Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

evening.

Manhattan, 42nd Street, upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

David stood at the door and saw off Bernard Madoff who had rushed over to "report work" to him.

"This guy.."

"Hehe~"

"Hmm...what's wrong?"

"Nothing~"

David closed the door and asked Susan with a smile as she poked her head out of the kitchen.

"Why haven't I seen Aclade this afternoon? Has he gone out?"

"Yes~"

Susan wiped her hands with her apron, pulled David to sit down at the dining table with a mysterious look on her face, and whispered: "Do you remember the Professor Cox that Zina introduced to me two days ago?"

"Uh...ah~ remember!"

"She likes Acklade!"

"..."

David grinned with a wonderful expression on his face and put his hand on Susan's head: "Where did you hear this gossip?"

"How many days has Aclade been here?"

"He and Professor Gila Cox have only met two or three times in total, right?"

"How is it possible...?"

Susan's face showed a look of "Sure enough," she turned to the kitchen and shouted: "Yingying!"

"Look! I guessed it right again!"

"He really doesn't understand... what love at first sight is!"

"...Why don't I understand? I understand everything!"

"Hahaha~" Susan laughed at Cui Yingying who leaned out of the kitchen.

"Look~ He, this idiot, is acting stupid again!"

"Haha~" Cui Yingying winked at David with a bright smile and said.

"When you were recording songs upstairs that afternoon, Susan, Ruby, and I all saw that Professor Cox had been secretly observing Ackleide~"

"The three of us onlookers can see it. Of course Acklade can feel it too~"

"...So, the two of them went out on a date?"

"Yup!"

Susan nodded with a "naturally" look on her face and said with a smile: "Today is the weekend. Acklade has only been in New York for a short time, so he needs a guide to take him around~"

"Do you think there is a better candidate than Professor Gila Cox?"

"Forehead.."

David raised his hand and scratched his head, and the image of Acklade and Gila Cox walking side by side on the street came to mind. .

Cui Yingying leaned out of the kitchen again and smiled at David: "Lilith said that she had an appointment with a vice president of New York University for dinner tonight and she won't come to eat~"

"Oh well!"

"I'm here to help you too~ Just tell me about... Ackleide and the others..."

"Hahaha~ OK!"

David took Susan's little hand, and the two walked into the kitchen, gossiping with Cui Yingying together. .

----

Manhattan, downtown.

Far Pocchivino from the Auxiliary Police Office opened the door with a key and found that the kitchen light was on, with a smile on his lips.

ten minutes later.

Far Pocchivino sat at the dining table and smiled at Chasida, the girl in an apron who served him delicious dinner.

"Did you go out and buy all these dishes yourself?"

"Ok!"

Chasida, who looked very refreshing with a ponytail, sat across from Farr and said with a smile: "Hurry up and try it~"

"it is good!"

Farr smiled, picked up the tableware, tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Excellent!"

"Who did you learn your cooking skills from?"

"My mother~"

"Oh.."

"Is your mother French?"

"Ok!"

"Then you must know a lot of French home cooking, right?"

The smile on Chasida's lips froze for a few seconds, she shook her head slightly and said, "I went out and bought some newspapers today, and there were some job advertisements on them..."

Far's hand holding the tableware paused for a moment, then he looked up and looked directly into Chasida's eyes: "I've got your temporary residence permit back."

"However...many of the job advertisements in newspapers are not suitable for you!"

"why?"

"..."

Fall chewed the food in his mouth clean, swallowed it, and said: "You have no work experience, no academic certificate, and no long-term residency."

"The temporary residence permit I got for you is only valid for half a year..."

"So, in your current situation, there are only a few worst options when you go out to find a job..."

Chasida stretched out her right hand and pressed it on Far's left hand, smiling with a calm look.

"Thank you!"

"But I need a job!"

"..."

"Whoo~"

Farr looked down at his left hand, sighed and said, "You are only a little better than those stowaways and illegal workers without any identification documents."

"I... I'll go find some friends later and see if they can..."

"Ok!"

"Let's eat first!"

"..OK!"

Farr looked at the sweet smile exuding youthfulness on Chasida's face, pursed his lips, picked up the tableware again, and suddenly felt some uneasiness in his heart. .

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

After dinner, David found a book from the study, sat on the sofa in the living room, and read leisurely.

"Clang clang clang~"

There was a crisp knock on the door, making David look at the door in surprise.

He put down the book in his hand, walked to the door, opened it, and said with a smile, "Why are you two here together?"

Odis Parker and Mag Ludwig looked at each other with a smile, stretched out their right hands and said: "Bring it here~ I win!"

"..."

Mag took out his wallet from the inside pocket of his coat, took out a ten-meter note and handed it to Otis.

"Uh... Hey! What are you two betting on me?"

"Hahaha~"

"Won't you invite us in?"

"...Want to come in? Yes!"

"Take out ten yuan!"

"Hahaha~" Mag Ludwig gloated and took half a step back and laughed.

Otis Parker blinked in surprise, looked down at the ten-meter yuan in his hand, and said with a pretentious sigh: "So the money I won was all prepared for you...?"

"Hahaha~ Bring it to you!"

David reached out and grabbed the ten-meter dollar, waved it towards the two of them, and said with a smile: "Come in! What are you doing standing still?"

"..Hahaha~"

. . .

in the living room.

After Mag and Otis sat down, David brought two glasses of juice from the kitchen, placed them in front of them, and asked with a smile.

"Tell me~ Why did you come to see me?"

Mag glanced at Odis Parker, raised his hand to signal, and spoke to David first.

"Astaire K. Wood, do you remember?"

"Remember~ The two of us, Wood, and Kagyichiro Yasuda who came from the island country had lunch together~"

"Haha~ That's right!"

"He wants to invite Janet to join the campaign team as a consultant."

"Oh.."

David spread his hands on the sofa, crossed his legs, raised his head, thought for a while, and asked, "Have you discussed it with Janet?"

"Yes! We all think this is a very good opportunity~"

Magreed adjusted his sitting posture and explained: "Wood and Phil J. Crane are the two most competitive people in the Elephant Party."

"Wood, you have already met and talked~"

"He has served as the governor of California for eight years. He has a very good image in front of the public, has achieved certain political achievements, and has also accumulated a wide range of network resources~"

"Phil J. Crane has gained a lot of support within the Elephant Party in recent years."

"He is in Chicago and has very strong connections to support him~"

"But when it comes to reputation and political achievements... there is nothing commendable~"

"So, I wanted Janet to accept Wood's invitation to join his campaign."

"I will be her back-up and backup~"

"If Crane successfully defeats Wood within the Elephant Party and gets the nomination... I can come out from behind Janet and stand on Crane's side."

"Um.."

David tapped his fingers lightly on the leather surface of the sofa, turned his head to look at Otis Parker, and asked Mag.

"Wait until Crane wins the intra-party race and you stand with him... will it be too late?"

"Hehe~"

"It's not too late!"

Mager smiled very confidently and said: "Even if Crane wins the party election, he is only qualified to run for president."

"When Wood and I went to visit Mr. Nixon, he once said: Before everything is settled, anything may happen~"

"...Okay~"

"He is indeed qualified to say this!" David tilted his head and said this, which made both Mag and Otis laugh.

Mager leaned back and said with a smile: "Later, I contacted Mr. Nixon again~ He commented on Wood on the phone."

"He said that if Wood can win the election within the party, the throne of the President of the United States will almost be prepared for him~"

"Oh?"

"Did Nixon think so highly of him?"

"Yes!"

"Mr. Nixon said that Wood's image, temperament, conversation and political capital can win him the public's love on television~"

"On the other hand, our current President Warren White...he is simply unlucky!"

"Hahaha~"

David slapped the sofa with his hands a few times, pointed at Mag and smiled: "You know what? I think... he hasn't reached the most unlucky moment yet!"

"Oh? Haha~"

Mag laughed twice after David, and asked with curiosity in his eyes: "Have you received any new news?"

"No~I don't have any new news~"

"only.."

David turned his head and glanced at Otis Parker, saw him shaking his head with a smile, pondering for a few seconds, and said to Mag.

"At the latest...next month!"

"The situation in Iran will undergo huge changes~"

"By then, Iran's oil exports... will also be greatly affected!"

"...Next month? So soon?"

Mag frowned, and after muttering a few words, he immediately reacted and asked David.

"You mean... Iran will stop oil exports..."

"Will the countries in the Middle East take this opportunity to cause another oil crisis?!"

"Yes~"

"Where did you get this news?"

"Um...I guessed it!"

"..Guess?"

"Hush~huh~"

Mag stared at David with a very wonderful expression for a while, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and stopped talking.

Seeing his appearance, David shrugged innocently, spread his hands and said, "I remember... I think I told you about the oil crisis, right?"

"..you have not!"

"Didn't I say it?"

"Um.."

"Okay~ Sorry, man!"

"Maybe I forgot ~ I'm really sorry!"

"..."

David felt his face was slightly warm, raised his hand and scratched his head, and asked Otis Parker.

"What about you? Did you come to see me with something?"

"Of course!"

Odis Parker glanced at Mag Ludwig and raised his eyebrows at David. .

"Uh... tell me~"

"Mag is not an outsider~"

"ok~"

"You are the boss, you have the final say! Haha~"

Otis Parker shrugged and said, fearing that the world would be in chaos.

"Bernard Madoff called me and told me about your arrangements."

"I will arrange for someone to transfer the money sent by Karu into the account of the fund company under Madoff's name in batches today."

"Oh~ I know about this."

"Any more?"

"Also, Karu sent another sum of money two days ago~"

"Added these two times together, after all bleaching, the total amount has exceeded [-] million yuan!"

“Three hundred million!!??”

David's eyes widened in shock and asked: "Where did he get so much money??"

"Did he rob a bank? Or kill a drug dealer?"

"...He didn't say anything, and I didn't ask~"

"do not you know?"

Otis Parker spread his hands and smiled innocently: "You didn't tell me that I sent someone to keep an eye on him. Of course I didn't know~"

"Forehead.."

David pinched his cheek hard several times and felt a lot of pain. .Then he patted his forehead and whispered.

"You...try to contact Karu later and ask him to come find me when it's convenient~"

"Ok!"

Odis Parker responded, saw the confused look from Mag Ludweis, and smiled.

"Boss, do you need me to explain it to Mag?"

"..Um!"

"ok~"

Otis Parker smiled and explained to Mager with a relaxed and happy expression: "In 1968, it was still the era when Director Hoover controlled the FBI~"

"He secretly selected a group of young people within the FBI..."

. . .

ten minutes later.

in the living room.

Mag Ludwig rubbed his cheek fiercely with his right hand and asked David: "This Karu, you still have the criminal evidence of Sinney, the former gang leader in the Bronx?"

"..Um!"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Kill him?"

"fxxx!"

"Why should I kill him?"

"He... sent you [-] million yuan!"

"If you don't kill him...what will you do if you keep him??"

David looked at Mag Ludwig with some confusion, frowned and asked, "He was originally a good man! He was an FBI agent!"

"I know~"

"But he's not that anymore...right?"

"No one can give him proof, and no one wants to believe his identity."

Mag rested his elbows on his knees, leaned forward, stared into David's eyes, and whispered: "I know the hesitation and struggle in your heart~"

"That's three hundred million! David!"

"In Baltimore, some people are willing to kill people just for a mere $30!"

"Three hundred million!"

"You...what are you still hesitating about?"

David stared at Mag blankly, opened his mouth and exhaled a long breath, saying: "I have never hesitated~"

"I admit!"

"Three hundred million yuan... is a huge amount of money that can kill me~"

"In my current bank account, if all the foreign debts are paid off, I will just be a loser."

"But I am not a holy lady with overflowing love, nor am I a devil with blood dripping from his mouth~"

"What can be done and what cannot be done..."

"I always have a bottom line in my heart!"

"Kalu, in my opinion, is a good man!"

"I don't want his money! I won't have any bad thoughts~"

"Mag, do you understand?"

"...Are you sure??!" Mag asked as if he was still unwilling to give up.

"Yeah!" David nodded firmly.

"Oh~huh~"

Mag looked at David's calm eyes, a smile slowly appeared on his lips, shook his head and sighed.

"Before Otis came to find me, I was just a bastard and a pathetic person who almost died on a winter night~"

"Three hundred million... Karu?!"

“Isn’t this his real name??”

"All you need is a simple plan to put this huge sum of money in your wallet."

"But you just don't want to do this..."

"Hehe~"

"do you know?"

"My dad once said two things to me that I still remember!"

"You have to work hard to seize every opportunity you can!"

"Don't do something that you will still regret before you die~"

Mag, leaned back on the sofa, looked at the window with a somewhat wandering look, and said quietly.

"He never told me... what is the bottom line of being a human being~"

"But he told me never to regret it!"

"Um... Do you have a misunderstanding about these two sentences?"

David rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers and raised his own questions about Mag's "father's teachings".

"..??What do you mean?"

"Hehe~"

"The second sentence your father said, I think... he probably wanted to tell you that when you make a certain decision, if you have a strong premonition in your heart, you will definitely regret it..."

"Then don't do it~"

"It's what I call the bottom line!"

Mag chewed these words in his mouth for a while, smiled at David and nodded: "You are right!"

"Sorry~"

"Just now... I shouldn't have doubted and distrusted you~"

"I apologize to you!"

"Hehe~"

David glanced at Otis Parker with a weird smile, raised his eyebrows and said, "You guys have no idea what you are thinking about all day long...bastards!"

"Isn't it fun to test me over and over again?"

"Hahaha~"

"You can't blame us!"

"Who told you to be so young?"

"I'm young... or is there a reason?"

"Of course!"

"You can go out and take a look by yourself~"

"Who among all the young people in their early twenties in New York is like you...??"

"I.."

David looked at Otis dumbfounded, gritted his teeth and said, "I really want to beat you up!"

"Hahaha~ OK!"

"You can call all four bodyguards here, and I'll ask all five of you to come together~"

"Um...have you practiced??"

"Yes! I have practiced!"

"...Forget it~"

"I'm just scolding you to vent my anger. I'm going to hit you and kill you. It's not in line with my temperament~"

"Hahahaha~"

Odis Parker and Mag Ludwig both pointed at David and laughed.

It is also a joy for them to have such a shameless young boss ~

. . .

After the three of them laughed.

Odis turned his head and looked around, and asked, "Aren't Susan and the others here?"

"You just remembered to ask now?"

"They went to see Susan's mother~"

"Oh...hehe~"

Otis winked at Mag, put away some of his smile, and chatted about business with David.

"Do you think Bernard Madoff can be trusted?"

"Of course~"

"why?"

"Uh... intuition!"

"...Okay~"

"Then give all the [-] million to him?"

David looked at Austin with some curiosity and asked: "What is its specific number?"

"After deducting all handling fees and fractions, the total is: 490 million."

"Oh.."

"Are you sure he didn't say anything?"

"no!"

"Okay~"

David rubbed his chin with his fingers, thought for a while, and said, "You give [-] million to Madoff's fund company."

"400 million, give it to Mag!"

"Let him have more money to do things."

"Keep the remaining 90 for yourself. Use this money to find someone to keep an eye on Carew and Madoff."

Otis raised his eyebrows and nodded: "ok~"

"I have no shortage of manpower~"

"It's just that the money is a bit too much, and I may not be able to spend it all."

"It's okay~"

David waved to Otis, changed the subject, and asked, "Did you know that Madoff went to Mikhail Friendlyman's party?"

"Ok!"

"How much do you know about Mikhail?"

"A lot! What do you want to know?"

"..Haha~"

David saw the way Otis's eyes were shining, goosebumps appeared on his arms for no reason, and he smiled stiffly.

"I'm not interested in his personal life!"

"I mean, do you understand the purpose of him coming to me for cooperative investment?"

"Oh...that's what you want to ask~"

Otis sighed with some disappointment: "Although he also invested some money in Madoff."

"But he is not the same group of people who are chasing Bernard Madoff to refund his money~"

"He has his own circle of wealthy Jewish friends~"

"His friends are not so short-sighted and shameless!"

David nodded slowly, looked at Mag, and asked, "What about you? Do you know anything about Mikhail?"

"No~"

"I had never heard of this guy before in Washington."

"Okay~"

"Maybe I can try to contact him again?"

"Otis?"

"Haha~ You are the boss, you have the final say!"

"fxxx!"

"Why are you here again?!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Odis Parker laughed happily while throwing a look at Mag Ludwig.

After Mag received his "signal", he was slightly stunned and immediately reacted~

He stood up and smiled at David: "You continue chatting, I will go back first~"

"..ok~"

David glanced back and forth several times on their faces and said.

"You have to remember to ask this bastard for money!"

"Four million should be able to handle a lot of things, right?"

"Hahaha~ Of course!"

Mag arranged his coat with his hands, nodded vigorously to David, and said with a smile: "It will definitely not disappoint you!"

"me too!"

"Hahaha~"

"When you go back, help me say hello to Janet!"

"Ok!"

. . .

Mag Ludwig, gone.

Odis Parker picked up the juice in front of him, took a sip, and said: "Elena Mesa, in Madrid, Spain."

"She left because..."

"Wait a minute!"

David frowned, stared at Otis and asked: "You are left alone just to say this?"

"Yes~"

"Whoo~"

"never mind!"

"You don't have to tell me about her~"

"Now that she has chosen to leave, I think she is fully mentally prepared."

Otis put down the juice cup in his hand and asked with inquiring eyes: "Have you never thought about keeping her by your side?"

"Keep her... for what?"

"Hehe~"

David folded his arms, put his head back, and lay on the back of the sofa and said: "She is not Susan, not Polly, and not Cui Yingying!"

"I think I can clearly know...what are they thinking in their hearts~"

"But I can't see through Elena's thoughts!"

"I can't understand her, so naturally I can't fully open my heart to her, let alone fully accept her~"

"She herself understands this very well..."

"...Oh~"

Otis nodded with a hint of regret, pondered for a few seconds, and said: "Someone who was very important to Elena was killed by Brotney Mecia and Helis Schultz!"

"Really... what they did?"

"That's right!"

"But...didn't you arrange for Harris Schultz to marry New York FBI director Harold Stone?"

"..yes!"

Otis smiled helplessly: "Alena doesn't know about this yet."

"I plan to tell her after I call her back."

"As for what she will choose..."

Otis didn't finish his sentence, leaving the blank space behind to leave it to David to make the decision.

David raised his head and closed his eyes, and was silent for a while before asking Otis.

"Is there anything else you need?"

"For now, it's gone."

"When do you plan to have Elena come back?"

"Listen to you!"

"Hmm...let me think about it again."

"I'll tell you when I make a decision!"

"ok~"

Otis Parker stood up, nodded to David, who had his eyes closed, and walked towards the door.

----

Manhattan.

In a bar on 36th Street.

Auston, the head of the auxiliary police office, found his subordinate Far Pocchivino in the corner of the bar.

He walked to the opposite side of Farr, sat down, asked the waiter for a glass of beer, and said.

"Today is the weekend..."

"Ok!"

Farr responded with a muffled head, threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and said.

"The rescued Chasida who lives in my house wants to find a job."

"I... don't have any friends, so I can only come to you!"

"Chasida?"

"That's that...Brazilian girl?"

"Correct!"

Auston recalled the group of young girls who were rescued from the iron cage in the basement in his mind, and nodded slowly.

"She...is already 19 years old?"

"No!"

"She was in a cage and just had her birthday."

"...Okay~ I will help you keep an eye on it..."

"Um...can you be faster?"

Auston blinked his big eyes and looked at Far Pocchivino in confusion.

Farr glanced around, licked his lips, and whispered: "I feel... something is wrong with her!"

"I'm afraid she might not be able to think about it for a while..."

"..Haha~"

Otis couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "Are you in love with her?"

"no!"

"I just..." Farr's face showed a tangled look, and he only started to speak and did not continue.

"OK! I understand!

Otis took out some change from his wallet, handed it to the waiter who brought him drinks, and asked.

"Chasida, has she obtained her temporary residence permit?"

"Take it!"

"What does she know...what job does she want to do?"

"She didn't say anything~ she just asked me several times about looking for a job."

"Oh.."

Auston picked up the wine glass, took a sip and said, "There is no job suitable for her in our auxiliary police office."

"Perhaps, you can let her go to the Wildfire Bar opposite..."

Farr felt his eyes light up, and he was about to say something in excitement, but suddenly he reacted and asked.

"Is this...appropriate?"

"Hehe~"

"You can go and try it! Why not?"

"...Okay~"

"I'm just afraid that they will think Chasida is a problem~"

Auston looked at his capable subordinate, nodded and said, "Who is not troublesome?"

"I am the No. 1 black police superintendent in the history of the New York Police Department."

"What about you? You're the tough-as-nails plainclothes agent that the entire New York Police Department and all branches don't want~"

"Now, aren't we just sitting here and drinking?"

"Hehe~"

Auston twirled the wine glass in his hand and said with a self-deprecating smile: "When I was just promoted to a plainclothes agent, I never imagined that I could create history~"

"trouble.."

"It's precisely because Chasida doesn't want to be a trouble for you that she is so anxious to live independently on her own, right?"

"Farr, are you sure you have thought about it?"

"..Um!"

Far Pocchivino nodded vigorously, picked up the wine glass, raised his neck and drank it~

At tonight's dinner table, Chasida's smile and eyes made him understand. .

Her eyes were full of gratitude and eagerness to gain new life~

Chasida never had any feelings related to love towards him or between the two of them~

It's impossible for them. .There has never been a chance~

Anyone who has experienced the same misfortune as Chasida will no longer fantasize about so-called love~