Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

It's noon!

Manhattan.

Plaza Hotel, banquet hall on the second floor.

Odis Parker saw David and Julie standing at the entrance of the hall with a middle-aged man at the turn of the stairs, talking and laughing~

(Begnino Odyssey, appearing in Chapter 440, takes a private plane to London with Old Morgan and David.)

. . .

David's side.

He smiled at General Electric CEO Bergnino Odesette and said, "That's a shame~"

"Lilith and I are flying to London tonight, I can only have a chance next time..."

"London?"

Begnino Odesette raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The last time we went to London together, the plane we took happened to be parked at JFK Airport."

"Oh?" David glanced at Julie beside him and thanked him.

"Then... it won't bring you and... trouble, right?"

"Hehe~"

Begnino Odesette said with a playful smile: "You forgot! Lilith is also a member of our General Electric!"

"...Okay~Thank you!"

"Ok!"

Julie, who was standing silently aside, smiled and raised her glass to Odyssey. The two clinked their glasses in silence and smiled at each other~

(In the previous chapters, Julie gave Lilith the Plaza Hotel and her shareholding rights in General Electric as engagement gifts~ That’s why Begnino Odesette said that Lilith is General Electric a member of.)

. . .

Begnino Odesette walked into the banquet hall.

David took Julie's arm and walked to a deserted place outside the banquet hall. He caught a glimpse of Otis Parker who had just gone upstairs, took a deep breath and whispered.

"Uncle Julie!"

"Next time... I won't come to such a scene, right?!"

"Hehe~"

"Not used to it?!" Julie asked with a smile, as if she had already seen through David's inner thoughts.

"I'm sure you're not used to it!"

David rubbed the sore muscles of the two families with his hands and complained: "Meeting dozens of strangers at a time, and having to remember their relevant information..."

"I'm not a computer!!"

"You can't store so much information in a short time..."

"...Hahahaha~"

Julie laughed and glanced at Odis Parker who was standing not far away, patted David on the shoulder and smiled.

"Take your time, you'll get used to it!"

"That old David guy has a storage room specifically for storing business cards in the office... You know that, right?"

"Uh... I know!"

"He also hired an administrator specifically to manage those business cards and personal information. You know that, right?"

David drooped his head like a frustrated rubber ball and sighed: "I know!"

"Hmm~"

"Do you still have any questions?"

"Have!"

"what?"

"Can I... be lazy and take a break?"

"...Hahahaha~" Julie laughed heartily. .I almost couldn’t hold the wine glass~

David touched his nose and laughed~

. . .

Julie, entered the banquet hall.

David walked to a window, looked out at the sparsely populated streets and the police cars parked at the intersection, and said.

"Thank you, buddy!"

Odis Parker, whose footsteps were silent, stood slightly back, smiled and whispered: "It's nothing~ That guy Ezra Cremo... helped a lot!"

"Oh?"

"Is he also in front of the hotel?"

"Hehe~"

"You should ask who is not at the door of the hotel!"

"..."

Otis Parker took out an envelope from his pocket, placed it on the window sill and said with a smile: "From 36th Street to the northernmost end of Central Park, the streets are full of NYPD police patrolling the streets."

"So, you asked Black Mike to pick up the things from home for you, and it went smoothly!"

David tilted his head and took the envelope, fiddled with it, and asked with a smile: "Didn't you open it and take a look?"

"no!"

"Hehe~"

David opened the envelope, took out a few folded pieces of letter paper, and said with a smile: "These... are all music scores I wrote in my spare time~"

"Originally, I didn't want to take them out on an occasion like today..."

"But today's engagement ceremony...has completely changed!"

"Although, this situation doesn't surprise or surprise me too much..."

"But it... also gave me a better understanding of the concept of family!"

David placed the score in front of Otis, with inexplicable self-deprecation and helplessness on his lips:

"When some people, faced with two choices, or more choices, never have the concept of choosing one of them, they want them all..."

"Sacrifice something...what they think can be compensated is nothing~"

"Profits come first~"

"The rest...have to step aside!"

"Right? Man!"

Otis Parker, staring down at the music sheets, holding his hands in front of his lower abdomen, asked in a low voice: "Are you... disappointed? Or do you regret it?"

"..none~"

David stared out the window and at the policemen on the street for a while, turned around, put his hands on the window sill, looked directly into Otis Parker's eyes, and asked in a very soft and quick voice.

"I've been having a question in my mind these past few days, and there's no answer!"

"You said... the underground vault of the New York Fed stores a large amount of gold stored here by countries around the world~"

"Where is the Fed's treasury?"

"How much gold is there in it?"

"Since the rice dollar was decoupled from gold in 71, there have always been people spreading various rumors, saying... that the vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of America is simply empty...!? The gold in it has long been secretly sold out?!"

"The gold reserve figures released by the Federal Reserve are all false and lied data?!"

"So, the U.S. government and the Federal Reserve will become the biggest short sellers in the gold market to curb the rise in gold prices after 71 years!?"

"The higher the price of gold, the greater the deficit will be on their account?!"

"Then Gerald, Carnes, Little Peter, I, want to take advantage of the oil crisis + global inflation to do long gold... Isn't it very stupid?!"

"..."

Otis Parker stared at David's "knowledge-seeking" eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, turned to look around, faced the direction of the stairs, and whispered.

"You should raise this issue in a place like this!"

"Oh~"

"Then you... know the answer?"

"Feel sorry!"

"..All right!"

David smiled and patted Otis on the shoulder: "You are right! I shouldn't raise such a question here and now!"

"But... I still have you, right?"

"...Yes!" Otis asked with a slight arc at the corner of his mouth.

"Do you need me to check?"

"No!"

David put away his smile and shook his head seriously: "I will find the answer to this question myself!"

"Don't touch it!"

"ok?!"

"..OK!"

"Um!!"

David nodded with satisfaction and smiled again: "Let's go, man!"

"The new owner of this hotel is Lilith~"

"So, this is our new home too!"

"Since it's our home, we, the masters, can't deliberately neglect even those who come uninvited... right?"

"..." Odis smiled and nodded.

"ok~"

"Let's go... have some fun!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

A corner of the banquet hall.

Lilith, who was extremely beautiful in her costume, stood next to her best friends and looked at the grand scene of "full of guests". Although she still maintained a polite and happy smile on her face, the light in her eyes gradually dimmed. .

The soothing and cheerful piano sound sounded again~

In the crowd, Cheryl Norton Morgan, who had been socializing with her mother, said sorry to a few people around her~

She walked slowly through your human rights and walked to Lilith, who was "ignored" by people. She whispered with a little apology in her voice.

"Feel sorry!"

"When Panaris called me... I knew nothing could be changed~"

"Bless you, my sister!"

Lilith stepped forward very happily, hugged Cheryl's waist, and whispered in her ear: "Thank you!"

Cheryl patted Lilith's back gently with her hand, looked at the dark-faced Laura aside, and asked with a smile: "Who made you angry again?"

"..Hahaha~"

Armin Mellon covered her mouth and laughed: "She was upstairs just now, and she said... David is Julien from New York!"

"Julian?"

"That...the male protagonist in "The Red and the Black"?"

The smile disappeared from Cheryl’s pretty face, and she stared at Laura with sharp eyes and asked: “Is this what you said?!”

"...I was just...joking..."

"Humph~"

The "big family" aura exuded by Cheryl instantly caused the smiles to disappear from the faces of the women around her. .

Giles' fiancée, the "burly" Kylena Rockefeller, took Laura's arm, shook it a few times, and said nonchalantly: "You shouldn't say that about David..."

"he.."

"..." Laura pursed her lips, her dark face slowly turned red, and her eyes were a little red as she lowered her head.

"I see!"

"Wait a minute...I'll go apologize to him..."

Cheryl stared at Laura, and slowly relaxed a little under the constant pull of Lilith's little movements.

She glanced at Almin Mellon, whose "heart was bigger than her eyes", looked at Kylena, and then asked with a smile on her lips.

"These days, Giles has been thinking about you in my ears..."

"After Christmas, come over to my house for a few days during the New Year, okay?"

Kylena, who had a very upright and beautiful appearance, but her figure lowered her overall score, nodded with a blush on her face and whispered.

"Okay, sister Cheryl!"

"Hahahaha~"

Cheryl let go of Lilith in surprise, raised her hand and patted Kylena's arm, and said with a smile: "It seems... it's right to let you go to London to study!"

"Laura should too..."

"I do not!"

Laura tilted her neck, bulging her big eyes, and directly interrupted Cheryl: "Kylena, you..."

"Laura!"

Lilith quickly stepped forward to stop Laura's "impulse", and smiled apologetically at Kylena: "I'm going to London with David to visit an elder tonight, maybe..."

"It's okay Lilith!"

Kylena, who has been best friends with Laura and Lilith for more than ten years, knows their personalities and tempers very well~

Apart from Cheryl, there was no one in the world who could make her grit her teeth and lower her head to admit her mistake. . !

With a smile on her lips, Cheryl looked into Laura’s big eyes and asked, “Haha~ Do you have something to say?!”

"..." Laura held Lilith tightly with her little hands, tilted her neck, and said nothing.

Next to her, Almin, who was eating melon with twinkling eyes, stepped forward with a flattering look on her baby face, took Cheryl's arm and asked.

"Sister, I heard that you are pregnant?"

"Um.."

"Then your belly...why can't I see it?"

"Hahahaha~"

Cheryl patted Almin's head with her hand and said with a smile: "You little clever guy!"

"Okay~"

"Look...David is over there!"

"She will come here later...Laura, don't forget what you just promised me!"

"..." The women were all speechless~

. . .

the other side.

David led Odis Parker in a big circle in the crowd~

But none of his three bad friends were free. .

Giles was with old Morgan, Bloomer was with old Wharton, and Leslie was with old David, all busy socializing~

Therefore, David had no choice but to lead Otis, and after making his presence felt in front of most of his acquaintances, he apologized to him: "Man, I underestimated today's...chaos and complexity!"

"Feel sorry!"

Otis Parker smiled and shook his head slightly: "Today, everyone came with their own purposes~"

"After chaos and complexity, a new kind of order and cooperation will emerge!"

"so.."

When David heard this, he smiled and continued: "So, let's go find our own people, right?!"

"...ok!" Otis was amused and nodded.

. . .

The two of them, David, made a small circle in the crowd and found old David's father, Sera's mother, and sisters.

He said to his family apologetically: "Today..."

"Haha~ You don't need to say anything, we all understand!"

Old David waved his hand directly to his son and said, "Go ahead and do what you should do, and we can enjoy ourselves too~"

"..OK!"

David took a deep breath, hugged his mother, kissed her on the cheek, nodded apologetically to his sisters, and led Otis not far away.

Old David and Sierra looked at their son's back, looked at each other silently, and both smiled proudly~

He is only 21 years old this year!

How many young people in this huge banquet hall can be better than David?

Just as old David said, he was sober enough to see clearly. .What kind of "big shots" are there in the so-called upper-class social circle!

. . .

David walked to the small circle composed of Carnes, Peter Jr., Sam Rogers, Bernard Madoff, Mikhail Friedliman and Polly, and laughed.

"Hey guys, I'm back!"

"Oh~ hahaha!"

Carnes glanced at Odis Parker behind David, laughed and asked, "Are you going to introduce us to new friends?"

"Yup!"

"This is Odis Parker!"

"Hello!" Mr. Parker greeted Carnes and Little Peter in an impeccable British accent.

Little Peter seemed to have thought of something, and smiled at David and asked, "Is he... the one you mentioned?"

"Yes, it's him!"

David winked at Polly and after receiving her "eye signal", he pulled Otis and Sam and said to little Peter.

"I will leave the task of forming a joint family office (mfo) to them first!"

"Before you meet a more suitable candidate, they will put together the mfo framework first~"

"Okay!" Little Peter shrugged and nodded to show that he had no objection.

Kanes stared at Otis Parker for a few seconds, then suddenly asked with a smile: "It was you... who helped David find out our whereabouts during those days in Tokyo??"

"Yes!"

Odis Parker smiled calmly and said: "Not just in Tokyo..."

"I know all your whereabouts in Athens, Greece and...!"

"Wow~ You are...an agent?!"

"No!"

"I turned out to be just an information dealer."

"...Okay~"

Karnes curled his lips, shrugged, and smiled at David: "I have no problem~"

"Hahaha~"

David patted Sam hard on the shoulder, turned to little Peter and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

"Cooperation!"

"Oh?"

David looked at Mikhail and Bernard Madoff.

Madoff smiled and shook his head, pointed at Polly and said, "We are just listening."

David looked at Polly again in surprise: "...??"

Polly glanced at Little Peter with a smile and explained: "The security company needs a lot of new equipment made in Europe."

"So, I would like to ask little Peter to help connect the wires and order some back~"

"Oh~" David heard Polly calling Little Peter, smiled and made a long sound, and nodded.

His eyes moved around Bernard Madoff and Mikhail~

Finally, he fell on Mikhail's face and asked: "Can I... take them away?"

"Haha ~ Of course!" Mikhail shrugged with a smile.

"ok~"

"Come on, guys!"

"I'll take you to find some... fun!"

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

"What are you going to do?"

"Of course I want to give a gift to our heroine today!"

"Gift?!"

"What have you prepared?"

"Hehe~ You'll find out later!"

"...Okay~"

. . .

Mikhail looked at the backs of David and others leaving, and asked with a smile to Bernard Madoff beside him.

"Aren't you coming along?"

"No!"

Madoff's eyes passed through the crowd in the banquet hall, fell on several Saudis wearing white robes, and whispered.

"My mission is not completed yet!"

"Mission??" Mikhail felt a little funny about the word he heard.

But he didn't see it on Madoff's face. .Just kidding ~

Madoff frowned slightly and sighed: "Yes~ I have the time, place, and opportunity!"

"Now, let's see if I can catch it!"

Mikhail followed Madoff's line of sight and looked at the conspicuous white figures in the crowd in the distance, pursed his lips and stopped smiling.

"Do you need my help?"

"No!"

Madoff shook his head slightly and refused: "It's still a little bit worse... It's just a little bit worse!"

"I need to wait more patiently!"

"..." Mikhail, listen to a little of what he said. .A lot of things came to mind quickly!

In the crowd, he quickly found the white-robed Saudis he had just talked to. .Opening and closing his mouth slightly, he immediately had a guess in his mind!

. . .

ten minutes later.

David found Susan, Cui Yingying, Tilda Swinton and secretary Maggie in the crowd, the "left out" quartet. .

Then he led the four of them + Polly, Kanes and others to find Lilith and her best friends. .

Later, David summoned everyone to the piano in the banquet hall and found another "left out" person, Cheryl's husband, Tus Schumann Gruber.

Tusi, as a successful symphony composer + otaku attribute is max introverted and "little transparent", in today's world. .I felt very uncomfortable in an engagement ceremony with a strong commercial atmosphere~

That's why he stood silently by the piano, enjoying the happiness brought by music alone. .

But when David led a large group of people to find him, he was a little confused. .

David was like a "butler", arranging all the people he summoned to sit by the piano~

He whispered a few words to Odis Parker and Sam Rogers who were following him, looked at the people sitting and standing, took Lilith's little hand, stood side by side with her by the piano, and smiled.

"I'm sorry~"

"I prepared five gifts for Lilith today!"

"But there are some minor problems with three of the gifts, and they cannot be honored for the time being..."

David raised Lilith's little hand, smiled at everyone, and raised his voice a little: "So, please help me here to witness ~ the remaining two gifts!"

With that said, David took out two envelopes with his other hand and put them in Lilith's hand.

"The first gift is a letter of commitment!"

"Open it and read it to everyone~"

Lilith took one of the envelopes with curiosity, surprise and doubt in her eyes, opened it quickly, looked at it for a few times, two blushes immediately appeared on her face, and she whispered shyly.

"Isn't this too...?"

"Hehe~"

David curled his lips in a funny way, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "If you're embarrassed, you can find someone to join you...ah!"

"Together?!"

Lilith held the letter in her hand and was stunned for two seconds, then turned to look at Laura. .and Susan and others standing beside her, smiled.

"Then together!"

"Laura, Susan, Polly. Cui Yingying, can you come and help me?!"

"..." Everyone's eyes fell on the women.

Polly looked at David with eyes full of shock and surprise. .

She suppressed the turmoil in her heart, touched Susan and Cui Yingying who were a little stunned with her elbow, and asked.

"Are you... together?"

"Huh? Uh..." Susan and Cui Yingying didn't know what to do. .

David smiled and put his arm around Lilith's shoulders and whispered in her ear: "Thank you...!"

"Hehe~"

Lilith felt a little itchy in her ears, rolled her eyes at David, and waved to Laura and Polly, who had very complicated expressions on their faces.

"Come here!"

"...Here it comes!" Polly smiled and pushed Susan, Cui Yingying and Laura to Lilith's side.

David deliberately took a big step back, faced the women, and signaled: "Let's... start?!"

"ok~"

"Let's read together!"

Lilith raised the letter so that all the women could see it, and then made a gesture.

David nodded slightly, put away the smile on his face, raised his hand seriously, and said: "I promise!"

"from now on.."

Polly held the waists of Susan and Cui Yingying with both hands, followed Lilith's voice, looked at the letter and read: "You must be good to me, pamper me, and love me!"

"Everything you promised me must be done!"

"Every word you say to me must come from the bottom of your heart~"

"Don't lie to me, don't scold me, you must care about me all the time..."

"When others bully me, you have to stand up and help me as soon as possible..."

"When I'm happy, you have to be happy with me~"

"When I'm unhappy, you have to make me happy..."

"I will always be the most beautiful person in your heart!"

"In your dreams, you will also dream about me!"

. . .

"..."

After the "gift" in David's mouth was read by Lilith and the girls, the surrounding audience had different expressions and fell silent. .

David seemed a little dissatisfied with the "performance" of the girls, and raised his hand and said: "ok~"

"That time just now was considered a rehearsal!"

"Let's do it again!"

"Laura, if you keep a sad face...I will punish you!"

"what?!"

In the "auditorium", Almin and Kylena, after hearing David's "threat", were very surprised to see Laura being very obedient. .Pout, nod~

Ermin's eyes widened, she covered her mouth and whispered: "She didn't make any rebuttal or lose her temper...??"

"What is this... magic?"

Kylena crossed her fingers on her chest, her eyes filled with doubts. .

But what surprised them even more. .Lilith actually helped David and advised Laura.

"Although what he wrote is very strange and makes me feel very nauseous..."

"but.."

"I understand!" Laura looked into Lilith's eyes and showed a "bright" smile.

When David saw this scene, he stepped forward and put his arm around Laura's shoulders, whispering in her ear: "Do you want...to come with me?!"

"...Hmm!" Laura followed David and took a step back with shining eyes, staring closely at Lilith. .

David waved with a smile and said: "ok~"

"Laura, I will say it with me first, and then with you..."

"Let's do it again!"

"I promise!"

"from now on.."

"You have to be good to me, pamper me. You have to love me..."

. . .

On the outside of the "auditorium", Odis Parker and Sam Rogers came to find the old David and his wife, Parnaris and Elder, Giles and Pine, Bloomer, Leslie, Livlin , Cheryl et al. .

Amidst the noise around them, they worked very hard to understand what David and others were chanting~

Everyone who knew the complicated relationship between David and the others smiled with different expressions on their lips.

Cheryl raised her eyebrows and walked to her husband Tus. After asking a few questions, she watched Laura and Lilith hug each other and cry together. .I couldn't help but sigh~

Today's engagement ceremony, David deliberately arranged "this scene", if it were not in this chaos, it would really be regarded as "trying his best"~

Laura and Lilith don’t need the blessings of strangers!

They need the recognition and blessings from their family and friends~

That's it!

But this is for ordinary couples. .Things that were effortless made them endure too much~