Manhattan Reborn 1978

Asia, island country.

Tokyo.

The sun sets~

Jeffrey Rand, the deputy ambassador of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, was sitting in his office and began to have a headache.

On the desk in front of him, the "causes" of his headaches were neatly placed.

They are: a wooden antique jewelry box, a letter filled with shopping receipts, an invitation and a lighter.

The jewelry box is less than 20 centimeters high and has a boxy shape with sharp edges and corners, making it look simple, simple and full of historical flavor.

But the jewelry with different lights in its "belly" is the most eye-catching "treasure". .

Even Jeffrey Rand, who grew up in a wealthy family and lived a comfortable life, was instantly fascinated when he saw the shining light of these jewelry that would drive women crazy~

"Hoo~bang!"

Jeffrey closed the jewelry box hard, exhaled a long breath, and looked at the invitation next to him.

The content of the invitation is very simple.

The name of the signer is Nobunari Kihara!

Jeffrey has not forgotten the name of this island nation.

When his friend Mag Ludwig came to Tokyo, the islander's name came out of his mouth several times.

The other two people who appeared at the same time as him were Yuri Orlov and Marat Poyezhnev.

Marat!

Jeffrey frowned and thought for a moment, then picked up the letter filled with shopping receipts, sorted it out and placed it on top of the jewelry box, and put them together into his safe.

Afterwards, he paced back and forth in the office, raised his hand to glance at his watch, picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello~"

"Mag?"

"I'm Jeffrey."

"I'm sorry to call you so late..."

"Oh?"

"You bastard actually dreamed about me?"

"impossible!"

"You must still be in the nightmare..."

"Hahaha~Sorry!"

"I'm calling you so early. Something must have happened!"

"Yes...but it's a little hard to talk about."

"Okay~ I still have this number, waiting for your call."

"Ok."

Jeffrey put down the phone, reached for the lighter on the table, and walked around the office while playing with the lighter in his hand.

About a quarter of an hour later.

"Ring ring ring~" The phone rang as promised~

Jeffrey quickly picked up the phone, waited for a second, and smiled.

"Is it okay over there?"

"Good~"

"This is what happened yesterday..."

Soon, Jeffrey finished telling the story of his first contact with Marat and the matter of Kihara Nobunari asking someone to send gifts and invitations.

But he deliberately concealed the true value of the jewelry, as well as the drunken remarks he made when he and Marat went out to "hang out" last night. .

What surprised him was that Mag on the other side of the phone knew nothing about this matter.

Jeffrey sat on his desk with one hand in his pocket and asked after a few seconds of silence.

"You don't know this matter. It's entirely the two of them's fault...?"

"what?"

"What do you mean... you're not familiar with them?"

"Aren't you familiar?"

"Then when you came to Tokyo to see me last time, you mentioned them many times?"

"fuxxyou!!"

"#￥%...!!" Jeffrey spat angrily into the microphone for more than 40 seconds. After feeling a little more comfortable, he continued to ask.

"Tell me~ What should I do now?"

"return to?"

"you sure?"

"They work for your boss, right?"

"Shouldn't you be on their side?"

"Well... you can talk."

"I forgive you."

"Hahahaha~"

"ok, ok!"

"How's Janet doing?"

"is it?"

"Whoa~ man!"

"You're going to be a father in just over four months!"

"Remember, of course I remember."

"No problem~"

"As long as you give me a call, I will fly back to New York immediately."

"Hahaha~ Okay, you can go back."

"I'll think about this myself."

"Yes, I know."

"Thank you~"

"BYE!"

After putting down the microphone.

Jeffrey sat back in his seat, sorting out the contents of the call in his mind, and gradually figured out the key to it.

Mag Ludwig, Yuri Orlov, Kihara Nobunari and Marat are not on the same line.

That David Coleman intentionally separated them to facilitate their respective development without causing any negative impact on the other party. . ?

Jeffrey lay back and closed his eyes, continuing to think about this.

wrong!

This doesn’t make sense!

If Marat and the others were secretly doing business here in the island country, without Mag as a link and responsible for smoothing relations between all parties in the country, how could they ensure that their business would not be eaten up. . ?

Emm. .

military! ?

Yes~

Only this answer can be regarded as a more reasonable explanation.

So the next question is, what is Marat’s intention of deliberately befriending himself?

Deputy envoy?

"Hi~!"

Jeffrey opened his eyes, took a deep breath, suddenly opened the second drawer on the left, took out several documents he had just received last month, and looked through them carefully.

"it is as expected!"

"Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office!"

----

Hong Kong.

Evening~

Lai Chi Wan Road, Sham Shui Po.

Kanes staggered back to the "starting point" with his hands in his pockets. He stood on the street and looked around, and was surprised to find ~

Cui Yingying was wearing very "rustic" clothes and was sitting at the door of the store where Bill went in to make a phone call in the morning. She was smiling and waving to him. .

Kanes tilted his head and looked at Cui Yingying in the distance, picked his nostrils a few times with his left hand, and walked over.

"Hi~ Why are you here?"

"Wait for me?"

"Yeah~" Cui Yingying looked Kanes up and down and smiled when she saw that he was in good condition.

"I had dinner with my family and wanted to try my luck~"

"I didn't expect you to actually come back."

"Oh..." Kanes took two more steps forward, lowered his head and took a close look at Cui Yingying for a few times. After confirming that he was right, he shrugged.

"You changed your clothes so much that I almost didn't recognize you just now..."

"Hahaha~" Cui Yingying handed a paper bag in her hand to Kanes and said with a smile.

"This is me!"

"Take your time and you'll get used to it."

Kanes took the paper bag and took a look inside. Feeling that its fragrance aroused his appetite, he simply reached out and took out a piece and threw it into his mouth, saying vaguely.

"I'm not very hungry yet..."

"what is this?"

"fried tofu."

"Tofu? Fried?"

"How... is it so waxy?"

"Hi~"

Cui Yingying saw the way Kanes kept inhaling, and she went into the store holding back her laughter, brought him a bottle of fruity soda, and said with a smile.

"This kind of fried tofu contains the fruity spicy sauce specially made by my senior brother Xu Congshan. If you can tolerate its spiciness, you will gradually taste its fruity aroma."

"Hmm..." Karnes took the soda and drank most of the bottle, then burped and replied.

"Thank you!"

"How much does this soda cost?"

"Forget it, I'll treat you."

"Then... Okay." Kanes looked down at the fried tofu in his hand, thought about it seriously, and finally wrapped it up and prepared to eat it as a midnight snack.

Cui Yingying took out a small chair from the shop behind her and placed it next to her. She invited Kanes to sit down and asked him curiously.

"Where have you been today?"

"Any trouble?"

"Did you have lunch and dinner?"

"I just drank a lot of soda. Have you not drank water all day?"

"Where are you going to the bathroom?"

"How did you solve it?"

"Forehead.."

Kanes frowned, watching Cui Yingying suddenly turn into a "curious baby", and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Cui Yingying smiled and comforted her quickly: "It's okay, I'm just a little worried about you...and very curious about your experience."

"If you have no other arrangements now, can you tell me about it?"

"Okay~" Kanes glanced at the soda bottle in his hand and said without any hesitation.

"After we separated, I walked to the pier first and walked around for a long time before I found the bank and exchanged the pounds..."

"Then I took a boat to the other side of the sea, walked around Central, and visited several shopping malls, banks, gold stores, and a place that was selling properties."

"Oh, right!"

"When I came out of a gold shop, I met two policemen."

"They asked me a lot of questions, but I didn't understand any of them..."

"In the end, a passerby helped us translate..."

"pedestrian?"

"Is it a woman?" The fire of gossip in Cui Yingying's heart has ignited her eyes.

"No~ it's a man." Kanes made a wide-eyed expression, making Cui Yingying laugh again.

"and after?"

"Go on, I won't interrupt you."

"Later...the two policemen said that the people in the gold shop didn't think I was a good person, so they came to ask them for help."

"..Hahaha~"

"Sorry, I really couldn't hold it back..."

"Hahaha~"

Kanes scratched his head with a speechless expression on his face, and when he saw Cui Yingying almost bursting into tears from laughter, he simply continued talking to himself.

"Later I was hungry, so I randomly found a restaurant to eat..."

"After eating, I bought a boat ticket back..."

"Later, I got lost at the pier. After asking several passers-by for help, I slowly found my way back."

"Hahaha~" Cui Yingying covered her face with her hands, resisting the urge to burst into laughter, and asked out of breath.

"All day... you only had one meal?"

"Yeah~"

"Aren't you hungry now?"

"..." Kanes subconsciously touched his belly, feeling that it seemed to be "awakened" and was cooing.

Cui Yingying wiped away her tears with her fingers. She felt that Kanes was like her younger brother. She patted his shoulder affectionately and asked with a smile.

"Do you have a place to sleep at night?"

"No.."

"Go to my house."

"This is very close to my home."

Kanes stared at Cui Yingying, carefully considered her proposal, and nodded.

"can!"

"The rules of the game stipulate that I can accept active help from others, but I have to pay corresponding money as compensation or reward."

Kanes took out a crumpled change from his pocket and asked Cui Yingying: "How much does it cost to stay at your house for one night?"

"I don't want your money...!" Cui Yingying blinked her big eyes and replied, holding back her laughter.

"That won't work!"

"If you don't want money, I can't live here."

Cui Yingying looked down at the change in Kanes' hand and quickly thought of a good idea.

"Do you think this will work~"

"Wait a minute, you and I will go to senior brother Xu Congshan's shop to work for a few hours, and then I will take you in for one night for free..."

"How about it?"

"work to earn a living?"

"What can I do?" Kanes, who has never worked outside the home, asked with a confused look on his face.

"You can learn!"

"I can teach you whatever job you are interested in."

"How is the waiter?" Kanes thought about it seriously and asked.

"Can your waiters accept tips?"

"Tip, only occasionally."

"It's not like in Europe or the United States. Many people don't recognize the tipping culture and don't have the habit of tipping."

"But in some restaurants in Central, the waiter can take a portion of the customer's bill as a tip."

"But not all of the money goes into the waiter's pocket, some of it has to be given to his immediate boss and store manager."

"Oh, I understand." Kanes thought about it in his mind for a while, then decisively took out a few coins from the change in his hand and handed them to Cui Yingying.

"I can go and try to work for two hours, plus the money counts towards tonight's accommodation."

"Okay~" Cui Yingying accepted the change and looked at Kanes and asked curiously.

"Have you already figured out how to make money?"

"Well, I have some ideas."

"But I still need to go to Central to investigate again tomorrow!"

Cui Yingying showed a "Sure enough" expression, glanced at the two people in the distance behind Kanes, and smiled.

"Then let's go?"

"ok~"

----

new York.

Early morning~

Wildfire Bar, 42nd Street, Manhattan.

The TV drama crew of Da Film and Television Company finally completed the filming task after a night of "fierce fighting" and called it a day and retreated.

The little Zach, who also had not slept all night but was very energetic, walked over to Mengo, the steel-toothed dog who was taking a nap, patted him and smiled.

"Hey, wake up~"

"Hmm..." Menge, the steel-toothed dog, woke up from his beloved sofa, looked around the empty bar, and muttered.

"How come I can still hear the buzzing..."

"It shouldn't be!"

Next word Zach put the bottle of Coke in front of Menge and said with a smile.

"They all went to find a place to have breakfast. Are you hungry?"

"Shall I go buy some for you?"

"No need." The steel-toothed dog Menge took a sip of Coke, turned to look at the breakfast shop across the street, pointed at it and smiled.

"Wait a minute, someone will bring me breakfast."

"Is that...the girl named Xu Cuizhen?"

"Yeah~ The breakfast pancakes she makes are delicious. I can eat seven or eight of them every time."

"Wow!"

"Hahaha~" the little Zach pointed at Menge and mocked.

"You don't like to eat the breakfast cakes she makes, but you have a crush on her, right?"

Menge pointed his finger at the little Zach and whispered seriously.

"Don't talk nonsense, there are some jokes you shouldn't make casually!"

"ok, ok!"

"It's my rubbing, I'll pay attention to it from now on!"

The little Zach walked to the door of the bar with a Coke bottle, looked at the breakfast shop across the street, and smiled.

"Wait a minute, she won't just give you breakfast, right?"

"of course not."

Menge stood up from the sofa and rubbed his numb legs. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the little Zach shout in surprise.

"boss?"

"Ok?"

David, who was trying to push the door in from outside the bar, was startled when he saw the little Zach "hiding" inside the door, and laughed.

"Hey~ Good morning, Zach, Mengo!"

"Morning, boss!"

"What are you...?" The little Zach helped open the door and looked at David who walked in, feeling a little confused and asked.

"I came to you because I have something to ask you for help."

"Uh... no problem." The little Zach replied happily before Menge.

“We would all be honored to have the opportunity to serve you.”

"But boss, you don't need to say please to us..."

"Ok!"

David walked directly to sit across from Menge and spoke directly without being too polite.

"I'm going to find a few people in New York City, the sooner the better."

"I only know their names, and their approximate age and appearance. I don't know where they live or where they work."

"You two have lived here for many years, so you should be able to find them better than me, right?"

"Yes!"

"Tell me who you want to find, and we will find them as soon as possible!" the little Zach replied excitedly, patting his chest to David.

Menge, the steel-toothed dog, showed a very calm side, frowned at David, and asked tentatively.

"You... want to find someone?"

"Mike Bai or the Sidrich family are better than the two of us..."

"Haha~" David understood his doubts and explained with a smile.

"I deliberately chose this time to find you, but I didn't go to Mike Bai or contact Rosenlow... It just doesn't seem like this matter has anything to do with them!"

"Do you understand?"

"Yeah..." Menge, the steel-toothed dog, nodded slowly to express his understanding.

The little Zach blinked quickly, swallowed, and said no more.

David glanced at the two of them a few times and said with a smile: "Don't worry~ I just don't want to alarm too many people about finding someone and cause some unnecessary chain reactions..."

"There will be no unexpected trouble for you."

"..." Menge and the little Zach nodded without saying anything.

David took out a note from his pocket and showed the names on it to the two of them. After making sure that they all remembered it, he put the note away again and smiled.

"Before midnight tonight, whether you can find these people or not, this matter is over~"

"I won't mention it again, and you shouldn't ask again."

"ok?"

"Ok!"

"Then what should we do if we find it?" Menge still asked cautiously.

"Found it..."

David rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said: "No matter who you find, there is no need to alert them."

"You just need to take a few photos and investigate their address and current situation, that's it."

"OK!" The steel-toothed dog Menge and the little Zach looked at each other and nodded to David.

But none of the three of them knew~

In the corner not far from them, Far Pocchivino was lying on the floor, listening to the conversation of the three without making any sound. .