Manhattan Reborn 1978

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

After breakfast~

David rubbed his belly filled with delicious fish soup and couldn't help but take a few more bites of the soft fish meat in the soup. .

Cui Yingying saw that he actually drank less than half of the pot of fish soup by herself, and she was very happy to "stop" David.

"If you like to drink it, I'll make it for you tomorrow..."

"But you can't eat too much at once!"

"Hehe~"

David glanced at the "foursome" of Giles, Bloomer, Leslie and Livlin who were eating heavily next to him, and grinned.

"All right!"

"Next time you can do more, so that some people will not be able to satisfy their cravings until they can only drink a little bit, but they are too embarrassed to say so."

"Hahaha~"

Bloomer, who was the last shameless among the "foursome", laughed and waved: "Your cooking skills are simply... amazing!"

“It’s definitely the most delicious fish soup I’ve ever had!”

"What seasonings did you put in this?"

"Why didn't I find anything?"

"Yes~"

Livlin, who thought she knew Cui Yingying's cooking skills better, wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin and asked curiously.

“It’s so delicious~”

"What did you put in the fish soup?"

Cui Yingying chuckled and shook her head, pointing to the soup basin on the table, and explained: "I only put salt and a little ginger slices in the soup, and no other seasonings."

"All the delicious flavors you drink are the inherent umami flavors produced by the fish itself."

"The stone fish and lion fish in the soup are both highly poisonous fish in the sea~"

"But their toxins are mainly outside the body. As long as they are processed before making soup, poisoning will not occur~"

"Stonefish? Lionfish?"

"I know!" Tilda Swinton, who was holding the spoon in her hand, suddenly opened her eyes wide and murmured as she looked at the fish in the spoon.

"I've seen pictures of them in the Marine Encyclopedia..."

"So their taste...is this?"

"Hahaha~"

David stood up and walked behind Tilda, patted her shoulder, then walked behind Cui Yingying, held her shoulders with both hands, and smiled at Lilith and a few others.

"Yingying also has many specialty dishes that you have never tasted!"

"If you dare to give it a try, how about we have an authentic dinner of famous Xiangjiang dishes tonight?"

"Authentic?" Giles turned to look at Leslie, who was drinking heavily from the soup bowl, and asked curiously.

"Have you been to Xiangjiang?"

“Have you ever tasted authentic Xiangjiang famous dishes?”

"Are they very different from those in restaurants in New York?"

"Uh-huh!"

Leslie put down the soup bowl, felt very comfortable and let out a sigh, "Authentic?"

"Of course there is a difference!"

"Hehe~"

“More than half of the dishes on those menus have names I’ve never even heard of!”

"Wow~ What's on top of that?"

"have.."

"Okay~"

David quickly stopped Leslie who wanted to "leak the secret", put away his joking attitude, and glanced at the trio of secretaries Maggie, Toby and Kihara Nobunari who were already waiting in the living room.

"I plan to complete Chapter 3 of the six chapters of the book today!"

"The remaining three major chapters: central bank and monetary policy operations; international finance and monetary policy; domestic monetary policy."

"I'm going to lay out a complete framework first, and then fill it in bit by bit after returning to Houston and New York."

"Oh why?"

"Didn't you already...?" Giles, who recognized David's book very much, asked with confusion.

"Hehe~"

David smiled and shrugged, spreading his hands and said: "Because, if there are no academic giants like Professor Armstrong Bartlet and Professor Paul Samuelson to help me guide, I will definitely..."

"..."

Although David didn't finish his words, several people had already understood what he meant~

After World War II, Keynesianism swept the world!

But~

The battle for voice within the academic community has never stopped!

Although, it is no longer the time to burn Copernicus to death. .

However, the "overt and covert struggles" between various academic schools appear to be even more "cruel"!

The winner will gain mainstream voice and support, and control more resources and "energy."

Loser. .Woolen cloth?

Emm. .

Will anyone care about the loser?

no!

----

in distant Europe.

Italy.

night~

Southeast of Naples city, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.

The parking lot of the Dikla Castle Hotel is already filled with all kinds of luxury cars.

Because a grand social dinner is being held here~

Almost all the rich, officials, artists, scholars and other celebrities living near Naples came to this dinner, expecting to find their "goals" from it!

One of the initiators of this dinner, David Romano, the leader of the Gomorrah gang who had just returned from New York, naturally took the opportunity to make contact with him. He had always deliberately avoided his "friends" in the past few days.

The hotel has three floors.

Dinner in the main ballroom.

David Romano introduced Zina Osevia and Elena Mesa to several friends with a "red face"~

Among his friends, one of them just nodded politely to Zina and focused all his attention on the dazzling and cold beauty Elena. .

Elena Mesa was born with an angelic face that makes men "fascinate".

In addition, she has now completely bid farewell to her former life, and she feels very disgusted with tonight's social reception where everyone is wearing a "hypocritical mask"~

Therefore, her "coldness" from the heart + angelic face + "devil" figure make the charm exuded by her whole person directly "explode"~

If it weren't for David Romano, who was very confident in his own strength and thought he had strong self-control, he would definitely not have brought a "cold-faced seductress" like Elena to the dinner party!

. . .

Drinking and intersecting room~

A well-known historian who thought he was a friend of David Romano walked up to Zina Osevia and naturally joined the small circle.

Zina saw that this professor of history at the University of Rome named Mattia Rousseau was unaware that she was inexplicably involved in the "battle" between David Romano and his "friends". .

She then smiled and pulled Elena beside her, and the three of them walked to a deserted corner nearby and chatted~

Mattia Rousseau, while chatting with Zina, seemed to realize that he had been a little "rash" just now, so he smiled with a hint of gratitude.

"Osevia, thank you!"

"oh..?"

"Hehe~"

"You...just call me Zina, that's what my friends all call me~"

"Ok."

Mattia Rousseau raised his glass to Zina, and glanced at David Romano and others intentionally or unintentionally. He found that although Romano still had a polite smile on his face, his eyes had already revealed a hint of A touch of fierceness~

"Professor Rousseau!"

“We came from New York this time just to find and collect some forgotten historical masterpieces and to re-display them in front of people!”

Mattia withdrew his attention and smiled apologetically to Zina: "Oh~ I'm sorry!"

"I forgot about it just now..."

"It's okay~"

"I heard from David that you are a well-known scholar who studies the history of Pompeii, and you have published many representative papers and books on the subsequent Renaissance."

"Then can you..."

"Of course!"

Mattia Rousseau, hearing that Zina was interested in her research, smiled happily.

"Then let's talk first... Renaissance?"

"it is good!"

Zina sat back in her chair, took Elena's little hand very naturally, and pretended to be "all ears".

Mattia Rousseau glanced at Elena who was "distracted", pondered for a few seconds, and spoke.

"Many introductions to the Renaissance period are as follows: The Renaissance first arose in various city-states in Italy~"

"It then expanded to Western European countries and reached its peak in the 16th century, bringing about a period of scientific and artistic revolution, which opened the prelude to modern European history and is considered the boundary between the medieval era and modern times."

"So, many people who love art yearn for the Renaissance. They feel that if they lived in that era when celebrities and masters emerged in large numbers, they would definitely be able to make a difference."

"But people who really lived in that period didn't think that art... could bring any changes to their lives~"

"Italy during the Renaissance was a chaotic era of divided city-states!"

"The hatred between various city-states towards each other caused Italy to lose its leading position in commerce and trade and gradually became the prey of others."

"Nicero Machiavelli, who was born in Florence, a city in central Italy, in 1469, published "Nicero Machiavelli's The Prince."

"The book "The Prince" has profoundly influenced many politicians and rulers in Europe."

"His theory has also been misinterpreted as Machiavellianism, that is: to achieve the goal by any means, power supremacy!"

"Frederick the Great of Prussia and Mussolini, the ruler of Italy during World War II, both implemented Machiavellianism during their reigns."

Mattia Rousseau paused for a moment and observed that Zina did not seem to be particularly interested in these histories, so he changed his angle and preached again.

"Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence into a declining aristocratic family."

"His father was once a lawyer. Later, due to an accident, the young Nicolò was left with only a room full of books and nothing else at home."

"But Niccolo Machiavelli was very clever!"

"Although he did not receive any education, he only read books at home and gained a high position as an adult, responsible for diplomacy and city defense management."