Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Early morning~

Manhattan, 42th Street.

Old Hawk, the street sweeper, pushed a four-wheeled cart on the deserted street.

When he walked to the door of Wildfire Bar, he didn't see the steel-toothed dog Menge who appeared at the door on time every day. Feeling a little strange, he parked the car, pushed the door and walked to the bar with the breakfast bag he just bought.

in the bar.

Mengo, the steel-toothed dog, eats a breakfast sandwich.

He saw Old Hawke pushing open the door and walking in, waving and smiling.

"It just so happens, why don't you come and try the breakfast made by Jin Ji~"

"Hmm..." Old Hawk nodded to Giovanni who was sitting next to Mengo, walked to the table and sat down, curiously looking at Giovanni who was "gobbling", and said.

"The discount store I often go to has launched a cheese + bacon sandwich and a turkey + pork sandwich breakfast bag today."

"I have never eaten turkey + pork breakfast buns, so I bought two for you to try too."

"Oh, really." Menge took a breakfast bag, opened it, looked at the appearance of the new sandwich carefully, and took a bite. It felt pretty good.

The third brother of the three brothers, Giovanni, swallowed the food in his mouth, looked curiously at the sandwich that Old Hawk took out of the breakfast bag, and asked.

"Turkey meat is so yucky, but it can also be made into a sandwich?"

"Try it." Old Hawk directly handed the sandwich in his hand to Giovanni.

"Uh... ok!" Giovanni handed another sandwich made by his wife Jin Ji to Old Hawke, took back the turkey sandwich and took a bite. After chewing for a while, he felt good and said.

"How do they make turkey taste... like regular chicken?"

"Because they are all chickens!"

"nonsense.."

"Hahaha~"

When the three of them were discussing why the Fair Price Store could make turkey taste like ordinary chicken, Black Mike opened the door and walked in from the outside.

When he saw the three people eating breakfast, he sat down without much politeness, picked up a sandwich and ate it.

Mengo, the steel-toothed dog, couldn't help but complain when he saw him devouring the food like Giovanni.

"Last night, your girlfriend Carmen, who likes to sell beef jerky everywhere, was a little too penetrating in her high notes, wasn't she?"

"Even we downstairs can hear it clearly~"

"..." Black Mike rolled his eyes at him angrily, turned to look at Old Hawke and asked.

"I passed by old Bobby's shop yesterday, and he didn't open the door."

"Do you know where he has been lately?"

"He...went to the hospital." Old Hawk shook his head slightly and sighed with a lonely look.

"Hospital?"

"What's up with him?"

"He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Now he can no longer get out of bed and can no longer take care of himself."

"Ah...oh!" Giovanni sighed in surprise, and his mood instantly dropped a lot.

"When I met him last month, I joked with him that when the spring flowers bloom, we would go to the beach to see beautiful women together."

"Haha~" Old Hawke was amused.

He put down the sandwich in his hand, took out a glass of juice from the breakfast bag, and smiled.

"Since old Bobby's only granddaughter, little Bobby, ran away with some bastard~"

"He has no intention of opening another store. He has been asking friends everywhere to find his granddaughter..."

"I went to visit him in the hospital two days ago. He told me that he wanted to sell his shop and use the money to treat himself and for future living expenses."

"Besides, when he dies, he can leave some money to his granddaughter Bobby..."

"so.."

Black Mike, Giovanni, and Mengo were eating breakfast while listening to Old Hawke's story about Old Bobby's helpless decision.

Giovanni wiped his fingers and tilted his head to look at Black Mike and the two. Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind and he spoke directly without thinking about it.

"How about we help old Bobby and buy his store."

"purchase?"

"What did you buy?"

"Do you have money?"

"I don't have one. We can all pool together a down payment and find a bank loan!"

"..." Black Mike and Menge looked at each other and said nothing. .

Old Hawke didn't think he was "talking nonsense" and asked.

"Then if you pool your money to buy this store, in whose name are you going to borrow the loan?"

"Um...well..." Giovanni was speechless.

Banks like this kind of home loan will issue loans based on the buyer's credit rating. .

Giovanni followed David to work on Wall Street. He had heard some of these basic financial knowledge while chatting with others.

However, all three of them have never left any credit record in the bank. The bank will definitely increase the down payment ratio for buying a house, and will only lend money at its discretion after carefully investigating the borrower's income. .

Old Hawk saw that the three of them were silent and already knew what was going on.

He collected the garbage left by several people after eating, walked to the door with the bag, and said.

"I recently saved two thousand yuan."

"If you need it, I can lend it to you without interest."

"Okay, thank you!" Menge, the steel-toothed dog, said before Black Mike and Black Mike could speak.

Black Mike also nodded in gratitude and waved to Old Hawk.

Old Hawk is gone.

Giovanni slowly "awoke" from his previous thoughts, clasped his fingers and said to the two of them.

"If the three of us + Mike Bai + brothers Zach, we should be able to put together the down payment to buy the store."

"But we also need someone with credit in the bank to serve as a lender..."

"...Really?" Menge finally stopped keeping silent and asked Giovanni.

"How much can you give?"

"I..." Giovanni scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Jin Ji and I went to Hawaii this time and spent all our savings..."

"So we only have 600 yuan on hand..."

"Oh...what about you?" Menge looked at Black Mike and asked.

"I can come up with... about three thousand."

"Carmen saved some of this money for me. I want..."

"Ok!"

Menge directly interrupted Black Mike, stretched out his left hand and said: "I can offer five thousand, plus the two thousand from Old Hawk, the total is 10600 yuan."

"This money is definitely not enough for the down payment."

"So, we can't help old Bobby for the time being..."

"Wait a minute!" Giovanni raised his hand reluctantly.

"Why don't we ask the boss?"

"He should have a way to solve this matter!"

"boss?"

"Haha~" Menge grinned, showing his big silver teeth.

"Today, old Bobby asked the shop owner to help."

"Someone is in urgent need of money tomorrow. Does the boss want to help?"

"What about the day after tomorrow?"

"What about next week?"

"What about next year!?"

"Boy, the human heart is the most unpredictable!"

"Not everyone will be as enthusiastic and willing to help others as we are, like Old Hawke."

The smile on Menge's lips had disappeared, and he rested his elbows on the table, staring at the speechless Giovanni, and said in a low voice.

"The small town of Morrison, New Jersey, is the hometown where their family has lived for decades!"

"But why did the boss take his family to distant Houston and let them settle there?"

"Have you seriously thought about this?"

"Uh... no." Giovanni shook his head very honestly, his mind a little down. .

Black Mike waved his hand to Mengo, looked at Giovanni and said.

“We can only decide for ourselves who to help or not to help.”

"David has too many things to consider every day. If we have to go to him to solve such a small matter, then what do we need to do?"

"..." Although Giovanni understood this truth, he could not change his mind. .

Mengo understood Giovanni's inner thoughts from his expression and sighed: "Even if you really want to help old Bobby, besides troublesome boss, we can also ask Susan or Polly for help."

"They will definitely be very interested in the shops for sale on our street."

"That's right!" Giovanni secretly cursed himself for being an idiot and continued excitedly.

"Old Bobby's shop has almost no shortcomings except that the decoration is too old."

"If he would sell it at a fair price, we could certainly persuade Polly or Susan to buy it."

"Um.."

"We will leave this difficult task to you!" Black Mike deliberately teased and winked at Giovanni.

"No problem." Giovanni agreed, patting his chest.

. . .

After about half an hour.

Polly and Susan walked into the bar with David on their arms.

When he saw Old Red, Jin Ji, Mengo, Black Mike, Giovanni, Little Zach and others, he felt very familiar and smiled.

"Hi~ Have you missed me lately?"

"Hahaha~ I thought about it!" Everyone cheered and laughed.

David first waved to Black Mike, gave him some instructions, and asked him to help send Polly to work.

Afterwards, he walked to the table and chatted with Old Red and the others for a while.

When Giles and Bloomer's car stopped in front of the bar, he stood up and waved goodbye to everyone, got into the car driven by Giovanni and left.

On the street in front of the bar.

Old Rhett looked at the back of the car in the distance and said to the steel-toothed dog Menge with a sigh.

"He changes so much, always without us realizing it..."

"Yes." Menge nodded in agreement.

When he just saw Polly and Susan sitting next to David "in perfect harmony", he also had that strange feeling that was both familiar and strange in his heart.

This feeling may become more and more difficult for David to adapt to as he becomes more successful. .

But this is a good thing that everyone knows very well and is looking forward to~

The more successful David becomes, the better the future will be for these old friends!

----

The other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Europe.

London, England.

Afternoon~

Outside London, at the estate of Whistler G. Morgan.

Kanes Rothschild and Bill Gutherland were sitting by the window of the living room on the first floor, looking at the gloomy sky outside in silence.

ten minutes later.

Odis Parker came back with Mr. Butler, and the two of them came out of their deep thoughts, looked at Mr. Parker and waited.

Mr. Parker smiled and nodded to the two of them very confidently, sat down and said.

"It's been negotiated."

"What conditions did you put forward?" Kanes relaxed as if relieved after hearing this and asked.

"I..." Mr. Parker deliberately made a long sound and said with a smile.

"I want it for my boss...Rolls-Royce and Bentley!"

"what?"

"Why do you want two cars?" Kanes asked, surprised and speechless.

"No!" Bill immediately thought of what Mr. Parker meant and explained for Karnes.

"Mr. Will H. Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, is recently selling his shares in Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors."

"That's what he said."

"Ah...oh~" Kanes nodded in understanding, but still looked at Mr. Parker with some confusion, waiting for his explanation.

Mr. Parker said directly without going around in circles.

"Not many people in London knew David, and no one knew Coleman."

"But Rolls-Royce and Bentley can make more and more people know his name, know that he is your friend, and know that he will become more and more successful!"

“They are a stepping stone for David to reach higher levels and are currently the most suitable business card for him to introduce himself to others.”

Mr. Parker opened his hands to Carnes: "David Coleman, not Rothschild, not Morgan."

"Rolls-Royce was once the royal car brand of the British royal family."

"Bentley was once a world-famous car brand."

"With them in hand, David can become a young man who needs to look up to many people!"

“As a young, grassroots achiever on the verge of joining the upper echelons of society, David needs them!”

"..." Kanes turned his head and looked out the window speechlessly, not wanting to talk to this sick-minded guy anymore.

Bill thought his idea was funny, but couldn't find a suitable angle to refute it, so he could only follow his words.

"and then?"

"Is it time for you to talk about the conditions proposed by Mr. Wisler?"

"Okay~" Mr. Parker nodded with a satisfied expression, quickly put away his joking attitude and said seriously.

"There are already divisions within OPEC member states."

"Some member states hope to allow oil prices to take advantage of this opportunity and continue to rise."

"Other member states believe that if oil prices continue to rise, it will trigger another oil crisis."

"Everyone has earned the money."

"But in addition to making money, they must also consider the feelings of the countries most affected by the oil crisis, lest they turn back and retaliate!"

Instead of lowering his voice, Mr. Parker raised his voice and continued.

"Mr. Wisler agreed to whatever you wanted."

"He only made one condition!"

"When you sell these crude oil spot, you must say hello to him in advance."

"Just... this?" Karnes tilted his head and frowned, somewhat confused as to what Whisler G. Morgan was thinking.

After hearing this "simple" condition, Bill relaxed on his face, but became more vigilant in his heart.

Because the most important thing in Mr. Parker's words is. . Must say hello in advance!

in advance?

How long in advance?

Say hello, what next?

Emm. .

Does a vague answer always leave more room for maneuver?

A wry smile appeared on Bill's lips.