Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

09:30am.

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

When Bernard Madoff walked out of the elevator carrying his briefcase, he happened to meet Maggie, the secretary who came from home to work overtime at the company.

After the two chatted casually for a few words, Maggie led him to the rest area outside David's office and asked him to wait for a while.

In David's office.

Sam Rogers gave a concise report on the company's status in the past month, focusing on the progress of the stock purchase plan.

Overall, Sam has successfully completed the stock investment goal that David set before.

However, as the stock market has plummeted in the past two weeks due to the impact of rising oil prices, the market value of the stocks Sam purchased has shrunk a lot.

This was of course what David expected.

Because he wants to buy the stocks of these companies with good growth, not for short-term holding or speculation, but for long-term holding + constantly increasing positions at dips, so as to reap the dividends of soaring stock prices during the recovery period after the economic crisis.

. . .

Sam Rogers, done.

It was the turn of the last of the three, Mag Ludwigs.

Mag took out a small notebook from his inner pocket and smiled: "Under your influence, I started to use it to record important things."

"Oh~" David was reminded by him and immediately opened the drawer on the left to find a notebook, held it up and smiled.

"It happened. I almost forgot if you didn't mention it..."

"Haha~"

Mag opened his notebook, shrugged and said jokingly: "You come first, or me?"

"Of course you go first~"

"Ok!"

"I heard you visited Senator Pushk's children in Houston?"

"Yes~"

David recalled his conversation with Walker Pushker and shrugged: "I heard from Walker that his father, Senator Pushker, has officially announced that he will form a running partner with Astaire K. Wood." "

"That's right!"

Mag tilted his head and glanced at Sam, and smiled: "The two of them made a public appearance at the banquet held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel a few days ago, saying that they would join forces to compete for the party's presidential candidate qualifications, and then participate in the new election that starts at the end of the year. presidential election."

"I have introduced Mr. Wood's situation to you before~"

"Let me tell you more about Texas Senator George Pushker."

"George Pushk, born 1923."

"His father Pushk Sr. has always lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a very successful businessman and was later successfully elected to the Massachusetts Senate."

"In 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, George Pushk, who had just graduated from high school, enlisted in the Army and served as a torpedo bomber pilot in the Pacific Fleet."

"He performed bravely during World War II, accumulated some military exploits, and was awarded the Flying Cross."

"In 1944, George's father, Pushk Sr., transferred him from the army through connections and entered Yale University to study economics."

"In 1946, George joined Skull and Bones at Yale University."

"In 48, after he obtained an economics degree from Yale University, he moved to Texas and became a salesman for an oil field machinery company."

"In 51, George founded his own oil development company."

"It wasn't until 1964 that George's father, Senator Pushk, announced his retirement. George, who was already a millionaire, decided to follow Senator Pushk's advice and give up business and join politics!"

"In 66, George was successfully elected to the state House of Representatives..."

"In 70, after he failed to run for the Senate again, President Nixon appointed him as the U.S. representative to the United Nations."

"In 71, he was appointed by President Nixon as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations."

"In 72, he was successfully elected as chairman of the Elephant Party National Committee at the annual meeting and was re-elected for one term."

"In 74, he was appointed by President Ford as the head of the U.S. Diplomatic Liaison Office in Beijing, China, and made important efforts in the development of diplomatic relations between the two countries."

"In 75, after he and his wife Barbara returned to the United States, he was appointed director of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia) for a two-year term."

"In 77, George Pushk resigned from the post of CIA director and decided to give up all government positions and go home to rest for a while~"

"Go home and rest?" David stopped recording and asked with interest.

"How could he suddenly decide...?"

"It's because of his little daughter Ada!"

"Little Ada almost died when she was born. When she grew up, she rarely lived with her parents. Her character gradually became very withdrawn, eccentric and introverted."

"In 75, George and his wife moved to Washington with little Ada, who was only eight years old."

"After she witnessed a tragic car accident in front of the school, she suffered a very severe mental stimulation and began to refuse to leave the house."

"George's wife, Barbara, has found many psychological counselors for her, but to no avail."

"So, after George resigned as CIA director, he and his wife Barbara took little Ada back to their home in Houston, hoping to make little Ada feel safer in her daily surroundings."

"Oh~"

David recalled the strange appearance of little Ada wearing a safety helmet and holding a hockey stick in her hand, and sighed with a hint of helplessness in sympathy.

"She has the best family."

"Um.."

Mag nodded in agreement, closed his notebook and said with a smile: "According to the information I learned from Washington, there is actually no suspense about the presidential candidate competition within the Elephant Party this time."

“Because another candidate, Phil Crane, who was born in Chicago, quoted a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. in a public speech a few days ago, which made many people present feel disgusted with him~ "

"What did he say?" David asked with a cooperative smile.

"He said: Our generation will eventually regret, not because of the hateful words and deeds of bad people, but even more because of the silence of good people."

"Forehead.."

David felt very strange as he chewed this sentence several times, spread his hands and asked, "Is there any problem with this sentence?"

"Of course there is!"

Mag crossed his legs and stretched out his arms to explain: "Martin Luther King said these words more than ten years ago, when various movements were surging~"

"But people nowadays are already tired of arguing about fairness, freedom and rights, and they are even more tired of the social chaos caused by various demonstrations~"

"People are now more concerned about whether the new presidential candidates can lead everyone out of the economic trough and make the difficult life better and better!"

"So, the sentence you put forward to Wood last time can better remind people of their unsatisfactory lives and the current situation that urgently needs to be changed."

"Understood!"

David scratched his cheek with his fingers, tilted his head and smiled: "People need a presidential candidate who better understands the hardships of ordinary people's lives and understands why the country has become so bad~"

"Instead of a presidential candidate who talks about fantasy and only knows how to continue to deceive voters with outdated remarks."

"That's right!"

Mag turned his head and glanced at the curious Sam, and asked with a smile: "Are you better off now than you were in the past few years?"

"Yes!" Sam blinked several times and nodded.

"Hahaha~"

"look!"

"This is one of the campaign slogans proposed by the boss to Astaire K. Wood, the presidential candidate of the Elephant Party."

"Are you better off now than you were in the past few years?"

"For ordinary people whose living conditions have become worse and worse in recent years, they will definitely have different answers to this sentence."

"But under the constant influence of today's general environment, how many ordinary people like you can be better off now than in the past?"

"..." Sam nodded with a smile on his lips.

"So Mr. Wood, who can be more recognized by ordinary people, will go further?!"

"Yes!"

David supported his chin with one hand and looked at Mag in a daze, and a "brilliant" idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

He closed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment, then asked Mager: "What was your main responsibility when you were with President Nixon?"

"Forehead.."

Mager pursed his lips and hesitated for a few seconds before replying: "I am mainly responsible for leading the president's press advisory team and responsible for the press release communication and liaison between the president and the media."

"Contact the media~"

"Just right!"

David picked up the pen and wrote two lines on the notebook, put it in front of Mag and smiled.

"You plan it, I'll invest it."

"How about we work together to give Mr. Wood another big gift?"

Mag picked up the notebook and after reading it with some confusion, he asked in surprise: "You want to do...?"

"Correct!"

"I want to invest in a documentary interview series called 'Into Wood'."

"This show follows presidential candidate Astaire K. Wood to television viewers every weekend night!"

"Including but not limited to his family situation, personal life, academic experience, acting experience, political experience, etc.~"

"As long as it interests the general public, we can film it and use it as a propaganda film to prepare for the presidential election and broadcast it on multiple national television stations."

"Hi~"

Following David's introduction, Ma Ge quickly calculated in his mind, and couldn't help but breathed in and asked.

"Then... what if the audience doesn't like watching it?"

"Hehe~"

"You don't understand that, do you?"

David sat back in his chair proudly, spread his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Wood, was born in the golden age after the end of World War I."

"This series of interviews and documentaries called "Close to Wood" can remind many Americans of their own personal experiences, triggering a certain degree of spiritual resonance and sense of empathy."

"Because Wood, who was born into an ordinary family, was not born to be great!"

"He is an ordinary person of flesh and blood."

"His growth experience is the same as that of most ordinary Americans~"

"He also has a mother who loves him very much and an alcoholic father..."

"He also has an older brother who loves to bully him, gives him nicknames and takes good care of him, and a first love who chooses to turn a blind eye to his pursuit..."

"When he was young, he also dreamed that he would become a respectable and powerful officer, or a firefighter, etc."

"He was also ridiculed by classmates and criticized by teachers for failing exams when he was studying."

"In order to realize his childhood dream, he enlisted in the army without hesitation and embarked on the cruel battlefield of World War II."

David continued with a smile in a voice that sounded slightly erratic.

"From ancient times to the present, ordinary people living at the bottom have been very keen to ask around for all kinds of gossip and interesting experiences about celebrities~"

"Just like when President Kennedy was running for election more than a decade ago, the media frantically reported everything about him in order to cater to the strong gossip mentality of ordinary people."

"Including his schooling experience, military experience, love experience, married life, etc.~"

"These are the best ways for people to understand the president of the United States from the side of history!"

"American presidents before Kennedy all liked to maintain a certain sense of mystery and solemnity in front of the media and ordinary people."

"That's why so many ordinary people still like President Kennedy very much."

"Because to a certain extent, when he decided to participate in the presidential election, he already regarded himself as an actor living in the public eye!"

"Every move he makes needs to be noticed, reported, and known and commented upon by ordinary people."

. . .

As David told it, Mag felt his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and gradually figured out David's wonderful intention of filming the show.

Otis Parker had a weird smile on his lips, and he whispered as he watched the excitement gradually appear on Mag's face.

"If you add some details involving personal privacy in the program, it will be more convincing to the audience!"

"Forehead.."

David scratched his head with his hand, smacked his lips and said with a smile: "Let's not force this."

"Although Mr. Wood was a professional actor and is very familiar with filming this type of program..."

"But if we expose his private aspects too much, it will most likely make the audience feel disgusted."

"Ok!"

Mager nodded in agreement and added: "People would rather see an ordinary, positive presidential candidate than Wood, who has a bad record..."

"So, I will find someone to help him write a shooting plan, complete the initial shooting as soon as possible, and put it on the TV station to pilot a few episodes to see the effect~"

"Ok!"

"Then leave this to you."

"Calculate how much it will cost in total and tell me."

"Ok!"

. . .

After finishing this matter, David breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Sam Rogers, and asked.

"Bernard Madoff, should he be here?"

"I gonna go see!"

"Wait a moment!"

David stopped Sam before he went out, thought for a moment and said, "Sam, we are all playing different roles and living hard~"

"If you think Bernard Madoff can be trusted, then you might as well give him a chance to show his strength."

"Because no one in this world can ever silently endure distrust!"

"...Okay!" Sam held the doorknob, looked at David quietly for a few seconds, and nodded heavily.