Manhattan Reborn 1978

New York, afternoon.

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

top layer.

Mag Ludwig, who had not slept all night, felt sleepy after lunch~

David asked the butler Acklade to prepare a large pot of coffee for him, and put a cup on it for the time being. .

Pine and others also raised their hands to indicate that they also wanted to have a drink to "refresh themselves" ~

David smiled and invited everyone to sit down on the sofas next to the grand piano and said, "Okay, guys~"

"I know everyone is busy, so I will try to end as briefly as possible."

"Pine, the guest list for Lilith and I's engagement ceremony..."

"It's settled!"

David turned to look at Lilith next to him and asked, "Have you seen it?"

"Ok!"

"ok~"

"Otis!"

"Can you contact Jellal and Canes?"

Odis Parker nodded very confidently: "They are in Tokyo at the moment."

"Then I'll write them an invitation later."

"As for whether they will come or not... let's talk~"

"Ok!"

David tilted his head and looked at Sam Rogers and Mu Brandes, and said with a smile: "Our original stock buying plan remains unchanged for the time being, but the purchase of domestic oil company stocks has been temporarily slowed down. A little speed..."

"Ok!"

"That's right, Pine."

"When Bernard Madoff went to meet Saudi Prince Difar, he received some news~"

"Those who want to short the stock prices of oil companies are the only ones who don't go to Stanley to borrow stocks?"

Pine shrugged in a relaxed manner and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Nelent Ramon came to you just for this matter."

"Didn't he tell you on the phone?"

"..No~"

"He and I just chatted on the phone about getting engaged."

“The short-sellers’ main partners this time are Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.”

"I guess the reason why Nyrent didn't mention this to you was because he wanted to confirm from you whether you knew about it~"

"What do I know?"

Pine raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said nothing.

David waited for a few seconds and saw that he had no intention of talking anymore, then turned around and looked around, pondered for a moment and said: "Okay~"

"Then do you think it's appropriate for me to join the short-selling team now?"

"Of course!"

"They all have short positions, and it's not a big secret on Wall Street."

"As long as there is someone with some ability, everyone will want to come in and get a piece of the pie..."

"ability.."

"I see~"

David turned to look at Sam and the two of them: "You go back to Nylent and tell him that any number of oil company stocks we bought can be loaned out through Stanley."

"Then you contact Madoff and ask him to borrow stocks from Stanley in the name of his fund company~"

Sam frowned, looked at Mu Brandes quickly, and asked hesitantly: "Such an operation..."

"Hehe~"

"Since everyone has chosen to play like this, we can't lag behind others...right?"

"Yes...our buying plan..."

David smiled and opened his arms, holding Lilith with his left hand and Polly with his right hand. He smiled and said: "We keep buying in small batches to express our goodwill to them~"

"We are shorting the stock price because we are following the rules of the market and the trend of the international oil industry~"

“From the perspective of a professional investor, there is nothing wrong with operating this way~”

“Helping our customers profit is the focus of all our work.”

"but!"

"I think you also know that I am not the kind of person who is greedy."

"So, our current round of short selling is limited to the early stage when the stock price fluctuates violently and falls."

"As for how the market will trend... we will wait and see how it changes and just buy on dips~"

"..Understood!"

Sam Rogers glanced at Pine, who remained silent, and nodded.

David smiled and drove towards Mu Brandes again and asked: "How many shares of Berkshire Hathaway did we buy?"

Brandes crossed his hands and said with a wry smile: "Hathaway's stock... there is almost no trading volume on the OTC counter..."

"The total amount we have purchased now is less than 2%~"

"Oh... then let's continue~"

"In two months, buy as much as you can sell!"

"Ok!"

"ok~"

"In the afternoon, you still have..."

"Yes!"

Sam and Brandes stood up at the same time very "interestingly", smiled at a few people and left.

. . .

David waited until the footsteps of the two people disappeared completely, then looked at Pine and asked.

"Do you... have anything else you want to say?"

"No~ not really!"

"That.."

David shrugged strangely and asked incomprehensibly: "Then you didn't want them to leave before talking..."

"Hehe~"

Pine stood up and adjusted his suit. He gestured to David with his eyes and said with a smile, "It's me... Don't worry too much!"

"Since you already understand what people's most urgent needs are...you can surely guess what I didn't say, right?"

"I know it, and Lilith knows it too~"

"We have no secrets!"

"..." David faced a cloud of confusion and tilted his head to glance at the smiling Lilith.

"You...all know?"

"Ok!"

"Um.. That's okay~"

"Pine, are you leaving?"

"Of course!"

Pine smiled and nodded to the two ladies in a very gentlemanly manner, turned around and strode away~

. . .

David looked at his disappearing back and couldn't help but asked Lilith more curiously: "What kind of riddle is he playing?"

"What did I guess?"

"Hehe~"

Lilith glanced at Mag and Otis, and said with a smile: "What else could it be? It's all your bold remarks that have made your reputation spread all over Wall Street~"

"My...bold statement??"

"Yup!"

"Those two videotapes you had someone shoot!"

Lilith seemed to be "showing off" and said: "You said it in those two tapes..."

"In the next 30 years, the world's mineable gold rich ores will gradually enter a stage of shrinking production."

"Within 50 years, all the gold veins that have been explored in the world will also enter a period of low production~"

"..."

"I guess that Saudi Arabia, which was originally close to the United States and conservative, during the last oil crisis, after OPEC decided to impose an oil embargo on... accounts for 50% of the Arab countries’ oil production.”

"The reason is that Saudi Arabia wants to maintain its status as a royal family!"

"The reason why the Saudi king is playing this way is because generations of Saudi kings have been delicately and coldly safeguarding their royal power!"

"I guess...Saudi Arabia will definitely make three demands to the United States!"

"Let Israel, the thorn in the Middle East, be at peace + let the United States provide more military and economic support to Saudi Arabia + find a sustainable, low-risk, stable income financial path!"

“At this point, the U.S. dollar has officially reestablished its dual-pegged system with international currencies.”

“In less than a year, all European countries have joined the petro-meter system!”

"Mi Yuan, returned to the throne!"

. . .

After listening to David's "endorsement" from Lilith. .Retelling it, I felt so embarrassed that I got goosebumps. .

Lilith seemed to be asking more questions: "In the next issue, I will talk to you about why inflation occurs, this strange economic phenomenon!"

"Where's your next show?"

"Why don't you record it?"

"Forehead.."

"that.."

"I'm just talking nonsense on a whim... Do you really believe it??"

"Of course!"

"You do not know?"

"..What do I know?"

"What you said has already been spread~"

"pass?"

David frowned very vigilantly and asked, "Who passed it on?"

Lilith rolled her big eyes and said with a smile: "Julie!"

"what?"

"That old bastard! He is trying to harm me!!"

"What...what did you call him?" Lilith's eyes suddenly opened, and she asked with two small protective eyes.

"Hehe~"

David sneered twice indifferently, hugged Lilith and kissed her, shook his head and sighed: "No wonder~"

"I asked Bernard Madoff to meet with Saudi Prince Difar to discuss cooperation, but he..."

"It turns out that the problem is here!"

Lilith nudged David with her forehead and continued to ask: "Are you still planning to record the next episode?"

"...I won't record it for the time being~"

"Let's talk about it after our engagement ceremony."

"Oh~"

"Then...I also go back to work?"

"...Well! Go ahead~"

Lilith smiled and glanced at Polly, kissed David on the cheek again, and left briskly~

David held Polly's arm tightly, tilted his head and looked at Odis Parker and Mag Ludwig, and asked.

"what about you?"

"What else do you want to say?"

Odis raised the corners of his mouth and said, "If... none of this was your deliberate arrangement..."

"I think you should go find David Rockefeller and have a chat in person..."

"Due to the last oil crisis, among those who visited Saudi Arabia on behalf of the United States, Secretary of State Kissinger... played a very key role!"

"He now works at Chase Bank~"

"..oh!"

"So, when Leslie came over yesterday, she acted... weird?"

"Hehe~"

Odis threw a look at David and asked him to "understand it by himself" ~

David smiled helplessly and sighed again: "I never thought that these misunderstandings would happen~"

"But they have become beautiful misunderstandings!" Polly, who had been sitting next to David and remained silent, continued.

"When you were recording the tape that day, I felt..."

"All right!"

David slapped his forehead with his hand, thought for a while, and said to Odis Parker: "You and Bernard Madoff go to see Prince Defar again and explain to him."

"If he still maintains his original attitude... we won't force cooperation~"

"Anyway, that old guy Julie told me about this matter... Let him handle it by himself~"

"Okay!" Odis Parker nodded with great interest, his eyes seemed to sparkle. .

Mag Ludwig, who was sitting next to him, opened his mouth and yawned, waved his hand to David and said: "There are two last things, I'll just finish... Go back to sleep!"

"Okay~ You say it!"

"Janet, has accepted Astaire K. Wood's invitation to join his presidential candidate advisory team."

"As for me...I got some news last night."

"Wood has received the full support of the Texas Malone family!"

"If nothing else happens, his winning rate will greatly increase in next year's candidate election!"

"The Malone family?"

"Correct!"

"They are a century-old Texas family~"

"Old Ma Long, the family leader of this generation, has always maintained a gentle attitude toward the outside world~"

"He believes that the government should implement: small government + reasonable tax reduction + relatively mild apartheid system."

"Also, Malone is very disgusted with many of the policies of current President Warren White."

"Especially President White's proposal to increase relief payments."

"So he, along with a group of Southern moderate conservatives, decided to support Wood for president."

David repeatedly rejected Ma Ge's words and asked, somewhat amused, "Are you sure he is a moderate...conservative?"

"if not?"

Ma Ge also found it very interesting and explained: "Compared with the style of those radicals, old Malone is already very moderate..."

"...Okay~"

"Without comparison, there is nothing...I understand~"

"Where's the other news?"

"another.."

Mag glanced at Polly who was sitting next to David, put away his smile and said: "Several senators have once again submitted to the Senate... a proposal to increase the control of domestic drugs and gangs~"

"It is said that in this proposal, the drug epidemic in New York and the role of gangs in fueling drug smuggling and trafficking are specifically mentioned many times."

"Therefore, this proposal will be listed as the first one in the Senate that needs to be voted on collectively after the New Year."

"..Um!"

"I understand! Thank you, Mag!"

"Hahaha~ You're welcome~"

"Then...can I go back to sleep? Boss!"

"Hahaha~"

"Go back quickly!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Mag Ludwig, gone.

Otis Parker stood up slowly and smiled at David and Polly: "Just in time, I made an appointment to have dinner with Harold Stone, the head of the FBI's New York branch, tonight."

"Do you have anything you want me to bring to him?"

"..No!"

"Why... why are you meeting him?"

Odis Parker drew two circles on his temples with his fingers and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten?"

"Forehead.."

David was stuck for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Elena Mesa and Harris Schultz??"

"Ok!"

"You're going to tell..."

"No!"

"I just want Harold Stone to be mentally prepared in advance~"

"After all, the two of them are now a legal couple..."

"..oh!"

"So... has the custody of Harold Stone's child been settled?"

"Not yet~"

"The court has already scheduled a hearing date. We just have to wait until the court hearing...Mr. Stone will be able to get the custody of his children back from his ex-wife~"

David glanced at Polly, who rested her head on his shoulder, and said, "Contact Elena and ask her to go to London and wait for me~"

"Explanation of everything... When I get to London, I will talk to her in person~"

"Ok!"

"One more thing~"

"Last time you mentioned that you wanted to see Karu, but that guy said that it wouldn't be appropriate to come over to see you in the short term..."

"So, he left me a phone number and you called him yourself?"

With that said, Otis Parker took out a small note from his coat pocket and handed it to David.

David took the note and nodded: "Okay! I'll call him!"

"ok~"

. . .

Otis Parker, gone.

David was left holding Polly in his arms, sitting quietly on the sofa not far from the window.

Polly suddenly burst out emotionally for no apparent reason and whispered, "I'm sorry!"

"...What's wrong? Why do you say that?"

"Nothing~"

"It's just... I want you to grow old much faster... a lot~"

David lifted her chin with his hand, kissed her, and said with a smile, "no!"

"You will always be the most beautiful goddess in my heart!"

"Being able to grow old with you... is simply the best gift God has given me~"

"Hehe~"

David looked at the water in Polly's eyes and said again: "Say no more~"

"We can grow old together, which means we are still here."

Polly put her arms around David's neck, tilted her head and murmured: "Before you confessed your love to me... I was never afraid..."

"Hahaha~"

"I promise! You will never be afraid again from now on!"

"Ok!"

----

Manhattan.

The entrance of a large cheap store in Xiacheng District.

Attorney George F. McCarron watched Mike Tyson's mother come out and extended his hand to her.

"Let's go and talk next to each other~"

"..OK!"

. . .

The wall not far from the store.

George looked at Tyson's mother who was very nervous, frowned and whispered: "I just came from the police station..."

"This morning, two patrol officers questioned Tyson on the street and found that he was acting strangely, so they searched him."

"As a result, the police found several hundred meters in cash and an unregistered revolver from Tyson's body!"

"You know... what this means?"

Tyson's mother covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes filled with shock and remorse, and she replied tremblingly: "He...I..."

Lawyer George stared into Tyson's mother's eyes and said word by word: "We once had an agreement!"

"Do you remember?"

"..Remember!"

"But Tyson is..."

"No~ ma'am!"

"We made it very clear in our agreement~"

"Whether it's you, Tyson, or your family... if you break the law again and get caught..."

"All the assistance we provided you will be withdrawn!"

"Tyson, I went to see him~"

"He refused to say anything and remained silent."

"So, I want to make sure with you."

"When are you going to fulfill your agreement?!"

Tyson's mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with both hands, and whispered with reluctance and despair in her eyes: "Okay... give me some time to look for a house?"

"Of course!"

George lowered his head, took out a document and a handkerchief from his briefcase, and handed them to Tyson's mother.

"You can continue to live in the apartment you are renting until the agreed lease term~"

"Your job, as long as the store doesn't fire you, we won't let anyone drive you out~"

"but!!"

"You... lost your credibility in our agreement!"

"As a responsible person, I can only help you with this~"

"...I understand! Thank you!"

George took a deep breath, pointed at the document and said: "I can waive the attorney fees for Tyson's bail this time~ But his bail... you still need to find a way on your own~"

"I'm going to Philadelphia later."

"If you have no other questions..."

"..OK!"

"Okay.. Goodbye, ma'am!"

. . .

Lawyer George, let’s go~

Tyson's mother held the document in her arms, tears flowing out of her eyes even more wantonly ~

Mike Tyson. . ! !