Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Manhattan, 875 Fifth Avenue, 15th floor.

After dinner, everyone returned to the spacious living room.

However, David stayed in the restaurant and grabbed Toby Olga, and the two of them sat at the dining table again.

Toby Olga looked at David with a hint of curiosity in his eyes and asked.

"busy?"

"Yes~"

David smiled and glanced at everyone in the living room, Lu Wei thought for a while and said.

"Toby, one of the biggest gains from my trip to London...is you!"

"There are only two of us here!"

"Do you have any wishes?"

"Or do you want any help from me?"

After Toby Olga listened to David's "direct" question, he seemed to be stunned for a moment~

Seeing her dazed and cute look, David smiled and crossed his legs. After waiting for a few seconds, he smiled.

"I'm going to London next month. Can you be my guide again?"

"..OK!"

Toby clasped his hands together tightly, his eyes quickly became clear, and he nodded.

"no problem!"

"I...just want to get a job where I can get respect from you!"

"Work?"

"For me?"

"Yes!"

"..ok~"

David saw that Toby seemed to be a little shorter after hearing his affirmative answer, so he asked with a funny smile.

"that's it?"

"Yes!"

"Wow~ Your request... is beyond my imagination~"

Toby took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and said with a slightly bitter smile.

"I... am no longer the little girl who just graduated from school with a simple dream!"

"..I understand~Sorry!"

"..."

David put away his smile, stared into Maggie's clear eyes for a while, and said.

"You can stay with Zina first and learn from her rich experience in handling all aspects of interpersonal relationships~"

"Then, I'll give you two choices!"

"One, continue to stay in the United States, stay in New York~"

"Two, return to Europe and become the business development manager of our new company."

Toby blinked silently a few times to make sure David had finished speaking before asking.

"New company?"

"it is..?"

"Haha~ The new company has the same two choices~"

"One is an art trading company, and the other is a knowledge sharing platform."

"Art trading...I won't explain too much~"

"The so-called knowledge sharing platform is the new company development plan that Zina talked about with the three principals in the living room."

"Oh~"

Toby responded with some vague understanding and turned to look at Xina in the living room.

David smiled and shook his head slightly, stood up, extended his right hand to Toby, and said.

"You can think about it first, this matter is not urgent!"

"..OK!"

"Thank you! Boss~"

"It's my turn to thank you, Toby!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Toby Olga, left the restaurant.

Odis Parker, who had been silently paying attention to the two of David, appeared in front of David like a ghost.

David, who had just put down the juice cup in his hand, turned to look at Toby, who was sitting where Toby had just left. .Otis Parker asked with a strange expression.

"What's your habit?"

"Is there no sound when you walk?"

"Hehe~"

Mr. Parker shrugged, straightened the folds of his clothes, and motioned to David to sit down first.

David was stunned for a few seconds, sat down with his hands spread out, and asked Mr. Parker.

"What's the matter, man?"

"You...arranged this meeting tonight just to tell them about the real estate development project and what kind of platform plan?"

"Uh...yeah~"

"..Tsk~"

Mr. Parker felt speechless and pursed his lips. He took out a handkerchief from the inner pocket of his suit, placed it in front of David, opened it, and said.

"Look what they are!?"

David looked down at the several badges of different shapes wrapped in the handkerchief, raised his eyebrows, and said.

"This is... the school emblem?"

"That's right!"

Mr. Parker picked up a school badge, showed it in front of David, and whispered.

"Columbia University, the school emblem uses a blue shield shape as the background. The pattern on the shield is three crowns. Each crown has two symmetrical crosses. The arc-shaped symmetrical ribbon below the shield reads Latin The school motto means: With your light, I can see the light!"

"But look at the shield, there is a ruler dividing the three crowns."

"Plus, this extremely symmetrical ribbon below..."

Mr. Parker took out another badge from his pocket with his other hand, showed it in front of David, and whispered.

"The most representative symbol of Freemasonry is the compass and ruler in the emblem!"

"It's just that on the Masonic emblem, the compass is on top and the curved ruler is on the bottom."

"The Columbia University emblem has a square ruler on top and a ribbon similar to a compass on the bottom."

"Also, Columbia University was founded around 1754, which is when Freemasonry was established...decades earlier than that!"

"you..?"

David did not reach out to touch the two badges in front of him. He frowned, looked at Mr. Parker with a hint of doubt, and asked.

"You mean, there is a connection between Freemasonry and Columbia?"

"No!"

"I did not say anything!"

"Maybe they are just coincidences~"

"Feel sorry!"

"...Okay~"

David sat back, watched Mr. Parker put away his hands, and asked.

“What about Princeton and NYU?”

Mr. Parker put the two badges in his hand into the handkerchief, retracted the inner pocket of the suit, and shook his head.

“On the Princeton University emblem, there is a cup of an open book, and on the tree it is written in Latin: Old Testament and New Testament!”

"Old Testament vs. New Testament?"

"That's right!"

Mr. Parker glanced sideways in the direction of the living room and whispered.

"We can talk about those old things about the church another time~"

"However, I mention it... to tell you that the power of the church has always been around us!"

"...ok!" David raised his eyebrows unnaturally and signaled to Mr. Parker to continue. .

Mr. Parker continued without pausing.

"Regarding New York University, the information you can find now only shows that in view of the establishment of the University of London in 1828, Minister Gallatin further realized that New Yorkers should also have their own university."

"So, Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson, and a group of New Yorkers who loved education jointly established New York University."

“New York University’s first campus after its establishment was located in the center of Manhattan at that time.”

"This area used to be a private resort estate ~ and then it was changed into what it looks like now ~"

"Forehead.."

"so what?"

"Behind NYU...are... concerned citizens??"

"Hehe~"

Mr. Parker smiled playfully and said nothing~

David smacked his lips a few times, smiled bitterly as he felt a little "ridiculous", and asked.

"Ferry and Davis are just vice principals ~ they..."

Mr. Parker interrupted David with a bigger smile and said, "I can't tell you these things on my own initiative..."

"But you can ask!"

"You just have to ask..."

"No! I won't ask!"

David waved his hand crisply, frowned and shook his head: "Your interpretations that are heavily based on conspiracy theories... I'm not interested in knowing!"

"The knowledge sharing platform I want to create is mainly to provide a channel to increase income for tutors and professors who have income problems during the economic crisis~"

“I didn’t think about it that much at all~”

"...Okay~"

"But if you think so simply, some people may not be the same as you~"

"So what?"

"Suppress me? Frame me? Or just kill me?"

"No! The most likely method they will use is... to join forces to resist you!"

"resist??"

David shrugged indifferently and said with a smile: "As long as I can make enough money... boycott me?"

"Hehe~"

"How many textbook-sized gold bricks would it take to knock them all down?"

"100 yuan? 1000 yuan? Or ten thousand?"

"..." Mr. Parker frowned with a slightly gloomy expression.

David stood up with a smile, put his right hand on Mr. Parker's shoulder, and whispered.

"Dude, don't worry!"

"I'm not crazy! Nor am I arrogant to the point of being arrogant~"

"I'm just... too weak. They want to boycott me, so it's not a problem for me."

"On the contrary, it might be another great opportunity for me!"

"What do you think?"

Mr. Parker raised his head slightly and looked at the confident smile on David's face. After a while, he muttered.

"...what a hell!"

"Oh? I can hear you complain!? It's rare~"

"Hahaha~"

"..."

Mr. Parker couldn't help but laugh amidst David's laughter~

----

District of Columbia.

Washington Dulles International Airport.

The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State from 1953 to 1959, and is located approximately 43 kilometers west of downtown Washington.

. . .

Near midnight.

An incoming flight slowly landed at Dulles International Airport.

Two 10 minutes later.

A middle-aged man with glasses and a beer belly walked out of the airport lobby carrying a small bag.

Not far from the exit, a young man who had been waiting for a long time waved to him and shouted.

"Hey~Guster!"

A middle-aged man named Gust rubbed his red glasses with his hands, walked towards the young man, and complained.

"You're the only one who came here by yourself?"

"What about them?"

"Hehe~"

"Get in the car first, we'll talk about it on the way~"

"..."

Gust looked very unhappy and threw his bag in the back seat, and got into the car with the young man.

. . .

on the way.

In just a few words, the young man explained why the headquarters had to issue two orders to the second person in charge of the CIA branch in Greece, Gust Evra Coster, and shouted back very urgently. ~

Gust, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt particularly angry after hearing this and shouted: "Why did you call me back because of layoffs??"

"...Yes~"

"fxxx!"

"Whose idea was it?"

"Uh..." The young man grinned and said nothing.

After Gust stared at him sideways for a few seconds, he tilted his head back helplessly and sighed.

"Tell me~ How many people are going to be laid off this time?"

"That...I just heard about it, and no actual documents have been issued or..."

"Say!"

"Well...it is said that there are more than 2000 people!"

"How many!?"

The young man smacked his mouth a few times and whispered with a very embarrassed look on his face: "At least, 2000 people!"

Gust suddenly sat up straight and stared at the young man closely and asked.

"2000 people in the field?"

"..Yes!"

"What the hell...!!"

"Where is our Greek branch?"

"How many people are going to be laid off?"

"I don't know~"

"Then... what about the headquarters? How many people are going to be laid off?"

"About...about 1000 people~"

"..."

Gust's eyes widened, and after opening and closing his mouth a few times, he suddenly fell down on his seat like a deflated ball, and asked with a helpless smile.

"Is there any more bad news?"

"..have!"

"It is said that the reason for calling you back this time is that the superiors want you to draw up the layoff list for your respective branches."

"I...what the hell..."

Gust forcibly suppressed the curse words that came to his mouth, his body became softer, he completely leaned back on the seat, and asked in a low voice again.

"Any more?"

"Um...yes!"

"It is said... that this layoff plan is just the first..."

"...Is there any more?"

"..No more~"

"Whoo~"

Gust's whole body was exuding low pressure. He turned his head and stared out of the car window for a long time before exhaling and asked.

"Any good news?"

"..have!"

"It is said that after you come back this time, I won't send you out again~"

"what?"

Like a spring, Gust jumped up from his seat and cursed silently. .My mind started thinking quickly~

After a while.

After the car slowly turned an intersection, Gust asked again in a hoarse voice.

"Any more?"

"..have!"

"fxxx! Can't you finish it all at once?"

The young man licked his lips, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "The last good news!"

"You might be getting promoted!"

"After this layoff plan, the superiors may... send you to the Helsinki branch as the first person in charge."

"...Okay~"

"This is pretty good news~"

"Hehe~"

"We're here, you go back first... rest?"

"I need to take a rest!"

Gust casually took back his small bag from the back row, took out a bottle of red wine, threw it to the young man, and said.

“This is the best red wine in Greece!”

"I'm not even willing to drink it myself... I'm taking advantage of you~"

"Hahaha~ Thanks man!"

"Get out of here, you!"

"Ok~ Let's meet at the headquarters tomorrow!"

"..."

. . .

After half an hour.

Gust walked out of the bathroom, dried his hair with a towel, and walked to the phone by the window. After staring at it for a long time, he gritted his teeth and picked it up, pressing a series of numbers~

----

Manhattan.

midnight.

At the intersection of Second Avenue and 52nd Street.

A group of beautifully dressed girls walked out of the building with tired expressions, stood on the street and said goodbye to each other before going their separate ways~

Gia Calanchi, who just turned 18 this year and just moved to New York at the beginning of the year to work as a model, soon found her friend, agent and consultant, Maurice Tenebaugh, in a car across the street. Mu.

Sitting in the driver's seat, wearing a brown jacket and a pink open-collar shirt, Tenenbaum rolled down the window and smiled at Gia Calanzhi.

"It seems that you found a good job for Minnie Cook again?!"

"...Don't mention it~"

Karanji opened the passenger door, got into the car, slumped down in the seat, closed his eyes, and whispered.

"Let's go back~"

"ok~"

"By the way, when you were filming today, did someone ask you to try a new thing, cocaine?"

"...Yes~"

"Did you smoke it?"

"No~"

"I saw that after they sucked it, their whole bodies became... very strange~"

"I was a little scared~ so I didn't smoke..."

"Hahaha~"

Tenenbaum glanced sideways at Calanchi and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter ~ it's just a recreational tool that can improve your work efficiency and relieve stress and fatigue."

"As long as you don't take it for granted..."

"Oh~"

. . .

After a few minutes.

When Tenenbaum parked the car at an intersection and waited for the traffic light, he suddenly discovered that Kalangi had fallen asleep. .

"Hehe~"

Tenenbaum was helpless and felt a little distressed, so he took off his coat and covered Karanji's body.

Then, he gently smoothed a few strands of Karanji's hair around her ears with his hands. He looked at her beautiful, slightly childish face and felt the aura of indifference to everything that she exuded all the time. He smiled at the corner of his mouth.

After Gia Calanchi came to New York from Philadelphia, she set off a cool storm in the New York modeling world that had a dull atmosphere and a single aesthetic~