Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

new York.

early morning!

Manhattan, Wall Street.

Stanley's fourth floor, in Sam Rogers' office.

Giles Norton Morgan's partner Pine took out a business card and an invitation from the briefcase beside him and pushed them in front of Sam.

"This afternoon, a small-scale cocktail party will be held at the Metropolitan Club at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 60th Street."

"You represent David, go and participate."

"I.."

Sam only said one word and immediately closed his mouth. He looked down at the exquisitely printed invitations and business cards in front of him and acquiesced.

Pine smiled and waited for a few seconds, then smiled with satisfaction.

"A few days ago, when Giles and the others went to Hawaii, they asked David if he wanted to come back for this special gathering."

"He simply refused~"

"And recommended you to Giles as his representative to attend the party."

"So, you don't have to worry about anything~"

"Because at this cocktail party, many guests are acquaintances who have attended David's engagement ceremony."

"You followed him that time and you've already seen them~"

"Hi~"

"Ok!"

Sam tried hard to control his emotions, picked up the invitation, looked through it, and whispered softly.

"The Fuller Fund, Sam Rogers."

"Hehe~"

Pine shrugged in amusement and said with a smile, "Haven't you ever thought about changing this name?"

"It's still..."

Sam also frowned and smiled: "Boss, he said... I like this name very much~"

"So, I won't change it!"

"Ok!"

Pine took his briefcase and coat, turned around and walked to the door of the office, waving to Sam.

"See you in the afternoon?!"

"must!"

. . .

Pine, gone.

Sam Rogers stood by the desk, folding his hands on his chest, frowning and staring at the invitation for a while before picking up the phone and dialing.

After half an hour.

Odis Parker walked to the door of Sam's office with the steps of an English gentleman and knocked twice.

in the office.

Carolina Dahl, the head of the administrative department who was chatting with Sam about work, saw Mr. Parker, put several documents in her hand on the table, and walked out of the office.

When Otis Parker looked at Carolina Dahl, who was 185+ tall, passing by him~

He took off his hat and nodded to her with a gentleman's thanks.

After a few minutes.

Mr. Parker picked up the invitation on the table and asked with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Is this why you're so anxious to come to me?"

"...Hmm!" Sam sat back in his chair and nodded muffledly.

"Hehe~"

Mr. Parker opened the invitation, read it carefully, and said after a moment of silence.

"This is a reception for Peter Peterson."

"You had lunch with him a few days ago, right?"

"In the afternoon, you will be able to see the new chairman again."

"Chairman?"

When Sam heard this word, he raised his eyebrows sensitively and asked.

"What Chairman?"

"President of the Council on Foreign Relations (cfr)."

"Can.."

"I know."

Mr. Parker followed Sam's example, raised his eyebrows and explained patiently.

“During President Theodore Roosevelt’s tenure at the beginning of this century, Secretary of State Eli Huroot, one of the president’s key cabinet members, presided over the establishment of the earliest prototype of CFR.”

"Eli Huroot organized more than 100 bankers, businessmen, lawyers and executives of major companies to hold regular meetings to discuss various domestic and international development situations and other issues, and came up with many corresponding reasonable policies. , which later provided a lot of support during President Wilson’s administration.”

"On June 1921, 6, the application submitted to the government by members of the former cfr was approved."

"cfr, officially established!"

"In the following decades, the number of individual and corporate members of CFR gradually increased~"

"Many presidents in history have also joined CFR in their personal capacity."

"For example: President Herbert Hoover, President Eisenhower, President Nixon, President Ford who served during the Great Depression, and the current President of the United States, Warren White."

When Mr. Parker said this, he paused for a few seconds, observed the subtle expression on Sam's face, and continued to speak with a smile.

"Today, CFR has more than 1500 members."

"Executives of large companies like General Electric CEO Bergnino Odesette are all corporate members of CFR."

"Stanley's latest CEO, Nylonte Ramon, also joined CFR as a corporate member some time ago."

"He is by far the youngest corporate member of CFR and one of the most likely candidates to become the youngest individual member."

"But if David is willing to come back to this party..."

"He will most likely be pushed to the public eye by current CFR Chairman David Rockefeller Sr.!"

"..hiss~"

Sam took a sharp breath, stared and frowned, and asked, "I remember you said..."

"You want to say...tickets?"

"Yes!"

"Hehe~"

"Yes, that's it!"

Mr. Parker placed the invitation on the table and pushed it towards Sam.

“For a long time, CFR’s largest funders have been the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.”

"In 1970, David Rockefeller Sr. took over as chairman of the CFR."

"In 1971, the "Powell Declaration" issued during President Nixon's tenure allowed CFR to have a surge of nearly 500 corporate members and more than 100 individual members in the following years."

"As for Peter Peterson, why can he become the new CFR chairman..."

"In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, he was secretly nicknamed by many members of Congress as: the conservative Rockefeller faction, always following John Rockefeller III."

"He also served as a witness at the wedding of John Rockefeller IV (Jay) held in Chicago ten years ago."

"So~"

"You got it? Sam!"

"..understood!"

"Then tell me, what do you know?" Mr. Parker crossed his legs with interest, looking forward to whether Sam could give him some "surprises"~

Sam Rogers stood up and walked around the office more than a dozen times before slowing down and whispering.

"David asked old Mr. Morgan when we first met him upstairs..."

"Hahahaha~"

"Clap clap clap!!"

Otis Parker, gave Sam his own round of applause for his quick thinking.

"David asked old Mr. Morgan that time: Will you choose to stand in the spotlight in the center of the stage, or stand silently behind the scenes?"

"That time, old Morgan made a choice."

"Now, the same goes for David!"