Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Early morning~

Manhattan, upstairs at 42 Wildfire Bar.

David woke up slowly in the morning light, stretched out his hand to touch the empty bed next to him, closed his eyes and sighed silently.

After a while.

He got out of bed and walked into the bathroom, turned on the hot water and took a shower. He wiped the moisture on the mirror and suddenly found that his abdomen had the outline of some abdominal muscles.

David looked sideways at the mirror for a while with a question mark on his face, and made sure that he was not dazzled. He could actually vaguely see the outline of six-pack abs while holding his breath and tightening his abdominal muscles.

Emm. . ! !

How is this going?

David pointed his fingers at his abdominal muscles, frowned and thought for a while, then gave up quickly.

Because having abdominal muscles proves that you are in good health from the side, it is useless to think about it too much, just take a look and then talk about it.

. . .

breakfast time.

The housekeeper Acklade and the maid Chasida prepared an all-vegetarian breakfast for David.

David was a little surprised by the fruit salad and vegetable salad on the plate in front of him. He smiled and shook his head without asking anything.

Butler Ackley walked to the door with a smile, took a folder and handed it to David, saying.

"Mr. Odis Parker sent this thing this morning."

"Okay, thank you!" David opened the folder and looked through it carefully while eating breakfast.

A few minutes later.

Carnes, who claimed to be the new generation of "Dance King" at the party last night, knocked on the door with his hair styled like a chicken coop.

David turned to look at the new "look" he accidentally made in his sleep, and joked with a smile.

"I really didn't expect you to get up on time?"

"..." Carnes still smelled of alcohol. He sat next to David and raised his middle finger without answering.

David smiled and picked up the milk cup, took a sip, and asked, "I can tell you just washed your face, but I'm sure you haven't brushed your teeth yet!"

"None of your business!" Karnes countered, rolling his eyes.

"Hahaha~" David put down the milk cup, looked at him with a kind look like a child, and continued to ask.

"Didn't you have something to say to me last night?"

"Speak now, I'm listening."

"Uh..." Karnes rubbed the goo out of his eyes with his fingers, tilted his head and thought about it seriously, then slammed the table and said loudly.

"Yup!"

"When I called Bill after you went out yesterday afternoon, he said that George Sassoon had recently come to New York and wanted to meet and chat with us."

"I told Bill the address here so that he could come over today."

"Sassoon?" David stopped joking when he heard this very familiar last name.

"Yes." Kanes picked up the milk cup brought by Chasida, drank half of it, and wiped the corners of his mouth.

"In recent decades, the Sassoon family has been doing business in Mumbai and Xiangjiang, India."

"George Sassoon is the youngest generation of the Sassoon family of Hong Kong HSBC Bank."

"He is one of the more radical and active representatives of the Sassoon family~"

"For example, he always believed that Xiangjiang was too small for the Sassoon family to continue to expand and develop. The family must put more financial resources and energy into returning to Europe."

"Return?" David noticed the word very keenly and asked.

"Is their family originally from a noble country?"

"No, you misunderstood." Karnes put a piece of apple into his mouth and explained.

"The Sassoon family I'm talking about is a branch of the entire Sassoon family."

"The ancestor of George Sassoon was David Sassoon who led his family to escape from Spain."

"He took his family to Baghdad first, and then to the trading port established by the East India Company in Bombay, India, and established the Sassoon Company."

"Ah~ I remembered it!" David quickly recalled the information about the Sassoon family after being reminded by Carnes.

He put down the tableware and looked at Carnes, and asked with a strange expression: "I remember that you and this George Sassoon are related, right?"

"Yeah..." Karnes showed a toothache expression and grinned in a low voice.

"Grandpa George's brother Edward A. Sassoon returned to England very early and married my grandfather's cousin."

"Edward, was a Conservative member of the British Parliament~"

"After his death, his son Philip inherited the title and served as Undersecretary of the Air Force during World War II."

"In 67, Philip passed away due to illness, and his son inherited the title."

"So?" David smoothed out these relationships in his mind and looked at Karnes and asked.

"What does George want to do when he comes to see us this time?"

"Foreign exchange!" Kanes deliberately squinted his eyes, looked at David as if he were a fool, and curled his lips.

"Have you forgotten all the foreign exchange links you created?"

"Oh~ Got it!" David took a bite of the vegetable salad, nodded and smiled.

"I guess the Japanese yen must account for a high proportion of the foreign exchange reserves of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, right?"

"I don't know. You can ask him yourself later."

"Wait a minute?"

"Yeah, Bill said he might come to us this morning."

"Is he so anxious?" David muttered to himself, put down the tableware, leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment, then turned to the butler Aclade and asked.

"Have you made an appointment for my schedule today?"

"Yes, sir." Butler Acklade glanced down at his watch and replied.

"According to the agreement you made with Zina last night, Madonna, Bruce Willis, Mary Sue B. Train and Michelle Pfeiffer will all be waiting for you in Zina's art store in half an hour. .”

"And Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, who you specifically told me to arrange a meeting with me last night, have also received my invitation and will appear on time at the art store waiting for you. ”

"Where's Principal Guy Luther? Can he make time to have lunch with me?"

"can!"

"On the phone, he said that he was going to Columbia to attend a meeting today and he just had time at noon."

"Professor John Nash and his wife Alicia will also come to the Wildfire Restaurant to have lunch with you at noon."

"Well..." David said after confirming his itinerary, looking at Karnes.

"In the afternoon, my tutor, Professor Bartley, will come back from Boston with Giles and Bloomer."

"Don't you always want to see my mentor? Come with me."

"Okay." Kanes swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded.

At this time, the butler Acklade spoke again: "Mr. Mag Ludwig asked me to remind you that Mayor Hardman is hosting a large-scale social drinking party tonight."

"Most of the people who received his invitations were people from the real estate and banking circles in New York."