Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

new York.

Manhattan, 42nd Street, upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

David got up from the bed in a daze, rubbed his eyes and walked into the bathroom. After washing his cheeks with warm water a few times, he looked silently in the mirror for a while before he regained his composure. .

Last night, he had that strange dream again!

. . .

in the restaurant.

David lowered his head and ate his breakfast quietly.

Susan and Cui Yingying looked at each other silently, neither quite understanding why David was acting like this. .

"Did you... sleep well last night?"

"..ah!?"

"Ah ~ not bad!"

David was obviously sluggish for two seconds before he nodded to Susan and smiled.

"I'm fine~"

"only.."

"Oh~ It's okay!"

"I want to eat eggs!"

"Uh...hahaha~ no problem!"

"I've peeled it for you!"

. . .

Seeing that David seemed to have regained his familiar appearance, Susan and Cui Yingying both laughed happily.

Ten minutes later, breakfast was over.

Secretary Maggie and Kihara Nobunari, just like office workers, knocked on the door as promised.

"I'll open the door!" Susan shouted to David, who had just sat on the sofa, and trotted to the door.

Cui Yingying glanced at Susan, put down the plate in her hand, walked to David, and under his inquiring gaze, she knelt down and asked softly.

"You need me to help you..."

"Haha~ No need!"

David put down the newspaper in his hand, glanced at Maggie and the two who followed Susan in, and smiled at Cui Yingying.

"After Polly left yesterday, I was so groggy that I slept until this morning..."

"Maybe I slept too much~ My mind is still a little drowsy."

"Oh.."

"Then what do you want to eat for lunch?"

David brushed Cui Yingying's cheek with his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay! As long as it's made by you, I like it!"

"..good!"

Cui Yingying felt the warmth on her cheeks, stood up with slightly squinted eyes, gave Susan a "nothing" look, then turned and left~

After Susan received the "signal", a smile hung on her lips, and she said with a somewhat amused tone.

"When Polly comes back, I must..."

"Hahaha~"

David interrupted Susan's voice with laughter, waved his hand and said.

"Then let's wait until she comes back!"

"Um...Maggie?!"

"Is there anything you need me to do today?"

"Yes, boss!"

Secretary Maggie, who had been lowering her head after coming in and studying why her shoes were dirty, showed a sweet smile and said.

"The last person we contacted, Mr. Warren Buffett, called yesterday."

"He said that he was about to end his vacation trip and return to Omaha~"

"If you would like to meet and chat with him, you are welcome to come to his company in Omaha."

David raised his hand, motioning Maggie and Kihara Nobunari to sit down first, and thought for a while before speaking.

"Go to Omaha... or forget it~"

"You go back to the company later and tell Sam and Mu Brandes to come to my place when you're done. I have something to discuss with them~"

"Ok!"

Maggie sat down, took out her notebook, wrote a few words, and continued.

"Mr. Gayden Milken, I came to the company to see you yesterday."

"He said that he hopes to ask you to talk to Stanley's CEO, Mr. Nelent Ramon, about business cooperation."

"Business Cooperation?"

"He...has a goal?"

"Yes!"

"He said he found a paper company that was being targeted by emerging environmental groups."

"Um.."

David glanced sideways at Susan, who had brought coffee to several people, nodded to her, took the coffee cup from her hand, and said.

"Gaden and I went together to see Nellent Ramon."

"In this matter, let him go directly to Nylent's office to make an appointment. I will not be involved."

"Official matters must be carried out step by step according to the procedures agreed upon by everyone~"

"As long as it's a win-win cooperation, that guy Nylent will definitely not refuse."

"Ok!"

(Gayden Milken, who appears in Chapter 357, is from the movie "Wall Street". The real prototype is the Wall Street junk bond king Michael Milken ~ played by the famous Hollywood actor Michael Douglas.)

(It is said that one of my favorite actresses when I was young, the British actress Catherine Zeta Jones, was defeated by Michael Douglas, who was 25 years older than her, with a joke...)

(Thinking about it now, I still feel a bit sad~)

(Well... everything is empty, like the bubbles of a dream ~ color is emptiness, emptiness is color!)

. . .

in the living room.

Maggie lowered her head and wrote a few words in the notebook, and then said.

"Mr. Mikhail Friedliman called yesterday and wanted to meet you again to talk about investment."

"Oh...him!"

David took a sip of coffee and thought quietly for a moment before speaking.

"Let him go first! Contact Bernard Madoff first and come to my house for lunch or dinner~"

"Ok!"

After Maggie quickly finished recording, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly and she smiled.

"Also, Bloomer and Giles came to the company to look for you. After learning that you were resting at home, let me tell you..."

"stop!"

David curled his lips, rolled his eyes, and sneered: "You don't have to say it, I know that there will definitely be nothing good to say in their mouths~"

"..Haha~"

"Blumer asked me to tell you that his butler Peart has helped you find a very good butler candidate."

"Oh?"

"Butler..."

David scratched his forehead with his hand, looked at the two busy figures in the kitchen, and shouted loudly.

"Susan!"

"Honey, can you come here?"

"Coming~"

Susan asked while wiping her hands on her apron and walking quickly to David with curiosity on her face.

"what happened?"

"Last time I went to Buenos Aires, California, and was a guest at Rumer's house, and I talked about it with his butler Peart... I also want to have an excellent butler~"

"Do you think we need it?"

"housekeeper?"

Susan was pulled by David to sit down, with "what?" written all over her face. .

"Tsk~ Oh, what should I tell you?"

"That...Cui Yingying!" David pulled his neck again and shouted in the direction of the kitchen.

"You should know the butler, right?"

Cui Yingying stuck her head out, nodded in surprise, and smiled.

"I know~ What's wrong?"

"I would like...to hire a housekeeper to help with daily affairs in our home. What do you think?"

"Forehead.."

Cui Yingying blinked a few times and replied almost without thinking: "Okay~ You decide!"

"..ok!"

"Susan, with Mr. Butler's help, we can save a lot of trouble in daily chores~"

"You also have more time to do the things you love."

"What do you think?"

Susan turned her head with a confused expression, glanced at Maggie and Kihara Nobunari, shrugged, and asked with a smile.

"Then after we have a housekeeper, someone will do housework for us at home?"

"Well... that's right~"

"That's good~"

"I'm OK!"

"Ok!"

David hugged the smiling Susan, kissed her on the cheek, and said with a smile.

"It's okay~ Go and do your work!"

"Oh~"

Susan playfully flicked David's forehead with her finger, got up with a smile and ran towards the kitchen.

David touched his forehead with his hand and said to Maggie with a smile.

"Call Mr. Peart and ask the person he introduced to come directly~"

"Ok!"

Maggie asked, smiling as she put away her notebook and stood up.

"You have other things you need me for..."

"No more~"

"Ok!"

. . .

Maggie, the secretary, is gone.

David turned to look at Nobunari Kihara and said with a smile: "Let's go to the study with me."

"I'll introduce you to some books ~ they will be very helpful to you!"

"Ok!"

Kihara Nobunari put his briefcase aside and followed David into the study.

----

The Queen.

Kennedy International Airport.

Cohen from the da security company, wearing a crisp suit and leading several strong men in similar suits and ties, stood at the boarding gate, chatting happily while waiting for Polly. .

not far away.

Polly Sidrich, who was dressed simply and plainly, took out a pair of brown sunglasses from her bag and gave instructions to her "little brother" Aalto.

"I call home after about 8:[-] every night."

"If something happens at the company, you can come to my house at night..."

"Okay~ okay!"

Alto suppressed his laughter and waved his hands pretending to be impatient: "You've said it several times!"

"You don't have to worry about your family, your company, or David's side..."

"With us!"

"Hehe~"

Polly put on her sunglasses, glanced sideways at a middle-aged man in the distance, laughed twice, and whispered.

"Are you impatient now?"

"Then go away!"

"Hey~ okay!"

"Have a nice trip...ha!"

"..."

Polly raised her head with a dull expression, then turned and walked towards the middle-aged man.

Griselda Blanco, the Miami drug lord, and Field, the agent in New York, smiled and nodded when she saw Polly walking over.

"I've made arrangements with someone in Miami~"

"You...are you going to meet Ms. Blanco this time?"

Polly, with almost half of her face hidden behind sunglasses, put on her lambskin gloves calmly.

"Is she in Miami?"

"Uh...not here!"

"Well...I'll be in Miami for about two days."

"...ok! I'll make arrangements!"

"Ms. Blanco will be very happy that you can..."

"You save it!"

Polly shook hands with her gloved hands and waved to Field.

"Tell her not to contact me after eight o'clock in the evening~"

"..OK!"

"Ok!"

Polly turned around coolly and left~

Field still stood there with a smile on his face, watching the group of big men in suits follow Polly into the registration and ticket checking channel~

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

top layer.

David put down the skipping rope in his hand and smiled at Sam and Mu Brandes who came over.

"Sorry, guys! I've troubled you to come here again."

"Haha~Boss!"

"Do we still need to be so polite between us?"

"Hahaha~"

"Please take a seat, gentlemen!"

. . .

After the three of them sat down on the chairs by the wall, David said directly.

"Sam, do you remember that long-term holding list I gave you last time?"

"Of course! I have it with me."

With that said, Sam took out a list that David had given him before from his briefcase.

David took the list, looked at it, and smiled.

“Some of the companies listed above do not indicate the level of priority purchase~”

"Well, please remember it."

"Ok!"

"Well... the highest priority companies are Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, McDonald's, Walmart, Philip Morris, Texas Instruments, General Electric and Sony."

"The next highest priority companies are Harley-Davidson, Tyson Foods, Campbell Soup, Heinz, Disney, Hasbro, California Gap and Neway Brands."

"For high-priority company stocks, you have people buy them in the market before Christmas, and try to control the position within 4%-5%."

"For stocks at the next level, you can slow down your buying speed until about 5% and then stop."

"Ok!"

Sam quickly wrote down all these companies, his eyes flashing with thought. He endured it again and again, but finally did not ask any questions ~

David saw the hesitant look on his face and didn't care. He turned to look at Mu Brandes with a smile and asked.

"Have you ever met Warren Buffett?"

"No~ I just heard about him."

"Then... how about you help me go to Omaha to meet him?"

"Of course! I'm willing to help~"

Mu Brandes nodded crisply, looked at David, and waited for his explanation later.

David scratched his head with his hand, thought for a while, and asked again.

"What is the price of Berkshire Hathaway stock now? Do you know?"

"Yes! I just saw the company's quotation the day before yesterday. Its price per share is about 150 yuan, and the company's overall valuation is about 8900 million yuan."

"150?"

"Ok!"

"Go to Omaha, meet Buffett, and tell him that I want to buy shares of Berkshire Hathaway and hold them for the long term!"

"Ok!"

"What's the specific ratio...?"

"At least 10%, the more the better!"

"We can acquire these stocks at a premium of 15% to 20% according to the market price."

"Understood!"

“Look, I’m leaving for Omaha tomorrow?”

"Yes~"

David shrugged and said with a smile: "I heard that Buffett likes gifts from friends very much~"

"I've prepared it for him~ When you go to Omaha, help me take him there."

Mu Brandes smiled and joked: "Not only does he like it, I also like it!"

"Hahaha~"

After the three of them laughed.

David stood up and shook hands with Mu Brandes and said: "Tell him for me that I will be waiting for him to come and visit in New York at any time!"

"We can talk about buying stocks~"

"Making friends with him is what matters most to me!"

"Ok!"

Mu Brandes smiled and nodded, followed David downstairs, took a gift for Buffett, and left with Sam~

----

Manhattan, 66th Street.

Harold Stone, the head of the FBI's New York headquarters, put down the microphone with a smile, stood up cheerfully, walked to the door, and shouted.

"Torres!"

(Torres Bradman, who appeared in Chapter 297, was a student of Paul Aikman, the FBI’s first microexpression expert, and came to New York to work with Harold Stone.)

. . .

"I'm here, boss!"

Torres Bradman, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, jumped up from his desk and trotted in response.

Harold Stone looked at him with a "stupid" look, and said in a low voice with a straight face.

"Do you have any money in your wallet?"

"Uh... I brought some."

"how many?"

Torres blinked a few times, quickly took out his wallet and counted it, and replied with some embarrassment: "39 dollars."

"..."

Harold Stone rolled his eyes speechlessly, pulled him into the office, took out a bunch of door keys from his drawer, threw them to Torres, and said.

"This is the key to the apartment I rented before marriage. That damn landlord is unwilling to refund my rent..."

"Now, it's cheaper for you!"

"..Wow~Okay!"

"Thanks, boss!"

"Hehe~"

Harold Stone waved to Torres with a "kind" smile, asked him to sit down, and said.

"I have been performing a secret mission alone for the past few days~"

"Today, the headquarters informed me that I don't need to complete it by myself."

"So from today on, you are my secret mission assistant!"

Torres suddenly felt something "bad" and scratched his head, and asked tentatively: "The mission you mentioned is the one that kept you away from home for many days in a row...that mission?"

"Yes~"

"Then...if you give me the key to the apartment...I won't be able to use it!"

"Hehe~"

Harold Stone sat on the corner of his desk with a smile, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"you are not willing?"

"I...of course I am willing!"

As a full-time, qualified migrant worker, young Torres, what can he say when faced with the "deadly questioning" from his immediate boss?

"it is good!"

Harold Stone turned around again and took out an envelope from the drawer, threw it in front of Torres, and said with a smile.

"Here is a half-month mission subsidy for you based on the standard of 100 knives per day."

"After half a month, you should have just spent all of them~ Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Torres quickly put away the envelope, stood up with a smile and said with a smile: "Boss! Tell me, what should I do?"

"Hmm~"

"Here is some information, you will know after reading it~"

"Ok!"

. . .

ten minutes later.

Torres returned to his seat with a smile on his face, took out the envelope from his pocket, and counted it carefully. .

Fifteen Franklins, 1500 dollars!

Can you still make a small fortune if your boss assigns you a task? !

"Hehe~"

Torres took out the apartment key again and looked at it.

Harold Stone just said that he paid half a year's rent at one time, but got married before he had lived there for three months. .

In the remaining three months, Torres will no longer have to share an apartment with his classmates~

perfect!

Torres secretly chuckled for a while, then carefully put them all into the envelope and put them into the inner pocket of his coat.

As for that secret mission~

Torres quickly recalled the information he had just read, rubbed his cheeks with his hands, gritted his teeth, and muttered a few words in a low voice.

"Half a month! Only half a month!"

"Be patient and it will pass~"

"..."

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

afternoon.

David happily took a hot bath, walked back to the living room, and chatted with Kihara Nobunari.

At the door, there was a knock on the door.

Cui Yingying, who was busy in the kitchen, quickly walked to the door, opened the door, and saw a tall, handsome, well-dressed middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man nodded to Cui Yingying impeccably and asked with a smile.

"Good afternoon, beautiful lady!"

"Excuse me, this is Mr. Coleman's..."

"Yes!"

"Yingying, let him come in~"

"Oh~"

Cui Yingying made way for the middle-aged man to come in.

David walked out of the living room with a smile and asked the middle-aged man.

"You were introduced here by Peart...?"

"Yes, Mr. Coleman!"

"I am Acklade Parkinson, one of Mr. Peart's pupils."

"Oh?"

David invited Mr. Parkinson with great interest, sat down in the living room, and asked him.

"How long have you and Peart known each other?"

"Almost 20 years!"

"When I was studying to be a qualified housekeeper in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Mr. Peart was one of my first mentors."

"study?"

"Is there a professional training school for the housekeeper profession?"

"Yes!"

David smiled more interestingly, made a gesture of invitation, and asked.

"Can you introduce yourself to me?"

"Of course!"

Aclade Parkinson, who sat with impeccable posture, spoke in fluent British English.

"My father is Swedish and my mother is Italian. They lived in Marseille, France for nearly ten years after they got married."

“When I was about ten years old, I was already fluent in French, Swedish and Italian.”

"After I graduated from high school at the age of 18, I went to Amsterdam and entered the Butler Academy to study."

“After graduation, I continued to work and study at the Steward College for five years.”

“I then moved to Paris, France, where I served my last employer for over nine years.”

"Last spring, he passed away due to illness~I just remembered that I should give myself a long vacation~"

"So, I took my family to live in Kenya, Africa, for more than half a year, and then went to Cairns, Australia, for more than half a year."

"It wasn't until last month that my family wanted to settle in the United States, so I came to the United States with my family~"

"Oh~"

David tilted his head, did some mental calculation and asked, "So, you are 36 years old this year?"

"Yes!"

"Wow~ You don't look like that!"

"Thank you!" Acklade Parkinson smiled modestly and nodded to express his gratitude ~

David glanced at Susan and Cui Yingying who poked their heads out of the kitchen and waved to them.

"You all come here and get to know each other!"

"...Oh~"

Susan and Cui Yingying were wearing the same aprons and sat on either side of David, looking at Ackleide with curiosity in their eyes.

David opened his arms, hugged Ackleide and smiled.

"They are Susan and Cui Yingying, the mistresses here!"

"Hello, ladies!"

"Haha~ Don't be so formal and polite at home~"

David turned his head and glanced at Nobunari Kihara, smiling.

"You just said that your family members have come to the United States?"

"Yes!"

"Where are they?"

"I bought a retirement home for my parents and sister in a small town near the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming."

"My family just moved here a few days ago~"

"Oh~"

"Then are you married?"

"Married, divorced ~ no children!"

"then you.."

David drew several circles in the air with his hand and gestured.

Aclade nodded in understanding and said with a smile: "Before, when I took my family on a trip, I overestimated my savings..."

"So, I have no plans to remarry yet."

"Hahaha~"

David, Susan, and Cui Yingying all laughed.

"Ok!"

"I'm okay, Ackleide!"

"Susan, please arrange a room for him downstairs later and stay there first~"

"The specific work... let's get to know each other for a while and then talk about it, what do you think? Ackleide?"

"Ok!"

Acklade smiled and nodded slightly, stood up and said to Susan.

"Please allow me to wait for you outside the door first!"

"Uh... ok!"

. . .

Watching Ackleide walk out of the door, Susan looked at David with a strange expression on her face and asked.

"He's here... Do we have to talk like him at home from now on?"

"Could it be that you... like his tone of voice?!"

"I can let him teach you~"

"No! I don't want it!"

"Hahaha~"