Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

Europe, Greece.

Crete is located in the Mediterranean Sea 130 kilometers south of mainland Greece. It is about 260 kilometers long from east to west, 60 kilometers wide from north to south, and only 12 kilometers wide at its narrowest. It covers an area of ​​8236 square kilometers. It is an island dominated by rugged mountains.

At the same time, it is also the largest island in Greece and an ancient cultural center.

The island's Heraklion International Airport was originally opened in 1939 and ceased operations during World War II.

In 1947, the airport's first small terminal building was completed.

Between 1968 and 1971, new terminals and other facilities at Heraklion International Airport were completed one after another, giving the airport a completely new look.

The new airport was officially unveiled and put into use on May 1972, 5.

However, the weather on the island in November is very unpredictable.

There are many sunny days and many stormy days.

Wrap up in a sweater and don’t forget to bring your umbrella.

The south wind blows at this time, sometimes mixed with sand from the Sahara Desert, which envelopes the sky over Crete, making the weather in Crete unusual.

. . .

Sinney, a former gang leader in the Bronx, New York, led his wife and children out of the airport with large and small packages and got into an old car.

on the way.

Xinni looked at the gloomy sky outside through the car window, turned to his wife and children and introduced the island with a smile, and chatted with the driver about the recent weather conditions for a while.

The car that several people were riding in soon drove into the Ada Mountains in the middle of the island, entered the south slope, and stopped at the edge of a mountain village.

Xinni greeted his wife and children to get out of the car, picked up large and small luggage, and walked into a hotel on the roadside~

. . .

Wait until everything is settled.

Xinni walked out of the hotel feeling extremely relaxed and strolled along the few streets in the mountain village.

Finally, his footsteps stopped in front of a two-story building that looked new.

The owner of the small building seemed to notice Xinni at the door of the yard. He walked out of the house with a confused and wary face and shouted to him.

"Who are you looking for!?"

"Haha~" Xinni shook his head in a friendly manner towards the owner of the house, smiled, and walked away.

The owner of the house stood there and stared at him as he walked away, muttering to himself. .

. . .

Xinni walked around the street again and came to the door of the only bar in the mountain village. After thinking about it, he opened the door and walked into the bar.

But what he didn't expect was that several "acquaintances" were patiently waiting for his arrival in the bar!

"Hi~ You... You!?" Xinni looked at the two young men and two middle-aged women, and countless familiar old faces flashed through his mind.

"Bang~bang~"

After three consecutive dull gunshots, Xinni's eyes widened, and he lowered his head in disbelief. He covered the wound on his chest with both hands, fell down slowly, and uttered a sentence with difficulty.

"Let... please let my family go!"

"..."

Two men and two women. .

Do not!

They should be called the Avengers who survived the two families. They walked to Xinni expressionlessly, lowered their heads indifferently, and looked at the bright red blood pouring out of Xinni's chest on the ground. .

Xinni felt the severe pain in his chest and the vitality that kept flowing out of his body with the blood gushing out of the wound. He trembled his lips and used all his strength to say his last words in this world. ~

"Karu...knows where my...money is~"

"It's all...given to you...Sorry!"

A young man standing next to him looked at the series of blood foam flowing from the corner of Xinni's mouth, his eyes full of hatred and the joy of revenge~

"Take your money and your family and go to hell!"

"Uh...cough~uh..."

Xinni was coughing blood, his face full of despair, and he raised his hand as if he wanted to grab something. .

But he has no strength anymore~

"Huh..."

Xinni's eyes widened, and he breathed out the last breath in his chest, and the raised hand fell weakly to his side. .

. . .

After a few minutes.

"woooooooo~"

The two middle-aged women standing next to Xinni's body hugged each other and cried wantonly~

A young man silently knelt down and touched Xinni's neck. After confirming that he was really dead, he showed a relieved smile.

Another young man gritted his teeth and silently turned around with red eyes, walked to the edge of the bar, picked up the phone, and made a call.

"Beep~beep~beep~"

After a while of ringing, a hoarse, tired voice came from the other side of the phone.

"Hello~"

"We are in Zaros."

"Oh.."

"Thank you!"

"..."

The person on the other side of the phone was silent for a long time before asking.

"Will we meet again?"

The young man holding the microphone turned to look at his mother who was in pain, with a smile on his lips.

"As long as we don't die, we will!"

"..ok~I'll be waiting for you in New York."

"Okay! I'll send you a postcard."

"..Du~du~du~"

----

new York.

In an old five-story apartment building in the Bronx.

Carew put down the phone, bare his upper body, lit a cigarette for himself, took a few puffs, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

postcard? !

"fxxx!"

Karu frowned and couldn't help but growled a curse word.

Xinni is dead~

His family members also accompanied him. .

"Hush~huh~"

Karu took two more puffs of the cigarette, threw the cigarette butt hard on the ground, and threw his head back on the creaking bed.

He closed his eyes and tried hard to calm down the lump in his chest that shouldn't have appeared. .Flame~

Because of the crimes Sinni committed, in his opinion, it would not be unjust if he died dozens of times~

But his wife and children. .

"Papa~papa~papa~"

Kalu was lying on the bed, circling his left and right hands, splaying his left and right hands, and slapping himself in the face. .Until the pain on his face made him feel dizzy. .Then I stopped~

"Ah~hoo~ah~hoo~"

Kalu held his forehead and covered his eyes. Whether it was a physiological reaction to the pain or the guilt in his heart for those children, a few tears quietly slipped from the corners of his eyes ~

----

London.

Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane.

The early morning sunlight shone into the bedroom from the window.

David felt his mouth was dry and rubbed his eyes. He was confused and prepared to get out of bed and go to the bathroom to fill the water. .

"You're awake~"

"How did you sleep?"

"Oh~ Good morning, Yingying~"

"How do you..."

David responded casually, immediately lowered his head, glanced at the pajamas and pajamas on his body, then licked his lips a few times with confidence, stopped and smiled.

"Have you been waiting for me?"

"Hmm~ The medicine you took last night will definitely make your mouth feel dry when you wake up in the morning."

"So, I prepared it for you..."

David glanced at the bowl held by Cui Yingying and showed a wry smile: "Do you still need to refill it?"

"Hehe~"

"No~"

Cui Yingying walked up to David, shook her head and said with a smile: "There were so many people yesterday... I didn't tell them all~"

"In the past few years, you worked the night shift in the bar every day and worked hard. You probably didn't feel anything at the time. You would be well rested after a nap~"

"However, you haven't given yourself a holiday or a good rest during this period. In addition, long-term and large-scale mental work has consumed your mental energy, which is more harmful to your body than staying up late~"

"That's why every time you finish a heavy workload, you will feel headache, tired, and need to supplement with food and sweets."

"You can't anymore..."

David blinked a few times quickly and couldn't help but smile when he looked at Cui Yingying who was giving the "doctor's orders" seriously.

"Thank you!"

Cui Yingying was stunned for a moment, with a blush on her face. She lowered her head slightly, stared at the bowl in her hand, and whispered.

"Medicinal supplements are not as good as dietary supplements."

"When we return to New York, I will find you some good medicinal materials from previous years and make some medicinal meals for you."

"Hahaha~ good!"

David laughed and responded, took the bowl, and drank it with a tilt of his neck.

"Hmm... sweet? Not bitter?"

"...This is honey water~"

"Ah...hehe~"

David looked at Cui Yingying and couldn't help but shook his head in his heart and sighed~

I wonder if the fool who abandoned her will regret it in the future. .

. . .

After half an hour.

in the living room.

Polly sat next to David, hugged his arm, glanced at Elena not far away, and laughed softly.

"Wait a minute, let's go out and buy gifts together?"

David smacked his lips with a bitter look on his face: "Well... I can't go..."

"cannot!"

Polly leaned close to David's ear and whispered: "Those tights, do you still want to see them?"

"..think!!"

"Haha~ When we get back... I'll let them put them on and show them to you, how about that?"

David immediately straightened his face and said "righteously": "I did that... but it was all for you..."

"Okay~ It's all for us..."

"Tsk~ Why don't you believe it!?"

"Um...Elena, go put on your tights! I'll teach you the best aerobics! It's absolutely amazing!"

Elena rolled her eyes cutely and said teasingly: "What are you anxious about? Can't you do it at night?"

"Late...cough~"

"Why are you so bad at studying?"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

in the living room.

David lay down on the sofa, holding a book in his hand and reading it carefully.

Polly, Elena, Livlin, Toby, and Cui Yingying formed a "shopping" five-person group and went to the shopping street for the "final madness" ~

The little secretary Maggie was left alone, sitting not far from David, looking down at her toes in a daze.

"Wow~"

David turned over a page, glanced at Maggie, the silent little secretary, and asked curiously.

"what happened to you?"

"...I'm fine~"

"Tsk~ It's written on your forehead! Something's wrong with you!"

Maggie pursed her lips, held her glasses with her hands, shook her head, and said stubbornly: "I'm fine!"

"...Okay~"

"Wait a minute, help me return the book, okay?"

"it is good!"

David's eyes fell on the page again, thought for a while, and asked.

"What about Rosenlow? Has there been no news from him?"

"Yes~ He came to see you last night and saw that you were asleep, so he didn't call you~"

"and then?"

"Then...he chatted with Polly for a few words and then left~"

David frowned, stared at Maggie for a while, turned over and sat up, and asked.

"Why didn't you go shopping with them?"

"Did you want to stay with me? Or did they stay here on purpose?"

Maggie fiddled with a corner of her coat with both hands and lowered her head in silence. .

"Tsk~"

"Maggie, come on~ look at me!"

"Tell me, what's wrong with you? Or between you... What's wrong?"

"..none~"

"Oh~ I see!"

"Clap~"

David threw the book in his hand on the table, scratched his head and asked, "Polly and Elena, have you talked to them?"

"..."

"Do you think I'm a big pervert who's always thinking about you?!"

"..."

"Hehe~"

"That's it, Maggie!"

"After we go back this time, you hand over the work at hand to Bob, and then you go back to work with Lilith~ How about it?"

"I'll go talk to her! I promise I won't bring anything to you..."

Maggie looked at David with a sincere face and couldn't help but lowered her head again: "I didn't want to leave..."

"Then what's wrong with you? Why don't you go shopping happily with them?"

"I...I don't want to spend your money anymore..."

"Clap~"

David raised his eyebrows and was completely speechless. .

“Isn’t the money you earn just for spending?”

"..I understand!"

"What do you understand?"

David finally understood this time what was worrying Maggie, the little secretary who kept her head on straight. .

"Let me tell you this, think about it, have I taken out a notebook to take notes recently?"

"Very few?"

"why?"

"Because you are here!"

David sat back, shook his head and said, "Perhaps, in Stanley, you have seen many secretaries who have become high-level lovers~"

"But you are different ~ Maggie!"

"Why did Lilith choose you to help me?"

"It's because you are very capable! Because you can really help me!"

"These... before we set off from New York, were not..."

. . .

After some "careful" persuasion from David, the little secretary Maggie finally turned away from the dead end in her mind and whispered apologetically.

"Boss...I understand"

"You understand again?!"

"Hehe~"

David rubbed his swollen temples, took a few deep breaths, and smiled bitterly.

"What I'm about to say next may sound harsh to you."

"But they are all truth, and they are also the daily life I will face in the future~"

"You may... have heard about it or understood it in your heart, but you never wanted to face it directly??"

"Hehe~"

"As for me... I have participated in investing in many businesses and made many friends."

"Livlin's Paramount, you know that, right?"

"What are the unknown girls thinking about trying to make it in Hollywood all day long?"

"famous!"

"Be a big star like Marilyn Monroe!"

"Hush~huh~"

"After we go back this time, please remember to help me contact Roland Perkins from CAA Agency."

"I just happened to have something to do with him~ He will also tell you face to face what the girls in Hollywood will do in order to become famous~"

"Hehe~"

David picked up the book again, lay back on the sofa, and continued: "You are not Catherine Matilda Swinton, a princess of the royal family, a young lady from the Duke's family."

"I'm not Carnes, Little Peter, Giles, Bloomer, Leslie..."

"We are all poor. At least a few months ago, I was a poor boy."

"But you know... the magic of money?"

"It is an exaggerated, magical, and incredible existence!"

"Countless people all think that they can get rich suddenly and enjoy a carefree life every day. They can do whatever they want~"

"However, you should also have noticed that any of the rich men around me are...bastards who think about women all day long??"

"No~"

"The things they think about are simple and consistent."

"Change!"

"Make more and more money!"

"Prove yourself to your family!"

"That's all? Is there anything else?"

"Have!"

“Enjoy the magic of huge amounts of money!”

"It's addictive - more poisonous than those so-called drugs..."

"So, you know why I'm trying to restrain my desires, right?"

"As my wealth continues to increase, it will also add countless auras and magic powers to me~"

"Those girls who want to take shortcuts will be like moths to a flame. When they see this light in me, they will rush towards me without caring about themselves~"

"Those girls who become high-level secretaries and part-time lovers are like this~"

"The same goes for girls who want to carve out a path to fame in Hollywood~"

"In this world, all available resources are limited."

"If someone wants to occupy more, someone will lose some."

"Just like a transaction in the futures market, a buy order must correspond to a short order."

"They are all rules of the game set by certain people or groups. Neither I nor we... have the ability to break them~"

"Maggie!"

"Why do you think Elena is willing to stay with me?"

"for love?"

"Hehe~"

"Did she really fall in love with me?"

"Can she have Polly to love me?"

"Why would I accept her?"

"Have you thought about it?"

"You should have thought about it~"

"Then why do you still show such a wronged look in front of me?"

"You're hesitating! You want to say no! You want to leave! Right?"

"Hehe~"

"Think about it~"

After David said this, he turned the book to the page he had just seen and continued to read carefully.

Maggie, the little secretary, lowered her head with her face flushed, and didn't speak for a long time.

Time flew away quickly in the silence between the two of them~

. . .

"Clang~clang~"

"The door is unlocked~"

Tilda Swinton, wearing a trench coat and carrying a small bag, walked in and smiled.

"Are you the only ones here~?"

"Oh~ you're here?! Please sit down~"

David turned over and sat up, throwing the books in his hand to Maggie: "You go to the library, and return our auditorium to others by the way."

"...Okay!" Maggie hugged the book to her chest and stood still, staring at David's toes and said.

"Miss Livlin's private plane is scheduled to take off at 17:30 in the afternoon."

"The estimated time we arrive in New York is around 21:30."

"I have contacted the Blue Crystal Hotel and booked the best room for Miss Swinton."

"I also have the reservation numbers for the Plaza Hotel and the Wallendorf Hotel, so you can contact them for reservations at any time."

David raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Miss Swinton, where do you want to live?"

"Haha~ You should call me Tilda."

"I can live anywhere. They are much better than boarding school dormitories, right?"

"Hahaha~"

"Well~ I have a suggestion!"

David waved to Maggie, sat down and watched her lower her head and walk out of the room, and smiled: "How about you live in the apartment downstairs from me?"

“It allows you to experience the life of living alone in New York in advance~”

"Okay~"