Manhattan Reborn 1978

Texas, Houston.

Evening~

It is adjacent to the Tanglewood community at 610 Ring Road in the eastern suburbs of the city.

Congressman, at the home of Mr. George W. Pushk.

Mr. Pushk's eldest son, Walker W. Pushk, the host tonight, picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, smiled and invited David and Lilith to go to the backyard to have a rest.

in the restaurant.

Walker's younger brothers Jeb, Marvin and Neil looked at each other and then at Ada, the little sister among the girls.

Ada still wore a helmet on her head, holding a hockey stick in her left hand and a fork in her right hand. She looked at her brothers and sisters blankly and said with a cold expression.

"What are you doing?!"

"..Haha~"

Ada's sisters, Perrine and Dorothy, came to her side with smiles, grabbed her arms respectively, and glanced at Jeb, Marvin and Neil.

"Hehe~"

"Let me go! You bastards!"

"Don't touch my helmet!!"

"I... ow!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Hahahaha~"

Laura, the wife of the eldest son Walker, was also amused when she saw that their siblings finally couldn't help but "attack" the weird Ada. .

Jeb waved the helmet that Ada had just worn in his hand and said with a hearty smile: "I have long disliked it!"

Marvin, who snatched back the hockey stick from Ada, also gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "You can scream! You can scream whatever you want~"

"No one will come to save you... Hahaha~"

"..."

Ada stared at her bastard brother Marvin with the angriest eyes, and said "wuwu" a few more times, struggling hard. .

"Hey!"

"I can't hold her down anymore..."

"Then let's go?!"

"Yes!"

"I count 3~"

"Run!"

"Sorry, Laura!"

"We can't wash your dishes anymore..."

"Hahaha~"

Walker's wife, Laura, couldn't laugh or cry as she watched her brothers and sisters run out of the house like a swarm of swarms, and quickly chased after them and shouted.

"Where are you going?! When will you be back?"

"We're not coming back...!"

Dorothy, who was running at the back, with a blush of excitement on her face, made a face and smiled at Ada who was standing at the gate and "roaring incompetently".

"Sorry, Laura!"

"We'll be back tomorrow~"

"..." Ada was so angry that she walked around the door dozens of times, but she didn't dare to step out of the house. .

Seeing her still unable to step out of the house, Laura sighed helplessly, turned around and entered the house~

. . .

On the backyard lawn.

Walker heard the noisy noises of his brothers and sisters in the front yard, and smiled and explained a few words to David and Lilith.

After hearing this, David felt envious and spread his hands and smiled: "I am an only child and have never experienced this since I was a child."

"The relationship between you brother and sister really makes me envious!"

"Hahaha~"

Walker glanced at Lilith with some pride, invited the two of them to sit down, and changed the topic.

"Feel sorry!"

"When you and Lilith held your engagement ceremony, I happened to be on vacation with my wife and couldn't make it to New York to attend~"

"However, when we heard Elder introducing you, I thought I heard it wrong..."

"Were you really just a bartender in a bar a few months ago?"

"Yes!"

David patted Lilith's knee gently with his hand, shrugged and said with a smile: "My income from one night in the bar is equivalent to nearly a week's salary of an ordinary worker."

“So, I absolutely love working as a bartender!”

"Wow~"

"A bartender in New York makes so much money?!" Walker sighed in disbelief.

David raised his eyebrows, with a strange curve at the corner of his mouth, and "retorted": "I heard that you studied MBA at Harvard University?"

The smile on Walker's face seemed a little stiff, he pursed his lips, nodded and replied: "After I retired from the army, I studied for an MBA at Harvard for two years before I came back to take over the oil company's business."

"Last year, I tried to run for the Texas Senate, but failed~"

"That's why I took Laura on a trip to relax at the end of the year..."

"Oh.."

David smiled and stared at Walker intently, with a sincere smile in his eyes: "The oil company's business must have been very good in the past month, right?"

"Of course!"

Walker's expression relaxed a little, and he crossed his legs and smiled: "The rapid rise in international oil prices is a huge benefit to us oil companies that rely on drilling!"

"In recent days, many people have called me and want to purchase a batch of crude oil spot as a reserve."

"What about you?"

"You predicted the change in oil prices a few months ago, right?"

"Didn't you buy some yourself?"

"Bought it."

David also followed Walker's example and said with a relaxed smile: "I partnered with my friend Carnes and also bought some spot goods. I plan to hold them for a while and then make a move depending on the situation~"

"Oh?"

Walker narrowed his eyes slightly and asked tentatively: "Can you tell me, how much did you buy? At what price did you buy it?"

"Forehead.."

Just as David was about to speak, he felt his hand suddenly grabbed by Lilith. .

He turned his head and glanced at Lilith, read some information from her eyes, and smiled.

"My Kanes told me that a total of 2 million yuan was spent on crude oil spot purchases."

"As for the price...sorry!"

"I don't want to lie to you, and it's not convenient for me to say~"

"Twenty million...!?"

"Understood, it's okay."

Walker suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, took a few hard breaths, and asked again in a calm voice.

"At the beginning of the month, I applied for a loan from the bank and purchased a batch of crude oil spot from a friend."

David felt very interesting and asked: "Your oil company has its own oil well, right?"

“Why are you still buying spot products from friends?”

"Hehe~"

"Of course, like you, I am very optimistic about the rising trend of oil prices!"

"..." David looked at Walker quietly for a few seconds, and both of them laughed.

After a preliminary understanding for most of the afternoon, there was no winner or loser in the first "confrontation" between the two.

Walker W. Pushk, as the eldest son of a rich generation family, after receiving his MBA degree from Harvard University, he naturally took over part of the oil company business from his father, a senator.

The business of the oil company is the foundation for the Pushk family's long-term prosperity!

So when Walker learns that David, a bartender who graduated from high school, had predicted a sharp rise in gas prices several years ago. .

His first reaction was. .That kid must be really lucky!

Super, shitty luck!

However, after Walker later learned more information about David from Elder, his inherent thoughts slowly changed.

Especially when he learned that the fund company established by David had made more than 1000 million yuan in heating oil futures contracts in just a few trading days, his expression management was a little out of control. .

More than 1000 million. .Rice dollars? !

Who in the futures market lost to that lucky guy?

Emm. .

Walker looked at his wife Laura walking over with a jug of juice in her hand, and smiled at David and the other two.

"Have you discussed... when to hold the wedding ceremony?"

"When the time comes, you must send us an invitation!"

"Hehe~"

David felt his hand being held tightly by Lilith, glanced at Laura with a curious face, and smiled.

"We haven't set a wedding date yet."

"Let it go~"

"Maybe one day God will give us new guidance!"

"Oh?!"

Laura asked with a more curious look on her face: "Our wedding will be held at the First United Methodist Church of Dallas."

"What church are you from?"

"Forehead.."

David held Lilith's little hand with his backhand and smiled sheepishly: "Sorry, I haven't joined any church."

"But I believe in the existence of God!"

"Oh~"

"May God bless you!" Laura prayed very devoutly and sent her blessing to David.

"Thank you!"

David touched the sweat beads on Lilith's palm with his fingertips, looked at Walker, and then changed the topic.

"My fund company bought some oil company stocks, and the recent price trend has been very good."

"Did you buy it too?"

"No~"

Walker smiled and shook his head: "I never trade in stocks."

"Oh.."

"What about investing?"

"Are you interested in the commodity futures and real estate industries, or the venture capital industry?"

"..real estate?!"

Walker asked one of the topics David took the initiative to talk about.

"Have you also invested in the real estate industry?"

"Yes."

“I’m more bullish on forward housing prices in Manhattan.”

"With the development of the times, New York will definitely come out of the trough period and re-enter the prosperous period in the future."

"The current urban population is flowing out rapidly, and there will be a gradual return flow in the future."

"Because in an international metropolis like New York, ordinary people have more life opportunities than in other places!"

"Hmm~"

Walker nodded in agreement, looked at his wife Laura who said sorry and left, pondered for a moment, and then changed the topic and asked.

"I can ask..."

"How much money does your fund company currently manage?"

"Uh..." David felt Lilith squeeze his hand tightly, and he hesitated slightly before replying.

"Sorry~!"

"I can only say...the customer funds managed by our company have exceeded ten figures."

"Ten digits...!?"

"Hiss~" Walker took a deep breath and looked at David with a scrutinizing gaze again, all kinds of emotions in his heart constantly surging.

Ten figures, at least one billion (One Billion) of funds.

The price of Cadillac's latest sedan launched last year is only about 1 yuan. .

A 20-square-meter apartment in downtown Dallas costs less than [-] yuan. .

This is a high-end apartment with decoration, home appliances and annual property fees included. .

David's fund company actually received investment from OneBillion? !

Who is such a stupid person with so much money? !

Emm. .

David saw Walker fall into brief silence again, smiled, put his arms around Lilith, and asked in her ear.

"Your ex-boyfriend Karl won't be here today, will he?"

"..."

Lilith rolled her eyes at him coquettishly and moved her lips slightly to "retaliate": "Are you afraid?"

"Hahaha~"

David was amused and laughed happily: "You are my fiancée~"

"In this round between us, I obviously won!"

"...Smelly shit!" Lilith muttered with a smile in a voice that no one could hear, and her mood relaxed a lot.

The same moment~

In the front yard of Senator Pushk's house, off the street.

The encounter that was taking place was definitely something that David and Lilith could never have imagined. .

Laura Norton Morgan stood on the street with her hands on her hips, looking at Carl J. Mellon standing in front of her, and asked angrily.

"Last month, your sister Elmin Melon told me all this when she attended Lilith's engagement ceremony!"

"So before you dated Lilith, you had been dating another girl for a long time!?!"

"Forehead.."

Karl, who was poked in the nose by Laura in front of him, turned his head with embarrassment and forgot to glance at his old acquaintance Odis Parker not far behind him, sighed and smiled bitterly.

"Lilith and I... have not developed into lovers. You should be the happiest person, right?"

"Why are you going after me now... to accuse me?"

Laura put on an unforgiving attitude, sneered and curled her lips: "Huh~ Liar!!"

"You had a girlfriend outside without telling your family, and you also lied to my mother Nariya, saying you didn't have a girlfriend..."

"You are a big liar!"

"You just don't dare to tell the truth and face yourself as a coward and a coward!"

"..." Karl raised his hand and wiped the bits of "perfume" that had been sprayed on his face, and raised his hands to express his surrender.

"ok~ok!"

"It's all my fault, I'm a big liar..."

"But I really had my reasons at the time..."

"I didn't expect that your mother Nariya would arrange for Lilith to go on a date with me..."

"You..." Laura's eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed at Karl's nose and continued to spray.

Karl hurriedly took half a step forward, grabbed her hand directly, and explained in a low voice.

"Laura, you are 19 years old this year and a mature girl..."

"Like us... we can't completely decide our own marriage..."

"Don't you understand yet?!"

"Who do I marry and who do you marry? Are we really free to choose?"

"Even if it is... we think we have found the true love in life, and we have overcome all the difficulties and obstacles together, and finally came together~"

"Is this... the happy marriage we long for most?"

"No!"

"It's not~"

"Because people are the most fickle in the world!"

"The essence of marriage is not to travel together on days off, nor to become the most enviable couple when attending certain banquets together."

"A truly happy marriage means that two people can support each other, rely on each other, and give each other endless strength and courage!"

"Two people who love each other can only reach the end of their lives happily if they tolerate, support, rely on and leverage each other!"

"This is the so-called life partner~and the soul mate that people have been pursuing."

"but!"

"Compared to ordinary people, this is simply as difficult as reaching heaven!"

"If ordinary people feel that their significant other is not their soul mate, divorce is OK at worst!"

"But what about us?"

"Can we divorce casually?"

"If you get married, will your parents understand and forgive you for your pain and struggle in marriage?"

"Hehe~"

Karl smiled bitterly, slowly let go of Laura who had "calmed down", and sighed.

"I'm not Howard Hughes, a playboy like that!"

"I don't have the time or mood to find a beautiful new girlfriend every few days..."

"So, my attitude towards marriage is as serious and cautious as my work."

"Because I don't want my children to grow up in a broken family, or a family full of indifference and mutual distrust..."

"There are enough examples of this around me!"

"Do you understand?!"

Laura’s little eyes when she looked at Karl changed a little bit.

She pursed her lips and tilted her head to think, staring at Karl, the big liar who seemed to have said something "truthful", and said.

"Then what do you want to do when you came all the way here today?"

"I..." Kasitu felt aggrieved and took half a step back, spreading his hands.

"I came here according to your mother Naeriya's arrangement~"

"I have peacefully broken up with Lilith. She has found a new boyfriend and is engaged to him..."

"I will only send my blessings to them, and I will never let myself become a bastard who disrupts the situation again!"

"..." Laura was speechless.

However, Otis Parker, the "melon-eating crowd" standing not far away, suddenly smiled.

"Hehe~"

"Not necessarily! Mr. Mellon."

"I remember... after David and Lilith first came into contact."

"You just let people ask around, who is David Coleman!"

"Forehead.."

Carl turned around and looked at Mr. Parker with a strange expression for a while. Seeing a small flame called "crazy" "jumping" in his eyes, he asked.

"Are you Odis Parker?"

"Yes!"

"You now... work for David Coleman?"

"Hmmmm~"

"...I remembered!"

"I seem to have seen you at the engagement ceremony...right?"

"Yes!"

Mr. Parker glanced at Laura, whose anger level had returned to full, and said with a gentlemanly smile.

"At that time, you had been following the elders to entertain the guests, and you still remembered that I appeared..."

"Thank you, Mr. Mellon!"

Karl looked at Mr. Parker feeling somewhat inexplicably, raised his eyebrows, and asked in a cold tone.

"Are you deliberately creating conflicts?!"

"No, Mr. Mellon."

Mr. Parker raised his hands to show his "sincerity" and said with a smile: "I'm just telling the truth!"

"As far as I know, after you and Miss Lilith broke up, your family elders arranged several blind dates for you."

"But after you met these girls, you lied to your favorite girlfriend..."

"You lied to her and said: You have never obeyed the arrangements of your family, let alone met any girls on blind dates..."

"You even tricked her into aborting the child in her belly and asked her to temporarily give up the idea of ​​having a child..."

"Right, Mr. Mellon?!"

"..."

Karl turned his head with a dull expression, glanced at Laura who was about to explode with her small fists, and nodded almost without any hesitation.

"Have you heard it all?!"

"..."

"Ha~"

"This damn Mr. Parker is right."

"But you all ignored an important issue I just mentioned."

"What I want is a soul mate that can accompany me throughout my life."

"But I never said that my soul mate must be my wife..."

Mr. Parker seemed to be extremely satisfied. He took a deep breath with a wonderful expression and smiled.

"Very good, Mr. Mellon."

"I admire your honesty!"

"I'm sorry~"

"I want to return the offense and disrespect I just gave you."

"Please don't take it to heart!"

"..."

Karl tilted his head and glanced at Odis Parker, scratched his nose with his hand, and said with a smile: "They are right!"

"You... are indeed a psychopath!"

"Hahaha~"

Mr. Parker was not ashamed at all, but laughed proudly and said: "Thank you for your recognition, Mr. Mellon."

"I will definitely pay you satisfactory compensation for today's offense and disrespect!"

"Oh?"

Karl turned his head and glanced at Laura, who didn't even "explode", and asked with interest.

"What do you want to do again?"

"Hehe~"

Mr. Parker puffed up his chest very confidently: "I can tell you a secret."

"A secret that everyone wants to know but can't get the truth about!"

"As long as you want to know it, I promise to tell you everything you want!"

"secret?!"

Carl felt that he had been led into some indescribable and unknown risks by Mr. Parker, who had a neurological problem.

After a moment of silence, he slowly shook his head and said, "Forget it~"

"I came here this time just to make a brief appearance and have a casual chat with David."

"If he is as rumored... to be honest and reliable."

"I would also like to be friends with him."

"After all, finding a friend who dares to tell the truth and is willing to tell the truth is as difficult as landing on the moon!"

"...Haha~" Mr. Parker's originally high interest was mostly dissipated in an instant.

But he still maintained a gentlemanly smile and praised: "Mr. Mellon!"

"I have to express my admiration to you again!"

"You are the second person who rejected me."

"second..?"

"Who is the first person?"

"My boss, David Coleman!"

"Forehead.."

Karl was amused by the crazy conversation between the two.

He raised his eyebrows, reached out and patted Laura’s arm, and said with a smile: “Can I go in now?”

"It's getting dark~"

"..."

Laura blushed, stared at him with strange eyes for a few seconds, took a few steps back, and waved.

"Soul mate, huh?"

"When you find her, you must tell me as soon as possible!"

"I.."

"I found her, why should I tell you?!"

"Um?!!"

Laura suddenly took two steps forward, raised her head slightly and stared at the "astonished" Karl, and said through gritted teeth.

"How about you try?!"

"..."

Karl felt that he had a headache + toothache + body pain and smiled bitterly: "Okay~ I promise to inform you."

"Do not lie to me?!"

"Do not lie to you.."

"Ok!"

"You go in!"

"..." Karl looked at the "escape" that Laura had given him, took a long breath, and asked.

"Aren't you going in with me?"

"I'm not going!"

"..." Karl's body was honest and he quickly moved forward, but his mouth was very "stubborn" and he asked again.

"Then I have to go in... to disrupt the situation!"

"Humph!"

"Go and go~"

Laura waved her hands as if impatiently, and said with a sarcastic smile: "So far, I have never seen anyone who can beat David in a quarrel."

"I've never heard of anyone being able to show off his masculinity in front of Lilith!"

"You'd better ask for happiness! Big liar!"

"..." Karl, who had already reached the gate, suddenly felt a "softness" under his feet, but he still replied "hardly".

"Ha ha!"

"Now if you go in with me, you can also grab a VIP seat in the front row..."

"Huh!" Laura raised her head arrogantly, looked sideways at the sky, and ignored him.

Mr. Parker stood there, watching Karl walk into the door, and then walked up to Laura and laughed softly.

"Do you think... you need me to follow you in?"

"you?"

"Forget it~"

Laura looked at Mr. Parker’s eyes, mixed with very complicated emotions, and waved her hands.

"I heard my father mention your name at home."

"He said, it's best for me not to have too much contact with you..."

Mr. Parker bowed with shining eyes: "Thank you!"

"What are you thanking me for?" Laura asked in confusion.

"Thank you... for being willing to share your secrets with me!"

"Hey?!"

"What secret did I tell you?" Laura blinked her big eyes in confusion and asked.

"Hehe~"

Mr. Parker stopped trying to be mysterious and replied directly: "All conversations between you and old Mr. Morgan are private and private between you."

"But from what you just said, I got three pieces of information that you think are not important."

"[-]. Old Mr. Morgan must have said this to you when you two were alone."

"Second, you did not mention your mother, Mrs. Neriya, which proves that she may not even bother to mention my name at home or in private places."

"Third, the fact that you are still able to talk to me patiently shows that you have not completely followed Old Morgan's teachings and put me on the list of persons who must not communicate at will."

"..." Laura pinched her cheek with her fingers, the expression on her face completely betrayed her. .

Mr. Parker smiled and took half a step back, keeping himself at a "safe distance", raised his index finger and smiled.

"Finally~"

"Your silence has given me another piece of information."

"The reason why you didn't say anything was because you wanted to delay more time..."

"You want to know the final result of Karl's trip, and even more, you want to know David and Lilith's reaction to his appearance~"

"Because, there is a hint of your love and choice in your heart..."

"enough!!"

Laura's "face changing" speed can definitely break the world record.

She stared at Mr. Parker coldly, put her hands behind her back, and said with some restraint: "Keep those so-called secrets of yours!"

"Please disappear before my eyes!"

"Hehe~"

"As you wish!"

Mr. Parker nodded without any annoyance, turned and walked away, his brisk steps carrying a trace of satisfaction and pride. .

Laura looked at his retreating back, clenched her hands into fists behind her, gritted her teeth and let out a long breath.

"There's something wrong with your brain...bastard!"