Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Manhattan.

40th Street, Da Company’s small building.

On the fifth floor, Polly sat behind her desk, looking at the so-called "design drawings" brought by Shirley in her hand~

I finally understood why this girl was hesitating and stumbling when she received her phone call in the morning. .

"These...were all given to you by David?"

"..Um!"

"Have you tried making samples?"

"Ok!"

"So...how does the sample look?"

"What about the material? You also carefully selected it?"

"You try it on... did you find someone to try it on?"

"How do they look?"

Shirley blushed, bit her lip, and snorted softly from her nose: "...Yeah!"

Polly shook her head holding back her laughter, put down the drawing in her hand, and asked with a smile to Shirley, who could only say "hmm".

"Is this...all there is?"

"Didn't you design some works of your own based on the ideas of these drawings?"

"..have!"

Shirley took a deep breath, took out a stack of hand-drawn drawings from her small bag, and placed them in front of Polly.

"Oh~hehe~"

Polly looked at the new drawings that Shirley took out and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems... we have a new business!"

"..."

Although Shirley said nothing, there was some inexplicable expectation on her face and eyes~

----

Wall Street.

On the fourth floor of Stanley, David walked out of his office, stood in front of the elevator door, looked down at his hands, and waited patiently. .

. . .

After a few minutes.

The elevator door opened, and Sam Rogers and Leslie walked out of the elevator.

"Hey~ Leslie, why did you come over here in person?"

"Nonsense! I guessed your little thoughts without Grandpa David having to say it out loud!"

"Hahaha~"

When David saw Sam smiling and nodding to him, he pulled Leslie into the elevator again and said.

"Let's go~ I happen to have something to do with Pine and Giles, let's talk on the way~"

"By the way, where's Livlin?"

"Are you really planning to let her go to London with me~?"

Leslie glanced at the people in the elevator, shook her head at David, and said nothing.

When they walked out of the elevator, Leslie slowed down and said, "Livlin, I have lived and grown up in California since she was a child. Because of her personality and family, she has never had any special friends around her. ~"

"When we returned to San Francisco for a family gathering this time, my grandfather Nelson mentioned this to me~"

"He said: Livlin's father, Old Cherov, is definitely a resolute and resolute business genius in business. However, in terms of getting along with his family, he can only be evaluated as a failure."

Leslie turned to look at the Stanley staff who passed by the two of them, shrugged at David and smiled.

"Before, you told me that we are different people..."

"At that time... I didn't fully understand what you meant~"

"But after attending a family gathering with Livlin this time, I finally understood..."

Leslie put away her smile and said to David seriously: "As for me... As a member of the family, I can do whatever I want when I am young, as long as I am happy~"

"The elders will not put any pressure on me, nor will they make... very unreasonable requests to me~"

"But I know in my heart that even if I find dozens or hundreds of girlfriends, in the end, I can only marry one!"

"Playfulness...playfulness~ These will only exist in my pre-marriage life!"

"When I meet a woman who I truly love, I will marry her and grow old hand in hand with her!"

"So, you get it now? Man!"

"Uh.. Got it!"

"You are shamelessly showing off to me again!" David bared his big white teeth and stared at Leslie with contempt in his eyes~

"what?"

"You fucking xx..."

"Hey~ You are the son of a big family, how can you just curse people?"

"fxxxyou!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

The two laughed and joked for a while, and they both had a tacit understanding and didn't mention Livlin again~

In fact, Leslie's attitude has been expressed very clearly~

She and Livlin could only be regarded as being passionately in love for the time being. .Ordinary lover relationship~

marry. .

Too far~

It’s boring to talk about this now!

Of course, David also understood Leslie's attitude very well.

In matters such as relationships and marriage, only two parties have the most say~

Outsiders, it's best not to get involved. .

. . .

Leslie and David talked and laughed all the way to Pine's office.

on the way.

He took out an envelope from his pocket, handed it to David and smiled.

"This is a personal cash check from Chase Manhattan Bank. The maximum limit for a single check is [-] yuan. It should be enough for you to use in London~"

"Also, your Chase Bank credit card limit has been increased to 100 million yuan, with an interest-free period of 50 days!~"

"We have established an international real-time settlement channel with Westminster Bank~"

“This card can be used in most hotels and other places in London~”

David took the envelope, looked at it briefly, and asked curiously.

"Westminster Bank? London?"

"That's right~"

"Hmm~ Can you briefly introduce it to me?"

Leslie rolled his eyes, shrugged helplessly and said, "I'm just an errand boy... I'm not your personal account manager!"

"Tsk~ Why don't you have any sense of service?"

"Fuck off!"

"Hahaha~"

----

Manhattan, da film and television company.

Due to the live shooting at the Wildfire Bar in the past two days, many problems that were not expected before were discovered.

After discussions between Harvey and the director and screenwriters, the TV crew decided to take a temporary break for a few days.

In the past few days, without affecting the overall plot continuity of the first season, they will re-polished the first and second episodes that were prepared for pilot broadcast on the TV station and add more exciting plots and clips. , use them to win a good start at the premiere and film appointments with TV stations ~

. . .

Downstairs, on the street.

Ludy Sidrich got out of the car, looked up at the sign of Da Film and Television Company, his eyebrows twitched, and he walked into the building with a smile on his lips.

. . .

da film and television company, general manager's office.

Harvey, the person in charge, nodded and thanked Tangtang who brought them coffee, and then smiled at Ludy who sat down.

"Are you coming here to film a TV series with us? Or...a movie?"

"No~"

Lu Di took out a folded note from his pocket with a bright smile and handed it to Harvey: "Read it for yourself~"

Harvey glanced at Tangtang who looked curious, took the note, opened it and read it, the smile on his face became weird.

"This... again?"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"Can you still recruit those people from last time?"

"..Yes!"

"Well... the number of people participating this time may be more than last time~"

"You should hurry up and prepare. I have contacted you over there and will give you my phone number~"

"Okay~ I'm here today, you can call and find me at any time~"

"That's ok~"

Ludy stood up and said with a smile: "Thank you for the coffee, Tangtang!"

"I go first!"

. . .

Ludy, let’s go~

Tangtang walked up to Harvey, took the small piece of paper and read it carefully, and couldn't help laughing.

"Come again!?"

"...Yes~"

Harvey scratched the stubble on his chin with his hand and chuckled: "Oliver Stone from the writing team has a very unique perspective on photography~ What do you think?"

Tangtang squinted her eyes disdainfully, looked at Harvey up and down, curled her lips and said, "Why don't you call your wife too?"

"she.."

"Cough~cough cough~"

"Um...I...I'm going to make a call!"

"Go and contact the staff and ask them to be on call at any time~"

"Tch~coward!"

Tangtang raised her middle finger to Harvey with a proud look on her face, turned around and walked out of the office quickly.

----

Wall Street.

Stanley Building.

Pine, who had just attended Stanley's regular meeting on Monday, walked out of the elevator. While waving the folder in his hand, he explained the details of the decision-making at the meeting with Giles and Bloomer who were following him.

Pine Office.

When the three of them came in, they found David and Leslie sitting together, discussing something with "obscene" smiles on their faces~

"Hey~ What bad idea are you two discussing again!?" Giles asked curiously, following Pine and walking in first.

Bloomer behind him seemed to see something on David's face, and he came to their side with two big steps, raising his eyebrows "thiefly"~

"Come on~ tell me!"

"Ignore that idiot~"

"fxxx! What did you say!?"

"Tell you to stay~"

"Hahaha~"

Several bad friends who had not had close physical interaction for several days suddenly mentioned it with laughter. .Be on guard~

This time, Leslie was the most mentally prepared~

His eyes quickly swept over several people before locking on the target~

Bloomer, who was laughing at this time, suddenly felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. .

He reacted quickly to stand up and strive for a more active position~

but!

It's too late~

"fxxx!"

"You bastards!"

"Ah~ Damn it... don't grab it there!!"

"shxx!"

"Who the hell is tickling me... Hahahaha~"

"no! no!~"

"Hahahaha~"

"..."

Pine, with a leisurely expression, hid in the corner of the office, watching the "intimate interaction" of his dead friend's extremely exciting "work", feeling that the fatigue of today's work had disappeared in an instant. .

. . .

“I＠#￥%……”

Blumer was pinned to the ground helplessly, and his coat had long since disappeared~

Emm. .

To be more precise, he was wearing only his underwear. .He was "defended" very tenaciously~

Underwear = bottom line!

Bottom line. .Never throw it away!

. . .

Just when the exhausted "four bad friends" were making final attacks on each other with words, there was a knock on the office door~

"Dangdangdang~"

"Who is it! See you later..."

Giles, who was sitting on the ground at the door, had just said half a sentence when he was surprised to see Lilith pushing the door open. .

Lilith stood at the door, looked around the office at the "four disabled friends" who quickly jumped up from the ground, rolled her eyes, turned around, closed the door, and smiled.

"Hehe~"

"It turns out that you all... like to play with this?"

"who said it!"

"No!"

"I do not have!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

2 minute later.

After everyone had tidied up their clothes and sat down, Lilith looked up and down at Bloomer, who had just been almost "completely exposed", and joked.

"I didn't expect that you have a good figure~"

"Hahahaha~"

Bloomer, who was ridiculed, shrugged indifferently amidst the laughter of several people.

"Find an opportunity another day and let's go back to the beach in California together~ I'll show you what a real man is!"

"cut!!"

The three losers raised their middle fingers to him at the same time~

Lilith felt very amused and laughed: "Okay~ I'll find you some more then. How about having some female companions to play with?"

"Uh...forget it, forget it~"

"It's a joke~ Don't take it seriously!"

"Hahahaha~"

"Coward!"

"Yes! You're a real shit man!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

Laughing and making fun, the "four disabled friends" are still very young after all, and their physical strength has recovered quickly~

The four of them and Pine all looked at the "unexpected visit" of Lilith~

Lilith didn't hesitate and smiled directly at David: "Maggie!?"

"Uh...no!"

"Just for work! Just for work!"

"Haha~ I know~"

"You don't have to say it twice~"

David waited with his big eyes, glanced at his friends who were holding back their laughter, smacked his lips, stood up helplessly, and walked behind Lilith.

He put his hands on Lilith's shoulders and whispered a few words in her ear.

Lilith's smile gradually became weird~

She turned to look at David in surprise: "...when?"

"I don't know~"

"...Okay~"

"Before you leave, give us..."

"Hmm...I need to go back later to confirm the specific time~"

"..."

Lilith stood up, tilted her head and looked at David, feeling like she didn't know what to say~

David raised his eyebrows at her, and at the moment when she was slightly distracted, he kissed her heavily on her face and lips~

"Yeah~um~"

"asshole!"

"Hahaha~"

David will not let Lilith catch him~

After he succeeded in the sneak attack, he ran out of the office in a few strides, leaving only a few people with a series of proud laughs.

"..."

It's very quiet in the office~

Pine sat calmly behind his desk, frowning as he looked at the "important documents" in his hand~

Leslie, who reacted quickly, glanced at the two injured friends and followed David's footsteps. .He ran away without a trace~

Emm. .

Lilith came back to her senses, squinting at Giles and Bloomer who were about to get up and run away, with a sneer on her lips.

"Get out of here quickly!"

"Haha~"

"ok~"

"Let's go ~ Pine!"

"..."

Pine raised his eyebrows, glanced at "bastard" Bloomer who didn't forget to trick him before leaving, coughed slightly and said.

"cough~"

"Lilith, I happen to have..."

"You want to talk about work?"

"...How about we have lunch together?"

Lilith crossed her arms in front of her chest, walked slowly to the door of the office, turned back and chuckled, and said.

"You'd better let that little girlfriend Misu... come to New York quickly!"

"Otherwise, you really...haha~"

The self-proclaimed "Diamond King" of Wall Street. .

"cough~"

"Hush~huh~"

Pine felt a tightness in his chest, looked at Lilith's retreating back, and thought to himself.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry~"

(Misu Klosterman, a Puerto Rican blond beauty, Pine’s girlfriend, briefly appeared ~ now studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music.)

----

New Jersey.

Princeton University.

Principal Guy Luther put down the documents in his office, sighed helplessly, and cursed secretly~

"These school board stubborn bastards!"

. . .

ten minutes ago.

The school board, Principal Luther and others once again had a heated debate in a closed-door meeting over the school's financial revenue dilemma and the investment issues of the endowment fund~

The people on the school board are not pedantic and stubborn enough to understand Principal Guy Luther's "painstaking efforts"~

If the school's endowment fund does not choose an investment project that can generate stable returns, it will only sit on the ground and make the school's financial situation worse~

Of course~

No one dared to stand up, pat their chests, and say loudly: "If you keep your money in the bank and earn interest, you will definitely be able to beat the rising inflation rate in the country~"

Everyone is a "senior intellectual"~

The issues of stagnant economic growth, inflation and interest rates have long caused countless economists at home and abroad to feel very headache and excited, and they are arguing endlessly ~

They, the U.S. government, and the Federal Reserve Bank of America can't understand something. It's a bit too much to let people like the school board express their personal opinions. .

. . .

in the principal's office.

Principal Guy Luther rubbed his sore temples, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and looked over the "harsh requirements" put forward by the school directors again~

Principal Luther feels that most of the additional clauses in the entrusted investment agreement drafted by the school board of directors after many discussions are reasonable~

But there are two of them. As soon as Principal Luther sees them, he can't help but grit his teeth~

One is: The entrusted party (Party B) must submit an investment plan or investment profit and loss report to Party A in writing every week, every month, and every year~

And you must participate in the inquiry meetings held by Party A at any time, and provide comprehensive and detailed explanations of the details and doubtful issues of the investment plan/report. .

Another article is: If Party A proposes to withdraw its investment, Party B must unconditionally return all investment funds to Party A within five days; all losses or expenses will be borne by Party B!

Emm. .

That money from Princeton University. .I don’t really want to invest at all~

What the hell. .I just want to find a big animal that "works hard without complaining" and works hard to pull a cart without having to eat a full meal. He also has to be whipped regularly and regularly~

None of the southern slave owners 100 years ago made such "inhumane" demands on the cotton-picking and sugar-cane slaves on the farm. .Bar? ! ~

No one among the "vampire" elites on Wall Street would choose to accept this "outrageous" additional clause as long as they are not completely "lost their minds" idiots. .

. . .

Principal Guy Luther, holding a pencil in his hand, frowned and crossed out "every week" and "the clause requiring Party B to attend inquiry meetings at any time" on the first item.

In the second article, he crossed out "unconditional"; changed the payment time to "within ten days"; changed "all losses and expenses shall be borne by Party B" to "shared by both parties"~

After these modifications, Principal Luther finally felt that it was. .I can see a little better~

but. .Even if these two items have been changed, can that boy David accept it?

Principal Guy Luther was not sure about this at all. .

----

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

David was in his office, after reading the investment contract brought by Larry Allison and the others, he smiled and asked the lawyer who came with him.

"Where's George? Has he seen it?"

"Yes, Mr. Coleman!"

"You should have seen just now that your attorney in the contract is George~"

"Of course~ you can also call the phone number on the back of the signature page now and confirm with George~"

"Oh~"

David turned back to the signature page on the contract, found George's signature and phone number, and called directly.

. . .

Put down the phone.

David smiled at Larry Allison and the other three: "Contract, no problem~"

"Shall we sign the contract now?"

"Ok!"

"ok~"

Larry and the three of them all gathered next to David and watched him sign their names on the contract. They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief~

. . .

The three of them, Larry Ellison, are not completely distracted in New York these days~

They went to the investment departments of some banks, venture capital companies, etc., submitted some company information, and fully understood the investment strategies and investment strategies of small software companies in Silicon Valley in New York. .Opinion~

The result~

There is something so difficult for the three of them to say~

Almost no one on Wall Street would choose to invest in their software company~

The only two remaining newly opened venture capital companies had some interest in Bob Miner's computer programming skills and wanted to poach him directly. .

Like David's conditions: Based on the company's overall valuation of 20, there are no investors to invest!

. . .

After a few minutes.

Larry Allison held the signed contract in his hand and thanked David sincerely.

"We...will definitely not let you down!"

"Hahaha~"

"Then take action quickly~"

“I can’t wait to see your latest products~”

"Okay~ We will try our best!" Larry Allison nodded and responded with a smile.

Then, he walked up to his partners Bob Miner and Edmund Oates. After the three looked at each other, they proposed the last "condition" to David ~

"David, we have discussed it~"

"How about you give our new company a name?"

David looked at the three of them in surprise, and a name popped into his head almost without thinking.

"Oracle!!"