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00:00:00I am Grayson. My brother and I started a restaurant a year ago. Business was crazy.
00:00:05We cleared six million in one year. But me? He gave me only a hundred grand.
00:00:09A prep cook barely makes two thousand a month. I gave you a hundred grand and only because you're
00:00:15my brother. I took it with a smile. Then I turned around and leased that run-down filthy restaurant
00:00:23right across from his. I started my own place. The second, my restaurant overtook Iron Anchor.
00:00:30Percy snapped. He smashed his own car hood. He just couldn't wrap his head around it.
00:00:36How did his useless younger brother's restaurant become the most popular place in town?
00:00:42Percy, I've got an opening for a prep cook. Two thousand dollars a month.
00:00:50Business blew up this year. We cleared six mil. Here's your share.
00:00:58I took it and counted. Only a hundred thousand. Not even a fraction of the restaurant's profit.
00:01:03I put up the money for this restaurant. I did all the live streams and marketing.
00:01:08You're just a line cook. Any bum off the street could do your job. If you weren't my brother,
00:01:13you wouldn't see a dime of this.
00:01:16For a whole year, I worked non-stop, running around, picking out the best suppliers.
00:01:21Okay, I want to tell you about my restaurant. Just give me three minutes and I'll tell you
00:01:26about my restaurant. Thank you for providing such high-quality ingredients. You really helped
00:01:33us solve a big problem. I went back and forth between thousands of restaurants, studying what
00:01:40customers really want. Sir, you've been creeping on our customers for five hours. Move along or
00:01:44I'm calling the cops. Sorry, sorry. I'm leaving right now. And Percy, he just gets a fancy hairstyle
00:01:53and camps out in front of his live stream. Five people, always the same five, making a fool of
00:01:58himself over and over again. I put in at least half the work for that six million. And that
00:02:03hundred thousand Percy gave me. Ninety thousand of it was just him paying me back for the purchasing
00:02:08money. I'd already fronted all year, but I still took the money. Thanks. I turned, pushed the door
00:02:14open, and then Percy called out to me. The citywide benchmark judging is in three days. The mayor is
00:02:19coming to Iron Anchor to try the fatty tuna sushi. Your sashimi is the most popular with customers.
00:02:24So make sure you have a blue fit tuna ready and cut the belly part well.
00:02:31Okay. See you in three days. Good boy. I didn't say a word. Percy never thought I'd
00:02:37be that easy to brush off. And me. I stood in front of that failed restaurant right across
00:02:48the street. The one that couldn't keep up with Iron Anchor and went belly up. Everyone
00:02:53knew it was filthy, broken, a total mess. Percy thought it was a dump. A place only
00:02:58bums would set foot in. Hello, I'd like to rent this restaurant for 10 years. Takes goods
00:03:05to rent this spot, kid. Nobody survives across from Iron Anchor. You absolutely sure?
00:03:10I'm sure. I walked out after signing the papers. And across the street, Iron Anchor was already
00:03:16partying, getting hyped for the mayor's big arrival. What Percy didn't realize, that award
00:03:21in three days. It was about to turn into his worst nightmare. This rundown shop was hidden
00:03:28away. Filthy. Pitch. Dark. Thick layers of grease covered everything. I didn't complain.
00:03:35Though, inside, I was actually pumped. Percy quickly realized someone had rented that dump
00:03:42across the street again. He got out of his fancy car, saw it was me, and just lost it,
00:03:47laughing so hard he could barely stand.
00:03:53Grayson, you absolute idiot. I gave you $100,000 and you blow it on this rat hole? Don't you
00:04:00have any idea how good a life $100,000 could have bought you?
00:04:03I ignored him. Percy started wandering around the restaurant on his own, even pulled out his
00:04:08phone and went live, making exaggerated faces at the camera. Look at this, folks. Thick,
00:04:13nasty grease all over the tables. This place is so disgusting, I swear even a rat wouldn't
00:04:19come near it. Then he put his arm around my shoulder and struck a friendly pose for the
00:04:24camera. Grayson, I'm your older brother. I have to take care of you. You're always welcome
00:04:30back at Iron Anchor. I did fill your old spot for half the pay, but you know how replaceable
00:04:35that kind of job is. After humiliating me, Percy left the restaurant, satisfied. He had to get
00:04:41ready for the mayor's visit. He had his workers turn the place into a luxurious palace. But one
00:04:47thing he would never understand, a restaurant's true essence is the food. And me, I stayed up late
00:04:53every night, cleaning the restaurant.
00:04:57It was already three in the morning when I got home. The light was still on. I caught my reflection
00:05:02in the mirror by the door, covered in dirt. My face exhausted. I panicked. I didn't want my family
00:05:08to worry, but I knew I had to face it eventually.
00:05:13My wife Mia looked at me with concern.
00:05:16Honey, what happened? Why are you so late?
00:05:19Percy asked me to clean the kitchen. I didn't have time to wash up.
00:05:25Mia looked uneasy. She took my hand and pulled me down onto the sofa.
00:05:29I saw the news. The mayor is going to personally review Iron Anchor. The restaurant you and Percy
00:05:37opened is really making money, big enough to even get the mayor's attention. Did he give
00:05:43you any of it?
00:05:44Sure. He gave me a hundred grand.
00:05:47Only a hundred grand? The news said the place cleared six million. That's not fair. You put
00:05:53your whole heart into this restaurant for an entire year. At least half of the credit is
00:05:58yours. How could he do this to you?
00:06:01Mia, calm down.
00:06:03Percy is an idiot with his head stuck up in the clouds. Why are you still working for
00:06:08him?
00:06:10I'm opening my own restaurant.
00:06:14I support whatever decision you make.
00:06:20Here's twenty grand. Go all in, Grayson. The baby and I will be just fine.
00:06:27I won't let you down. I swear.
00:06:30The industry benchmark restaurant awards were in two days. That night, I couldn't sleep at
00:06:36all. What if I let Nia down? The dirty, pitch black image of Sea Mist Restaurant kept flashing
00:06:41through my mind. I wasn't sure if the changes I made would be enough to pass the inspection.
00:06:46I started doubting whether going solo was the right move or just a stupid decision made out
00:06:51of anger. I picked up the little notebook I've been keeping for years and sat down at
00:06:55the desk. It is filled with all kinds of customer info and preferences. I've recorded including
00:07:00the mayor's. I once sat in a high-end restaurant and carefully watched how he ate, what he left
00:07:05on his plate. This notebook gives me the confidence that comes from experience. Then suddenly, my phone
00:07:12rang.
00:07:14What did you say? Sea Mist Restaurant passed the qualification inspection?
00:07:20This is the best Christmas gift I've ever received.
00:07:25With the license in hand, I'm halfway there. I reached out to the supplier I'd worked so hard
00:07:29to win over before. He'd always seen my potential. And the moment he heard I was opening my own
00:07:33place, he cut ties with Percy on the spot and said yes. You should have gone out on your own
00:07:37a long
00:07:37time ago. I can tell you've got way more ability than that brother of yours. All he knows is flashy
00:07:42tricks.
00:07:45I'd just sent the supplier off when Percy came back from a night of drinking. If he'd paid even a
00:07:49little
00:07:49attention to his own purchasing, he would have recognized that the guy leaving was his biggest
00:07:53supplier. Maybe then his restaurant would still stand a chance. Too bad. All he cares about is messing
00:07:59with that ridiculous haircut of his in his live stream that never gets more than five people.
00:08:04He didn't recognize him at all. Don't say I never give you a chance. The mayor's coming to Iron
00:08:10Anchor in person tomorrow. My dear little brother, I'm your only shot at rubbing elbows with big shots
00:08:16like that. And make sure you bring your wife Mia. I swear, she's never seen anything this grand in her
00:08:23life. Percy's laugh was full of contempt. He was sure I couldn't measure up to him in any way.
00:08:30Tomorrow was going to be his day to shine and at an event like this. His little brother, the one
00:08:35foolish enough to open a restaurant right across from Iron Anchor, would be the perfect person to
00:08:39compare himself to. I'll be there on time.
00:08:44Here's ten bucks. Go park my car for me.
00:08:51Everyone believed Iron Anchor would definitely become the industry bench role. Percy was so sure of it
00:08:56that he boasted and signed a whole year's worth of orders for the future. But he overlooked me, a brother
00:09:02he'd never once seen as a competitor. Insignificant, obedient, beneath notice.
00:09:07When I got home, I told Mia that I was going to Percy's restaurant for the awards event. I could
00:09:13see the
00:09:13worry in her eyes. No, Grayson, you don't have to go to that awards event tomorrow. Can't you see? He
00:09:21stole the fruits of your hard work and now he wants to humiliate you in public. Mia, I've already decided
00:09:26to go. If he tries to embarrass me, I'll forget we're brothers and I'll take his place for good.
00:09:35A place that was always meant to be mine. Fine. I'll go with you.
00:09:45Percy hadn't seated the guests yet. He was waiting by the door for something. The moment he saw Mia and
00:09:51me show up, his eyes locked onto us like a radar. Look, there's my little brother.
00:09:59Let me introduce you all. This is my brother, Grayson. He just took over a garbage dump across
00:10:04the street from Iron Anchor and thinks he's going to compete with me. Percy said it like a joke.
00:10:09All the guests looked at me with contempt in their eyes. Even Mia's smile froze on her face.
00:10:18You know what Percy nets a year? Six million dollars. You won't see that kind of money in 10 lifetimes.
00:10:24You really should just stick with your brother. That way you can at least lap up some of the
00:10:29leftovers. Don't mind them, Grayson. What they said was harsh, but it's the truth.
00:10:38That's enough. You're all way out of line. The truth is, he's better than every one of you.
00:10:45Grayson, control your wife. This isn't the place for a scene. Easy, Mia. I'm fine.
00:10:59Here's my card. You're all welcome to come check out my new restaurant across the street.
00:11:03Percy looked at me in disbelief. He never expected that after being humiliated like that.
00:11:08Grayson, what are you doing here?
00:11:08I'd still be able to hand out my business card. Everyone looked embarrassed. No one took it.
00:11:15Grayson, are you seriously expecting these suppliers to visit your dump?
00:11:18Don't be ridiculous. I smiled and shook my head. I swear, one day they'll be begging to work with me.
00:11:31These are all Iron Anchor's signature dishes. Everyone, help yourselves.
00:11:38I could see right through it. The dishes looked exactly the same as before, but the ingredients
00:11:43had changed. Percy always cuts corners with cheap ingredients to save money, but he doesn't understand
00:11:49his customers. Every single one of them has a picky palate. Without my notebook that records every
00:11:54customer's preferences, he can never make the perfect dish. At the table, the guests could already tell
00:12:02something was off with the food. But because they were so eager to flatter Percy, they chose to
00:12:06ignore it. The mayor's personal inspection is the highest honor in the industry. Percy kept bragging
00:12:11about how successful his restaurant had become in just one year. How much money he'd made. Mia was so
00:12:17upset, she couldn't even eat. The anger in her eyes could have skinned Percy alive. But that wasn't
00:12:22enough for Percy. He brought me up again. Grayson, once Iron Anchor takes over the world, you can still
00:12:29come back. I mean, you don't have much skill, just good for a few simple little jobs. But you are
00:12:37my
00:12:37little brother after all. Percy, you're such a good man. Your brother has a death wish opening a
00:12:43restaurant right across from you, and you're still looking out for him. Of course. What does a line
00:12:49cook know about running a restaurant? Without Percy, he's nothing.
00:12:56I was furious. All anyone could see was Percy's winning globe. No one saw the one who'd done all
00:13:02the work behind the scenes. Percy was soaking up the praise, laughing and clinking glasses with those
00:13:07guests. And that was the moment he completely cut off the last bit of mercy I had left for him.
00:13:12The industry benchmark awarded by the mayor can only be my sea mist restaurant. I raised my glass,
00:13:17a calm smile on my face. You're alright. Everything I do I learn from Percy, my respected big brother.
00:13:26The mayor was arriving any minute. Percy told me to go to the kitchen and get ready to cut the
00:13:31bluefin tuna.
00:13:32Grayson, get your ass to the kitchen and help out. Even though you had the nerve to leave me,
00:13:38I still invited you to this important event. And the only reason is because you're my brother.
00:13:43Percy finished talking and went off to greet the mayor.
00:13:51I looked at the mayor. I knew my chance had come.
00:13:57A year ago, I went through hell to land the supplier with the highest food safety rating.
00:14:03Percy never understood how important fresh ingredients are to a restaurant.
00:14:08And now that top tier supplier belongs to me. The one who took over supplying Iron Anchor?
00:14:14Obviously just some crooked merchant faking it.
00:14:21This tuna smells really weird.
00:14:24I tried to warn them about quality control, but Percy never listened to a word I said.
00:14:32Grayson, step aside. The new guy here can actually handle a knife.
00:14:42Grayson, you just stand aside and watch. Even for a line cook, you've still got a lot to learn.
00:14:47Percy didn't care about my skills. He asked me to come to the kitchen only to humiliate me with the
00:14:54new hire.
00:14:55To prove I was good for nothing. But he had no idea how complicated bluefit tuna is.
00:15:02Without real knife skills, you can't handle it properly. Especially a piece of cheap, low quality tuna like this.
00:15:11Percy, you're going to regret everything you've done today. I swear it.
00:15:16I'm just trying to make my little brother better. Otherwise, how is he going to support you and the baby
00:15:20in your belly?
00:15:21With that failing restaurant across the street?
00:15:27I'll learn from him.
00:15:29After today, one of us will be famous and the other will be a nobody.
00:15:36Grayson, I really feel sorry for you.
00:15:41That is right. After today, one of us is going to take over the world, and the other is going
00:15:46to fade into obscurity.
00:15:48I watched very carefully. Joss thought I was actually learning, and he even took the time to explain things to
00:15:53me.
00:15:54I smiled. With such lousy technique, that blue-fied tuna was going to end up as nothing but a pile
00:15:59of ruined meat in his hands.
00:16:01And the mayor. He hates nothing more than being handed low quality, butchered tuna, like it is no big deal.
00:16:13Percy was in the dining room, chatting up the mayor like he was king of the world. He had no
00:16:18idea his restaurant was heading straight to hell.
00:16:21Joss walked up, carrying a covered platter. Meanwhile, the highest quality bluefin tuna was being delivered to Sea Mist Restaurant,
00:16:30where the expensive head chef I hired was handling the premium tuna, according to the methods written in my notebook.
00:16:36My dear fans, it's showtime! The mayor is here! Today, I'll show the world true top-tier cooking.
00:16:42Some bottom-fleeling trash running a cheap diner couldn't even dream of reaching this level.
00:16:51Mr. Mayor, and everyone watching in the live stream, let me introduce you to my good-for-nothing little brother,
00:16:57Grayson.
00:16:58Never been smart. Only good for the dirty work in the back. He recently opened some dump called Sea Mist
00:17:04right over there.
00:17:05If you ever feel like your stomach's too full and you need to throw up, feel free to go try
00:17:11his chemical waste.
00:17:14Percy, you're too soft. Having that guy across the street is polluting our whole neighborhood.
00:17:20Mr. Mayor, here's my card. I'm good at making otoyu sushi.
00:17:24Are you crazy? A little place that can't even fit two people in the bathroom, and you think you can
00:17:30hand the mayor your business card?
00:17:31My restaurant is spotless, and my ingredients are the best.
00:17:36I don't think square footage determines quality. Grayson, stop embarrassing yourself here!
00:17:45Young man, you have something those greedy businessmen don't. You're calm. I like that.
00:17:52Haha, the mayor sure has a sense of humor. He's just teaching the young generation to stay humble.
00:17:59Grayson, the only reason the mayor hasn't kicked you out is out of respect for me.
00:18:04Grayson, stop any of your pathetic delusions.
00:18:14Please take a seat.
00:18:26Mr. Mayor, this is our signature dish, otoro sushi. I promise you'll love it.
00:18:34Iron Anchor's otoro sushi is one of a kind, Mr. Mayor. I guarantee you'll fall for it.
00:18:39The knife work, the technique, absolutely flawless.
00:18:43In the past, the otori sushi really was one of a kind.
00:18:48But this time, without top quality ingredients and skilled knife work,
00:18:52the only thing coming out of that kitchen is a one-of-a-kind piece of garbage.
00:19:19Oh my god, and what the hell is that garbage?
00:19:23Oh my god, and what the hell is that garbage?
00:19:26I'm afraid it was being carefully packed up and was already on its way.
00:19:30We are about to serve the very first dish from C-Mist restaurant.
00:19:36Everyone, stay sharp.
00:19:39Yes!
00:19:52Percy's prized otoro sushi was unveiled before anyone could admire it.
00:19:56A wave of rotten stench hit the room.
00:19:58His smile vanished. Guests gagged. The mayor slammed his fork down on the table in fury.
00:20:03Percy! This is the signature dish you've been bragging about?
00:20:05Open your damn eyes! Is this meant for humans?
00:20:07I held Mia close and watched. Cold.
00:20:10Percy's face went pale. Cold sweat dripped from his temples down into his collar.
00:20:14But he wasn't done. He fell back on his pathetic sales pitch, desperate to cover up the rot.
00:20:19No, Mr. Mayor, let me explain. This is an oxidation reaction,
00:20:23an advanced aging process for premium tuna.
00:20:25Advanced aging? No, he just served the mayor cheap. Old meat to cut costs.
00:20:30The live stream was going wild. The whole city was watching him feed garbage to the mayor.
00:20:35Fine. You're so confident in this process? Then don't waste it. Bring it to him.
00:20:40Eat it, Percy. Every last piece. Right now.
00:20:43No! No!
00:20:44You're resisting so hard. Is it because you think it's a piece of rotten meat, too?
00:20:48No! Mr. Mayor, I'll prove to you there's nothing wrong with it.
00:20:51The security guards stepped forward. The cold, intimidating pressure left Percy with no way out.
00:20:56Under the gaze of the city-wide live stream. He was forced to swallow that rotten meat,
00:21:01like a pathetic stray dog. He skimped on ingredient costs and threw the money away. Now he had to chew
00:21:07up
00:21:07the consequences himself. The mayor's fury was just the beginning. The real ruin of the Iron Anchor
00:21:13was just getting started.
00:21:19This is the pride of Surla Streets? The face of our state's restaurant industry? Percy, you didn't
00:21:25just insult me. You insult the entire food safety laws of this city. Mr. Mayor, I swear on my life,
00:21:31the sushi is fine. I just drank too much last night. It's my stomach. It's upset.
00:21:34Percy's excuse sounded pathetic and hollow in front of the mayor and 500 live stream viewers. No one knew
00:21:40better than me. Eating rotten bluefin tuna would cause mackerel poisoning. Soon, Percy showed all
00:21:45the signs. The client who had signed next year's contract with him actually wanted to go help him.
00:21:51Damn it! You used rotten meat! That's why you're such a mess right now! Percy, you idiot! You just blew
00:21:56the entire war! No, no, no! It's not what you think! And just like that, Percy's noble image was gone,
00:22:01shattered in front of the live stream in the entire city. Enough! I want a full investigation of Iron
00:22:07Anchor right now! Percy wanted to stop it, but he couldn't move. Soon enough,
00:22:11the iron door to Iron Anchor's back storage was violently pushed open. A stench of formaldehyde
00:22:16mixed with rotting blood hit everyone in the face. Cardboard boxes piled up like knives,
00:22:21their outer layers covered in mold. The smell is absolutely disgusting!
00:22:25Just thinking about the food I ate makes me want to strangle Percy with my bare hand! Percy was dragged
00:22:29to
00:22:29the storage door like a filthy rag. The mayor pointed angrily at the inside of the back room. This is
00:22:34the
00:22:34best ingredient warehouse in all of New York. Percy, you'd better explain this now!
00:22:40Percy scrambled, saying it was all the supplier's fault that he was a victim too. Tears streamed
00:22:44down his face as he got all emotional. At first, some people actually believed him. After all,
00:22:49Iron Anchor's reputation had been perfect. That was until a contract signed with the shady supplier was
00:22:53pulled out of a drawer. A hundred dollars a play and you spent three cents on the meat?!
00:22:57Vanity. That's what it was. The money went to the cars. The fancy front, but the food,
00:23:01itself. He had zero respect for it. Mr. Mayor, let me explain. I was just trying to save money. I
00:23:07didn't know the supplier would give me bad meat. I'd give me bad meat! You didn't know? You're
00:23:11playing games with people's lives! Percy looked around in despair. Nothing but contempt,
00:23:17and the mayor's fury was even more terrifying than he'd imagined. If this is the best Surla Street has
00:23:21to offer, then I will shut down every single restaurant on this entire street! The whole place
00:23:25erupted. Every business owner's face dropped. If the whole street got shut down, they would lose
00:23:29countless future business deals. Percy, you animal! You want to serve trash? Fine! But don't drag the
00:23:34rest of us down with you! You disgusting little roach! Go to hell! That is human nature. When
00:23:38Percy was on top, they were his loyal supporters. The moment he fell, everyone wanted to kick him. While
00:23:42he was down, Mia looked worried. She was afraid my restaurant would get caught up in this too. I
00:23:46patted her hand. I'd just gotten my license. I was fully confident I could turn the tide on Surla Street.
00:23:50And if I timed it right, my chef should be here any second.
00:23:57Percy panicked. Iron anchor was facing closure, and me, his worthless little brother, bringing in a
00:24:02chef with the very same cut of fish. Grayson, what the hell do you think you're doing?!
00:24:07Mr. Mayor, before you give up on this street, please give real Surla Street Cuisine one chance.
00:24:12Percy pulled himself up off the floor and stormed over to me, furious.
00:24:15That garbage from your $500 dump has no place in front of the mayor! I'm warning you,
00:24:22throw that trash away! Mia was never one to just take it lying down. The second she heard that,
00:24:26she hauled off and slapped Percy right across the face. Wipe that disgusting superior look off your
00:24:31face, you arrogant jerk! Three minutes ago, you were serving the mayor garbage. Whatever my husband
00:24:36has in that box is worth more than you and your whole restaurant ever were! You dare put your hands
00:24:41on
00:24:41me?! You shameless bitch! The mayor beat me to it. He had his security restrained Percy,
00:24:46then looked at the takeout box in my hand. I think I'd like to try something made by a man
00:24:51with some
00:24:51composure. See, Mr. Restaurant. Please enjoy.
00:25:09I've never seen sashimi with such perfect texture. It's as thin as a leaf! The aroma's so rich,
00:25:15my mouth is watering. The live stream went wild, too. The comments were full of curiosity about my food.
00:25:20Because of this turnaround, the viewer count instantly skyrocketed by 10,000.
00:25:26Tuna of this grade, my supplier swore I was his only client in Manhattan.
00:25:29Your so-called supply chain is just a transaction. What Grayson earned is the supplier's respect.
00:25:33He deserves to have the best ingredients way more than your iron anchor ever did!
00:25:37I watched the mayor's fingertips tremble. That is the instinctive reaction of a true gourmet in the
00:25:43presence of something transcendent. Percy always thought waving his checkbook around on live stream
00:25:48would let him control everything. But he never knew. Some ingredients can't be bought. They choose
00:25:53who deserves them. My god, the sweetness, the way this fat just dissolves. It's melting on your tongue.
00:26:02Grayson, I take back what I said earlier. This isn't just food. This is art.
00:26:06This year's industry benchmark restaurant is not this foul-smelling iron anchor. It goes to...
00:26:18Wait! Seamist shouldn't even be in the running. Everyone knows that place is a dump,
00:26:22full of grease and rats. It doesn't even meet basic health and safety standards.
00:26:26Percy looked at me with that smug expression, like he'd finally cornered the clown. Too bad.
00:26:31This time, the joke was on him. Save the pity, Grayson. I know you tried really
00:26:36hard to steal first place from me. Too bad. Trying isn't enough. You'll never surpass me, little brother.
00:26:42Mr. Mayor. It would be my honor to lead the way and show everyone this garbage dim Grayson calls a
00:26:50restaurant.
00:26:51That place has been closed for ages. I heard the last owner was so bitter. He poured cooking
00:26:56oil all over the floors on his way out. You can't even walk in there. That's right. And he left
00:27:00all
00:27:00kinds of expired food in there, too. It's probably a full-blown rat kingdom by now. What right does a
00:27:05dump like that have to call itself a restaurant? What do we do?
00:27:09Mr. Mayor, and everyone here, as the owner of Sea Mist Restaurant, I invite you all to come see it
00:27:15for yourselves. You idiot. Get ready to watch your precious restaurant get shut down. My dear fans,
00:27:22I'm about to show you the most chaotic, filthiest garbage dump on Surla Street. You cannot imagine how
00:27:31absolutely disgusting that place is. Percy, lying has consequences.
00:27:38It's totally fake. I guarantee you, behind this door, it's nothing but trash and stink.
00:27:43Grayson. Just wait and see. Percy's smug smile kept growing, but all of that was about to come to
00:27:47the screeching halt the second I opened that door. This is impossible. Oh my god! In just a few days,
00:27:59that dump has completely changed. It's so clean and tidy. Way more pleasant to look at than Iron
00:28:05Anchor's tacky, flashy decorations. Grayson, your taste is just as impressive as your food.
00:28:22Man, this place is cleaner than an operating room. I worked around the clock, kneeling on
00:28:27that filthy floor, scrubbing every single crack with a brush. Percy spent his money on those gaudy
00:28:32chandeliers that blind you. I spent mine on every little detail you can touch. This is all just for
00:28:37show. You can fake the decor, but you can't fake the ingredients. Grayson, you're broke. Your monthly
00:28:45rent is 500 bucks. How can you afford top grade blue fit tuna? I bet that piece he just fed
00:28:51you
00:28:51was the only decent one he's got. His freezer must be packed with cheap frozen garbage. Trash will
00:28:57always be trash. You want to see? I'll show you.
00:29:07So many. Tuna of this quality, only three restaurants in all of New York can get their hands on these.
00:29:15Percy, take a good look. This is what you call garbage. No! You must have injected poison into
00:29:21these rotten fish. Sprayed them with chemicals. Who the hell is insulting my fish?
00:29:29You are- I worked with Iron Anchor for a whole year. Not once did you bother to remember my
00:29:35name.
00:29:35Percy, you're an absolute idiot.
00:29:39You're Iron Anchor's biggest supplier from this past year. You traitor! You're the traitor! And
00:29:45premium ingredients should go to people who actually appreciate them. Mr. Mayor, I'm the largest seafood
00:29:51distributor in California. I hereby certify that all ingredients used by Seamist Restaurant are
00:29:57exclusively supplied through my special channel with the highest A-level safety rating. Mr. Grayson
00:30:02is the most knowledgeable person about ingredients I've ever met. That's why I ended all my contracts
00:30:08with Iron Anchor for him. Are you insane? I give you millions of dollars a year! What about him? All
00:30:14he
00:30:14got was the lousy hundred grand I threw at him! After lashing out at the supplier, Percy turned his rage
00:30:20back on me.
00:30:20Grayson! You ungrateful snake! You took the hundred grand I gave you and used it to steal my supplier and
00:30:28become my enemy? Don't you have any family loyalty at all? Percy, out of that hundred grand,
00:30:36ninety thousand was purchasing money I fronted for you. The remaining ten thousand was what you paid me
00:30:45for three years of working my ass off day and night. You thought you could buy my dignity. I'm taking
00:30:51it
00:30:51back with my own hands. We're even. And don't forget, this supplier was mine from the very beginning.
00:30:58Percy's eyes went unfocused. It looked like he was finally remembering how hard I worked a year ago,
00:31:03visiting supplier after supplier, screening through thousands of them to find this one. Percy wanted to
00:31:08keep arguing, but fate wasn't going to give him any more chances. Mr. Mayor, it's not just the ingredients.
00:31:15The entire interior of Iron Anchor is built with the cheapest, most flammable formalhyde-laden boards
00:31:19just painted over with a layer of gold. Iron Anchor is basically a poison gas chamber that would
00:31:22explode the second it touches fire. That's disgusting. All for show. Percy, get out of
00:31:31the restaurant industry. Mr. Mayor, I was wrong. I just wanted the restaurant to look better.
00:31:38You risk people's lives just to look good? Percy's tears rolled down his fake, lying face. He used to
00:31:45throw money in front of me and call me a country bumpin' who'd never seen the world. And now,
00:31:50that live-streaming empire he so carefully built was collapsing inch by inch in front of a global
00:31:56audience. I hereby declare Sea Mist Restaurant the industry benchmark restaurant for this year.
00:32:03Effective immediately, Iron Anchor's business license is permanently revoked. All assets are to be seized.
00:32:11Percy is under official investigation for food safety crimes and commercial fraud.
00:32:18Now, throw this cockroach out of here!
00:32:28Grayson! Save me! You're my own little brother! Your restaurant is right across the street! You can fix this! You
00:32:34have to!
00:32:35I gave him a year. A whole year. But all he ever learned was how to put on a show
00:32:40for his live screen.
00:32:41Grayson! Grayson, I'm begging you! You're tight with the mayor! Please put in a good word for me!
00:32:47You can't let them close my place! That's everything I've got!
00:32:50Everything you've got, Percy? You call rotten meat and fake gold paint everything you've got?
00:32:55Just don't shut me down! I'll do anything you want! I'll give you all the shares! You come back and
00:32:59be
00:32:59the boss! I'll work for you! I'll be your line cook! Percy, do you remember how you humiliated Grayson?
00:33:05You said he was only worth 2,000 bucks. You said a homeless guy off the street could replace him.
00:33:10A year ago, I begged him in the pouring rain, just like this, to pay the supplier what he owed.
00:33:16He rolled
00:33:16down his car window, blew smoke in my face, and told me I didn't understand business. Percy, your biggest
00:33:23mistake wasn't greed. It was that you never learned to respect food. Someone who can make the finest fish
00:33:28smell like death has no place in a kitchen. You're really gonna just let me die? For old times' sake,
00:33:34since you want to be a line cook so bad, Seamist just happens to be looking for someone to clean
00:33:39the bathrooms. $2,000 a month. And the only reason I'm even offering it to you is out of respect
00:33:44for
00:33:44you being my big brother. Mr. Grayson, I'm officially transferring my $5 million annual banquet booking
00:33:53to Seamist Restaurant. Name your price. Just make sure that Oto Sushi shows up at my event.
00:33:57Grayson, this is a long-term letter of intent from the Manhattan Restaurant Association. We're willing
00:34:01to pay a 50% premium as long as Seamist agrees to be our partner.
00:34:04Three hours ago, these same people watched Percy humiliate me in front of everyone. They laughed
00:34:08at me, a lowly line cook who didn't know his place. Now, they're willing to pay double just to
00:34:12beg me for a partnership. Seamist will only sign with one partner in the next year. That spot,
00:34:17you'll have to fight for it yourselves. I have the strongest capital. That spot belongs to me.
00:34:22What can you offer besides money? I can provide the biggest advertising and sales channels.
00:34:27Get lost. This opportunity is mine.
00:34:32With the mayor's endorsement and the title of industry benchmark restaurant, Seamist was
00:34:38splattered all over countless posters. Customers poured into Seamist nonstop.
00:34:43Mia and I opened three more locations together. I never held back. I shared everything I knew.
00:34:49Seamist will always stand for healthy, delicious food.
00:35:00All those prepayments that should have gone into Iron Anchor's account, they were now flooding
00:35:04into mine instead. Oh my god, I can't believe my eyes. Grayson, in less than half an hour,
00:35:11the prepayments have already topped 3 million. We made it! Grayson, you deserve this. The restaurant
00:35:18industry doesn't need some performer who only knows how to lie. It needs craftsmen like you. People with
00:35:24soul when it comes to food. This is the contract for government catering for the next year. Thank you.
00:35:35Pleasure doing business with you. At that moment, Percy, his face caked with mud,
00:35:40pressed himself against the window like a ghost, watching me sign contract after contract,
00:35:45signing away millions of dollars. Furious, he tried to get in, but the security guard at the door
00:35:51shoved him back, sending him tumbling down the steps. Get out of my way! That bastard Grayson took
00:35:57everything from me! This was supposed to be mine! Move along! This is no place for a homeless guy!
00:36:03He was out there watching. I was in here sitting. That single pane of glass was the line between heaven
00:36:10and hell. He used to say that without him, I'd be begging for food in Chinatown. Now,
00:36:16he can't even get past the door of my restaurant. Grayson, you traitor!
00:36:26Percy was curled up next to a stinking dumpster. His thousand dollar tuxedo was caked with grime.
00:36:32He was too afraid to go home, because all the partners he'd arrogantly signed with before were now
00:36:38turning on him after Iron Anchor got shut down. What awaited him was massive penalty fees,
00:36:44and the fury of every single one of those partners.
00:36:52Hello? Boss, just give me a little more time.
00:36:55Time? Percy, your old frozen meat got my license revoked. According to the contract,
00:37:00you owe me triple the penalty. That's two million dollars. If I don't see that money by tomorrow
00:37:05morning, you can go feed the fish in the Hudson River. Percy, this is James from Seafood Logistics.
00:37:16That industry benchmark prize you promised was total bullshit. I want my shipping fees
00:37:19and the 500,000 penalty. Transfer it now. Otherwise, I'm sending your address to every creditor in
00:37:24Manhattan. Percy pinned all his remaining hope on live streaming. He begged his viewers to send him
00:37:30money to save Iron Anchor. He made a complete fool of himself like a stray dog losing every shred of
00:37:36dignity. He did pathetic stunts. He even fought homeless people for food. You felled us garbage
00:37:41for so long. What right does an animal like you have to ask for our forgiveness? Report him. Make
00:37:46him disappear for good. No, no, no. If I hadn't skimped on that 90,000, if I hadn't pushed him
00:37:52away,
00:37:52that six million would have been mine. The mayor's praise would have been mine too. He finally understood.
00:37:57Losing me wasn't just losing a line cook. It was losing his only brain and his last chance to be
00:38:03a
00:38:03decent human being. The live stream ban was the final straw that broke Percy. He looked at Sea Mist
00:38:09restaurant, glowing with lights, and finally broke down sobbing. I was wrong. Grayson, I was really wrong.
00:38:23Time to pay up.
00:38:27Hear my love.
00:38:31No! No! Grayson, help me! Help me!
00:38:37I took Mia out for a nice meal because we were so poor last year. I couldn't even feed my
00:38:43pregnant wife
00:38:44decent food more than a few times. Mia, thank you. For everything. These past three years.
00:38:52Grayson, I feel like I'm dreaming. A month ago, we were stressing over $500 in rent.
00:38:58Dreams end, but these numbers don't lie. Three days ago, I sat here watching Percy throw money
00:39:04around like it was nothing. Now, Sea Mist's weekly revenue alone equals his entire net profit from last
00:39:09year. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands. Grayson, the prepayments and net profit,
00:39:15it's over six million?! That's just the first week. With the mayor's endorsement,
00:39:18every big name in New York, politicians and socialettes alike is lining up. We're already booked
00:39:24through Christmas next year. We're rich. We can give our child the best education. We never have to live
00:39:30under Percy's thumb again. I looked at Mia's excited face. It warmed my heart. To the future. Cheers.
00:39:39And Percy, at that very moment, he was huddled next to a dumpster, gnawling on someone else's
00:39:44disparted bread. I moved Mia out of that tiny rental apartment and bought the best estate in the city.
00:39:53Mr. Grayson, this is the most private estate in the entire city. It comes with its own helipad and
00:39:57a top of the security system. Do you like it? The sunlight here is beautiful. Perfect for our kid
00:40:03to run around on the grass someday. I never imagined I'd live in a place like this someday.
00:40:07Grayson, this is too expensive. Mia, you deserve the best. Just sign it. This will be our family's
00:40:12safe haven. Now, I bought the estate that Percy never even dared to dream of stepping foot in.
00:40:18And him? He's hiding in some dark corner, running from the creditors. The soft opening of CMIST branch
00:40:24was a huge success. We can officially launch the expansion plan now. Yes, Mr. Grayson. The top 10
00:40:29commercial districts are all fighting for us to set up there. The contracts are ready. Tell them this.
00:40:34CMIST has only one standard. The finest ingredients? Absolute transparency.
00:40:38Percy failed because he looked at his customers and saw cash cows. I succeeded because I treat food like
00:40:44a religion. Expanding the business isn't about hoarding money. It's about letting more people
00:40:49around the world enjoy this food. Grayson, we're really starting a new life.
00:40:56The first stop for our expansion? That port Percy always wanted to take over for himself.
00:41:14Goodbye, Grayson. You made it.
00:41:17You goddamn piece of trash. You actually sold banned meat? Are you even human?
00:41:21Dad, I was just trying to make money. Who knew that ungrateful snake, Grayson, would turn on me?
00:41:28Turn on you? If it weren't for him, we'd all be in prison right now because of you.
00:41:33We have no place for a beast like you. I was tasting the finest wine in my estate. Percy was
00:41:38in that old house, taking the beating my parents should have given him long ago. He used to think
00:41:42he was the pride of the family. In truth, he was just a cowardly, rotten parasite.
00:41:46You're a monster! Get out! Stop hitting me! Grayson is loaded. He's got tens of millions now.
00:41:52Make him help me! You still have the nerve to mention him? When you paid him 2,000 bucks,
00:42:00did you ever stop to think he was your little brother? Get out! Go be a line cook out on
00:42:05the streets!
00:42:12His nightmare had only just begun.
00:42:25What happened at Iron Anchor was a misunderstanding! I already switched suppliers! Just lift the ban,
00:42:32please! Give me one more day! Mr. Percy, your restaurant is on the national blacklist now.
00:42:38Old frozen meat and formalide-laden decor? Those search terms are number one on Google.
00:42:43Stop wasting our time. Get out and don't bring that stench into our office.
00:42:48Reputation takes a year to build and one plate of rotten Otoro sushi to destroy.
00:42:58Lisa! Where are you going? My cards are frozen, you have to help me!
00:43:03Help you? Percy? Right now you're worse than a homeless guy on the street.
00:43:08These bottles are my appearance fee for putting on that show with you for a year.
00:43:12Don't contact me again. I don't want creditors thinking I'm your partner.
00:43:16The love he was so proud of?
00:43:20It ran faster than anyone the moment Iron Anchor got shut down.
00:43:24That's my car! That's my money!
00:43:34Watching Percy fall apart like this, I couldn't help but feel grateful that the woman by my side is Mia.
00:43:43With nowhere left to go, Percy stole mom and dad's retirement savings and borrowed a huge junk of money from
00:43:49the neighbors.
00:43:49My parents called me to handle it. I bought the most expensive estate in Hanhattan,
00:43:55a place with a garden bigger than Percy's entire restaurant. I brought Mia back here to show my parents
00:44:00that their younger son, the one they called just a line cook, was the true pride of the family.
00:44:08Mom, just $20,000! Give it to me and I'll pay you back 10 times when I'm back on top!
00:44:14You animal! You stole the money mom needs for her heart surgery, and you scamp the neighbors!
00:44:19We can't even show our faces outside anymore! Are you going to drive us crazy?!
00:44:22Grayson, you ungrateful snake. You live in a mansion,
00:44:25wear suits worth tens of thousands, and you just watch your own brother die?!
00:44:28Dad, Mom, here are the keys to your new house, a villa I bought for you on the Upper East
00:44:33Side.
00:44:33It comes with the best in-home doctors. Percy, don't you dare use the word family to disgust me.
00:44:39The moment you stole their retirement money, you should have realized you're already out of this family.
00:44:50This money is for the neighbors. As for you, Percy, you don't deserve to touch a single cent.
00:44:56I was wearing clothes he could never afford in his lifetime. I was standing at a height he would
00:45:00never reach, and he was down on the ground like a dog, finally realizing he had lost.
00:45:12Good morning, Mr. Grayson. Thank you for the jobs you've provided.
00:45:16Mr. Grayson, Sea Mist Restaurant is truly the pride of this entire street.
00:45:21A month ago, when I walked down this street, everyone looked at me like I was a joke.
00:45:25Now, I own half the storefronts on this block, and the looks people give me have gone from contempt to
00:45:30respect.
00:45:31Suddenly, from the end of the street, a sharp scream cut through the air, followed by a sickening crunch.
00:45:37Two million in penalties. You promised to pay today. Where's the money?
00:45:45He's got money. That's my own brother. Go ask him. He could sneeze and have enough to pay you all
00:45:50off.
00:45:50A piece of trash like you, dares to call him your brother? He just issued a statement in the paper.
00:45:54He's cutting all ties with you. No money, huh? Then we do it the old way. Let's start with two
00:45:59fingers.
00:46:05I took Mia's hand and stepped through the magnificent doors of Sea Mist Restaurant.
00:46:09Behind me, Percy's screams for help echoed as the debtkeepers dragged him into the shadows.
00:46:15Go tell those guys, don't let any blood get spilled in front of my restaurant, and make it quick.
00:46:20Yes, Mr. Grayson.
00:46:35From today on, Sea Mist is no longer just a restaurant. We're going to build the most legitimate food supply
00:46:40chain in this city.
00:46:41And the people on Surlate, if they're clean, no tricks, no dirt, I'll double their pay.
00:46:46Yes, Grayson.
00:46:48Grayson, congratulations on the new company. I left that loser, Percy, because I could see you were the real deal.
00:46:54The one who actually gets things done. Grayson, does Sea Mist need a PR director? Or maybe a personal assistant?
00:47:01I know everything you like, just like I knew everything about Percy.
00:47:05Lisa, you sure knew Percy. You knew exactly how to kick him when he was down.
00:47:09And you know exactly how to crawl back like a parasite the second you smell money.
00:47:12Miss Lisa, Sea Mist doesn't need an assistant. But we are looking for a cleaner to take out the trash.
00:47:17But take a look at your clothes. I doubt you could even hold a rag, Stady.
00:47:20Get this piece of cheap, perfumed garbage out of here.
00:47:23From today on, if she shows up within a kilometer of Sea Mist, call the cops immediately.
00:47:29Grayson! Don't get cocky! You were just a line cook too!
00:47:35I watched her pathetic retreat. In the eyes of opportunists like her, every spot next to me has a price
00:47:41tag.
00:47:42But they don't know, Mia lived with me in that leaky rental apartment.
00:47:46I know for certain, she is the one and only love my life.
00:47:50Why do you keep staring at me?
00:47:57Mia, I think I owe you a grand wedding.
00:48:12Mr. Grayson, do you take Mia to be your wife? To cherish her in both poverty and wealth?
00:48:18I do.
00:48:21Today, all those wealthy socialettes who used to mock us as the poor couple are sitting right there in the
00:48:28audience,
00:48:28applauding us with the most flattering cheers.
00:48:32This is the coronation I promised my wife.
00:48:41Grayson, save me! The debt cullures broke my fingers! I'm in the alley right outside the church!
00:48:45Please, just give me 50,000 one last time!
00:48:50Is it him?
00:48:59Someone who doesn't matter. He doesn't get to disturb our wedding.
00:49:03I'm not going to pile on someone already down. Not out of mercy. He's just not worth my time.
00:49:09But I'm not a pushover either. Kindness needs teeth, or it means nothing.
00:49:23That was mine. That should have been mine. That six million dollars. The fame. The woman. All of it was
00:49:30mine.
00:49:31I bought the most expensive billboard in Times Square, and played my wedding video on loop.
00:49:36Percy watched the screen in fury.
00:49:38Percy, your big-shot brother already said he's stripping you of his last name. You don't even have a surname
00:49:43anymore now.
00:49:44He's got money! He's got billions! Go kill him! Kill him, and all that money becomes mine!
00:49:49Kill him? Grayson is the mayor's right-hand band now. He's got thousands of bodyguards.
00:49:54But you, your eyeballs are worth something. How about we take them as interest first?
00:50:01Grayson, you think you've won? Your woman's about to give birth, right? You're going to regret this.
00:50:07I'm going to destroy your happiness. Completely. I thought he would just wither away in his despair.
00:50:13I underestimated how deeply greed and jealousy can twister the person's soul.
00:50:19A vicious plan was closing in on me.
00:50:30Grayson! You live in a mansion worth thousands of square feet, and you're going to let me freeze to death
00:50:36out here?
00:50:37Grayson, you know, he is your own brother. Can't you give him one more chance?
00:50:41A year ago, Percy was throwing money around at Iron Anchor while mom and dad lived in that leaky old
00:50:46house.
00:50:46He never once mentioned family. Now that he's drowning, he's using our elderly parents to play the guilt card.
00:50:52That kind of guilt is disgust to me even more than that plate of rotten motosushi.
00:51:02Brother, save me! Just transfer ten, ten percent of Sea Mist shares to me, and the creditors will leave me
00:51:09alone!
00:51:10Mom and dad, please, say something for me!
00:51:12Grayson, those deck cleapers are beating Percy half to death!
00:51:15He still has the strength to beg. He still has the strength to come here. He's perfectly capable of pulling
00:51:21himself out of this mess.
00:51:23You cold-blooded freak!
00:51:32You tried to hurt your own little brother?
00:51:36Mom, dad, this is the son you wanted me to help.
00:51:40He never once thought of us as family.
00:51:44I never kick a man when he's down, but I will not repay evil with kindness.
00:51:51In that moment, his last family card was burned to ash by my own hand.
00:51:57You animal! Now we only have one son, Grayson!
00:52:00Don't you ever show your face in front of us again!
00:52:03No, no, no! Mom! Dad! No, no, no!
00:52:13That hopeless bastard. Grayson, it was our fault for asking you to help him.
00:52:19Don't worry about it, Mom.
00:52:21Mr. Grayson, it's bad. While your parents were asleep, a man claiming to be their son forced his way in
00:52:27and took their bags.
00:52:28That animal? Those bags had Mom and Dad's life savings! Their only retirement money!
00:52:35I thought Percy would just crawl into some corner and wait to die after being exposed.
00:52:40I underestimated how desperate a gambler with nothing left to loss can become.
00:52:50He didn't steal that money to pay off his debts. He stole it to feed his delusional dream of a
00:52:55comeback.
00:52:58Grayson, we found him. Percy is hooked up with an underground factory in Brooklyn.
00:53:03They produce illegal chemical flavorings that are highly addictive.
00:53:06He's trying to use those poisons to copy Sea Mist's taste and force his way back into the market.
00:53:10For a little money, he's willing to do something like this.
00:53:25Get the best medical team in the country, 24-hour care for Mom and Dad, do whatever it takes to
00:53:30keep them from finding out what that bastard Percy has done.
00:53:32As for Percy, I'm going to make him pay. Before, I just wanted to see him broken on the streets.
00:53:40Now, I'm going to take him out myself.
00:53:48Talk! What did that ungrateful bastard give you? How dare you call him the most conscientious chef in Manhattan on
00:53:56livestream?
00:53:56He was about to pass out from hunger, and I gave him a burger. He's a good man.
00:54:02You're the real demon.
00:54:05A good man? I'll break the hand that fed him.
00:54:09You're the real demon.
00:54:14Percy, go ahead. Touch that hand and see what happens.
00:54:18Grayson! You think just because you're some big shot now, you're untouchable?
00:54:22This old man insulted me. I'll kill him!
00:54:29My hand! Grayson, you crazy bastard!
00:54:32That one's for the burger.
00:54:35My rule is simple. A kindness, I return it tenfold.
00:54:39A slight, I break the bone, and from that, delivered it.
00:54:47Sir, an apartment on the Upper East Side and a restaurant on Sorelli Street.
00:54:52They're yours now.
00:54:53Mr. Grayson.
00:54:56This is too much.
00:54:58This is nothing next to that burger you gave me back then.
00:55:02Percy lay there in the filthy water, watching the trash he'd just been kicking suddenly become
00:55:06the property home he only ever dreamed. Jealousy and pain drove the path in some ways.
00:55:16You just wait!
00:55:20While I sat atop Sea Mist restaurant, enjoying the rich aroma of premium wagyu, Percy was hiding in the
00:55:27stinking alleys of the slums, trying to make his last desperate comeback.
00:55:35You seein' this? This is what real charity looks like. Sea Mist charges thousands for one meal,
00:55:42that's robbery! My bliss box is only $9.99! $9.99! Get it while it lasts!
00:55:50You losers! Eat it or don't, I don't care! Once I save up enough to buy out the Sea Mist,
00:55:56you could beg for it on your knees! Get lost! All of you haters, get lost!
00:56:01He had become a complete outcast, despised by the entire internet. He was poisoning those poor
00:56:07people, using that nerve-destroying addictive flavoring to make money, dreaming of making a
00:56:12comeback. He was night. The foundation of business has never been violent addiction.
00:56:16It's absolute control over the global supply chain.
00:56:25Grayson, you came to laugh at me? Look! Look at all these people in line! My capital is doubling!
00:56:32Soon I'll be able to buy out your fake little restaurant! What have you got to fight me with?!
00:56:38In Sea Mist Group's name, inform the Global Spice Association. From this moment on,
00:56:42whoever sells one gram of spice to any factory connected to Percy will be permanently erased
00:56:47from the global supply chain. Spice? I've got money, you idiot! I'll just buy some from Chinatown!
00:56:56What? Not just the big suppliers? Even the small workshops are cancelling?
00:57:00They're demanding triple the refund? Without spice, I can't cover up the bitterness of all that
00:57:04expired rotten meat! Hello?! Percy, without fire and salt, you can't even cook a plate of garbage.
00:57:11I cut off his last lifeline.
00:57:21Leo, you're the person Grayson trusts the most. Just put one drop of this vial into his tuna.
00:57:27This five million and shares in the new company. It's all yours.
00:57:31Five million. Gotta admit, that's tempting. Good! That arrogant bastard Grayson, he never imagined
00:57:39he'd be betrayed by someone he saved! Percy, looks like you forgot. Leo was about to go under,
00:57:45and I'm the one who pulled him out. Your filthy money couldn't even buy back the life I saved for
00:57:51him
00:57:51back then. When I save someone, loyalty is in their blood. Percy's blood? It's pure, rotting greed.
00:57:59Trying to buy loyalty with filthy garbage like that is basically him executing whatever intelligence he had left.
00:58:07Tell me, if you drank that stuff you cooked up yourself, what do you think would happen?
00:58:12No. No. Grayson, I'm your own brother! Don't kill me!
00:58:19Kill you? That would dirty my basement.
00:58:25Send him back. Crawling in the mud, that's the only thing that suits him. He took a step against me,
00:58:31so I'll make sure he never walks straight again. His dignity? I've stomped it straight into the gutter.
00:58:39Starting today, the Sea Mist Group is acquiring every last shop on Surla Street. All of you who didn't
00:58:46follow Percy when he was doing his dirty work, you each receive a five percent in the original shares.
00:58:54I came back to rebuild, not to take revenge. I wanted these honest people to know, follow Grayson,
00:59:01and even a vegetable seller can stand tall and make money right here in Manhattan.
00:59:10Hurry up. Just give me some bread. I'm starving. Here. Mr. Grayson specifically asked for this,
00:59:16for some special people. Three-day-old stale ends.
00:59:22I watched him. He once wanted to starve me. Now, he's only breathing because I choose to throw him scraps.
00:59:34Percy, you're not off the hook yet. That illegal factory's poison? Time for you to take a sip yourself.
00:59:46Everyone, Sea Mist Restaurant's so-called natural ingredients are nothing but a lie for the rich.
00:59:52Today, I'm going to expose Grayson's crimes, monopolizing spices and driving up prices.
01:00:01Our tech-based food costs only one percent of Sea Mistas, but tastes exactly the same.
01:00:07Grayson's era is over!
01:00:10I saw Percy's little circus act on the screen, and it did nothing to me. He's cozying up to those
01:00:15drug
01:00:15manufacturers who skate just inside the law trying to define great food with cheat-micle garbage.
01:00:19He doesn't understand. Real top-tier ingredients are a gift from the earth and the sun, not some molecular
01:00:24arrangement in a lab. Today, the Sea Mist Group will roll out the Global Restaurant Platinum Standard.
01:00:34Any restaurant that does not meet the natural supply chain audit will be removed from the Global
01:00:39Procurement Wild Bist for good. Mr. Grayson's proposal is a beacon for the restaurant industry,
01:00:46and we support it. One hundred percent. While Percy was still in that dark little corner trying to
01:00:52smear my name, I was at the top of the food chain, rewriting the rules of the game. He thinks
01:00:59he's
01:00:59competing with me. The truth is, he's just swarming between my fingers.
01:01:05Ah! This is impossible! Why would the WTO stand up for a guy who used to be a line cook?
01:01:12Leo, tell the people next door that my press conference is over. Now, it's time to take out the trash.
01:01:26Grayson! This is illegal entry! My tech food is the future of the industry!
01:01:32The future of the industry? This chemical waste that makes people hallucinate?
01:01:37This bowl of plain kanji, made simply with rice from the 40th parallel north and spring water from
01:01:42Crimea. Judges, please. This is the taste of a mother's cooking. This is the pure warmth of the
01:01:50earth. Today, I destroyed all his hypocrisy and arrogance with a single bowl of plain kanji. A true
01:01:55master chef doesn't need complex recipes. All he needs is a heart that respects nature. Percy's lab made
01:02:01perfect flavor compared to the real deal. It's just a toxic fraud. This is the
01:02:05molecular formula for your synthetic meat. There's a high dose of neural blockers in this!
01:02:11Keep eating it, and you'll go crazy! Percy, this isn't cooking. It's straight up murder!
01:02:19Murderer! Get out of Manhattan! Go to hell, you piece of trash! No, no! This isn't true!
01:02:25Grayson, you're setting me up! Percy, the moment you decided to poison the world with your drugs,
01:02:29the gates of hell were already open for you.
01:02:36Percy knelt on the ground, covered in filth, clinging to his father's legs and wailing. His
01:02:40illegal lab had just been raided by the police. He was now a wanted criminal across the country.
01:02:45Dad, mom, save me! Grayson is gonna kill me! He's gonna throw me into the meat grinder with all those
01:02:52creditors!
01:02:55Percy, you are still my eldest son after all.
01:03:03Grayson, could you maybe...
01:03:11Mom, even now you still think he just made a mistake? The first one, this is the pension
01:03:15transfer authorization he personally signed while you were both in the hospital. The second one,
01:03:20this is the contract where he mortgaged this family home to underground loan sharks behind your backs.
01:03:28You animal! You even stole our funeral fund! Do you want the two of us to die on the street?
01:03:32Dad, I was trying to make a comeback! Once my chemical sauce sells, I could buy you a hundred
01:03:36penthouses! Go. Just go, Percy. I don't have a son like you anymore.
01:03:41Percy, the biggest mistake you ever made was treating everyone around you as sacrificial
01:03:47lambs for your own success. Starting today, you are out of this family.
01:03:53Percy, do you remember what you said? That one of us would take over the world,
01:03:57and the other would fade into obscurity? I'm gonna make sure you watch me take over the world.
01:04:01Grayson, you goddamn bastard!
01:04:07Grayson, you said you wanted to settle family out. Counts on this day.
01:04:11If you don't have solid evidence, you know the consequences. The Thorn family rule is
01:04:17promitism. But in this man's hands, rules are just a cover-up for his greed. A year ago,
01:04:23Percy stood at a family gathering and mocked these hands of mine, saying they were only good for holding
01:04:27a kitchen knife. Today, I'm not just taking back my dignity. I'm tearing apart his lies with my own
01:04:32hands. He thought being family would save him, like a free pass. What he didn't know is that before
01:04:37absolute rules, every single betrayal comes with a price. First crime, exploitation. In the three
01:04:43years at Iron Anchor, he withheld $90,000 of my front propyorkant payment and treated me like cheap
01:04:48liber. Second crime, poisoning. He colluded with chemical companies and added nerve-blocking agents to
01:04:52the ingredients. This is a direct assault on the hundred-year reputation. Third crime,
01:04:57attempted murder. He tried to attack and harm me.
01:05:01You animal! You dared to harm your own brother?!
01:05:05Fourth crime, and the most unforgivable one, embezzlement. While our parents were in the
01:05:10hospital, he stole their pension and mortgaged the family home. He tried to push the very people
01:05:14who raised him into the Hudson River. That was all for business! Grayson, you're insane!
01:05:20Evidence is cold, but people's hearts are hot. The moment those four crimes came together,
01:05:24to these elders, he was no longer the hope of the family. He was a rotting sword that had to
01:05:27be cut
01:05:28out. You worthless bastard! What do you have to say for yourself?
01:05:37Elder, even if I was wrong, I'm the only business genius in this family. Grayson is just a cook,
01:05:42he can't protect the family's legacy! A business genius?
01:05:46Parsi, all your so-called management is just chasing internet fame while clinging to the dying
01:05:51Iron Anchor restaurant. This is CMIST Group's valuation.
01:05:59One hundred billion dollars. I don't just control one-third of the top-tier supply gen.
01:06:03I also have the industry medal personally awarded by the World Trade Organization.
01:06:07I wasn't showing them money, but absolute dominance. In this world, capital speaks,
01:06:11and the highest level of capital, it makes people kneel. Percy thought he was running a business.
01:06:16Me? I'm running an era. When I spread out these reports enough to buy half of New York,
01:06:20his pathetic little assets wouldn't even be enough to pay my taxes.
01:06:22One-one hundred billion? Grayson, you did this in just one year? Please, Mr. Grayson, take your place as the
01:06:30head of the family!
01:06:31That's mine! That was supposed to be mine! Grayson, what right do you have, you lowly line cook?
01:06:37Percy, take a good look. In this world, the strong make the rules. The weak just wait to die.
01:06:44I stand at the summit, looking down at him. He once wanted me to kneel. Now, he wasn't even worthy
01:06:51to lift his head and look at me.
01:07:00Thorn Percy, from this moment on, you no longer carry the Thorn name. You are out of this family.
01:07:06No! You can't tear it! I am a Thorn! I have Thorn blood running through my veins!
01:07:10Without the family, the creditors would tear Percy to pieces. I knew that, and I didn't help him.
01:07:15Percy, the moment you stole mum and dad's pension, you had no blood relation left.
01:07:19I watched that page get consumed by the flames, turning to ash. In Thorn family tradition, being expelled means social
01:07:24death.
01:07:25From now on, he is no one's son, no one's brother. As a nameless nobody in the filthiest sewers,
01:07:29he will pay back every blood bet he owed. I want you to live as a man with no name.
01:07:34Grayson! You bastard! Without my hundred thousand dollars, you'd still be a cockroach in the gutter!
01:07:42A pathetic, lowly line cook!
01:07:53From this day forward, the Thorn family has no Percy. I looked up at the skyscrapers in the distance.
01:08:06No money. Then pay with your life. The Thorn family has already thrown you away like garbage.
01:08:13Right now, you're worse than the rats this alley.
01:08:19Please, just give me one more day. Just one day. Grayson has money. He has hundreds of billions.
01:08:27He could pluck a hair off his body, and it would be enough to pay you all back.
01:08:35In Manhattan, the highest form of rejection isn't insults. It's silence. Right now, I'm sitting
01:08:40within arm rage of him, but I can't even be bothered to lift a finger. The moment he stole
01:08:45our parents' last bit of survival money, he lost even the right to die inside my thoughts.
01:08:49Grayson! My good little brother! Save me! They want my organs! They're gonna chop me up and feed me to
01:08:55the
01:08:55me! Give me a million! No, five hundred thousand! Just that much!
01:09:15Percy used to say that money was the only true faith in this world.
01:09:19Since he loves money so much, I'll let him feel what it's like when that money becomes a pile of
01:09:24stones crushing his spine.
01:09:34Percy! This is the money you owe us! The price of our sweat! Our blood! Take these bills and crawl
01:09:39back to your hell!
01:09:48Money! My money!
01:09:51Grayson, you finally gave me money! I win!
01:09:55Percy, take a good look. The thing you treat as your religion, to me, is just spare change for trash.
01:10:04I used to be a line cook worth only two thousand dollars. Now I've made him understand. In front of
01:10:10absolute skill and absolute rules, all a greedy man will ever get is a pile of worthless paper.
01:10:27Listen up, everyone. From today on, there's only one standard on Manhattan's dining tables.
01:10:33The Sea Mist Ethical Chef Standard. Any chef who makes it onto Sea Mist's whitelist, I will personally
01:10:41vouch for their professional integrity. In return, Sea Mist guarantees their salary will double. But if
01:10:45anyone dares to put even one gram of dirty ingredients into their food, I promise you,
01:10:49they will never have the chance to pick up a pair of chopsticks again.
01:10:55Grayson, you're absolutely right. Now that you've laid down the rules,
01:10:59none of us would dare to think otherwise. We'll do everything according to Sea Mist rules.
01:11:13Joss, Grayson asked me to tell you something. Since you loved helping Percy handle all that rotten,
01:11:18dirty meat back in the day, you can take on the dirtiest, most disgusting jobs all by yourself
01:11:25for the rest of your life. Grayson! I really know I was wrong. I was just following orders.
01:11:35Please, let me go back to cutting vegetables. I don't even need money. Just let me back into a kitchen.
01:11:46Go back to cutting vegetables? Joss, you're way too naive. You've been blacklisted by the entire
01:11:51restaurant industry. New York is just the beginning.
01:12:11Grayson, look how soundly the baby is sleeping. He's going to inherit everything I've built.
01:12:30I've given Mia the most precious love in the world. Because she was there for me when the road was
01:12:36darkest. This single piece of Satimi is worth a fortune. But it still can't compare to the hug she
01:12:44gave me back then. That was mine. That should have been my spot. Leo, the flies outside are too noisy.
01:12:53Clean them up.
01:12:58On opposite sides of a fence, worlds apart.
01:13:13Grayson, I knew it. I knew you would come back.
01:13:16Professor, if it weren't for that hard bread you gave me back then, I wouldn't have made it until
01:13:21Sea Mist opened. On behalf of the Sea Mist group, I am donating 10 billion dollars. Not just for the
01:13:26school, but to honor Professor Smith's craftsmanship. Grayson, does the Research Institute need any
01:13:33logistics staff? We haven't been doing well these past few years. For old times sake, I remember you.
01:13:38You said back then that I was only fit to clean your toilets. That was a joke. Grayson, we'd take
01:13:43any job,
01:13:44even a janitor at the Research Institute. Tell HR every single position at the Research Institute,
01:13:49from security to cleaning staff to the guys mowing the lawn, I have to interview them personally.
01:13:53I watched the fear and greed in their eyes and I felt nothing. Class, it used to be their weapon
01:13:58for bullying me. Now, it's my shackles for judging them.
01:14:07Sir, I used to run a restaurant. I know a lot about trash sorting. Please, just give me a job
01:14:13so
01:14:13I can eat. Alert. Blacklisted individual detected. Curse. Permission level permanently banned.
01:14:21Get lost. Every single business under sea mist. Even our trash dump won't take scum like you.
01:14:32Grayson, you can't do this to me. I'm your own brother. I bought up all the trash processing rights
01:14:39in Manhattan, not just for the monopoly, but to make sure certain scumbags have nowhere left to hide in
01:14:45this city. He once said I was a line cook who could be replaced by any homeless guy off the
01:14:49street.
01:14:49Now, he doesn't even qualify to be a sorter. The AI recognition system upgrade looks good.
01:14:55Give the tech department a bonus. The struggles of a clown like this aren't even worth a second
01:15:00of my anger anymore. His misery is just background noise on my way to the top.
01:15:18In the old era of the food industry, the exploiters believed that as long as they controlled the
01:15:21capital, they could run over skill and destroy a chef's soul. But the rise of sea mist is here to
01:15:25tell everyone in this room. I am rewriting the rules. The exploiters will eventually be abandoned
01:15:30by the times, but the craftsmen who protect the soul, they will be crowned kings. I wasn't just
01:15:34giving a speech. I was declaring war on this cold-blooded world of capital. A year ago,
01:15:39they were Percy's guests of honor, laughing as I got thrown out on my ass. Today, with sea mist standards,
01:15:44I've put a shackle called conscience around every single one of their necks. Grayson,
01:15:49sea mist groups valuation can no longer be measured by money. What is your next goal?
01:15:52My goal is to make sure there is no more soil in this world for a cancer like Percy to
01:15:55grow.
01:15:55I saw it, in the eyes of those tycoons who once seemed untouchable. A fear they've never felt
01:16:00before. The underdog's rise isn't a myth, it's the judgment I wrote with my own hands.
01:16:08Grayson! I'm cooperating, I'll tell you everything. Three months ago that maniac
01:16:11Percy bribed one of our lab technicians. He took high concentration harmful chemicals.
01:16:15Make it clear. He wants to destroy sea mist's air. He's planning to put harmful substances in that
01:16:21batch of special supply milk powder. I thought stripping him of his name and letting him
01:16:25rot in the gutter like a rat was my final act of mercy. But I underestimated how vicious a mad
01:16:30dog
01:16:30can be. He dared to reach his filthy hands towards my child. Leo, go take care of something.
01:16:36Please give your orders, Mr. Grayson. Mobilize the global legal team.
01:16:40Yes, sir. I want Percy to spend the rest of his life in the coldest, darkest prison cell they can
01:16:44find.
01:16:44Tell the warden, I don't want him dead. I want him to accidentally live to be 100 every single day,
01:16:48surrounded by sickness and the torture of those creditors. Watching the glory of my sea mist restaurant
01:16:53shine in the sunlight. Blinding him from behind those bars. Since he doesn't want to be human,
01:16:57I'll send him to real hell. I want him to live in endless regret of dying flame in the depths
01:17:01of hell.
01:17:05Defendant Percy, on multiple counts, including food safety violations, attempted harm,
01:17:10malicious tempering, and massive fraud, you are hereby sentenced to life in prison without parole.
01:17:15No! I won't accept this! Grayson, you devil! You manipulated everything!
01:17:20A year ago, I begged him in the rain to leave mom and dad some money for their medical bees.
01:17:24He tore my dignity to shreds in public, and now he wants to talk about blood? The moment he reached
01:17:29for
01:17:29mom and dad's pension, the moment he reached for my baby's milk powder, he cut that vein with his own
01:17:34hands.
01:17:38Grayson, all that mess in Manhattan, it's finally over. We were blind back then. It was our fault.
01:17:48Mom, it's all in the past. I watched the relieved smiles on my parents' faces. Finally, they were free
01:17:55from that nightmare. Percy is counting lice in a cold prison cell. And my family, we're standing in the
01:18:04sunlight. He rewrote how this industry exploits people. He protected the soul of ingredients. Now,
01:18:12let us welcome the world's top culinary leader, Grayson! Today, this trophy doesn't belong to me alone.
01:18:20It belongs to everyone. I'm not standing here to enjoy some empty fame. I'm here to issue the new
01:18:25C-MIST decree. These people, they were once exploited by Percy at Iron Mocker. I announced that C-MIST
01:18:29Group will set up a $1 billion support fund. Every front-line employee who suffered exploitation,
01:18:34as long as you pass the assessment, C-MIST will grant you the right to open a franchise free
01:18:38mill. This is what a real slap in the face looks like. I'm going to make Percy watch on TV.
01:18:44All those people
01:18:45he called homeless bums are becoming millionaires under my wing. And him? He can't even afford a roll
01:18:50of toilet paper. Grayson, two-thirds of the Michelin restaurants around the world have already applied
01:18:57to join the C-MIST certification standard. Then let them wait in line. We make the rules.
01:19:08One year ago, I was at the other end of this city holding only $10,000 the money I'd bled
01:19:12for. Now,
01:19:12this building beneath my feet, plus thousands of branches around the world, my net worth has
01:19:17exceeded $100 billion. And this Manhattan reeking of money? I use the most humble skills to level
01:19:22every injustice. What are you thinking about? I'm thinking that poor kid who rented that $500 dump
01:19:31had pretty good taste. That was the best investment in the world. The name Percy has been burned to ash
01:19:38from the family tree and erased from this city's history. From now on,
01:19:42no more iron anchor in Manhattan, only C-MIST. Survival of the fittest was the old rule.
01:19:46My rule? Let the ones with soul rise to the top. I'm Gracie. The C-MIST era never ends.
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