Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

night~

Wildfire Bar, 42nd Street, Manhattan.

José Aaron, who had just followed David to the bar yesterday, was now sitting in the same seat where he had been sitting yesterday. His eyes swept over the six junior brothers he had specially summoned, and he spoke in a calm and steady voice.

"I submitted my resignation letter to the school today."

"..??"

"you..?"

"Today?" Big Dipper Christiansen put down his wine glass in surprise and asked.

"You went back to Boston today?"

"Ok!"

"Why did you resign?"

"Didn't you say last month..."

"Haha~" José Aaron waved to a few people, looked at the youngest New Yorker Zod Jimenez, then looked at Dutchman Chester and thick-glasses Manfred, and whispered. said.

"Zod was the latest to graduate and leave school, more than three years ago..."

"You all have your own jobs and lives now, and Dipper has become the father of a child like me."

“Over the years, I have been responsible for alumni donations in the school, and I have heard and seen much more than you have~”

"Chester, do you remember that classmate of yours who liked to play guitar and flirt with girls?"

"Of course I remember ~ His nickname is Stinky Guitar, and my roommate even had a fight with him..." Chester, who has brown and black curly hair, was instantly brought back to his own thoughts by the question raised by Jos. in memory.

Joss took a deep breath, the smile disappeared from his lips, and he looked at Chester and said in a regretful tone.

"he died."

"what?"

"Yes, I accidentally learned the news last year..."

"He went out with his friends and got into an argument with another group of people and was taken to the hospital. He persisted for more than two months and then died."

"..." Chester, the smile on his face solidified.

José Aaron looked at his Italian junior brother Benito Ezezi and said.

"Your Hispanic roommate got married after graduation a few years ago."

"But after he divorced his wife last year, he failed to get custody of his children, and he lost his job due to drinking and fighting."

"The last time I contacted his family, they said he had started using drugs..."

"..." Benito blinked his big black eyes, looked at Joss in astonishment, and was speechless.

After Joss mentioned two "human tragedies" in succession, the remaining people looked at him in silence.

Joss did not "disappoint" their quiet waiting. He looked at the big man Dipper and said.

"The boy Usher who was your best man at your wedding followed his girlfriend to Paris, France, and worked in a commercial bank."

"Later, he switched jobs to an insurance company and got into trouble due to an insurance fraud case..."

"He... went to jail?" Dipper, the big man, asked stutteringly.

"As far as I know, not yet."

"But he may be implicated, he may not be able to keep his job, and his girlfriend may leave him."

Joss glanced at the big man Dipper who was bowing his head in silence, shook his head slightly at the junior brothers, and sighed.

"Today, we are lucky enough to be able to sit here drinking and chatting, talking about the misfortunes of our classmates and alumni, and lamenting the impermanence of the world."

"Your parents and families are just like me. They don't have amazing wealth, nor are they able to influence everything in a certain field~"

"We were both born in middle-class families. After graduation, we relied more on our own efforts to seize opportunities."

"The halo of graduating from a prestigious school can only give us a higher starting point~"

"It cannot represent our work ability, nor can it prove whether we can realize our dreams!"

Jos picked up the wine glass, glanced at "Thick Glasses" Manfred, and continued.

"Last time we went to Houston to visit our mentor, Professor Bartley, we had already met David."

"This is the bar he opened."

"I specially called you here today, and I also want to formally tell you that after resigning from my job at Harvard University, I will work for David or accept his arrangements."

"...?!" Although several people present had their own thoughts in their hearts since the last time Houston said goodbye.

But José Aaron, who has the most decisive approach, is clearly ahead of them this time.

New Yorker Zod Jimenez feels that he should know David Coleman best among everyone here.

When he saw everyone looking at Joss Aaron in silence, he took the lead in raising his glass and said with a smile: "Congratulations!"

"I have said before that you are not suitable for staying in school and working for a long time. Now that you can quit your job and start over, I think you will definitely find a better one."

"Thank you!" Joss smiled and clinked glasses with Zod, and inadvertently saw "Third Brother" Giovanni pushing the door open and walking in at the door of the bar.

He took a sip of the drink, put down the glass and stood up, took out his wallet and smiled at several people: "David, you should be back."

"If any of you want to join me, I'll be waiting outside the bar for a few minutes!"

"Okay~" Zod replaced the silent ones, nodded with a smile, and watched Joss greet Giovanni and walk out of the bar door.

Manfred, who was relatively introverted and kept silent all the time, picked up the cup and signaled to several people. After drinking it with his neck raised, he stood up and left decisively.

Zedd looked around and found that the remaining people had no reaction. He took out two pieces of change from his pocket and pressed them under the cup, shrugged and smiled.

"I know that you all have relatively stable jobs. If you give them up rashly, you will definitely have concerns."

"It's okay~ I'll stay with them two!"

"In case...that David is not reliable, the three of us can still ask you to help us again, right?"

"Yeah!" The big man Dipper nodded vigorously.

The steady Ike Bastos, Chester, and Benito also looked at Zod and nodded, watching him leave.

. . .

Outside the bar.

When Zedd walked out of the bar, he happened to see David standing on the street, introducing Matt Ludwig to José Aaron and Manfred.

After they saw Zedd, Joss glanced at the bar with a smile and whispered to David.

"Maybe for the time being...it's just the three of us."

"Ok!"

"Welcome~" David happily invited the three of them and Mag to the unit door, smiling.

"It just so happens that Mr. Guy Luther, the president of Princeton University, is going to bring a friend over."

"Joss, do you know Principal Luther?"

"Well..." Joss said as he followed David up the stairs.

"I have met Principal Luther in many meetings, and I am relatively familiar with him."

David walked to the top floor first and invited the people behind him: "Everyone, please sit down wherever you want~"

"Principal Luther said he would introduce me to a professor from their university named Alan Blinder."

"Professor Blind?" Joss led the two juniors to sit down, glanced at the smiling Mag Ludwigs, and said.

"Dr. Alan Blinder, born in Brooklyn, New York."

"He earned a BA from Princeton University in 1967, an MS from the London School of Economics in '68, and a PhD from MIT in '71, all of which were economics degrees."

“After graduating with his doctorate in 71, he returned to teach at Princeton University, where he remains today.”

“When the Congressional Budget Office was established in 75, he also briefly served as deputy assistant director of the agency and frequently testified before Congress on a variety of public policy issues.”

"I heard that he is planning to publish a second book in recent years. The name has already been decided. It's called "Economic Policy and the Great Stagflation."

"It's just that he hasn't seemed to be able to contact a publisher willing to publish him..."

"Oh~" David laughed, feeling very amused.

"Principal Luther brought him here specially. Doesn't he want me to sponsor his book?"

"There is a possibility." Joss showed a very relaxed state, crossed his legs and shrugged at David with a smile.

"He once made a statement at a seminar that the goal of financial policy should not only focus on inflation, but also include unemployment rate and growth rate."

"He also said: The Federal Reserve is the most important central bank in the world, and its decisions have a far greater impact on the world economy than the economic decisions of other countries in the world have on the United States."

"The laws of the United States tell the Fed that it must make decisions that are best for the United States, not any other country in the world."

"When housing prices gradually decline, the U.S. economy will begin to enter a full recession."

When Joss said this, he smiled with great satisfaction at the thought on David's face.

"Professor Alan Blinder has also conducted a lot of research on business cycle theory."

"He believes that the economic cycle should be divided into four stages~"

"they are, respectively.."

David raised his eyebrows, looked at Joss and continued: "Prosperity, recession, depression, recovery!"

"...Yes!" Joss's eyes widened in an instant, then shrank in an instant, the relief on his face disappeared, and he whispered.

"Professor Blind and I once talked about his research on economic cycles."

"He believes that the economic cycle refers to a phenomenon in which economic expansion and economic contraction alternate and cycle periodically in economic operations."

David felt as if he had become a table tennis player and had to "counterattack" in the face of Jos's "attack", he laughed.

"I have just started researching cycles~"

"If his research can help me study, I will definitely fund him to improve his theory and publish his books."

"..." Hearing what David said, Manfred and Zedd both looked at Joss, wanting to hear how he would respond.

"But~" David used a turning word to bring everyone's attention back to him and smiled.

"My ultimate goal in studying economic theory and studying historical economic data is not to become famous or to become an expert scholar in the field of economics."

"My goal is very simple."

"make money!"

"..." David's answer was so straightforward and candid that everyone present couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha~" David continued with a smile.

“I think everyone has three wallets: personal assets and credit assets, as well as callable funds.”

"I won't go into the first two, they are easy for everyone to understand."

"The third one has stumped many people!"

"Entrepreneurs who are willing to take entrepreneurial risks must seriously consider where to find investment, who to invest in, how many shares to exchange for investment, etc."

"When I went to Hawaii for vacation two months ago, I met a good friend by chance. His name is Donald D. Klein."

“He told me that Professor Georges Doolit of Harvard Business School would specifically explain the theory of venture capital to students and became an enlightening mentor for many Silicon Valley venture capitalists.”

"It's a pity~ I haven't found a chance to attend Professor Doolite's class yet..."

"But I think he will definitely emphasize one point when explaining entrepreneurship and finding venture capital."

“Choose entrepreneurial projects carefully and act within your capabilities!”

David looked at the three talented Harvard Business School graduates sitting here, shrugged and smiled.

“The underlying logic of venture capital is to use small things to make big gains~”

"Use as little money as possible to gamble for a super high return."

"Intel, Genentech, Atari, Apple and other companies in Silicon Valley in San Francisco are the best examples of successful venture capital."

"but!"

“When people talk about venture capital nowadays, they seem to intentionally or unintentionally ignore the huge risks inherent in it, and only magnify, magnify, and magnify the excess returns it can bring, until people are blinded and blinded.”

David looked at Joss, pointed his chest with his hand, and said calmly.

"Your choice to believe me is also a kind of risky investment in a sense."

"What you invest in is that I will become more and more successful in the future, and I can help you realize your biggest career dream."

"And what you will have to pay is..."

Joss slowly sat up straight, took a deep breath, and answered seriously.

"I believe that hard work will eventually pay off."

"Yeah..." David nodded after hearing this answer, glanced at Mag Ludwig who was "watching the melon", and said.

"Tomorrow, let Mag accompany you to find a suitable place to live, and then we will..."

"No need." Joss glanced at his junior brother Zod and shook his head.

"I can take care of my own accommodation."

"Okay~" David followed Joss's gaze, glanced at Zod, and smiled.

"Then let's talk first about where you want to work~"

“Currently, I am involved in investments in banks, market-making companies, fund companies, venture capital companies, insurance companies, fashion magazines, TV stations, record companies, brokerage companies, film and television companies, advertising companies, software companies, computer companies, construction companies, Real estate development companies, security companies, business consulting firms, lobbying firms..."

"There are also international trading companies, real estate investment trusts (referred to as REITs), personal trust funds, family trust funds, charitable funds, etc. that were just established a few days ago."

After David finished this series of introductions, he took a deep breath, looked at Mag with a wry smile, and joked.

"How come so many companies have been created without even realizing it?"

"Hahaha~" Mag said with a smile and spread his hands.

"You are the boss! How would I know?"

"Uh... Haha~" David glanced at the surprised and thoughtful Joss, Manfred and Zod, rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

"Right now, they are all in their infancy, and there is no need to compare systematic management methods and teams yet."

"But team building must be put on the agenda, otherwise these companies will surely fall into a whirlpool of management chaos."

Mag crossed his legs, looked at the three of them, and smiled quietly.

A top student who graduated from Harvard Business School, has a certain amount of work experience, and is a relatively recognized protégé of Professor Bartlett. .

These three "hard powers" are superimposed on each other. Whoever "shuts them out" would be the biggest stupidity, right?

There are also four young people who have not made their choice now, if they also join. .

Emm. .

The seven of them may unite to form a force that cannot be ignored in the future. . Harvard gang?

this. .

With this thought in mind, Mag looked at David, who was rubbing his chin and lost in thought, and suddenly felt that he should also find a few more "allies"!