Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

David walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, put down the newspaper brought by Ben Whitcott, and said.

"Everyone, sit down first and let's talk slowly~"

"it is good!"

Secretary Maggie, Kihara Nobunari and Ben Whitcott sat on the sofa together, holding their own cups of coffee.

David's eyes swept across the three of them, and then fell on the butler Aclade not far away, and said: "You should lead Chasida to get familiar with it first."

"Okay, sir!"

Aclade turned to wave to the maid Chasida who was standing at the junction of the dining room and kitchen, and said with a smile: "Let's go~"

. . .

Wait until the two leave.

Secretary Maggie spoke first: "You have three appointments for meetings."

"Mr. Nylent Ramon, Mr. Dan Taylor, and Prince Defar."

"Dan Taylor?"

"I see!"

"Nelent, what does he want from me?"

"He didn't say anything, he just told me that he wanted to meet and chat with you when you were not busy~"

David sat on the sofa and pondered for a while, then said: "Contact Prince Defar and tell him that I have been busy preparing for the engagement in recent days... Bernard Madoff will discuss cooperation with him on my behalf. "

"As for Nylent and Dan Taylor, please leave your contact information and I will find time to contact them myself~"

"Ok!"

"Any more?"

"No more~"

"Then you go back to the company first. If you need anything, call me here."

"ok~"

. . .

After seeing off his secretary Maggie, David looked at Nobunari Kihara and asked, "Is the business delegation from the island country still there?"

"Yeah! They're still staying at the Plaza Hotel."

"However... I heard that many of them are visiting friends and looking at properties..."

"It seems that they want to purchase a batch in New York..."

"Oh?"

David smiled in surprise: "Are they going to start spending a lot of money in New York?"

Kihara Nobunari smiled and nodded: "From the current point of view, yes!"

"Hehe~"

"Then... take the gifts we didn't give away and go make an appointment with Mr. Yasuda Kagyichiro."

"If he also wants to buy real estate in New York, tell him and I can help!"

"Ok!"

"Should I... go now?"

"Well~ let's go!"

"correct!"

"Remember to go back to the company first and ask Erwin for some public relations funds to bring with you to avoid any embarrassment when you meet them~"

Kihara Nobunari touched his wallet unconsciously, nodded and smiled: "Okay, boss!"

. . .

Kihara Nobunari is also gone~

David looked at Ben Whitcott and asked with a smile: You. .What's going on? "

Ben Whitcott did not answer immediately, but put his briefcase on the sofa, took out a folder from it, handed it to David and said.

"You should take a look at it first~"

"Hmm..." David took the folder with some confusion. After flipping through it quickly, he looked at Ben Whitcott, waiting for his explanation.

"This document is part of the financial statements reported by Da Construction Company to the company's business reports in recent months."

"Look at the third page first."

"It's da Construction, a summary of the financial details associated with building renovations here and for the Wildfire Bar downstairs."

"The next dozen or so pages are financial lists of construction and decoration projects for DA nightclubs, clubs, advertising agencies, entertainment hotels, and DA security company training bases, etc."

Ben Whitcott took a few deep breaths, paused for a while, and continued: "Last Friday, when Polly returned to the company, she immediately discovered problems in these reported company financial reports!"

David glanced at Ben Whitcott, who had a very sincere attitude, lowered his head and flipped through the documents in his hand, and asked.

"You brought me the documents to explain...what?"

"Um.. Except for your home and the wildfire bar downstairs, the person in charge of Da Construction Company, in all other business projects, is more or less concerned with the use of raw materials, number of workers, working hours and construction machinery. , moved some hands and feet~"

"For example: During the renovation project of Da nightclub, he falsely reported the cost of several raw materials and the number of workers and working hours..."

"In the process of interior decoration for those entertainment hotels, he used a lot of cheap cement, sand, flooring and hardware, etc., but falsely reported to the company that he used high-quality raw materials to earn a large price difference~ "

"Oh.."

David repeatedly compared the several pages of the list in his hand with the prices of some raw materials written by Ben Whitcott himself on the list, and nodded slowly.

"Did he cut corners on the project at the security company's training base?"

"Yes!"

"In the small building he built for the training base, almost all the electrical raw materials and plumbing materials were low-priced and low-quality products."

"He also falsely reported the working hours and number of workers for large construction machinery during projects such as leveling land for the training base and building training grounds."

David felt speechless and closed the folder in his hand, sighing: "He is really... he wants money rather than his life!"

"..."

Ben Whitcott's expression was serious, and he didn't feel David's words at all. .Very funny~

David looked at him looking very nervous, smiled, and asked, "Is there more?"

"Have!"

Ben Whitcott clasped his hands together, straightened his upper body, and said, "Polly has decided to pay for all the construction companies' projects that cut corners!"

"Pay?"

"She wants to redo all these projects...?"

"Correct!"

"She will replace all projects that use unqualified raw materials with qualified products for free, and will compensate for all losses!"

"..."

David rubbed his eyes with his hands, tilted his head and glanced at the folder, and said, "That requires a lot of working capital, right?"

"Can the company's financial situation support her decision?"

"can!"

Ben Whitcott pursed his lips and continued: "However...it is necessary to extract a working capital from cheap stores, advertising companies and trading companies to reduce investment in service companies and transportation companies."

"It will also put Da Construction Company on a huge debt..."

"If I.."

"OK! That's it!"

David handed the folder to Ben Whitcott, looked into his eyes and asked: "Do you know why I want to keep you in DA Company to help Polly?"

"..." Ben Whitcott blinked and shook his head.

"Hehe~"

David chuckled twice and explained: "From the time I met Polly, she has always been very independent, very confident, and does not tolerate others' mistakes."

"She is a perfectionist who admits that she is not perfect!"

"So, in the process of changing from a housewife to a CEO of a large cross-industry company, she will definitely encounter a variety of thorny new problems~"

"Looking at this incident alone, her handling of the person in charge of DA Construction Company has strong personal subjective emotions~"

"How much money can that guy make by playing tricks on the project and cutting corners?"

"Polly has to pay several times the price for his greed."

"Ben, do you know how other companies handle similar situations?"

"..Know!"

Ben Whitcott let out a breath and said: "If it were those small individual companies that broke out such a scandal..."

"There is a high probability that the person in charge of the company will just take the money and run away~"

"But if it's a branch of a large group and such a scandal breaks out..."

"They usually solve the problem by covering the lid + internal processing + making external promises; or they can directly go through legal procedures to separate the branch from the group and enter the bankruptcy process."

"What about full compensation? Are there many examples of this?"

"As far as I know... not many!"

"Very few?"

"Ha~"

David smiled, shrugged, and asked, "What do you think of her decision?"

Ben Whitcott lowered his head and said: "No matter from any perspective, I should bear most of the management responsibilities for this."

"so?"

"Have you reflected at home in the past two days?"

"Yes!"

"Then do you still want to go back to Da Company to help Polly?"

Ben Whitcott nodded slowly and said, "Yes, I think so!"

"Hahahaha~!"

David stood up happily, waved his hand and said: "During this period, you will study with me first."

"When you feel like you've grown up again, you can go back at any time~"

"..OK, thanks!"

"You're welcome~"

David smiled and held Ben Whitcott's shoulders and said, "Don't blame yourself too much for others' greed, shamelessness, and your own mistakes at work~"

"Everyone makes mistakes - as long as they can change it, that's fine!"

"Right? Man!"

"Yeah!" Ben Whitcott felt the strength on his stiff shoulders and nodded to David.

"Hahaha~ Let's go to the study."

"I happen to have two more things that I need your help with!"

"ok~"

----

The Queen.

From JFK International Airport, the nearest police station is the 96th Precinct.

New York Police Chief Matthews Denipero was sitting in a separate office on the second floor. After putting down the phone, he tapped his fingertips on the table.

"Clang clang clang~"

"Enter!"

A subordinate who followed Matthews quickly walked up to him and said, "Director! The person we sent to the hospital to inquire is back~"

"The injured security guard received five stitches for the wound on his head. The doctor said his condition has been stabilized."

"His confession is basically consistent with what we and the FBI asked."

"At around [-]:[-] this morning, six to seven robbers wearing ski hoods cut through the barbed wire fence outside the airport, and arrived at the No. [-] Cargo Transfer Building in a van and a medium-sized truck."

"They took hostage the workers and security guards who were working at the door and opened the door to the employee entrance."

"Then they entered the building armed with guns and immediately separated."

"One of the robbers took control of the workers and security guards at the door, handcuffed them, and drove them up to the employee cafeteria on the third floor for supervision."

"Another robber took the command and directly entered the control room on the first floor, hijacked the night shift supervisor and the security guard inside, turned off the silent alarm, and then took them to the cafeteria on the third floor."

"The last three robbers went directly to the second and third floors and hijacked eight security guards and employees on duty. After handcuffing them, they also rushed to the restaurant on the third floor to take care of them~"

"The security guard at the hospital is one of these eight people."

"Because he resisted the robbers, he was controlled by one of the robbers and hit his head with the butt of a gun."

"Um.."

Matthews rested his elbows on the desk, frowned and thought for a while, then waved his hands and said, "Go on!"

"Ok~"

"Judging from all the clues we have collected so far and the confessions of all witnesses, the robbers in this robbery are very familiar with the internal layout and various facilities of the transfer building~"

"They also clearly knew that there were large sums of gold, jewelry, cash and other valuables temporarily transferred by Lufthansa in the warehouse."

"They must have robbers with the cooperation of an insider to be able to steal more than 500 million yuan in old banknotes and more than 130 million yuan in valuables in a short period of time so cleanly and with clear goals."

"So, we are going to conduct a detailed investigation on everyone who knows about this transfer record~"

"Ok!"

Matthews picked up a pen from the table and asked his men: "Where is the truck that transported the stolen goods? Are there any clues?"

"Not yet~"

"However, our guess is that these people will not leave the car in New York City or the suburbs, but will let it quickly disappear from our sight!"

"So I would like to ask you to communicate with the FBI and the state police..."

"Ask them to report it to the state police in New Jersey and Connecticut to help us investigate the suspicious vehicle~"

"can!"

"Any more?"

"Um...yes!"

"Among all the witnesses, the night shift supervisor and the security guard at the hospital were the two who had the most conversations with the robbers."

"According to them, the robber's accent sounds like he is a native New Yorker!"

"Especially the security guard on hand. When he was beaten by the robbers, his fellow robbers scolded him twice. He had a strong New York accent~"

"So we guess that this case was most likely carefully planned by our local gang in New York, in collusion with people inside the warehouse..."

"accent?"

Matthews wrote down this clue on the paper and circled it. He frowned and said, "This cannot be regarded as evidence. It can only be listed as a reference for solving the case."

"Do you know how many gangs there are in New York?"

"If we continue to investigate one by one, we won't be able to solve the case next year!"

Matthew Qi looked up at his men, thought for a moment and asked, "Is this money going to be shipped to Chase Bank this morning?"

"Yes!"

"All old banknotes? No valuable clues for follow-up investigation?"

"..No~"

"Those cash are all old banknotes shipped back from Germany early Saturday morning. We have no domestic record of their issuance serial numbers."

"Whoo~"

"Okay~"

"I'll follow your idea first, first check the vehicle and the mole, and then check which gang in New York has been acting strangely recently..."

"Yes, sir!"

Matthews sat back in his chair, watched his men leave, and silently thought about it in his mind.

Police and gangs. .

Government law enforcement agencies and criminals who wander the gray and dark borders. .

Light and darkness should have been opposites, but in today's New York, they are intertwined with extremely blurred boundaries. .

Just like in previous years, the New York head of the FBI, Bob Beru, and gangs in Florida colluded with each other to fish out law enforcement cases against several politicians in New York and New Jersey. .

There was also the arrest of Frank Lucas, a famous drug lord in Hamlin, which implicated nearly [-]% of New York's anti-drug police officers in being prosecuted and imprisoned. .

Among the remaining [-]% of drug police officers, only a very small number have completely clean hands. .

For example, that sharp-headed plainclothes agent from the Auxiliary Police Office, Far Pocchivino. .

. . .

Director Matthews Denipero, after sitting in his chair and thinking over and over for a long time, took out an address book from the inside pocket of his coat and dialed the number recorded on it. .

One, two, three. .

It wasn't until the sixth call that I finally heard a voice. .

"Hello~"

"Hi~ Ludy! I'm Matthews."

"Oh... Mr. Director! Good morning~"

"Hahaha~"

Matthews and Ludy, on both sides of the phone, laughed in unison~

Then the laughter stopped abruptly. .fell into silence~

The slight breathing and microphone noise coming from the microphone rang in their ears.

They clearly reflect that the person on the other side of the microphone is still listening. .

But both of them remained silent. .

They are all waiting for the other person to speak first! !

20 seconds, 40 seconds, 1 minutes.

One and a half, 2 minutes. .

Matthews holds the microphone in his left hand and taps the circled "accent" on the paper with his right index finger. .

soon~

A voice came from the other side of the microphone in his hand: "Tsk~"

Matthews showed a bitter smile, cleared his throat, and said.

"Ahem~ Hey! Ludy, are you still there?"

"Um.."

"Sorry, man! I just had to take care of something."

"..."

"Hehe~"

"Are you free tonight?"

"what's up?"

"I want to... invite some friends together and let's chat~"

"..friend?"

"Yes! Friends!"

"Okay! You can make this call before three o'clock in the afternoon and leave the time and location."

"I'll be there."

"Okay! Let's see you tonight!?"

"Ok!"

. . .

After hanging up the phone, the smile on Matthews's lips became even more bitter. .

Lynch Olson, when he ran into trouble running for governor. .He's not in New York~

Front Hardman, when he ran into trouble running for mayor. .He's not in New York either~

Now that he is in trouble, who can he turn to for help?

"Hehe~"

Matthews recalled his father's serious and old-fashioned face, and his heart surged again. .

----

Manhattan.

New York City Public Library, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.

Lunch time!

Holding a novel in his hand, David walked out of the library with Ben Whitcott and Big Zach.

street.

White Mike, Black Mike, and Lavis, who were waiting by the steps, saw David walking and reading a book, and laughed and joked.

"If you had this kind of study when you were in school..."

"When I was in school, I already worked very hard!"

"Then how did you barely graduate from high school?"

"Hungry...fxxx!"

"I was so stupid at that time! I thought reading was too boring and I didn't understand the fun of reading at all."

David waved the novel in his hand at the three bodyguards and cursed with a smile: "You three bastards, you know how to make fun of me all day long."

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

42nd Street.

David let Zach, the tallest and strongest man, walk in front of him. He held "The Great Gatsby" in his hand and continued reading with relish. .

Mike Bai approached David curiously, glanced at the novel in his hand, and asked.

"What's so interesting about this?"

"Why are you still fascinated?"

"Hehe~"

"You do not understand!"

"The charm of this novel written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald lies in..."

"He used the perspective of a bystander to tell a true and absurd story that happened in Long Island, New York~"

David stopped at an intersection, pointed at a few lines of large characters on the book, and smiled at Mike.

"The male protagonist of this book, Gatsby, puts on a luxurious and lustful look when he is in glory, attracting all kinds of so-called upper class people to surround him like moths and ants."

"But he never felt happy!"

"After he was killed and buried, what happened to the people who once surrounded him?"

"Sing as you sing, dance as you dance~"

"We still play and sing every night, we still laugh, we still go back and forth, drink and drink, and indulge in pleasure."

"Who will remember Gatsby?"

"Who can be like the narrator in the novel, Nick..."

"I saw clearly that Gatsby's beloved girlfriend Daisy, underneath her beautiful, charming and charming appearance, turned out to be an extremely greedy person for money and status... Where is the refined egoist?"

David glanced at the green light in front of him, put the novel in his arm under his arm, and said to the three bodyguards and Ben Whitcott beside him while crossing the road behind the big man Zach.

""The Great Gatsby" is known as the Requiem of the Jazz Age~"

"At the same time, it also shatters the American dream that many people talk about!"

"When money means everything, the ideal component of the American dream is no longer there..."

"The story of Gatsby is the best negative teaching material that can keep me calm and awake at all times!"

"Money is a good thing~"

"But it can also drive people crazy... sweet poison~"

"The lack of further thinking about owning wealth will ultimately make you get lost in a mirage and be unable to extricate yourself~"

"Happiness~ will only make people addicted to material things, but it will not give people the motivation to move forward!"

"So, when the pursued and the pursuer, the busy and the bored, are all me..."

"My elegy will also tell you absurd and true stories about me~"

"Forehead.."

After hearing this, several people around David looked at each other, not knowing what to say. .

Only the strong man walking in front of David, the big man Zach, turned back to him and asked with a smile.

"Boss~ What should we eat for lunch?"

"I'm almost starving..."

"...Hahaha~" White Mike patted Black Mike on the shoulder and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"fxxx!"

David raised his leg and pointed it at the big man Zach's butt, gave him a kick, and laughed and cursed: "You bastard!"

"The emotions I had just brewed up were all wiped out by you again..."

"Hahaha~"

This time, everyone laughed.

The second brother, Ravis, laughed and gave the big man Zach a kick on his butt, and scolded: "You foodie! How long has it been since breakfast?"

"The four sandwiches + three burgers + five fried eggs in your stomach..."

"what?"

David stared at Ravis with surprise on his face and asked, "He can eat so much when he wakes up in the morning?"

"Hehehe~ That's right!"

"Uh... Zach!"

"We will go to Brother Biao's place for dinner later. You have to pay for it yourself!"

“I didn’t bring your share of the meal money!!”

"Hahaha~"

The big man Zach had an embarrassed face, nodded and smiled at David: "Boss, I have no money in my pocket to eat..."

"... Then borrow it!"

"Which of you will lend it to him..."

"No~"

"Don't borrow!"

"What a beautiful thought~!"

"Hahahaha~"

"..."

David couldn't help but look at the three bodyguards gloating about their misfortune. He raised his right hand and couldn't help but touch his wallet. .

----

Manhattan, 33th Street.

In a bar with no plaque hanging.

Ludy opened the door with a smile on his face, walked into the bar, nodded to Alto and Rosenlow at the bar, sat across from the two family elders, and smiled.

"I found it!"

"Oh? Who did it?"

“Paulie from the Bronx!”

"..It's him?!"

"Ok!"

Ludy took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and said with a smile: "Jimmy and Tommy under that guy Pauly led people to rob the Lufthansa cargo at JFK International Airport this morning~"

"That guy Pauly didn't even know about this beforehand~"

"He didn't expect that those two boys could actually make such a big noise..."

"Matthews Denipero from the New York Police Department called me and asked me to hang out with some friends tonight~"

"I guess you also want to get some clues from me..."

"Hehe~"

Lu Di unbuttoned his coat with a cheerful smile and asked the two frowning elders, "Why are you... so unhappy?"

"Haha~ What's so exciting about this?"

"Do you think it's a good thing that they committed the biggest robbery in American history in New York?"

"Um..." The smile on Lu Di's face froze for a few seconds, and he slowly frowned and said.

"Then I'll go see Matthews tonight...?"

"We don't know anything!"

"...That's what you mean?"

"That's it!"

"But he won't believe it!"

"Hehe~"

"Whether he believes it or not, what does it have to do with us?"

"It is the job of the police to solve crimes, not ours!"

"..All right!"

Lu Di blinked his big eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "That guy Pauly is still thinking that after a period of time, he will calm down and recruit that boy Tommy as a core member..."

"Okay~ Let's just wait and see what happens with these bad things they do~"

A family elder opposite Lu Di stared at him with burning eyes and asked: "That boy David suddenly wants the street in front of his bar to be cleaner..."

"You know why?"

Lu Di felt confused and spread his hands and said: "I don't know~"

"Um.."

"We have discussed that the garbage transfer truck that passes in front of his bar will stop for an extra five minutes every morning."

"You go to Auston, the person in charge of the Auxiliary Police Office, and arrange this matter."

"...5 minutes?"

"Ok!"

Lu Di hesitated for a few seconds, and then slowly nodded in agreement under the gaze of the elders.

. . .

ten minutes later.

After Lu Di saw off the two family elders and sat down again, his frown slowly relaxed.

Garbage transfer truck! !