Manhattan Reborn 1978

A new day~!

London.

A night of rain caused the outdoor temperature to drop a few points.

Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane.

David held his toothbrush in his mouth and walked around the room. When he saw that his luggage had been carefully sorted by Elena, he shook his head. .

. . .

Two 10 minutes later.

David came to the restaurant and saw Livlin, Elena, Maggie, Toby, and Cui Yingying sitting together with Polly Sidrich, eating breakfast while talking and laughing.

"Hi! Polly! When did you get here?"

Polly stood up with a smile, opened her arms to David and said with a smile: "You rested after midnight last night, so I didn't disturb you~"

"Hehe~"

David laughed happily, sat next to Polly, and asked the women at the table.

"Everyone already knows each other, right?"

"Um.."

Livlin glanced at Elena pretending to be casual and smiled at Polly: "I didn't even say hello to you, so I called Cui Yingying, the chef in the restaurant, to come to London."

"He is the culprit!"

"Hahaha~"

Polly looked at Cui Yingying, nodded and thanked her, and said a few polite words.

He turned around and pointed at David with his finger, smiling angrily and saying: "It turns out that in New York, you don't even have such terrible hamburgers..."

David held her hand and smiled: "It's different now~"

"When you are poor, you can feel sorry for yourself!"

"Now...of course I want to make myself happier~"

"Happy? You..."

"okok~I was wrong!"

"Hahaha~"

David glanced at Elena and smiled: "Polly, let's eat quickly~ Then you come back to the room with me, I have something to tell you!"

"...Okay~"

Polly and Livlin looked at each other, picked up the tableware again, responded casually, and changed the topic.

"You said this hotel is very suitable for our real estate development project? Why?"

David paused and asked Polly and the women at the table: "What do you think is the biggest bottleneck in the development of the hotel industry?"

Livlin tilted her head and looked at Maggie, and said with a smile: "Come on, repeat to him the answers he said yesterday~"

"Hahaha~"

"Those are some of the problems I put forward from Jellal's perspective that he might face~"

"Polly, what do you think?"

Polly shrugged and said with a smile: "If you let me run the hotel, I might be most worried about... the problem of the capital chain!"

"After all... every new hotel requires the purchase or construction of a building that meets our development needs. If we cannot guarantee continued investment of funds, we cannot guarantee..."

"OK! You got the answer right!"

"So, you know, your worries are also an important issue that all hotel industries will worry about when they want to open a new store."

David chewed the food in his mouth, opened the lid of a condiment bottle on the table, poured out the fine salt inside, covered it again, put it on the table, and smiled.

"In the past two days, we have traveled around London a lot."

"Have you found it?"

“The hotel industry here is very similar to the current situation of the food retail industry in New York~”

“The competition in London’s hotel industry can no longer be described in just one sentence... as brutal~"

David took a sip of milk and nodded: "Then why is this hotel where we are successful?"

"First of all, you guys have a very unique vision when you look at the location here!"

“Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane, its other name: Park Hotel, can intuitively tell guests who want to stay that the two large parks surrounding the hotel can give guests a very convenient travel and leisure experience~”

“Coupled with the different service concept from other hotels in London and the carefully designed home decoration layout, it has achieved a success that surprised everyone~”

"But~"

David pointed to the vacated condiment bottle and said to the girls: "As Polly said just now, the hotel industry has been an asset-heavy industry since its development."

"Every new store they open requires a huge investment of capital, manpower and energy to ensure its success."

"Just like...this condiment bottle and the fine salt in it~"

"As investors in new hotels, when we choose seasoning bottles, it is like choosing a new location for the hotel."

"Our brand and services are much like the fine salt in a seasoning bottle~"

"The combination of seasoning bottle + fine salt can play its role, generate value, and allow us to gain profits~"

"Then...why can't we try a new way of thinking?"

"You said, I have a lot of high-quality fine salt in my hand. When I need a new condiment bottle, why can't I empty the other condiment bottles on the table and add my fine salt to it?"

"This.."

Among the women at the table, David was the first to look at Toby, who responded quickly, and asked.

"Tell me~"

"Um...are you telling us metaphorically that the development of hotels can be combined with...real estate!?"

"Yes~"

"and then?"

"Polly, tell me!"

"Well... we can cooperate with the owner of the Four Seasons Hotel in the building we build in Manhattan~"

"Built it right into...the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan, New York!"

"Ok!"

"This is what we have already said, is there anything more?"

"Think again!"

Polly looked at the fine salt and the empty seasoning bottle pointed by David, her eyes lit up, and she answered excitedly.

"When people use condiment bottles on the table, most people only care about the fine salt inside, but ignore... the condiment bottles!"

"But it is only in London, on the table of this hotel, filled with fine salt, that it has the value of being discovered and used by people!"

"So?" David admired in his heart and continued to guide her thoughts.

The smile on Polly's face became brighter and she said: "The value of the seasoning bottle itself determines that the relationship between it and fine salt is just a cooperative relationship~"

"The bottle can not only hold fine salt, but also pepper, chili powder, etc.~"

“So, as long as we can ensure that the building we build in Manhattan best meets the criteria for selecting new stores in the hotel industry~”

"We no longer have to worry about how to sell or rent it!"

"Because we have the bottle, we have... after the big stage in Manhattan, there are so many partners and seasonings to choose from!!"

"Clap clap clap~"

"Wonderful!!"

David was the first to give her applause~

The women at the dinner table all smiled and applauded her for her wit and quick thinking~

Polly smiled at everyone, but without stopping to think, she asked.

"So how is this new way of cooperation different from McDonald's development model?

"How does it discuss the proportion of investment? How does it divide the income?"

David raised his hand and tapped the tip of her nose gently, and said with a smile: "Let's eat first~"

"We'll talk later!"

"it is good!"

Polly nodded slightly, picked up the utensils in her hands, and continued to eat. However, her mind suddenly remembered what Lu Di said yesterday.

. . .

Afterwards, several people at the table finished their breakfast with different feelings.

David pulled Polly and smiled at a few people: "In the morning, everyone can move freely ~ In the afternoon, Elena, you can be our tour guide!"

"..OK!"

Under the gazes of several women, Elena nodded in response.

"Hahaha~"

"We'll see you in the afternoon!"

. . .

David and Polly left.

Livlin blinked, looked at a few people and asked, "Shopping team?!"

"Haha~ Okay!" Toby raised his hand happily.

"Sorry Elena~ We have to leave you and go out to play together!"

"Haha~ Have fun!"

"Oh~ let's go!"

Elena sat alone, watching the women leave chatting and laughing, and the smile on her lips slowly faded.

In the afternoon? ?

. . .

Upstairs, in David's room.

David pulled Polly into the room and closed the door. Then he picked her up and sat on the sofa. He looked directly into her eyes and asked.

"I missed you! What about you?"

Polly stared blankly at David who was right in front of her, put her hands around his neck, and nodded without any hesitation.

"Me too...I miss you uncontrollably~"

"Hmm~"

David smiled very satisfied and kissed her passionately on the lips~

This kiss lasted for a long time~

It's like they both have been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

. . .

Lip points.

Polly felt David's body temperature all over her body and asked with a smile: "Have you been dishonest these days?"

"Hahaha~ You mean Elena?"

"Jealous?"

"..No~"

"Hahaha~"

David moved his body, found a more comfortable sitting position for the two of them, and smiled.

"I know, and you know too~"

"In our hearts, we have always guarded the final bottom line in a tacit understanding and did not dare to cross it easily!"

"You are the goddess of my youthful and ignorant days~ A long time ago, that's it~"

"When you got married, I also told myself silently in my heart that the goddess is my sister, and you can't think about it anymore~"

"But now you are divorced and you are free~"

"I have grown up too! I want to give you my love!"

David scratched the tip of Polly's nose and chin with his fingertips, shook his head, stopped her from speaking, and continued.

"Yesterday, I was sitting on the street, looking up at the strong wind and dark clouds in the sky. I suddenly realized how unpredictable they were~"

"In this world, time is the fairest thing to everyone~"

"I have been restraining myself and keeping you waiting..."

"But time will not leave you any good memories because of my restraint!"

"I'm actually... very greedy! Very greedy!"

"I can't control myself...I miss you!"

"Even if I have Susan now, I still don't want to let you leave me..."

David put his finger on Polly's lips: "In the past few days, I left New York, and Elena took the initiative to tell me a lot~"

"I knew some of her thoughts, so I arranged for her to be by my side~"

"Yesterday morning, I almost lost control of myself~"

"Hehe~"

"Now that I think about it, before I had the shadow of Susan in my heart, you were always there~"

"I almost mistook Elena for you..."

David smiled self-deprecatingly, looked at Polly with a look that had experienced the prosperity and complexity of the world, and suddenly saw through it.

"Please forgive my selfishness~"

"I have occupied you in my heart and left my mark on you~"

"So, I will no longer struggle or hesitate, and I will never let you go again, so that you can continue to make random guesses when you can't sleep at night and think of me~"

"I think I can tell you when we are both old... I'm sorry!"

"After we return to New York together, I will confess all this to Susan!"

"I want her to know clearly that I can't live without you! Don't ever think of leaving me again!"

Polly's eyes rolled wildly, and she chuckled: "But I'm much older than you..."

"Hahaha~"

"If calculated based on my mental age, I can be your uncle~"

David thought silently in his heart: Adding up his age in his previous life and this life, he is almost 50 years old ~ There is nothing wrong with him!

Polly bit her lower lip, blinked with the blush on her face getting darker, and said, "Then... do you still want me to wait?"

"Kiss me, bastard!"

"Hahaha~"

David picked up Polly and walked quickly into the bedroom~

----

new York.

The eastern sky is still in the darkness before dawn.

The Queen.

Sam Rogers, the manager of David Fund Company, opened his eyes in confusion, got out of bed lightly, kissed his wife on the cheek, found some clothes, put them on, and walked out of the bedroom.

in the living room.

Sam made himself hot coffee, took out a few documents from his briefcase, and looked through them carefully.

. . .

Yesterday, a visitor who surprised him came to the company.

President of Princeton University, Guy Luther!

When Principal Luther saw Sam, he smiled and joked: "Why can't I see it here? Today is the weekend?"

"Hahaha~"

Sam invited him to his office, took a look at the busy new employees in the company before closing the door, and smiled.

"We are a company that strictly abides by the weekend system. It is not my arrangement for everyone to come to the company to work overtime on weekends."

"Hehe~"

Principal Luther stopped Sam's explanation with a "you don't have to make it up anymore" look and smiled.

"I heard you got a loan from Chase Manhattan Bank?"

"How's David's next step planned?"

Sam sat behind his desk and said with a smile: "The boss went to London~ Before he left, he just said that we would wait until he comes back~"

Principal Luther was not interested in Sam's "official accent", so he put away his smile, took out the documents in his briefcase, and put them on the table.

"I talked with David and our school's endowment fund is going to be invested in your company~"

"These are our conditions, take a look first~"

Sam didn't rush to look through the documents, but moved them away and put them aside, smiling.

"I will keep them well and pass them to David~"

Principal Luther raised his eyebrows, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "Have you heard those rumors too?"

"Haha~ I heard some!"

"Tsk~ Uh-huh..."

Principal Luther sighed, shook his head and said: "The situation in the school, the concerns of the school directors... I won't talk nonsense~"

"This is the biggest thing I can strive for...sincerity!"

"You can take a look first~ If you have any doubts about any of the items, we can continue talking!"

"Okay! Principal Luther~"

"Um.."

"Then don't bother me~ I'll wait for your reply after David comes back!"

"ok~bye!"

. . .

Sam's house.

He put down the coffee cup, closed the document in his hand, and threw it on the table.

The situation of Princeton University is indeed as President Luther said, it has reached an extremely difficult situation ~

Unlike prestigious Ivy League schools such as Columbia, Yale, Harvard, and MIT, it has never lacked donations, nor has it lacked self-operated companies, hospitals, etc., which can create additional revenue channels for the school.

The number of Princeton students is decreasing, tuition income is decreasing, but expenses cannot be reduced, and they can only sit on the donated funds and sit on their hands.

But~

Even in this situation, the school directors could still put forward such "harsh" conditions, which made Sam feel very speechless~

"Whoo~"

Forget it~

Sam put the papers away, shook his head, and let out a sigh of relief.

Regarding this matter, let’s wait until David comes back and see what he decides~

Maybe he can make those stubborn and timid school directors understand what it means. .The balance of risks and benefits!

hehe~

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, Wildfire Bar.

Standing at the bar, Erica finished calculating the bar's income tonight, put the remaining money into a paper bag, and locked the small safe at the bottom of the wine cabinet.

The waiter, Sweet Dimple Martha, sat on the bar stool, ordered her share of money, and called over her shoulder.

"Mengo!"

"These are yours~ put them away~"

"..good!"

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, glanced at the few remaining drinkers in the bar, walked to Martha, put away his share, and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

"What do you want for breakfast? I'll treat you!"

"Hahaha~ Forget it!"

"It's my turn to invite you this morning~"

"Tell me, what do you want to eat?" Martha waved her hand boldly and asked Menge.

Erica at the bar locked the door of the safe, lit a cigarette for herself, and said with a smile: "Menge, forget about your little money~"

"Martha got at least a hundred dollars in tips tonight, so let her pay!"

"..ok!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

While the three of them were chatting about what they would have for breakfast later, two people walked in at the door of the bar.

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, looked back at the two of them and said with a smile: "Hey~ Mike Bai, you bastard!"

"Why did this time come?"

Mike Bai pushed Alto next to him and said helplessly: "I wanted to come back and sleep~"

"It's all him!"

"He insisted on coming over for another drink..."

Alto asked Erica for a drink, turned to look at the sweet-dimpled Martha in tights, smiled and asked.

"What were you talking about just now?"

"Nothing~ What about you?"

"I haven't seen you here in the past two days~What are you busy with?"

Mike Bai took a glass of wine and smacked his lips a few times: "Just busy~"

"Fortunately, everything is done tonight ~ we can sleep peacefully again!"

"Oh~"

Erica, Martha and Menge all had a tacit understanding and did not ask any more questions, and turned to chatting about other topics.

Alto put down the cup in his hand, gently pulled Mengo, tilted his head towards him, and the two walked to the wall and sat down.

"Menge, when it gets dark later, I need you to go to the Bronx and find a few people."

"no problem!"

"Need a guy?"

"Haha~ Take it with you, you will feel more at ease."

"When you find them, just bring them a word."

"There is a party at Bonini's restaurant at two o'clock this afternoon. I hope they can attend on time!"

"Um.."

"that's it?"

"Correct!"

"Okay~ I'll go after breakfast!"

Alto smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry~ You can't find them if you go early."

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, showed a "dazzling" smile to Alto~

----

London.

Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane.

After a fierce collision of tenderness and wildness ~

David leaned on the head of the bed and muttered: "I really want to have a cigarette..."

The blush on Polly's face slowly faded, she got out of bed with a smile, walked to the bathroom and said with a smile: "I'll prepare it for you next time!"

"Hahaha~"

"Hey~ That's right!"

"I just looked at the pocket of your clothes. What did it fall out of?"

Polly replied in the bathroom: "Look, it's a letter for you."

"letter?"

"Yes~ It's in my coat pocket."

"Oh~"

David got out of bed, rummaged through the clothes on the floor, held an envelope in his hand, and opened it with some confusion.

This envelope doesn't look big on the outside, but contains several folded pieces of letter paper.

David sat on the edge of the bed, opened the letter, and frowned more and more as he read it. .

It wasn't until he read all the pages of letter paper that he took a deep breath, thought about it, quickly folded and put them away, and put them back in the envelope.

"did you find it?"

"Ah~ I found it!"

"What's in it?"

David put the envelope into the bedside drawer and replied, "It's some investigation information that Parker gave me~"

"Oh~"

Polly walked out of the bathroom and was hugged tightly by David again, and the two fell on the bed.

"Hahaha~ What are you going to do?"

"Haha~ I'm asking even though I know it!"

"No!!"

"Haha~ I have a few new ideas, I want to show you~"

"No!"

"..."

. . .

After half an hour.

Polly twisted David's ears and yelled: "There will be no next time! You know what! No!"

"Haha~a woman who talks nonsense!"

"what?"

"Hahaha~"

"Let's go take a shower together~ It's lunch time!"

"I'm hungry!"

"...Deserve it!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

lunch time.

David and Polly walked into the hotel restaurant arm in arm.

Elena, who had been waiting here for a long time, waved to the two of them and said: "Here~"

David was a gentleman and asked Polly to sit down. He smiled at Elena and said, "You order food first, and I'll go back and get something~"

"Okay~" Elena responded gently.

Polly also smiled and nodded, looking at David's back as he quickly left, looking at Elena thoughtfully, and asked.

"Have you decided?"

"Ok!"

"Hehe~"

"I need to remind you again ~ I don't believe you!"

Elena nodded calmly: "I already explained it last night. For an excellent person like David, I don't want to miss him again!"

"Hehe~"

Polly raised her eyebrows, smiled noncommittally, and picked up the menu on the table.

"you guessed right!"

Elena looked at the rich color on Polly's face, smiled happily and shook her head: "No~ you won!"

"Hehe~"

Polly smiled very happily: "I didn't win either~"

"I know him too well~"

"In David's heart, he will not let go of Susan easily..."

Elena nodded in agreement: "If it weren't for this, we wouldn't..."

"No~ don't be too happy too early!"

"Ok!"

A heartfelt smile appeared on Elena's lips, she lowered her head and looked at the menu in her hand~

Now it seems that her decision to leave David's side last night, stop Polly, and talk to her all night long and confide in her heart was the right decision!

. . .

upstairs.

David returned to his room, took out the envelope from the bedside drawer, opened it, found a phone number, and dialed it.

"Hello~"

"I'm David!"

"Oh~ Good afternoon, boss!"

"Haha~ Good morning, Mr. Otis Parker!"

"...Okay, David! I know you might be angry~"

"But I want to explain it first, okay?"

David took a deep breath: "I'm listening!"

"ok~"

Odis Parker, who was on the opposite side of the microphone, paused for a few seconds and then said.

"David, the investigation of you has never stopped~"

"Your analysis and predictions have left a very deep impression on many people!"

"So what~"

"Until they figure out whether your analysis and predictions are accurate... before!"

"You will always be surrounded by a group of people who are always watching your every move."

David frowned and asked: "Elena Mesa? Or Maggie? Toby? Cui Yingying?"

"It can't be Livlin, right?"

"Haha~ None!"

"I can't say, you can only experience it for yourself~"

"Ok!"

"Then what do you mean by what you brought to Polly?"

"Oh~ Those are just some of the gifts old Mr. Morgan prepared for you more than half a month ago."

"part?"

"Yes~"

"There is another part that you will know when you come back~"

"Parker, can you stop beating around the bush?"

"...It's hard for me to talk on the phone~"

"But, I want to tell you!"

"This is the last time that old Mr. Morgan and I agreed~"

"From now on, I will only have you as my boss!"

"Humph~hehe~"

David snorted and laughed twice: "Thank you! You can tell me this..."

Mr. Parker, who was on the opposite side of the phone, smiled cheerfully and said: "Actually, you should have guessed some of it, right?"

"I'm guessing!"

"How can I guess with all the playfulness of you people? Huh?"

"Hahaha~"

"I promise, I will never hide anything from you again~!"

"Haha~ You promised me once a long time ago..."

"Well...it doesn't count last time, but this time it's true!"

David choked for a few seconds and sighed helplessly: "Okay~bastard!"

"Are you okay? I'm hungry~"

"Have!"

"To express my apology, I have carefully prepared a big gift for you! Waiting for you to come back~"

"fxxxyou!"

"Hahaha ~ Goodbye boss!"

"Wish you're in London..."

"boom!"

David slammed the phone down hard, holding the envelope in his hand, walked to the window and opened it, letting in the cold and moist wind from outside, and then slowly calmed down.

He didn't want to experience this terrible experience again~

passive!

Too passive! !

But. .As Otis Parker said ~

For all this, he has been fully prepared in his heart ~

. . .

"Hush~huh~"

David looked down at the letters in his hand, repackaged them, put them back in the bedside drawer, and exhaled.

Don't easily believe what others say. Only by looking at what they have done can you know their true decisions and choices.

David has always understood this truth!

The gift that Old Morgan, David and others gave him was far better than a thousand words or any promise made to him in person.

However, from now on, David was not going to let himself be passive anymore.

Maybe. .Learn from Warren Buffett and make yourself rich slowly. Only ordinary people in this world can achieve the default rules of class counterattack~

Emm. .

Do not!

wrong!

David stood up and closed the window.

Countless memory fragments flashed through his mind quickly~

How many shares of Berkshire Hathaway does Buffett own?

Definitely not more than 50%!

"Hi~"

Knew it!

What the hell. .It’s a vicious circle that can’t be avoided!

David smiled bitterly and slapped his forehead hard, intending to get rid of these messy thoughts in his mind~

He needs to calm down again before he can think about his next plan~