Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Afternoon~

Manhattan.

42nd Street, Wildfire Restaurant.

Chef Zhang Wenbiao, wearing a pure white chef uniform, walked in front of David and others and walked out of the restaurant.

In front of the restaurant.

After David pulled Brother Biao to thank him, he smiled and said, "I want to invite you to the luncheon at the Plaza Hotel the day after tomorrow."

"Don't worry! I will do my best!" Brother Biao suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded extremely seriously.

"Haha~" David patted his arm and said again.

"You can ask Polly for help with whatever ingredients you want!"

"Wait until... after the New Year~"

"Now that I'm free, let's start your sauce package business and make a good plan!"

"Okay, okay!"

. . .

Jellal and Holm stood not far away from the two of them. They listened to the whole conversation and couldn't help but look at each other without speaking.

Carnes, smiling, came to Laura who felt a little sleepy and asked in a low voice: "You...really don't remember me?"

"You... aren't you Kanes?" Laura rubbed her eyes with her hands, yawned, and asked.

"Uh... yes, it's me!" Kanes' heart was filled with doubts. .Finally let it go.

He put his hands in his coat pockets, glanced around, and asked with a smile: "Are you used to living here?"

"It's okay~"

"Then how do you usually entertain yourself? How do you pass the time?"

Laura tilted her head and saw David smiling and saying goodbye to Brother Biao. After walking over, she reached out and took his arm, saying lazily.

"Shopping, hanging out, reading, sleeping..."

"Um...that's all?"

"Yes~"

Kanes, I’m speechless~

David thought their conversation was funny, shook his head, and asked, "Are you going back to the hotel to rest? Or are you going to my place for some afternoon tea?"

Kanes turned his eyes back and forth a few times and said with a smile: "I want to visit your home!"

"ok~"

"What about you? Are you coming too?"

Jellal thought for a moment, glanced at Laura who was dozing on David's arm, and asked with a smile: "I won't disturb you, will I?"

David rolled his eyes angrily: "Little Tails played too crazy last night and didn't sleep well~"

"what are you thinking?!"

"Yeah...Yeah!" Jellal, Holm and Carnes smiled and nodded in perfect agreement without speaking.

David reluctantly hugged Laura directly and kissed her forehead: "She is Giles's sister, and she is also my sister!"

"You dirty-minded bastards!"

"..Haha~"

"Haha~" The three of them laughed in tacit agreement.

"Tsk~"

Seeing that the picture was getting darker and darker, David simply hugged Laura and walked towards the Wildfire Bar: "Come on~"

"Just in time, I also want to use the afternoon to finish the unfinished program!"

"Oh?" Holm took a step forward with great interest and asked.

"What are you going to say?"

"Hehe~"

"I definitely have to talk about something that is worth the money!"

"The sponsorship fee of 200 million pounds must not be wasted in vain..."

"Then you...have already thought about it?"

"Um.."

David slowed down and raised his voice to explain: "When I was recording the previous two programs, I didn't even think about continuing to record inflation-related programs."

"The topic of inflation is too broad and too broad. It is not something that I can explain comprehensively and clearly..."

"This is not only a problem of insufficient ability and knowledge accumulation, but also a lack of deeper understanding and thinking about certain aspects."

"So, I plan to share some views on the future from several angles that I am familiar with~"

"Future?!" Holm repeated the word in a low voice, nodded, and started thinking.

Kanes was looking around, glanced at Jellal who was frowning, and shook his head with a sneer, not showing the slightest worry.

. . .

Wildfire Bar, top floor.

Girard and Holm, after politely thanking the butler Aclade, lowered their heads quietly, seeming to be lost in thought again. .

Kanes doesn’t have the habit of thinking diligently like them~

He stood up and walked to the grand piano, took a few curious glances, and then wandered around the huge room, looking around and around, always seeming to find something new and surprising to him.

After David sent Laura back to the room, he came up with fruits and small desserts in his hands.

He smiled at Kanes who was wandering in the distance: "I've already contacted him~ You can come over first to have something to eat and drink some tea~"

"The person in charge of filming will be here in a moment!"

"ok~"

Karnes walked to sit across from David, picked up a cherry, threw it into his mouth, and asked: "You don't need to prepare... a manuscript?"

"No need~"

David tapped his temple with his finger and said with a smile: "They are all here!"

"Hehe~"

Kanes felt that the cherries tasted good, so he reached out and picked up a few more, sat back on the sofa, crossed his legs and said: "Every time I am with you, I will have an... illusion!"

"Really?"

"Um.."

"You always seem to be...very confident?"

"It seems... there is no problem that can stump you?"

David smiled happily, spread his hands and said, "We are about the same age~I will also have...growing pains!"

"It's just that I would rather..."

"No!"

"It should be said that I am better at solving the problems I encounter and turning them from complex to simple."

"..."

Kanes spit out the cherry pit in his mouth, curled his lips, and said sourly: "This is not simple at all!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

David and Kanes talked and laughed for a while, and then Jellal and Holm slowly recovered from their thinking state.

Holm understood very well the doubts in Gerald's mind at the moment, and took the initiative to ask David: "I am very interested in the behavioral economics research you mentioned~"

"Do you have a detailed research plan...or experimental plan?"

"Do you need our... research sponsorship?"

David raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Of course it would be great to have sponsorship!"

"But... the plan is just a prototype for the time being. I need to meet with Professor Paul Samuelson and ask for advice before finalizing it~"

"As for the experimental plan, haha~"

"Didn't we just do a few interesting experiments?"

"Although, they are not universal~"

"But it does represent part of your true thoughts in the experiment!"

"Is it right?"

"...Hmm!" Holm nodded in understanding and continued to stare at David, closing his mouth and saying nothing. .

David glanced at Jellal feeling a little funny, thought for a moment, and said, "Our communication technology today is already very advanced~"

"A lot of news that was limited to the region a few decades ago can now spread all over the world in a short time~"

"So, if we want to find what we are interested in among the huge information flow we face every day, we must learn to summarize an effective information acquisition system!"

"For example: One of the specific daily tasks of a family office (fo) is effective, useful and beneficial information filtering~"

"They won't tell you that there was another fire in London today caused by a drunkard."

"But they will tell you that there is news today about a bank executive in London who used his position to collude with others to defraud huge loans..."

"Because this kind of negative news, once it is exposed... will definitely cause the bank to face the risk of a run on depositors."

David made a phone call gesture to Gerald, Holm and Carnes, and smiled.

"About fo, I only heard about it a few days ago~"

"I have always thought that... setting up a full-time secretarial team or a think tank team to serve me personally would be able to meet my needs..."

"But after I learned some of the relevant knowledge about fo, I had greater ambitions..."

"Uh... no!"

"It should be said that I have found a way to be more lazy~"

"That's... setting up a Coleman Family Office!"

"Of course~"

"It's too early for me to think about these things~"

"But as Pine explained to me, an efficient fo that meets my needs cannot be built in a day or two."

"But, I'm still young~"

"Starting preparations for the formation of fo now will allow my team to slowly get in touch with each other, make progress together with me, deepen our understanding of each other, etc.~"

"These will be the common wealth of me and the fo staff!"

Jellal's eyes flashed brightly, and he turned to look at the smiling Holm. After seeing him nod slightly, he asked David sincerely.

"Have you ever thought about... setting up a multi-family office (MFO) first?"

"Um... you mean?" David wanted to confirm Jellal's contrary, so he asked.

Jellal smiled and shrugged, turned to look at Karnes, and asked, "What about you? Have you thought about it?"

"No~"

"Think about it now!"

Karnes was a little surprised by Jellal's "force", raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Little Peter... gave up the internal fight for the family heir..."

"I'm not interested in the bad things within the family either."

"But you... Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor is the first in line for the title of Duke of Westminster!"

"Is it appropriate for you to form mfo with us?"

Jellal smiled and patted Holm on the shoulder: "It's not me~ it's Holm... the family!"

"Holm and I are inseparable!"

"Even if I inherit the title in the future, the Holm family will be a solid ally of our family!"

Karnes smiled without any surprise, turned to look at David and asked, "What do you think?"

"I can warn you in advance!"

"Jeral's family, without his father's intimidation... might be in a mess~"

"Oh?"

David glanced at Jellal in surprise, and was surprised by Carnes's ruthless reminder to "reveal the truth"~

He looked at Jellal and asked, "You...?"

"I can't~"

Jellal seemed to feel that there was some "ambiguity" in his words, and explained: "I don't have the ability like my father... to manage the complicated affairs of the family with ease~"

"This is also the thing that dissatisfies me the most..."

"Oh..I understand~"

David supported his chin with one hand, looked at Holm, and asked: "In my plan, I did have the idea of ​​setting up a multi-family office (mfo) first~"

"Bloomer Walton and Livlin G. Cherov are both friends I recognize!"

"They will also be interested in my proposal~"

"So...what's your opinion?"

Holm glanced at Jellal, nodded, and then looked at Karnes. .

Karnes shrugged nonchalantly: "Okay!"

"I know them all when they come~"

"I have no opinion!"

"ok~"

David breathed a sigh of relief and asked the three of them: "Where is the specific manpower of MFO?"

"Do you have a suitable candidate?"

"Have you?" Holm asked expectantly.

"Have!"

"Tell me about it~?"

"Okay~"

David smiled and thought for a while: "Sam Rogers, his work ability and execution ability are very good."

"Otis Parker has a strong ability to obtain information~ He helped me collect all your whereabouts information."

"The two of them are my tentative core members of MFO."

"There are also Mu Brandes, Bernard Madoff, Zina Olivia, George McCarran and others, who are also the core candidates I have decided on~"

"They will temporarily work for mfo for a period of time, and then I will assign them more core work or tasks based on their performance and abilities~"

"In addition, younger candidates such as Toby Olga, Leon Hoffman, Yuri Orlov and my secretary Maggie are also on my MFO list."

"..."

After listening to David's "simple" introduction, the three of them were speechless~

Kanes looked at David with a feeling of "magic": "These people have all worked for you in recent months...?"

"Yes~"

"Then you trust them so much?"

"trust?"

"Hehe~"

David smiled and put down his legs, and explained to Karnes seriously: "People of the same type are attracted to each other. Have you heard of this saying?"

"I have always believed that trust is mutual!"

"I am more willing to release more kindness to the people around me~"

"This way they will feel for themselves what I really think in my heart~"

"As I always say~"

"I don't lie, and I really hate being lied to!"

"So under this premise, as our mutual understanding deepens, we will naturally gain each other's full trust~"

Seeing that the three of them were silent, David smiled and said: "My parents are just ordinary people, and I am just a boy with some luck~"

"Unlike you, I don't have a lot of talent resources to choose from, and I don't have a family standing behind me to protect me from wind and rain~"

"I can only choose... to exchange sincerity for sincerity, and to exchange all my sincerity for more trust..."

"Maybe, you may think I'm stupid~"

"Hehe~"

"But I don't regret it!"

"Because I know that people can lie to me once, but they can't lie to me forever!"

"I won't change myself for anything! I don't want my friends around me to be disappointed in me~"

"This is my bottom line and my attitude towards life!"

"This is what I understand about trust...all~"

"So...guys, do you understand?"

"..."

Karnes raised his hand and loosened his collar, smiled and nodded.

Jellal and Holm pursed their lips, sat back on the sofa, looked at each other, and laughed slowly~

"Hahahaha~"

"Thank you, David!"

"You're welcome~"