Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

Boston.

In a cafe near the New England Conservatory of Music.

Seiji Ozawa, the music director and permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Japanese-born conductor, smiled at his friend Thomas Schumann Gruber and his wife Cheryl Norton Morgan, who were sitting opposite.

(Tuss, who appears in Chapter 438, is an Austrian-born, genius symphony composer. His talent and talent in music deeply attracted Cheryl, who loves symphony very much. The two have only been married for a few months.)

"My teacher Herbert von Karajan and I are preparing to participate in the Vienna New Year's Concert on January 1 next year."

"I heard that this is Willy Boskovsky's last time as conductor of the New Year's Concert..."

"Yes!"

Tus held Cheryl's little hand in his palm, looked out the window, and sighed: "The era of Willy Boskovsky's Vienna New Year's Concert is coming to an end!"

Seiji Ozawa nodded sympathetically, recalling with the same wandering eyes: "Since 1955, Mr. Boskovsky succeeded Clemens Kraus, who suddenly passed away, and became the director of the New Year's Concert. After command..."

"During more than 20 years before and after this..."

"His unique three-beat rhythmic control of the Strauss family's works has earned him praise as the most perfect interpreter of Strauss's works, and he has received countless praises... and is also recognized as a classic version!"

"But Willy Boskovsky will be 70 years old next year, right?"

"Ok!"

"He's getting old too!"

"The symphony era of Willy Boskovsky is about to leave us!"

"..."

Cheryl, who was sitting next to her, looked at the melancholy looks of her husband Tusi and his friend Seiji Ozawa, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and smile.

"Mr. Willy Boskovsky is not going to leave this world forever..."

"You guys, you don't have to do this, right?"

"Uh...hehe~"

Tusi and Seiji Ozawa looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

Cheryl pinched Tus's finger with her fingers and said with a smile: "Mr. Willie Boskovsky, who is about to be 70 years old, almost only has music in his life, but he misses a lot of time with his family. Time passed~"

"Now that he can think about it and choose to retire... it would be a good thing for his family, right?"

"...That's right!"

Tusi nodded in agreement, looking at his wife Cheryl with eyes full of love and guilt. .

Seiji Ozawa, who was sitting opposite the two of them, suppressed a smile and lowered his head to pick up the coffee, took a sip, and waited patiently for a while before speaking.

"Then you two...will you also go to the Vienna New Year's Concert with me?"

"Of course!"

"No!"

"..."

Tusi looked at his wife in surprise and asked: "You are pregnant with the child, so you can no longer fly to Austria!"

"Hehe~"

"I don't have to go, but you must go!"

"I.."

Cheryl gently held her husband's cheek with her hand and smiled: "How could you be absent from Mr. Boskovsky's farewell concert?"

"Go at ease!"

"I can watch the video tape you brought back and experience Mr. Boskovsky's experience with you."

"..good!"

Tusi was moved in his heart, shook his wife's hand vigorously, and smiled at Ozawa Seiji: "I won't leave with you~"

"After I spent Christmas with Cheryl at home, I flew to Vienna by myself."

"..OK!"

Ozawa Seiji nodded with understanding and said with a smile: "When I had my first child, I wasn't as lucky as you~"

"Hahaha~" Tusi laughed happily.

"Hey~ That's right!"

"Have you named the child?"

"Not yet~ Do you have any good suggestions?"

"no!"

"I just think you'd better not name your child after another musician..."

"Hahaha~"

Both Tooth and Cheryl were laughed at by Seiji Ozawa's joke~

----

new York.

Manhattan, the intersection of No. 12th Avenue and 40th Street, da company's small building.

In today's small company building, several newly established branches a few months ago have been slowly separated, leaving only the trading company and Shirley's clothing designer studio, as well as all the management departments of the company. .

The large conference room on the third floor of the small building.

Although Polly's face looked very bad, her eyes emitted an icy cold light that made all the participants feel a little scared.

“False reporting of costs, concealing income, passing off inferior quality?!”

"You actually hired professional financial personnel to make false accounts...!?"

"Ben Whitcott!"

"Didn't you find any problems with the financial statements of Da Construction Company last month that Andy reported to you?"

Ben Whitcott's face was uglier than Polly's. .

He glanced sideways at the person in charge of DA Construction Company who was sitting opposite, and whispered: "I simply looked through their statements, then signed and sent them back to Andy, who is in charge of finance."

"This is indeed an oversight on my part!"

Polly stared at Ben Whitcott for a few seconds, then slowly turned her eyes to Andy and asked: "In addition to last month, what else..."

"It's gone! It's really gone! I swear!"

The person in charge of the construction company immediately explained to Polly with annoyance and grievance written on his face.

"Hehe~"

Polly sneered twice and tapped the tip of her nose on the table a few times: "You have to spit it all out!"

"Good! Good!"

"I have to spend twice as much money as compensation to the company!"

"..good!"

"You guys, please don't appear in front of me again~"

"get out!"

"..."

The person in charge of the construction company stood up with a pale face, nodded slightly to Polly, and walked out of the conference room slowly.

Ludi, who was sitting not far from Polly, glanced at Alto and Rosenlow behind him, gave them a look, and said with a smile.

"Find someone to follow him and get our money back!"

"If this is just their greed...then forget it!"

"But if someone behind the scenes deliberately instigates them...haha~"

Alto and Rosenlow understood what Ludi meant, stood up, nodded to Polly and others, and left quickly~

Andy, the head of finance, who had been watching silently, and Sally Albaugh, the head of the company's administrative department, looked at each other silently, and then focused all their attention on Polly.

Polly lowered her head and whispered with a complicated light in her eyes.

"Whitcott!"

"Didn't you work as David's assistant?"

"Just continue to be his assistant!"

"When did he tell you to come back? Come back again~"

"..OK, thanks!"

Ben Whitcott was only slightly surprised for two seconds, then immediately stood up and bowed slightly to Polly, thanked her, packed up her things and left.

The conference room became quieter.

Ludy looked in the direction of the door of the conference room, thought thoughtfully for a while, and then asked Polly.

"Our meeting...will we continue?"

"No need~"

"After everyone goes back, inform everyone in their respective departments about the contents of today's meeting."

"My tolerance for them... there will be no next time!"

"The meeting is over~"

"..."

Polly packed up her things and strode out of the conference room.

Ludy raised his eyebrows at Andy and Sally, stood up with a smile, and said, "That's just her temper... Don't mind it!"

"It's okay ~ I understand!" Andy waved his hand with a smile, his eyes swept across the faces of several people in the conference room, and said nothing more.

Ludy nodded with satisfaction and said to Sally: "Ben Whitcott's office, lock it up first~"

"Just think he's on a long vacation~"

"Ok!"

Sally, with a rosy complexion, nodded in understanding and responded.

The corners of Andy's mouth curled up even more, and he leaned back, watching Ludy slowly walk out of the conference room.

. . .

ten minutes later.

Sally finished her work and knocked on the door of Andy's office. After closing the door, she walked to him, put her hands on his shoulders and whispered with exclamation in her voice.

"Ben Whitcott, you shouldn't make such a stupid mistake!"

"He has always been a very serious and careful person, how could he casually read something so important..."

Andy took off his glasses, tilted his head to look at Sally, and chuckled: "Are you doing it for Whitaker, for me...?"

"...No~"

"I just think..."

"Hehe~"

Andy smiled and held Sally's hand, looked up at the traces of time on her face, thought for a while, and said.

"Ben Whitcott, it's not an injustice for him to make such a stupid mistake!"

"Like us, he works under the supervision of the company's various rules and regulations~"

"When the financial statements sent by Da Construction Company were handed over to Ben Whitcott from me, I couldn't see anything hidden in them..."

"This is a fake account made by an expert who hired a professional accountant!"

"How can those of us who have never been exposed to specific matters understand the cost and price?"

"But Polly is different!"

"Her ex-husband is a manager who has worked in a construction company for many years."

"She knows exactly where there will be places where she can get her hands on and off~"

"Furthermore, she is not bound by the company's various rules and regulations like Ben Whitcott and I. She can only investigate possible problems in accordance with the prescribed procedures."

Andy pulled Sally and made her sit on the desk, smiling: "Of course~ If you look at these reasons, Polly's punishment for Ben Whitcott seems a bit harsh~"

"However, this is exactly what makes her smart!"

"What's the biggest difference between her and Ben Whitcott?"

"Is there a huge gap in the daily management of the company or in the ability to deal with problems?"

"neither!"

"The biggest difference between the two of them is that they have different perspectives on work and ways of solving problems. Naturally, they will get different results."

"Polly herself understood this and asked Ben Whitcott to go to David to reflect before coming back~"

After listening to Andy's explanation, Sally tilted her head and thought about it, frowned again, and asked.

"Those false accounts can deceive you and Ben Whitcott...but they can't deceive Polly's eyes!"

"They know this, but they still dare to do this?!"

"Hehe~"

"Maybe they were lucky..."

"Perhaps they think that after deceiving me and Ben Whitcott, the matter will be over."

"Only they themselves know this. We are just guessing here. It's meaningless~"

"..All right!"

Sally took Andy's hand and put it on her lap, and said with a smile on her lips again.

"You said last time that you wanted to have a drink with Old Rhett..."

"Tomorrow is the weekend~ How about you invite him to your house and I'll cook you a big meal?"

"Okay!"

Andy stood up with a happy smile and said jokingly: "It just so happens that you would like to introduce your cousin to Old Rhett?"

"Hahaha~ Why do you still remember this?"

"Of course I will remember it!"

"That old guy almost broke off our relationship with me because we were together..."

"Hahaha~"

"no problem!"

"I'll contact her right away~"

"Tomorrow night, let her have a good chat with Old Rhett~"

"Hahaha~"

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

David got up from the bed in a daze, walked into the bathroom and finished washing up. After taking a hot shower, he felt a little better.

Last night, these crazy women became addicted to playing mahjong. . ! ?

They kept laughing and playing until late at night, when David and Leslie teamed up to disrupt the game. .

Before Livlin left, she excitedly shouted that she would come here every night for a ride and then go home to sleep. .

. . .

David put on clothes casually and walked out of the bedroom. He saw the housekeepers Aclade and Cui Yingying sitting in the dining room and living room respectively, each holding a newspaper and reading carefully. .

He waved to the two of them out of curiosity and said with a smile, "Hi~ Good morning!"

"What are you looking at?"

"Morning, sir!" Butler Acklade put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up and nodded to David with a smile.

"It's getting late!"

"I'm just about to make lunch!" Cui Yingying put down the newspaper and said jokingly to David.

"Tsk tsk...it's not you guys!!?"

"Hehe~"

Cui Yingying smiled gently, led David to the dining table, and asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll do it."

"No, just give me a glass of juice or milk."

"Let me eat more for lunch."

"Ok!"

"Hey~? That's right!"

"Acklade, my secretary Maggie and Kihara Nobunari, are they here?"

"coming!"

"Miss Maggie, I left a folder for you ~ I put it in the study."

"Mr. Kihara Nobunari, I have been waiting for you upstairs... I guess he is reading a book~"

"Oh~"

"Then help me tell him to go back to the company first."

"I want to take a rest today. If anything happens, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Ok."

"But, tomorrow is Saturday, do you... still need him to come over?"

David scratched his head suddenly, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Then tell him that if he has nothing to do, he will not come here tomorrow~"

"Ok!"

Aclade walked out of the door with unhurried steps.

Cui Yingying placed a glass of juice in front of David and asked with a smile: "How did you sleep?"

"not good!"

"Where's Susan? Where did she go in the middle of the night?"

"Um...she slept in my room..."

"Tsk tsk~"

David picked up the cup, raised his neck and drank it all, then wiped his mouth and complained: "You sleep with Susan, Polly goes home and sleeps with the child, Lilith... cough~"

“How come it’s my turn to sleep alone in the end??”

"..Hahaha~"

After Cui Yingying heard David's complaints, she covered her mouth and laughed.

. . .

David took Cui Yingying and joked for a while, then went into his study room and read the documents Maggie sent over.

There are not many things at work.

But everything here requires David to make a clear decision before Sam Rogers and other workers can move forward in the direction he has set.

After half an hour.

Lilith was wearing Cui Yingying's pajamas and knocked on the study door.

"Hi~ Lilith!"

"It looks like you had a good rest~"

"Um.."

Lilith walked slowly behind the desk, stood in front of David, looked down into his eyes, bit her lip, and whispered.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you for what?"

"Hahaha~"

David hugged her unceremoniously into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and smiled.

"Since you agreed to come with me..."

"I definitely can't watch you face it alone..."

"Feel sorry!"

"There's only so much I can do for you for now~"

"If you are willing... wait for me for a few more years!"

"I will definitely give you a more satisfactory one..."

"No!"

Lilith reached out and covered David's mouth, staring at David with watery eyes, and whispered: "I can wait! As long as it takes!"

"Oh?"

"Really? You don't regret it?"

"Ok!"

"All right.."

"Laura...she is so lucky!"

"..."

"Hahaha~"

"Then let's... huh? That's right!"

"Lilith, ask Susan and Cui Yingying to accompany you back later to pack your things and move in directly!"

"Move here?"

"Yup!"

David put his forehead against Lilith's forehead and chuckled: "If I can't get your heart, I can't even get your people, right?"

"...Do you really want to?"

"Of course I do...what the hell!"

"Ahem~ I'm kidding! I was kidding!"

"Haha~" Lilith raised her head back, thinking about it shyly, and said.

"I'm going to talk to Laura about the child... She should also really want to have our child..."

"should?"

"Cough cough cough~ forget it!"

David quickly raised his hands to show his surrender, and said with a wry smile: "You want children, but I can't help."

"Didn't we already discuss this matter before?"

"Yeah~ But I... regretted it!"

"...Are you cheating!!?"

"That's right! Hahaha~"

----

manhattan,

On the 51th floor of a skyscraper at the intersection of 19st Street and Sixth Avenue.

Mag Ludwig walked out of the elevator, saw the familiar female secretary at the door of the office not far away, and walked towards him.

"Governor Lynch Olson, are you there?"

"Um...he..."

"thank you, I know now."

"Please bring him a note for me, okay?"

"Ok!"

The secretary exhaled happily and gave Mag a paper and pen.

Mag tilted his head and looked at the closed door not far away. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He wrote a few words on the note, handed it to the secretary, and then turned and walked towards the elevator.

. . .

After a few minutes.

After the secretary made sure that Mag had left, she took the note in her hand and knocked on the door of the governor's office.

Lynch looked at the note in his hand, silently waved to the secretary, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the traffic downstairs.

Do you have to wait any longer?

Emm. .

Reason told Lynch to wait a little longer so that he could see more clearly and maximize his benefits~

But if he waits any longer, he will also lose his old friend Mag!

Wait, wait?

Lin Qi held his hands on the window sill and stared closely at the busy street downstairs, slowly calming down the complexity and hesitation in his heart.

Keep waiting!

Only by continuing to wait can you go further. . !

. . .

downstairs.

Just when Lynch secretly made a decision in his heart, Mag walked to his car, waved to Janet Patrick who was coming from a distance, and said with a smile.

"Let's go~ let's find a restaurant."

"What do you want to eat?"

Janet smiled and shrugged, gave Mag a big hug, and said, "It's okay~ You just decide."

"Then let's go...have a lobster dinner?"

"Oh?"

"You mean the Wildfire restaurant on 42nd Street?"

"Yes! Do you want to go?"

"Of course!"

"Hahaha~ok! Let's go."

. . .

on the way.

Janet took out two small clothes for newborns from her bag and smiled at Mag: "Look~ I bought new clothes for our child!"

"Well~ it's simply so beautiful."

"But...is this a girl's dress?"

"Hahaha~ There is no difference between boys' and girls' clothes for babies."

"Don't you like girls?"

"I like it! I like them all~"

Magar asked Janet this question again and smiled patiently: "Just like you!"

"Whether they are boys or girls, they are the best gifts God has given me!"

"Hehe~"

Janet smiled foolishly, fiddled with the baby clothes in her hand, shook her head, and asked.

"You go find Lynch...have you seen him?"

"no!"

"You just got rejected...are you back?"

"Ok!"

"But you didn't mean that if he never sees you again..."

The smile on Mag's face slowly faded, he stopped the car at an intersection with a red light, and said in a low voice.

"Yes~"

"He made a choice that he thought was better."

"As for whether this decision can bring him satisfactory results, none of us know now."

Janet understood the meaning of Mag's words and whispered with a trace of regret on her face.

"I hope he understands what he is doing~"

"..Um!"

"Dear! You said... should I accept Mr. Wood's invitation?"

Mag glanced at a police car passing by on the left, thought for a moment and asked, "What did he say to you?"

"He said if I would join his campaign and help him in March next year..."

Mag saw the green light ahead, released the handbrake, put a little force on his feet, and said after listening to Janet's story.

"Wood is a very good collaborator."

"If you join his team, I can also help you behind your back."

"But I can't stand on his side like you and clearly express a tendency that will be misunderstood~"

"I see."

"So, you expect me to agree?"

"Ok!"

"Promise him, it will also be a great opportunity for you!"

"I think if he succeeds in being elected president... you will also become another female legend in Washington, right?"

"legend?"

"Hehe~"

Janet smiled self-deprecatingly, raised her eyebrows and turned to look out the window.

"If you had told me this a few years ago, I might have been so excited that I couldn't sleep at night."

"Oh? What now? Are you not interested in this?"

"No~"

Janet stroked her belly with her hand, tilted her head back slightly, leaned on the headrest, and said with a smile: "With you and our child, my pursuit of power can only be put aside first." !”

"Hahaha~"

Mag felt very happy and pulled Janet and smiled: "If you want... I can be your support at home and take care of the children!"

"Are you taking care of the kids?"

"Hahaha~"

"I can't even imagine you changing a child's diaper or putting her to sleep..."

"Then...is it still you?"

"Of course it is me!"

"It's just that I never had any illusions about children before... But now I am very happy for her arrival!"

"..."

Janet's face was filled with happiness, she held the baby clothes tightly with her hands, and her smile became even brighter ~