Manhattan Reborn 1978

sunset.

Wall Street, Morgan Stanley.

David had planned to skip work, take a vacation, and find a place to relax with Leslie.

As a result, when they were going downstairs, they met a man, Martin Scorsese. .

This well-known director who will be ranked among the top ten in the American director circle in the future, Mr. Martin Scorsese, when David first saw him, he was just like seeing a passerby, and he didn't care at all. He passed by. .

However, Martin saw Bai Mike, who was winking at him, and his second brother, Lavis, who had a somewhat indifferent expression, passing him by.

He immediately realized that the two young men walking in front of them must be the ones Mike Bai was talking about. .boss!

Martin quickly turned around and took two quick steps to catch up with Mike Bai, who seemed to be more talkative, and asked him about the situation in a low voice. .

White Mike glanced at David and Leslie who were about to walk out of Stanley's door, slowed down, motioned to Giovanni and Black Mike, and whispered a few words to Martin.

After Mike Bai finished speaking, he patted Martin on the shoulder, raised his eyebrows at him with encouragement, and walked out the door with a smile.

After Martin was stunned for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, jogged to catch up with David and David who were preparing to get into the car on the street, and shouted loudly.

"Mr. Coleman! ~Please wait!"

"Ok?"

David turned around when he heard the sound and looked at Martin.

This person, it seems. .Looks familiar?

"you are?"

"Ha~Hello, I am Martin Scorsese, a professor at New York University~"

"I have something important that I want to talk to you about!"

"Oh~?"

After listening to Martin's self-introduction, David looked at this middle-aged man who was just over 1 meters tall and dressed in simple clothes. After looking up and down, he asked with some uncertainty in his tone: "Are you...really Martin?" Scorsese?”

"Um...of course! If it's fake, it will be replaced!"

After David looked at him carefully for a few seconds, he felt that the face in front of him slowly overlapped with the face in his memory, and he stretched out his right hand to Martin.

"...Okay~ Hello Martin!"

"You're looking for me...what's the matter?"

"Yes ~ I have met with Lavis twice before and adapted some of his real experiences into a script."

"I want... to make a movie out of it!"

"Oh~"

David blinked a few times quickly, turned to look at Lavis, who had a cold expression, and felt strange in his heart. .

He controlled his expression, pondered for a moment, turned to Leslie and said, "Man, I want to talk to Martin~"

"you.."

Leslie tilted her head, thought for a moment, and asked Martin: "You said you wanted to make a movie... Are you a director?"

"Yes!"

“When I’m taking a break from teaching at New York University, I’ll take on some interesting scripts and stories and direct a few movies~”

"Don't worry, I'm not that fancy professor who only knows theory and has no actual shooting experience~!"

Leslie smiled after hearing this, shrugged to David and said, "I just went to see Charlie with Livlin this morning. She wants to buy Paramount Company~"

This time, David directly expressed the weird feeling in his heart on his face. .

"Why did she... buy Paramount?"

"Is it... just because she likes watching movies?"

Leslie spread her hands with an equally weird expression and said, "She said...it's just a little pocket money~"

"I'm fucked..."

David couldn't hold it back and spouted half a curse word. .

Rich and willful. .ha?

He pursed his lips, put his arms around Leslie, and whispered in his ear: "Man, I regret getting you two together..."

"Remember, you must sign a prenuptial agreement to ensure that your wallet will not be drained by that prodigal daughter-in-law."

Leslie grinned, bared her teeth, and gave David a middle finger: "Get married? Are you daydreaming?"

"I'm so damn...if you kill me, I won't even marry her!"

"Really?"

"nonsense!"

"Ah~oh~haha~It's okay then!"

David patted his little heart a few times with an exaggerated expression, and teased Leslie: "Then... I'll think of a way to distract you two, and let her focus on someone else. How about it?"

"Oh? You really have a way?"

"Well... not yet~ There are always more solutions than difficulties!"

"Just think about it... there will always be a way!"

"Hehe~ Okay! Then think quickly!"

"Hehe~ Then you have to bite the bullet and hold on for the next two days!"

David and Leslie, like two foxes about to steal a chicken, stood on the street, holding their shoulders and grinning evilly. .

----

new York.

The Plaza Hotel is located on 59th Street in Manhattan, across the street from Central Park on the northeast corner.

As one of the landmark buildings in New York City, it is actually no longer just a hotel.

In the hearts of many New Yorkers, the Plaza Hotel has witnessed the development of New York, carried the changes in New York's history, and has become a symbol of New York.

Today, it welcomed a new group of guests from the Middle East.

Among the OPEC member countries, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have all sent representatives.

Among the informal delegations composed of these five countries, Saudi Arabia sent the largest number of people this time, accounting for about [-]% of the people. .

. . .

In the Plaza Hotel, representatives from the five countries entered their rooms. After taking a short rest, they were solemnly greeted by officials such as U.S. Secretary of State Sean Roberts Vance, Minister of Finance Fullerner Couture, and the Secretary of Energy. entertain.

An informal, unofficial meeting started quietly in a conference room of the hotel~

Outside the Plaza Hotel.

New York CIA director Ezra Cremo, FBI director Harold Stone, a temporary supervisor from the National Security Agency (NSA), and New York police representative Matthews Denipero, four people, stood We bumped heads on the street opposite the hotel.

The supervisor of NSA spoke first and quickly introduced that they had implemented real-time control of the communication lines inside and outside the hotel, and ensured that no one could obtain any information from any lines outside the hotel. .

However, his assurance did not make Claymore, Mr. Stone, and Matthews feel reassured and relaxed. .

This supervisor with a slightly "scientist" temperament felt his own assurance, as if he was playing the piano to the three donkeys, said a few decisive words, turned around and left. .

After he left, Harold Stone, who felt a headache, asked Matthews for a cigarette, lit it, took a strong drag, and spit it out at Claymore.

“We have checked all the staff inside the hotel and there is no problem~”

"I've already given you the hotel's current guest list!"

"When did that guard captain you just mentioned come to see you?"

Claymo turned his head to avoid the smoke, leaned against the car, glanced in the direction of the Plaza Hotel, and said helplessly.

"I do not know either!"

"He said he would come to me after the meeting started~"

Matthews stood aside, folding his arms on his chest, raising his eyebrows and jokingly said: "If he feels there is a problem, we can talk to the Plaza Hotel now and let them book the entire hotel."

"Anyway, they are all rich guys... aren't they? Hahaha~"

"Haha~" Mr. Stone responded with two sneers in a cooperative manner. .

Claymore also felt that his head was hurting, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, Harold, after I introduce you to the guard captain later, I will go to the perimeter and stare at those people who shouldn't be there. Old friends from New York~"

"Everything else here is under your control~"

"fxxx!"

"Do I have to stay here for 24 hours without rest and keep an eye on it?"

"Haha~ As long as nothing unexpected happens, no one will look for you~"

"I think... you can go back at night and have a good sleep~"

Claymore raised his head to Matthews, signaled, tightened his jacket, and walked quickly to the Plaza Hotel. .

Matthews watched Harold Stone smoking, then lit one himself and blew out a cloud of smoke.

He looked at the lampposts on the street in Grand General Square in the distance. Several carefree auxiliary police officers were leaning against the police car, chatting and bragging with two policemen, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"I once thought about joining the FBI, but my family dissuaded me..."

"Man, I've done everything I can do~"

"The rest of the follow-up work here depends on you... Haha~"

Mr. Stone threw the cigarette butt hard on the ground, crushed it, and exhaled a long breath: "Let's go~ You all can go~"

"I shouldn't have come to New York..."

"Hahaha~"

----

Stanley fourth floor, conference room.

David is holding the script Martin brought in his hand and reading it carefully~

Martin Scorsese and four bodyguards were sitting in the conference room, waiting quietly.

Leslie saw that David was busy with business and had no time to have fun, so he could only go upstairs to Lilith's place to find Livlin. .

ten minutes later.

David finished reading the last page of the script and let out a long breath.

"Martin, what's the name of the movie?"

"Um... I'm going to call it "Taxi Driver"!"

"What about investment? How much does it cost?"

Martin turned his head and glanced at Mike Bai and Ravis, swallowed, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said.

"My initial budget was about 150 million dollars~"

"However, this movie only has a short section, which can be considered a big scene..."

"For the entire crew, I only need to find a few experienced veterans, plus my students and old friends to make guest appearances and help, so that the film can be shot in the ideal state~"

"So, with the current budget for this movie, I am confident that it only requires... 60-80 dollars, and it can be done!"

After listening, David just nodded slightly and asked, "Where are the male protagonist and the two actresses?"

"Who do you want to play?"

"Lavis!"

"Lavis is the most suitable actor to play the leading role in this movie!"

"Especially the temperament and eyes that he reveals inadvertently!"

"It's hard for me to imagine any actor in America today who can play him more brilliantly!"

"Those two actresses~ I think we can find some actresses who are not famous but have acting skills to audition."

"This will not only control costs, but also allow them to perform the story in the script in a more realistic state!"

"Lavis? What do you think?" David murmured his second brother's name and looked at him. .

Everyone in the conference room looked at Lavis, who was lowering his head.

After being silent for a few seconds, Lavis shrugged to everyone and showed a wry smile: "Sorry, I can't act!"

When Martin heard this, he suddenly became a little anxious. .

He stepped over to Lavis and whispered: "Man, I know these past experiences make you feel bad and disgusting. You don't want to mention it or face it again."

"But in this movie, I just wanted to capture your feelings that you have never told anyone!"

"After we first met, I could feel the long-repressed voices in your heart from your eyes and words!"

"You have been confused, irritable, confused, and tried to get rid of..."

"But you can't change your own life, and you can't change the people around you..."

"The moment your passion for life ceases to exist, it is replaced by silence, blindness, and numbness running in a gray and dark world."

"Man, these are not just incidents that happen to you!"

"These are the same problems that happen to many people around us!"

"It is the war and the damn society we are living in that have left a unique mark on our generation that is unique to our times!"

"We live in New York, a bustling but indifferent city. Loneliness and emptiness are psychological problems that none of us can escape."

"There are many people just like you who shuttle among the bustling lights every day, but still can't integrate into it."

"They have witnessed countless happiness and filth with their own eyes, but they can only choose to ignore and watch with cold eyes."

"They talk to a lot of people every day, but they never become real friends with anyone!"

Martin took a deep breath, held Lavis's shoulders, looked directly into his eyes, and continued in a low voice.

"Lavis, I need you!"

"No one in this world can interpret your experience more perfectly!"

"For the sake of who you were, and for the people who are also enduring a shitty life!"

"you can.."

"That's enough!" David interrupted Martin loudly.

He walked behind Lavis, looked down at Martin, shook his head and said, "Only he can decide whether Lavis will star or not!"

David put his hands on Lavis's shoulders, grabbed him hard, and whispered: "Man, no matter what decision you make, I will vote for this movie!"

"Martin has a saying that is absolutely right!"

"What happened to you is not an exception!"

"You, you all need someone to stand up and make a voice!"

"One... you and you have always been suppressing the voice in your heart!"

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

David waved to Martin and said: "This matter... I will ask Mike Bai to contact you~"

"We...will meet again!"

"..ok!"

----

new York.

In a restaurant in Queens, Lewis Ranieri, the head of the Stanley MBS project team, looked at his old friend, Gayden Milken, sitting opposite, and asked with a smile.

"You invited me to dinner... This is so strange! Hahaha~"

Milken smiled nonchalantly and raised his glass.

After the two men's glasses clinked, Milken expressed his question: "I met David Coleman today~"

"He wanted me out of Drexel."

Lewis stopped the tableware in his hand in slight surprise and looked at Milken curiously: "What does he want you to do?"

“Junk bonds!”

"Uh...hahaha~"

"You promised?"

"Not yet~"

"Okay... I guess he must have told you an offer you can't refuse!"

"..Yes!"

"Then you...come to me now because you want to know why I agreed to him?"

"Correct!"

"Hehe~"

Lewis simply put down the tableware, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, looked at Milken, and said seriously.

"Like you, he made me an offer that I couldn't refuse~"

"I don't know what he said to you, and I don't want to know!"

"But, I can give you a suggestion!"

"When you go back, you must seriously consider what David Coleman said to you!"

"He changed my life~"

"I think...he should also bring you some better changes!"

After listening silently, Milken nodded slightly.

Lewis Ranieri's life has undergone a huge change because of the MBS project.

What about him?

Will be in David's mouth because of the bond underwriting project. .The king of Wall Street’s junk bonds?