Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

42nd Street, Wildfire Bar.

The TV drama crew of Da Film and Television Company held a small party here~

In recent days.

Harvey, the person in charge of film and television, has been rushing around to prepare for the crew, looking for suitable manpower and actors.

The members of the screenwriting team that Tangtang was in charge of also worked overtime to prepare scripts, often arguing until midnight before they dispersed.

But Tangtang discovered a very strange situation ~

These screenwriters, including Tangtang and the newly joined Oliver Stone, are all listless during the day. Even if they drink several large pots of coffee to refresh themselves, they are always in a haze and have no state of mind~

On the contrary, in the evening, or after dinner, people took wine glasses in their hands, gathered together relaxedly, and began to talk about things under the influence of wine. All kinds of whimsical ideas and classic jokes emerged in an endless stream~

After two nights of this situation, Tangtang made a decisive decision to change the working hours of these night owl screenwriters to after dinner every day~

They all slept well at home during the day. After dinner, they came to the company to sit together, drinking wine and smoking cigarettes, chatting with each other and writing scripts. .

What surprises Tangtang is that this new way of working makes everyone’s creative efficiency and enthusiasm incredibly high~

In just six days, the writing team has finalized the overall plot content of the 10-episode first unit of the drama ~

The remaining work is to fill in more details into the plot, lay down more foreshadowing, and make enough foreshadowing for the second unit of the episode, etc.

So tonight, when everyone was high-fiving and celebrating the completion of the first unit of the script, Tangtang suggested that we go out for a drink together~

So, amid everyone’s approval and noise, Tangtang led everyone to the Wildfire Bar~

Started the first team building in this era where there is no concept of team building~

. . .

in the bar.

Oliver Stone joked with his companions that from now on everyone can work in a bar~

In this way, you can not only drink more wine, but also come into contact with more anecdotes and people with stories~

Oliver joked: "How about we just be on the first floor of the company and everyone raises funds to open a bar?"

"Even if we don't have a job as a screenwriter in the future, we can still work in a bar and earn some living expenses, right? Haha~"

"Wow~ How did you come up with this idea? What a great idea! Haha~"

"That's right~haha~"

“Do you know how much it costs to open a bar?”

"Also, open downstairs of the film and television company? Don't you have to greet the gangs there? Won't you be harassed?"

"Hey! You guy, why do you want to spoil the fun?"

"...I'm not trying to spoil the fun, I'm just~"

"okok~you..."

Oliver watched two new colleagues arguing about the idea of ​​opening a bar. He pulled the two of them with a headache and changed the topic. .

Tangtang, who was sitting on the side, was smiling quietly the whole time, playing with the wine glass in her hand and listening to everyone's nonsense. .

After persuading the two of them, Oliver glanced at the quiet Tangtang, thought for a moment, leaned over, and smiled.

"I heard that this bar and our company both belong to the same owner?"

Tangtang put down the cup, crossed her arms in front of her chest and smiled: "Yeah~ Why do you ask this?"

"Um...don't get me wrong~ I've just been helping a friend of mine to get information about a person."

"It's a coincidence that I know this person is familiar with the owner of this bar~"

"That's why I..."

"What's the name of the person you're looking for?"

"...John Lavis~"

"Oh? Haha~ He does know Ravis, and so do I~"

Oliver raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to find anything even if he tried hard to find it. It would take no effort at all~

The taxi driver he had been looking for for many days actually showed up in this bar?

"Can you please... introduce us?"

"Can you tell me what you want to do with him?"

"Actually... speaking of it, it's not that I want to find him, but my... good friend Martin Scorsese wants to find him~"

"..Then?"

"Haha~ Then Martin wanted to seek permission from John Lavis to adapt an experience he had into a movie and film it~"

"Making a movie? You mean...Lavis?"

"Yeah ~ don't you know?"

"...I don't know~ Has he had any strange experiences?"

Oliver smiled and shook his head: "So you really haven't read his news in the newspaper~"

"He used to... forget it~ you should ask him yourself about these things~"

Tangtang tilted her head and thought for a moment, curled her lips, and rolled her eyes in disgust at Oliver, a guy who only spoke half of his words.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to ask Ravis where that kid is~"

Oliver smiled and nodded, thinking that Martin's matter was settled. .

. . .

While looking around, Tangtang walked to the bar and waved to Erica who had just taken a break: "Hi~ Do you still remember me?"

"Of course~ Hi~Tangtang! We met here a few days ago~"

How could Erica not remember this sugary little fairy who seduced David?

Emm. .

wrong!

The one who really seduced David was probably Susan, that lucky little girl~

Damn!

Why did you hesitate at that time?

Relying on a woman's inexplicable intuition, Tangtang seemed to see something from Erica. .hostility?

"Haha~ After Yehuo was renovated, I came a lot less often~ The business here is even better than before!"

"Are you okay? How about you? What have you been busy with lately?"

"This is all the business of David Film and Television Company, what about you? I think here... there is no increase in manpower, can you still be busy?"

Erica shrugged: "I'm just used to being busy, I can still handle it~"

"Oh.."

Tangtang blinked her big eyes, looked around, and asked, "Has Ravis been here recently since David left?"

"Lavis? No~ I haven't seen that bastard for a few days~"

"Hahaha~ Where has he gone? Do you know?"

Erica scratched her head and thought for a while: "It seems that Giovanni said that Lavis went to New Jersey to do some training..."

"Training? A security company?"

"That's probably it~ I just heard about it~"

"...Oh~ thank you, Erica!"

"Haha~ Are you okay?"

"No, the consumption at our tables tonight is all mine." Tangtang said, took out a Franklin and pushed it to Erica.

"Wow~ Hehe~ Okay, I'll buy you a drink alone later!"

"Ok~Thanks, you go to work first~"

Tangtang and Erica gave each other sweet smiles~

But when the two people's expressions were no longer in each other's sight, the sweet smiles disappeared. .

xxx!

Maybe it's a tacit understanding, maybe the two of them just don't like each other~

Both of them gave something to each other in their hearts. .Blessings~

. . .

Tangtang returned to her seat with a cold face. Looking at Oliver's expectant expression, she shook her head and said, "We still need to wait a few days before we can contact Ravis. He is not in New York~"

"Ah~ ok! We are not in a hurry~"

"...What does your good friend Martin do?"

"Professor from New York University~"

"Professor? Then he asked Lavis to make a movie because...?"

Oliver could understand why Tangtang had questions.

In the United States, at New York University, professors are tenure-track and have an iron rice bowl with high benefits!

As long as he doesn't commit suicide or break the law, the university will not take the initiative to fire a talented and knowledgeable professor~

Of course, the love story of Olivier’s good friend, Martin Scorsese. .A little too much~

However, what does it mean to have more love stories and change girlfriends more frequently?

Talented and romantic, it's something that you and I both agree on. .Is there anything wrong?

hehe~

Oliver tidied up his words and mentioned Martin Scorsese's past experience.

And why he wanted to make this movie, based on the real experience of John Lavis, he explained to Tangtang.

After listening to these explanations, Tangtang slowly understood from Oliver's words why Lavis's experience attracted Professor Martin's interest. .

Lavis, who used to be a night-shift taxi driver, broke into an entertainment hotel, shot four people, and rescued a little girl who was being coerced. .

The media who reported these news once gave Lavis the nickname "Civilian Hero"!

Later, Lavis was found not guilty in court and released on the spot. .

this. .Are they all true? ! !

Tangtang cursed inexplicably in her heart: fxxx!

Tangtang still clearly remembers the somewhat nervous smile of the second brother Lavis. .

How could she possibly have thought that David's third brother, Lavis, who was in conflict with him, had such an explosive past?

Why is this like a joke?

. . .

After seeing Tangtang listen, Oliver lowered his head and patted his forehead with his hand, not knowing what he was thinking. .

I could only sit back and wonder if I should call Martin over now and ask him to come forward and take care of this matter by himself?

----

new York.

Ludy returned home smelling of alcohol.

He walked up to the second floor first, looked at the sleeping children, kissed them on the forehead one by one, kicked off the quilt next to him, covered the children again, and then quietly went downstairs. .

first floor.

in the living room.

Ludy rubbed his temples, breathed out alcohol, squinted his eyes, picked up the phone, and dialed.

Ten seconds later, a voice came from the other side of the microphone.

"Hello~"

"I'm Ludy, is Junior here?"

"Oh..Yes! Wait~"

Ludy took the microphone, kicked off his shoes, and lay down on the sofa.

After a while, Junior's voice came after the microphone on the other side was picked up.

"Ludy?"

"Hmm...are you busy?"

"No~ is something wrong?"

"Yes! What happened to the middle-aged man you took to the training base?"

"...Haha~ Is this why you called?"

"..."

"Well...he is an old friend of mine. I just want him to understand the dangers of choosing to work for Griselda Blanco~"

Lu Di took a deep breath and felt the veins popping up on his forehead. He resisted the urge to curse and whispered.

"Let's meet some time, at old Malkin's house."

"No problem ~ I can do it any time!"

"Just...how about tomorrow? I'm available all day long and I'll be on call!"

"Okay! I will call you before noon~"

"Ok~ We'll see you guys tomorrow, hehe~"

Put down the phone.

Ludy greeted Junior's family warmly in a low voice. .and himself n times. .

After a few minutes.

Lu Di went barefoot, got himself a large glass of ice water, and drank it down. The unknown fire in his heart was slowly suppressed. .

Junior Soprano is the second-in-command of the Soprano family gang and a local gangster in New Jersey. He is also a cunning, insidious and selfish guy~

He can take people who work for Blanco to the security company's training base in New Jersey. .

Lu Di felt that this guy must have no good intentions~

Maybe he has some selfish thoughts.

Perhaps, he understood that he was repeatedly testing and jumping on the edge of a certain danger. .

But Ludy is not prepared to let Junior play tricks like this anymore!

Anything that might bring danger to David, Ludy would nip it in the bud!

----

California.

Los Angeles, in Bloomer's mansion.

David and Lilith sat opposite each other in silence, listening to the music arranged by the butler and thinking about their own concerns.

Time, a minute and a second passed.

Before I knew it, several songs had finished playing and the music stopped~

David glanced at Lilith's wine glass, walked out of the bar, took her hand, walked to the middle of the room, put his arms around her waist, and recalled the simple dance steps that Zina taught him, and quietly danced with Lilith. In the room, they started dancing softly~

Lilith lowered her eyes, looked at David's chest, and rested her forehead on David's chin. The two seemed to enjoy the brief tranquility at the moment and the spiritual support given by the other. .

The sound of the two people's shoes rubbing against the ground gently sounded in the room.

David's breath blew rhythmically into Lilith's hair. .

At some point, a few of Lilith's tears slipped quietly, fell to the floor, and broke into countless pieces. .

"You...were crying?"

"Yeah...it's okay~"

David held Lilith's face in his hands, shook his head and smiled: "I thought you had grown up~"

"..."

"You miss her?"

"..Um!"

David looked at Lilith who was crying silently and her face was full of flowers. He sighed softly and decided to give her another mouthful of poisonous chicken soup.

He gently brushed the tears on Lilith's cheek with his hand, and said in a slightly erratic voice: "Every drop of the tears you are crying at this time is your longing for her~"

"She in the distance may be curled up in the quilt with tears in her eyes at some point, thinking of you!"

"So, no matter how far apart you are, no matter whether you still have the confidence to be together~"

"You all must have a firm belief!"

"A brief separation will lead to a better reunion!"

"...Well~Thank you David! Haha~"

Lilith laughed and couldn't help but spit out a stream of snot. .

It sprayed directly onto David's cheek. .

Lilith quickly raised her hand to wipe away the snot from her nose, but suddenly realized what she was doing and wiped it away with her hand. .It seems to be smeared all over the face. .

David's smile froze on his face, and he glared: "Why don't you go find a piece of paper quickly?"

"Oh~hahaha~I'm sorry! I'm sorry~hahahaha~"

Lilith covered her mouth and nose, looked around, found some pieces of paper for David, and wiped the snot from his face. .

David stood straight on the spot, staring, muttering: "It's over! My handsome face is completely ruined because of your snot~ What should I do? What should I do in the future! "

Lilith wiped her face quickly and kicked David coquettishly: "Are you still handsome? Why do you want to be handsome? Who should you show it to? Susan? Or other women?"

"Show it for yourself~ Don't you look in the mirror every morning when you get up?"

"Haha~ Why are you so thick-skinned? I've misjudged you before!"

"Hey~ This is confidence! Do you understand? You don't understand at all~"

"Tch~ you are... just a stinker~ What kind of confidence? Are you lying?"

"I...don't you think I'm getting more and more handsome? I can feel the changes when I look in the mirror, don't you notice?"

"...No~ you are still the same~"

"but.."

"But what?"

"However, you seem to be uglier now than before! Haha~"

"Hey~ don't run!"

"Yo~ Come and catch me~"

"Ha~ can you run?"

"Ah~ah~ don't scratch it! Hahahaha~"

"You little goblin, how dare you challenge me?"

"Look if I don't make you docile this time, you'll get into trouble in the future~ Watch the trick!"

"Hahaha~ No~ I don't dare anymore~ I don't dare anymore! Ah~ Hahaha~"

. . .

ten minutes later.

Princess David hugged Lilith, who was already laughing so hard that she had no energy left, and walked towards the stairs.

The butler looked at Lilith curled up in David's arms with curiosity in his eyes, like a frightened ostrich. .

He smiled and nodded slightly to David.

"Ah~ Mr. Butler, um... let's go up first~"

"You can tell Bloomer and the others later not to make too much noise when playing at night~"

"Ok~"

. . .

The second floor.

David put the limp and weak Lilith on the bed in the bedroom and patted her hand gently.

"Go take a shower and have a good sleep."

"We're going back to New York tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow? Aren't you planning to go out to sea with them?"

"Haha~ No! You can go out to sea anytime~ There are still a lot of jobs in New York... I want to go back as soon as possible~"

Lilith grabbed David's hand, nodded slightly and said, "Okay~ I'll listen to you!"

"I.."

"Okay~ don't say anything~ see you tomorrow!"

"...See you tomorrow! My dear!"

"Hahaha~"

David scratched Lilith's nose, and immediately wiped his fingers on Lilith's clothes in disgust: "Why do you still have so much snot?"

"Ah~ is there one? Where is it?"

Lilith sat up suddenly and quickly covered her nose with her little hands, looking around for tissues. .

David flicked her forehead with his hand and said proudly: "Pretend! Let you pretend again~ Hahahaha~"

"Ah~David~you lied to me again!"

"Hmph~ You lied to me first!"

"You...don't run!"

"Haha~ do you think I'm stupid?"

At this moment, Lilith still looks as frail as before?

She caught up with David in a few strides, jumped onto his back, strangled his neck with her arms, and threatened him.

"Since I was a child, I have never lost my temper like this today! You..."

"Hahaha~Okay~I will never tell anyone!"

"You promise! You swear!"

"I promise, I swear~I..."

"Okay, stop talking!"

Lilith covered David's mouth with her hand, stopping him from uttering the oath. .

Then she paused, kissed David hard on the cheek, jumped down, pushed David out, and closed the door.

"See you tomorrow ~ I'm going to bed!"

David, who was standing at the door, smiled and touched his face, knocked on the door and said, "Remember not to get up too early tomorrow...otherwise you won't be able to see."

"I got it~ Good night!"

"good night!"

. . .

Go back to your room.

David washed his face first and looked at his handsome face in the mirror. .I shook my head and smiled silently~

It's not like he didn't think about breaking Lilith straight. .

But after all, what happens next?

marry her?

Emm. .

David mentally rejected this bad idea. .

Lilith is not the girl who really makes his heart beat~

David didn't want to, and didn't bother to play with Lilith's feelings. .

Of course, there is also a reason for Laura!

This one just passed. .

Do not!

Laura, a little girl who may not have gone through the rebellious period of youth, may do something surprising after losing Lilith~

Laura and Lilith.

I hope they can really be together for a long time~

. . .

"Clang~clang~"

Just when David was thinking wildly, there was a knock on the door.

He scratched his head and thought of something. .He walked to the door with a wicked smile and asked in a low voice: "Who?"

Bloomer's voice came from the door: "Hey~ the girls I invited will be here soon. Why don't you come and play together?"

"Oh... no~ I'm going to sleep first, you guys go play!"

"Um..Okay~"

David rubbed his chin with his hand, leaned against the door, and waited patiently. .

"Clang~clang~"

"..what happened again?"

"Hey~ Well... Giles asked me to ask you, is Lilith with you?"

"fxxx! Who do you think I am?"

"Oh... that's right~ Isn't she here?"

"..She's at!"

"What? Are you serious?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Are you okay?"

"Uh..No more~"

"If it's gone, get out of here!"

There was no movement outside the door. .

David covered his mouth, ran back to his bedroom quietly, and laughed at the pillow as his evil plan succeeded. .

. . .

first floor.

Bloomer, Giles, and Leslie gathered around the butler with big eyes and small eyes.

"Did you really see David carrying Lilith up just now?"

"Yes~"

"Then what? They entered a room?"

"...I didn't follow, so I don't know~"

"Oh.."

"Then where were they just now? What did they do?"

The butler thought for a moment and said, "Drink, dance, and have fun~"

"...nothing else?"

"No more~"

"You saw these with your own eyes?"

"...When we were drinking, we had a drink together, and I could hear the dancing and fighting~"

Leslie was gloating in her heart and was already overjoyed~

He looked at the grimacing Giles and Bloomer and asked in confusion: "What expressions are you two looking at? Isn't this a good thing?"

"What a fart!"

"Yeah~ Where's the best place?"

"Um...isn't it good?"

Giles scratched his head vigorously and said, "I think David must be playing tricks on us, and Lilith must not be with him!"

"you sure?"

"I'm... not sure~"

"Hey~ Then why are you farting here?"

. . .

The housekeeper, who didn't know the twists and turns, listened to the murmurs of the three of them, held back his laughter, and walked aside silently.

Just now, he was standing at the stairs on the first floor and heard three sounds from the second floor, the sound of opening and closing the door, and the sound of David walking.

He was sure that David and Lilith were not in the same room.

but. .He doesn't say. .

I wasn't prepared to explain anything. .

hehe~

This is just a small misunderstanding and joke between friends~

That boy David is quite pleasing to the housekeeper!

What he didn't know was that this little joke, in the eyes of Bloomer and Giles, was not funny at all. .