Manhattan Reborn 1978

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

Honolulu International Airport.

A flight from Florida landed smoothly on the runway.

Old Malkin Sidric and Rudy stood at the passenger exit. Seeing their old friend Meyer Lansky in the crowd, they smiled and waved.

ten minutes later.

on the way.

Florida gang boss Meyer Lansky pointed at the Hawaiian-style floral shirt worn by his old friend and laughed loudly.

"Hahaha~"

"You, an old guy, can actually wear this kind of floral shirt?"

Old Malkin looked down at his clothes, took off his sunglasses, and sneered.

"I'm just doing as the Romans do. What's so funny about that?"

"Hahaha~" Meyer Lansky felt like he was about to laugh out loud, shaking his head and saying nothing.

The driver, Ludi, saw him looking "out of control" in the rearview mirror and changed the topic.

"All procedures for our bank have been completed, and the name has been changed to New York Manhattan International Bank."

"Hahaha~ah...ah..."

Meyer Lansky panted heavily, finally calmed down, and turned to his old friend and asked.

"New York Manhattan International?"

"What bastard came up with that bullshit name?"

"Haha~ It's Rosenlow." Old Malkin also smiled with the same feeling, betraying his junior "ruthlessly".

"Rosenlow?"

"That's that... wooden boy?"

"Yes, it's him."

Meyer Lansky curled his lips in surprise, thought about it, and asked with a little doubt.

"Why don't you let that boy David run the bank?"

"With his abilities and connections, our bank will definitely make us rich in the future!"

"..." Old Malkin looked at his old friend as if he were a fool, nodded, and said nothing.

Ludy looked at Meyer in the rearview mirror and said with a smile: "Our small bank is just a dispensable help in David's eyes."

"It can't even catch up with him..."

"Oh?"

Meyer slowly stopped joking and looked at his old friend and asked seriously.

"Isn't he an important figure in your plan?"

"No~"

Old Malkin looked sideways out of the window, shook his head and said, "You said the opposite and understood it wrong."

"We are becoming more and more insignificant in his plan..."

"Forehead?!"

Meyer couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, thought silently for a moment, and then changed the topic.

"The last time Polly came to Jacksonville, she talked to me a lot about setting up a family trust."

"During this period, I also found many professionals who knew about trust funds and roughly understood its details."

"I don't trust those financial elites in suits and ties who tell endless lies. I want to entrust the investment of the trust fund to David..."

"What do you say?"

"Entrustment?" Old Malkin raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile.

"You want him to... help make money for your family trust fund?"

"Correct!"

"But he is not short of money now. On the contrary, he still has a lot of funds that have not been invested..."

"That's easy to do!"

Meyer waved it very grandly: "I put this money into the trust fund, and legally it does not belong to me."

"As long as David is willing to help me manage most of my investments, even if the returns are very low, I won't have any complaints!"

"Haha~" The smile on the corner of old Malkin's mouth instantly turned into a sneer. .

He stared at his old friend sharply and asked almost word for word: "Where did you hear about David?"

"Uh..." Meyer didn't expect that his old friend would suddenly "change his face", so he raised his eyebrows and replied.

"It's Joseph."

"Joseph Aipa?"

"Um.."

When old Malkin heard the name of his old friend, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but his expression slowly returned to calm and asked.

"Have you been in contact recently?"

"Yeah~" Meyer Lansky knew the old Malkin's character too well.

He said frankly without any hesitation: "Joseph called me a few days ago, and while we were chatting, we talked about you and Polly, as well as Ludy and David."

"What else did he say?"

"No, that's all."

"..." Old Malkin turned his head and looked out the window, silent.

Ludy, who was driving, heard Meyer mention his name, glanced at the rearview mirror and said.

"A few years ago, we sold our shares in the casino city of Las Vegas to Joseph Aippa."

"We've had very little contact since then."

"Oh..." Meyer, who knew nothing about the matter, nodded slowly.

He knew in his heart that Joseph Aippa, the gang leader in Chicago, was a man who liked to do things unscrupulously and was very greedy.

So at this moment, he quickly figured out why old Malkin "changed his face" in an instant. .

Ludy slowly slowed down the car, parked it on the street, turned his head and glanced at Meyer, and asked old Malkin.

"Shall I go to Chicago and talk to Joseph in person?"

"..No!"

Old Malkin thought for a moment and then shook his head: "Let Aalto and Rosenthal go to Chicago."

"If Joseph still has questions, tell him: everything has changed!"

"Okay~" Lu Di tilted his head and responded, put the gear in gear, and drove the car back on the road.

Meyer Lansky, despite his gray hair, admits that he is not confused at all.

He heard a hint of chill in his old friend's voice.

----

Houston, Texas.

Evening~

Houston International Airport.

Laura Norton Morgan stood next to the parking lot of the airport, looking expectantly at a plane slowly landing in the sky.

After about half an hour.

Laura did not wait for the return of her "lover" and only saw David's family leading their two children, as well as Zina and Elena. .

When David saw Laura with a "gloomy" face from a distance, he smiled and said hello to his family, walked up to "Little Tail" Laura, spread his hands and explained.

"Lilith, there is still a lot of backlogged work to be dealt with."

"She can't be like you and still have college vacation..."

"Moreover.."

David looked around and saw the driver who sent Laura here, and he consciously walked further away. .

He took half a step forward, held Laura’s shoulders, and whispered.

"Even after you graduate from college, you can't be bored together all day long and do nothing, right?"

"She needs to have her own career and job to realize her dreams and life goals."

"What about you?"

"Have you forgotten what you said to me?"

Laura lowered her head and stared at the buttons of David's coat. After a moment of silence, she said quietly: "Is it because someone is looking for you again when you go back this time?"

"no!"

David opened the car door behind Laura, pushed her in, sat in after him, closed the door, and smiled.

"I went back this time and met Elder and Uncle Julie."

"We only talked about work and business, and didn't mention anything about you two."

"However, this time Elder and I... made our words clear!"

"I frankly don't like him."

"I also bluntly said that I know and he knows that I don't like him and he doesn't like me."

"But we can still be friends, we can deepen our understanding of each other, we can try to seek common ground while reserving differences, and we can try to find the advantages in each other that we can accept and agree with~"

"..." Laura, who looked down at her fingers, suddenly turned to look at David, showing an "I don't believe it" expression, and curled her lips.

"Elder, it turns out it's not like this..."

"Yes~"

David also sighed and leaned against the car door, smiling: "People will gradually change with age and experience~"

"Time, while giving us happiness and joy, may also bring us more unacceptable changes."

"A child who was weak when he was young may become a hero that everyone admires when he grows up."

“Children who were cheerful and outgoing when they were young may become socially fearful and despairing of life when they grow up, leading to almost incurable mental illness.”

David raised his hand, scratched Laura's nose, pinched her cheek, and said with a deliberately funny smile.

"There are many people like my mentor, Professor Bartley, who have spent their entire lives studying the underlying rules of world development, trying to summarize some of these development rules, and find theories and logic that can allow people to understand them..."

"Does the world need logic?"

"need!"

"But when I want to talk logic to others, they will talk to me about their interests..."

"When I talk to them about interests, they will talk to me about laws, rules, reasons, gains and losses, and actual conditions."

"When I want to ask questions that they can't answer based on the laws, rules and rationale they put forward..."

"They will come back and try to reason with me..."

"Haha~" David's philosophical words made fun of himself and attracted more of Laura's attention.

He opened the car door a crack, breathed in the fresh air blowing from outside, and seemed to be talking to himself.

"I want to go against most people's behavioral logic and mate selection standards, and be happy with my lover forever."

"If you don't have enough strength, if you can't bring enough security and trust to this love..."

"Then don't give up on this kind of love!"

"Because it will only bring pain and endless trouble~"

"..." Laura stared at David's side face with a solemn expression, bit her lip hard, stayed silent for 2 minutes, and then said hoarsely.

"sorry."

"It's okay~"

David put one foot on the ground outside the car, turned his head and gestured his thumb to Laura, smiling.

"Young people are always affected by their own ups and downs of emotions and do some irrational things."

"I was young too."

"You don't have to apologize for that."

"But you also have to understand~"

"Growth and maturity are two completely different concepts."

"Focusing on one's own life, having foresight, knowing how to tolerate it temporarily, not caring about other people's opinions or remarks, etc., are all necessary characteristics of a mature person."

"Rejecting hormones to dictate behavior is also an essential characteristic of mature people."

David walked out of the car, bent down to hold the car door, winked at Laura and said with a smile: "But, for a philandering and greedy bastard like me..."

"If you ask me to give up my love for them, you might as well kill me directly!"

"What do you think? Poor little boy~"

"Hey! Who is this poor kid?" Laura shouted with her eyes widened and her teeth bared.

"Hahaha~" David didn't want to continue to "entangle" with her, so he waved and left with a smile.

Laura impulsively wanted to get out of the car and chase after him.

But when she stepped on the ground with one foot, she suddenly remembered what David said and tried to control her inner impulse. After taking a few deep breaths, she closed the car door heavily.

"Bang~"

David heard the sound of the car door coming from behind him, and the smile on his lips slowly disappeared. He found the car where his family was riding and walked over quickly.

. . .

on the way.

David sat between Zina and Elena. He saw Mr. Tianniu in the rearview mirror and asked as he seemed to have something to say.

"What latest information have you received?"

"Um.."

The beetle glanced at David in the rearview mirror, nodded and smiled: "While you were in the sky, the gardener sent news."

"The OPEC Council of Member States has publicly announced that it will hold a plenary meeting in Kuwait City on the 20th of this month."

"Um.."

"Any more?"

"Have!"

"Marat goes to the gardener and asks him to tell you that he doesn't want a divorce..."

"What?" Zina looked at David in confusion and sneered.

"Why do you still care about whether someone wants a divorce or not?"

David spread his hands helplessly and said with a grin, "I didn't want to care about it at first."

"But that guy's brain circuit is too big, I can't care about it!"

"Hahaha~" Zina and Elena both laughed.

Mr. Tianniu also smiled and continued: "That Marat also said that he has contacted the Nakhodka Commercial Port and informed them of some of your ideas."

"The other party also said that they will give an answer as soon as possible."

"Um.."

David put away his smile, thought seriously for a moment, and said to Elena: "You stay here first and help me deal with some work matters."

"Okay." Elena nodded happily.

David looked at Zina again and said with a smile: "Are you going back to New York tomorrow?"

"Yeah~" Xina hugged David's arm and smiled.

"I promised Susan to help her complete the transfer procedures for her brother."

"I promised Cui Yingying that I would accompany her to the hospital regularly for auxiliary treatment to prepare for pregnancy."

"I promised Mag's girlfriend, Janet Patrick, to go with her for a pregnancy test and pick out a crib."

"Ok, ok!" David couldn't help interrupting her and complained.

"Why is your schedule busier than that of the First Lady of the United States?"

"Hahaha~" Zina kissed David on the cheek and continued with a clear laugh.

"I haven't told you yet... Kanes called me and urged me to auction the art collection I sent as soon as possible!"

"Huh? Collection?" David asked with great interest.

"Are his collections valuable?"

"Of course!"

"Does he have a good eye?"

"Yes."

"Hmm~" David looked at Zina, thought for a while, and nodded.

"When you go back this time, find Rosenlow and tell him..."

"If he wants to buy collectible art, I can help say hello to Carnes."

"You...ok!" Zina suppressed the curiosity in her heart and nodded to express her understanding.

David didn't explain too much to her and continued to ask Mr. Tianniu.

"Davis Leahy, still in Houston, right?"

"exist."

"Did you date him?"

"We have an appointment." Mr. Tianniu replied.

"He said that he doesn't want to disturb Professor Bartlet's rest and recovery anymore. He hopes that you can go to the hotel where he lives to meet and chat."

"Well.."

David rubbed his chin with his fingers habitually, shook his head and said: "The hotel... let's forget it."

"Is there a golf course near here?"

"Yes~"

"Then tell him for me that we will go golfing tomorrow morning."

"Okay!" The beetle nodded in understanding.

Elena, who felt very understandable about David's decision, leaned into his ear and whispered a few words of reminder.

David's eyes widened in surprise: "Is this okay?"

"Hmm~" Elena smiled softly.

"I saw it with my own eyes when I was in Prague..."

"Wow!" David expressed his unacceptable exclamation and complained with infinite emotion.

"War is indeed the strongest driving force for the rapid development of human civilization!"

"Hahaha~" Elena and the other three, who understood the meaning of his complaint, laughed again.