Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Early morning~

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

"Bell bell~"

The piercing sound of the alarm woke up Polly who was sleeping soundly.

She skillfully reached out to turn off the alarm clock, slowly climbed out of bed in confusion, and walked into the bathroom.

After a few minutes.

Cui Yingying gently opened the bedroom door, heard the sound of shower coming from the bathroom, and asked tentatively.

"Are you up?"

"Yes~"

"Hey?"

Polly poked her head out of the bathroom, looked at Cui Yingying in surprise and confusion, and asked.

"Didn't you stay in the hospital last night?"

"Forehead.."

Cui Yingying hesitated and explained: "Professor Conkers went to the hospital to see me last night. He said that the operation would not be performed until ten o'clock this morning. I don't need to stay in the hospital for now."

"After the operation, I will have to stay in the hospital for a few days of observation and examination."

"Oh~"

Polly nodded suddenly, turned off the shower, wiped the water droplets on her body with a bath towel, walked out of the bathroom and continued to ask.

"Ten o'clock in the morning. When is the operation time?"

"Professor Conkers said that including the anesthesia time, it will be about an hour."

"One hour, 11 o'clock?"

"Yes!"

"ok~"

"After I finish my work at the company, I will go to the hospital to see you."

"No, no need..."

"I'm ok!"

"This is just a very minor operation. Professor Conkers said I can be discharged from the hospital in three to five days."

Polly walked to the closet and smiled while looking for clothes to wear today.

"You don't have to be afraid~"

"Male doctor, what's wrong?"

"When I gave birth, I was also a male doctor..."

"Every year, among the graduates of medical schools in various universities, the number of male students far exceeds that of female students."

"After they graduate, there are even fewer female doctors who can persist in the hospital."

"Marry and have children."

"For men, it's just that life has entered a planned stage."

"But for us women, it's like starting a new journey..."

"Every day we have to take care of our children, take care of our family, do housework, care about our husband's work, and appease the pressure he is under."

"Yup!"

While Polly was choosing clothes and "complaining" to Cui Yingying, a figure walked in from the bedroom door and said.

"This one in your hand is very nice, it makes you look younger!"

Polly looked at the speaker in surprise and sneered: "Susan!?"

"When did you come back?"

"Last night~"

Susan pulled Cui Yingying to the bedside and sat down, smiling: "We arrived near midnight last night, and you were already asleep."

"Oh~"

When Polly was with her family in Hawaii a few days ago, she had several very candid exchanges with Susan, which allowed each other to better understand what the other was thinking.

So, she put down the clothes in her hands, walked directly to sit between the two of them, put her arms around them and smiled.

"This is just great!"

"You don't have to fight, and I won't let you sleep alone."

"Hahaha~" Susan looked at Cui Yingying, whose face was slightly red, and laughed.

The bedroom door.

Elena Mesa, who had been preparing breakfast in the kitchen just now, leaned against the door and smiled.

"I really didn't expect you guys to get along so well?"

"what?"

"Why are you back too?" Polly was really surprised this time and asked Elena curiously.

"Of course...for you!"

"I..?"

Polly quickly figured out what Elena meant, and asked with a half-smile: "Is it that greedy bastard who asked you to come back?"

"Yes and no."

Elena walked slowly to the three of them, shrugged and smiled: "Whether you believe it or not, I never believed that a woman would choose to be with a man just because he treats her well."

"Haha~" Polly glanced at Cui Yingying and asked.

"now what?"

Elena put away her smile and whispered with a sincere expression: "In this world, there will always be things that exceed our imagination..."

"Just like David!"

"You and I, we all know that he is a philandering and greedy bastard."

"To tell you the truth, I have also seen someone bring his current wife, lover, and ex-girlfriend and ex-wife together to spend more than a dozen Christmases together. It's a weird thing~"

"At that time, I didn't understand what these women were thinking!"

"But now... I feel like I understand their thoughts a little bit."

"Because, after they met that philandering, greedy bastard, they couldn't find anyone worse and better than him..."

"A man can have multiple lovers at the same time..."

"Among women, this is certainly happening to us as well."

"So regardless of whether men or women are particularly carefree and greedy in their emotions, they all have a common characteristic."

"An irresistible charm!"

Elena spread her hands helplessly, looked at the three people with different expressions and sighed: "Charming!"

"This wonderful feeling that can be seen and felt, but cannot be truly touched, is the most fascinating thing."

"It's like a drug, it's addictive."

"It's like fine wine, unforgettable~"

"It's like an infectious disease. The way I speak now is imperceptible... imitating that bastard..."

Elena smiled innocently at Polly who was holding back her laughter: "Now, I want to tell you a truth secretly..."

"David, he is really poisonous!"

"If you don't want to poison yourselves too deeply, it's best..."

Polly waved her hand to Elena, turned to look at Susan and Cui Yingying beside her, and asked with a smile.

"Let us have a good meal before the poison takes over?"

"Hahaha~ok!"

"Come on, let's go have breakfast!"

"..." Elena deliberately made a helpless and aggrieved expression, and was pulled out of the bedroom by Susan.

Polly put her arm around Cui Yingying's shoulders and walked in front. The corners of her smiling mouth turned up, and she whispered in the voice of only the two of them.

"From now on, this family will become more and more lively!"

"..." Cui Yingying followed Polly's footsteps, turned her head and looked back, and chuckled.

"I listen to you!"

"Hahaha~" Polly couldn't help but smile, kissed Cui Yingying, and waved to the two people behind her.

"Everyone, hurry up, we have to get to the hospital on time!"

"Okay~" Elena took Susan's arm, and they both responded with a smile, but their thoughts were slightly different from the smiles on their faces.

----

Wall Street.

Stanley fourth floor.

Sam Rogers, sitting in his office, welcomed his first visitor today, Bernard Madoff.

Mr. Madoff came here today, obviously with very clear intentions.

He smiled and took out a few documents from his briefcase and placed them in front of Sam.

"My company has obtained the trading qualification of commodity futures and foreign exchange futures from the Chicago Exchange."

"Oh?" Sam picked up the document with a slight surprise and read it carefully.

He looked at Mr. Madoff, who had no trace of pride or show off on his face, and asked.

"These trading qualifications...can't be bought with money, right?"

"Of course!"

Mr. Madoff pointed to the ceiling with his finger and said with a smile: "Someone helped, it went smoothly."

"..." Sam nodded silently, understood what he meant, and asked again.

"My boss also asked me to pay more attention to the foreign exchange market of the Chicago Stock Exchange in the near future and look for opportunities to establish some positions."

"Your friend Mikhail..."

"Didn't he look for you?"

"Found it~" Mr. Madoff knew in his heart that Sam across from him had never liked him very much, let alone trusted him. .

So he said without any nonsense: "Recently, some friends who have made profits by investing abroad have come to Mikhail. They want to know whether there are any suitable investment opportunities in China recently."

"Tomorrow is Friday and they're having a weekend party."

"Mikhail sent me an invitation and wanted me to invite you to meet and chat with his friends."

"Oh?"

Sam thought for a moment in surprise, shook his head slightly and said, "I won't go."

"Let Mu Brandes go with you."

"Forehead.."

Mr. Madoff explained: "Mr. Peter Peterson, Mr. Nylonte Ramon, and many well-known figures from Wall Street banks and investment banks will attend the party tomorrow night."

"Because those attending the party tomorrow night all hold large amounts of liquid funds..."

"The boss has no interest in attending these parties."

"But for you and me, attending this kind of party only has advantages and no disadvantages!"

"..." Sam nodded silently, considered it seriously for a while, and said with a smile.

"It seems that I can only say sorry to my family again..."

"Haha~" Madoff happily took out an invitation from his bag and placed it in front of Sam and whispered.

"You will definitely make your trip worthwhile!"

"Yeah..." Sam looked at the exquisitely printed invitation in his hand, nodded, and said nothing more.

----

Houston, Texas.

West of downtown, 19 Piney Point Village, Piney Point Village, Memorial District.

David stood on the street and chatted with One-Eyed Andres for a few words. He waited until Mr. Longhorn came closer, then pulled him to the lawn not far away, looked up at the gloomy sky, and whispered.

"This afternoon, the Federal Reserve will announce whether it will continue to implement its interest rate hike policy to curb inflation."

"There may be a lot of news coming tonight or tomorrow."

"So you should pay more attention to the intelligence news coming from Gardener in New York and Otis Parker in Europe in the past two days."

"Okay~ I will inform you as soon as I have the latest news." Tianniu replied seriously.

"Hehe~"

David waved his hand, indicating that he shouldn't be so nervous: "I chose today to pay special attention to these fundamental news, and also wanted to verify my previous guesses."

"If we continue to raise interest rates, many of our plans can be launched ahead of schedule and enter the execution stage."

"If we postpone raising interest rates, we will have to wait and see the overall trend of the international financial market before revising our plans."

"So, you stay in the living room today by the phone."

"I asked Andres to prepare lunch and dinner for us."

"We are together at the tutor's house, waiting for the latest news."

"Okay~" The beetle turned his head and glanced at the house where Professor Bartley lived, then looked down at his watch and nodded.

David looked beyond the beetle and saw the short-haired Ada getting out of her brother Marvin's car, waving to her and shouting loudly.

"Hey~"

Ada was wearing long clothes and trousers, standing there with a smile.

Her brother Marvin, fiddling with the car keys in his hand, walked up to her and waved to David with a smile: "Let's go in first!?"

"Okay, I'll come right away."

David watched the brothers and sisters walk into their mentor's home, blinked and thought for a moment, then whispered to the beetle.

"Last night, Livlin said that her father, Mr. Cherov, was returning to Houston from Dallas today."

"If you can find his contact information, be sure to let me know as soon as possible."

"I need to talk to him in person!"

"Hmm..." the beetle replied and wrote down the matter.

David took a deep breath, thought for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile.

"That's all for now, let's go in."

----

California.

Los Angeles International Airport.

A flight from Hawaii landed on the runway.

Davis Leahy, the first five-star admiral of the United States Navy and the grandson of General William D. Leahy, led his girlfriend Akie Asama and followed the crowd towards the passenger exit.

Donald D. Klein, who was already here, waved to his friend Davis and smiled.

"Hey~ welcome to beautiful Los Angeles!"

"Hahaha~"

Davis hugged his warm old friend Clyde and joked: "Am I not from California anymore?"

"Hahaha~ You live in California for less than half a year every year, how can you be considered a Californian?"

"Haha~" Davis put his arm around his girlfriend Akie Asama's waist, shook his head and changed the topic with a smile.

"Mag Ludwig, you remember, right?"

"Um...the guy who works for David?"

"Yes, it's him."

Klein glanced at Asama Akie subconsciously, nodded with understanding in his heart, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Davis looked straight ahead and replied with a smile on his lips: "He said that if we continue to cooperate in the island country, David will come to Jiaozhou to talk to me in person."

"Forehead.."

"Where is he? New York?"

"No, he's in Houston...writing a book!"

"Write a book?!" Klein laughed in surprise.

"Then I have to find time to go over and see what he is writing..."

"No need to find time."

Davis stood in front of the airport hall door, having already found the person coming to pick him up in the distance, and whispered.

"We'll go back and have a rest first, and then set off for Houston after lunch."

"Are you going there today?"

"In such a hurry?"

"Yes~"

Davis pointed to the two people walking in the distance, smiled apologetically to his old friend Klein: "My vacation time is over..."

"The terms of cooperation proposed by David are too tempting..."

"They are already a little impatient..."

"Oh..." Klein looked at the two strangers walking in the distance, nodded in understanding, and subconsciously glanced at Akie Asama, thought for a while, and asked.

"Do you want me to accompany you?"

"Need not."

Davis winked at his old friend and said with a smile: "Please help me take care of her."

"If everything goes well, I'll be back tomorrow night."

"Okay! No problem!"

Klein watched his old friend hold Asama Akie in his arms and "hand it" into his hands. He nodded to her politely and asked with a smile.

"Is this your first time in Los Angeles?"

"Yes."

"So you want to go see a Hollywood studio?"

"Okay~"

Akie Asama, who has max expression management skills, showed a "standard" smile and asked with joy in her voice.

“Can I meet Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn?”

"Hehe~"

Klein glanced at his old friend Davis, who was following the two strangers away, and replied with a smile: "If they are in Los Angeles, I can help you arrange a meeting."

"Yeah!" Asama Akie didn't look at her boyfriend Davis, who was walking away behind her. She looked at Klein with a friendly smile in her eyes.

"I don't have much luggage. Can you take me to buy some clothes first?"

"Of course!" Klein pointed to his car parked far away and walked over while laughing with Akie Asama.

far away.

Davis, who was standing next to a black car, saw the two walking towards the parking lot talking and laughing, pursed his lips and sighed softly.