smuggling, some like to collect protection fees, and some like to run casinos, or run entertainment hotels, etc.~"

"Since old Malkin took charge of the family many years ago, the family's internal lending business has always been his most important business and the one he has put the most effort into!"

"Over the years, I have done countless lending businesses with old Malkin, and I have also summed up some of my own experiences and lessons."

"But I have never thought about getting into the drug business!"

Lu Di put out the cigarette butt in his hand, supported the table next to him with his right hand, and asked with a smile.

"Have you ever heard of Frank Lucas who came up with the blue magic drug in Hamlin a few years ago?"

"...I've heard of it~" Alto recalled it for a moment and nodded.

"His incident caused the New York police to conduct a large-scale internal cleaning operation, and it was broadcast on TV for several months~"

"That's right!"

"Then do you know why after Frank Lucas was arrested, the FBI agent who arrested him was willing to defend him and reduce his sentence?"

"Uh... I don't know~"

"Hahahaha~"

"This guy is now a co-counsel at the George McCarran law firm, his name is Rich Roberts."

"If you have a chance in the future, you can talk to him and listen to what he has to say~"

"Okay!" Rosenluo's eyes widened slightly, he put down his wine glass, and secretly remembered the name in his heart.

. . .

After Lu Di laughed, he slowly put away his smile, put down his legs, sat upright, and whispered to the two of them.

"During Prohibition decades ago, selling alcohol was almost the same as selling drugs now - chaotic and hugely profitable!"

"However, at that time, we, a group of people who fled from Sicily, Italy, to New York, were willing to risk our lives in order to provide our families with a full meal and a warm winter!"

"But now?"

"How many people in our Sidrich family are willing to fight with their lives?"

"No more! Already, gone!"

Ludy put his arms on the table, leaned forward, stared into the eyes of Alto and Rosenlow, and said.

"Times have changed! We, Sidric, have also changed!"

“We no longer don’t have enough to eat, don’t have warm clothes, and we will be discriminated against wherever we go...even the Italians who are scorned~"

"We are Sidrich! The family in the underworld of Manhattan that no one dares to mess with!"

"but!"

"The family members who once fought hard for the family to achieve its current status and situation are all old~"

"Just like old Malkin and his cousins, maybe now they pick up the Chicago typewriter again... It's impossible for us young people to do these desperate things~"

Ludy pursed his lips, looked at Alto, and asked.

"Tom, who used to follow me, do you still remember him?"

(Tom, who appeared in Chapter 2, was based on Tommy in "Legend of Fallen Street". He was later found to have embezzled family funds and had a drug deal with Nicky Bain, and was executed.)

"Remember!"

Alto answered very simply~

Of course he would remember the guy who didn't repent before he died.

"Um.."

Ludy nodded slightly: "Tom took drugs without me knowing, and secretly..."

"You guys have to remember!"

"Don't touch anything that has anything to do with drugs!"

"Absolutely, don't touch it!"

"It is the same as alcohol during Prohibition. Maybe the current government has not strictly controlled it for the time being."

"Nowadays, almost every small organization on the street that can be called a gang knows how to sell drugs and make money."

"Let those who want to make quick money, just like us a few decades ago, will risk everything for the little profit in front of them..."

"But its harm is much more terrifying than alcohol!"

"This profiteering business of cannibalism has always attracted countless people to die..."

"And this is not about money! It's about you carrying a stain that can't be washed away for the rest of your life!"

"Understand?!"

Alto nodded slowly to express his understanding.

Rosenlow also nodded slightly, and suddenly asked: "Where's that Lady Bumgarner?"

"What do you want to do with him?"

"Hehe~"

Ludy leaned back with a smile and said, "He wants to do legitimate, legal business. Of course we can be partners."

"As for the shit behind his butt..."

"Oh~"

"I'm not God, why do I care so much?"

"..Haha~"

Alto patted Rosenlow on the shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry ~ I will find someone to keep an eye on him. If there is any problem, I will solve it!"

"...No need! I can do it myself~"

Lu Di looked at the two of them with a "pleased" expression, smiled, and said nothing.

If the new generation of young people in Sidric lose the courage to fight for their lives, they will be like beasts that have lost their fangs and claws, and will only be bullied~

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

After David got up from a nap, he felt much better.

Secretary Maggie was in the living room and saw David walking out of the bedroom, stood up and smiled.

"The boss, Mr. Bernard Madoff, is already waiting for you downstairs!"

"What... is he here for?"

"He didn't say~"

"Oh.."

David glanced into the kitchen and asked, "Where are Susan and Cui Yingying?"

"They said they wanted to go shopping and buy some things for Susan's mother and brother."

"..ok~"

"You call Mr. Madoff to come up~"

"Also... Xina, if you can find her, ask her to come here too."

"Ok!"

. . .

After half an hour.

Zina walked into the door in a hurry, her eyes swept over David and an unknown middle-aged man in the living room, and smiled.

"Do you have guests?"

"Then I'll come over later~"

"Need not!"

"Come on, come here and sit down first. We are all our own."

"Uh... ok."

Zina quickly walked over to David and sat down, nodding to Bernard Madoff and smiling.

"I'm Xina!"

"Hello, I'm Bernard Madoff."

"Hehe~"

David waited for the two to introduce themselves, waved his hands and said.

"Bernard, Zina is my companion at the party tonight."

"In the future, you two will have more contact with each other~"

"Okay!" Bernard Madoff looked at Zina again, trying to make the expression on his face more friendly.

Zina glanced at David curiously, smiled and nodded again to Mr. Madoff, and asked.

"Party tonight?"

"Yeah~ That guy Mag Ludwig has settled in the Upper East Side!"

"There will be one at his house tonight..."

"Oh?"

"Then there is already a mistress in his home, right? Do we want to prepare any gifts?"

"Hahaha~ No need!"

"If you are willing to accompany me there, it is the best gift you can give him!"

Zina blinked a few times quickly, not understanding what David meant.

David smiled and tugged on her coat and said.

"Relax, I can explain it to you slowly!"

"Uh. Okay!" Zina looked down at her coat, stood up with a smile, took it off, sat down next to David again, and said with a smile.

"You guys can talk first~ I'm not in a hurry!"

"Hehe~"

David looked at the colorful sweater and black dress she was wearing, reached out for her hand, held it in his palm, and turned to Bernard Madoff.

"You just said that Larry Ellison from Oracle contacted you? Have you met and talked?"

"He...does he have any good suggestions for your electronic stock trading system?"

Bernard Madoff smiled and nodded: "Larry and I talked a lot."

"They put forward very good and targeted suggestions for the electronic stock trading system."

"For example: How to solve the gap between traders and operators from the aspect of software design..."

. . .

After listening to Madoff's introduction, David lowered his head and gently played with Zina's fingers a few times and said.

"Well...as long as their ideas can be realized~"

"This trading system of yours can continue to be upgraded with the updating of computer hardware and the practicality of the software until it achieves the desired effect~"

"So... what about the time? Have you talked to them?"

"Yes!"

"They said it would be better to wait a little longer for the software!"

"Wait until next year when the internal components of the computer are fully upgraded again, with more efficient chips and..."

"it is good!"

David let out a long breath, tilted his head and looked at Madoff and said with a smile: "Wait until it can successfully enter the Nasdaq, replace the traditional stock telephone trading model, and become the latest and fastest trading system in the world. .”

"You are not too far away from the position of chairman of Nasdaq~"

"..."

Bernard Madoff said nothing, but smiled and nodded to David with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"Hehe~"

David seemed to get what he wanted to see from Mr. Madoff's eyes and smiled.

"Bernard, has anyone... ever mentioned anything about Freemasonry to you?"

Bernard Madoff was stunned for two seconds, then slowly shook his head and said: "I have heard of this name, but no one has mentioned its details to me."

"Ok!"

"Do you want to join?"

"Hey~ you want...?"

"That's right!"

David raised his eyebrows, nodded calmly, and smiled: "I personally have no intention of joining."

"But I don't want to know anything about its internal conditions~"

"So, you can be trusted, right?"

Mr. Madoff sat up straight, frowned slightly, nodded to David and said, "Yes!!"

"ok~"

"About your joining, follow up...Otis Parker will talk to you~"

"However, I have something I want to remind you first!"

David put away his smile, gently held Zina's four fingers with his hand, and said.

"I don't lie to others, and I don't want to be lied to!"

"Someone once said to me ~ Trust is a ruthless knife!"

"Some people, after getting it from me, will use it to protect me~"

"Some people, after getting it from me, will use it to hurt me..."

"Bernard, this is the last non-confidential conversation between us~"

“In the future, I hope we can become lifelong friends who can trust, rely on and rely on each other!”

Bernard Madoff, who had been waiting for this for a long time, gave his answer almost without any consideration and in a solemn tone.

"I see!"

"thank you for your trust!"

"I won't let you down!"

"Hahahaha~ok!"

David let go of Zina's hand, stood up and smiled at Mr. Madoff: "You can go to the party tonight too~"

"Let me introduce some friends to you!"

"..OK!"

Bernard Madoff, his eyes sparkled like never before~

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Bernard Madoff, gone.

David pulled Zina "rascally" and asked her to sit on the side of the largest sofa.

He smiled and used Zina's thigh as a pillow, lay on it, and said with a smile.

"Click your head for me~ I have a headache!"

"Okay~"

Zina smiled and moved her fingers a few times, looked at David with his eyes closed, and gently massaged his head with her hands.

Very quiet for a few minutes.

David suddenly said: "Are you willing to accept...the future I have arranged for you?"

Zina's hand moved for a moment, then pressed harder a few more times, and said with a smile: "What do you want to do again?"

"Um... I think it would be a waste of your abilities and connections to let you join the CAA agency~"

"I want to... open a new company and let you take care of it!"

"New company? I...I might..."

"It's okay! You don't have to have any burdens or worries~"

David opened his eyes, looked up at Zina's smiling face from between the two peaks, and said: "You are not alone, I will arrange helpers for you~"

"You just need to use all your social skills and run the company's main business well!"

"Oh?"

Zina lowered her head with curiosity and asked: "You want me to do...social PR?"

"more or less."

"I prefer to call it: a service-oriented professional knowledge sharing platform!"

"...I don't understand something~"

"Haha~ It doesn't matter if you don't understand!"

"Wait until tonight, I will help you explore the road first and listen to the principals' opinions on this sharing platform~"

"Oh.."

Zina seemed to feel a flash of inspiration in her head, and was caught by David's words.

She thought hard for a moment, frowned, and said tentatively.

"This... platform you are talking about?"

"It is for academic exchanges between universities..."

"That's right! But it's not just that simple~"

David grabbed Zina's hand, pinched her fingers, and explained to her: "This platform will cooperate with professors, experts, scholars, etc. from all over the United States... and even universities around the world to share knowledge. !”

"It will adhere to a compliant, legal, organized, auditable and transparent approach to help customers who want to receive guidance from industry experts to conduct limited knowledge sharing business!"

“So, the main business and products of the communication and sharing platform established by our company are: consulting, research, customized rational suggestions, organizing expert seminars, helping companies find or recommend professional talents, and helping companies formulate strategies. Development plans and so on.”

"And if customers have needs, we can also bring together the world's best industry experts to form the world's best consulting team to solve all difficult problems for customers!"

"..."

Zina looked down at the fingers that David had raised up one by one, and felt her breathing quicken.

"Do you want...to let me manage this company?"

"Yes~"

David raised his hand and pinched Zina's nose and smiled: "If everything goes well, Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University will be the first partners to join our platform."

"Um...but...will they agree?"

"Of course they will agree!"

David raised his eyebrows very confidently and explained: "Guy Luther, the president of Princeton University, talked to me~"

"He said that from our perspective, the professors in their universities have very glamorous jobs, but behind the scenes..."

"Many people, if they fail to get start-up funds from schools or government R&D projects, can only live on their school wages~"

"According to statistics from 1970 to the present, the number of university scientific research project funding approvals across the United States has been declining in a stepwise manner~"

"The skyrocketing prices are really unfriendly to these experts and professors who have no financial support for scientific research and no extra income."

"If they want their children to study in prestigious schools like themselves~"

"Where does the money come from?"

"salary?"

"Their wages may only allow their families to live a life without worries about food and clothing~"

"But what about the huge annual tuition fees at prestigious schools?"

"Student Loans?"

"Hehe~"

David laughed dryly and continued.

"Principal Guy Luther has nothing to do about the declining domestic economic environment..."

"I had no choice but to follow my advice and go to some places abroad to open preparatory classes for Princeton University freshmen to increase some income for the school."

"Do you think they will choose to cooperate with us?"

Zina finally understood everything this time~

She smiled and held David's hair with her hands, and whispered: "I'm afraid that I...can't do this well..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"and me!"

"You don't have to be afraid of anything!"

"You just have to be bold and do it! Get it done!"

"I believe you will succeed!"

"..All right!"

"Hahaha~"

----

Manhattan.

Park Avenue (Park Avenue) 49-50 Street, Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Akio Morita, chairman of Sony Corporation, who came from the island country, and Kazuo Iwama, president of Sony Corporation, walked out of the room and came to the elevator door on the 33rd floor of the hotel.

ten minutes later.

At the gate of the hotel, the two met Kagyichiro Yasuda who was waiting here.

Akio Morita, who had gray hair, was thin, and wore a pair of black square-rimmed glasses, asked Kaguichiro Yasuda with a smile.

"Are you all ready?"

"Yes!" Kagyichiro Yasuda, in a suit and leather suit, bowed slightly and responded.

"Then let's go there~"

"Hi!"

Yasuda Fengichiro turned around quickly, opened the door of the car, and asked Akio Morita and the others to get into the car.

After everyone got into the car.

President Kazuo Iwama asked with a smile to Kaguichiro Yasuda who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"I heard that you took the initiative to meet a young man?"

"Yes!"

"he is..?"

"You met him at the cocktail party that night!"

"His name is David Coleman!"

"Oh~ indeed... I have seen him~"

Akio Morita looked out the car window and continued: "Did you all talk about anything interesting?"

Yasuda Fengichiro turned half sideways and replied respectfully: "Yes, sensei!"

"He mentioned..."

"No~"

Akio Morita nodded with interest, thought for a while, and said, "Find a time and arrange for us to meet before we leave New York~"

"...Okay!" Kagyichiro Yasuda hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Huh? Do you have a question?"

"No! Teacher~"

"I just... think he's a little weird!"

"Hehe~"

"What's the reason why you feel strange?"

"He... I can't say it~ It's just a feeling."

"Then don't trust your feelings first!"

Akio Morita put away his smile, looked at his proud disciple seriously, and said.

"At any time, you must have a certain degree of confidence in your feelings!"

"But this kind of confidence must be based on you having very clear and accurate judgment, or having enough experience~"

"Kagyichiro, this is just the first time you've met~"

"Don't let your eyes and ears deceive yourself~"

“Listen more, see more, think more and speak less!”

“This will allow you to learn more things and experience from different people!”

"Okay, teacher! I understand!"

"Hmm~"

Yasuda Hoichiro, after waiting patiently for a few seconds, sat upright, stared ahead, and thought about the teacher's instructions.

----

Manhattan.

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

Secretary Maggie walked into the office, put down the small bag, and smiled at Toby Olga.

"Stop working now, go back and have a rest and change your clothes~"

"Tonight, the boss wants you to go to a party with us!"

"Ah~ Really? Where are you going?"

Toby Olga stood up from Secretary Maggie's seat and asked curiously.

"Haha~ If you go, you will know!"

"Um..Okay~"

"What time do we...?"

Maggie smiled and walked to her seat to sit down, picked up a pen and wrote an address and said.

"At six o'clock in the evening, you can come here~I will wait for you downstairs."

"The boss specifically told us that we can be casual and remember not to dress too grandly~"

David's smiling look suddenly flashed in front of Toby Olga's eyes, he nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, let's see you in the evening!?"

"Ok!"

PS:

Regarding this knowledge sharing platform, I did not just make it up based on my imagination. .

In 1998, the American GLG Group was established in Delaware and headquartered in New York.

GLG currently has operations in 12 countries and regions and has approximately 2300 employees.

In November 2021, GLG, a U.S. knowledge sharing platform, submitted a prospectus to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applying for an IPO listing on Nasdaq with the stock code "GLGX" and planning to raise US$11 million.