Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Around : am.

In front of the Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street in Manhattan.

David parked the car driven by Giovanni steadily on the side of the street, and the people who had been waiting there for a long time couldn't help but surround him.

After David got off the car, he found Mr. Gardener in the crowd at first sight. He couldn't wait to pull him through the crowd and walk towards the bar and asked.

"How's it going? Any latest news from there?"

"Yes!" Mr. Gardener glanced at the people around him and followed David into the bar and whispered.

"The people who went to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant sent back the news in ten minutes~"

"At about 4:30 this morning, nuclear power plant workers discovered that the reactor fuel cladding was damaged due to high temperature and high pressure that could not be dissipated in time, exposing the top of the fuel rods. Some of the gas containing radioactive substances inside leaked into the coolant and was discharged into the external atmosphere along with water vapor."

"Hiss...!!" David took a deep breath and asked with a frown.

"Has the evacuation of residents near the nuclear power plant begun?"

"Yes!" Mr. Gardener nodded solemnly and replied.

"Residents within 10 miles of the nuclear power plant have already begun emergency evacuation, all factories and schools within 20 miles have been notified to stop work and classes, and all residents within 100 miles have received notice that they may be evacuated at any time."

"Also, there was a certain scale of riots in Philadelphia, the largest city closest to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, but no TV station sent a reporter to report on it."

"Many Philadelphia residents are choosing to drive away with their families and simple belongings."

"The TV station didn't report it, probably because they were afraid of causing a larger panic!?" David murmured, seeming not surprised by the news.

"Um.."

"How much radioactive material leaked from the nuclear power plant? Can they control the damage caused by the accident? Do you have accurate information?"

"No." Mr. Gardener shook his head.

"Our people can only gather information outside the nuclear power plant. The staff inside the nuclear power plant and those who rushed to help deal with the accident are all wearing radiation protection suits."

"Huh! I see!" David expressed his understanding of the gardener's dilemma.

Because now almost everyone knows that if they get close to a nuclear power plant, there is a high probability that they will be exposed to leaked radioactive materials.

The person the gardener sent to gather information must know the truth as well!

Work can be done.

Are you willing to die even though you know it's dangerous?

impossible!

David took the gardener's arm and walked to the bar and sat down. He glanced at old Red who was standing at the bar with a similarly serious expression. He reached out to take the iced cola handed to him and nodded to express his gratitude.

He tilted his head back, took a few gulps of Coke, burped, turned to look at the people behind him, forced a smile and said.

"I have asked someone to contact Blue Star Airlines. They just opened three southwest routes this year, namely Dallas and Houston in Texas, and Los Angeles in California."

"I have paid for and booked three flights on these three routes today, which can take about 440 people out of New York."

"Lawrence from DA Security told me that they will take up 240 positions, leaving 200 positions..."

"White Mike!"

"I'm here." Bai Mike, who was standing behind the crowd, heard David calling him and raised his hand to signal.

"You go and notify all those who want to leave and give them 60 places to allocate themselves. If that's not enough, you'll have to let them figure it out on their own."

"Okay!" Bai Mike knew that David was referring to the Sidrich family. He immediately patted his chest and agreed, then turned and ran out of the bar.

After watching Bai Mike leave, David turned his gaze to Giovanni again and said after pondering for a few seconds.

"I contacted Polly, and she wanted some people from DA to leave New York temporarily as well."

"Please go pick up Professor Nash and his wife first, then go find Andy and Sally and send them to LaGuardia Airport before 12 noon."

"Okay." After Giovanni accepted the "task", he glanced at his wife Jin Ji, then ran out of the bar holding the car keys.

After arranging all this, David looked at the butler Aclaid and the bartender Erica standing beside him.

Butler Aclaid took out a list from his pocket, walked up to David and said, "This is the list I just compiled. Please take a look."

David looked back at the list and found that almost everyone in the bar was on it, except...

"Mengo? Zach?"

"Aren't you leaving?" David asked in surprise.

"No, boss." Menge, the steel-toothed dog, and the short guy Zack walked out of the crowd.

Menge showed his steel teeth and smiled at David: "I have already asked the people at the film and television company, they will not suspend the filming plan because of this emergency."

“So Zach and I decided to stay and look after our bar and our home!”

"..." David frowned, pursed his lips, looked into Menge's eyes and said nothing.

The short guy Zack took out a pistol from his arms with a smile, raised it up and shook it a few times, and laughed.

"Boss, don't worry. With us here, anyone can..."

"No!" David waved his hand to interrupt him, looking at the dimpled Martha, the bartender Erica, Ginger, big Zack, Black Mike and his girlfriend Carmen, Lavis and his blonde single mom girlfriend, and Bruce Willis who had been working in the bar recently.

"If something is broken, it can be fixed. If money is lost, it can be earned again. These are not important to me!"

"But if the person is gone, then everything is gone."

"Now, I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm asking you to leave New York with me."

"Mengo, Zach, you have half an hour to pack your bags."

"..." Menge, the steel-toothed dog, clenched his fists, hesitated for a few seconds, and nodded slowly.

The short Zach put away the pistol with a smile, shrugged deliberately and joked: "I definitely won't need it on the plane. Guns are not banned in Texas, and it would be more dangerous for me to carry it with me."

"Hahaha~" Several people nearby couldn't help but laugh.

David was also amused by the little Zack. He shook his head and looked at Black Mike, saying, "Time is precious. Let's get ready first."

"In half an hour, we'll be leaving for LaGuardia Airport!"

"Okay!" Everyone dispersed with laughter.

Black Mike whispered a few words to his girlfriend Carmen, then sent him out of the bar and came to David, asking with a faint smile on his face.

"Milanla and Ruby, I have already informed them."

"Do you need me to pick them up at the airport?"

"Well...thank you for your help!"

"What's the matter?" Black Mike smiled and shook his head, patted David on the shoulder, turned and left.

Mr. Gardener and Old Red standing at the bar looked at David silently, and it was hard to describe the feelings in their hearts at this moment.

David put the Coke bottle in his hand aside, looked at the list made by the butler Ackley again, and turned to the gardener and said.

"Our family owns a beverage factory in Morrison Township. I have already notified them to stop production."

"My father's friend Old Wesson Booker and his girlfriend Sidley will be here soon, but my friend Tim and his family don't want to leave town."

"Well, I'll send someone to help look after them." Mr. Gardener asked Old Red for a glass of drink and said with a smile.

"What about you?"

"You and Audis, have you decided to stay?"

"Hmm!" The gardener took a sip of wine with an indifferent expression.

"In fact, you're not the only one who doesn't trust Audis Parker. We're also afraid that he might have a mental breakdown."

"If I stay, I can't guarantee that he won't go crazy, but I can guarantee that he won't do anything too outrageous."

"Okay." David couldn't help but have a headache when he thought of the mentally ill Audis Parker.

He gave a helpless smile and said, "The heads of my company, Sam Rogers, Mu Brandes and Mag Ludwigs, don't want to leave either."

"I can only ask Mag to consider pregnant Janet and let her go to Houston with us first."

"Oh right! The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant is very close to Philadelphia, so it's not too far from Washington, right?"

“What’s the reaction in Washington?”

“The reaction over there is the same as yours.” The gardener joked with a smile.

"Early this morning, as soon as the news of the nuclear leak at Three Mile Island broke out, the Secret Service, which is responsible for the president's safety, sent the president's family to Denver, Colorado."

"Denver? Send him there for what?"

"Haha~" The gardener glanced at old Red and said with an inexplicable smile.

"In 58, the U.S. government began building a military base in a mountain near Colorado Springs."

"It took a full ten years to build the Cheyenne Mountain military base, which could accommodate 2 people to avoid nuclear strikes. More than people were involved in the construction, and a total cost of more than billion US dollars was spent."

"And to prevent nuclear radiation, there is a 500-meter-long solid isolation tunnel between the cave entrance and the underground gate of Cheyenne Mountain Base. The gate of the base is also made of special materials and is extremely airtight."

"So as long as the gate of the base is closed, the independent circulation system inside the base will be activated and will not be affected by the external nuclear radiation and nuclear bomb shock waves."

"Ha!" David gave a sarcastic smile and shook his head.

"You always say I'm overreacting, but now even the President of the United States has run away!"

"Hahaha~" The gardener and old Red both pointed at David and laughed.

After David finished speaking, he also felt that he had said something stupid, and asked with a smile: "Where is Haywood? Why didn't I see him just now?"

When Old Red heard that David could still remember his old cellmate Heywood, he smiled and replied, "I asked him to go around upstairs and check all the water and electricity in the rooms that need to be turned off to avoid any accidents after we leave."

"Yeah..." David praised Old Red's careful arrangements. Just as he was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from the door behind him.

"Hey, David! So you're really here!"

"Uh... why are you here?" David turned around and saw Kanes leading someone to the door, and asked in surprise.

Carnes Rothschild spread his hands lazily, pointed at the person next to him and said, "This Mr. Gensuke Sawakawa said he wants your help with something important, so I brought him here to see you."

"Oh?" David looked at Gensuke Sawagawa, wondering what this senior aide of the Yasuda family wanted to talk to him about.

Gensuke Sawakawa, who was wearing a neat suit and dark coat, smiled and nodded to David: "If you have time, I have two things I would like to ask you for help."

"There's still a little time."

"Let's sit down and talk." David looked at his watch, stood up and walked to the table next to him and invited.

"Okay!" Gensuke Sawakawa politely made an invitation gesture to Carnes. After seeing him walk over and sit down next to David, he walked over and sat down opposite David and asked.