Manhattan Reborn 1978

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

Under the clear night~

The bright moonlight made the stars in the sky appear brighter.

On the lawn in the front yard of the holiday home, a dozen hanging lanterns formed several colorful ribbons.

Amid everyone’s busyness, chatter and laughter, the semi-buffet dinner party began!

David walked up to the old Malkin couple with a plate in his hand and asked with a smile.

"This time you are going to visit the big island. Why are you all a shade darker?"

"Hahaha~" Old Malkin and his wife Sena couldn't help but look at each other with laughter and shook their heads.

"They're all exposed to the sun!"

"We first went to Hapuna White Beach, and then found the rumored Green Beach, and led the children to play there for two whole days."

"Ah~"

"Is there really a green beach?"

"Those green sands... aren't they kelp?"

"of course not!"

Sena pulled David to the side and sat down. She explained with a smile: "On that green beach, there are tiny fragments of peridot..."

"The waves took away the lighter sea sand, leaving behind a piece of green olivine fragments mixed with the fine sand, making the beach look yellow-green."

"Oh~"

David felt that his knowledge had increased a little. He smiled happily, put down the plate in his hand, put his arm around Sena's mother's shoulders, kissed her, and asked.

"How was it? Did you have fun this time?"

"Happy~"

"It's just that the time is a little short..."

“The scenery of the Big Island is truly worthy of its name!”

"If it weren't for...your father's legs and feet are not good, we must go to the volcano crater more than 4000 meters away and take a look!"

"Hehe~"

"Then don't go back yet. I'll take you to see the volcano in a few days! How about it?"

"Stay...?" Sena glanced at her husband hesitantly, but did not agree immediately.

David stood up with a smile, glanced at Zina who was passing by, pulled old Malkin to the side, and asked in a low voice.

"You are so anxious to go back. Do you have something to deal with?"

"Hmm..." Old Malkin nodded to David, then glanced at his wife Sena, who was being pulled by Zina to chat, and said.

"David Romano has brought us some good news..."

"I have to rush back and take care of it properly first!"

"Romano?"

David tilted his head and looked at David Romano, who was talking and laughing with Ludy's family, frowned, lowered his voice again, and asked.

"Dad, do you...do you have something else that you should tell me?!"

"Oh?"

"What do you want to know?"

"I should know... everything!"

"Hehe~"

Old Malkin stared at David for a while, smiled and said.

"Did you guess it from...Alto?"

"Yes! But not exactly..."

David glanced at Alto who was surrounding Jane Fonda and kept asking this and that, frowned a little tighter, and said.

"New York...what's going to happen?"

"Um.."

"Someone in the family?"

"..not completely!"

"Who else is there?"

"what can I do?"

"You don't have to do anything~!"

Old Malkin narrowed his eyes in great relief, put his hand on David's shoulder, and said warmly.

"Tomorrow morning, I will take Ludy, Polly and David Romano back with me."

"Manqi and your mother will help take care of Polly's two children..."

"Don't you want to find a chance to get close to them?"

"...Hmm!" Seeing that Old Malkins deliberately changed the topic, David responded with a sullen expression.

The old Malkin couple led Manqi and their four children + the Ludi family and Alto. After meeting David Romano, they were about to end their vacation and return to New York. .

There must be something wrong here~

But Old Malkin didn't want to say anything, so David could only suppress the inexplicable irritability in his heart first. .

. . .

Dinner continues.

David accompanied Old Malkin back to the crowd, found Donald D. Klein and his family who were specially invited here tonight, and introduced Klein to Old Malkin.

Then, he pulled Polly, who had just been chatting with Klein, to the side, put his arm around her shoulders and asked.

"Dad just now said... you go back first and let mom, Manqi and the children stay...?"

"Ok!"

David looked at the smiling Polly, frowned and asked, "Why?"

"You...don't you have anything to say to me?"

"Yes~" Polly glanced at Zina, who was chatting with her mother Sena, and whispered in a low voice.

"She...what's going on?"

"Um...you mean Xina?"

"Of course ~ and that Elena!"

David smiled bitterly and shook his head. He put his hands on Polly's shoulders and said, "Since you don't want to talk... I won't ask."

"The jackal is back with you... Ask him to accompany you back to New York tomorrow morning."

"I can rest assured that he and the soldiers are responsible for your safety issues~"

"No matter what you...want to do, remember me!"

"Don't put yourself and your family in danger!"

"...Hmm!" Polly hugged David tightly with her arms, looked up at him and smiled.

"Wait for me tonight!"

"Okay~"

"I can't ask for it!"

"Hehe~"

"The women around you can almost form a team...what else can you ask for?"

"Tsk~"

"So you're jealous too?"

"..."

"Hahaha~"

----

new York.

midnight~

In Manhattan, the lights are still bright in the FBI New York branch office on 66th Street.

The FBI agent in charge of the Barclays Bank robbery a few days ago, "Old Fritter" Lexia Burnedy, held a cup of coffee in his hand and asked his colleague Kahn Spann with a wry smile.

"How long shall we wait?"

"I don't know~"

"We can only wait for the call now!"

"fxxx!"

Lekosha raised her head and yawned, stood up and moved around the table, then suddenly laughed.

"How about we make a bet...?"

"I bet... Harold Stone will definitely come back empty-handed when he goes to Hawaii this time!"

Kahn Spann put his legs on the desk, looked at Lekosha sideways, thought for a moment, took out a ten-meter change note from his pocket, slapped it on the table and said.

"Bet!"

"Hahaha~"

Lekosha laughed and put away the ten-meter yuan. Just when he was about to make some "declaration of victory", he heard a rapid ringing of the phone~

"Bell bell~"

Lekosha and Kahn looked at each other, quickly picked up the phone and said.

"Hello~"

"it's me!"

"Oh? When?"

"... Someone shot?"

"Hey~ I know! Is there anything else?"

"Um.."

"Um.."

"Ok~ Let's set off now!"

. . .

Lekosha put down the phone, frowned and thought about it, and said to Kahn.

"There was a Caribbean club in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, where several Molotov cocktails were thrown in front of the door."

"When the person in charge of the club discovered the fire and organized the evacuation of the guests from the back door, he was attacked by a group of people with guns."

"Preliminary estimates show that three people were killed on the spot, two were seriously injured, and more than a dozen were lightly injured."

"Among the dead and injured, all are immigrants from the Great Bear Country."

After Kahn heard this, he retracted his legs, picked up his coat and put it on, smiling.

"Then you are responsible for contacting Linde Vercello of the Anti-Gangster Group? I'll go over and have a look!"

"..Um!"

Lekosha took two steps forward, patted Kahn on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Be careful, don't..."

"Okay!" Kahn Spann smiled and nodded slightly to him, and strode out of the office in a crisp manner.

. . .

Kahn Spann, gone.

Lekosha's work has just begun!

He sat behind his desk and stared at the phone in deep thought for more than ten minutes before picking up the phone and dialing.

"Hello~"

"I'm Lekosha..."

"Correct!"

"Message, I received it!"

"Um.."

"How are you preparing?"

"ok~"

"I'll be here tonight!"

"..."

After putting down the phone, Lekosha took a deep breath, picked up the phone again, and dialed.

"Hello~"

"An accident happened."

"Um.."

"Then let's get started!"

----

Manhattan, Gold Coin Hotel.

The person in charge, Winston, knocked on the door of Otis Parker's room and said with a smile.

"Someone called and said he wanted to sell a piece of information worth twenty gold coins..."

"twenty?"

Mr. Parker, who was sitting on the sofa in a nightgown, put down the book in his hand, raised his eyebrows at Winston, and asked.

"Do you think... is it worth it?"

"..value!"

"But after tonight, it won't be worth it~"

"Oh! Haha~"

"Then make your own decision~"

"Ok!"

. . .

Winston, gone.

Mr. Parker lowered his head, gently touched the surface of the book with his hand, and showed an interesting smile on his lips.

A paragraph of French on the cover of the book clearly indicates the title of the book ~

"War and Peace"!

----

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

after midnight.

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

In the bedroom on the second floor.

David turned over on the bed and stretched out his right hand. .But in a daze, I unexpectedly discovered that there was already nothing around me. .

Covering his face and frowning, he got out of bed and turned on the light. He saw a small note left on the bedside cabinet and got up to take a look at it.

The note was left by Polly, who went back to spend time with the child after David fell asleep. .

Emm. .

David smiled helplessly, put down the note, walked to the window and opened the curtains, looked up at the bright crescent moon, and slowly regained his clarity.

last night. .

Do not!

It was the night before!

Mr. Harold Stone, whom Zina "liked" very much, quietly told David two things when he came to the dinner party, which surprised him greatly. .

Jane Fonda suddenly had an "awakening" after she won the Oscar for Best Actress a few years ago. .

He began to participate in various anti-war activities and made public remarks critical of the government many times. He was arrested and prosecuted many times. .

Becoming the first Hollywood actress in history to stand up and publicly express her anti-war views in a high-profile manner~

Therefore, there are always several plainclothes FBI agents around her, who are responsible for following her to ensure that she does not talk nonsense everywhere. .

After hearing the news, David's first thought was. .Recall what Jane Fonda said these two days. .

Emm. .

Another thing.

Harold Stone was also anxious to leave Hawaii with his ex-wife Harris Schultz. The conversation he had with Ludy in the underground garage was an important factor.

trade? !

This was David's first reaction when he heard this.

However, he thought about it carefully later and found out helplessly. .The source of all this seems to be caused by oneself. .

That's right!

As he told his cousins ​​at old Malkin's house~

The management model of the Sidrich family gang is very similar to the management model of General Electric in some aspects~

For example: within the Sidrich family, the head positions and "work" content, as well as "work" responsibilities, etc. are set for members with foreign surnames~

They are all very similar to the divisional system implemented by General Electric~

He is also the first person in charge of setting up multiple departments to take charge of the company business or gang business he is responsible for. .

Also within the department, multiple deputies are set up to help the person in charge manage the daily operations of the department and solve some minor problems or troubles. .

It also sets up relatively independent financial settlements for each department, regularly reports profits and losses to the headquarters, summarizes recent "work" status, and implements the next development plan formulated by the headquarters, etc. .

As for the senior managers of the "headquarters", the elders of the Sidrich family who participate in management are more like board members elected by shareholders, fulfilling their responsibilities and obligations to the "company". .

But~

Even if there are many similarities between them, there will still be some differences!

The biggest difference between Sidrich and General Electric is that the power alternation cycle of high-level candidates such as "CEO" or "CFO" makes it easy for people to feel that the power class is solidified. .

For example: All members of General Electric’s board of directors are agents elected by shareholders~

Perhaps, each of them only holds a small amount of equity, but they can represent countless small shareholders or major shareholders and exercise voting rights on the board of directors!

If the CEO or other company management allows the company to continue to suffer losses and cannot guarantee the interests of shareholders, then these directors will definitely vote with their "feet" to select new senior managers who are more suitable to manage the company.

And what about Sidric?

It’s a completely different scene!

Old Malkin used the wealth he had accumulated for the family over the years to gain recognition from most people within the family~

But he. .He has held the power of the family for too long. .

For so long, many young or middle-aged people in the family feel that they will never see the day when they take over. .

Emm. .

David, who had been standing by the window, turned around and turned off the lights in the bedroom with a headache, lay down on the bed, and sighed.

He asked old Malkin and hinted at it~

Old Malkin should have understood his hint and was very pleased with his performance. .

But neither of them said anything about Rudy, let alone Artaud or anyone else. .

Because both of them know that no matter what old Malkin wants to do to the family, it has nothing to do with David, an "outsider"!

This is another big difference between Sidrich and GE. .

At General Electric Company, all senior managers have signed employment contracts with the board of directors and pursue a completely commercial management mindset~

That is: Whoever can do it will get on~

No, just replace him!

The Sidrich family gang has always used blood ties and family interests to maintain connections between everyone within it and resolve conflicts between them. .

So, it's doomed. .It is impossible to use completely commercial thinking or methods to solve big problems that arise among internal senior managers!

For example: an old Malkin cousin who was in charge of the internal business of the Sidrich family secretly started a black business that could make a lot of money without telling his family, but he always thought that no one would notice. .

The family leader, Malkin Sr., knows about this. What should he do?

Take back all the power of his cousin and let him go home to retire?

Or kill him directly?

Comes with. .Kill his wife and children as well?

hehe~

David covered himself with a thin quilt, smiled wryly, and put such "weird" thoughts away from his head~

He tried hard to relax again and stop thinking about these troubles. .

After a while.

When he was half asleep and half awake, he suddenly heard slight footsteps coming from outside the bedroom door. .

"Um.."

"Who...is outside?"

"..it's me!"

Under the moonlight shining in from the window, Cui Yingying, wearing a nightgown, leaned half of her body in and whispered to David.

"Oh~ I turned on the light just now, did it wake you up?"

Cui Yingying held the door with her hand and saw that David was empty. .asked with a smile.

"Polly... gone?"

"Yes~"

"Why are you still standing at the door? Come and sleep with me~"

"..oh!"

Cui Yingying looked at David who waved to her, closed the door with her face a little hot, walked to the bed and lay down slowly. .

David opened his arms, held her head in his arms, kissed her forehead, and murmured.

"Tomorrow morning, don't get up so early again... and leave me alone..."

"..."

"Go to sleep~ I have a lot of things to do tomorrow..."

"Um.."

Cui Yingying put her ear against David's chest, listening to his slow but powerful heartbeat. She closed her eyes and hummed with a smile on her lips.